The 2018 IHF Super Globe was the twelfth edition of the tournament. It was held in Doha, Qatar at the Duhail Handball Sports Hall from 16 to 19 October 2018.[2]

2018 IHF Super Globe
Tournament details
Host country Qatar
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates16–19 October
Teams8 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Barcelona (4th title)
Runner-upGermany Füchse Berlin
Third placeFrance Montpellier
Fourth placeQatar Al Sadd
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored668 (55.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)Khaled Haj Youssef
(22 goals)[1]
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In a rematch of last year's final, Barcelona won their fourth title after a 29–24 final win over Berlin.[3]

Venue

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The championship was played in Doha, at the Duhail Handball Sports Hall.

Doha
Duhail Handball Sports Hall
Capacidad: 5,500
 

Teams

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The best club of each continent through their tournaments, the defending champion, a host team and a wild card team participated. Hammamat participated because the winner of the 2017 African Champions League (Zamalek) refused to participate for political reasons. The runner up (Espérance Tunis) was denied for not participating in the previous 2 African Champions League. The 3rd place (Al Ahly), who was from Egypt, refused to participate for political reasons.

Team Qualified as
  Barcelona[4] Defending champion
  Hammamet 4th place African Handball Cup Champions League
  Al-Najma[5] Winner of Asian Club League Championship
  Sydney University[6] Winner of Oceania Champions Cup
  Handebol Taubaté[7] Winner of Pan American Club Championship
  Montpellier[8] Winner of EHF Champions League
  Al Sadd[9] Host
  Füchse Berlin[9] Wild card

Results

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All times are local (UTC+3).[10]

Bracket

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QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
16 October
 
 
  Barcelona37
 
17 October
 
  Al-Najma28
 
  Barcelona37
 
16 October
 
  Montpellier30
 
  Montpellier31
 
19 October
 
  Hammamet22
 
  Barcelona29
 
16 October
 
  Füchse Berlin24
 
  Handebol Taubaté25
 
17 October
 
  Füchse Berlin33
 
  Füchse Berlin26
 
16 October
 
  Al Sadd20 Third place
 
  Al Sadd27
 
19 October
 
  Sydney University22
 
  Montpellier33
 
 
  Al Sadd23
 
5th place bracket
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
17 October
 
 
  Al-Najma26
 
19 October
 
  Hammamet27
 
  Hammamet24
 
17 October
 
  Handebol Taubaté34
 
  Handebol Taubaté38
 
 
  Sydney University18
 
Seventh place
 
 
19 October
 
 
  Al-Najma28
 
 
  Sydney University26

Quarterfinals

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16 October 2018
13:00
Barcelona   37–28   Al-Najma Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Mortensen 5 (19–14) Al-Sayyad 7
  2×  Report   4× 

16 October 2018
15:00
Montpellier   31–22   Hammamet Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
three players 6 (16–10) Lopes, Jaziri 4
  3×  Report   2× 

16 October 2018
17:00
Handebol Taubaté   25–33   Füchse Berlin Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Gama, Perrela 4 (11–19) Marsenić, Reißky 5
 4×  Report   4× 

16 October 2018
19:00
Al Sadd   27–22   Sydney University Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Attendance: 300
Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
Haj Youssef, Nowraddine 7 (13–13) Mehdizadeh 6
  3×  Report   5× 

5–8th place semifinals

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17 October 2018
13:00
Hammamet   27–26   Al-Najma Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Attendance: 300
Referees: Lenci, Grillo (ARG)
Jaziri 9 (14–14) Mirza 7
  3×  Report   1×  1× 

17 October 2018
15:00
Sydney University   18–38   Handebol Taubaté Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Attendance: 300
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
three players 3 (12–16) three players 5
  7×  Report   5× 

Semifinals

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17 October 2018
17:00
Montpellier   30–37   Barcelona Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Attendance: 350
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Richardson 10 (19–18) Mortensen 7
  4×  Report   6× 

17 October 2018
19:00
Al Sadd   20–26   Füchse Berlin Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Attendance: 300
Referees: Khenissi, Boualloucha (TUN)
Haj Youssef 8 (9–11) Holm, Lindberg 6
  3×  Report   3× 

Seventh place game

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19 October 2018
13:00
Sydney University   26–28   Al-Najma Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Referees: Khenissi, Boualloucha (TUN)
Mehdizadeh, Perronneau 5 (12–17) Mahfoodh 9
  5×  Report   6× 

Fifth place game

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19 October 2018
15:00
Handebol Taubaté   34–24   Hammamet Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Attendance: 300
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Soares 8 (14–13) Jaziri 7
  5×  Report   5× 

Third place game

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19 October 2018
17:00
Al Sadd   23–33   Montpellier Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Attendance: 400
Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
Nowraddine 8 (9–14) Porte 11
  4×  Report   1× 

Final

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19 October 2018
19:00
Füchse Berlin   24–29   Barcelona Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Attendance: 850
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Holm 8 (12–13) Tomás 5
  2×  Report   1× 

Final ranking

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Rank Team
    Barcelona
    Füchse Berlin
    Montpellier
4   Al Sadd
5   Handebol Taubaté
6   Hammamet
7   Al-Najma
8   Sydney University

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club G S E% 7m MP
1 Khaled Haj Youssef   Al Sadd 22 28 79 4 3
2 Oussama Jaziri   Hammamet 20 40 50 0 3
3 Amir Nowraddine Denguir   Al Sadd 20 44 45 0 3
4 Casper Mortensen   Barcelona 16 18 89 6 3
5 Jacob Holm   Füchse Berlin 15 27 56 0 3
6 Melvyn Richardson   Montpellier 15 20 75 4 3
7 Ali Mirza Salman   Al-Najma 15 26 58 1 3
8 Hussain Al Sayyad   Al-Najma 14 26 54 0 3
9 Sérgio Lopes   Hammamet 13 19 68 0 3
10 Valentin Porte   Montpellier 13 14 93 0 3

Source: IHF

References

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  1. ^ Top scorer
  2. ^ "IHF Super Globe 2018". ihf.info. 19 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Barca extend Super Globe title-holding record". ihf.info. 19 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Perez de Vargas leads Barcelona to third Super Globe trophy". ihf.info. 28 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Al Najma are kings of Asia". ihf.info. 20 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Sydney Uni and Melbourne HC celebrate Oceania club titles". ihf.info. 30 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Handebol Taubaté conquista 5º título do Pan de Clubes". guiataubate.com. 27 May 2018.
  8. ^ "After 15 years, Montpellier top the podium again". ehfcl.com. 27 May 2018.
  9. ^ a b "2018 IHF Super Globe participants confirmed". ihf.info. 20 July 2018.
  10. ^ Quarterfinal schedule
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