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Written by Ola Richardsson, Mon Mar 15 2010

 

Over 7'500 fans to our Facebook site now.

Feels great!

And it's is a wonderful channel to communicate through. Our fans have choosen to get information from us – our news get right insdide their computers – and we immediately receive all the comments from fans. There are no other communication channels like this.

We are on Twitter, Flickr and YouTube as well. Not as big as on Facebook, but it's growing.

If you haven't joined us on our social media yet: Welcome to do so. With a Facebook account you can comment with "Facebook Connect" – and we can see how good-looking you are as well.

 

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The venues

Written by Ola Richardsson, Wed Feb 24 2010

Curious about where the championship venues?

Here's a link to a brand new Google map with all the venues.

When the fan zones are decided we will put them here as well.

 

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The Bahrain team

Written by Ola Richardsson, Mon Feb 22 2010

The big surprise from the qualifications in Asia and Africa must be Bahrain.

If you wonder what they look like you can see that on our Facebook fan page.

One of our 7 200 fans, Yousef Isa, has provided us with a team picture.

This, and a lot more, on our Facebook fan site www.facebook.com/handball2011

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Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria to Sweden 2011

Written by Ola Richardsson, Sun Feb 21 2010

Here's a report from the African semi-finals, that made clear two of three participants in Sweden 2011. Once again thanks to Björn Pazen:

It was a hard struggle, but in the end the host nation has reached the men’s final of the 19th African championships: Egypt beat Algeria in a very close semifinal 26:24. Algeria was ahead most of the first half and led 13:11 at the break. After the 15:14 for Algeria the second half remained completely equal – and the host had to fight hard to control the match. But five minutes before the end, the sensation was very close, as Algeria led 24:22 – but then they lacked power and concentration.

Egypt, supported by their frenetic spectators in Cairo, scored four consecutive goals in the final stage and secured the qualification for the final – and the direct qualification for the World Championship 2011 in Sweden like Tunisia before.

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Three Asian tickets to Sweden

Written by Ola Richardsson, Sun Feb 21 2010

Japan made Bahrain and Korea company on the Asian train to Sweden, and we say: very welcome!

Saudi Arabia were sooo close... For you that missed the dramatic end of the semi-final between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia we attach the video again.

Here's a short report from our friend Bjorn Pazen:

Seven matches, seven clear victories: Korea is the well deserved old and new men’s continental champion of Asia.

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Dramatic match in Beirut – Bahrain and Korea qualified for Sweden 2011

Written by Ola Richardsson, Thu Feb 18 2010

Time to welcome another two teams to Men's Handball World Championship in Sweden in 2011:

Bahrain and Korea.

Both teams have made it to the final in the Asian Championships, and are therefore qualified as two of three Asian teams. The winner of the bronze match (Japan vs. Saudi Arabia) will be the third one.

The last seconds of the semi-final between Bahrain was sensational. Saudi was playing 6-4 and had the ball with seven seconds to go. They took at shot with four seconds left and you have to look at the attached video to belive what happend...

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Arenainspektion

Written by Karl Löfmark, Thu Feb 18 2010

Jan Tuik (IHF), Patric Strub (IHF), Peter Ek (Malmö Arena) och Arne Elofsson (VM-bolaget) diskuterar kamerapositioner i Malmö Arena.

Under förmiddagen genomfördes den sista inspektionen under veckans rundresa till alla VM-städerna. Hotell och arenor har inspekterats av IHF och representanter för TV-produktionen (UFA och TV4). Att hitta rätt platser för kameror och studioplattformar, flöden för press och spelare är en grannlaga uppgift som måste vara klar innan övriga delar av arenaplaneringen kan göras.

Med van hand guidades gruppen av Peter Ek genom alla skrymslen och vrår i Malmö Arena (det finns många, tro mig) för att sedan ägna eftermiddagen åt ett arbetsmöte där förmiddagens intryck summerades.

När dessa herrar diskuterar prestanda och krav för VM-finalen så blir det uppenbart att det är ett världsevenemang som stundar och att de 329 dagar vi har kvar till första avkast behövs för att allt ska fungera som planerat. Vilken fest det kommer att bli...

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African Championship: Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria in the semifinals

Written by Ola Richardsson, Wed Feb 17 2010

Here's a new report from the African Championships/qualification for Sweden 2011 (Thanks, Björn!):

Three of the four men’s semifinalists of the 19th African Championships in Egypt are known after match day 2 of the Main Round. In group I Tunisia and Algeria are through after both had beaten Angola. The two group favourites meet on Wednesday evening in the direct duel to play for the number one and number two of the group. In group II Egypt had beaten DR Congo and Morocco (44:21 on Tuesday) and remained spotless. In the last match DR Congo – Morocco the second semifinalist will be decided on Wednesday evening.
 

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Frukostträff med Handelskammaren

Written by Karl Löfmark, Wed Feb 17 2010

I morse samlades representanter för drygt 20 av Sydsvenska Industri- och Handelskammarens medlemsföretag för ett frukostmöte. Temat var Handbolls-VM 2011 och de närvarande bjöds både på en presentation av Malmö Arena och naturligtvis också information om det stundande världsevenemanget som snart kommer till Sverige.

Jan Wifstrand gjorde sin vana trogen ett engagerat framträdande där han med all önskvärd tydlighet visade hur fullt av möjligheter denna stundande folkfest är för alla som är beredda att ta chansen.

Med 330 dagar kvar till avkast, och inga mellanliggande mästerskap som stör, är det många som är redo att engagera sig i och kring världens mästerskap. Morgonens möte avslutades med intensiva diskussioner om tillgången på loger i Malmö arena, sponsorutrymme i Fan zone och kostnaden för företag att medverka både lokalt och nationellt...

Detta mästerskap kommer att bli riktigt, riktigt roligt!

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Report from African qualification

Written by Ola Richardsson, Fri Feb 12 2010

Got an short article from Björn Pazen about the first matches of the African Championship, that is qualification for Sweden 2011 as well. Here you are:

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