2019 Japan Cup (handball)

2019 Japan Cup
Tournament details
Host country Japan
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates21–24 November
Teams4 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions France[1][2]
Runners-up Slovenia
Third place Brazil
Fourth place Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored328 (54.67 per match)

The 2019 Japan Cup was a women's handball tournament held in Shibuya Tokyo, Japan at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium between 21–24 November, organised by the Japan Handball Association as preparation for the home team for the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship and as a test event for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]

Results

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 France 3 3 0 0 94 66 28 6
 Slovenia 3 1 1 1 82 90 –8 3
 Brazil 3 1 0 2 79 88 –9 2
 Japan 3 0 1 2 73 84 –11 1

Round robin

All times are local (UTC+09:00).

November 21
17:30
France  33–22  Brazil Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Four players 4 (16–7) Vieira 5
 5× Report  1×
November 21
20:00
Japan  28–28  Slovenia Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Fujita, Ohyama 5 (14–13) Gros 10
 2× Report  3×

November 23
17:30
Brazil  29–33  Slovenia Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
de Paula 6 (16–15) Gros, Stanko 8
 2× Report  4×
November 23
20:00
Japan  23–28  France Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Ohyama 4 (11–15) N'Gouan 7
 3× Report  4×

November 24
17:30
Japan  22–28  Brazil Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Kawata 5 (14–18) Cardoso 5
 3× Report  5×
November 24
20:00
Slovenia  21–33  France Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Vucko 6 (9–15) Lacrabere 6
 6× Report  5× 1×

Final standing

Rank Team
 France
2  Slovenia
3  Brazil
4  Japan

References

  1. ^ "HANDBALL – JAPAN CUP : LES BLEUES TERMINENT AVEC UN FESTIVAL". sport365.fr (in French). Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Handball : les Bleues montent en puissance à une semaine du Mondial". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  3. ^ "FRANCE WIN TOKYO 2020 TEST EVENT". ihf.info. Retrieved 1 December 2019.