The Australian Handball Federation [AHF] wishes to congratulate a group of university students which formed a men’s handball team to participate in the 19th World University Handball Championship. This event will be held in Venice and Jesolo Beach, Italy during 5th – 13th July 2008.
The competition is held every 2 years and this is the first time that a team from Australia will be competing. This year, there will be 16 men’s and 14 women’s teams competing, with Australia, Mexico and Japan being the only non-European countries participating.
Australia has been pooled in a tough draw with the host Italy, the Czech Republic and Austria. The championship will be played as a 1st round robin, with the top and bottom 2 teams of every group competing for final placing in the 16 via a second round robin and finals series.
The best 4 teams from the competition will automatically qualify for the 2009 Summer Universiade in Belgrade, Serbia, where handball is one of the major sports.
The Team is comprised of:
Name Position State
Matthew Attkins Goalkeeper Queensland
Nick Gregory-Roberts Wing, Centre Back New South Wales
Jordan Long Right Back, Left Back South Australia
Ognjen Matic Left Back, Right Back, New South Wales
Centre Back
Steve Plummer Left Back, Pivot New South Wales
Hugh Ronzani Wing, Centre Back New South Wales
Nick Russell Wing, Left Back New South Wales
Brett Saucis Pivot New South Wales
Vladislav Simanovic Pivot Queensland
Jack Streatfeild Pivot, Wing New South Wales
Ben Vordermaier Left Back, Right Back South Australia
Matt Walsh Right Back/Team Manager New South Wales
David Wilson Left & Right Wing New South Wales
Gilles Guillemin Coach New South Wales
AHF wishes the Team an enjoyable and successful participation in the tournament.
http://www.handballaustralia.org.au/2008_WUC.htm
