Dominican men and women teams win gold and silver in handball

[Dolores]

The Dominican Republic men’s team was undefeated in the Caribbean Handball Cup held at the Handball Pavillion in the Parque del Este sports center in eastern Santo Domingo. In an epic final, the Dominican men’s team defeated their Cuban counterparts 27 to 25 in overtime, with Jorge Soto and Francis de la Cruz scoring six goals each. The bronze went to the Mexican team.

The Dominican women’s handball team won silver, losing to the Cuban women. Puerto Rico won the bronze.

The teams qualified for the Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador, El Salvador in 2023.

Read more in Spanish:Listin Diario

12 October 2022

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[NanSanPedro]

Handball is not an easy sport. I played for a year or 2 in my very early 20s. Gave it up for raquetball after that. Gave up raquetball 20 years later to avoid knee and hip replacements.

 

[aarhus]

Handball is not an easy sport. I played for a year or 2 in my very early 20s. Gave it up for raquetball after that. Gave up raquetball 20 years later to avoid knee and hip replacements.

Really you played Handball ? It’s big in Northern and Eastern Europe. I see the DR surpassed Cuba in another sport.

 

[NanSanPedro]

Really you played Handball ? It’s big in Northern and Eastern Europe. I see the DR surpassed Cuba in another sport.

Yea a guy from my USMC boot camp turned me on to it. I played with him and a few other jarheads when I was in. However, raquetball is much more popular than handball, at least in the western and eastern US (I played in California, Maryland, and Arizona).

 

[aarhus]

Yea a guy from my USMC boot camp turned me on to it. I played with him and a few other jarheads when I was in. However, raquetball is much more popular than handball, at least in the western and eastern US (I played in California, Maryland, and Arizona).

Isn’t Handball the team sport with 6 against 6 where one is a goalie. Somewhat similar to hockey.

 

[NanSanPedro]

Isn’t Handball the team sport with 6 against 6 where one is a goalie. Somewhat similar to hockey.

Not the version we played. It was 1 on 1 or at max 2 on 2. Raquetball courts and handball courts are the same size so you can play either.

I just looked it up on youtube. It seems that there is a different version of it than I ever saw. I never even knew it existed until now.

 

[aarhus]

Not the version we played. It was 1 on 1 or at max 2 on 2. Raquetball courts and handball courts are the same size so you can play either.

I just looked it up on youtube. It seems that there is a different version of it than I ever saw. I never even knew it existed until now.

I actually didn’t know the DR plays Handball. I had heard about Cuba and they used to be quite good. Maybe because of the Eastern European influence. No idea how the sport came to the DR. My country Denmark are world champions.