Olympic Handball – Egypt appoint Spanish coach Juan Carlos Pastor
The Egyptian Handball Federation (EHF) has announced that Spanish coach Juan Carlos Pastor has signed a one-year deal to become the Pharaohs’ manager. The EHF decided to part ways with Roberto Garcia Parrondo after the 2023 World Cup because he was not fully committed to the Egyptian team due to his work in German Melsungen.
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Parrondo will be succeeded by his compatriot Pastor, who will be tasked with winning a medal for Egypt at the Olympic Paris. The pastor has signed a one-year contract with the Federation until the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Egyptian Handball Federation board member Amr Salah said in an official statement.
Our goal since signing with Pastor is to win a medal at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Pastor’s first goal will be to defend the Egyptian handball championship in Africa at the 26th tournament that the Pharaohs will host in January 2024.
The 2024 African Handball Championship will also be a qualifying tournament for the Olympic Games in Paris, with the top three teams representing Africa in the French capital. Pastor was head coach of Hungarian side Pik Szeged from 2013 until his contract expired in the summer, as he helped them win the Hungarian Premier League three times, the Hungarian Cup once and the EHF European League once.
What’s more, the 54-year-old led Spain to the 2005 World Cup in four years as head coach from 2004 to 2008. He also led Spain to a silver medal at the 2006 European Championships and a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Saudi national handball team set for opening game
The Saudi Arabian national handball team will kick off their campaign at the 28th World Cup to be held in Poland and Sweden on Thursday against Slovenia in Katowice. In addition to Slovenia, the Greens will also play in a group with six-time champions France (January 14) and Poland (January 16).
Mr. Fadel Al-Nimr, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Arabian Handball Federation, leads the Saudi delegation participating in the tournament. Participation in the 2023 World Cup marks Saudi Arabia’s tenth appearance in the tournament after failing to qualify for the previous two tournaments, where they hope to improve on their best finish of 19th achieved in 2003 and 2013.
32 teams participate in the World Cup for the second time in a row, after the previous tournaments were held with the participation of only 24 teams. The winners of the first, second and third places from each group advance to the main round.
In the main round, the qualified teams will be divided into 4 groups of 6 teams each, with the results of the preliminary round carried over, where the first and second places of the main round advance to the quarter-finals, in which they play according to the knockout system until reaching the final.
Teams finishing fourth in the preliminary round will be divided into two groups of 4 teams each and will play in a league system to determine places 25 to 32 in the overall standings of the tournament.
Saudi handball team Al-Khaleej beat Sydney Uni
Al Khalij of Saudi Arabia defeated the University of Sydney Australian team 35-21 on the second day of the International Handball Federation Super Globe 2022 in Dammam on Wednesday night.
The victory in the first match of Group A was the first victory for either of the two Saudi teams that participated in the tournament. The other, Mudhar, later lost 39-27 to SL Benfica of Portugal. It was their second loss in a row after losing Tuesday’s first Group B match against Al Ahli of Egypt, the reigning African champions.
Organized by the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Sports and the Saudi Arabian Handball Federation, the tournament has 12 teams and will run until October 23rd. This year is the 15th and largest stage of the championship, which was launched in 1997.
Al Khaleej led Sydney 14–10 at half-time and extended their lead after half-time to win by a comfortable margin. In the last match of the evening, Mudhar were trailing 14-10 at half-time and couldn’t close the gap in the second half against a strong European opponent who took the lead. Elsewhere on Wednesday, Esperance of Tunisia beat Club Ministros of Mexico 46-21 in Group D, while Kielce of Poland defeated Club Al-Kuwait 47-26 in Group C.
There are two types of handball in Olympic Paris. Men’s field handball was first played at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, however this was subsequently discontinued. Field handball was a demonstration sport in the 1952 Olympics. Men’s indoor handball was first played at the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, women’s handball competitions were held for the first time.
Olympic handball competitions teams
In total, 12 men’s and 12 women’s teams take part in the Olympic handball competitions. The Women’s EHF EURO in November 2022 marked the start of the road leading up to the Paris 2024 Olympics, with the Norwegian champions becoming the first team to place in host France.
After winning the final of the 2023 Men’s Ice Hockey World Championship last week, the Danish men’s teams have also made the official announcement. Traditionally, the winner of the world receives an automatic ticket to the Olympics.
But as France faced Denmark in the final, the Danes knew their place was secured even before they won their third straight World Cup.
Together with four winners of the continental qualification. The 2023 Women’s World Champions will also get a direct flight to Paris after the competition this December. The EHF EURO 2024 for men in Germany and the EHF EURO 2022 for women are the qualifiers for Europe.
Winners of the handball competition at the Panama Games in Santiago de Chile, as well as winners of the Asian Qualifiers. and winners of African competitions will also have the opportunity to qualify directly.
Olympic Paris Qualifying Tournaments
The remaining six places for men and women are determined by the three Olympic Qualifying Tournaments. In the spring of 2024 from March 11 to 17 for men and from April 8 to 14 for women. In each tournament, four teams compete for two Olympic spots.
Six people from these competitions go to the world championships. As for men, the following teams will take part in the OQT. Spain, Sweden, Germany, Norway, Egypt and Hungary ranked third to ninth after Poland/Sweden in 2023.
His field, however, may change due to the African Championship in Egypt and the EHF EURO 2024 in Germany. If Egypt hosts Egypt, he goes directly to Paris as the African champion. and the World Cup top 8 team becomes EHF EURO champion, Slovenia and Croatia can qualify for the OQT as ninth and tenth-place teams in the World Cup.
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If France or Denmark win the EHF EURO 2024, the silver medalists will receive a direct ticket to Paris. If France and Denmark reach the final in Cologne. EHF EURO bronze medalists automatically qualify for the Olympic Games.
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