Registration deadline
Registration closes May 15th 2024, but for teams with hotel stay included in their Guest Cards deadline is May 1st, 2024.
Dates and time schedule
Eken Cup is played between Friday June 14th and Sunday June 16th, 2024.
Games are played between ca 08.00-20.00 (8am – 8pm) all three days. Some adjustments are made for teams that are travelling (for example with ferry arriving early Friday morning June 14th.
The Game Schedule is published and found in the top menu! Small changes may occur until June 8th.
Classes
| Senior Men | Men born 2006 and older | Eken Cup for seniors |
| Senior Women | Women born 2006 and older | Eken Cup for seniors |
| B16 | Boys born 2008 or 2007 | The Youth Cup |
| G16 | Girls born 2008 or 2007 | The Youth Cup |
| B14 | Boys born 2009 | The Youth Cup |
| G14 | Girls born 2009 | The Youth Cup |
| B13 | Boys born 2010 | The Youth Cup |
| G13 | Girls born 2010 | The Youth Cup |
| B12 | Boys born 2011 | The Youth Cup |
| G12 | Girls born 2011 | The Youth Cup |
| B11* | Boys born 2012 | The Youth Cup |
| G11* | Girls born 2012 | The Youth Cup |
| B10* | Boys born 2013 | The Youth Cup |
| G10* | Girls born 2013 | The Youth Cup |
| B9 | Boys born 2014 | The Mini Cup |
| G9 | Girls born 2014 | The Mini Cup |
| B8 | Boys born 2015 | The Mini Cup |
| G8 | Girls born 2015 | The Mini Cup |
| Para-handball | Para handball is for players with a functional variation that make them unable to participate in the traditional handball on equal terms. |
B = boys and G = girls. The club has the right to register multiple teams in the same class. There is no possibility of free representation in teams within the same class.
* The goal of the Youth Cup for G10, B10, G11 and B11 will have a lower cross bar!
The Mini cup
In our special “Minipark” the mini-tournament is played in separate age groups, all to create even conditions in the game.
The Mini Cup will be played Friday – Sunday.
Eken Cup will follow the recommendations of the Swedish Handball Association and will not show any results and will not have any playoffs for the classes born in B/G8 and B/G9. The teams are guaranteed at least 6 games and all players will receive a medal after their last game.
All games are played 2 x 15 min.
The Youth cup
This is where you will find most of the participants in Eken Cup. When you are not playing handball then there are plenty of opportunities to make new contacts with other youths from Sweden and other countries. Eken Cup is the perfect ending of the handball season or the perfect beginning.
The Youth Cup will be played Friday – Sunday.
The Youth Cup is played in a group with 3-5 teams. After that they have met all the teams in their first group, the team proceed to a new group with 3-5 teams. From this group the team proceeds to semi-finals and finals as well as placement games.
In Classes B/G10 and B/G11 there are no semi-finals or finals. All players receive a medal after their last game.
All games are played 2 x 15 min.
Eken Cup for seniors
Eken Senior Cup is a tournament for senior teams. Our hope is to encourage our neighbours in the Nordic countries as well as others around the Baltic to the handball game and friendly meetings in Stockholm.
Most of the games will be played on artificial grass.
Eken Cup for seniors only have an A-final round. Finals are played in a cup format.
Tournament will be played Saturday and Sunday.
All games are played 2 x 15 min.
Para-handball
Eken Cup is arranging para-handball Saturday June 17th. These games will be organized on the playing fields closest to the main spectator seating area in the most central place on Gubbängsfältet.
Prize Ceremony
There will be a prize ceremony after each A- and B-Final.
The Mini Cup will have a prize ceremony after each final near the ”Minipark”.