2002 Intercontinental Handball Cup

2002 Intercontinental Handball Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Russia
City	Moscau
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	25 – 29 June
Teams	5
Final positions
Champions	Russia
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Argentina
Fourth place	Algeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Attendance	490 (49 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Elhadi Biloum (23 goals)

The 2002 Intercontinental Handball Cup was the 3rd edition and was hosted for the first time in Russia from 25 to 29 June 2002.

Qualification

Qualified teams are:

Country	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances
Russia	Host		0 (debut)
Argentina	Winner of 2000 Pan American Championship	28 May 2000	0 (debut)
Sweden	Winner of 2002 European Championship	3 February 2002	1 (2000)
Saudi Arabia	Third of 2002 Asian Championship	19 February 2002	1 (2000)
Algeria	Runners-up of 2002 African Championship	28 April 2002	1 (1998)

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Russia (H)	4	4	0	0	117	88	+29	8
2	Sweden	4	3	0	1	103	90	+13	6
3	Argentina	4	2	0	2	91	88	+3	4
4	Algeria	4	1	0	3	94	105	−11	2
5	Saudi Arabia	4	0	0	4	85	119	−34	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points in the games between teams in question; 3) goal difference in the games between teams in question; 4) number of goals scored in the games between teams in question; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(H) Hosts

Games

All times are local (UTC+3)

25 June 2002 17:00	Sweden	21-20	Argentina	Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow
		(10-11)

25 June 2002 19:30	Russia	34-19	Saudi Arabia	Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow
		(20-10)

26 June 2002 17:00	Argentina	22-20	Algeria	Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow
		(11-17)

26 June 2002 19:00	Saudi Arabia	20-32	Sweden	Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow
		(10-16)

27 June 2002 17:00	Argentina	24-20	Saudi Arabia	Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow
		(13-9)

27 June 2002 19:00	Algeria	20-31	Russia	Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow
		(11-13)

28 June 2002 17:00	Algeria	29-26	Saudi Arabia	Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow
		(11-14)

28 June 2002 19:00	Russia	25-24	Sweden	Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow Attendance: 1050 Referees: M. Baum et M. Goralczyk (POL)
	Lavrov, Ojered - Ivanov (3), Koksharov (4, number 2 in light blue rounded square), Egorov (1, number 2 in light blue rounded square), Krivoshlykov (8, Yellow card), Ignatov (1, Yellow card), Gritsenko, Torgovanov (3, Yellow cardnumber 2 in light blue rounded square), Kamanin (1, number 2 in light blue rounded square), Rastvortsev (3), Miagkov (1, number 2 in light blue rounded square), Gorpishin, Safonov (number 2 in light blue rounded squarenumber 2 in light blue rounded square)	(15-13)	Ohlander, M. Andersson - Johansson (3), Larholm (1, Yellow card), Arrhenius (1, Yellow cardnumber 2 in light blue rounded square), Lindberg, Svensson, Hansen, Hammarstrand (2), Ahlm (4 number 2 in light blue rounded squarenumber 2 in light blue rounded squarenumber 2 in light blue rounded squareRed card), K. Andersson (4), Doder, Källman (4, Yellow cardnumber 2 in light blue rounded square), Lennartsson (5, number 2 in light blue rounded square)
	3×Yellow card 7×number 2 in light blue rounded square	Report	3×Yellow card 6×number 2 in light blue rounded square 1×Red card

29 June 2002 15:00	Sweden	26-25	Algeria	Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow
		(14-11)

29 June 2002 17:00	Russia	27-25	Argentina	Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow
		(11-9)

All-star Team

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Christian Canzoniero
Left wing	Hussain Alakwan
Left back	Alexey Rastvortsev
Centre back	Vitali Ivanov
Right back	Eric Gull
Right wing	Jan Lennartsson
Pivot	Dmitri Torgovanov

Source:

External links

• Archive of official website