2019 IHF Super Globe

The 2019 IHF Super Globe was the thirteenth edition of the IHF Men's Super Globe, a yearly club world championship in handball organised by the International Handball Federation (IHF). The tournament was held in Dammam, Saudi Arabia from 27 to 31 August 2019.^[1]

2019 IHF Super Globe

Tournament details
Host country	Saudi Arabia
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	27–31 August
Teams	10 (from 6 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	FC Barcelona (5th title)
Runner-up	THW Kiel
Third place	RK Vardar
Fourth place	Al Wehda
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	933 (58.31 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Skander Zaïdi (29 goals)
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FC Barcelona won their fifth title after defeating THW Kiel 34–32 in the final.^[2]

Venue

The championship was played in Dammam, at the Ministry of Sports Hall.^[3]

Dammam	Dammam
Ministry of Sports Hall Capacity: 5000

Teams

FC Barcelona

Zamalek SC

Al-Duhail SC & Al Mudhar

Sydney University

New York City THC

Handebol Taubaté

RK Vardar

Al Wehda

THW Kiel

Location of the teams

Ten teams were competing in the 2019 tournament, two more than in previous tournament. This is due to the split of the Pan-American Team Handball Federation at an IHF Council meeting in Zagreb which was split into the North America and the Caribbean Handball Confederation (NACHC) and the South and Central America Handball Confederation (SCAHC).^[4] New York City THC became the first team from North America to compete in the IHF Super Globe after finishing top of the continental championship.^[5] The winners of continental tournaments, the defending champion, a host team and wild card teams participated.^[6]

Team	Qualified as
FC Barcelona	Defending champion
Zamalek SC	Winner of Africa Men's Handball Super Cup
Al-Duhail SC	Winner of Asian Club League Championship
Sydney University	Winner of Oceania Handball Champions Cup
New York City THC	Winner of North American and the Caribbean Senior Club Championship
Handebol Taubaté	Winner of South and Central American Men's Club Handball Championship
RK Vardar	Winner of EHF Champions League
Al Wehda	Host for winning the domestic league
THW Kiel	Wildcard
Al Mudhar	Wildcard

Results

All times are local (UTC+3).^[7]

Bracket

Quarterfinals qualification

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Aug 28

RK Vardar

34

Aug 27

Al Mudhar

27

Al Mudhar

33

Aug 29

New York City THC

13

RK Vardar

30

THW Kiel

34

Aug 28

Zamalek SC

28

Aug 27

THW Kiel

32

Sydney University

27

Aug 31

THW Kiel

41

THW Kiel

32

FC Barcelona

34

Aug 28

Al Wehda

30

Handebol Taubaté

26

Aug 29

Al Wehda

24

FC Barcelona

34

Third place

Aug 28

Aug 31

FC Barcelona

38

RK Vardar

30

Al-Duhail SC

26

Al Wehda

26

Quarterfinals qualification

27 August 2019 16:15	Sydney University	27–41	THW Kiel	Ministry of Sports Hall, Dammam Attendance: 600 Referees: Fonseca, Santos (POR)
	Bouazar Kermani 6	(18–23)	Dahmke 9
	1× 2×	Report	1× 2×

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27 August 2019 20:00	Al Mudhar	33–13	New York City THC	Ministry of Sports Hall, Dammam Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Zaïdi 6	(16–5)	Shalaby 4
	1× 2×	Report	1× 4×

Quarterfinals

28 August 2019 12:15	Al Wehda	30–26	Handebol Taubaté	Ministry of Sports Hall, Dammam Attendance: 700 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Al-Salem, Hasan 7	(17–13)	Cândido, Soares 5
	1× 3×	Report	2× 1×

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28 August 2019 14:30	Zamalek SC	28–32	THW Kiel	Ministry of Sports Hall, Dammam Attendance: 1,400 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	El-Deraa, Saad 6	(12–18)	Bilyk, Ekberg 9
	1× 2×	Report	1×

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28 August 2019 17:20	FC Barcelona	38–26	Al-Duhail SC	Ministry of Sports Hall, Dammam Attendance: 900 Referees: Fonseca, Santos (POR)
	Pascual 7	(17–10)	Maaref 6
	2× 5×	Report	1× 6×

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28 August 2019 20:00	RK Vardar	34–27	Al Mudhar	Ministry of Sports Hall, Dammam Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Dibirov 7	(17–12)	Jaziri 6
	1× 5×	Report	5×

Placement round 5–10

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Handebol Taubaté	2	2	0	0	66	49	+17	4
2	Al Mudhar	2	1	0	1	58	55	+3	2
3	Sydney University	2	0	0	2	46	66	−20	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.

29 August 2019 12:15	Sydney University	22–35	Handebol Taubaté	Ministry of Sports Hall, Dammam Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Andrusenko, Castro 4	(9–17)	Quost 7
	3× 4×	Report	1× 1×

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30 August 2019 14:30	Al Mudhar	31–24	Sydney University	Ministry of Sports Hall, Dammam Attendance: 450 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Jaziri 9	(14–13)	Castro 6
	1× 4×	Report	5×

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31 August 2019 10:00	Handebol Taubaté	31–27	Al Mudhar	Ministry of Sports Hall, Dammam Attendance: 300 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Cánepa 8	(15–17)	Zaïdi 11
	3× 6×	Report	1× 4×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Zamalek SC	2	2	0	0	71	50	+21	4
2	Al-Duhail SC	2	1	0	1	50	52	−2	2
3	New York City THC	2	0	0	2	43	62	−19	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.

29 August 2019 14:30	New York City THC	19–24	Al-Duhail SC	Ministry of Sports Hall, Dammam Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Lang 5	(8–11)	Maaref 7
	1× 3×	Report	4×

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30 August 2019 16:30	Zamalek SC	38–24	New York City THC	Ministry of Sports Hall, Dammam Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Fonseca, Santos (POR)
	El-Ahmar 7	(19–15)	Pires 8
	1×	Report	2× 5×

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31 August 2019 12:15	Al-Duhail SC	26–33	Zamalek SC	Ministry of Sports Hall, Dammam Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Maaref 6	(12–15)	El-Ahmar, El-Deraa 6
	6×	Report	2× 3×

Semifinals

29 August 2019 17:20	RK Vardar	30–34	THW Kiel	Ministry of Sports Hall, Dammam Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	three players 5	(17–19)	Bilyk 9
	2× 3×	Report	3× 5×

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29 August 2019 20:00	Al Wehda	24–34	FC Barcelona	Ministry of Sports Hall, Dammam Attendance: 2,100 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Zein 9	(16–13)	Cindrić 7
	2× 4× 1×	Report	1× 4×

Third place game

31 August 2019 14:30	RK Vardar	30–26	Al Wehda	Ministry of Sports Hall, Dammam Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Čupić 7	(16–16)	Al-Salem 9
	1× 4×	Report	1× 4×

Final

31 August 2019 17:20	THW Kiel	32–34	FC Barcelona	Ministry of Sports Hall, Dammam Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Ekberg 7	(17–15)	Cindrić 11
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4× 1×

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	FC Barcelona
	THW Kiel
	RK Vardar
4	Al Wehda
5	Zamalek SC
6	Handebol Taubaté
7	Al Mudhar
8	Al-Duhail SC
9	New York City THC
10	Sydney University