EUSA Magazine 2019-20

EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES BEACH

HANDBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

ZAGREB, CROATIA

JULY 24-27, 2019

The very first European Universities Beach Handball

Championship took place near Jarun Lake in Zagreb,

Croatia, and involved almost 150 participants

representing 16 universities from eight countries.

The tournament was organised

by the Croatian Academic

Sports Federation, with support

from the European Handball

Federation (EHF).

EUSA was represented at the

event by Executive Committee

member Mr Wolf Fruhauf, EUSA

Beach Handball Technical

Delegate Ms Jelena Rakonjac

as well as Assistant Technical

Delegate Mr Marco Trespidi.

In the women’s competition,

home team University of Zagreb

claimed third place as Spain’s

University of Barcelona emerged

victorious after their 2-1 victory

over University of Novi Sad from

Serbia in the final.

Home team University of

Zagreb had plenty of support en

route to the final of the men’s

category, where they made their

home advantage count to topple

University of Belgrade 2-0 and

claim the gold medal, while

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