2017 IHF Super Globe

The 2017 IHF Super Globe was the eleventh edition of the tournament. It was held in Doha, Qatar at the Duhail Handball Sports Hall from 25 to 28 August 2017.^[1]

2017 IHF Super Globe

Tournament details
Host country	Qatar
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	25–28 August
Teams	8 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Barcelona (3rd title)
Runner-up	Füchse Berlin
Third place	RK Vardar
Fourth place	Al Sadd
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	700 (58.33 per match)
Attendance	10,600 (883 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mohammad Ghasemi (24 goals)
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Barcelona captured their third title after a 29–25 final win over Berlin.^[2]

Teams

The best club of each continent through their tournaments, a host team and a wild card team participated.^[3]

Team	Qualified as
Füchse Berlin[4]	Defending champion
Espérance Sportive de Tunis[5]	Runner-up of African Champions League
Naft & Gaz Gachsaran	Runner-up of Asian Club League Championship
Sydney University[6]	Winner of Oceania Champions Cup
EC Pinheiros[7]	Winner of Pan American Club Championship
RK Vardar[8]	Winner of EHF Champions League
Barcelona	Wild card
Al Sadd	Host

Referees

The following Referee pairs were selected for the tournament.^[9]

Referees
Argentina	Julian Grillo / Sebastián Lenci
Latvia	Renars Līcis / Zigmars Sondors
Norway	Kjersti Arntsen / Guro Røen
South Korea	Lee See-ok / Koo Bon-ok
Spain	Ignacio García / Andreu Marín
Tunisia	Ismail Boualloucha / Ramzi Khenissi

Results

All times are local (UTC+3).

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	25 August
	Al Sadd	33
					26 August
	Sydney University	25
					Al Sadd	23
	25 August
					Füchse Berlin	30
	Füchse Berlin	33
									28 August
	EC Pinheiros	31
									Füchse Berlin	25
	25 August
									Barcelona	29
	RK Vardar	30
					26 August
	Naft & Gaz Gachsaran	22
					RK Vardar	29
	25 August
					Barcelona	32			Third place
	Barcelona	42
									28 August
	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	24
									Al Sadd	19
									RK Vardar	37

5th place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	26 August
	Sydney University	26
					28 August
	EC Pinheiros	32
					EC Pinheiros	32
	26 August
					Espérance Sportive de Tunis	29
	Naft & Gaz Gachsaran	28
	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	35
					Seventh place
					28 August
					Sydney University	24
					Naft & Gaz Gachsaran	27

Quarterfinals

25 August 2017 13:00	Barcelona	42–24	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Līcis, Sondors (LAT)
	Gómez 9	(19–10)	Amri, Bhar 5
	3× 5×	Report	1× 2×

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25 August 2017 15:00	RK Vardar	30–22	Naft & Gaz Gachsaran	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 400 Referees: Boualloucha, Khenissi (TUN)
	Borozan, Cindrić 5	(15–10)	Nosrati 7
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

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25 August 2017 17:00	Füchse Berlin	33–31	EC Pinheiros	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 800 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Nenadić 7	(16–14)	Flosi 8
	1× 1×	Report	3× 5×

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25 August 2017 19:00	Al Sadd	33–25	Sydney University	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 700 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Al-Karbi 7	(14–11)	Briffe 7
	4× 6×	Report	2× 6× 1×

5–8th place semifinals

26 August 2017 13:00	Naft & Gaz Gachsaran	28–35	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 400 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Ghasemi 10	(12–16)	Boughanmi 9
	1× 4×	Report	2× 3×

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26 August 2017 15:00	Sydney University	26−32	EC Pinheiros	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
	Briffe 6	(11–16)	Hackbarth, Souto 9
	3× 5×	Report	4× 5×

Semifinals

26 August 2017 17:00	RK Vardar	29–32	Barcelona	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	Cindrić 7	(12–15)	Mem 6
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4×

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26 August 2017 19:00	Al Sadd	23–30	Füchse Berlin	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Boualloucha, Khenissi (TUN)
	three players 4	(13–16)	Lindberg 8
	4× 3×	Report	4× 5×

Seventh place game

28 August 2017 13:00	Sydney University	24–27	Naft & Gaz Gachsaran	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 600 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	Hock 9	(12–13)	Ghasemi 10
	2× 7×	Report	1× 5×

Fifth place game

28 August 2017 15:00	EC Pinheiros	32–29	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 300 Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
	Hubner 8	(15–17)	Amri 8
	2× 3×	Report	3× 4× 1×

Third place game

28 August 2017 17:00	Al Sadd	19–37	RK Vardar	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	three players 3	(10–14)	Shishkarev 8
	3× 5×	Report	1× 4×

Final

28 August 2017 19:00	Füchse Berlin	25–29	Barcelona	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Līcis, Sondors (LAT)
	three players 5	(12–15)	Rivera 9
	2× 8× 2×	Report	2× 4×

Final ranking

	Barcelona
	Füchse Berlin
	RK Vardar
4	Al Sadd
5	EC Pinheiros
6	Espérance Sportive de Tunis
7	Naft & Gaz Gachsaran
8	Sydney University