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Date: 5/8/2018
 

With the premiere 500 Super Final HB match to be played in Dubai in December, the venue for the game between EHF Champions League clubs FC Barcelona and Kielce has been named: the Hamdan Sports Complex, one of the biggest multi-purpose facilities in the world with a capacity for up to 15,000 spectators. The match is the first event of the 2018-2022 agreement between the IHF and Polish sports marketing agency, Team Player Management, designed to promote and develop handball in the United Arab Emirates.

 

At a press conference on 23 January 2018, attended by Secretary General of the Dubai Sports Council HE Saeed Hareb, event owner Slawek Gebka, and representatives of the two clubs, including Barcelona players Lasse Andersson and Wael Jallouz, and Kielce players Krzysztof Lijewski and Michal Jurecki, HE Harab outlined details of the project:

 

“Dubai is host to a number of top-class sporting extravaganzas and we believe the 500 Super Final will surely make that list, with two of Europe’s most popular handball teams competing for the honours. We will be waiting in anticipation,” said HE Harab.

 

The winner of the Barcelona versus Kielce match will contest the 500 Super Final HB in 2019, for which Hungarian team Veszprém are confirmed as the opponents.

 

Two-time Olympic champion named Director of Youth Development

 

The 500 Super Final HB is just one part of the project to develop handball in the UAE. 2002 IHF World Handball Player of the Year Bertrand Gille has been appointed Director of Youth Development in the UAE, with the goal of creating a strong foundation for children to start with the sport.

 

“Among other things, we will organise regular inter-school competitions so that the spirit of competition is also present. In addition, we will organise regular training courses with teams from European countries, who come here to participate in the 500 Super Final Handball match,” said Gille.

 

“The 500 Super Final Handball must be the showcase of this educational project and must be the focus that allows children to nurture dreams of performing at a higher level.”

 

More information on the 500 Super Final HB will be available on the official website.

 

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