Partille Cup has, in a unique partnership with the hotel property company Pandox AB, started a 3-year project with Mt Kenya Sports Group (MSG). The project known as Pandox Youth Handball Movement is in the context of Pandox CSR work and aims at creating better prospects for children and young people in the town of Nyeri.

Today MSG trains 600 children and youths aged 4-18 years in the town of Nyeri, located north-east of Nairobi.  MSG are well organized and handball is developing and prosperous, but in danger of losing interest when financial resources are lacking. Pandox see an opportunity to contribute by ensuring the club’s existence, financially and through its network in the world of handball and will create conditions for further development.  This will be done by training courses for the coaches, ensure club facilities and providing necessary equipment. The overall objective is that the cooperation should provide young people with meaningful recreation, educational support, advice and information about diseases, as well as opportunities to implement other social projects around the town of Nyeri.

Partille Cup will be the implementers of the project and as a first step a handball training course for 100 leaders will be made in February. Two trainers from IK Sävehof will be on place in Nyeri and instruct leaders in fundamental handball knowledge, leadership and to support the organization.
During their presence the annual handball tournament Partille Cup Kenya Trophy will be played and nearly 100 teams and 1600 participants are expected to participate.

- For Partille Cup this engagement is in line with our mission to spread handball internationally and use Partille Cup to create understanding and knowledge of different cultures and ways of living among the world´s young handball players, says Fredrik Andersson, General Secretary of Partille Cup.

You can follow the project and its development on MSG’s website www.msgkenya.com
More about Kenya Partille Cup Trophy can be read here.

About Mt Kenya Sports Group (MSG)
MSG is trying to start up handball in Nyeri. By jointly doing a sport together the youth of Nyeri can for a moment think of only happy things. Through handball, they can get to know each other, exchange experiences and give each other hope for the future. The club also helps with food and education for the most vulnerable children. The education is very important to even have a chance to move forward.

Many of the players come from very difficult family circumstances. They may be orphans, live with their old grandparents or even be homeless. During the days the youth´s are often looking for temporary jobs, which is not easy to find. When they do get a job, there is usually not enough money for food for the day. MSG gives these youth´s hope for a better future.

Club: Mt Kenya Sports Group, MSG
Founded: 2003
Location: Nyeri, Kenya
Number of members: 600

Partille Kenya Cup Trophy
In 2003, Kenya for the first time participated in Partille Cup, the world’s largest and most international handball tournament for youth’s. The team was MSG and its leader, Julius M Ndirangu, had planned this trip for many years.
Julius had worked long to start up handball in the villages in Kenya and frequently played friendly matches between the villages. After the visit at Partille Cup, Julius was filled with motivation and in 2006, when more villages had begun to play handball, a tournament with 29 teams was organized and at least one team from each village participated.
In 2007, turbulence broke out in the country after the presidential election. Violence was spread in the country and those who lived in the villages didn’t receive food and other necessities that they needed. Julius then asked Partille Cup for help since there is close collaboration between MSG and Partille Cup. Together they started the handball tournament called Partille Kenya Cup Trophy. The idea is that the tournament will be the highlight of the year, especially for those players who are not able to go to the “real” Partille Cup played in Sweden.

Partille Cup wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Today, the office is closed and we will open again on January 2.
Between Christmas and New Year, we have only sporadically open.

We have high hopes for Partille Cup 2012. More registered teams than ever tells you that there will be a festival we will never forget.

In the office we work really hard to prepare the best tournament possible. Do you have any thoughts or concerns, please feel free to contact us.

Until we meet, we wish you all a very nice Christmas!

Now you have the chance to win a pair of adizero shoes, either CC7-model (for boys) or the CC3- model (for girls).

We will give a pair of shoes to 10 lucky winners. To compete you must upload a video with Partille Cup content either at our Facebook page or YouTube Channel. The title of the video has to be named “Partille Cup Video Contest” in order to qualify. Please also send an e-mail to info@partillecup.com to verify your contribution.

The jury will judge the videos and give them a score by the funniest, best quality, most original, best story, most handball and how much Partille Cup related the videos are. The video with highest total score wins.

The contest end April 1st. The winner will be notified by e-mail. The jury will consist of a spokes person from Partille Cup and adidas.

Just shortly after St. Nicholas’ Day the guys from IHF Handball Challenge 12 got a nice gift for you. The first update for the PC video game is now available for free download directly from within the game. It includes some very nice features, for example a new statistic screen with in-game statistics, the Kadetten Schaffhausen are now part of the World League, an info screen will keep you up to date during the game regarding goals and fouls and the passing system was also optimized. So maybe you are still looking for a nice Christmas present? Then check out the special offers for IHF Handball Challenge 12.

Check out the features here.

Check out the Christmas offers here.

The largest playing center of Partille Cup, Heden, with 30 playing fields and the Partille Cup Center will be rebuilt in 2012. It is part of the planned improvement of the infrastructure in Gothenburg when the city is growing and want to be attractive to visit and live in. For Partille Cup the new Heden looks great, the number of fields will be the same, the area will be renovated and cleaned up and the number of parking spaces will be the same.

The largest opportunity for Partille Cup will be the development of the activity center – Partille Cup Center, the tournament’s heart and great meeting place, that moves to the other side of Heden, close to the Avenue. We are currently working to fill the center with exciting events and plenty to do.

Welcome to the new Heden in 2012!

Partille Cup are in grief. Gunnar Quist, whose idea in 1962 was to start the world´s largest youth handball tournament, has died in a traffic accident, 78 years old.

Partille Cup became and still is that meeting place for all young handball players in the world that Gunnar dreamt of. When Partille Cup celebrated 40 years, two years ago, Gunnar told us how it all started:

- The first tournament was held in 1970 but to find the roots of Partille Cup you have to get back in time a few more years. In 1962 Sävehof got 5 000 SEK from the municipality of Partille to organize a youth tournament in handball.

Everything would have been fine but from an unexpected direction – the Swedish Handball Federation – the plans were stopped.

Gunnar Quist explained:

– We didn’t get any sanction to realize the tournament. ”No team will apply such a tournament. Rejected!” the federation told us.

But Gunnar Quist didn’t give up, and in 1963 he made a model for Partille Cup. The matches were held at Vallhamra sports ground.

– It was raining every day. A municipal commissioner came by and told us to stop playing, we ruined the fields. But the games continued.

After a few more years the cooperation grew stronger with the municipality of Partille and eventually the tournament became reality. The idea of using schools for location and restaurant aroused curiosity and astonishment, but it was also the essence of the tournament. The fields were supplied with asphalt thanks to the good contact between the organizer and the top of the municipality. Goals were made of iron bars from Mässhallen.

Before Sävehof finally got sanctions to arrange Partille Cup they had been rejected twice more. Gunnar Quist who ran the project shook his head and could not understand how they could stop a youth tournament. But the most obstinate part won the fight. Gunnar Quist made sure that Sävehof got their sanction. 140 teams from eight nations participated in the first tournament. And Partille Cup became more and more international, and that’s something surprisingly since Gunnar Quist only speaks Swedish. Yet he succeeded to tempt foreign guests and make them feel the attractiveness of Partille Cup.

– When it comes to languages I’ve completely trusted other persons, Gunnar admitted.
But his capability to create confidence could be taken anyhow.

- When you’re from another culture, it’s not always so simple to know how to do things. This time spaghetti and mincemeat sauce were served with a dessert of chocolate pudding and whipped cream. The guests helped themselves and placed spaghetti at the bottom of the plate, then mincemeat sauce followed by chocolate pudding. On the top of it all they put a pat of cream. Gunnar never tried that dish himself.

Rest in Peace Gunnar!

Today Partille Cup released the brochure for 2012. It is a magazine of 24 pages containing everything you need to know to participate in the tournament. The tournament information is available in 5 languages​​: English, Swedish, Spanish, German and French.

The magazine also contains an exciting video contest. Upload your Partille Cup video on our YouTube channel or Facebook page. Nice prizes from adidas to the most original, funniest and best movies. Complete contest rules can be found in the brochure.

You can choose to read the brochure online or download it as pdf. If you want the printed version, send us a message we will send it to you by post.

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On Saturday October 1 at 12:00 we open the registration for Partille Cup 2012.

The tournament will be played July 2 - 7.

Partille Cup is now working hard on planning next year’s tournament. Several areas will be developed and become even better, everything to make the experiences during the tournament to memories of a lifetime. This year´s tournament 1052 teams from 46 nations and 19 513 players and leaders participated.

The following age classes can participate in Partille Cup 2012:
(B = boys, G = girls) Register in the age class that is valid for your team the summer 2012:

Class B21 - Boys born 1/1 1991 and later.
Class B18 – Boys born 1/1 1994 and later.
Class B16 – Boys born 1/1 1996 and later.
Class B15 – Boys born 1/1 1997 and later.
Class B14 – Boys born 1/1 1998 and later.
Class B13 - Boys born 1/1 1999 and later.
Class B12 - Boys born 1/1 2000 and later.
Class B11 – Boys born 1/1 2001 and later.
Class B10 - Boys born 1/1 2002 and later.

Class G21 – Girls born 1/1 1991 and later.
Class G18 - Girls born 1/1 1994 and later.
Class G16 – Girls born 1/1 1996 and later.
Class G15 - Girls born 1/1 1997 and later.
Class G14 – Girls born 1/1 1998 and later.
Class G13 – Girls born 1/1 1999 and later.
Class G12 - Girls born 1/1 2000 and later.
Class G11 – Girls born 1/1 2001 and later.
Class G10 – Girls born 1/1 2002 and later.

Now you can see the finals on our Web-TV:

Boys 10

Girls 10

Boys 11

Girls 11

Boys 12

Girls 12

Boys 13

Girls 13

Boys 14

Girls 14

Boys 15

Girls 15

Boys 16

Girls 16

Boys 18

Girls 18

Boys 21

Girls 21

Thank you all for a great week!

At the moment there is a sensation of emptyness. After months of preparations and a intense week on and off the courts in Gothenburg, it’s time to bid farewell for this time. But we don’t say goodbye, but ”see you again”.

Tonight there are many of us who are tired of handball. The players and referees have lost a lot of the power in their legs, the organizers are tired in their heads. So, now it’s time for rest. We bring all our new fantastic experiences and enjoy the summer break.

But Partille Cup isn’t over – we’re just taking a 51 week break. Soon there is time to start preparing for a new handball season and begin the planning for Partille Cup 2012.

Hope we’ll se each other then!

Today it´s the final day of Partille Cup. It all starts at 9:30 when the G21 class will be decided. During the day there will be 18 finals in two arenas.

Text reports: On this page we will give you match reports after each game in Scandinavium, where all finals for ages 15 to 21 will be played.

Live handball: Click here for LIVE broadcast of the finals in Scandinavium

Partille Cup TV: With images and interview from the finals.

B16: Ystad beat Sävehof

IK Sävehof 1-IFK Ystad 13–15 (6–9) The last final in Scandinavium was an all-Swedish meeting between IK Sävehof and IFK Ystad. The game was well played, both teams performed at their highest levels. Ystad was more effective in front of goal and pushed forward to a 9–6 lead at halftime. Sävehof fought to get back in the second half, but Ystad didn’t give away any chances. They controlled the game and won with 15–13. – Fantastic, we won! Sävehof was a tough opponent, but we were the better team, said Ystads goalkeeper Jakob Knutsson.

G16: Skanderborg won the all-Danish final

Skanderborg HB 1-BK Ydun 15–12 (6–6) Skanderborg HB 1 got a dream start in the all-Danish final against BK Ydun, 4–1 after six minutes. But Ydun struggled back thanks to great shooting and scored four straight goals. The score was even-steven, 6–6, at halftime. The beginning of the second half was identical to the first. Skanderborg scored four goals in a couple of minutes, but this time didn’t Ydun manage to get back. Skanderborg played safe, controlled the last minutes of the game and won comfortably with 15–12. – We are very happy! We won the match and that was all that mattered. Now we will celebrate, says Skanderborgs Louise Halverson.

B15: Kristianstad took revenge on Niger United

IFK Kristianstad 1-Niger United 17–15 (9–6) IFK Kristianstad 1 from Sweden lost to Nigerian Niger United in the group stage. The Swedes had obviously learned from their mistakes earlier in the tournament. Kristianstad got a flying start, scored goal after goal and ran away with an 8–1-lead. But Niger United came back a narrowed the lead to 9–6, which was the score at halftime. The second half was spectacular. Both teams attacked like crazy and the goalkeepers made magnificent saves. Kristianstad extended the lead to 14–9. Niger United produced a lot of chances, but their aim wasn’t the best. The Swedes managed to keep their cool and won with 17–15. – It was an extremely tough match and it was so fun to play! We are so happy, says Kristianstad Gustav Dahl.

G15: Önnereds HK beat Fjellhammer

Önnereds HK 1-Fjellhammer IL 1 17–13 (8–7)The final between Swedish Önnered and Norwegian Fjellhammer was full of feelings. The teams battled for every ball and the defensive play was incredible physical. Önnered led at halftime with 8–7. Önnered began the second half very strongly and ran away with a four-goal lead, 12–8, thanks to effective turnovers. Fjellhammer responded by scoring two straight goals. But this was Önnereds day to shine, they managed to keep the distance to Fjellhammer and won with 17–13. Praise to the two goalkeepers who did a very good job and kept the score down. – I’m very happy!, says Önnereds top scorer Ida Reinholdsson – who made seven goals. Do you always produce many goals? – Of course!

B18: Redbergslids IK the stronger team

Århus Håndbold-Redbergslids IK 18–21 (7–11) It took three minutes before the first goal and it was Swedish Redbergslid who made it. Danish Århus answered with a quick goal but then Redbergslid pushed forward to a four-goal lead, 11–7 – which were the score at halftime. Redbergslid was more physical and a bit more effective than Århus, but it was still a tight game. The Danishes narrowed the lead to 12–10. Redbergslid reacted, increased the tempo and scored two straight goals. Århus refused to give up, but they did not capitalize on their chances. With one minute left made Redbergslid 21–18 and shortly after the celebration began. – I’m delighted! It was a very though game, says Redbergslids Hannes Rybo Jovik.

G18: Raelingen’s push made the difference

Raelingen HK 1-Hjortshöj Egå IF 14–11 (5–6) Norwegian Raelingen and Danish Hjortshöj Egå measured their strengths in Scandinavium and there was no significant difference between the team’s capacities. Hjortshöj Egå managed to score a goal in the last second of the first half, which meant they were in the lead with 6–5 at halftime. The second half was as tight as the first. The teams followed each other, goal after goal. With ten minutes left the score was 9–9. After that Raelingen scored two straight goals and pushed for the victory. Hjortshöj Egå tried to catch up, but did not succeed – instead the Norwegians extended their lead in the last minute and won with 14–11.

B21: Alingsås won tight final

Alingsås HK-Strandby-Elling IF 19–15 (8–7) Strandby-Elling IF from Denmark took the command in the start, but Swedish Alingsås HK came back strong thanks to aggressive defensive play. In halftime the Swedes was in the lead with 8–7. Second half was very tight, but Alingsås were often some steps ahead – thanks to the great goalkeeper Alexander Jonsson who made several important saves. The Swedes was more efficient than their opponents and that settled the match. The final score, 19–15. – It feels fantastic. We have played a lot of though games during the tournament. We lost against Strandby-Elling in the group stage, it was time for revenge. We played really good, besides the start of the game, says Alexander Jonsson. You must be satisfied with your performance? – Yeah of course. I played on a high level in the second half. But the whole team played well, it was a team effort.

G21: IK Sävehof won with big numbers

IK Sävehof-HK Skogås 39–7 (20–4) The final day in Scandinavium began with a Swedish meeting in the oldest girls class G21, IK Sävehof against HK Skogås. Swedish national Jamina Roberts opened the scoring for Sävehof with two straight goals, which marked the start of a real goal party. The first half was only about Sävehof, who went to halftime rest with 20–4. – We were much better than the opponents, says Jamina Roberts. Second half was, understandably, not very exciting. Skogås did their best but failed to threat Sävehof. The lead expanded even more, Sävehofs efficiency was remarkable. After 40 minutes of play they had made 39 goals, compared to Skogås 7 – impressive! – It’s a nice feeling to have won, but it would have been much more fun if the opponents were better, says Roberts. You have played Partille Cup eleven times, this is your last time. How does that feel? – It’s going to feel a bit strange not to play next year. But it’s time for me to move on in my carrier.

Today it´s the final day of Partille Cup. It all starts at 9:30 when the G10 class will be decided. During the day there will be 18 finals in two arenas.

Text reports: On this page we will give you match reports after each game in Valhalla, where all finals up to the age of 14 will be played.

Live webb TV: Click here for LIVE broadcast of the finals in Valhalla

B14: Goalkeeper won the game

Skanderborg HB, Denmark – HK Silwing/Troja, Sweden 13-10 (6-3)The last final in Valhalla is a meeting between two Scandinavian teams Danish Skanderborg meets Swedish Silwing/Troja. They do not only have to defend the honour of their clubs, but also their nations. It took almost the entire first half of the game for Silwing/Troja to get past Skanderborg’s goalkeeper Malthe Almgren, and while they tried to get trough Skanderborg scored 3 goals. Silwing/Troja caught up with some goals, but Skanderborg increased their lead again, with 6-3 at half time. What we wonder now is will Skanderborg have enough energy for a second half, with no men on the bench? It is hard to say if it was the energy or that else it could be, but Silwing/Trojan even caught up even do Skanderborg had problems in their attacks in the second half. In Skanderborg’s goal stood Malthe Almgren, and he is worth mentioning more than once, since he stopped almost everything. Skanderborg finished on a high note with several goals in the last minutes, and won the last final in Valhalla with 13-10.

G14: Victory for Grindsted

Rödekro IF, Denmark – Grindsted IF, Denmark 7-11 (3-5)Denamark has for many years been the most successful nation when it comes to handball amongst women, it becomes quite obvious that handball is a big sport in Denmark when we have our third all Danish final amongst the girls’ teams in Valhalla.We who has watched all the finals in Valhalla finally got that nail biting experience, when both teams player very even. They scored every other goal, almost all trough the first half. Grindsted pulled away just before half time and had 5 to 3 when the referee blowed the whistle. Grindsted got a suspension in the beginning of the second half, but Rödekro could not use it to their advantage. Grindsted scored instead their sixth goal for the game, and was three goals ahead of their opponents.

B13: Volcanic eruption from Iceland

IFK Kristianstad, Sweden – HK 1, Iceland 9-19 (4-11)Kristanstad started the game by seeking out HK’s tallest nine-meter-player and then block him out of the game. HK used this to their advantage, since it left their opponents defence vulnerable, could HK’s quick players easily just run trough the defence. HK had the lead with 7-1 half trough the first half thanks to that. It was an explosion from the Icelanders, or maybe a volcanic eruption from their side.A suspension for HK, gave Kristanstad the chance to get in the game, but in half time HK had the lead with 11-4.Also this game offered fewer goals in the second half of the game, Kristanstad managed to get closer to HK when they got yet another suspension. HK continued to play quick and talented handball, and their six-meter-players managed to make several goals. In the end of the game HK pulled away even further and was showing the spectators beautiful handball. HK had high quality in both their offensive and defensive game, and with both a talented goalkeeper and the best supporters of the day the won the game with 19-9.

G13: Rödhovre won Danish game

Rödhovre HK, Denmark – Hellerup IK, Denmark 15-11 (10-6)The Danish teams continues to show their strength in Partille Cup this year, to Danish teams met each other the final in the G13-class, the teams were Rödhovre and Hellerup.Rödhovre was the team that took control in the game, and did the finals two first goals. Hellerup fought back and scored 2 goals, before Rödhovre took the lead with four goals halfway into the first half and kept it until half time. Rödhovre was then in the lead with 10-6 and could relax a bit before the second half.Hellerup played a good game in the second half and was for a short while in equal with Rödhovre. It was less goals in the second half only ten in total (5-5), but Hellrups good game was not enough after Rödhorve’s first half of the game. In the end Rödhovre won with 15-11, and they could probably have played even better.

B12: Three teams, three victories

Dongsing Elementary School, Chinese Taipei – Lugi HF 2, Sweden 17-9 (8-3)It is the third final for the third team from Dongsing Elementary School from Chinese Taipei, and this time they will meet Lugi. Lugi usually leaves Partille Cup with at least one victory, but will it be in this group?Lugi started off best and took the lead 2-0, but Dongsing got in the game quickly and got passed Lugi in numbers on goals they scored. Dongsing’s extremely offensive defence made it hard for Lugi to score, and it also gave Dongsing opportunites to steal the ball and breakaway for Lugi’s players. Dongsing was in the lead with 8-3 in halftime.It is hard not to be impressed by the game from all Dongsing teams, even in the B12-class. Lugi have to fight with all the got and for each and every goal, while Dongsing easily scores goal after goal. The difference in the end result would have been even bigger if it were not for Alexander Ellerström excellent game in Lugi’s goal. The end result was 17 to 9, for Dongsing Elementary School.Dongsing came to Partille Cup with three teams, and when they get back home they will have 3 Partille Cup trophies “the Golden Hand” to show off to their friends.

G12: A Danish final

TIK Taastrup, Denmark – Fredriksbergs IF, Denmark 9-15 (5-6)Two Danish teams, Taastrup and Fredriksberg, ended up against each other in the final in the G12-class. Fredriksberg stated off best with and had a lead of 3-0 after only a couple of minutes. It was not until in the sixth minute Taastrup made their first goal. Taastrup had problems getting trough Fredrikberg’s tough defence and their six-meters could find goal opportunities. Taastrup also got some penalty shots and in half time, the result was 6-5 to Fredriksberg. Taastrup reduced Fredrikbergs lead in the beginning of the second half, before Fredriksberg took the lead again with 9 to 6. Fredriksberg was a little bit better throughout the entire game, and in the end of the game they increased their lead, and won the final with 15-9.

B11: Taipei victory – third in a row

Dongsing Element. School, Chinese Taipei – HC CO Zagreb, Croatia 13-9 (6-3)After the Dongsing won in the G11-class was it time for their boys to try to repeat what they did. Their opponents in the final were HC CO Zagreb from Croatia. Both teams had good goalkeepers and defences, which led to not so many goals in the beginning of the game. Early on in the game took Dongsing the lead, but half through the first half of the game had both teams scored 2 goals each, 2-2. Dongsing then won the first half with 6-3. Zagreb continued to have difficulties with Dongsing’s defence in the second half of the game, but when Zegreb got a suspension and one man less on the field they stated to score and went from 3-7 to 6-7. With four minutes left in the game, Dongsing was in the lead with only one goal, 10-9. Zagreb can thank their goalkeeper, Stipe Puric, and his fantastic saves for the fact that they still were in the game. At the end Dongsing was the stronger team and they won the game with 13-9.

G11: Taipei victory – again

Dongsing Elementary School, Chinese Taipei – Önnereds HK, Sweden 14-5 (7-2)2 against 0 for Dongsing after only forty seconds, this made it quickly hard for Önnered to keep up their spirit in this final. Önnered did not give up and minutes later they reduced Dongsing’s lead to 2-3. Andrea Bergsdottir, goalkeeper in Önnered, did a great job but despite that was Dongsing in a lead with 7-2 when the first half was over. Nine-meter Kjo Yi-Hsin from Dongsing was what made the difference between the teams, she both shot at a distance and broke through Önnered’s defence and scored 5 of Dongsing’s 7 goals in the first half of the game. Önnered scored one goal under the first five minutes of the second half, and then Dongsing started to score again. This half was however not as easy for them as the first half was. The grils from Dongsing, used their length, quickness, and the force in their shots to quite comfortable win another clear victory for Chinese Taipei among the younger participants. The result in this final became 14-5.

B10: Taipei victory

Hsin-Jie, Chinese Taipei – Partille IF, Sweden 22-9 (8-4) Hsin-Jie from Taipei scored in their first three attacks and got the lead with 3-0 and it looked like it would be a gigantic victory. Partille did however kept on fighting and a bit into the first half they reduced the lead to 2-4. The players from Hsin-Jie showed great talent and precision in their shots and got most the goals in the upper corners of the goal.  Hsin-Jie had the control of the game in the first half of the game and in half time they were in the lead with 8-4.  Hsin-Jie was a bit better in everything they did on the field, and every time Partille reduced Hsin-Jie quickly score upped their lead with another goal. Hisn-Jie’s offensive defence gave Partille a hard time, since they were forced to shoot from great distances.  Partille kept on fighting the entire game, and even though Hsin-Jie was in the lead with many goals they got closer than they did when they met each other in their group. In the group game Hsin-Jie won with 22-6. The final ended in a victory for Hsin-Jie with 22-9.

G10: First victory to Torslanda

Torslanda HK, Sweden – Kärra HF 2, Sweden 11-5 (3-0)Torslanda and Kärra 2 met each other in one of the first games of the tournament this Tuesday morning. Torslanda won the game with 7-4, and since than has both team won all their games until the final today in Valhalla Sporthall A.  Lisa Danielsson from Torslanda became the first scorer in the final, when she scored 1-0 in the second minute, but then it was not many goals. Only three in the first half of the game, and all was scored by Torslanda. Thanks to their solid defense and talented goalkeeper, they did not let anything through in the first half.  Two minutes in the second half of the game scored Kärra their first goal, and could reduce the lead to 1-4. After that the teams stated to score more, half in to the second half of the game was Torslanda in the lead with 7-3, and finally Torslanda won a clear and fair victory against Kärra, that kept on fighting hard the entire game, with 11-5.

Before a large audience, the home team Sweden won the European Open Championship after beating the Czech Republic 41-25 in the final.

Scandinavium was really crowded. Nearly 5,000 young handball players från Partille Cup watched the final and the atmostphere was really good – almost as when Sweden played here in the men’s World Championship in January.

The Czechs were still pretty close at half time, but in the latter part of the game Sweden pulled away and won comfortable. This was a really good result for Sweden in their preparations before the U19 World Championship in Argentina in a couple of months, when the face favourites like Spain, Croatia and Denmark.

Club Italiano de BM entered the B-playoffs today. Despite heavy rain there was cheerful faces among the girls and on the field they showed up an impressive game.

At noon the Chileans went to Kvibergs playing fields by tram from the Ullevi Stadium. The mood in the cart was exhilarated. The coaches talked about the Swedish handball legend Magnus Wislander while the players tweaked each other’s hair. Once at Kviberg the dark clouds opened up, but the girls did not care about the rain.
– No, it will be fun to play in the rain, we’ve never done it before!, said the player Rosita Pinochet.

None of the girls had rain jackets with them, so one of the leaders gathered transparent plastic bags, which they quickly turned to rain ponchos, very clever! However, there were not enough plastic bags to all, so some were forced to share two and two.

Team leader Ruben Pinochet was confident a few minutes before the sixteenth final against Norwegian Hokksund IL.
– We have all opportunities to win. The morale is very high in the team and we are not afraid of the rain!

Club Italiano de BM set maximum speed from the start and ran over the opposition completely! The winning numbers stopped at 13–4. 50 supporters praised their stars by chanting ”Viva Chile!”. Coach Felipe Barrientos Castillo was very pleased with his players after the final whistle.
– We played well. In the second half we rotated the team and played with the younger players and we still managed to extend our lead, he said.

Rosita Pinochet were equally happy.
– Of course we are amazing! We are from Chile!

Was it difficult to play in the rain?
– Yes, the ball was very slippery and therefore it was hard to catch it. But it was still fun!

After the game the girls had to wait two hours for the eighth finals against Westermalms IF from Sweden. The girls took shelter from the rain in a minibus and recharged by eating bananas.
– We’ll show the same determination as in the previous match. Then we will win, said coach Felipe.

Club Italiano de BM started strong against Westermalms IF and made four quick goals thanks to aggressive defensive play and efficient shooting. But the Swedes came back. At half time the Chilean lead was down to 5–3.

During the halftime break Felipe must have said something special to the girls, because Italiano de BM came out as a completely new team in the second half. The Chileans crushed the opponents and won with 17–5, which means they are through to the quarterfinals – that will be decided tomorrow.

Rosita was understandably delighted after the wet victory.
– We played very well! Now we’re going home, we must get dry so we do not get sick. Maybe there will be a little celebration tonight and tomorrow we will win more matches.

The battle for the prestigious “Golden Hands” will be hard. Only the toughest teams will succeed.

An artist was assigned with the task of developing a new statuette to Partille Cup. His assignment was to create a trophy with a unique design that reflect the tournament’s status as the world’s largest and most famous youth handball tournament.

With help of the sculpted original craftsmen have developed a form which is used to cast the wanted statues. We don’t know exactly how the production goes, but we know that the statues goes from hand and hand between a number of sculptures, gold smiths, woodcarver, painters and engravers. The solid trophy is placed on a thick base of wood. The choice of materials makes the trophy weigh more than it appears to do – just like a real trophy should do.

Therefore, it is perhaps time to do some extra push-ups so you can manage to lift the trophy if you win Partille Cup this weekend.

And when you stand there and hug “The Golden Hand” and thinking “is this really true”, you can check the plaque which sits on the base of the trophy. It tells what class you have won and what year it is. If the text seems to be right, you can pinch yourself in the arm. If you then realize that you are not dreaming you can just keep on enjoying yourself – and launch a major victory party!

*The runners-up in each class will receive “The Silver Hand” a trophy in the same size but in silver.