Handball
![Handball](../../img/games/kv/en/36.jpg)
Sport Overview
Postponement has been decided for the World Masters Games 2021 Kansai.
The new dates are being arranged.
Please note that the followings are the information before the postponement was confirmed.
Handball is a sport which is played by 7 players per team (one is a goalkeeper) using a palm-sized ball and shoot against the goal of the opponent to score. Three elements of 'running, throwing, jumping' are essential, and the highlights of this sport are speedy offence/defense and jump shoots with dynamic movement.
[Schedule]
Saturday, 14th May - 22nd May 2022
[Venue]
・Tanabe Central Gymnasium <Kyotanabe City, Kyoto>
・Kyoto Prefectural Yamashiro Sports Park Gymnasium (Taiyogaoka) <Uji City, Kyoto>
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Event
Gender | Event | Age Categories |
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Men | Competitive | 30+, 45+ |
Recreational | 40+, 50+, 60+ | |
Women | Competitive | 30+, 45+ |
Recreational | 40+, 50+, 60+ |
* The age of youngest registered team member determines which age category the team will compete in.
Eligibility
Nothing in particular
In the competitive event, no individual application for participation is allowed.
In the recreational event, individual application for participation is allowed. The members of each team will be decided by the organiser.
Athletes can only participate in either the competitive event or the recreational event, but not in both.
Age Requirement
Minimum age is 30 (born on or before 31st December 1992)In line with the sport-specific rules, an athlete must compete in their designated age group, with your age determined as at 31st December 2022.
For example, if you are 39 during Games time but have turned 40 by 31st December 2022, you would compete in the 40+ age category.
Sport News
[16th July 2021] Updated “World Anti-Doping Code” and “the rules of the International Masters Games Association” of Sports Information Guide.
[1st June 2021] Updated “16 Others” of Sports Information Guide.
[11th May 2021] Updated Sports Information Guide.
[1st March 2021] We have released the Sports Information Guide with new schedule!
Sports Information Guide
Schedule
Sport | Discipline | May 2022 | Venues | ||||||||||||||||
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13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | |||
Fri | Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |||
Handball | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
Tanabe Central Gymnasium
Kyoto Prefectural Yamashiro Sports Park Gymnasium (Taiyogaoka)
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※The above schedule was created based on the information that is current as of 1st March, 2021. It is subject to change due to various circumstances in the future.
Venue
Tanabe Central Gymnasium
Location | 19 Tanabe Maruyama, Kyotanabe City, Kyoto | ||
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Games Accreditation | ― | Sports Check-in | ◯ |
Access | ・10 minutes by Shuttlebus from Shin-Tanabe Sta. ・10 minutes by car from the Keinawa Expressway “Tanabe-nishi” Interchange ・20 minutes by car from the Daini Keihan Expressway “Hirakata-higashi” Interchange |
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Official Homepage | http://www.kyotanabe.ed.jp/nc21/shakai_t/htdocs/%E7%94%B0%E8%BE%BA%E4%B8%AD%E5%A4%AE%E4%BD%93%E8%82%B2%E9%A4%A8%E3%83%BB%E5%85%AC%E5%9C%92/ |
Kyoto Prefectural Yamashiro Sports Park Gymnasium (Taiyogaoka)
Location | 1 Hironocho Hachikenyadani, Uji City, Kyoto | ||
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Games Accreditation | ― | Sports Check-in | ◯ |
Access | ・15 minutes by Public bus from Uji Sta. ・10 minutes by car from Keiji Bypass “Uji-nishi” or “Uji-higashi” Interchange ・10 minutes by car from Keinawa Expressway “Joyo” Interchange |
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Official Homepage | http://www.kyoto-park.or.jp/yamashiro/ |
Nearest Village
Masters Village
Masters Village Kyoto
(Porta Underground Shopping Mall – Kyoto Station)
Location | 902 Higashishiokojicho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto |
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Access | ・From JR Kyoto Station, take the central exit and go down to the basement level using the escalator. Turn right at the first passage and proceed straight ahead. The next square is “Porta Plaza”. ・From the airport bus drop-off location “Kyoto Station Hachijo-guchi”, proceed to “Hachijo East Exit” of Kyoto Station and go down to the 2nd basement level. Please proceed straight through the underground passage. “Porta Plaza” is on the left at the north gate of Subway Kyoto Station. |
Official Homepage | http://www.porta.co.jp/floor |