GF World Cup
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The GF World Cup was an annual women's friendly handball tournament organised by the Danish Handball Federation and sponsored by insurance company GF Forsikring. Eight invited teams competed at the event, including permanent representatives Sweden and Denmark.
The first GF World Cup took place in November 2005 in NRGi Arena, Aarhus. The tournament ended in 2011.
Russia was the last champion of the tournament and it is also the most successful team in the history of the cup with three titles.
Editions
[edit]| Year | Host Country | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 2005 Details |
 Denmark |
 Norway |
30 – 27 |  South Korea |
 Russia |
31 – 29 |  Romania | ||
| 2006 Details |
Denmark |
Russia |
29 – 28 | Romania |
 Denmark |
24 – 20 |  Ukraine | ||
| 2007 Details |
Denmark |
Russia |
30 – 24 |  France |
Norway |
30 – 28 | Denmark | ||
| 2008 Details |
Denmark |
Norway |
30 – 18 | Denmark |
France |
29 – 23 |  Germany | ||
| 2009 Details |
Denmark |
Romania |
28 – 27 | Norway |
Germany |
36 – 34 | Denmark | ||
| 2010 Details |
Denmark |
Romania |
24 – 23 | Norway |
France |
28 – 26 | Denmark | ||
| 2011 Details[1] |
Denmark |
Russia |
25 – 23 | Norway |
France |
16 – 15 |  Spain | ||
Overall medal count
[edit]| 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 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
References
[edit]- ^ "Resultater – Results". Danish Handball Federation (in Danish). dhf.dk. Archived from the original on 23 September 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2011.