Carpathian Trophy (men's handball)
The Carpathian Trophy (Romanian: Trofeul Carpaţi) is an annual men's friendly handball tournament organised by the Romanian Handball Federation. The first edition took place in Bucharest in 1959.
Tournament structure[edit]
It reached the 44th edition in December 2022. There is no precise format for the tournament, even though recently there were four participating teams.
Editions[edit]
| Year | Host City | Final Rankings | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Fourth place | Fifth | Sixth place | |||
| 2001 Details |
 Iași |
 Romania |
 Greece |
Romania B |
 Bulgaria | |||
| 2002 Details |
Iași |
 Turkey |
Romania |
Romania B |
 Ukraine |
 Egypt |
Bulgaria | |
| 2003 Details |
Iași |
Romania |
Romania B |
Ukraine |
 Macedonia |
 Belarus |
Bulgaria | |
| 2004 Details |
Timișoara |
Romania |
 Jordan |
Macedonia |
 Netherlands |
Turkey |
Egypt | |
| 2005 Details |
Timișoara |
Romania |
Netherlands |
 Italy |
Turkey | |||
| 2006 Details[1] |
Timișoara |
Romania |
Turkey |
Macedonia |
Italy | |||
| 2007 Details[2] |
Drobeta-Turnu Severin |
Romania |
 Montenegro |
Ukraine |
Macedonia | |||
| 2010 Details[3] |
Oradea |
 Tunisia |
Romania |
Macedonia |
Belarus | |||
| 2011 Details[4] |
Piatra Neamţ |
Romania |
Ukraine |
Romania B |
Jordan | |||
| 2012 Details[5] |
Oradea |
Romania |
Ukraine |
Turkey |
Romania B | |||
| 2018 Details |
Călărași |
Romania |
 Portugal |
 Bahrain |
Tunisia | |||
| 2019 Details |
Bucharest |
North Macedonia |
Romania |
Netherlands |
 Algeria | |||
| 2021 Details |
Cluj-Napoca |
Romania |
Turkey |
Switzerland and Iran withdrew due to Covid-19 cases in their squads. | ||||
| 2022 Details |
Oradea |
Egypt |
 Slovakia |
Romania |
Algeria | |||
- Some editions were initially planned but cancelled due to schedule.
Summary[edit]
| Team | Winners |
|---|---|
| Romania
|
31 |
 Serbia
|
3 |
 Germany
|
2 |
 Denmark
|
2 |
 Russia
|
2 |
 Tunisia
|
1 |
 Turkey
|
1 |
 North Macedonia
|
1 |
 Egypt
|
1 |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Romania a castigat si la masculin Trofeul Carpati". romanialibera.ro (in Romanian). România Liberă. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2006.
- ^ "Petru Paleu vrea "Trofeul Carpati" si la Piatra Neamt". mont.ro (in Romanian). Monitorul de Neamţ. Retrieved 30 October 2007.
- ^ "România a remizat cu Tunisia şi a ratat cîştigarea Trofeului Carpaţi! Urmează meciurile din preliminariile CE!". gsp.ro (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
- ^ "România a câştigat Trofeul Carpaţi de la Piatra Neamţ". adevarul.com. Adevărul. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
- ^ "Romania a castigat la fotografie Trofeul Carpati la handbal masculin". ziare.com (in Romanian). Ziare. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
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