JEDDAH: The 2021 edition of the IHF Men’s Super Globe will take place at King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from Tuesday night until October 9 to determine the best men’s handball club in the world. Qualified teams Ten (10) teams have qualified through to the competition. Six (6) representing the IHF Continental Confederations, one (1) reigning champion, one (1) Wild Card and two (2) host nation places. Host country representatives Al-Wehda, Al-Noor (KSA): 2021 IHF Men’s Super Globe host country. (2) August 2019 Reigning champions FC Barcelona (ESP): Winners of the 2019 IHF Men’s Super Globe. (1) June 2021 European Handball Federation (EHF) representative Aalborg Håndbold (DEN): Runners-up of the 2020/21 EHF Men’s Champions League Men (behind already-qualified FC Barcelona). (1) Asian Handball Federation (AHF) representative Al-Duhail (QAT): Winners of the 2021 AHF Men’s Asian Club League Championship. (1) July 2021 Wild Card SC Magdeburg (GER): Winners of the 2020/21 EHF European League Men (second-tier continental club championship) (1) August 2021 South and Central America Handball Confederation (SCAHC) representative EC Pinheiros (BRA): Winners of the 2021 SCAHC Club Championship. (1) North America and the Caribbean Handball Confederation (NACHC) representative San Francisco CalHeat (USA): Winners of the 2021 NACHC Club Championship. (1) Oceania Continent Handball Federation (OCHF) representative Sydney University (AUS): No OCHF qualification due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic but Sydney University granted place via the IHF. September 2021 African Handball Confederation (CAHB) representative Zamalek SC (EGY): Winners of the 2021 CAHB Men’s African Super Cup. (1) Competition format Six teams qualify directly into the quarter-finals, so the 2021 IHF Men’s Super Globe starts with four teams competing in the quarter-final play-offs to grab the final two spots. It is then a simple format with the winners of the quarter-finals then going through to the semi-finals and final. The losers of the quarter-final play-offs and quarter-finals will compete in two groups with the final rankings of the groups determining the 5-10 ranks. Competing players The final squad lists for the competition will be available on the IHF.info mini-site following the technical meeting. The squads will appear here. Match schedule Tuesday 5 October Quarter-final play-offs (PO) 16:30 PO1: Sydney University (AUS) vs SC Magdeburg (GER) 19:00 Opening Ceremony 20:30 PO2: Al Wehda (KSA) vs San Francisco Cal Heat (USA) Wednesday 6 October Quarter-finals (QF) 13:15 QF1: Al Duhail vs Winner PO1 15:30 QF3: Al Nour vs EC Pinheiros 17:45 QF2: Aalborg Håndbold vs Winner PO2 20:00 QF4: FC Barcelona vs Zamalek SC Thursday 7 October Placement round 5-10 13:45 Group A: Loser PO2 vs Loser QF3 16:00 Group B: Loser PO1 vs Loser QF4 Semi-finals (SF) 18:15 SF1: Winner QF1 vs Winner QF2 20:30 SF2: Winner QF3 vs Winner QF4 Friday 8 October Placement round 5-10 16:00 Group A: Loser QF1 vs Loser PO2 18:15 Group B: Loser QF2 vs Loser PO1 Saturday 9 October Placement round 5-10 13:45 Group A: Loser QF3 vs Loser QF1 16:00 Group B: Loser QF4 vs Loser QF2 Finals 18:15 Bronze-medal match: Loser SF1 vs Loser SF2 20:30 Gold-medal match: Winner SF1 vs Winner SF2