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

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 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 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) 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

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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