| Current season, competition or edition: | |
| Sport | Handball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2011 |
| First season | 2011 |
| Countries | 6 |
| Confederation | 6 |
| Most recent champion(s) | Men's Junior Men's Youth Women's Junior Women's Youth |
| Official website | IHF.info |
The IHF Inter-Continental Trophy has been organized by the International Handball Federation since 2011. It is a biennial tournament played among emerging nations in under-21 (junior) and under-19 (youth) categories.
Men's junior tournament
[edit]Summary
[edit]| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 2011 Details |
Jaipur[1] |
Finland |
No playoffs | Venezuela |
Benin |
No playoffs | India | ||
| 2013 Details |
Monterrey[2] |
Moldova |
No playoffs | Mexico |
Nigeria |
No playoffs | Uzbekistan | ||
| 2015 Details |
Gabrovo[3] |
Faroe Islands |
No playoffs | Cape Verde |
Colombia |
No playoffs | Uzbekistan | ||
| 2019 Details |
Pristina[4] |
Kosovo |
30–26 | Chinese Taipei |
United States |
36–34 (OT) | Paraguay | ||
| 2023 Details |
San José |
Cuba |
No playoffs | Guinea |
Great Britain |
No playoffs | Costa Rica | ||
| 2025 Details |
Pristina |
United States |
33–32 | Uzbekistan |
Rwanda |
48–31 | Bulgaria | ||
Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals (17 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
Participating nations
[edit]| Nation | 2011 |
2013 |
2015 |
2019 |
2023 |
2025 |
Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th | 5th | 6th | 5th | 4 | |||
| 3rd | 1 | ||||||
| 4th | 1 | ||||||
| 2nd | 1 | ||||||
| 2nd | 1 | ||||||
| 3rd | 1 | ||||||
| 4th | 1 | ||||||
| 1st | 1 | ||||||
| 1st | 1 | ||||||
| 1st | 1 | ||||||
| 3rd | 1 | ||||||
| 2nd | 1 | ||||||
| 4th | 1 | ||||||
| 1st | 1 | ||||||
| 2nd | 1 | ||||||
| 1st | 1 | ||||||
| 6th | 1 | ||||||
| 5th | 1 | ||||||
| 3rd | 5th | 2 | |||||
| 4th | 1 | ||||||
| 3rd | 1 | ||||||
| 5th | 1 | ||||||
| 3rd | 1st | 2 | |||||
| 5th | 4th | 2nd | 3 | ||||
| 2nd | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
Men's youth tournament
[edit]Summary
[edit]| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 2019 Details |
Pristina |
Chinese Taipei |
27–26 | Nigeria |
Kosovo |
32–26 | Canada | ||
| 2023 Details |
San José |
Guadeloupe |
No playoffs | Georgia |
Nigeria |
No playoffs | Nicaragua | ||
| 2025 Details |
Pristina |
Kosovo |
34–30 (OT) | Nigeria |
United States |
38–36 | Uzbekistan | ||
Participating nations
[edit]| Nation | 2019 |
2023 |
2025 |
Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th | 1 | |||
| 1st | 1 | |||
| 2nd | 1 | |||
| 1st | 1 | |||
| 3rd | 1st | 2 | ||
| 6th | 1 | |||
| 6th | 1 | |||
| 4th | 5th | 2 | ||
| 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3 | |
| 5th | 1 | |||
| 5th | 1 | |||
| 3rd | 1 | |||
| 4th | 1 | |||
| Total | 6 | 5 | 6 |
Women's junior tournament
[edit]Summary
[edit]| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 2011 Details |
Almaty |
Finland |
No playoffs | Kazakhstan |
Congo |
No playoffs | Cuba | ||
| 2013 Details |
Monterrey |
Bulgaria |
No playoffs | DR Congo |
Canada |
No playoffs | Thailand | ||
| 2015 Details |
Gabrovo |
Guadeloupe |
No playoffs | Bulgaria |
Uzbekistan |
No playoffs | Senegal | ||
| 2024 Details |
Tashkent |
Uzbekistan |
33–23 | Great Britain |
Guinea |
27–17 | Mexico | ||
Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals (10 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Participating nations
[edit]| Nation | 2011 |
2013 |
2015 |
2024 |
Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th | 1 | ||||
| 1st | 2nd | 2 | |||
| 3rd | 1 | ||||
| 3rd | 1 | ||||
| 4th | 1 | ||||
| 2nd | 1 | ||||
| 1st | 1 | ||||
| 2nd | 1 | ||||
| 1st | 1 | ||||
| 3rd | 1 | ||||
| 2nd | 1 | ||||
| 4th | 1 | ||||
| 5th | 1 | ||||
| 5th | 1 | ||||
| 6th | 1 | ||||
| 4th | 1 | ||||
| 4th | 1 | ||||
| 3rd | 1st | 2 | |||
| Total | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
Women's youth tournament
[edit]Summary
[edit]| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 2024 Details |
Tashkent |
Kosovo |
22–16 | Nigeria |
Uzbekistan |
24–18 | New Caledonia | ||
Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Participating nations
[edit]| Nation | 2024 |
Years |
|---|---|---|
| 5th | 1 | |
| 6th | 1 | |
| 1st | 1 | |
| 4th | 1 | |
| 2nd | 1 | |
| 3rd | 1 | |
| Total | 6 |