2022 IHF Men's Super Globe

‌The 2022 IHF Men's Super Globe was the 16th edition of the yearly club world championship in handball, held from 18 to 23 October 2022 in Dammam, Saudi Arabia under the aegis of the International Handball Federation (IHF). It was the third time in history that the event was organised by the Saudi Arabian Handball Federation.^[1]

2022 IHF Men's Super Globe

Tournament details
Host country	Saudi Arabia
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	18–23 October
Teams	12 (from 6 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	SC Magdeburg (2nd title)
Runner-up	Barcelona
Third place	Łomża Industria Kielce
Fourth place	Al Ahly
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	1,535 (63.96 per match)
Attendance	30,987 (1,291 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hassan Kaddah (45 goals)
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SC Magdeburg defeated Barcelona in the final to defend their title.^[2]

Venue

The championship was played in Dammam, at the Dammam Sports Hall.

Dammam	Dammam
Dammam Sports Hall Capacity: unknown

Referees

At the first two matchdays, it was tested to use three referees instead of the common two.^[3] After the second day they used the normal two pairs. Ten referees were used:^[4]

Country	Referees
Algeria	Youcef Belkhiri / Sid Ali Hamidi
Argentina	Julian Grillo / Sebastian Lenci
Croatia	Matija Gubica / Boris Milošević
Czech Republic	Vaclav Horáček / Jiri Novotný
Denmark	Mads Hansen / Jesper Madsen
Germany	Robert Schulze / Tobias Tönnies
Slovenia	Bojan Lah / David Sok
South Korea	Koo Bon-pk / Lee Se-ok
Spain	Ignacio García / Andreu Martín
Switzerland	Arthur Brunner / Morad Salah

Teams

Twelve teams competed in the tournament: the winners of the continental tournaments, the defending champion, two host teams and two wild card teams.^[5]

Team	Qualified as
SC Magdeburg	Defending champion
Al Ahly	Winner of 2022 African Handball Super Cup
Al-Kuwait SC	Winner of Asian Club League Championship
Sydney University	Winner of 2022 Oceania Handball Champions Cup
Club Ministros	Winner of North American and Caribbean Senior Club Championship
Handebol Taubaté	Winner of South and Central American Men's Club Handball Championship
Barcelona	Winner of EHF Champions League
Espérance de Tunis	Winner of Arab Handball Championship of Champions
Mudhar	Host
Khaleej Club
Łomża Industria Kielce	Wildcard (Runner-up of EHF Champions League)[6]
SL Benfica	Wildcard (Winner of EHF European League)[6]

Draw

The draw was held on 29 September 2022.^[7]

Seeding

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
SC Magdeburg Barcelona Handebol Taubaté Al Ahly	Al-Kuwait SC Mudhar Sydney University Club Ministros	Khaleej Club Espérance de Tunis SL Benfica Łomża Industria Kielce

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	SC Magdeburg	2	2	0	0	76	52	+24	4	Semifinals
2	Khaleej Club	2	1	0	1	64	56	+8	2	5–8th place semifinals
3	Sydney University	2	0	0	2	44	76	−32	0	9–12th place semifinals

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.

18 October 2022 13:45	SC Magdeburg	41–23	Sydney University	Dammam Sports Hall, Dammam Attendance: 250 Referees: Belkhiri, Marín, Sok
	Mertens 7	(20–8)	De Kuyper 5
	3×	Report	8×

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19 October 2022 16:45	Sydney University	21–35	Khaleej Club	Dammam Sports Hall, Dammam Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Grillo, Lah, Salah
	three players 3	(10–14)	Al Sayyad 6
	3×	Report	3×

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20 October 2022 19:00	SC Magdeburg	35–29	Khaleej Club	Dammam Sports Hall, Dammam Attendance: 3,000 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Mertens, Pettersson 5	(17–14)	Kaddah 11
	2× 2×	Report	2× 3× 1×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al Ahly	2	2	0	0	65	58	+7	4	Semifinals
2	SL Benfica	2	1	0	1	67	56	+11	2	5–8th place semifinals
3	Mudhar	2	0	0	2	57	75	−18	0	9–12th place semifinals

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.

18 October 2022 19:45	Al Ahly	36–30	Mudhar	Dammam Sports Hall, Dammam Attendance: 3,275 Referees: Madsen, García, Lee
	Dahroug 9	(18–17)	Bannour 10
	5× 1×	Report	1× 4×

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19 October 2022 19:00	Mudhar	27–39	SL Benfica	Dammam Sports Hall, Dammam Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Lenci, Gubica, Novotný
	Khallaf 6	(10–14)	Rahmel 8
	2×	Report	6×

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20 October 2022 16:45	Al Ahly	29–28	SL Benfica	Dammam Sports Hall, Dammam Attendance: 2,100 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Khaled Hassan 8	(12–13)	Đorđić 9
	5×	Report	1× 10× 1×

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Łomża Industria Kielce	2	2	0	0	86	56	+30	4	Semifinals
2	Handebol Taubaté	2	1	0	1	62	67	−5	2	5–8th place semifinals
3	Al-Kuwait SC	2	0	0	2	54	79	−25	0	9–12th place semifinals

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.

18 October 2022 11:30	Handebol Taubaté	32–28	Al-Kuwait SC	Dammam Sports Hall, Dammam Attendance: 250 Referees: Hansen, Lah, Brunner
	Perrella Filho 6	(19–12)	Saleh 7
	2×	Report	1× 1×

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19 October 2022 12:15	Al-Kuwait SC	26–47	Łomża Industria Kielce	Dammam Sports Hall, Dammam Attendance: 182 Referees: Milošević, Schulze, Koo
	Hernández 6	(14–23)	Tournat 9
	2×	Report	1×

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20 October 2022 12:15	Handebol Taubaté	30–39	Łomża Industria Kielce	Dammam Sports Hall, Dammam Attendance: 300 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Rodrigues, Teles 4	(16–18)	A. Dujshebaev, Nahi 6
	1×	Report	4×

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Barcelona	2	2	0	0	87	42	+45	4	Semifinals
2	Espérance de Tunis	2	1	0	1	70	58	+12	2	5–8th place semifinals
3	Club Ministros	2	0	0	2	39	96	−57	0	9–12th place semifinals

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.

18 October 2022 16:00	Barcelona	50–18	Club Ministros	Dammam Sports Hall, Dammam Attendance: 250 Referees: Hamidi, Grillo, Koo
	Urdangarin 12	(26–10)	Sánchez Haas 4
	1×	Report	2×

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19 October 2022 14:30	Club Ministros	21–46	Espérance de Tunis	Dammam Sports Hall, Dammam Attendance: 110 Referees: Horáček, Tönnies, Lee
	Muñiz Gómez, Sánchez Haas 4	(7–21)	Toumi 8
	4×	Report	1×

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20 October 2022 14:30	Barcelona	37–24	Espérance de Tunis	Dammam Sports Hall, Dammam Attendance: 250 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Fabregas 7	(18–12)	Ben Salah 7
	1×	Report	1× 1×

Knockout stage

9–12th place bracket

	9–12th place semifinals				Ninth place game
	22 October
	Sydney University	26
					23 October
	Mudhar	29
					Mudhar	18
	22 October
					Al-Kuwait SC	34
	Al-Kuwait SC	41
	Club Ministros	26
					Eleventh place game
					23 October
					Sydney University	33
					Club Ministros	29

9–12th place semifinals

22 October 2022 09:30	Sydney University	26–29	Mudhar	Dammam Sports Hall, Dammam Attendance: 300 Referees: Lenci, Grillo (ARG)
	Eisenhuth 6	(13–14)	Acacio 8
	1× 2×	Report

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22 October 2022 11:30	Al-Kuwait SC	41–26	Club Ministros	Dammam Sports Hall, Dammam Attendance: 550 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Saleh 12	(18–12)	Sánchez Haas 6
	1×	Report	2×

Eleventh place game

23 October 2022 09:30	Sydney University	33–29	Club Ministros	Dammam Sports Hall, Dammam Attendance: 200 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Dippe 9	(16–15)	Ávalos, Sánchez Haas 5
	1× 3×	Report	1× 4× 1×

Ninth place game

23 October 2022 11:30	Mudhar	18–34	Al-Kuwait SC	Dammam Sports Hall, Dammam Attendance: 200 Referees: Madsen, Hansen (DEN)
	Bannour 5	(5–20)	Saleh 16
	1×	Report

5–8th place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place game
	22 October
	Khaleej Club	35
					23 October
	SL Benfica	32
					Khaleej Club	30
	22 October
					Espérance de Tunis	31
	Handebol Taubaté	31 (2)
	Espérance de Tunis (Pen)	31 (4)
					Seventh place game
					23 October
					SL Benfica	32
					Handebol Taubaté	27

5–8th place semifinals

22 October 2022 13:30	Khaleej Club	35–32	SL Benfica	Dammam Sports Hall, Dammam Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Madsen, Hansen (DEN)
	Kaddah 14	(15–16)	Đorđić 8
	1×	Report	1×

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22 October 2022 15:30	Handebol Taubaté	33–35	Espérance de Tunis	Dammam Sports Hall, Dammam Attendance: 400 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	De Andrade 6	(14–18)	three players 5
	3×	Report	4×
	FT: 31–31 Pen: 2–4

Seventh place game

23 October 2022 13:30	SL Benfica	32–27	Handebol Taubaté	Dammam Sports Hall, Dammam Attendance: 150 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Bingo 6	(17–18)	Monte 7
	1× 2×	Report	1×

Fifth place game

23 October 2022 15:30	Khaleej Club	30–31	Espérance de Tunis	Dammam Sports Hall, Dammam Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Lenci, Grillo (ARG)
	Kaddah 16	(14–15)	Abdelli 9
	1× 4×	Report	2× 5× 1×

Championship bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	22 October
	SC Magdeburg	36
					23 October
	Al Ahly	28
					SC Magdeburg (ET)	41
	22 October
					Barcelona	39
	Łomża Industria Kielce	28
	Barcelona	39
					Third place
					23 October
					Al Ahly	26
					Łomża Industria Kielce	35

Semifinals

22 October 2022 18:00	SC Magdeburg	36–28	Al Ahly	Dammam Sports Hall, Dammam Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Magnússon 8	(18–17)	Mahmoud 7
	2× 2×	Report	2× 1×

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22 October 2022 20:30	Łomża Industria Kielce	28–39	Barcelona	Dammam Sports Hall, Dammam Attendance: 700 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	D. Dujshebaev, Tournat 5	(11–16)	Cindrić 6
	2×	Report	1× 4×

Third place game

23 October 2022 18:00	Al Ahly	26–35	Łomża Industria Kielce	Dammam Sports Hall, Dammam Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Mesilhy 5	(13–16)	Tournat 8
	1×	Report	4×

Final

23 October 2022 20:30	SC Magdeburg	41–39 (ET)	Barcelona	Dammam Sports Hall, Dammam Attendance: 3,120 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Magnússon 12	(21–17)	Gómez 10
	4×	Report	4×
	FT: 35–35 ET: 6–4

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	SC Magdeburg
	Barcelona
	Łomża Industria Kielce
4	Al Ahly
5	Espérance de Tunis
6	Khaleej Club
7	SL Benfica
8	Handebol Taubaté
9	Al-Kuwait SC
10	Mudhar
11	Sydney University
12	Club Ministros

Broadcasters

Country	Channel
France	handstar.tv
Hungary	Sport TV
Kuwait	KTV Sport
Middle East and North Africa	Sharjah Sport
Poland	TVP Sport
Saudi Arabia	SSC
Countries without a license	Solid Sport[8]