GF World Cup

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 and was replaced by the Golden League.

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

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	Denmark		Russia	25 – 23	Norway		France	16 – 15	Spain

Overall medal count

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

See also

• Posten Cup
• Golden League