Denmark announce beach handball tour dates

The Danish Handball Federation (DHF) has revealed the 2023 Beach Handball Tour details.

A total of seven venues will play host to the tour, which features senior and youth competitions. The tour starts with six qualifying tournaments starting on 27 May in Amager and moving to Vallensbæk (3 June), Billund (4 June), Viborg (10 June), Glesborg (11 June) and Kerteminde (17 June) before concluding with the final weekend in Nyborg (24-25 June).

Points are gained at each qualifying tournament, with the top 10 men’s and top 10 women’s teams qualifying through to the final weekend and a chance to claim the national title.

Danish Handball Federation – 2023 Beach Handball Tour
(Date, location, hosting club, points available)

Qualifying Tournaments
27 May: Amager Strand (CIK) - 20 points
3 June: Vallensbæk Strand (Roskilde Handball) - 20 points
4 June: Billund (Billund IF Handball) - 18 points
10 June: Søndermarken, Viborg (SIK) - 18 points 
11 June: Glesborg (Nørre Djurs HK) - 20 points
17 June: Kerteminde (BR66) - 20 points

Final Weekend
24 June: Nyborg (youth)
25 June: Nyborg (senior)

Registration for the tour opens on Thursday 16 March. You can find further information on how to register and participate here.

In addition to the national beach handball tour, a number of local beach handball events are taking place throughout Denmark in May and June for different ages from U10 up to adult and masters/veterans level.

Find more information here.

In recent years, Denmark, well-known the world over for their mountain of medals in the seven-a-side indoor version of the game, have enjoyed significant success on the sand as the country continues to develop the sport in northern Europe.

Their men’s side earned silver at the 2022 IHF Men’s Beach Handball World Championship and are current European champions. Their women’s team are holders of the ANOC World Beach Games title and finished as runners-up at the last European Championships in 2021.

Last week, women’s head coach Morten Frandsen Holmen selected 19 players for the first national team training session of 2023. The squad includes two debutants, Johanne Uhrhammer from Næsby Sports Association and Josephine Elmelund, from DHG Odense.

The national camp will take place from 4 to 5 March at the new indoor beach facility in Aarhus.