GF World Cup

Summary

The GF World Cup was an annual women's friendly handball tournament organised by the Danish Handball Federation and sponsored by insurance company GF Forsikring. Eight invited teams competed at the event, including permanent representatives Sweden and Denmark.

The first GF World Cup took place in November 2005 in NRGi Arena, Aarhus. The tournament ended in 2011.

Russia was the last champion of the tournament and it is also the most successful team in the history of the cup with three titles.

Editions edit

Year Host Country Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
2005
Details
 
Denmark
 
Norway
30 – 27  
South Korea
 
Russia
31 – 29  
Romania
2006
Details
 
Denmark
 
Russia
29 – 28  
Romania
 
Denmark
24 – 20  
Ukraine
2007
Details
 
Denmark
 
Russia
30 – 24  
France
 
Norway
30 – 28  
Denmark
2008
Details
 
Denmark
 
Norway
30 – 18  
Denmark
 
France
29 – 23  
Germany
2009
Details
 
Denmark
 
Romania
28 – 27  
Norway
 
Germany
36 – 34  
Denmark
2010
Details
 
Denmark
 
Romania
24 – 23  
Norway
 
France
28 – 26  
Denmark
2011
Details[1]
 
Denmark
 
Russia
25 – 23  
Norway
 
France
16 – 15  
Spain

Overall medal count edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Russia3014
2  Norway2316
3  Romania2103
4  France0134
5  Denmark0112
6  South Korea0101
7  Germany0011
Totals (7 entries)77721

References edit

  1. ^ "Resultater – Results". Danish Handball Federation (in Danish). dhf.dk. Archived from the original on 23 September 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2011.