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Handball: EHF Delegate Alan Grima back from the Netherlands

Malta Independent Wednesday, 17 August 2011, 00:00 Last update: about 16 years ago

EHF delegate, Alan Grima has completed his assignment during the Women’s Under 19 European Championship which was held in the Netherlands.

The tournament was played between Thursday 4 and Sunday 14 August and was hosted in five different cities: Leek, Arnhem, Almelo, Maastricht and Rotterdam.

During this European Championship, Grima was appointed as match supervisor in 10 matches, namely Germany – Serbia (21-16); Serbia – France (33-31); France – Germany (26-13) and Sweden – Serbia (26-27); Croatia – Sweden (20-30); Serbia – Croatia (29-23); Slovenia – Poland (25-26); France – Norway (20-19); Slovenia – Ukraine (25-20) and Germany – Norway (32-20).

The Final Day at Topsportcentrum in Rotterdam was sold out. 2,000 spectators witnessed Denmark winning the tournament beating the Netherlands 29-27 after a four goal half time lead. This was the third gold medal for Denmark in the history of the Women’s Under 19 European Championships.

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