2019 IHF Inter-Continental Trophy

The 2019 IHF Inter-Continental Trophy was the fourth edition of the competition held in Pristina, Kosovo from 10 to 14 April 2019. It featured a men's youth (U-19) tournament and a men's junior (U-21) tournament.^[1]

2019 IHF Inter-Continental Trophy

Tournament details
Host country	Kosovo
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	10–14 April
Teams	6 (from 6 confederations)
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Junior tournament

Qualified teams

Confederation	Dates	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Oceania (OCHF)[2]	10–15 June 2018	Païta	1	Australia
Africa (CAHB)[3]	8–12 August 2018	Kigali	1	Nigeria
Europe (EHF)[4]	23–28 October 2018	Pristina	1	Kosovo
South and Central America (SCAHC)[5]	31 October – 4 November 2018	Asunción	1	Paraguay
Asia (AHF)[6]	5–9 November 2018	Ubon Ratchathani	1	Chinese Taipei
North America & the Caribbean (NACHC)[7]	17–20 November 2018	West Dundee	1	United States

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kosovo (H)	2	2	0	0	65	44	+21	4	Semifinals
2	Chinese Taipei	2	1	0	1	53	60	−7	2
3	Nigeria	2	0	0	2	50	64	−14	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

10 April 2019 15:00	Kosovo	31–23	Chinese Taipei	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 400 Referees: Ershov, Pavliukov (RUS)
	Muqolli, Tahirukaj 7	(16–10)	three players 5
	3× 1×	Report	1× 4×

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11 April 2019 17:00	Chinese Taipei	30–29	Nigeria	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 100 Referees: Hermann, Madsen (DEN)
	Ting 8	(16–14)	Anas 9
	5× 1×	Report	6×

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12 April 2019 19:00	Nigeria	21–34	Kosovo	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 350 Referees: Hermann, Madsen (DEN)
	Mohammed 4	(11–22)	Tahirukaj 9
	3×	Report	2× 6×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	2	2	0	0	59	39	+20	4	Semifinals
2	Paraguay	2	1	0	1	51	47	+4	2
3	Australia	2	0	0	2	39	63	−24	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

10 April 2019 13:00	United States	31–20	Australia	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 50 Referees: Hermann, Madsen (DEN)
	Amitovic, Bengozi 6	(14–9)	McCourt 6
	4×	Report	1× 6×

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11 April 2019 15:00	Australia	19–32	Paraguay	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 50 Referees: Da Silva, Magalhães (BRA)
	Ljunberg 5	(7–15)	Fiore 8
	1× 5×	Report	1× 4×

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12 April 2019 15:00	Paraguay	19–28	United States	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 50 Referees: Ershov, Pavliukov (RUS)
	Rojas 6	(9–16)	Amitovic 7
	3× 8×	Report	3× 1×

Knockout round

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	13 April 2019
	Kosovo	36
					14 April 2019
	Paraguay	17
					Kosovo	30
	13 April 2019
					Chinese Taipei	26
	United States	36
	Chinese Taipei	41
					Third place
					14 April 2019
					Paraguay	34
					United States (OT)	36

Semifinals

13 April 2019 15:00	United States	36–41	Chinese Taipei	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Referees: Hermann, Madsen (DEN)
	Bengozi, Amitovic 10	(14–21)	Jou 9
	2× 3×	Report	1× 5×

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13 April 2019 19:00	Kosovo	36–27	Paraguay	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 350 Referees: Da Silva, Magalhães (BRA)
	Shabani 7	(19–14)	Melgarejo 10
	1× 4×	Report	3×

Fifth place game

13 April 2019 16:00	Nigeria	37–21	Australia	1 Tetori, Pristina Attendance: 45 Referees: Liu, Xu (CHN)
	Ataboh 8	(20–9)	Ljunberg 4
	1× 3×	Report	1× 1×

Third place game

14 April 2019 14:00	Paraguay	34–36 (ET)	United States	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 50 Referees: Moussa, Shawky (EGY)
	Giménez 7	(12–17)	Bengozi 11
	2× 4×	Report	3× 5× 1×
	FT: 30–30 ET: 4–6

Final

14 April 2019 18:00	Kosovo	30–26	Chinese Taipei	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 900 Referees: Hermann, Madsen (DEN)
	Tahirukaj 9	(12–10)	Chen S., Li 7
	2× 7×	Report	2×

Final ranking

Rank	Team
1	Kosovo
2	Chinese Taipei
3	United States
4	Paraguay
5	Nigeria
6	Australia

Team qualified to the 2019 Men's Junior World Handball Championship

Youth tournament

Qualified teams

Confederation	Dates	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Oceania (OCHF)[2]	10–15 June 2018	Païta	1	New Zealand
Africa (CAHB)[3]	8–12 August 2018	Kigali	1	Nigeria
Europe (EHF)[8]	23–28 October 2018	Pristina	1	Kosovo
South and Central America (SCAHC)[5]	31 October – 4 November 2018	Asunción	1	Paraguay
Asia (AHF)[6]	5–9 November 2018	Ubon Ratchathani	1	Chinese Taipei
North America & the Caribbean (NACHC)[7]	17–20 November 2018	West Dundee	1	Canada

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chinese Taipei	2	2	0	0	74	40	+34	4	Semifinals
2	Nigeria	2	1	0	1	49	54	−5	2
3	Paraguay	2	0	0	2	40	69	−29	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

10 April 2019 17:00	Paraguay	22–38	Chinese Taipei	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 30 Referees: Magalhães, Da Silva (BRA)
	Zalazar 8	(11–21)	Yang 7
	1× 2×	Report	3× 5×

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11 April 2019 19:00	Chinese Taipei	36–18	Nigeria	1 Tetori, Pristina Attendance: 50 Referees: Ershov, Pavliukov (RUS)
	Tseng 9	(18–8)	Salami 6
	2× 3×	Report	1× 10× 1×

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12 April 2019 13:00	Nigeria	31–18	Paraguay	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 40 Referees: Liu, Xu (CHN)
	three players 7	(18–7)	Céspedes 5
	3× 2×	Report	2× 4×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	2	2	0	0	72	41	+31	4	Semifinals
2	Kosovo (H)	2	1	0	1	72	49	+23	2
3	New Zealand	2	0	0	2	24	78	−54	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

10 April 2019 14:00	New Zealand	10–37	Canada	1 Tetori, Pristina Attendance: 50 Referees: Shawky, Moussa (EGY)
	Ireland 4	(4–20)	Barri 9
	2× 6×	Report	4×

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11 April 2019 13:00	Kosovo	41–14	New Zealand	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 60 Referees: Liu, Xu (China)
	Isufi 8	(18–5)	Ireland, Smith 5
	3× 4×	Report	2× 1×

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12 April 2019 17:00	Canada	35–31	Kosovo	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 100 Referees: Moussa, Shawky (EGY)
	Ouallouche 8	(16–9)	Muqoli 8
	1× 3×	Report	2× 9×

Knockout round

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	13 April
	Chinese Taipei	35
					14 April
	Kosovo	26
					Chinese Taipei	27
	13 April
					Nigeria	26
	Canada	25
	Nigeria	32
					Third place
					14 April
					Kosovo	32
					Canada	26

Semifinals

13 April 2019 13:00	Canada	25–32	Nigeria	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 50 Referees: Moussa, Shawky (EGY)
	Ouallouche 8	(10–18)	Salami 11
	1× 3×	Report	2× 8×

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13 April 2019 17:00	Chinese Taipei	35–26	Kosovo	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 60 Referees: Ershov, Pavliukov (RUS)
	Yang 9	(17–13)	Muqoli 10
	3× 8× 1×	Report	3× 7×

Fifth place game

13 April 2019 13:00	Paraguay	23–20	New Zealand	1 Tetori, Pristina Attendance: 25 Referees: Liu, Xu (CHN)
	Céspedes, Greco 5	(14–9)	Brookes 8
	2× 1×	Report	1×

Third place game

14 April 2019 12:00	Kosovo	32–26	Canada	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 60 Referees: Liu, Xu (CHN)
	Muqoli 8	(16–9)	Ouallouche 9
	3× 3×	Report	1× 5×

Final

14 April 2019 16:00	Chinese Taipei	27–26	Nigeria	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 400 Referees: Da Silva, Magalhaes (BRA)
	Lin 10	(14–11)	Yusuf 12
	2× 3×	Report	1× 8×

Final ranking

Rank	Team
1	Chinese Taipei
2	Nigeria
3	Kosovo
4	Canada
5	Paraguay
6	New Zealand