The GF World Cup is an annual women's friendly handball tournament organised by the Danish Handball Federation and sponsored by insurance company GF Forsikring. Eight invited teams compete at the event, including permanent representatives Sweden and

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. The first GF World Cup took place in November 2005 in

NRGi Arena Ceres Arena (formerly NRGi Arena) is an indoor arena mainly used for handball matches and public events in Aarhus, Denmark. The arena was opened in 2001 and has a capacity of 5,001 spectators (4,394 seats). It is part of the Aarhus Sports Park, w ...

, Aarhus.

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is the most recent champion of the tournament and it is also the most successful team in the history of the cup with three titles.

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Overall medal count

References

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