European Handball Federation | Men’s Challenge Trophy 2005

Final Standings

PlaceCountryPWDLFAPts
1Moldova660021410912
2Azerbaijan64021851118
3Scotland63031111286
4England62041161454
5Malta63031131536
6Ireland60061051960

Reference: Compiled from Results & Table in [1]

Group A Results

DateTimeHome TeamAway Team
25.10.200510:00Moldova30Scotland14
25.10.200512:00Ireland17Malta27
25.10.200515:00Azerbaijan30England13
26.10.200510:00Scotland16Azerbaijan27
26.10.200512:00England25Ireland17
26.10.200515:00Malta14Moldova41
27.10.200510:00Moldova34England18
27.10.200512:00Azerbaijan43Ireland13
27.10.200515:00Scotland16Malta12
28.10.200510:00Azerbaijan37Malta14
28.10.200512:00Ireland17Moldova54
28.10.200515:00England20Scotland17
29.10.200510:00Malta23England22
29.10.200512:00Ireland21Scotland24
29.10.200515:00Moldova26Azerbaijan19

Reference: [1]

Group A Table

PWDLFAPts
*Moldova55001858210
*Azerbaijan5401156828
^England5203981214
^Scotland5203871104
+Malta5203901334
+Ireland5005851730

Reference: [1]

Finals & Placement Matches

DateTimeTeam 1Team 2
5th-6th Place
30.10.200511:00Malta23Ireland20
3rd-4th Place
30.10.200513:30Scotland24England18
Final
30.10.200516:00Moldova29Azerbaijan27

Reference: [1]

Report

The Men’s Challenge Trophy was the European Handball Federations competition for emerging Nations. Having competed with club sides & countries like Greenland in the mid-1990s, Ireland entered this competition for the first time in 1999.

In Ireland’s fourth time entering the competition in 2005, they lost all their matches for the third time in a row, although this time they only lost 24-21 to Scotland in their final group game, and 23-20 to Malta in the 5th-6th place match. Malta had previously beaten England.

Moldova won the Tournament for the second time in a row, again defeating Azerbaijan in the Final, although this encounter was closer (29-27). Scotland defeated England 24-18 to take bronze.

About

Olympic Handball, sometimes called Team Handball or European Handball, is a team sport similar to Indoor Soccer or Futsal, except hands are used rather than feet.

The object of the sport is to pass the ball using only the hands in order to get into a semi-circle around the opposing teams goal, where a shot may be taken. Each score counts as one goal, and the court is the exact same as a Futsal court indeed Futsal was invented as an Indoor version of Soccer, using the Olympic Handball court.

The sport was invented in Germany & Northern Europe at the end of the 19th Century & beginning of the 20th Century.

References

Websites

[1] European Handball Federation (2018) 2005 Men’s Challenge Trophy [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurohandball.com/trophy/men/2005/round/1/Final+Round [Accessed 25 October 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Alan Delaney.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish, North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 26 September 2019

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2019

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