(Pro Handball USA press conference; photo from Fredericia Avisen)

Yesterday, Pro Handball USA, held a press conference and kick-off event in Herning, Denmark to introduce the new organization to the Handball world. With the theme, “America Deserves Handball” Pro Handball USA will first seek to bring pro clubs to the U.S. for matches as part of a summer tournament in 2026 and is targeting a U.S. based pro league for 2028. According to one report on the press conference, Barcelona and Paris-SG have committed to participate in the a summer 2026 tournament which will take place over 10 days in Las Vegas.

Of note, unlike previous pro handball related this effort is focused on both men’s and women’s pro handball and will also include a community based effort “The Handball Frontier.”

Attending the press conference, was the Pro Handball USA CEO, Mads Winther, USA Team Handball CEO, Mike King, IHF Executive Committee Member, Narcisa Lecusanu and two Pro Handball USA ambassadors, Mikkel Hansen and Stine Oftedal.

Here are a few articles related to the press conference:

• Mikkel Hansen and the stars’ plans for handball in the USA: Link
• Mikkel Hansen wants to make handball an American sport: Link
• I’m not naive to think that it will happen overnight, says Mikkel Hansen: Link
• This is what Mikkel is doing now: – I’m not going to the USA to live: Link