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WPH Handball Destination Series: Juarez

WPH Handball Destination Series Showcases Juarez’s 4-Wall and Outdoor Handball Community

WPH Showcase, Juarez, MEX

The WPH is excited to introduce the WPH Handball Destination Series to showcase the world’s greatest handball venues. On this edition of the WPH Handball Destination Series, we will feature the thriving 4-Wall and outdoor Juarez handball community, home to the top brother combination in professional sports, a flourishing JR WPH junior handball program, and handball for every age, code, and level of player.

Juarez 4-Wall

Clubs: San Angel (9 courts), Campestre Juarez Country Club (4 courts)

Number of players: 60+

Popular times to play: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 5 pm, Saturday, 2 pm

Biggest tournament: Torneo de Handball at San Angel (spring)

Juarez Outdoor (2-Wall/Fronton)

Number of courts: 8 venues, 30 courts

Number of players: 1,000+

Popular times to play: Weekdays 4 pm to past 10 pm, Sunday from 10 am until dusk

Biggest tournament: Doubles league play with 107 players in the league, 15 teams, played on different courts throughout the city

Juarez Fronton Handball Facebook page HERE

If you love all forms of handball, a trip south of the border to Juarez is a requirement. Juarez offers a vibrant 4-Wall community, headed by the Three Flying Cordova brothers, top open and junior players, and skill level players at the San Angel Club and Campestre Juarez Country Club.

Fronton is the most popular form of handball in Juarez, with more than 1,000 players playing across eight venues and thirty courts. 107 players compete in the Fronton doubles league with 15 teams competing. The Juarez fronton game is played with a sponge rubber ball that is heavier and bigger than a big ball handball.

“I have been to Juarez and Fronton is huge,” stated WPH Executive Director Dave Vincent. “Luis Cordova is a huge celebrity there. There are probably one thousand people at the events and they all know and are fans of Luis, from the fans to all of the vendors. It’s no different than Paul Brady in Cavan (Ireland).”

Thank you to Juarez patriarch Lucho Cordova, Sr. for info on the Juarez handball community.

Would you like to see your handball community featured on an upcoming edition of WPH Handball Destination Series? Please contact David Fink at David.fink@wphlive.tv to showcase your community

David Fink

WPH Senior Writer

DV: David Vincent formed the World Players of Handball in 2005 and ushered live handball viewing into our living rooms for the first time. Since its inception, the World Players of Handball has broadcast over 1,500 matches live. Dave Vincent serves as the lead play-by-play announcer for virtually all matches, combining his unique perspective and personality with a lifetime of handball experience. DV brings 25 years of broadcast radio experience (in Oregon and California) to World Players of Handball & ESPN broadcasts and provides professionalism and wit to the amazing game of handball. DV also serves as the Executive Director of the World Player of Handball at the WPH headquarters in Tucson, AZ, working daily to grow the game of handball through innovation.
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