Finals in Scandinavium (age 15-21)

We will continuously give you short reports from all the eight Finals that are to be played at the Scandinavium Arena, in the categories Boys 15-21 and Girls 15-21. The latest Final played will appear on top of this page.

Boys 16 TSV Burgdorf, Tyskland–IFK Tumba, Sverige 15– 14 (7–7)

It was a really dramatic final which where the teams took turns in the lead. Tumba had 7–4 when Burgdorf scored three times in a short time in the end of the first half. After the break Tumba pulled away in a two goal lead, but the Germans fought together and both levelled and took the lead. After 12-11 it was Burgdorf in command.

And there ware some German players which can celebrate two times. Six players in Burgdorf hade a intense afternoon. They also helped the Boys 18-team which played the B-final and beat Heliopolis from Egypt with 30-25. That final started only 45 minutes before the final against Tumba. Luckily the Valhalla Idrottsplats was only 200 meters away from Scandinavium and they made it after a sprint between the arenas.

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Girls 16 Kärra HF, Sverige–Skånela IF, Sverige 15–14 efter sudden death, 14–14 (6–6) vid full tid

In the middle of the second half this final looked to be lost for Kärra. By then Skånela was 12-8 up. Skånela was on the way towards revenge after losing last year’s final agains Sönderjyske. But Kärra mad four consecutive goals and a couple of minutes they equalized again with only seconds to play.

The goalkeeper in Kärra, Jenny Sandgren, made two crucial saves in the Sudden Death. Julia Eriksson was another important player fro Kärra, she made seven goals. But it was Mikaela Mässing who finally made the winner 15-14.

– It was a hard game, but we made it, she said after the game.
– Now we will celebrate with a barbecue party, added Julia Eriksson.

Kärra had a relatively easy group and made 76 goals in five games. But Skånela was even better, they did 139 goals. So, losing the final must be a big disappointment for them. On the other hand: it’s no shame to came second in Partille Cup.

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Boys 15 Ondo State, Nigeria–Skanderborg HB, Danmark 15–19 (6–14)

The match looked to be over already after the first half, but a few minutes into the second something happened. Ondo State made goal after goal and suddenly it was 14–17 with Ondo State with the ball and almost three minutes to play.
– We wasn’t moving, it’s impossible to play handball that way. But I never felt the victory was getting out of our hands, says Skanderborgs coach Jesper Tönder. He mention the good work in the entire club when he explains why the won.

The most most exciting game wasn’t the final. In the 1/8-final Skanderborg won against Norrköping with 14–13.
– We made the winning goal with two seconds to play, says Tönder.

Notable was that Ondo State was a very popular finalist in Scandinavium. It was the last team to arrive but in spite of all the trouble, the pulled the act together and played good handball on the way to the final.

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Girls 15 Huddinge HK 1, Sverige–BK Ydun, Danmark 12–17 (4–7)

The girls from Ydun has a capacity which is something really special. Now Ydun won Partille Cup for the second year running – and it looks like there’s more success around the corner.
– We have a good team and it’s not only one, two or three class players. We have excellent players in every position, says the coach Bert Chirstensen who wouldn’t be surprised if there are a couple of players that will go on to the national team.

The final against Huddinge was tough as well as in the all-Danish semifinal against Skanderborg.
– We allowed them to come close , but we sorted it out, says Bert Christensen.

Ydun’s girls had fun at both Liseberg and Players Club during the week and they gave the 3 000 spectators at Scandinavium a great show.

Girls 18 Lugi HF, Sweden – Spårvägens HF, Sweden 27-23 (13-12)The third final in Scandinavium today, was also just Swedish team, and Lugi played in this final as well. We can truly be impressed by the club from Lund.Lugi started off in high speed and gained the lead quickly with 4-1 before Språvägen really started playing. And turned Lugi’s lead to their own lead with 9-6 half way in the first half of the game. Lugi managed to even out the score to 10-10. And then took back the lead again, with 13-12 in halftime.

Lugi started off best in the second half as well by expanding their lead to 16-13 and then held on to a lead with 2-3 goal a far way in the second half part of the game. This was very much thanks to Lugi player Anna Bardis who made 10 goals in the game. Spårvägen kept on fighting, but they never really grasped Lugi lead again. In the end Lugi scored 27 of the 50 goals that were scored during the game, and won the club’s second trophy just in one hour in Scandinavium.

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Boys 21 Redbergslids IK, Sweden – Lugi HK Sweden 16-20 (8-9)

Just as in the Girls 21 final is two of the classic Swedish handball clubs playing the Boys 21 final. In the beginning of the first half was the game really even, the teams changed the lead after every second goal, and with eleven seconds left in the first half Lugi did a counter and took the lead with 9-8.

Lugi also begun the second half good and six minutes in, they had a lead with 14-10. Redbergslid kept on fighting but didn’t succeed with using the time a player from Lugi got a 2-minutes-penalty to even out the scores.  Lugi kept the lead throughout the game and won at the end with 20-16.

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Girls 21 IK Sävehof, Sweden – Lugi HF, Sweden 21-18 (9-12)

Two of Swedish women handball’s best teams the last years meet in the Partille Cup final in the oldest age group for girls, and both the teams have players with experience from the Swedish premium league. Sävehof took a quick lead in the game with 2-0, but Lugi turned the tables and got a lead with 2-3 and held on to it for the rest of the first half of the game, with four goals as the most. Sävehof evened out the score to 9-12 with free-throw, just before half time.

After Lugi got some suspensions during the beginning of the second half of the game, it was easier for Sävehof to get through Lugi’s compact defense and half through the second half of the game Sävehof had evened out the result to 16-16. The teams continued by scoring one goal on one side and one on the other, and with four minutes left of the game Sävehof took the lead with 19-18 for the first time since the beginning of the game. After some tough judging towards Lugi, Sävehof could make their lead even bigger and win with 21 -18.