The difficult moment that our continent is experiencing in health matters and that has forced a series of restrictions not only in the sports field, was posing a difficult crossroads to solve with certainty a place where to play the last available place for Egypt 2021, since the Most of the countries that were available to do so had a series of restrictions, from closed borders to the suspension of all sports activities.
In this context, there is a notable exception to all this problem: Uruguay. The measures adopted by the authorities, accompanied by citizen compliance and special characteristics of the country, have allowed it to recover normality, without losing sight of the maintenance of control measures that allow the development of permanent monitoring of the epidemiological situation. And thanks to this joint work between the citizens and their authorities, even the Charruas have resumed their official competitions, being the only ones at the continental level who enjoy this privilege.
For this reason, the Executive of the South and Central America Handball Confederation contacted the federative authorities of Uruguay to propose the possibility of holding this important tournament that would ensure the maintenance of the fourth place for the continent in the absolute men’s world tournaments. And the response of the Directorate of the Uruguayan Handball Federation was immediate, making the pertinent steps and coordinating a meeting with the sports authorities of the Sports Secretariat and the Executive of CoSCABal, who made an immediate commitment to offer the headquarters and facilities. in a gesture of sports brotherhood that must be recognized and stand out, since Uruguay is already classified and is making this effort in order to consolidate this fourth place.
The health protocols will be extremely strict and include the implementation of health corridors, lodging and isolated transfers, taking exams and a whole series of measures that will be determined by the respective health authority and with the application of the protocol established by the COSCABAL Medical Commission.
Consequently, between next November 2 and 8 in Montevideo or Canelones, El Salvador, Colombia, Chile and Paraguay will arrive to play the playoff or the last chance for Egypt 2021 and choose the fourth representative from South and Central America who will be located in Group G together with Sweden, the local Egypt and the Czech Republic.
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