The IHF Men’s Super Globe 2021 matches started in a powerful demonstration of performance.

On Tuesday, October 5, SC Magdeburg, winners of the EHF Men’s European League, qualified for the quarterfinals after a 32-20 straightforward victory over Sydney Uni of Australia; and Al-Wehda, the Saudi Arabian team, participating for the second time in the IHF Men’s Super Globe, had its clearest victory against San Francisco CalHeat 29-20 (13-6), joining the other teams already qualified for the rest of the competition. 

The quarterfinals saw a battle of 8 teams including Zamalek against defending IHF Men’s Super Globe champion Barça. After a first half tie (18:17 for Barca), the Spanish club takes the lead and qualifies for the semi-finals. The African representative will play the 5-10 place classification matches.

MATCH SCHEDULE FOR SEMI-FINALS AND PLACEMENT ROUND 5-10

All times local

7 October

Placement round 5-10
13:45 San Francisco CalHeat vs Al Noor
16:00 Sydney Uni vs Zamalek SC

Semi-finals (SF)
18:15 SF1: SC Magdeburg vs Aalborg Håndbold
20:30 SF2: EC Pinheiros vs Barça

8 October

Placement round 5-10
16:00 Al Duhail vs San Francisco CalHeat
18:15 Al-Wedha vs Sydney Uni

9 October

Placement round 5-10
13:45 Al Noor vs Al Duhail
16:00 Zamalek SC vs Al-Wehda

Finals
18:15 Bronze-medal match: Loser SF1 vs Loser SF2
20:30 Gold-medal match: Winner SF1 vs Winner SF2