EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023
The European University Handball Championship – Podgorica 2023 has finally
concluded on 14th July with an exciting Closing Ceremony in Podgorica at Sports
and Cultural centre of the University of Montenegro.
Over 350 participants from 19 Universities from 11 countries took part in this
year’s edition of the event.
Stefan cel Mare Suceava University was the winner in the men's competition
and Ovidius University was the winner in the women's competition.
After a great fight and a great match that was decided after extra time, the
University of Stefan cel Mare Suceava defeated the French University of the
Cote d'Azur (37:36) in front of more than 600 spectators in the Sports and
Cultural Center of the University of Montenegro, while the third place went to
the Portuguese University Minho, who in the fight for the bronze medal was
better than the University of Zagreb (27:22).
In the women's competition, Ovidius University won the gold medal match
against the Hungarian University of Sports Sciences (24:20). The third place
went to the University of Zagreb after a victory against the German University
of Hamburg (37:26).
The president of the Student Sports Association of Montenegro Zoran
Medenica, the director of the championship Boris Sekulic and the
representative of the European Handball Federation (EHF) Marta Bon,
presented medals and trophies to the best teams in both competitions.
The best players of the championship are Balazs Botond (University Stefan cel
Mare Suceava) and Diana Ana Maria (University Ovidius).
At the closing ceremony of the championship, member of the Executive Board of
the European University Sports Association (EUSA) Milan Zvan presented a
token of appreciation of EUSA to the NGO "Volunteers 2019" and their
representative Ksenija Kovacevic for the great contribution of volunteers to
the successful organization of the competition.
President of the Student Sports Association of Montenegro, Zoran Medenica,
on behalf of the organizers, presented special plaques to Milan Zvan from
EUSA, and EHF representatives Paiva Mitrunen and Marta Bon.
The EUSA flag was handed over to the host of the next European University
Handball Championship, which will be held in the Portuguese city of Covilha in
2025.
The University of Montenegro, which did not perform in its full lineup due to
numerous problems with injuries and absences of important players, won ninth
place in the men's and 11th in the women's competition.
The Student Sports Association of Montenegro and the University of
Montenegro were the proud hosts of the competition, which was an opportunity
to once again prove the organizational capabilities of the national student sports
association, which was confirmed by EUSA representatives with the assessment
that all aspects were at the highest level, and that high standards met.
FINAL STANDINGS
Men’s Competition
1 Stefan cel Mare Suceava (Romania)
2 University of Cote d'Azur (France)
3 University of Minho (Portugal)
Women’s competition
1 Ovidius University (Romania)
2 Hungarian University of Sports Science (Hungary)
3 University of Zagreb (Croatia)
OTHER AWARDS
MVP Men: Balazs Botond (Stefan cel Mare Suceava)
MVP Women: Diana Ana Maria (University Ovidius)
The best Scorer man: Balazs Botond (Stefan cel Mare Suceava) – 50 goals
The best Scorer women: Martina Krajpl (University of Zagreb) – 45 goals
FAIR PLAY Women: Norway university of science and technology (Norway)
FAIR PLAY Men: Delft University of technology (Netherland).