U20 European Championship Men 2007

The U20 European Championship men will take place in Nova Gorica, Slovenia and Gorizia, Italy.

Nova Gorica has a population of 31,000 in the municipality. It located in western Slovenia, on the Italian border. Nova Gorica is a new town, built in 1948 when the Paris Peace Treaty established a new border between Yugoslavia and Italy, leaving nearby Gorizia outside the borders of Yugoslavia and thus decapitating the area of the lower Vipava Valley from its regional center. Nova Gorica is the principal urban center of the traditional region of Goriška in the Slovenian Littoral. Nova Gorica is known as Slovenian Las Vegas. In the Perla Hotel is one of the largest casinos in Europe.

Gorizia (Slovenian: Gorica, German: Görz, Friulian: Gurize) is a small town at the foot of the Alps, in northeastern Italy, on the border with Slovenia. It is the capital of the Province of Gorizia and is a local center of tourism, industry, and commerce. In Slovenian, Gorica means "little hill." The city is located at the confluence of the valleys of Isonzo and Vipava rivers. It lies in a plain overlooked by the Collio hills, which are renowned for the production of outstanding wines. Being sheltered from the north by a mountain ridge, Gorizia is not touched by the cold winds. And although the bora can blow from the east, the city still retains a mild climate. The elevation is 84 m and the population is approximately 27,000.

The temperature from the end of June to the beginning of July ranges from 25-35 degrees (Celsius). As of 1.1.2007, Slovenia is a part of the European monetary union so the currency is Euro.