The 42st tournament was also the largest. More than 1050 teams participated and the party was bigger than ever. The development of the tournament in Gothenburg is progressing and we want to improve and get even better each year. The goal is not to grow, first we want to take care of the participants Partille Cup already have. In our questionnaire is 93% very satisfied with the tournament.
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1970-2011 |
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| Number of teams | 1 052 | 21 003 | ||
| Number of participants | 19 513 | 359 965 | ||
| Nations | 46 | 89 | ||
| Continents | 5 | 6 |
During four days in August 1963, IK Sävehof arranged a predecessor to Partille Cup, Junior Cup 63, for 40 teams from 8 different nations. The tournament was held at an athletic centre named Vallhamra Idrottsplats next to a school. It was raining and hailing and the grass fields were totally ruined during the games.
The club never thought that they could repeat the tournament, but the principal for the school remade the courts with asphalt. Then you could play in any weather.
Sävehof wanted to organize this tournament as early as 1962, but the Swedish Handball Association did not authorize it. The reason was that ”in such a type of tournament that Sävehof wanted to create, no teams would want to participate”.
The tournament was reopened again in 1970, now under the name of Partille Cup. With the help of an old hand operated copy-machine in the basement they could make over 900 invitations to all over the world. 140 teams from 8 nations – both boys and girls entered the tournament.
In 1963 you could never imagine that Partille Cup would be the predecessor to all similar tournaments in the world – regardless the sport. How many million new contacts between people from both the same and different cultures that have been made can’t be estimated.
Now Partille Cup is visited by almost 1100 teams from around 50 nations.
Today the tournament is played entirely in the city of Gothenburg, with Heden as its middle point. A unique concept that gives many advantages, the main one being the closeness to everything. Within walking distance you will find our Opening Ceremony arena Scandinavium, our large playing center Heden with 30 courts and our large amusement park Liseberg
If you wish to read more about the history of Partille Cup please feel free to download our jubilée brochure here:
