2021 IHF Men's Super Globe

‌The 2021 IHF Men's Super Globe was the 14th edition of the yearly club world championship and held from 5 to 9 October 2021 at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia under the aegis of International Handball Federation (IHF). It was the second time in history that the event was organised by the Saudi Arabian Handball Federation.^[1]

2021 IHF Men's Super Globe

Tournament details
Host country	Saudi Arabia
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	5–9 October
Teams	10 (from 6 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	SC Magdeburg (1st title)
Runners-up	FC Barcelona
Third place	Aalborg Håndbold
Fourth place	EC Pinheiros
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	948 (59.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Akram Youssry (23 goals)
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SC Magdeburg won their first title by defeating FC Barcelona in the final.^[2]

Venue

The championship will be played in Jeddah, at the King Abdullah Sports City.

Jeddah	Jeddah
King Abdullah Sports City Capacity: unknown

Teams

Ten teams competed in the tournament. The winners of the continental tournaments, the defending champion, a host team and a wild card team.

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	Representative of Oceania
San Francisco CalHeat	Winner of North American and Caribbean Senior Club Championship
EC Pinheiros	Winner of South and Central American Men's Club Handball Championship
Aalborg Håndbold	Runner-up of EHF Champions League[a]
Al Wehda	Wildcard
Al-Noor	Host for winning the domestic league
SC Magdeburg	Wildcard for winning the EHF European League[3]

1. FC Barcelona was the winner of the EHF Champions League but they are already qualified as Defending champion

Referees

The referee pairs were announced on 31 August 2021.^[4]

Referees
Argentina	Julian Grillo Sebastián Lenci
Croatia	Matija Gubica Boris Milošević
Egypt	Alaa Emam Hossam Hedaia
Lithuania	Mindaugas Gatelis Vaidas Mažeika
North Macedonia	Gjorgji Nachevski Slave Nikolov
Norway	Håvard Kleven Lars Jørum

Results

All times are local (UTC+3).^[5][6]

Bracket

Quarterfinals qualification

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

6 October

Al Duhail SC

23

5 October

SC Magdeburg

35

Sydney University

20

7 October

SC Magdeburg

32

SC Magdeburg

32

Aalborg Håndbold

30

6 October

Aalborg Håndbold

38

5 October

Al Wehda

27

Al Wehda

29

9 October

San Francisco CalHeat

20

SC Magdeburg

33

FC Barcelona

28

6 October

Al-Noor

33

EC Pinheiros

34

7 October

EC Pinheiros

24

FC Barcelona

39

Third place

6 October

9 October

FC Barcelona

36

Aalborg Håndbold

34

Zamalek SC

32

EC Pinheiros

29

Quarterfinals qualification

5 October 2021 16:30	Sydney University	20–32	SC Magdeburg	King Abdullah Sport City Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 950 Referees: Emam, Hedaia (EGY)
	Calvert 9	(12–17)	Smits 8
	5×	Report	2×

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5 October 2021 20:30	Al Wehda	29–20	San Francisco CalHeat	King Abdullah Sport City Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 2,680 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
	Hernández 6	(13–6)	Rubio 5
	5×	Report	2× 7× 1×

Quarterfinals

6 October 2021 13:15	Al Duhail SC	23–35	SC Magdeburg	King Abdullah Sport City Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 425 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	Berrached, Capote 4	(9–16)	Damgaard, Hornke 6
	4×	Report	3× 4×

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6 October 2021 15:30	Al-Noor	33–34	EC Pinheiros	King Abdullah Sport City Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 500 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Panić 8	(16–19)	Silva dos Reis, Valadão 6
	1× 3×	Report	1× 5× 1×

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6 October 2021 17:45	Aalborg Håndbold	38–27	Al Wehda	King Abdullah Sport City Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 1,375 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	Barthold 8	(19–10)	Hernández 8
	1× 5×	Report	3×

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6 October 2021 20:30	FC Barcelona	36–32	Zamalek SC	King Abdullah Sport City Hall, Jeddah Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Frade, Mem 7	(18–17)	Saad 7
	4×	Report	1× 3×

Placement round 5–10

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al Duhail SC	2	2	0	0	68	45	+23	4
2	Al-Noor	2	1	0	1	52	62	−10	2
3	San Francisco CalHeat	2	0	0	2	47	60	−13	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.

7 October 2021 13:45	San Francisco CalHeat	24–30	Al-Noor	King Abdullah Sport City Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 250 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	Rubio 5	(10–14)	Al-Abbas 9
	1× 5× 1×	Report	1× 2× 1×

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8 October 2021 16:00	Al Duhail SC	30–23	San Francisco CalHeat	King Abdullah Sport City Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 300 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Hamdoun 7	(16–14)	Ramseier 6
	3×	Report	7×

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9 October 2021 13:45	Al-Noor	22–38	Al Duhail SC	King Abdullah Sport City Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 900 Referees: Emam, Hedaia (EGY)
	Al-Abbas 7	(11–19)	Berrached 10
	4×	Report	1× 5×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Zamalek SC	2	2	0	0	80	41	+39	4
2	Sydney University	2	0	1	1	45	64	−19	1
3	Al Wehda	2	0	1	1	48	68	−20	1

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.

7 October 2021 16:00	Sydney University	19–38	Zamalek SC	King Abdullah Sport City Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 1,350 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
	Dippe 8	(7–18)	Saad 7
	2× 6×	Report	1× 6×

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8 October 2021 18:15	Al Wehda	26–26	Sydney University	King Abdullah Sport City Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Kleven, Jørum (NOR)
	Helali 6	(17–8)	Calvert 10
	2× 5×	Report	1× 8×

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9 October 2021 16:00	Zamalek SC	42–22	Al Wehda	King Abdullah Sport City Hall, Jeddah Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Saad 9	(19–10)	Barabash 5
	3×	Report	3×

Semifinals

7 October 2021 18:15	SC Magdeburg	32–30	Aalborg Håndbold	King Abdullah Sport City Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 1,450 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Damgaard 11	(18–18)	Bjørnsen, Juul 5
	1× 5×	Report	2× 5×

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7 October 2021 20:30	EC Pinheiros	24–39	FC Barcelona	King Abdullah Sport City Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 900 Referees: Kleven, Jørum (NOR)
	Seifert 6	(16–23)	Fabregas 6
	1× 5×	Report	1× 3×

Third place game

9 October 2021 18:15	Aalborg Håndbold	34–29	EC Pinheiros	King Abdullah Sport City Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 1,600 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
	Juul 6	(19–11)	Seifert 6
	1× 3×	Report	2× 1×

Final

9 October 2021 20:30	SC Magdeburg	33–28	FC Barcelona	King Abdullah Sport City Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 3,257 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Magnússon 7	(19–16)	Mem 10
	2×	Report	1× 3×

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	SC Magdeburg
	FC Barcelona
	Aalborg Håndbold
4	EC Pinheiros
5	Zamalek SC
6	Al Duhail SC
7	Al-Noor
8	Sydney University
9	Al Wehda
10	San Francisco CalHeat