Carpathian Trophy (men's handball)

The Carpathian Trophy (Romanian: Trofeul Carpaţi) is an annual men's friendly handball tournament organised by the Romanian Handball Federation. The first edition took place in Bucharest in 1959.

Tournament structure

It reached the 40th edition in April 2012. There is no precise format for the tournament, even though recently there were four participating teams.

Editions

Year	Host City		Final Rankings
			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Fourth place	Fifth	Sixth place
2001 Details	Iași		Romania	Greece	Romania B	Bulgaria
2002 Details	Iași		Turkey	Romania	Romania B	Ukraine	Egypt	Bulgaria
2003 Details	Iași		Romania	Romania B	Ukraine	Macedonia	Belarus	Bulgaria
2004 Details	Timișoara		Romania	Jordan	Macedonia	Netherlands	Turkey	Egypt
2005 Details	Timișoara		Romania	Netherlands	Italy	Turkey
2006 Details[1]	Timișoara		Romania	Turkey	Macedonia	Italy
2007 Details[2]	Drobeta-Turnu Severin		Romania	Montenegro	Ukraine	Macedonia
2010 Details[3]	Oradea		Tunisia	Romania	Macedonia	Belarus
2011 Details[4]	Piatra Neamţ		Romania	Ukraine	Romania B	Jordan
2012 Details[5]	Oradea		Romania	Ukraine	Turkey	Romania B

• Some editions were initially planned but cancelled due to schedule.

See also

• Carpathian Trophy (women's handball)

References

1. "Romania a castigat si la masculin Trofeul Carpati". romanialibera.ro (in Romanian). România Liberă. Retrieved 27 November 2006.
2. "Petru Paleu vrea "Trofeul Carpati" si la Piatra Neamt". monitorulneamt.ro (in Romanian). Monitorul de Neamţ. Retrieved 30 October 2007.
3. "România a remizat cu Tunisia şi a ratat cîştigarea Trofeului Carpaţi! Urmează meciurile din preliminariile CE!". gsp.ro (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
4. "România a câştigat Trofeul Carpaţi de la Piatra Neamţ". adevarul.com. Adevărul. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
5. "Romania a castigat la fotografie Trofeul Carpati la handbal masculin". ziare.com (in Romanian). Ziare. Retrieved 9 April 2012.

External links

• Romanian Handball Federation official website