The 2007 edition of the Handball International Championships was the VII European Championship (in French Championnat d’Europe des Jeux de Paume), organized by the International Ball game Confederation, and was held at the Belgian cities of Nivelles and Buizingen during September 21 and 23.[1][2][3]

The playing countries were Belgium, France, Italy, Netherlands and the Valencian Pilota Squad representing Spain.

Each own has its local variety: Belgian Balle pelote, Dutch Frisian handball, French Longue paume, Italian Pallone, and Valencian pilota.

Belgian players are professionals of their sport. There are also professional Valencian pilotaris, but in Escala i corda and Raspall, not in Llargues.

The varieties of the Handball sports derived from the old Jeu de paume that were played were International fronton, International game and Llargues.

The matches of International International fronton (1-walled) were played at the Turncentrum Start 65 of Buizingen, and the matches of International game and Llargues were played at the Parc de la Dodaine of Nivelles. Access to the matches was free.

International fronton

The International fronton was played by teams of 2 players (with 1 replace), players were allowed to strike the ball with the bare hand or using a glove without reinforce. Matches consisted on 2 sets (11 points each one), with a third set in case of a tie (7 points).

Date Team Team Sets Score
09/21/07ItalyBelgium(03–11) – (01–11)0-2
"Valencian Sel.Netherlands(11-02) – (09-11) – (07–00)2-1
"BelgiumFrance(05–11) – (11–08) – (00–07)1-2
09/22/07ItalyNetherlands(01–11) – (01–11)0-2
"Valencian Sel.France(03–11) – (06–11)0-2
"BelgiumNetherlands(11–08) – (11–05)2-0
"ItalyFrance(00–11) – (03–11)0-2
09/23/07ItalyValencian Sel.(01–11) – (01–11)0-2
"NetherlandsFrance(00–11) – (00–11)0-2
"BelgiumValencian Sel.(11–08) – (06–11) – (07–04)2-1

Fronton Classification

Squad Points Matches Played Matches W Matches L Games W Games L Diff
1 French 84409228+64
2 Belgian 74318466+18
3 Valencian 54228161+20
4 Dutch 34134873-25
5 Italian 04041188-77

International game

Due to time limitations, International game matches were played only one of the teams attained 6 games. In the classification, the winner team receives 3 points in case of victory 6-2 or better, otherwise (6-3 or worse) winner gets 2 points and loser 1 point.

Date Team Team Score
09/21/07BelgiumFrance6-4
"Valencian Sel.Netherlands6-1
"BelgiumItaly6-2
09/22/07ItalyValencian Sel.5-6
"NetherlandsFrance6-1
"BelgiumValencian Sel.4-6
"ItalyNetherlands1-6
09/23/07Valencian Sel.France6-0
"BelgiumNetherlands5-6
"ItalyFrance6-3

International game Classification

Squad Points Matches Played Matches W Matches L Games W Games L Diff
1 Valencian 104402410+14
2 Dutch 84311913+6
3 Belgian 74222118+3
4 Italian 34131421-7
5 French 2404824-16

Llargues

Under the name of Llargues the original Belgian handball, the Balle pelote was played. Since its differences are mynimal the adaptation requires a slight elongation of the courtfield and a softer ball.

Due to time limitations, Llargues matches were played only one of the teams attained 6 games. In the classification, the winner team receives 3 points in case of victory 6-2 or better, otherwise (6-3 or worse) winner gets 2 points and loser 1 point.[4]

Date Team Team Score
09/21/07Valencian Sel.Netherlands6-4
"BelgiumFrance6-2
"BelgiumItaly6-0
"ItalyFrance1-6
09/22/07Valencian Sel.France6-2
"BelgiumNetherlands6-4
"ItalyValencian Sel.0-6
09/23/07NetherlandsFrance6-2
"BelgiumValencian Sel.6-3
"ItalyNetherlands0-6

Llargues Classification

Squad Points Matches Played Matches W Matches L Games W Games L Diff
1 Belgian 10440249+13
2 Valencian 94312112+9
3 Dutch 84222014+6
4 French 34131219-7
5 Italian 0404124-23

Champions

Variety Winner Runner-up
VII European Championship (Belgium, 2007)
International frontonFranceBelgium
International gameValencian Sel.Dutch
LlarguesBelgianValencian Sel.

Best player

During the award ceremony the CIJB chose Dutch Johan van der Meulen as the Best player.

Absolute winner

The Absolute winner is the team who scored more points in the over-all classification according to this formula applied to the different varieties:

  • Winner: 4 points.
  • Runner-up: 3 "
  • 3rd place: 2 "
  • 4th place: 1 "
  • 5th place: 0 points.
Classification Team Fronton Int. Game Llargues Total scoring
WinnerValencian Pilota Squad2439
Runner-upBelgian3249
3rdDutch1326
4thFrench4015
5thItalian0101

Since the Belgian and the Valencian Pilota Squad scored the same number of points (9), the next factor is the number of victories in all the varieties, but they both won the same number of matches (9 again), then another factor applied is the number of points acquired in every variety which resulted in a third draw (24 points)

So, the CIJB, in a meeting previous to the award ceremony decided the Valencian Pilota Squad to be the Absolute Champion.

Squads

Belgian squad

Coach:

  • Jean-Luc Plaitin

Physician:

  • Claude Wery

Referees:

Players:

  • Samuel Brassart
  • Philippe Demil
  • Ludovic Destrain
  • David De Vits
  • Benjamin Dochier
  • Steve Dugauquier
  • Guillaume Dumoulin
  • Damien Famelart
  • Geoffrey Frebutte
  • Laurent Gobron
  • Franck Van Den Bulcke
  • Geert Vinck

Dutch squad

Coach:

  • Pieter Tienstra

Physician:

  • Piet van Assen

Referees:

  • Peter de Bruin
  • Sipke Hiemstra

Players:

French squad

Coach:

  • Eric Midavaine

Referees:

  • Jean-Pierre Charpentier
  • Laurent Tollenaere

Players:

  • Bruno Blanquet
  • Andy Couteau
  • Michaël Dhont
  • Conrad Dubois
  • Grégory Fontaine
  • Laurent Joissains
  • Nicolas Picry
  • Loïc Potrich
  • Florian Toubeaux

Italian squad

Coach:

Physicians:

  • Roberto Campini
  • Sergio Giunta

Referees:

  • Massimo Ardenti
  • Roberto Ravinale

Players:

  • Lorenzo Bolla
  • Gianluca Busca
  • Andrea Corino
  • Oscar Giribaldi
  • Paolo Neri
  • Marco Ramazzotti
  • Enrico Rinaldi
  • Alessandro Simondi
  • Marco Vero

Valencian squad

Coach:

Physician:

  • Jaume Martí Martí

Psychologists:

  • Rocío Gómez Gómez
  • Rafael Díaz Cortinas

Referees:

  • Conrado Ferrando Borruel
  • José María Cortell Chesa

Players:

All of them, except Pasqual II, are amateur players.

Also, the main amount of them come from the Llargues competitions, except of Pasqual II from the Valencian fronto, and Ferdi, Héctor and Nacho from the Galotxa.

6 of the 11 players were debutantes, and 5 of them younger than 25 years old.

References

  1. ↑ Davaux, Eric (21 September 2007). "Nivelles Championnats d'Europe des pelotaris : Patrimoine sportif et culturel en danger". Le Soir (in French). Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Bélgica ofrece la mejor organización en la historia de los Europeos". Levante-EMV (in Spanish). 27 August 2007. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "En pilota también son los mejores". Levante-EMV (in Spanish). 24 September 2007. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  4. ↑ Hostraete, Francis (24 September 2007). "La Belgique tient son titre". L'Avenir (in French). Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
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