# IHF Inter-Continental Trophy

The IHF Inter-Continental Trophy has been organized by the International Handball Federation since 2011. It is a biennial tournament played among emerging nations in under-21 (junior) and under-19 (youth) categories.

## Men's junior tournament
### Summary

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match |
| Year | Host | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place |
| 2011 Details | Jaipur | Finland | No playoffs | Venezuela | Benin | No playoffs | India |
| 2013 Details | Monterrey | Moldova | No playoffs | Mexico | Nigeria | No playoffs | Uzbekistan |
| 2015 Details | Gabrovo | Faroe Islands | No playoffs | Cape Verde | Colombia | No playoffs | Uzbekistan |
| 2019 Details | Pristina | Kosovo | 30–26 | Chinese Taipei | United States | 36–34 (OT) | Paraguay |
| 2023 Details | San José | Cuba | No playoffs | Guinea | Great Britain | No playoffs | Costa Rica |
| 2025 Details | Pristina | United States | 33–32 | Uzbekistan | Rwanda | 48–31 | Bulgaria |

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Cuba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Faroe Islands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Finland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Kosovo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Moldova | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Cape Verde | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Guinea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Mexico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Venezuela | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Benin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Colombia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Rwanda | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (17 entries) | Totals (17 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |

### Participating nations

| Nation | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2019 | 2023 | 2025 | Years |
| Australia | 5th | 5th | | 6th | 5th | | 4 |
| Benin | 3rd | | | | | | 1 |
| Bulgaria | | | | | | 4th | 1 |
| Cape Verde | | | 2nd | | | | 1 |
| Chinese Taipei | | | | 2nd | | | 1 |
| Colombia | | | 3rd | | | | 1 |
| Costa Rica | | | | | 4th | | 1 |
| Cuba | | | | | 1st | | 1 |
| Faroe Islands | | | 1st | | | | 1 |
| Finland | 1st | | | | | | 1 |
| Great Britain | | | | | 3rd | | 1 |
| Guinea | | | | | 2nd | | 1 |
| India | 4th | | | | | | 1 |
| Kosovo | | | | 1st | | | 1 |
| Mexico | | 2nd | | | | | 1 |
| Moldova | | 1st | | | | | 1 |
| New Caledonia | | | | | | 6th | 1 |
| Nicaragua | | | | | | 5th | 1 |
| Nigeria | | 3rd | | 5th | | | 2 |
| Paraguay | | | | 4th | | | 1 |
| Rwanda | | | | | | 3rd | 1 |
| Tahiti | | | 5th | | | | 1 |
| United States | | | | 3rd | | 1st | 2 |
| Uzbekistan | | 5th | 4th | | | 2nd | 3 |
| Venezuela | 2nd | | | | | | 1 |
| Total | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | |

## Men's youth tournament
### Summary

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match |
| Year | Host | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place |
| 2019 Details | Pristina | Chinese Taipei | 27–26 | Nigeria | Kosovo | 32–26 | Canada |
| 2023 Details | San José | Guadeloupe | No playoffs | Georgia | Nigeria | No playoffs | Nicaragua |
| 2025 Details | Pristina | Kosovo | 34–30 (OT) | Nigeria | United States | 38–36 | Uzbekistan |

### Participating nations

| Nation | 2019 | 2023 | 2025 | Years |
| Canada | 4th | | | 1 |
| Chinese Taipei | 1st | | | 1 |
| Georgia | | 2nd | | 1 |
| Guadeloupe | | 1st | | 1 |
| Kosovo | 3rd | | 1st | 2 |
| New Caledonia | | | 6th | 1 |
| New Zealand | 6th | | | 1 |
| Nicaragua | | 4th | 5th | 2 |
| Nigeria | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3 |
| Paraguay | 5th | | | 1 |
| Tahiti | | 5th | | 1 |
| United States | | | 3rd | 1 |
| Uzbekistan | | | 4th | 1 |
| Total | 6 | 5 | 6 | |

## Women's junior tournament
### Summary

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match |
| Year | Host | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place |
| 2011 Details | Almaty | Finland | No playoffs | Kazakhstan | Congo | No playoffs | Cuba |
| 2013 Details | Monterrey | Bulgaria | No playoffs | DR Congo | Canada | No playoffs | Thailand |
| 2015 Details | Gabrovo | Guadeloupe | No playoffs | Bulgaria | Uzbekistan | No playoffs | Senegal |
| 2024 Details | Tashkent | Uzbekistan | 33–23 | Great Britain | Guinea | 27–17 | Mexico |

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Finland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Guadeloupe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Congo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Guinea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |

### Participating nations

| Nation | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2024 | Years |
| Australia | | 5th | | | 1 |
| Bulgaria | | 1st | 2nd | | 2 |
| Canada | | 3rd | | | 1 |
| Congo | 3rd | | | | 1 |
| Cuba | 4th | | | | 1 |
| DR Congo | | 2nd | | | 1 |
| Finland | 1st | | | | 1 |
| Great Britain | | | | 2nd | 1 |
| Guadeloupe | | | 1st | | 1 |
| Guinea | | | | 3rd | 1 |
| Kazakhstan | 2nd | | | | 1 |
| Mexico | | | | 4th | 1 |
| New Caledonia | | | | 5th | 1 |
| New Zealand | | | 5th | | 1 |
| Peru | | | | 6th | 1 |
| Senegal | | | 4th | | 1 |
| Thailand | | 4th | | | 1 |
| Uzbekistan | | | 3rd | 1st | 2 |
| Total | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | |

## Women's youth tournament
### Summary

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match |
| Year | Host | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place |
| 2024 Details | Tashkent | Kosovo | 22–16 | Nigeria | Uzbekistan | 24–18 | New Caledonia |

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Kosovo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |

### Participating nations

| Nation | 2024 | Years |
| Guadeloupe | 5th | 1 |
| Guatemala | 6th | 1 |
| Kosovo | 1st | 1 |
| New Caledonia | 4th | 1 |
| Nigeria | 2nd | 1 |
| Uzbekistan | 3rd | 1 |
| Total | 6 | |