. ▁T ick ets ▁were ▁sold ▁as ▁tw ins , ▁with ▁two ▁games ▁being ▁st aged ▁with ▁a ▁one - hour ▁inter l ude ▁on ▁the ▁same ▁ticket . ▁The ▁same ▁year , ▁H åk ons ▁Hall ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁seven ▁ven ues ▁used ▁for ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁World ▁Women ' s ▁Hand ball ▁Championship . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁group ▁stage ▁and ▁play - off ▁matches , ▁it ▁was ▁awarded ▁the ▁final . ▁Os lo ▁Spe ktr um ▁was ▁also ▁considered ▁to ▁hold ▁the ▁final , ▁but ▁with ▁only ▁ 8 , 5 0 0 ▁seats ▁and ▁a ▁higher ▁rent , ▁H åk ons ▁Hall ▁was ▁preferred . ▁ ▁H åk ons ▁Hall ▁hosted ▁the ▁Junior ▁Euro vision ▁Song ▁Cont est ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁on ▁ 2 0 ▁November ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁won ▁by ▁María ▁Isabel ▁with ▁" Ant es ▁Mu erta ▁que ▁S enc illa ". ▁Norway ▁was ▁the ▁host ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁European ▁Men ' s ▁Hand ball ▁Championship ; ▁the ▁group ▁stage ▁games ▁were ▁played ▁in ▁four ▁other ▁Norwegian ▁cities , ▁while ▁the ▁play - off ▁and ▁final ▁was ▁played ▁in ▁H åk ons ▁Hall ▁in ▁January ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁The ▁final ▁saw ▁Den mark ▁beat ▁Cro atia ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁ 9 , 0 5 2 ▁spect ators . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁Id rett sg alla en , ▁a ▁show ▁to ▁honor ▁the ▁past ▁year ' s ▁Norwegian ▁sports ▁and