Supercup (Handball tournament)
The Supercup was an international men's handball tournament, that was hosted by the German Handball Association from 1979 to 2015. The tournament was usually hosted biannually between the end of october and the beginning of november. Originally the invitees were former Olympics, European and World champions. It was abolished in 2015 due to lack of spectators.[1]
Results
| Year | First place | Second Place | Third place |
| 1979 | West Germany | Romania | Soviet Union |
| 1981 | Soviet Union | West Germany | Yugoslavia |
| 1983 | Romania | Soviet Union | Yugoslavia |
| 1985 | Soviet Union | East Germany | West Germany |
| 1987 | West Germany | Soviet Union | East Germany |
| 1989 | Soviet Union | East Germany | Romania |
| 1991 | Spain | Soviet Union | Sweden |
| 1993 | Sweden | Germany | Switzerland |
| 1995 | Russia | Germany | Sweden |
| 1998 | Germany | France | Russia |
| 1999 | Russia | Croatia | Sweden |
| 2001 | Germany | Russia | Sweden |
| 2003 | Spain | Germany | Sweden |
| 2005 | Sweden | France | Russia |
| 2007 | Poland | Sweden | Germany |
| 2009 | Germany | Denmark | Sweden |
| 2011 | Spain | Sweden | Denmark |
| 2013 | Germany | Poland | Sweden |
| 2015 | Germany | Slovenia | Brazil |
Number of titles
| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| 2 | Soviet Union/Russia | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Spain | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Sweden | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Romania | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Poland | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | East Germany | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | France | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Croatia | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 12 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 |
References
- Until 1995: Jahrbuch des Deutschen Handball-Bundes 1995 (entspr. Seiten in Kopie)
- 1993: Deutsche Handballwoche 48/1993
- From 1998: Archive from THW Kiel
- ^ "Deutschland gewinnt Supercup" (in German). sport1.de.