ASOBAL celebrates young talent and announces the winners of the 'I ASOBAL Microfiction Contest' on Book Day.

As part of Book Day, which is celebrated this Thursday, April 23, ASOBAL announces the winners of the 'I ASOBAL Microstories Contest', an initiative launched to promote creativity and artistic expression among children and young people aged 9 to 16, as well as to strengthen the bond between sport and society.

Under the slogan 'Stories that are also played', the contest has invited participants to transfer to paper the emotion, values and experiences that surround professional handball in Spain. The result has been a collection of stories full of imagination, sensitivity and passion for this sport, a reflection of the bond that unites the new generations with the NEXUS ENERGY ASOBAL League.

After the jury's deliberation, the winners of this first edition have been:

First prize: ENEKO A. P. (14 years old, Vizcaya) - “The last blue tape”

You can view the story HERE.

Award: two tickets for a NEXUS ENERGY ASOBAL League 2025/26 match (subject to availability), a 100€ Decathlon gift voucher, an official H900 competition ball and a promopack of the official PANINI ASOBAL 2025/26 sticker album.

Second prize: MARTÍN E. P. (9 years old, Valladolid) - “The handball players and the mystery of the strange visitor”

You can view the story HERE.

Award: 100€ Decathlon gift voucher, an ASOBAL product pack (t-shirt, notebook and pen), a mini handball and a promopack of the official PANINI ASOBAL 2025/26 sticker album.

Third prize: VÍCTOR G. T. (10 years old, Astillero - Cantabria) - “Victor and his adventure with handball”

You can view the story HERE.

Award: 50€ Decathlon gift voucher, along with an ASOBAL product pack and the promopack of the official PANINI ASOBAL 2025/26 sticker album.

Sport, culture and values: the same story

The 'I ASOBAL Microstories Contest' is part of ASOBAL's and its clubs' strategy to continue promoting initiatives that bring handball closer to society, especially to the younger ones, inviting them to become protagonists of the ASOBAL universe.

Through projects like this, the professional handball league in Spain continues to reinforce its commitment to the development of the ASOBAL Community, generating participation spaces that go beyond competition.

In this sense, the contest not only promotes creativity and artistic expression, but also contributes to consolidating new ways of living and feeling handball, strengthening the emotional bond between the sport and its fans.

In the context of Book Day, the initiative values the power of stories as a connection tool, showing that handball is also written, imagined and shared.