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IHF President awards ”School World Champions” in Malmö

Tue Jan 18 2011

More than 1500 school children from the Skane region – including the WCh host cities Malmö, Lund and Kristianstad - competed on Monday 17 January 2011 in the Baltiska Hallen in Malmö for the ”Lilla VM”, the ”School Handball World Championship”. In four age groups 54 school teams aged eight to twelve years, coming from 15 cities, fought for the titles after a long series of local qualification tournaments in autumn. Supported by their parents and other kids from their schools they played on three mini handball courts parallel.  Each match took 16 minutes, 2x4 minutes the boys and 2x4 minutes the girls from the qualified schools played the same system as the ”real” World Championship in Sweden.

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Mejeriet hosts the Lund Fan Zone in January

Fri Dec 03 2010

Mejeriet will host the Lund Fan Zone during the Handball World Championships in January 2011. Fan Zone Mejeriet will be the focal point and meeting place for handball fans in Lund during the Handball World Championships. At Mejeriet it will be possible to see large-screen views of the World Cup games and a special Fan Zone program will be on. Mejeriet is located near the Färs och Frosta Sparbank Arena where the games will be played and Mejeriet is centrally located in Lund. - Mejeriet will work fine as the Lund Fan Zone. Mejeriet is established and well known and has extensive experience of events. Fan Zone Mejeriet will be a perfect blend of culture and sport. During the Handball World Championships Fan Zone Mejeriet will be open to all, with free entry, says Christer Wallin, chairman of the local Lund World Cup organization. Mejeriet is internationally known for its concert stage and its wide variety of artists.

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Ticket vouchers for Malmö/Lund

Mon Nov 08 2010
The two Semi-finals will be played in Malmö and Kristianstad. It will be decided late January 25 which one will be played where. For the Main Round in Malmö and Lund it will be decided January 20 what matches that will be played in Lund. It is however already decided that Denmark and Sweden (if they are qualified) will play in Malmö. To be sure that you will have a ticket for the arena where your team is playing, we have for these occasions a limited number of ticket vouchers. These ticket vouchers will be changed into a ticket for the right arena. If you have a voucher and your team didn´t qualify the voucher will always be valid for Malmö Arena. As said, the numbers are limited, so first to buy are the lucky ones.
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Playing schedule is set

Mon Nov 30 2009

409 days to go now. Only a little more than a year before the Men’s Handball World Championship 2011 is here! We just know two teams: France and Sweden, but the game schedule is set now – and further down there are a couple of small news on Facebook.

Men’s Handball World Championship 2011 begins 13 January with an opening match in Göteborg, where Sweden is one of the two teams.
The other 23 teams enter the tournament 14 January.
The WCh starts with Preliminary Round with four groups of six teams each: One group playing in Gothenburg, one in Linköping/Norrköping, one in Malmö/Lund and one in Kristianstad/Lund.
Preliminary Round ends 20 January.
The top three teams in each group proceed to the Main Round, which is played in two groups of six teams. One group is to be played in Jönköping and the other in Malmö/Lund, starting 22 January.

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