The Premier Handball League 2020 was officially declared open by Mr. Alireza Pakdaman Head of IHF-Iran Handball Federation today, the 10th October 2020.

With 12 teams participating all matches of the 33rd edition of event will be held in Tehran due to the corona pandemic.

The National Task Force for combating Coronavirus issued the license for holding the event. According to the SOPs Standard Operating Procedures all players and staff are required to test for the COVID-19 before entering the competition and PCR tests will be repeated in Tehran as well.

The Tehran Handball Hall will be the venue for 3 matches for the Round 1 that will act as home matches. However, the time and place of the Round 2 that will act as away matches has not yet been decided.