The 2022 Manomanista final will be played at the Navarra Arena

The Navarra Arena in Pamplona will host a Manomanista final for the first time next year, 2022. The designated date is Sunday, May 29. This is reflected in the agreement signed this Friday morning by the Government of Navarra and representatives of the companies Baiko and Aspe, managers of the professional hand. The agreement also includes the dispute of the final phase of the Masters, a tournament that the Liga de Empresas de Pelota a Mano (LEP.M) intends to recover next year after two summers in which it has opted for a different calendar than usual. . The dates designated for this event, which includes two semifinals and the final, are September 30 and October 2, 2022. This Masters is a different competition from the CaixaBank Masters and your participation is made based on the individual ranking of the LEP .M.

This agreement lasts one year and was created with a vocation for continuity. The initial intention is that one of the three great finals of the year, Couples, Manomanista or Cuatro y Medio, will arrive in the future at a Navarra Arena that has already hosted the matches for the txapela of the cage in 2018 and 2019, both with victory by Joseba Ezkurdia against Jokin Altuna.

They have participated in the signing of the agreement Rebeca Esnaola, Minister of Culture and Sports of the Government of Navarra, Miguel Pozueta, sports director of the Autonomous Community, Montxo Urdiain, manager of the company NICDO -in charge of managing the Navarra Arena-, Borja Osés representing the LEP.M, Unai Iglesias, from Baiko, and Inaxio Errandonea, from Aspe.