2024 IHF Men's Club World Championship

2024 IHF Men’s Club World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Egypt
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates27 September – 3 October[1]
Teams9 (from 6 confederations)
Final positions
ChampionsHungary Telekom Veszprém (1st title)
Runner-upGermany SC Magdeburg
Third placeEgypt Al Ahly
Fourth placeSpain Barcelona
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored1,163 (64.61 per match)
Attendance9,595 (533 per match)
Top scorer(s)Mojtaba Al-Salem
(34 goals)
Best playerNedim Remili
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‌The 2024 IHF Men’s Club World Championship is the 18th edition of the yearly club world championship in handball, held from 27 September to 3 October in New Administrative Capital, Egypt under the aegis of the International Handball Federation (IHF).[2]

Telekom Veszprém secured their first title after a 34–33 win over SC Magdeburg in the final.[3]

Host

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The contract with the Saudi Arabian Handball Federation was not extended.[4] Instead the Egyptian Handball Federation received a contract for three editions. The tournament will be held in the New Capital Sports Hall in New Administrative Capital.[5]

Format

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The nine teams will be split into three groups of three teams. The group winners and the best second-placed team advance to the semifinals. The remaining sides will play in placement games.[1]

Teams

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Nine teams compete in the tournament: the winners of the continental tournaments, the defending champion, a host teams and a wild card team. On 10 July 2024, seven teams were named.[6]

Team Qualified as
Germany SC Magdeburg[7] Defending champion
Egypt Zamalek SC Runner-up of African Handball Super Cup
Saudi Arabia Khaleej Club Winner of Asian Club League Championship
Australia Sydney Uni HC[8] Winner of Oceania Handball Champions Cup
United States California Eagles Winner of North American and Caribbean Senior Club Championship
Brazil Handebol Taubaté Winner of South and Central American Men's Club Handball Championship
Spain Barcelona Winner of EHF Champions League
Egypt Al Ahly[9] Host
Hungary Telekom Veszprém Wildcard
  • As Al-Ahly qualified as the host team, Zamalek took their place after placing second in the African qualification.

Draw

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The draw was held on 21 August 2024.[1][10]

Seeding

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Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
Germany SC Magdeburg
Spain Barcelona
Hungary Telekom Veszprém
Egypt Al Ahly
Egypt Zamalek SC
Saudi Arabia Khaleej Club
Brazil Handebol Taubaté
United States California Eagles
Australia Sydney Uni HC

Referees

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The referee pairs were announced on 15 August 2024.[11]

Referees
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Amar Konjičanin
Dino Konjičanin
 Denmark Mads Hansen
Jesper Madsen
 Egypt Heidy El-Saied
Yasmina El-Saied
 France Karim Gasmi
Raouf Gasmi
Referees
 North Macedonia Gjorgji Nachevski
Slave Nikolov
 Montenegro Ivan Pavićević
Miloš Ražnatović
 Uruguay Cristian Lemes
Mathías Sosa
 Uzbekistan Khasan Ismoilov
Khusan Ismoilov

Preliminary round

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All times are local (UTC+3).[12]

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Hungary Telekom Veszprém 2 2 0 0 77 44 +33 4 Semifinals
2 Egypt Zamalek SC 2 1 0 1 57 59 −2 2
3 Brazil Handebol Taubaté 2 0 0 2 42 73 −31 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.
27 September 2024
21:00
Handebol Taubaté Brazil 25–30 Egypt Zamalek SC New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital
Attendance: 200
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
G. Da Silva, Perin 6 (6–18) Omar 5
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28 September 2024
15:00
Telekom Veszprém Hungary 43–17 Brazil Handebol Taubaté New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital
Attendance: 95
Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
Descat 10 (22–6) Andrade, E. Da Silva 4
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29 September 2024
17:30
Zamalek SC Egypt 27–34 Hungary Telekom Veszprém New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital
Attendance: 800
Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
El-Ahmar, Yosri 4 (15–18) Grahovac, Sandell 5
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Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Spain Barcelona 2 2 0 0 84 46 +38 4 Semifinals
2 Egypt Al Ahly 2 1 0 1 72 46 +26 2
3 Australia Sydney Uni HC 2 0 0 2 38 102 −64 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.
27 September 2024
18:30
Sydney Uni HC Australia 15–49 Egypt Al Ahly New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital
Attendance: 500
Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
three players 3 (6–20) Dahroug 9
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28 September 2024
20:00
Barcelona Spain 53–23 Australia Sydney Uni HC New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital
Attendance: 350
Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
Ortega 9 (27–12) Messerschmidt 7
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29 September 2024
20:00
Al Ahly Egypt 23–31 Spain Barcelona New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
Adel 6 (10–17) Gómez 6
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Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Germany SC Magdeburg 2 2 0 0 92 49 +43 4 Semifinals
2 Saudi Arabia Khaleej Club 2 1 0 1 76 60 +16 2
3 United States California Eagles 2 0 0 2 46 105 −59 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.
27 September 2024
15:00
California Eagles United States 25–48 Saudi Arabia Khaleej Club New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital
Attendance: 700
Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
Damm 6 (16–22) Al-Salem 11
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28 September 2024
17:30
SC Magdeburg Germany 57–21 United States California Eagles New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
Mertens 16 (28–14) Vagset 7
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29 September 2024
15:00
Khaleej Club Saudi Arabia 28–35 Germany SC Magdeburg New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital
Attendance: 350
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
A. Al-Ibrahim 7 (14–15) Persson 9
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Second-placed teams ranking

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Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B Egypt Al Ahly 2 1 0 1 72 46 +26 2 Semifinals
2 C Saudi Arabia Khaleej Club 2 1 0 1 76 60 +16 2
3 A Egypt Zamalek SC 2 1 0 1 57 59 −2 2
Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference.

Placement round

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Egypt Zamalek SC 2 2 0 0 71 47 +24 4
2 Saudi Arabia Khaleej Club 2 2 0 0 76 54 +22 4
3 Australia Sydney Uni HC 2 1 0 1 62 77 −15 2
4 Brazil Handebol Taubaté 2 0 0 2 51 59 −8 0
5 United States California Eagles 2 0 0 2 53 76 −23 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.

Results

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1 October 2024
11:00
Khaleej Club Saudi Arabia 29–27 Brazil Handebol Taubaté New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital
Attendance: 250
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
Moj. Al-Salem 7 (13–13) Perin 6
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1 October 2024
14:00
California Eagles United States 23–41 Egypt Zamalek SC New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital
Attendance: 100
Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
Vagset 6 (11–21) Saad 6
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2 October 2024
16:00
Sydney Uni HC Australia 35–30 United States California Eagles New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital
Attendance: 50
Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
three players 6 (18–15) Raff 7
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3 October 2024
11:00
Khaleej Club Saudi Arabia 47–27 Australia Sydney Uni HC New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital
Attendance: 150
Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
Al-Salem, Al-Sayyaf 11 (19–11) Delpire 8
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3 October 2024
14:00
Handebol Taubaté Brazil 24–30 Egypt Zamalek SC New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital
Attendance: 150
Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
Perin 7 (9–17) Sadek 6
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Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
1 October
 
 
Germany SC Magdeburg28
 
3 October
 
Egypt Al Ahly24
 
Germany SC Magdeburg33
 
1 October
 
Hungary Telekom Veszprém (ET)34
 
Spain Barcelona34
 
 
Hungary Telekom Veszprém (ET)39
 
Third place
 
 
3 October
 
 
Egypt Al Ahly32
 
 
Spain Barcelona29

Semifinals

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1 October 2024
17:00
Barcelona Spain 34–39 (ET) Hungary Telekom Veszprém New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital
Attendance: 500
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Gómez 10 (13–15) Descat 9
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FT: 29–29 ET: 5–10


1 October 2024
20:00
SC Magdeburg Germany 28–24 Egypt Al Ahly New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital
Attendance: 500
Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
Zehnder 9 (12–15) Hassan 6
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Third place game

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3 October 2024
17:00
Al Ahly Egypt 32–29 Spain Barcelona New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
Ramadan 7 (18–15) Janc 6
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Final

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3 October 2024
20:00
SC Magdeburg Germany 33–34 (ET) Hungary Telekom Veszprém New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
Magnússon 7 (14–13) Fabregas 9
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FT: 28–28 ET: 5–6

Final ranking

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Rank Team[13]
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hungary Telekom Veszprém
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Germany SC Magdeburg
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Egypt Al Ahly
4 Spain Barcelona
5 Saudi Arabia Khaleej Club
6 Egypt Zamalek SC
7 Australia Sydney Uni HC
8 Brazil Handebol Taubaté
9 United States California Eagles

All-Star Team

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The All-Star Team was announced on 12 November 2023.[14]

Position Player Club
Goalkeeper Spain Rodrigo Corrales Veszprém KC
Right wing Spain Aleix Gómez FC Barcelona
Right back Iceland Ómar Ingi Magnússon SC Magdeburg
Centre back Croatia Luka Cindrić Veszprém KC
Left back Iceland Gísli Þorgeir Kristjánsson SC Magdeburg
Left wing France Hugo Descat Veszprém KC
Pivot Egypt Ahmed Adel Al Ahly
MVP France Nedim Remili Veszprém KC

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Pots revealed and draw date set for the 2024 IHF Men's Club World Championship in Egypt". International Handball Federation. 18 August 2024. Archived from the original on 18 August 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  2. ^ "IHF Men's Super Globe becomes IHF Men's Club World Championship and will be hosted in Egypt". ihf.info. 23 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Veszprém stop Magdeburg's streak to seal maiden title at the IHF Men's Club World Championship". ihf.info. 3 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Handball Super-Cup in Afrika: Erstes Ticket für IHF Super Globe 2024 vergeben". handball-world.news. 17 April 2024.
  5. ^ "17th IHF Men's Club World Championship will be hosted in Egypt". Ihf.info. 25 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  6. ^ "IHF Club World Championship returns to Egypt". ihf.info. 10 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Magdeburg seal historic three-peat at the IHF Men's Super Globe after dramatic final". ihf.info. 12 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Sydney-Uni return to the IHF Men's Club World Championship after sealing title at the Australian Club Championships". ihf.info. 22 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Powerhouses Al-Ahly and Primeiro de Agosto clinch titles at the CAHB African Super Cup". ihf.info. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Nine teams learn their fate in luxurious setting at the draw for the 2024 IHF Men's Club World Championship". ihf.info. 21 August 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Referees announced for the 2024 IHF Men's Club World Championship". ihf.info. 15 August 2024.
  12. ^ "2024 IHF Men's Club World Championship: Schedule released". ihf.info. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Summary" (PDF). ihf.info. IHF. 3 October 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  14. ^ "2024 IHF Men's Club World Championship: MVP Remili headlines the All-Star Team". ihf.info. IHF. 3 October 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
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