Handball schedule

Boys:
Born: 1992 - 1993

Pool A:
Croatia
Island
Norway
Finland

Pool B:
Danmark
Germany
Spain
France

Girls:
Born: 1992 - 1993

Pool A:
Holland
Serbia
Norway
Danmark

Pool B:
Russia
France
Slovakia
Finland

Organising of the Handball by the Finnish Handball Association:

Raports

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Monday 20.07

The Danish sport arrived to Finland 65 years ago. Only 3500 Finns take interest into this sport even if it’s known in more than 165 countries worldwide. The Finnish supporters mainly come from the Swedish speaking coast line and the sport is not known above Riihimäki. The head coach for the Finnish national team thinks that the Swedish speaking coast stamp on this sport is the main reason for the lack of supporters in Finland.

As a sport handball is very physical. The players attack each other but in case fallen down they stand up immediately and shake hands in gentleman style. In this way the game can carry on without acting and drama.

Kekki thinks the most experienced player of the whole tournament in 16 years old Finn Miro Koljonen, who has been taking part into 35 international games. Miro has played for 11 years and he thinks the most important thing is the attitude and hunger to win. As role models Miro names players from the German national team and Mikael Källman. Miro thinks the small size and therefore quicker playing are the strengths of his team aiming for preliminaries of the European Championship next year.

On the day two at the European Youth Olympic Festival Tampere (EYOF) Tuesday the 21^st July 2009 Finland lost against Norway.

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Tuesday 21.07

Handball

In handball Denmark won Norway 35-25 at girls games. Boys Norway won Finland 45-29.

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Wednesday 22.07

Girls: Serbia-Denmark 24-28, Norway-Nederland 33-35, Slovakia-Russia 21-31, France-Finlanf 38-17.

Boys: Norway-Croatia 29-29, Germany-France 30-28, Spain-Denmark 26-27. Iceland-Finland 32-29.

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Thursday 23.07

Handball boys finals will be a battle between Russia and Slovakia

Boys results:

Finland-Spain 19-38, Iceland-Germany 23-35, Croatia-France 24-27, Norway-Denmark 26-27.

France and Denmark are playing for gold tomorrow, Croatia and Norway are competing for bronze. Spain and Germany are fighting places 5 and 6, Finland and Iceland are playing places 7 and 8.

Girls results:

Norway-France 25-22, Serbia- Finland 40-21, Denmark-Russia 38-40, Nederland- Slovakia 24-30. Russia and Slovakia are playing for gold and silver, Denmark and Nederland are competing for bronze. Norway and Serbia are playing places 5 and 6, Finland and France are playing places 7 and 8.

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Friday 24.07

Girls handball:

Game for 7th and 8th place: FRA-FIN 26-21 (11-9)
Game for 6th and 5th place: NOR-SRB 27-23 (14-12)
Game for 4th and 3th place: DEN-NED 33-24 (14-12)
Game for 2th and 1th place: RUS-SVK 30-24 (16-13)

Boys handball:

Game for 7th and 8th place:FIN-ISL 27-30 3943
Game for 6th and 5th place:ESP-GER 36-32
Game for 4th and 3th place:CRO-NOR 29-26
Game for 2th and 1th place:FRA-DEN 35-27