International Heath Cup

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The venue is the KGS hall in Schneverdingen

The International Heide Cup (IHC) has been a multi-day handball tournament that has been held annually since 2007 in Schneverdingen, Lower Saxony . The international invitation tournament is one of the best-attended handball preparation tournaments in Europe.

The organizer is the Handball-Förderverein Schneverdingen (HFV), the entire profit of the tournament goes to the youth work of the handball division of the TV Jahn Schneverdingen . The games are played in the KGS hall in front of a good 2000 spectators every year . In 2010 and 2011 the tournament took place in parallel in Schneverdingen and Lüneburg .

mode

On the first day of play, a German team plays against an international team. On the second day the respective winners meet one of the three losers. From the resulting table, positions one to six are then played out on the third day.

It is played according to the rules of the EHF , the playing time is twice 30 minutes. On the first two days of the match, if there is a tie, a seven-meter throw takes place immediately after regular time . On the day of the final, two five-minute extra time will be played, and if there is a tie after extra time there will also be a seven-meter throw. The number of players that can be used per game is not limited.

History and participants

season Previous winners
2007 GermanyGermany THW Kiel
2009 GermanyGermany Foxes Berlin
2010 GermanyGermany THW Kiel
2011 GermanyGermany HSV Hamburg
2012 GermanyGermany TV Großwallstadt
2013 GermanyGermany TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
2014 GermanyGermany HSG Wetzlar
2015 GermanyGermany SC DHfK Leipzig
2016 GermanyGermany HSG Wetzlar
2017 SwedenSweden IFK Kristianstad
2018 GermanyGermany Foxes Berlin
2019 GermanyGermany HSG Wetzlar

In 2007 the first international handball tournament took place in Schneverdingen. The reigning triple winner THW Kiel , HSV Hamburg and the Hungarian club MKB Veszprém and KIF Kolding from Denmark took part in the tournament, which was named Brümmerhoff-Cup - named after the main sponsor (Möbelhaus Brümmerhoff) . The Dane Bo Spellerberg was the top scorer with 21 goals, the best player was the Czech Filip Jícha from THW Kiel. Tournament winner Kiel was the first to receive the challenge cup specially designed by Friedhelm Röttgers.

In 2008 there was no tournament. The cadets Schaffhausen (Switzerland) and MKB Veszprém (Hungary) had already confirmed , but because of the tight schedule due to the Olympic Games , no top German team could be signed. Instead, TV Jahn Schneverdingen met Bundesliga club TV Großwallstadt in a friendly .

From August 14th to 16th, 2009 the tournament took place for the first time under the name Internationaler Heide-Cup . The four teams FC Copenhagen Håndbold from Denmark, Kadetten Schaffhausen from Switzerland, Hammarby IF HF from Sweden and the Füchse Berlin met in Schneverdingen. The HSV Hamburg had already agreed, but later, even a rejection, so shortly Schaffhausen stepped in. The winners were the foxes from Berlin. The tournament was opened with the game of Copenhagen against a regional selection from the district of Soltau-Fallingbostel . The tournament was presented at Camp Reinsehlen , where the athletes were also accommodated.

In 2010 the tournament was organized in cooperation with MTV Treubund Lüneburg . The preliminary round matches took place in both Schneverdingen and Lüneburg, the final on August 8, also in the Hanseatic city. Because of the two available venues, eight teams were able to take part for the first time. The HSV Hamburg , the foxes Berlin , the cadets Schaffhausen in Switzerland and the Polish club KS Kielce played first in Schneverdingen; THW Kiel , TV Großwallstadt , KIF Kolding (Denmark), Ademar León (Spain) started in Lüneburg.

Eight clubs again took part in the 2011 tournament, which took place from August 19 to 21 in Schneverdingen and Lüneburg. These were KS Kielce (Poland), Kadetten Schaffhausen (Switzerland) and Medwedi Chekhov (Russia) as well as the German clubs Rhein-Neckar Löwen , SG Flensburg-Handewitt , TV Großwallstadt , TBV Lemgo and Master HSV Hamburg . Originally, the Slovenian top club RK Celje was planned as a participant , but after a large number of the players were not available, Schaffhausen stepped in again.

The previous co-organizer, MTV Treubund Lüneburg , decided not to host it for financial reasons, so that the tournament with a different mode took place exclusively in Schneverdingen. Six teams met from August 17th to 19th: Chambéry Savoie HB (France), Bjerringbro-Silkeborg (Denmark), KS Kielce (Poland) as well as TSV Hannover-Burgdorf , TV Großwallstadt and TBV Lemgo .

In 2013, the new mode remained, so that between August 9th and 11th the top clubs Chambéry Savoie HB from France, the Kadetten Schaffhausen from Switzerland, the Danes from Bjerringbro-Silkeborg and the German clubs TSV Hannover-Burgdorf , HSV Hamburg and the foxes met Berlin . In the final, Hanover defeated the Berliners 32:31 in the seven-meter throw.

The 2014 tournament took place from August 8th to 10th. Six teams from four nations took part. The national double winners were Kadetten Schaffhausen from Switzerland, KS Kielce from Poland and KIF Kolding from Denmark. The field of participants was completed by the German clubs HSV Hamburg , HSG Wetzlar around the two-time world handball player Ivano Balić and the DHB Cup winner Füchse Berlin . Surprisingly, outsiders Wetzlar won the tournament, in the final they defeated the Füchse from Berlin 27:24. The top scorer of the tournament was Steffen Fäth with 18 goals, Fabian Wiede was voted the best player .

In 2015 six clubs met again in Schneverdingen. On three days (7–9 August), the German representatives HSV Hamburg , HSG Wetzlar and SC DHfK Leipzig played with the international clubs Kadetten Schaffhausen (Switzerland), KIF Kolding (Denmark) and, for the first time, IK Sävehof (Sweden) in front of a total of around 2,000 Spectators for the Heide Cup. The opening games were drawn in mid-May in the Designer Outlet Soltau , which was also presented as the tournament's new main sponsor. On August 6th, a friendly match between IK Sävehof and a district selection took place in the BBS hall in Soltau . The final was won by the Bundesliga promoted SC DHfK Leipzig somewhat surprisingly with a 24:22 victory (21:21) after throwing seven meters against Wetzlar. The top scorer of the tournament was awarded to the Swede Viktor Ottosson in the service of IK Sävehof with 21 goals .

The 2016 edition of the Heide Cup took place from August 12th to 14th. Participants were the Bundesliga clubs HSG Wetzlar , MT Melsungen and SC DHfK Leipzig , plus HSV Hamburg and the Champions League participants Kadetten Schaffhausen (Switzerland) and HK Motor Saporischschja (Ukraine). As in the previous year, a game between a district selection and HK Motor Zaporizhia took place on the Thursday evening before the tournament. The winner of the tournament was HSG Wetzlar after a clear 24:17 victory in the final against the Hessian competitor from Melsungen. The best goalscorer was Maximilian Holst from Wetzlar with 27 goals . His teammate Benjamin Burić was named the best goalkeeper .

On the weekend of 11-13 August 2017, the German representatives HSG Wetzlar , SC DHfK Leipzig and HSV Hamburg in Schneverdingen faced the foreign clubs IFK Kristianstad from Sweden, the Kadetten Schaffhausen from Switzerland and the French record champions Montpellier HB . In the final, Montpellier and Kristianstad faced each other, with the Swedes winning 27:21, making them the first foreign club to win the Heide Cup. About 1800 spectators came on the three days of the tournament. The best thrower with 23 hits was Philipp Weber from Leipzig , and Leo Larsson from IFK Kristianstad was chosen as the best goalkeeper .

The 10th edition under the name Heide-Cup took place again in Schneverdingen from 10th to 12th August 2018. Also there were SC DHfK Leipzig , HSV Hamburg and Füchse Berlin from Germany as well as the international teams Montpellier HB (France), IFK Kristianstad (Sweden) and RK Vardar Skopje (Macedonia). Since Leipzig and Skopje did not participate in the finals for various reasons, the reigning EHF Champions League winner Montpellier and the EHF Cup winner from Berlin faced each other in the final . The Berliners were actually only fourth after the first two games. Somewhat surprisingly, the Füchse prevailed with 30:24 and took the title for the second time after 2009. The best thrower was the Dane Hans Lindberg (Füchse Berlin).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ World class handball at the Heide Cup at the start Article on the pages of the Hamburger Abendblatt
  2. ↑ Tournament mode ( Memento from August 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on the IHC website
  3. ↑ Filip Jicha honored as best player , article in the Böhme-Zeitung of August 6, 2007, p. 16
  4. ↑ TV Jahn expects Bundesliga club , article in the Böhme-Zeitung of March 8, 2008, p. 17
  5. ↑ Heide-Cup is to be established , article in the Böhme-Zeitung of March 20, 2009, p. 13
  6. ↑ Füchse Berlin get their first tournament win of the season Article on the pages of the Berliner Morgenpost from August 17, 2009
  7. ↑ Intensive preparation is ongoing , article in the Böhme-Zeitung of August 7, 2009, p. 14
  8. ↑ Explosive top duel at the beginning , article in the Böhme-Zeitung of July 10, 2010, p. 12
  9. ↑ HSV Handball concludes the Heide Cup with a runaway victory Article on the pages of Die Welt from August 9, 2010
  10. ^ Heide-Cup: Five teams from Europe's top ten , article in the Böhme-Zeitung of June 11, 2011, p. 11
  11. ↑ Heide-Cup 2011 goes one better , article in the Böhme-Zeitung of April 23, 2011, p. 12
  12. ↑ A touch of Champions League , article in the Böhme-Zeitung of July 11, 2012, p. 13
  13. ↑ Heide-Cup 2012 with six teams , article in the Böhme-Zeitung of December 30, 2011, p. 9
  14. ↑ berliner-zeitung.de: Füchse Berlin are subject to Hanover in the final of the Heide-Cup , accessed on November 3, 2017
  15. ↑ HSG Wetzlar grabs the Heide-Cup , article in the Böhme-Zeitung from August 11, 2014
  16. ↑ Andreas Wolff suspects bad things after the cup victory , article in the Böhme-Zeitung of August 12, 2014, p. 8
  17. ↑ 60 percent of the tickets are gone , article in the Böhme-Zeitung from May 15, 2015, p. 13
  18. ^ Another debutante is successful , article in the Böhme-Zeitung of August 10, 2015, p. 9
  19. ↑ International Heide Cup 2015 - impressions and stories , article in the Böhme-Zeitung from August 11, 2015, p. 12
  20. ↑ HSG Wetzlar celebrates historic victory , article in the Böhme-Zeitung from August 15, 2016, pp. 1 / 16-17
  21. ↑ Hamburger remain loyal , article in the Böhme-Zeitung of August 16, 2016, pp. 10-11
  22. ↑ Foxes hit everything in the first half , article in the Böhme-Zeitung of August 13, 2018, p. 9
  23. ↑ "That has never happened in the world" , article in the Böhme-Zeitung of August 14, 2018, p. 9