Handball
Sport Overview
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.
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 ranking competition, no individual application for participation is allowed.
In the exchange oriented competition, individual application for participation is allowed. The members of each team will be decided by the executive committee.
Athletes can only participate in either the ranking competition or in the exchange oriented completion, but not in both.
[Age Requirement]
Minimum age is 30 (born on or before 31 December 1991)
In line with the sport-specific rules, an athlete must compete in their designated age group, with your age determined as at 31 December 2021. For example, if you are 39 during Games time but have turned 40 by 31 December 2021, you would compete in the 40+ age category.
Sports Information Guide
Schedule
| Sport | Discipline | May 2021 | Venues | ||||||||||||||||
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| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | |||
| Fri | Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |||
| Handball | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
Tanabe Central Gymnasium
Kyoto Prefectural Yamashiro General Athletic Park Gymnasium (Taiyogaoka)
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※The above schedule was created based on the information that is current as of June 5th, 2020. It is subject to change due to various circumstances in the future.
Venue
Tanabe Central Gymnasium
| Location | 19 Tanabe Maruyama, Kyotanabe, Kyoto | ||
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| Games Accreditation | ― | Sports Check-in | ○ |
| Access | ・10minutes by Shuttlebus from Shin-Tanabe Sta. to Venue. ・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 General Athletic Park Gymnasium (Taiyogaoka)
| Location | 1 Hironocho Hachikenyadani, Uji, Kyoto | ||
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| Games Accreditation | ― | Sports Check-in | ○ |
| Access | ・ 15minutes by Public bus from Uji Sta. to Venue. ・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
| Location | 902 Shimogyo-ku, Higashishiokojicho,Kyoto City |
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| Access | ・From JR Kyoto Station, take the central exit and go down to the basement level using the escalator. Turnright 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” ofKyoto Station and go down to the 2nd basement level. Please proceed straight through the undergroundpassage. “Porta Plaza” is on the left at the north gate of Subway Kyoto Station. |
| Official Homepage | http://www.porta.co.jp/floor |
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