IHF Super Globe 2023 wild-cards for Barca and Fuchse Berlin
The IHF Executive Committee has awarded two wild cards for the 2023 IHF Men’s Super Globe, which will take place between 7 and 12 November in Saudi Arabia.
Following the decision, five-time champions and the runners-up of the last two editions, the most decorated team in the competition’s history, FC Barcelona, and two-time former champions Füchse Berlin will participate in the 2023 IHF Men’s Super Globe.
Eight of the 12 participating spots have now been sealed, with Barça and Füchse Berlin joining a star-studded line-up containing the reigning champions, SC Magdeburg, the AHF Asian Men’s Club League Championship, Bahrain’s Al-Najma, the CAHB African Men’s Handball Super Cup’s winners, Egypt’s Al-Ahly and San Fernando HB from Argentina, which sealed the title SCAHC Men’s Senior Club Championship.
American side San Francisco CalHeat, the winners of the NACHC Senior Men’s Club Championship, are also through, as well as Barlinek Industria Kielce, which have qualified due to finishing the Machineseeker EHF Champions League as runners-up, after the winners, Magdeburg, were automatically qualified to the 2023 IHF Men’s Super Globe as the reigning champions.