PHOTO CREDIT: Pawel Jakubowski

There are only three days until the 15th edition of the Jarun Cup, which will be held from 27 April until 1 May on the sand courts of Jarun Lake. On Sunday, 23 April at 21:00 CEST the Group draw was held and 36 senior teams were situated into two groups in the women's category and four groups in the men's category.

The teams were first divided into pots according to the current EBT ranking (based on two previously played tournaments), EBT ranking from the previous year, previous ranking on the Jarun Cup 2022, and remaining teams. According to the EBT instructions foreign teams were equally divided into different groups.

There are two groups (A & B) in the women's category and the groups are the following:

GROUP A

A1 Hiekka Hauskaa/BEA (NED)
A2 OVB Beach girls (HUN)
A3 Beach Handball Tilburg (NED)
A4 BHC Dubrava (CRO)
A5 London GD (UK)
A6 Chemo profili Zagreb (CRO)
A7 Goteborg beach Handball Club (SWE)

GROUP B 

B1 Westsite Amsterdam (NED)
B2 BHC Zagreb (CRO)
B3 Olympia Beach Handball (UK)
B4 Multichem Szentendrei NKE (HUN)
B5 BHC Harena (CRO)
B6 Pijesak - SVN (CRO)
B7 Team Slovakia (SVK)

After the group phase in the women's category, the second-placed team in both groups (A2, B2) will play against third-placed teams in both groups (A3, B3), according to the following system:

GROUP C

C1 | A2 - B3
C2 | B2 - A3

First-placed teams in both groups (A1, B1) will go directly to the semi-finals and will play with the winning teams from GROUP C, according to the following system:

SEMI-FINALS

SF1 | A1 - W C2

SF2 | B1 - W C1

The final of Jarun Cup 2023 in the women's category is reserved for the winner of the SF1 and the winner of the SF2, while the third-place match will see the loser of SF1 and the loser of SF2.

FINAL

W SF1 - W SF2

THIRD-PLACE MATCH

L SF1 - L SF2

The remaining teams will play according to the following:

5th PLACE

L C1 - L C2

7th PLACE

A4 - B4 

9th PLACE

A5 - B5 

11th PLACE

A6 - B6 

13th PLACE

A7 - B7

 

In the men's category, there are four groups (A, B, C & D) which are the following:

GROUP A

A1 BHC Zagreb (CRO)
A2 Beach stars BHC (HUN)
A3 BHC Harena (CRO)
A4 Sesvete Sky Gym (CRO)
A5 BHC Harena 3 (CRO)
A6 Sandy Balls - IRL

GROUP B

B1 Beach Handball Tilburg (NED)
B2 Hir-Sat BHC (HUN)
B3 Gyori Strandkezilabda Club (HUN)
B4 BHC Harena 2 (CRO)
B5 Norway (NOR)
B6 BHC All Saints (CRO)

GROUP C

C1 London Beach Handball (UK)
C2 SC Squadra Buda (HUN)
C3 Escola de Formacao de Espinho - Os Tigres (POR)
C4 Chemo Profili Zagreb (CRO)
C5 AKRP Zagreb (CRO)

GROUP D

D1 Dinamit BHC (HUN)
D2 Team Tchatcheurs (FRA)
D3 BHC Whiteboys (CRO)
D4 France (FRA)
D5 Hiekka Hauskaa U20 (NED)

After the group phase in the men's competition, the pre-quarter-finals (preQF) follow. Second and third-placed teams from each group will play the preQF according to the following system:

PreQF

preQF1 | A2 - B3

preQF2 | A3 - B2

preQF3 | C2 - D3

preQF4 | C3 - D2

The remaining teams from each group are situated into GROUP G and GROUP H. The teams situated into groups G and H, transfer their points from groups A, B, C, and D.

GROUP G

A4
A5
A6
C4
C5

GROUP H

B4
B5
B6
D4
D5

First-placed teams from each group (A, B, C, and D) are going directly to the quarter-finals according to the following system:

QUARTER-FINALS

QF1 | A1 - W preQF3

QF2 | B1 - W preQF4

QF3 | C1 - W preQF1

QF4 | D1 - W preQF2

Losing teams from the preQF phase are then situated into GROUP F:

GROUP F

F1 | L preQF2 - L preQF3

F2 | L preQF1 - L preQF4

Semi-finals of the men's category are played according to the following:

SEMI-FINALS

SF1 | W QF1 - W QF4

SF2 | W QF2 - W QF3

The losing teams of the quarter-finals are situated in GROUP E:

GROUP E

E1 | L QF1 - L QF3 

E2 | L QF2 - L QF4 

Finals and third-place matches in the men's category are the following:

FINAL

W SF1 - W SF2

THIRD-PLACE MATCH

L SF1 - L SF2

The remaining teams will play according to the following system:

5th PLACE

W E1 - W E2

7th PLACE

L E1 - L E2

9th PLACE

W F1 - W F2

11th PLACE

L F1 - L F2

13th PLACE

G1 - H1

15th PLACE

G2 - H2

17th PLACE

G3 - H3

19th PLACE

G4 - H4

21st PLACE

G5 - H5

Zagreb will this year host 22 men's and 14 women's senior beach handball teams who will compete for the prestigious title and important EBT points. Reserve your weekend and come visit us at Jarun Lake.