Author: Enda Mulcahy

September 26, 2019

European Handball Federation | Men’s Challenge Trophy 2009

Final Round

Date	Time	Home Team		Away Team
		Final
23.01.2010	15:30	Georgia	28	Finland	30

Reference: [1]

Main Round Tables

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Group G1
*Georgia	3	3	0	0	123	76	6
Moldova	3	2	0	1	116	81	4
Azerbaijan	3	1	0	2	84	93	2
Armenia	3	0	0	3	50	123	0
Group G2
*Finland	3	3	0	0	113	53	6
Malta	3	2	0	1	90	76	4
Ireland	3	1	0	2	74	103	2
Scotland	3	0	0	3	64	107	0

Reference: [2]

Main Round Results

Date	Time	Team 1		Team 2
		Group G1
30.10.2009	16:00	Georgia	41	Azerbaijan	23
30.10.2009	18:30	Moldova	46	Armenia	15
31.10.2009	16:00	Armenia	19	Georgia	44
31.10.2009	18:00	Azerbaijan	28	Moldova	36
01.11.2009	11:00	Azerbaijan	33	Armenia	16
01.11.2009	13:00	Georgia	38	Moldova	34
		Group G2
30.10.2009	17:00	Scotland	14	Finland	38
30.10.2009	20:00	Malta	36	Ireland	20
31.10.2009	17:00	Finland	38	Ireland	19
31.10.2009	19:00	Malta	34	Scotland	21
01.11.2009	16:00	Ireland	35	Scotland	29
01.11.2019	18:00	Finland	37	Malta	20

Reference: [2]

Report

The Men’s Challenge Trophy was the European Handball Federations competition for emerging Nations. Having competed with club sides & countries like Greenland in the mid-1990s, Ireland entered this competition for the first time in 1999.

In Ireland’s fifth time entering the competition in 2009, they were placed in a Western Group involving Finland, who were hardly an emerging Nation at Olympic Handball, Malta & Scotland.

Ireland had a disappointing opening loss to Malta, before defeat to eventual Champions Finland. They won their last match 35-29 to finish off bottom for the second Challenge Trophy in a row, although more could have been expected following their showing in 2007.

Finland went on to win the Trophy, 30-28 in the Final against defending Champions Georgia.

About

Olympic Handball, sometimes called Team Handball or European Handball, is a team sport similar to Indoor Soccer or Futsal, except hands are used rather than feet.

The object of the sport is to pass the ball using only the hands in order to get into a semi-circle around the opposing teams goal, where a shot may be taken. Each score counts as one goal, and the court is the exact same as a Futsal court indeed Futsal was invented as an Indoor version of Soccer, using the Olympic Handball court.

The sport was invented in Germany & Northern Europe at the end of the 19th Century & beginning of the 20th Century.

References

Websites

[1] European Handball Federation (2018) 2009 Men’s Challenge Trophy Final Round [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurohandball.com/trophy/men/2009/round/1/Final+Round [Accessed 25 October 2018]

[2] European Handball Federation (2018) 2009 Men’s Challenge Trophy Main Round [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurohandball.com/trophy/men/2009/round/2/Group+Matches [Accessed 25 October 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Alan Delaney.

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Eirball | Irish, North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 26 September 2019

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September 26, 2019

European Handball Federation | Men’s Challenge Trophy 2007

Final Round

Date	Time	Team 1		Team 2
		Final
20.01.2008	15:00	Luxembourg	27	Georgia	28

Reference: [1]

Main Round Tables

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Group G
*Georgia	3	3	0	0	100	68	6
Moldova	3	2	0	1	91	73	4
Azerbaijan	3	1	0	2	92	62	2
Armenia	3	0	0	3	49	109	0
Group L
*Luxembourg	5	5	0	0	199	95	10
Faroe Islands	5	4	0	1	201	106	8
England	5	3	0	2	107	132	6
Ireland	5	1	1	3	112	168	3
Scotland	5	1	0	4	107	173	2
Malta	5	0	1	4	93	145	1

Reference: [2]

Main round Results

Date	Time	Team 1		Team 2
		Group G
25.10.2007	16:30	Moldova	33	Armenia	17
25.10.2007	18:30	Georgia	36	Azerbaijan	24
26.10.2007	16:30	Azerbaijan	27	Moldova	31
26.10.2007	18:30	Armenia	17	Georgia	35
27.10.2007	12:00	Azerbaijan	41	Armenia	15
27.10.2007	14:00	Georgia	29	Moldova	27
		Group L
24.10.2007	16:00	Scotland	20	England	31
24.10.2007	18:00	Faroe Islands	37	Malta	18
24.10.2007	20:00	Luxembourg	50	Ireland	22
25.10.2007	16:00	Ireland	21	Faroe Islands	46
25.10.2007	18:00	Malta	20	Scotland	21
25.10.2007	20:00	England	13	Luxembourg	41
26.10.2007	16:00	Faroe Islands	58	Scotland	19
26.10.2007	18:00	Ireland	17	England	24
26.10.2007	20:00	Luxembourg	40	Malta	11
27.10.2007	14:00	Malta	25	Ireland	25
27.10.2007	16:00	Faroe Islands	35	England	17
27.10.2007	18:00	Scotland	24	Luxembourg	37
28.10.2007	09:30	England	22	Malta	19
28.10.2007	11:30	Scotland	23	Ireland	27
28.10.2007	13:30	Luxembourg	31	Faroe Islands	25

Reference: [2]

Report

In Ireland’s fifth time entering the competition in 2007, they eventually finished off the bottom, with a win over Scotland and a draw with Malta in their five matches

The Tournament was doubled in size for 2007, with a separate tournament in Eastern & Western Europe, with the two winners meeting in the final.

The Western Tournament started off like the four previous Challenge Trophy’s for Ireland with three straight defeats, although a much better display was put on by Ireland, with a draw with Malta in their fourth match (25-25) and victory over Scotland in their last match by a score of 27-23 giving Ireland their first points since 1999 in the tournament. Ireland finished off bottom for the first time ever, with fourth place of six in the Western Tournament.

Newcomers Georgia defeated two-time defending Champions Moldova on the way to a narrow 28-27 victory over Luxembourg in the Final.

About

Olympic Handball, sometimes called Team Handball or European Handball, is a team sport similar to Indoor Soccer or Futsal, except hands are used rather than feet.

The sport was invented in Germany & Northern Europe at the end of the 19th Century & beginning of the 20th Century.

References

Websites

[1] European Handball Federation (2018) 2007 Men’s Challenge Trophy Final Round [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurohandball.com/trophy/men/2007/round/1/Final+Round [Accessed 25 October 2018]

[2] European Handball Federation (2018) 2007 Men’s Challenge Trophy Main Round [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurohandball.com/trophy/men/2007/round/2/Main+Round [Accessed 25 October 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Alan Delaney.

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Last Updated: 26 September 2019

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September 26, 2019

European Handball Federation | Men’s Challenge Trophy 2005

Final Standings

Place	Country	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Moldova	6	6	0	0	214	109	12
2	Azerbaijan	6	4	0	2	185	111	8
3	Scotland	6	3	0	3	111	128	6
4	England	6	2	0	4	116	145	4
5	Malta	6	3	0	3	113	153	6
6	Ireland	6	0	0	6	105	196	0

Reference: Compiled from Results & Table in [1]

Group A Results

Date	Time	Home Team		Away Team
25.10.2005	10:00	Moldova	30	Scotland	14
25.10.2005	12:00	Ireland	17	Malta	27
25.10.2005	15:00	Azerbaijan	30	England	13
26.10.2005	10:00	Scotland	16	Azerbaijan	27
26.10.2005	12:00	England	25	Ireland	17
26.10.2005	15:00	Malta	14	Moldova	41
27.10.2005	10:00	Moldova	34	England	18
27.10.2005	12:00	Azerbaijan	43	Ireland	13
27.10.2005	15:00	Scotland	16	Malta	12
28.10.2005	10:00	Azerbaijan	37	Malta	14
28.10.2005	12:00	Ireland	17	Moldova	54
28.10.2005	15:00	England	20	Scotland	17
29.10.2005	10:00	Malta	23	England	22
29.10.2005	12:00	Ireland	21	Scotland	24
29.10.2005	15:00	Moldova	26	Azerbaijan	19

Reference: [1]

Group A Table

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
*Moldova	5	5	0	0	185	82	10
*Azerbaijan	5	4	0	1	156	82	8
^England	5	2	0	3	98	121	4
^Scotland	5	2	0	3	87	110	4
+Malta	5	2	0	3	90	133	4
+Ireland	5	0	0	5	85	173	0

Reference: [1]

Finals & Placement Matches

Date	Time	Team 1		Team 2
		5th-6th Place
30.10.2005	11:00	Malta	23	Ireland	20
		3rd-4th Place
30.10.2005	13:30	Scotland	24	England	18
		Final
30.10.2005	16:00	Moldova	29	Azerbaijan	27

Reference: [1]

Report

In Ireland’s fourth time entering the competition in 2005, they lost all their matches for the third time in a row, although this time they only lost 24-21 to Scotland in their final group game, and 23-20 to Malta in the 5th-6th place match. Malta had previously beaten England.

Moldova won the Tournament for the second time in a row, again defeating Azerbaijan in the Final, although this encounter was closer (29-27). Scotland defeated England 24-18 to take bronze.

About

Olympic Handball, sometimes called Team Handball or European Handball, is a team sport similar to Indoor Soccer or Futsal, except hands are used rather than feet.

The sport was invented in Germany & Northern Europe at the end of the 19th Century & beginning of the 20th Century.

References

Websites

[1] European Handball Federation (2018) 2005 Men’s Challenge Trophy [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurohandball.com/trophy/men/2005/round/1/Final+Round [Accessed 25 October 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Alan Delaney.

About this document

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Eirball | Irish, North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 26 September 2019

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September 26, 2019

European Handball Federation | Men’s Challenge Trophy 2003

Final Standings

Place	Country	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Moldova	6	5	0	1	223	85	10
2	Azerbaijan	6	5	0	1	179	104	10
3	Great Britain	6	4	0	2	114	134	8
4	Malta	6	2	0	4	107	158	4
5	Liechtenstein	6	2	0	4	126	160	4
6	Ireland	6	0	0	6	84	188	0

Reference: Compiled from Results & Table in [1]

Group A Results

Date	Time	Team 1		Team 2
17.12.2003	15:00	Azerbaijan	32	Liechtenstein	16
17.12.2003	17:00	Great Britain	9	Moldova	38
17.12.2003	20:00	Malta	25	Ireland	14
18.12.2003	09:00	Azerbaijan	29	Great Britain	14
18.12.2003	11:00	Liechtenstein	17	Malta	20
18.12.2003	13:00	Ireland	6	Moldova	47
18.12.2003	17:00	Liechtenstein	23	Great Britain	27
18.12.2003	19:00	Moldova	46	Malta	13
18.12.2003	21:00	Ireland	10	Azerbaijan	36
19.12.2003	15:00	Azerbaijan	20	Moldova	19
19.12.2003	17:00	Liechtenstein	23	Ireland	22
19.12.2003	19:00	Great Britain	19	Malta	16
20.12.2003	13:00	Great Britain	26	Ireland	12
20.12.2003	15:00	Moldova	41	Liechtenstein	16
20.12.2003	17:00	Malta	17	Azerbaijan	43

Reference: [1]

Group A Table

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
*Azerbaijan	5	5	0	0	160	76	10
*Moldova	5	4	0	1	191	66	8
^Great Britain	5	3	0	2	95	118	6
^Malta	5	2	0	3	91	139	4
+Liechtenstein	5	1	0	4	95	142	2
+Ireland	5	0	0	5	66	157	0

Reference: [1]

Finals & Placement Matches

Date	Time	Team 1		Team 2
		5th-6th Place
21.12.2003	11:00	Ireland	18	Liechtenstein	31
		3rd-4th Place
21.12.2003	13:00	Malta	16	Great Britain	19
		Final
21.12.2003	15:00	Moldova	32	Azerbaijan	19

Reference: [1]

Report

In Ireland’s third time entering the competition in 2003, they lost all their matches for the second time in a row, although this time they came close against tiny Liechtenstein in the group phase, losing 23-22, only to lose by a wide margin (31-18) in the 5th-6th place playoff to the same opposition.

Moldova won the Tournament this time around, after losing the previous two finals.

About

Olympic Handball, sometimes called Team Handball or European Handball, is a team sport similar to Indoor Soccer or Futsal, except hands are used rather than feet.

The sport was invented in Germany & Northern Europe at the end of the 19th Century & beginning of the 20th Century.

References

Websites

[1] European Handball Federation (2018) 2003 Men’s Challenge Trophy [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurohandball.com/trophy/men/2003/round/1/Final+Round [Accessed 25 October 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Alan Delaney.

About this document

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Eirball | Irish, North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 26 September 2019

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Resereved.

September 26, 2019

European Handball Federation | Men’s Challenge Trophy 2001

Final Standings

Place	Country	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Latvia	5	5	0	0	181	105	10
2	Estonia	5	3	0	2	139	122	6
3	Moldova	5	3	0	2	150	122	6
4	Cyprus	5	3	0	2	172	107	6
5	Luxembourg	5	3	0	2	171	99	6
6	Armenia	5	2	0	3	113	183	4
7	Malta	5	1	0	4	92	182	2
8	Ireland	5	0	0	5	80	212	0

Reference: Compiled from Results & Table in [1]

Group Stage Results

Date	Time	Team 1		Team 2
		Group A
26.12.2001	15:30	Luxembourg	49	Malta	12
26.12.2001	19:00	Latvia	35	Estonia	23
27.12.2001	13:00	Estonia	24	Luxembourg	19
27.12.2001	19:00	Malta	13	Latvia	43
28.12.2001	15:00	Estonia	43	Malta	13
28.12.2001	19:00	Latvia	37	Luxembourg	27
		Group B
26.12.2001	13:30	Cyprus	43	Armenia	13
26.12.2001	20:45	Moldova	35	Ireland	13
27.12.2001	15:00	Ireland	15	Cyprus	53
27.12.2001	17:00	Armenia	22	Moldova	43
28.12.2001	13:00	Cyprus	27	Moldova	25
28.12.2001	17:00	Armenia	35	Ireland	22

Reference: [1]

Group Stage Tables

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Group A
*Latvia	3	3	0	0	115	63	6
*Estonia	3	2	0	1	90	67	4
Luxembourg	3	1	0	2	95	73	2
Malta	3	0	0	3	38	135	0
Group B
*Cyprus	3	3	0	0	123	53	6
*Moldova	3	2	0	1	103	62	4
Armenia	3	1	0	2	70	108	2
Ireland	3	0	0	3	50	123	0

Reference: [1]

Finals & Placement Matches

Date	Time	Team 1		Team 2
		Cross Matches
29.12.2001	13:00	Luxembourg	57	Ireland	9
29.12.2001	15:00	Armenia	26	Malta	22
		Semi-Finals
29.12.2001	17:00	Latvia	35	Moldova	20
29.12.2001	19:00	Cyprus	24	Estonia	27
		7th-8th Place
30.12.2001	09:30	Ireland	21	Malta	32
		5th-6th Place
30.12.2001	11:30	Luxembourg	53	Armenia	17
		3rd-4th Place
30.12.2001	13:30	Moldova	27	Cyprus	25
		Final
30.12.2001	15:30	Latvia	31	Estonia	22

Reference: [1]

Report

In Ireland’s second time entering the competition in 2001, they found the task even harder than in 1999, with newly independent countries like Estonia & Latvia, where the sport has been played for decades, dominating.

Ireland and Malta (the only team they beat in 1999) were outclassed by the more established emerging nations, and again met in the last placement match, where this tome Malta won 32-21, leaving Ireland with a record of 5 losses from 5 matches.

About

Olympic Handball, sometimes called Team Handball or European Handball, is a team sport similar to Indoor Soccer or Futsal, except hands are used rather than feet.

The sport was invented in Germany & Northern Europe at the end of the 19th Century & beginning of the 20th Century.

References

Websites

[1] European Handball Federation (2018) 2001 Men’s Challenge Trophy [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurohandball.com/trophy/men/2001/round/1/Final+Round [Accessed 25 October 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Alan Delaney.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish, North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 26 September 2019

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September 26, 2019

European Handball Federation | Men’s Challenge Trophy 1999

Final Standings

Place	Country	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Cyprus	6	5	0	1	199	88	10
2	Moldova	6	5	0	1	216	97	10
3	Great Britain	6	4	0	2	159	118	8
4	Armenia	6	2	0	4	148	178	4
5	Ireland	6	1	0	5	75	197	2
6	Malta	6	1	0	5	88	207	2

Reference: Compiled from Results & Table in [1]

Group A Results

Date	Time	Team 1		Team 2
14.09.1999	15:00	Moldova	47	Malta	13
14.09.1999	16:30	Great Britain	34	Ireland	11
14.09.1999	19:40	Cyprus	41	Armenia	20
15.09.1999	16:00	Armenia	18	Moldova	47
15.09.1999	18:00	Ireland	6	Cyprus	43
15.09.1999	20:00	Malta	8	Great Britain	34
16.09.1999	16:00	Moldova	47	Ireland	7
16.09.1999	18:00	Great Britain	10	Cyprus	27
16.09.1999	20:00	Malta	18	Armenia	37
17.09.1999	16:00	Moldova	33	Great Britain	22
17.09.1999	17:50	Cyprus	51	Malta	10
17.09.1999	20:00	Armenia	34	Ireland	13
18.09.1999	16:00	Ireland	15	Malta	20
18.09.1999	18:00	Great Britain	29	Armenia	19
18.09.1999	20:00	Cyprus	16	Moldova	22

Reference: [1]

Group A Table

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
*Moldova	5	5	0	0	196	76	10
*Cyprus	5	4	0	1	178	68	8
^Great Britain	5	3	0	2	129	98	6
^Armenia	5	2	0	3	128	148	4
+Malta	5	1	0	4	69	184	2
+Ireland	5	0	0	5	52	178	0

Reference: [1] Note: * Qualify for Final / ^ Qualify for 3rd-4th Place Playoff / + Qualify for 5th-6th Place Playoff

Finals & Placement Matches

Date	Time	Team 1		Team 2
		5th-6th Place
19.09.1999	09:30	Ireland	23	Malta	19
		3rd-4th Place
19.09.1999	11:30	Great Britain	30	Armenia	20
		Final
19.09.1999	17:30	Moldova	20	Cyprus	21

Reference: [1]

Report

They found the level hard-going at first, losing all five group games, before winning their final placement match 23-19 over Malta.

About

Olympic Handball, sometimes called Team Handball or European Handball, is a team sport similar to Indoor Soccer or Futsal, except hands are used rather than feet.

The sport was invented in Germany & Northern Europe at the end of the 19th Century & beginning of the 20th Century.

References

Websites

[1] European Handball Federation (2018) 1999 Men’s Challenge Trophy [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurohandball.com/trophy/men/1999/round/1/Finals [Accessed 25 October 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Alan Delaney.

About this document

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Eirball | Irish, North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 26 September 2019

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August 12, 2019

Irish Olympic Handball Association | Senior Men’s League 2018-19

IOHA Senior Mens League 2018-19

	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Dublin International HC	10	9	0	1	363	287	18
Dublin City Handball	10	7	0	3	286	225	14
Astra HC	10	6	0	4	280	245	12
Dublin Wings	10	4	0	6	250	225	8
UCC	10	4	0	6	237	242	8
UCD	10	0	0	10	147	349	0

[1]

Playoff Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals (DCU)
28.04.19	Dublin International	W	Dublin Wings	L
28.04.19	Dublin City	W	Astra	L
	Final (DCU)
	Dublin International	W	Dublin City	L

[2-3]

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
10.11.18	Dublin Wings	28	DIHC	29
10.11.18	UCD	21	Astra	36
10.11.18	DCH	27	UCC	23
	Week 2
01.12.18	UCC	33	UCD	7
	Week 3
08.12.18	DIHC	37	UCD	16
08.12.18	Dublin Wings	23	DCH	25
09.12.18	Astra	24	UCC	29
	Week 4
15.12.18	Astra	30	Dublin Wings	32
	Week 5
20.01.19	DCH	35	DIHC	37
	Week 6
26.01.19	DIHC	26	Dublin Wings	20
26.01.19	UCC	17	DCH	31
	Week 7
02.02.19	DCH	28	Dublin Wings	23
02.02.19	UCC	22	Astra	34
	Week 8
09.02.19	Astra	27	DCH	23
09.02.19	UCC	30	DIHC	41
09.02.19	Dublin Wings	38	UCD	18
	Week 9
16.02.19	Dublin Wings	21	Astra	30
16.02.19	UCD	27	UCC	35
16.02.19	DIHC	34	DCH	35
	Week 10
23.02.19	UCD	11	DCH	50
23.02.19	Astra	32	DIHC	39
23.02.19	Dublin Wings	11	UCC	1 #
	Week 11
03.03.19	UCD	28	DIHC	45
	Week 12
09.03.19	DIHC	36	Astra	27
09.03.19	DCH	11	UCD	1 #
	Week 13
30.03.19	UCC	11	Dublin Wings	1 #
	Week 14
06.04.19	UCD	27	Dublin Wings	53
06.04.19	DIHC	39	UCC	36
06.04.19	DCH	21	Astra	29
	Week 15
14.04.19	Astra	11	UCD	1 #

Reference: [1]

Report

References

_________________________________________________________

[1] Irish Olympic Handball Association (2018) IOHA 2018-19 Senior Leagues [Internet] Available from: http://www.olympichandball.org/competitions/ioha-2018-19-senior-leagues/ [Accessed 10 May 2018]

[2] Irish Olympic Handball Association (2018) Another season over, DI and Astra remain champions [Internet] Available from: http://www.olympichandball.org/2019/05/06/another-season-over-di-and-astra-remain-champions/ [Accessed 10 May 2019]

[3] Irish Olympic Handball Association Facebook Page (2019) Facebook Event April 28, 2019 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/events/1869176243188587/?active_tab=about [Accessed 10 May 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Alan Delaney.

About this document

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Eirball | Irish North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 12 August 2019

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July 15, 2019

Irish Olympic Handball Association | Senior Men’s League 2011-2019

Irish Olympic Handball Association Logo

IOHA Senior Mens League 2011-12

	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Dublin International #	10	9	0	1	306	223	17
DCU	12	8	0	4	277	231	16
Astra #	12	5	1	6	283	302	10
Lughnasa ##	11	4	0	7	260	259	6
UCD ##	11	0	1	10	218	339	-1

[1]

	Semi-Final
	Dublin International	W	DCU	L

[2]

IOHA Senior Mens League 2012-13

Pts

Semi-Final
Dublin International	21	Lughnasa	19
Final
Astra	35	Dublin International	31

[3]

IOHA Senior Mens League 2013-14

	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Astra	14	13	1	0			27
Dublin International	14	12	1	1			25
DCU	14	8	0	6			16
Lughnasa	14	8	0	6			16
UCD	14	7	0	7			14
Belfast	14	3	1	10			7
UCC	14	3	0	11			6
Sperrin Spartans	14	0	1	13			1

[4]

	Semi-Final


	Final
	Dublin International	W

IOHA Senior Mens League 2014-15

	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Astra	10	9	0	1	253	181	18
Dublin International	10	7	0	3	255	220	14
Lughnasa	10	6	0	4	314	281	12
UCD	10	5	0	5	251	274	10
Dublin City	10	0	1	9	233	294	3
UCC	10	1	1	7	157	203	3

[9]

Semi-Final
Dublin International	23	Lughnasa	20
Astra	19	UCD	20
Final
Dublin International	37	UCD	31

[5]

IOHA Senior Mens League 2015-16

	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Dublin International HC	7	7	0	0	171	121	14
Astra HC	7	4	0	3	163	151	8
UCD	7	4	0	3	170	184	8
UCC	7	2	0	5	139	139	4
Dublin City Handball	8	1	0	7	82	130	2

[6]

Semi-Final
UCD	29	Astra HC	26
Final
Dublin International	27	UCD	24

[10]

IOHA Senior Mens League 2016-17

	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Dublin City Handball	8	7	0	1	237	179	14
Dublin International HC	8	6	0	2	250	211	12
Astra HC	8	5	0	3	203	166	10
UCD	8	2	0	6	194	244	4
UCC	8	0	0	8	155	239	0

[7]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals (DCU)
29.04.17	Dublin City HC	38	UCD HC	23
29.04.17	Dublin International	27	Astra HC	28
	Final (DCU)
30.04.17	Dublin City HC	26	Astra HC	18

[8][11][12]

IOHA Senior Mens League 2017-18

	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
*Dublin City	10	9	0	1	323	270	18
*Dublin International	9	6	0	3	281	255	12
*Dublin Wings	10	5	0	5	303	257	10
*Astra HC	10	5	0	5	281	286	10
UC Cork	10	3	0	7	239	251	6
UC Dublin	9	1	0	8	203	311	2

[13]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals (DCU)
21.04.18	Dublin City	30	Astra	26
21.04.18	Dublin International	41	Dublin Wings	30
	Final (DCU)
28.04.18	Dublin City HC	26	Dublin International	28

[14][15]

IOHA Senior Mens League 2018-19

	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Dublin International HC	10	9	0	1	363	287	18
Dublin City Handball	10	7	0	3	286	225	14
Astra HC	10	6	0	4	280	245	12
Dublin Wings	10	4	0	6	250	225	8
UCC	10	4	0	6	237	242	8
UCD	10	0	0	10	147	349	0

[16]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals (DCU)
28.04.19	Dublin International	W	Dublin Wings	L
28.04.19	Dublin City	W	Astra	L
	Final (DCU)
	Dublin International	W	Dublin City	L

[17][18]

Report

Olympic Handball, also known as Team Handball, or European Handball, is a team sport invented in Northern Europe around the early 1900s. It is similar to Water Polo, whereby players try to throw a ball with their hands into a goal at either end. It is played indoors on the same court as a Futsal court, with the same markings.

Players aren’t allowed run with the ball but on receiving it have to pass it to a team-mate. The goal is to get into a semi-circle around the opposing team’s goal where the attacking player can make a shot.

Dublin International, based in Blanchardstown, won the double in 2011-2012, defeating surprise team DCU in the Final after winning the League, but were shocked the following season, 35-31, in the Final by Ballinteer’s Astra.

Astra would win the League in 2013-2014, but Dublin International would win the Final, repeating as winners the next year, 37-31 over UCD, after Astra had won the League only to be shocked by UCD in the Semi-Finals.

The 2015-16 season would see Dublin International win the double, again defeating UCD in the Final, on a scoreline of 27-21. Dublin City Handball would finally get their hands on the Trophy in 2016-17, winning the double by beating Astra 26-18 in the Final. After winning the League again in 2017-18, Dublin City would fall short in the Final, losing 28-26 to Dublin International, the old guard winning back the Trophy they had won every second year since 2012.

References

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Internet Archive

[1] Wayback Machine – Irish Olympic Handball Association (2012) SML Table [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20120516013007/http://www.olympichandball.org/ [Accessed 5 September 2017]

[2] Wayback Machine – Irish Olympic Handball Association (2017) Dublin International Complete Double [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20170103053940/http://www.olympichandball.org/2012/06/06/dublin-international-complete-double/ [Accessed 16 June 2018]

[3] Wayback Machine – Irish Olympic Handball Association (2013) New Name on the Trophy [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20130820153808/http://www.olympichandball.org:80/2013/06/02/new-name-on-the-trophy/ [Accessed 16 June 2018]

[4] Wayback Machine – Irish Olympic Handball Association (2014) League Tables – IOHA Senior Mens League [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20140520191335/http://www.olympichandball.org/competition/league-tables/ [Accessed 5 September 2017]

[5] Wayback Machine – Irish Olympic Handball Association (2017) Dublin International Retain Senior Men’s Title [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20170103053917/http://www.olympichandball.org/2015/04/27/dublin-international-retain-senior-mens-title/ [Accessed 16 June 2018]

Websites

[6] Ireland Handball (2016) Mens 2015-16 [Internet] Available from: http://www.olympichandball.org/competition/mens/ [Accessed ]

[7] Irish Olympic Handball Association (2017) Men’s League 2016-17 [Internet] Available from: http://www.olympichandball.org/competition/mens/ [Accessed 11 April 2017]

[8] Irish Olympic Handball Association (2017) Dublin City add their name to the list of winners [Internet] Available from: http://www.olympichandball.org/2017/05/01/dublin-city-add-their-name-to-the-list-of-winners/ [Accessed 19 June 2017]

[13] Irish Olympic Handball Association (2018) IOHA 2017-18 Senior Leagues [Internet] Available from: http://www.olympichandball.org/competitions/ioha-2017-18-senior-leagues/ [Accessed 30 April 2018]

[14] Irish Olympic Handball Association (2018) Cream rises to top after semi final Saturday [Internet] Available from: http://www.olympichandball.org/2018/04/23/cream-rises-to-the-top-after-semi-final-saturday/ [Accessed 30 April 2018]

[15] Irish Olympic Handball Association (2018) DI men rise to summit- Astra ladies complete perfect season [Internet] Available from: http://www.olympichandball.org/2018/05/04/di-men-return-to-summit-astra-ladies-complete-perfect-season/ [Accessed 14 May 2018]

[16] Irish Olympic Handball Association (2018) IOHA 2018-19 Senior Leagues [Internet] Available from: http://www.olympichandball.org/competitions/ioha-2018-19-senior-leagues/ [Accessed 10 May 2018]

[18] Irish Olympic Handball Association (2018) Another season over, DI and Astra remain champions [Internet] Available from: http://www.olympichandball.org/2019/05/06/another-season-over-di-and-astra-remain-champions/ [Accessed 10 May 2019]

Social Media

[9] Irish Olympic Handball Association Facebook Page (2017) Facebook Photo April q19, 2015 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/IrelandHandball/photos/a.132236156843687.26143.130456927021610/885585138175448/?type=3&theater [Accessed 16 June 2018]

[10] Ireland Handball Facebook Page (2016) Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/IrelandHandball/photos/a.130457087021594.25309.130456927021610/704450462955584/?type=1&theater [Accessed 18 February 2017]

[11] Irish Olympic Handball Association Facebook Page (2017) Facebook Photo 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/IrelandHandball/photos/a.130457087021594.25309.130456927021610/704450462955584/?type=1&theater [Accessed 18 February 2017]

[12] Irish Olympic Handball Association Facebook Page (2017) Facebook Post May 1 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/IrelandHandball/posts/1531568240243798:0 [Accessed 19 June 2017]

[17] Irish Olympic Handball Association Facebook Page (2019) Facebook Event April 28, 2019 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/events/1869176243188587/?active_tab=about [Accessed 10 May 2019]

Images

[18] Irish Olympic Handball Association Facebook Page (2017) Facebook Photo 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/IrelandHandball/photos/a.130457087021594.25309.130456927021610/704450462955584/?type=1&theater [Accessed 18 February 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Alan Delaney.

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Eirball | Irish World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 15 July 2019

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Irish Olympic Handball Association | Senior Ladies League 2014-2019

Irish Olympic Handball Association Logo [13]

IOHA Senior Ladies League 2014-15

	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Dublin International	8	6	1	1	133	104	13
Astra	8	3	2	3	147	129	8
Northern Ireland	8	4	0	4	117	122	8
UCD	8	2	2	4	117	129	6
Lughnasa	8	1	1	6	84	115	3

[1]

IOHA Senior Ladies League 2015-16

	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Dublin International HC	6	6	0	0	121	74	12
Astra HC	6	3	0	3	124	105	6
UCD	5	2	0	3	109	101	4
IT Carlow	5	0	0	5	38	112	0

Reference: [2]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Final
	Astra HC	27	UCD	26
	Final
	Dublin International HC	17	Astra HC	11

Reference: [3]

IOHA Senior Ladies League 2016-17

	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Dublin International HC	9	7	1	1	229	136	15
Astra HC	9	7	1	1	208	125	15
UCD	9	3	0	6	174	157	6
Dublin City Handball	9	0	0	9	51	244	0

Reference: [4]

Date	Home Team	Away Team
	Semi-Final	(Venue: DCU)
29.04.2017	Astra HC	UCD HC
	Final	(Venue: DCU)
30.04.2017	Dublin International HC	SF Winner

Reference: [5][6]

IOHA Senior Ladies League 2017-18

	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Astra	6	6	0	0	197	96	12
UC Dublin	4	2	0	2	111	120	4
Dublin International	5	1	0	4	100	116	2
Dublin City	5	1	0	4	65	141	2

[7]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
21.04.2018	Astra HC	31	Dublin City	6
21.04.2018	UC Dublin	16	Dublin International	25
	Final
28.04.2018	Astra HC	20	Dublin International	12

[8][9]

IOHA Senior Ladies League 2018-19

	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Astra HC	9	9	0	0	256	167	18
Dublin City Handball	9	5	1	3	196	191	11
Dublin International HC	9	2	1	6	174	213	5
UCD	9	1	0	8	164	219	2

[10]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
28.04.19	Astra HC	W	UCD	L
28.04.19	Dublin City	W	Dublin International	L
	Final
	Astra HC	W	Dublin City	L

[11][12]

Report

References

_________________________________________________________

Internet Archive

[1] Wayback Machine – Irish Olympic Handball Association (2015) Dublin International Ladies Claim League Honours [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20170103053824/http://www.olympichandball.org/2015/04/25/dublin-international-ladies-claim-league-honours/ [Accessed 19 September 2018]

Websites

[2] Ireland Handball (2016) Ladies 2015-16 [Internet] Available from: http://www.olympichandball.org/competition/ladies/ [Accessed ]

[4] Irish Olympic Handball Association (2017) Ladies League 2016-17 [Internet] Available from: http://www.olympichandball.org/competition/ladies/ [Accessed 11 April 2017]

[6] Irish Olympic Handball Association (2017) Dublin International Ladies retain their league crown [Internet] Available from: http://www.olympichandball.org/2017/05/01/dublin-international-ladies-retain-their-league-crown/ [Accessed 19 June 2017]

[7] Irish Olympic Handball Association (2018) IOHA 2017-18 Senior Leagues [Internet] Available from: http://www.olympichandball.org/competitions/ioha-2017-18-senior-leagues/ [Accessed 14 May 2018]

[8] Irish Olympic Handball Association (2018) Cream rises to top after semi final Saturday [Internet] Available from: http://www.olympichandball.org/2018/04/23/cream-rises-to-the-top-after-semi-final-saturday/ [Accessed 30 April 2018]

[9] Irish Olympic Handball Association (2018) DI men rise to summit- Astra ladies complete perfect season [Internet] Available from: http://www.olympichandball.org/2018/05/04/di-men-return-to-summit-astra-ladies-complete-perfect-season/ [Accessed 14 May 2018]

[10] Irish Olympic Handball Association (2018) IOHA 2018-19 Senior Leagues [Internet] Available from: http://www.olympichandball.org/competitions/ioha-2018-19-senior-leagues/ [Accessed 10 May 2018]

[11] Irish Olympic Handball Association (2018) Another season over, DI and Astra remain champions [Internet] Available from: http://www.olympichandball.org/2019/05/06/another-season-over-di-and-astra-remain-champions/ [Accessed 10 May 2019]

Social Media

[3] Ireland Handball Facebook Page (2016) Post[Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/IrelandHandball/photos/a.130457087021594.25309.130456927021610/704450462955584/?type=1&theater [Accessed 18 February 2017]

[5] Irish Olympic Handball Association Facebook Page (2017) Facebook Post May 1 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/IrelandHandball/posts/1531568240243798:0 [Accessed 19 June 2017]

Images

[13] Irish Olympic Handball Association Facebook Page (2017) Facebook Photo 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/IrelandHandball/photos/a.130457087021594.25309.130456927021610/704450462955584/?type=1&theater [Accessed 18 February 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Alan Delaney.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 15 July 2019

July 15, 2019

Irish Olympic Handball Association | Senior Division 1 2001-02

Irish Olympic Handball Association Logo

League Table

	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
DCU	6	4	1	1	193	173	9
Lughnasa	6	3	0	3	171	163	6
UCD	6	2	1	3	162	166	5
Pelekas	6	2	0	4	154	178	4

[1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Final
	DCU	26	Lughnasa	23

Regular Season

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	UCD	30	Lughnasa	27
	Lughnasa	30	Pelekas	22
	DCU	28	Lughnasa	23
	Pelekas	21	UCD	20
	UCD	27	Pelekas	22
	Lughnasa	34	UCD	29
	UCD	29	DCU	29
	DCU	33	UCD	27
	Lughnasa	26	DCU	33
	Pelekas	35	DCU	30
	Pelekas	21	Lughnasa	31
	DCU	40	Pelekas	33

Reference: [1]

References

_____________________________________________

Websites

[1] Wayback Machine – Irish Olympic Handball Association (2004) Senior League Division 1 Results 2001/2002 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20040709123056/http://www.olympichandball.org/seniors/0102/senresd10102.htm [Accessed 5 September 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Alan Delaney.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 15 July 2019