HP Warta
Encyclopedia
HP Warta is a handball
club, based on Hisingen
in Gothenburg
, Sweden
. The male team have played 16 seasons in Elitserien
. The female team won Elitserien 1997. Their home venue is Lundbystrand.
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
club, based on Hisingen
Hisingen
Hisingen is the fourth-largest island of Sweden , with an area of , and the most populous, forming part of Gothenburg Municipality, Västra Götaland County. It is bordered by the Göta älv in the south and east, the Nordre älv in the north, and the Kattegat in the west...
in Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. The male team have played 16 seasons in Elitserien
Elitserien (handball)
Elitserien is the highest league in the league system of Swedish handball and comprises the top 14 Swedish handball teams. The first season began in 1931-32. The season ends with a play-off and a final like Super Bowl....
. The female team won Elitserien 1997. Their home venue is Lundbystrand.
Famous former players
- Tommy AtterhällTommy AtterhällTommy Atterhäll is a Swedish handball player, currently playing for Danish Handball League side FCK Håndbold, with whom he won the Danish Championship in 2008. He has previously played for IK Sävehof in the best league of his homeland.Atterhäll has made two appearances for the Swedish national...
- Martin Boquist
- Per CarlénPer CarlénPer Carlén is a former handball player. He is the father of Swedish national handball player Oscar Carlén.- Player career:...
- Martin FrändesjöMartin FrändesjöLars Gunnar Martin Frändesjö is a Swedish handball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.He was born in Gothenburg....
- Mia Hermansson-HögdahlMia Hermansson-HögdahlMia Hermansson-Högdahl is a Swedish team handball player. She was voted World Handball Player of the Year 1994 by the International Handball Federation....
- Johan JakobssonJohan JakobssonJohan Mikael Jakobsson is a Swedish team handball player, playing for the Danish club Aalborg Håndbold and for the Swedish national team.- References :* on Aalborg Håndbold's webpage*...
- Christer MagnussonChrister MagnussonChrister Magnusson is a former Swedish handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.In 1984 he finished fifth with the Swedish team in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored four goals.-References:...