The World Men’s Handball Championship draw ceremony is set to take place today at the Pyramids area in Giza. The competition, itself, is scheduled to be held in Egypt in January 2021.
The tournament will be held from 14 to 31 January 2021, and will be the first version to include 32 teams instead of the previous 24.
The championship will be held at four halls in Cairo and Alexandria. One of these is located in the New Administrative Capital (NAC), an integrated facility built at a cost of EGP 1.4bn and able to accommodate 7,500 spectators.
The second facility at which the championship will be held is the 6th of October City Hall, built at a cost of EGP 1.5bn and able to accommodate up to 5,300 spectators.
This is in addition to the Army Stadium Hall, implemented in cooperation with Egypt’s Armed Forces, in the Borg El Arab area of Alexandria. The facility was built at a cost of EGP 636m and which can accommodate up to 4,000 spectators.
Approximately EGP 315m of work has also been carried out to develop the 34,700-seat Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex that will also be available throughout the championship.
Egypt will be the sole host of the championship, which will see the participation of 32 teams. The previous edition took place in Germany and Denmark jointly, with the participation of 24 teams.
Later, Egypt’s Minister of Youth and Sports, Ashraf Sobhy, expressed his thanks and appreciation for President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s significant support and guidance during preparations for the international competition.
He explained that the president’s support was befitting of Egypt’s international and historical stature. Also, he thanked Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, who chairs the tournament’s Supreme Organizing Committee, for his great interest in all the details of the event.
On other hand, a number of precautionary measures will be followed during the tournament, given the ongoing novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Foremost of these will be thermal screening, wearing face masks, avoiding crowds, social distancing, and using hand sanitizers.
There will also be procedures in place for dealing with positive cases that may appear during the championships. These are to be implemented in cooperation with Egypt’s Ministry of Health, which has shown its full cooperation and support to provide medical spaces for anyone entering Egypt.
On other hand, Veteran Egyptian musician Omar Khairat to perform at 2021 World Men's Handball Championship draw which will be held today.
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