DENMARK
Pan Idræt København
Pan Idræt is the common name for the LGBT sports club in Copenhagen and Frederiksberg, and today it has over 25 different sports disciplines. It was founded in 1984, and handball became part of the club some years later.
Pan has participated in international LGBT handball tournaments since the very beginning, and has enjoyed great success, ending among the top teams in the majority of their competitions. Pan Handball organized the Pan Games along with the other sports each october until 2012. After this, they celebrated their 30 year anniversary with an international LGBT tournament in 2014, and are due to organize the Eurogames in 2021, at he same time as World Pride will take place in Copenhagen.
Pan Idræt organizes two teams in the national Danish league.
FRANCE
OUTsiders
OUTsiders (formerly Aquahomo) was born in November 1996, as a project among five friends wanting to practice water polo in Paris. Later, the project ended in a club with numerous other sports, and has grown every year.
Aquahomo has taken part in international LGBT Handball tournaments for nearly 20 years. As a part of a bigger sports club, they also organize a handball tournament in Paris once a year. In 2018 they organized the Gay Games.
GERMANY
Vorspiel SSL Berlin
Vorspiel SSL started when some friends got together to form a volleyball team in 1986, and after that the sports club grew into several sports and with a huge increase in the number of members. Today, Vorspiel SSL is the second biggest LGBT sports club in Europe.
On the international handball stage, the Vorspiel SSL is however rather a newcomer, with it’s first participation during the Eurogames in Stockholm in 2015. In 2019, they are organizing their first international handball tournament at home, with a record number of 14 competing teams.
NETHERLANDS
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The Dutch LGBT handball team forms once each year to go to international tournaments all across Europe. It consists of experienced handball players from several handball clubs.
The first time the team was gathered, was for the Eurogames on home ground in Rotterdam 2011. After that, they have been present in tournaments almost once a year. They have been very successful with several top positions, even winning World Outgames in Antwerp 2013.
Team Netherlands doesn’t have an established organization, but assembles ad hoc for the tournaments.
By writing to us, we can get you in touch with the team if necessary.
SWEDEN
Stockholm Snipers
Vorspiel SSL started when some friends got together to form a volleyball team in 1986, and after that the sports club grew into several sports and with a huge increase in the number of members. Today, Vorspiel SSL is the second biggest LGBT sports club in Europe.
On the international handball stage, the Vorspiel SSL is however rather a newcomer, with it’s first participation during the Eurogames in Stockholm in 2015. In 2019, they are organizing their first international handball tournament at home, with a record number of 14 competing teams.