The head of the Handball Federation of Russia Sergey Shishkarev told in the interview to Sport Express about the choice of the men’s Final Four location.
— Sport is wonderful with unrepeatable emotions. With moments of happiness and sadness. CSKA deservedly won the Cup, the club didn’t have this trophy in its collection. It was doubly difficult for the hosts, when the tournament is held on their arena. It seems to many that they must certainly win, the pressure on the players and coaches significantly increases. Both Rostov-Don and Permskie Medvedi deserve great respect for dedication, but it so happened that they didn’t get the trophies. The wards of Irina Dibirova and Valentin Buzmakov will have an opportunity to correct shortcomings next year.
Everyone called the match between CSKA and Chekhovskie Medvedi the hidden final, but Perm was awesome both in the game and organizational plan. I told about it the governor of the Perm region Dmitriy Makhonin, the Minister of Sport Tatiana Chesnokova and the head of the club Aleksey Nikiforov. Many thanks to them for professional work. We are aware that Chekhovskie Medvedi wanted to host the Final Four very much. But it’s important for the HFR to provide the impetus to the development of handball in regions. I have no doubts that it happened in Perm. And Chekhov will host its Final Four, we know how supporters can root there, including the example of the recent game between the national teams of Russia and Belarus, — Sergey Shishkarev said.
Photo: the HFR press
