In the hall of Culture-Sports Centre of Bugojno and International Handball Tournament ‘Handball is my future’ started with U-17 and U-19 teams from 8 countries participating, reports FENA.
Today, matches of U-17 teams will be played, and in next two days, matches of U-19 teams will be played.
Tournament will last 3 days and will offer 22 matches, with 10 teams from seven European countries and two teams from Qatar will participate making this competition the largest in Bugujno in the last 20 years.
Initiator of the entire tournament is former player and coach of handball club ‘Iskra’ Asim Šahman, who has worked is a successful coach in Qatar.
According to Šahman, 20 players from BiH play in Qatari clubs, and some of them play for Qatari National team and added that there is a possibility that several young players from six Balkan teams also start playing for some Qatari club and continue their career in Qatar.
Šahman added that Qatar is investing huge amounts of money in sports, and in 2015 it will be the host of World Handball Tournament, and in several years to come World Athletics and Football Championships.