2018 IHF Super Globe

The 2018 IHF Super Globe was the twelfth edition of the tournament. It was held in Doha, Qatar at the Duhail Handball Sports Hall from 16 to 19 October 2018.^[2]

2018 IHF Super Globe

Tournament details
Host country	Qatar
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	16–19 October
Teams	8 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Barcelona (4th title)
Runner-up	Füchse Berlin
Third place	Montpellier
Fourth place	Al Sadd
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	668 (55.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Khaled Haj Youssef (22 goals)[1]
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In a rematch of last year's final, Barcelona won their fourth title after a 29–24 final win over Berlin.^[3]

Venue

The championship was played in Doha, at the Duhail Handball Sports Hall.

Doha	Doha
Duhail Handball Sports Hall Capacidad: 5,500

Teams

The best club of each continent through their tournaments, the defending champion, a host team and a wild card team participated. Hammamat participated because the winner of the 2017 African Champions League (Zamalek) refused to participate for political reasons. The runner up (Espérance Tunis) was denied for not participating in the previous 2 African Champions League. The 3rd place (Al Ahly), who was from Egypt, refused to participate for political reasons.

Team	Qualified as
Barcelona[4]	Defending champion
Hammamet	4th place African Handball Cup Champions League
Al-Najma[5]	Winner of Asian Club League Championship
Sydney University[6]	Winner of Oceania Champions Cup
Handebol Taubaté[7]	Winner of Pan American Club Championship
Montpellier[8]	Winner of EHF Champions League
Al Sadd[9]	Host
Füchse Berlin[9]	Wild card

Results

All times are local (UTC+3).^[10]

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	16 October
	Barcelona	37
					17 October
	Al-Najma	28
					Barcelona	37
	16 October
					Montpellier	30
	Montpellier	31
									19 October
	Hammamet	22
									Barcelona	29
	16 October
									Füchse Berlin	24
	Handebol Taubaté	25
					17 October
	Füchse Berlin	33
					Füchse Berlin	26
	16 October
					Al Sadd	20			Third place
	Al Sadd	27
									19 October
	Sydney University	22
									Montpellier	33
									Al Sadd	23

5th place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	17 October
	Al-Najma	26
					19 October
	Hammamet	27
					Hammamet	24
	17 October
					Handebol Taubaté	34
	Handebol Taubaté	38
	Sydney University	18
					Seventh place
					19 October
					Al-Najma	28
					Sydney University	26

Quarterfinals

16 October 2018 13:00	Barcelona	37–28	Al-Najma	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Mortensen 5	(19–14)	Al-Sayyad 7
	2× 2×	Report	3× 4×

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16 October 2018 15:00	Montpellier	31–22	Hammamet	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	three players 6	(16–10)	Lopes, Jaziri 4
	2× 3×	Report	3× 2×

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16 October 2018 17:00	Handebol Taubaté	25–33	Füchse Berlin	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Gama, Perrela 4	(11–19)	Marsenić, Reißky 5
	4×	Report	1× 4×

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16 October 2018 19:00	Al Sadd	27–22	Sydney University	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 300 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	Haj Youssef, Nowraddine 7	(13–13)	Mehdizadeh 6
	2× 3×	Report	2× 5×

5–8th place semifinals

17 October 2018 13:00	Hammamet	27–26	Al-Najma	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 300 Referees: Lenci, Grillo (ARG)
	Jaziri 9	(14–14)	Mirza 7
	3× 3×	Report	2× 1× 1×

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17 October 2018 15:00	Sydney University	18–38	Handebol Taubaté	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 300 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	three players 3	(12–16)	three players 5
	3× 7×	Report	2× 5×

Semifinals

17 October 2018 17:00	Montpellier	30–37	Barcelona	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 350 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Richardson 10	(19–18)	Mortensen 7
	1× 4×	Report	1× 6×

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17 October 2018 19:00	Al Sadd	20–26	Füchse Berlin	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 300 Referees: Khenissi, Boualloucha (TUN)
	Haj Youssef 8	(9–11)	Holm, Lindberg 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

Seventh place game

19 October 2018 13:00	Sydney University	26–28	Al-Najma	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Referees: Khenissi, Boualloucha (TUN)
	Mehdizadeh, Perronneau 5	(12–17)	Mahfoodh 9
	2× 5×	Report	1× 6×

Fifth place game

19 October 2018 15:00	Handebol Taubaté	34–24	Hammamet	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 300 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Soares 8	(14–13)	Jaziri 7
	1× 5×	Report	2× 5×

Third place game

19 October 2018 17:00	Al Sadd	23–33	Montpellier	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 400 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Nowraddine 8	(9–14)	Porte 11
	2× 4×	Report	2× 1×

Final

19 October 2018 19:00	Füchse Berlin	24–29	Barcelona	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 850 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Holm 8	(12–13)	Tomás 5
	1× 2×	Report	1× 1×

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Barcelona
	Füchse Berlin
	Montpellier
4	Al Sadd
5	Handebol Taubaté
6	Hammamet
7	Al-Najma
8	Sydney University

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	G	S	E%	7m	MP
1	Khaled Haj Youssef	Al Sadd	22	28	79	4	3
2	Oussama Jaziri	Hammamet	20	40	50	0	3
3	Amir Nowraddine Denguir	Al Sadd	20	44	45	0	3
4	Casper Mortensen	Barcelona	16	18	89	6	3
5	Jacob Holm	Füchse Berlin	15	27	56	0	3
6	Melvyn Richardson	Montpellier	15	20	75	4	3
7	Ali Mirza Salman	Al-Najma	15	26	58	1	3
8	Hussain Al Sayyad	Al-Najma	14	26	54	0	3
9	Sérgio Lopes	Hammamet	13	19	68	0	3
10	Valentin Porte	Montpellier	13	14	93	0	3

Source: IHF

References

1. Top scorer
2. "IHF Super Globe 2018". ihf.info. 19 January 2018.
3. "Barca extend Super Globe title-holding record". ihf.info. 19 October 2018.
4. "Perez de Vargas leads Barcelona to third Super Globe trophy". ihf.info. 28 August 2017.
5. "Al Najma are kings of Asia". ihf.info. 20 December 2017.
6. "Sydney Uni and Melbourne HC celebrate Oceania club titles". ihf.info. 30 May 2018.
7. "Handebol Taubaté conquista 5º título do Pan de Clubes". guiataubate.com. 27 May 2018.
8. "After 15 years, Montpellier top the podium again". ehfcl.com. 27 May 2018.
9. "2018 IHF Super Globe participants confirmed". ihf.info. 20 July 2018.
10. Quarterfinal schedule

External links

• Official website