Carpathian Trophy (women's handball)

The Carpathian Trophy (Romanian: Trofeul Carpaţi) is an annual women's friendly handball tournament organised by the Romanian Handball Federation. The first edition took place in Bucharest in 1959.

Tournament structure

So far, 54 editions of the tournament have been played. The tournament doesn't have an exact format, however, in most recent years, competitions usually included four participating teams (with only three instances when six teams participated).

Editions

Year Host City Final Rankings
Gold Silver Bronze Fourth place Fifth place Sixth place
2001
Details

Cluj-Napoca

Romania

Spain

Serbia and Montenegro

Romania B

Poland

Macedonia
2002
Details

Cluj-Napoca

Ukraine

Romania

Russia

Serbia and Montenegro
2004
Details

Cluj-Napoca

Romania

Serbia

Netherlands

Germany
2005
Details

Cluj-Napoca

Romania

Slovakia

Croatia

Azerbaijan
2006
Details[1]

Cluj-Napoca

Romania

South Korea

Macedonia

Croatia

Serbia

Romania B
2007
Details[2]

Cluj-Napoca

Romania

Spain

Croatia

Romania B
2008
Details[3]

Cluj-Napoca

Romania

Ukraine

Germany

Croatia
2010
Details[4]

Drobeta-Turnu Severin

Romania

Poland

Ukraine

Macedonia
2011
Details[5]

Drobeta-Turnu Severin

Romania

Serbia

Hungary

Macedonia
2012
Details[6]

Oradea

Romania

Hungary

Ukraine

Romania B
2013
Details[7]

Craiova

Romania

Germany

Spain

Romania B
2015
Details

Cluj-Napoca

Sweden

Romania

Germany

Brazil
2016
Details

Cluj-Napoca

Hungary

Romania

Netherlands

Romania B
2017
Details

Craiova

Poland

Romania

Brazil

North Macedonia
2018
Details

Bucuresti

Romania

Romania B

Russia

Serbia
2019
Details

Braila

Angola

Romania

Japan

Romania B
2022
Details

Bistrita

Romania

Serbia

Spain

Austria
2023
Details[8]

Bistrita

Romania

Austria

Switzerland

Portugal
2024
Details

Cluj-Napoca

Switzerland

Brazil

Slovakia

Romania

North Macedonia

Turkey
  • The 2003, 2009, 2014, 2020, and 2021 editions were not held due to various reasons.

Summary

Team Wins
Romania 34
Germany 8
Denmark 2
Serbia 2
Angola 1
Hungary 1
Poland 1
Russia 1
Sweden 1
Switzerland 1
Ukraine 1

See also

References

  1. ^ "Romania a castigat Trofeul Carpati la handbal feminin". sport365.ro (in Romanian). Sport365. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2006.
  2. ^ "Show final". gsp.ro (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. Retrieved 26 November 2007.
  3. ^ "România cîştigă a 42-a ediţie a Turneului Carpaţi". gsp.ro (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
  4. ^ "România a cîştigat fără probleme Trofeul Carpaţi » N-au avut cu cine!". gsp.ro (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
  5. ^ "ROMANIA NARROWLY WIN THE CARPATHIAN TROPHY". eurohandball.com. EuroHandball. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  6. ^ "Peste Ungaria » România a trecut şi de rivala de la graniţa de vest în Trofeul Carpaţi". gsp.ro (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  7. ^ "Au cîştigat la golaveraj » România A a cucerit Trofeul Carpaţi după 30-23 cu Spania" (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 25 March 2013.
  8. ^ "Echipa națională de handbal feminin a României a câștigat Trofeul Carpați! Victorie superbă în meciul cu Spania, cu o lună înainte de Campionatul European din 2023" (in Romanian). Prosport. 1 November 2023.