En extraordinary Opening Ceremony – with images

Handball star Stefan Lövgren stood on stage in Scandinavium and throw out a ball to the audience – it was a pass to the entire world with the message, Partille Cup had started. There were 13 000 people in the audience and the pacey show lasted for 90 minutes.

48 nations marched in, Jonas Boding was the compere and the sisters Molly, Mimmi and Frida Sandén’s singing made the show even better.

Six youths from different parts of the world read Partille Cup’s mission statement on Arabic, Russian, German, French, English and Swedish:
”To spread handball internationally and use Partille Cup to create understanding and knowledge of different cultures and religions between the world’s young handball players.”

But Cornelia and Carl made the most acclaimed performance on stage as they sang Lionel Richies and Michael Jacksons “We are the world”.

Iceland, Germany, Denmark, Norway and Sweden were the last nations to make an entrance during the opening ceremony. That was also a countdown to the nation with the most participating teams in Partille Cup.

The opening ceremony finished with extraordinary indoor fireworks.
Now all that is left to see is if it will be one or another bang during the games…

You’ll find the images from the Opening Ceremony here

Text: Mikael Hjerpe  Photo: Carl Sandin