Partille Cup has made an agreement with the European Handball Federation concerning the European Open Championship (EOC). The agreement is running until 2012. EOC is a tournament with 20-30 junior national teams that will be played parallel to Partille Cup. Women and men are playing every second year. This year women born 1994 or younger will attend. The group play will be played in Valhalla A – (700 spectators), B- and C-halls (200 spectators) and in Scandinavium (6 000 spectators) where also the finals will be played.
This year’s tournament will be played Monday July 2 until Friday July 7. Last year 22 national teams fought for the title. The following teams attended: Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Moldavia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland and Qatar.
More information about this EOC 2012 will be available later.
