GOTHENBURG, Sweden—This week, Sweden’s second biggest city will play host to the world’s largest handball tournament, Partille Cup. It is 42nd time the event is being held, and this year over 20,000 players from 1,065 youth teams will be participating.
Partille Cup is not only the largest handball tournament in the world, it is also arguably the best organized.
This year, the tournament was even visited by the arena manager of the 2012 Olympic Handball Tournament in London, Fred Wallace, who brought a team of ten people to watch and learn.
“[Wallace’s] organization wants to see how we can make our arena, Scandinavium, go from hosting the opening, to being the host for more than 3,000 handball coaches —serving food and putting on shows—and then to a World Cup-class handball arena in only three days,” General Secretary of the Cup, Fredrik Andersson, told the website, Svensk Elithandboll.
“This is the first and probably only trip I make before the Olympics because Partille Cup is the biggest and the best, so I couldn’t learn more anywhere else,” Wallace told the Swedish newspaper, Göteborgsposten.
The tournament began on Tuesday and is mainly centered around Heden, in central Gothenburg, although there are other venues as well.
Partille Cup is not only the largest handball tournament in the world, it is also arguably the best organized.
This year, the tournament was even visited by the arena manager of the 2012 Olympic Handball Tournament in London, Fred Wallace, who brought a team of ten people to watch and learn.
“[Wallace’s] organization wants to see how we can make our arena, Scandinavium, go from hosting the opening, to being the host for more than 3,000 handball coaches —serving food and putting on shows—and then to a World Cup-class handball arena in only three days,” General Secretary of the Cup, Fredrik Andersson, told the website, Svensk Elithandboll.
“This is the first and probably only trip I make before the Olympics because Partille Cup is the biggest and the best, so I couldn’t learn more anywhere else,” Wallace told the Swedish newspaper, Göteborgsposten.
The tournament began on Tuesday and is mainly centered around Heden, in central Gothenburg, although there are other venues as well.
