Hockey, world spotlight on Pisa – Chronicle
PISA The world around and in the center of Pisa. From the Cus Pisa facilities in Via Chiarugi, the qualification phase for the next Women’s Hockey World Championships starts today, which will take place in Terrassa in Spain in June 2022. The event sees the Italian national team clash against Poland, Belarus, France, Wales, Russia, Scotland and Ireland. Up for grabs a single available place to be part of the twelve teams that will play for the world title. Admission to the events, which will take place until Sunday 24 October, will be totally free, with the obligation of a green pass, …
PISA
The world around and in the center of Pisa. From the Cus Pisa facilities in Via Chiarugi, the qualification phase for the next Women’s Hockey World Championships starts today, which will take place in Terrassa in Spain in June 2022. The event sees the Italian national team clash against Poland, Belarus, France, Wales, Russia, Scotland and Ireland. Up for grabs a single available place to be part of the twelve teams that will play for the world title. Admission to the events, which will take place until Sunday 24 October, will be totally free, with the obligation of a green pass, and the Cus grandstand will be able to accommodate up to 499 spectators.
The first match of the blues will be Italy-Wales at 16.30. Should the Italians win, they will face it in the semifinals against the winner of Scotland-Poland. All matches will be streamed on the Facebook channel and on the official website of the European Federhockey. Michele Conti, who will be present today at the university sports facilities: “We are very proud to be able to host such an important international event, a true showcase for the city – said Michele Conti -. Sport is also education and training and the University has done so much in recent years. recently the president of Coni Malagò was a guest at the University to discuss the duel career. a fundamental resource of our social fabric and of the territory “. To illustrate the event, the president of the Cus, Stefano Pagliara: “For the first time – declares Pagliara – the Cus and the city of Pisa are hosting an international hockey club. Thanks to the renewal process inaugurated a year ago, which led to some realization of what is the most modern field of field hockey in Italy and the only one “. Great satisfaction for the University of Pisa with the Vice Rector Marco Gesi: “Among the athletes who will participate in the event – Gesi specifies -, there are women who have successfully combined their university career with the sporting field”. Gesi focused on the recent history of the Cus and opened the doors to the organization of future sporting events, such as the national university championships that have been missing in Pisa since 2008: “In this mandate we have invested heavily in the Cus, for our university town, among the three most important in Italy. We took over a Cus from a police station, he was a sick person in intensive care and today he is walking on his legs, but he is already ready to run “. Sergio Mignardi, president of Federhockey, underlined the importance of the event: “whoever wins continues in the race for the world championship – explained Mignardi -. Field hockey has been an Olympic discipline since 1908 and qualification also helps the path to the Olympics. of Paris 2024 “.
Michele Bufalino
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