Carpathian Trophy (men's handball)

The Carpathian Trophy ({{langx|ro|Trofeul Carpaţi}}) is an annual men's friendly handball tournament organised by the Romanian Handball Federation. The first edition took place in Bucharest in 1959.

Tournament structure

It reached the 44th edition in December 2022. There is no precise format for the tournament, even though recently there were four participating teams.

Editions

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!rowspan=2 width=5%|Year

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!colspan=6|Final Rankings

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!width=10%|Gold

!width=10%|Silver

!width=10%|Bronze

!width=10%|Fourth place

!width=10%|Fifth

!width=10%|Sixth place

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|2001
Details

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Iași

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|{{hb-big|Greece}}

|{{hb-big|Romania}} B

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|2002
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Iași

|{{hb-big|Turkey}}

|{{hb-big|Romania}}

|{{hb-big|Romania}} B

|{{hb-big|Ukraine}}

|{{hb-big|Egypt}}

|{{hb-big|Bulgaria}}

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|2003
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Iași

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|{{hb-big|Romania}} B

|{{hb-big|Ukraine}}

|{{hb-big|North Macedonia|name=Macedonia}}

|{{hb-big|Belarus}}

|{{hb-big|Bulgaria}}

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|2004
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Timișoara

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|{{hb-big|Jordan}}

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|{{hb-big|Netherlands}}

|{{hb-big|Turkey}}

|{{hb-big|Egypt}}

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|2005
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Timișoara

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|{{hb-big|Netherlands}}

|{{hb-big|Italy}}

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|2006
Details{{cite web|url=http://www.romanialibera.ro/actualitate/sport/romania-a-castigat-si-la-masculin-trofeul-carpati-71037.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416130623/http://www.romanialibera.ro/actualitate/sport/romania-a-castigat-si-la-masculin-trofeul-carpati-71037.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 April 2013|title=Romania a castigat si la masculin Trofeul Carpati|publisher=România Liberă|work=romanialibera.ro|accessdate=27 November 2006|language=Romanian}}

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Timișoara

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|{{hb-big|Turkey}}

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|2007
Details{{cite web|url=http://www.mont.ro/stiri/?editia=20071030&pagina=5&articol=14740|title=Petru Paleu vrea "Trofeul Carpati" si la Piatra Neamt|publisher=Monitorul de Neamţ|work=mont.ro|accessdate=30 October 2007|language=Romanian}}

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Drobeta-Turnu Severin

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|{{hb-big|Montenegro}}

|{{hb-big|Ukraine}}

|{{hb-big|North Macedonia|name=Macedonia}}

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|2010
Details{{cite web|url=http://www.gsp.ro/sporturi/handbal/romania-a-remizat-cu-tunisia-si-a-ratat-cistigarea-trofeului-carpati-urmeaza-meciurile-din-preliminariile-ce-212507.html|title=România a remizat cu Tunisia şi a ratat cîştigarea Trofeului Carpaţi! Urmează meciurile din preliminariile CE!|publisher=Gazeta Sporturilor|work=gsp.ro|accessdate=23 October 2010|language=Romanian}}

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Oradea

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|{{hb-big|Romania}}

|{{hb-big|North Macedonia|name=Macedonia}}

|{{hb-big|Belarus}}

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|2011
Details{{cite web|url=http://www.adevarul.ro/sport/antifotbal/handbal/handbal-Trofeul_Carpati-Piatra_Neamt-masculin-Romania-Romania_B-Iordania-Ucraina_0_581941955.html|title=România a câştigat Trofeul Carpaţi de la Piatra Neamţ|publisher=Adevărul|work=adevarul.com|accessdate=30 October 2011}}

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Piatra Neamţ

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|2012
Details{{cite web|url=http://www.ziare.com/handbal/nationala-handbal/romania-a-castigat-la-fotografie-trofeul-carpati-la-handbal-masculin-1160716|title=Romania a castigat la fotografie Trofeul Carpati la handbal masculin|publisher=Ziare|work=ziare.com|accessdate=9 April 2012|language=Romanian}}

|{{flagicon|Romania}}
Oradea

|{{hb-big|Romania}}

|{{hb-big|Ukraine}}

|{{hb-big|Turkey}}

|{{hb-big|Romania}} B

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|2018
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Călărași

|{{hb-big|Romania}}

|{{hb-big|Portugal}}

|{{hb-big|Bahrain}}

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|2019
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Bucharest

|{{hb-big|North Macedonia}}

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|{{hb-big|Algeria}}

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|2021
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Cluj-Napoca

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|{{hb-big|Turkey}}

| colspan=4|Switzerland and Iran withdrew due to Covid-19 cases in their squads.

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|2022
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Oradea

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  • Some editions were initially planned but cancelled due to schedule.

==Summary==

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Team

!Wins

style="background:#fff68f"|{{flagicon|ROU}} Romania

|style="background:#fff68f"|31

style="background:#fff68f"|{{flagicon|SRB}} Serbia

|style="background:#fff68f"|3

style="background:#fff68f"|{{flagicon|DEN}} Denmark

|style="background:#fff68f"|2

style="background:#fff68f"|{{flagicon|GER}} Germany

|style="background:#fff68f"|2

style="background:#fff68f"|{{flagicon|RUS}} Russia

|style="background:#fff68f"|2

style="background:#fff68f"|{{flagicon|EGY}} Egypt

|style="background:#fff68f"|1

style="background:#fff68f"|{{flagicon|MKD}} North Macedonia

|style="background:#fff68f"|1

style="background:#fff68f"|{{flagicon|TUN}} Tunisia

|style="background:#fff68f"|1

style="background:#fff68f"|{{flagicon|TUR}} Turkey

|style="background:#fff68f"|1

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See also

References

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