The Beach Handball exhibition in Paris is less than a month away. The “Maison du Handball” in the city of Créteil in France will host the “IHF Beach Handball Showcase” on 27, 28 and 29 July 2024.
It should be noted that beach handball was incorporated into the program of the Youth Olympic Games held in Buenos Aires 2018 where the Argentine women’s team was crowned champion and the men’s team won the bronze medal. It is not yet included as a discipline in the official calendar of the Summer Olympic Games, but there will be a three-day exhibition with the best players in the world.
There will be six teams in both genders plus the participation of the French national teams. Each team carries a different name and will be led by coaches with important achievements in their extensive careers such as Leticia Brunati (ARG), Mladen Paradzik (CRO), Khaled Hassan (QAT), Maria Karantoni (GRE), Tamas Neukum (HUN) and Alexander Novakovic (GER).
The South American representatives who will be part of the exhibition are Fiorella Corimberto, Gisella Bonomi and Nahuel Pérez Baptista from Argentina. Carolina Pires Militão, Nathalie Sena, Patricia Scheppa, Renata Santiago, Gil Pires, Bruno Carlos de Oliveira and Thiago de Oliveira Barcellos from Brazil. Santiago Rodríguez will represent Uruguay.
Women’s teams
VELA
Magdalini Kepesidou (GRE)
Elisabeth Hammerstad (NOR)
Line Kristensen (DEN)
Patricia Scheppa (BRA)
Gisella Bonomi (ARG)
Renata Csiki (HUN)
Rianne Mol (NED)
Jimena Laguna (ESP)
HYDRA
Patricia Encinas (ESP)
Jijuan Du (CHN)
Fiorella Corimberto (ARG)
Meike Kruijer (NED)
Isabel Kattner (GER)
Carolina Pires Militão (BRA)
Renata Da Silva Santiago (BRA)
Cristiana Morgado (POR)
LYRA
Ana Maria Ursu (POR)
Lucie Marie Kretzschmar (GER)
Nathalie Souza Guedes Sena (BRA)
Christine Mansour (USA)
Asunción Batista (ESP)
Larsen Line (DEN)
Emese Toth (HUN)
Isabel Barnard (NED)
Men’s Teams
AQUILA
Mohsen Alyafeai (QAT)
Peter Hajdu (HUN)
Mohammed Zaky Hassan (QAT)
Jesús Domingo Luis Mosquera (ESP)
Gil Vicente de Paes Pires (BRA)
Santiago Rodríguez (URU)
Severin Henrich (GER)
Ivan Dumencic (CRO)
PEGASUS
Moritz Ebert (GER)
Ivan Juric (CRO)
Ebiye Jeremy Udo-Udoma (USA)
Hani Kakhi (QAT)
Attila Kun (HUN)
Bruno Carlos de OliveiraA (BRA)
Elhji Toure Jabby (ESP)
Nahuel Pérez Baptista (ARG)
DRACO
Laszlo Nahaj (HUN)
Lukasz Niedzielak (POL)
Diogo Ferreira (POR)
Lucian Bura (CRO)
Andrew Donlin (USA)
Martin Vilstrup Andersen (DEN)
Thiago de Oliveira Barcellos (BRA)
Ali Heidarian (IRI)
The discipline of beach handball dreams of being in the next Olympic Games, Los Angeles 2028. Meanwhile, the “all stars will be present in Paris, the teams made up of players of different nationalities, as well as the coaching staffs, will offer a real show.
Photos: CoSCABal/Camilo Rotela.
By Martina Gallo.
