GF World Cup

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

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

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

Editions

Year Host Country Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
2005
Details
Denmark
Denmark

Norway
30 – 27
South Korea

Russia
31 – 29
Romania
2006
Details
Denmark
Denmark

Russia
29 – 28
Romania

Denmark
24 – 20
Ukraine
2007
Details
Denmark
Denmark

Russia
30 – 24
France

Norway
30 – 28
Denmark
2008
Details
Denmark
Denmark

Norway
30 – 18
Denmark

France
29 – 23
Germany
2009
Details
Denmark
Denmark

Romania
28 – 27
Norway

Germany
36 – 34
Denmark
2010
Details
Denmark
Denmark

Romania
24 – 23
Norway

France
28 – 26
Denmark
2011
Details[1]
Denmark
Denmark

Russia
25 – 23
Norway

France
16 – 15
Spain

Overall medal count

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Russia 3 0 1 4
2  Norway 2 3 1 6
3  Romania 2 1 0 3
4  France 0 1 3 4
5  Denmark 0 1 1 2
6  South Korea 0 1 0 1
7  Germany 0 0 1 1

References

  1. "Resultater – Results". Danish Handball Federation (in Danish). dhf.dk. Retrieved 26 September 2011.