Copa del Rey Handball comes to Torrevieja

It has just been announced that Torrevieja will host the 37th edition of the Handball Copa del Rey from the 7th to the 11th March 2012. The Cup will be played in the Palace of Sports "Infanta Cristina" and will be broadcast across the world on TVE and Teledeporte.

The Copa del Rey competition is between the top 8 teams in the Asobal league, or the top 7 plus the organizing team. The Liga Asobal is the premier professional handball league in Spain. It was founded in 1958 when it was called the División de Honor, it changed its name to the current one in 1990. The Liga Asobal, which is played under EHF rules, currently consists of 16 teams.

The teams which will play in this years Copa del Ray are FC Barcelona Intersport, BM. Atlético de Madrid, Cuatro Rayas Valladolid, Reale Ademar León, Caja3 BM. Aragón, Naturhouse La Rioja, Academia Octavio and BM. Torrevieja as the organizing team.