# 1997 IHF Super Globe

The 1997 IHF Super Globe was the first edition of the tournament. It was held in Wiener Neustadt, Austria at from 3 – 8 January 1997.
Caja Cantabria de Santander defeated Drammen HK in an all-European final by 30–29.

## Teams

| Group A | Group B |
| Metodista São Paulo Doosan Kyung Wol Seoul Caja Cantabria de Santander KAC Marrakech | HC Sparkasse Bruck Osaki Denki Tokyo MC Algier Drammen HK |

## Preliminary round

* Legend
* Qualified for the semifinals

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Caja Cantabria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 62 | +25 | 6 |
| Doosan Kyung Wol Seoul | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 72 | −1 | 4 |
| Metodista São Paulo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 71 | 79 | −8 | 1 |
| KAC Marrakech | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 61 | 77 | −16 | 1 |
| 3 January 1997 | Metodista São Paulo | 25–26 | Doosan K. W. Seoul | Wiener Neustadt |
| 3 January 1997 | Caja Cantabria | 29–19 | KAC Marrakech | Wiener Neustadt |
| 4 January 1997 | Metodista São Paulo | 22–29 | Caja Cantabria | Wiener Neustadt |
| 4 January 1997 | KAC Marrakech | 18–24 | Doosan K. W. Seoul | Wiener Neustadt |
| 5 January 1997 | KAC Marrakech | 24–24 | Metodista São Paulo | Wiener Neustadt |
| 5 January 1997 | Doosan K. W. Seoul | 21–29 | Caja Cantabria | Wiener Neustadt |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Drammen HK | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 74 | +15 | 6 |
| HC Sparkasse Bruck | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 77 | +10 | 4 |
| Osaki Denki Tokyo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 65 | 77 | −12 | 1 |
| MC Algier | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 63 | 76 | −13 | 1 |
| 3 January 1997 | HC Sparkasse Bruck | 30 – 20 | Osaki Denki Tokyo | Wiener Neustadt |
| 3 January 1997 | Drammen HK | 30 – 18 | MC Algier | Wiener Neustadt |
| 4 January 1997 | HC Sparkasse Bruck | 29 – 30 | Drammen HK | Wiener Neustadt |
| 4 January 1997 | MC Algier | 18 – 18 | Osaki Denki Tokyo | Wiener Neustadt |
| 5 January 1997 | MC Algier | 27 – 28 | HC Sparkasse Bruck | Wiener Neustadt |
| 5 January 1997 | Osaki Denki Tokyo | 27 – 29 | Drammen HK | Wiener Neustadt |

## Knockout stage
### Championship bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 7 January 1997 | 7 January 1997 |
| Caja Cantabria | 35 |
| Caja Cantabria | 35 | 8 January 1997 | 8 January 1997 |
| HC Sparkasse Bruck | 16 | 8 January 1997 | 8 January 1997 |
| HC Sparkasse Bruck | 16 | Caja Cantabria | 30 |
| 7 January 1997 | 7 January 1997 | | Caja Cantabria | 30 |
| 7 January 1997 | 7 January 1997 | Drammen HK | 29 |
| Drammen HK | 32 | Drammen HK | 29 |
| Doosan K. W. Seoul | 27 | | |
| Doosan K. W. Seoul | 27 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 8 January 1997 | 8 January 1997 |
| | | HC Sparkasse Bruck | 27 |
| | | Doosan K. W. Seoul | 33 |

### 7th–8th-place match

| 7 January 1997 | KAC Marrakech | 21 – 25 | MC Algier | Wiener Neustadt |

### 5th–6th-place match

| 7 January 1997 | Osaki Denki Tokyo | 27 – 22 | Metodista São Paulo | Wiener Neustadt |

### Semifinal matches

| 7 January 1997 | Caja Cantabria | 35 – 16 | HC Sparkasse Bruck | Wiener Neustadt |
| 7 January 1997 | Drammen HK | 32 – 27 | Doosan K. W. Seoul | Wiener Neustadt |

### Bronze-medal match

| 8 January 1997 | HC Sparkasse Bruck | 27 – 33 | Doosan K. W. Seoul | Wiener Neustadt |

### Final match

| 8 January 1997 | Caja Cantabria | 30 – 29 | Drammen HK | Wiener Neustadt |

## Final ranking

| 1 | Caja Cantabria de Santander |
| 2 | Drammen HK |
| 3 | Doosan Kyung Wol Seoul |
| 4 | HC Sparkasse Bruck |
| 5 | Osaki Denki Tokyo |
| 6 | Metodista São Paulo |
| 7 | MC Algier |
| 8 | KAC Marrakech |