# 2002 Intercontinental Handball Cup

The 2002 Intercontinental Handball Cup was the 3rd edition and was hosted for the first time in Russia from 25 to 29 June 2002.

## Qualification

Qualified teams are:
| Country | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances |
| Russia | Host | | 0 (debut) |
| Argentina | Winner of 2000 Pan American Championship | 28 May 2000 | 0 (debut) |
| Sweden | Winner of 2002 European Championship | 3 February 2002 | 1 (2000) |
| Saudi Arabia | Third of 2002 Asian Championship | 19 February 2002 | 1 (2000) |
| Algeria | Runners-up of 2002 African Championship | 28 April 2002 | 1 (1998) |

## Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Russia (H) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 88 | +29 | 8 |
| 2 | Sweden | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 103 | 90 | +13 | 6 |
| 3 | Argentina | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 91 | 88 | +3 | 4 |
| 4 | Algeria | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 94 | 105 | −11 | 2 |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 85 | 119 | −34 | 0 |

## Games

All times are local (UTC+3)
| 25 June 2002 17:00 | Sweden | 21-20 | Argentina | Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow |
| 25 June 2002 17:00 | | (10-11) | | Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow |
| 25 June 2002 19:30 | Russia | 34-19 | Saudi Arabia | Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow |
| 25 June 2002 19:30 | | (20-10) | | Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow |
| 26 June 2002 17:00 | Argentina | 22-20 | Algeria | Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow |
| 26 June 2002 17:00 | | (11-17) | | Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow |
| 26 June 2002 19:00 | Saudi Arabia | 20-32 | Sweden | Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow |
| 26 June 2002 19:00 | | (10-16) | | Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow |
| 27 June 2002 17:00 | Argentina | 24-20 | Saudi Arabia | Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow |
| 27 June 2002 17:00 | | (13-9) | | Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow |
| 27 June 2002 19:00 | Algeria | 20-31 | Russia | Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow |
| 27 June 2002 19:00 | | (11-13) | | Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow |
| 28 June 2002 17:00 | Algeria | 29-26 | Saudi Arabia | Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow |
| 28 June 2002 17:00 | | (11-14) | | Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow |
| 28 June 2002 19:00 | Russia | 25-24 | Sweden | Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow Attendance: 1050 Referees: M. Baum et M. Goralczyk (POL) |
| 28 June 2002 19:00 | Lavrov, Ojered - Ivanov (3), Koksharov (4, ), Egorov (1, ), Krivoshlykov (8, ), Ignatov (1, ), Gritsenko, Torgovanov (3, ), Kamanin (1, ), Rastvortsev (3), Miagkov (1, ), Gorpishin, Safonov | (15-13) | Ohlander, M. Andersson - Johansson (3), Larholm (1, ), Arrhenius (1, ), Lindberg, Svensson, Hansen, Hammarstrand (2), Ahlm (4 ), K. Andersson (4), Doder, Källman (4, ), Lennartsson (5, ) | Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow Attendance: 1050 Referees: M. Baum et M. Goralczyk (POL) |
| 28 June 2002 19:00 | 3× 7× | Report | 3× 6× 1× | Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow Attendance: 1050 Referees: M. Baum et M. Goralczyk (POL) |
| 29 June 2002 15:00 | Sweden | 26-25 | Algeria | Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow |
| 29 June 2002 15:00 | | (14-11) | | Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow |
| 29 June 2002 17:00 | Russia | 27-25 | Argentina | Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow |
| 29 June 2002 17:00 | | (11-9) | | Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow |

## All-star Team

| Position | Player |
| Goalkeeper | Christian Canzoniero |
| Left wing | Hussain Alakwan |
| Left back | Alexey Rastvortsev |
| Centre back | Vitali Ivanov |
| Right back | Eric Gull [fr] |
| Right wing | Jan Lennartsson |
| Pivot | Dmitri Torgovanov |
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