Malmö Arena

Danish home ground in Malmö

The Danish Handball Federation is enthusiastic in their "home ground" in WCh 2011: Malmö in the southernmost of Sweden.

At an inspection of their team hotel and Malmö Arena the Danes, with coach Ulrik Wilbek in the lead, praised all facilities.
– I am very happy to come to Malmö, says Ulrik Wilbek.

The visit began with an inspection of the team hotel, which Wilbek & Co. liked a lot.

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Semi-final tickets will be refunded

Due to the situation with Danish ticket holders for the semi-final in Malmö, instead of Kristianstad, the Central Organizing Committee offers the possibility to refund tickets to the semi final.

This decision has been made in close cooperation with Malmö Arena and Ticnet.

To be able to get refunded one should call "Call Center", +46 775 780 000, and state the booking reference number before 12.00 on Friday 28 January.

More tickets released for the final

On Monday, January 3, 2011 , An additional 300 tickets will be released for the Handball World Championship finals (final & bronze match), January 30 .

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Begeistrad dansk förbundsledning

Den danska förbundsledningen i handboll är begeistrad i sin "hjemmebane" i Handbolls-VM 2011.
Vid en inspektion av hotell och arena i Malmö på tisdagen lovordade danskarna, med förbundskaptenen Ulrik Wilbek i spetsen, alla faciliteterna.
– Jag gläder mig mycket åt att få komma till Malmö, säger Ulrik Wilbek.

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Playing schedule is set

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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First ticket release on 12 October

On October 12, a bit more than one month ahead, the first ticket release of the World Championship 2011 will take place. This first batch contains the tickets of Group A (the Swedish group played in Göteborg) and 2.500 tickets to the final i Malmö.

Tickets to Group A (Sweden´s Group) could be purchased through Ticnet (www.ticnet.se) or directly at the ticket Office at Scandinavium (telephone +46.31.81 10 20).

To sign up for the tickets to the final go to the official World Championship 2011 website (www.handball2011.com) during the period October 12-23, 2009.

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Biljettsläpp 12 oktober

Redan om en dryg månad, 12 oktober 2009, släpps de första biljetterna till VM 2011. I denna första i omgång säljs biljetter till Sveriges matcher i Scandinavium i Göteborg samt 2 500 biljetter till finalen i Malmö. 

Biljetterna till Sveriges matcher bokas via Ticnet (www.ticnet.se eller Scandinaviums biljettkassa, (telefon 031-81 10 20).
Intresseanmälan för köp av finalbiljetter görs här på VM-sajten www.handball2011.com under perioden 12-23 oktober 2009.

Ännu så länge är bara två nationer klara. Titelförsvararna från VM i vintras, Frankrike, och värdlandet Sverige. Ytterligare tre nationer kvalificerar sig under EM i Österrike i januari 2010. Övriga 19 nationer blir klara först till midsommarhelgen 2010 efter olika kvalspel och playoff. Kring halvårsskiftet lottas de fyra sexlagsgrupperna.

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