IRELAND International
As part of a Long Term Players Pevelopment Plan the IOHA entered an women's U20 team in the IHF U20 World Cup.
This is the first time Ireland participate in an IHF top competition.
Qualification matches for the final stage will be played in Iceland on March 21st-23rd 2008.
In the same group with Ireland and Iceland there is Romania, Serbia and Hungary.
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The European Handball Federation has confirmed that the EHF Challenge Trophy (senior men's) is to take place in Luxembourg in October 2007.
Originally scheduled to take place in Glasgow, Scotland, the Luxembourg Handball Federation has stepped in to organise the event following the withdrawal of the Scottish Handball
Association.
Ireland , together with teams from Luxembourg, England, Scotland, Faroe Islands and Malta will take part in the week-long event and challenge for a place in the Challenge Trophy final, which is due to take place during the European Championship in Norway in January.The event is scheduled to take place 23rd to 28th October 2007 in Luxembourg.
See results at http://www.flh.lu/news.htm