Pitch International pounces for handball worlds

The Pitch International agency has acquired exclusive distribution rights for the men’s and women’s International Handball World Championships in 2015 and 2017.

Pitch International struck the deal with beIN Media Group after the latter’s parent company, pay-television broadcaster Al Jazeera, had acquired the rights in December.

The men’s tournament will take place in Qatar in 2015 and France in 2017. The women’s event will take place in Denmark next year and then Germany in 2017.