EUC Handball 2011

LJUBLJANA – The 6th European Universities Handball Championship was held between July 17 and 24, 2011 inRijeka,Croatia, hosting 16 men’s and 11 women’s university teams from all overEurope.

The ceremony began with the march of all the athletes proceeded with the Croatian national anthem and greeting speeches from Mr Zrinko Custonja, President of the Croatian University Sports Federation; Mr Česlovas Garbaliauskas, EUSA EC member; Prof. Dr. Sc. Pero Lučin, Rector of the Univeristy of Rijeka; Prof. Dr. Sc. Vidoje Vujić, Deputy County Perfect of Primorsko Goranska County, Mr Vojko Obersnel, City of Rijeka Mayor and Dr. Sc. Radovan Fuchs from the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports who also opened the championship.

The Oath of the athletes was followed by the Oath of the judges and referees and the program continued with performances of dance groups Flame andRijeka’s first Cheerleader Squad.

Apart from the organising committee and the dedicated team of volunteers, EUSA representative Mr Garbaliauskas and EUSA technical delegates Mr Frantisek Taborsky and Mr Pascal Denoyer were making sure the championship was organised on the highest level.

The event was also visited by the President of theRepublicofCroatiaMr Ivo Josipović, meeting the representatives of the organising committee, along with the representatives of the Rijeka University Sports Association, University of Rijeka and the City of Rijeka. The President then also met with the volunteers at the championship. The President attended the women’s match between the State University of Trade and Economics fromRussiaand the University of Zagreb from Croatia. The second half was announced by throwing the ball by Mr Josipović.

The championship concluded with the finals and the Closing Ceremony at Sport hall Zamet inRijekaon July 24, 2011.

In the men’s finals, the title of champions went to the University of Minho team (Portugal) which has won a thrilling final match against University of Rijeka (Croatia).

In the women’s finals, the title of champions went to the team of the Rostov Institute Russian State University of Trade and Economics (Russia) which has won an exciting final match against the University of Rijeka (Croatia).

Medals and awards were presented by Mr Pero Lucin, Rector of the University of Rijeka; Mr Zeljko Jovanovic, Deputy Mayor of the City of Rijeka; Mr Ceslovas Garbaliauskas, EUSA EC Member and Mr Ingo Kamenar, President of the Primorsko-Goranska county Council.

The trophy and medals for the best team was given to the Universityof Minho. The award was presented by Mr Pero Lucin, Rector of the University of Rijeka.

The awards were given by Mr Ceslovas Garbaliauskas, EUSA EC member and Mr Ingo Kamenar, President of the Primorsko-goranska county Council for the best goalkeeper to Davor Brajnovic (University of Rijeka), for the best scorer to Alejandro Rubijales Vallejo (University o fMalaga) and for the MVP of the EUCH 2011 to Lorenzo Rui (University of Minho).

The trophy and medals for the best team were given to Rostov Institute Russian State University of Trade and Economics. The award was presented by Mr Zeljko Jovanovic, Deputy Mayor of the City ofRijeka. The awards were given by Mr Ceslovas Garbaliauskas, EUSA EC member and Mr Ingo Kamenar, President of the Primorsko-goranska county Council for the best goalkeeper to Sanja Golubic (University of Zagreb), for the best scorer to Perihan Topaloglu (Kastamonu University) and for the MVP of the EUCH 2011 to Marina Yartseva (Rostov Institute Russian State University of Trade and Economics).

The EUSA flag was passed to the representative of the Spanish team as the next Handball event will take place in Córdoba (Spain) from July 9th to 24^th, 2012 where the European Universities teams are welcome to attend.

More info can be found at http://handball2011.eusa.eu and www.eusa.eu.

(Source: Andrej Pisl, EUSA Communications)