2006 Annual Report - European Handball Federation

FromthePresident 4 Competitions 7 euro06Switzerland 8 euro2006Sweden 10 2006EuropeanBeachHandballChampionships 12 EHFYoungerAgeCategoryEuropeanChampionships 14 ChampionsLeague&EuropeanCup 17 EuropeanChampionshipsforClubTeams 26 2006Women’sChallengeTrophy 29 2006EHFYouthChampions’Tournament 30 3rdEuropeanMastersHandballChampionships 31 EuropeanBeachHandballTour2006 32 2006DrawHighlights 33 2007WorldChampionships–EuropeanQualification 34

EHFEvents 37 8thEHFOrdinaryCongress 38 2006EHFYouthHandballConvention 40 15thAnniversaryoftheEHF 41 Workshops&WorkingGroups 42 Courses 44 Meetings 45 Partners 46

Tasks,Projects&Initiatives 47 Information&Communication 48 EuropeanHandballFederationWebsites 49 Publications 50 Transfers 51 Referees 52 Methods&Developments 54

Management 57 CorporateNetwork 58 EHFExecutive&Commissions 60 OfficeStructure 62 EHFHeadquarters 63 EHFMarketingGmbH 64 2007Calender 67 15yearsEHF 69 MessagefromtheEHFSecretaryGeneral 70

Contents

European Handball Federation2006 Annual Report

EHF Annual Report 2006

Management

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Tor LianEHF President

EachyearIsitdownandtakeamomenttothinkabouttheyearthathasspedbyonceagainatlighteningspeed.HereIamagainwritingtheforewordfortheAnnualReportoftheEuropeanHandballFederationandIfeeltrulyhonouredtodoso.Thereissomuchtoreminisceupon:themagicmoments,thechallengesandthedevelopmentsinoursport.Itseemsthateachyeargoespastquickerandquicker,isfullerandfullerandprobablythethingthatmakesmemostproud;eachyearismoreandmoreexciting.

Whatit’sallaboutTheEuropeanHandballFederation’scentralgoalanddutyistoguaranteethecontinueddevelopmentofhandballonthecontinentofEuropeandtoactasthelinkinthechainforallmembersoftheEuropeanHandballFamily.TheEHFisanorganisationwiththeunderlyingprincipleofservingthesportofhandball.

Handballisasportofrapiddevelopment;nobodycanargueaboutthefactthatwehaveseenmanydynamicchangesovertheyears-2006wasnodifferent.Itisperhapsmerelyasymbolic(andsentimental)milestonethat15yearsofEuropeanhandballwerecelebratedinNovemberof2006,yetitseemsquitefittingthatthefocusoftheactualbirthdaycelebrationswasonthefutureandthefuturestrategyforthesport.

ThehandballnetworkDespitetheeverincreasingdimensionsofEuropeanhandballandthegrowthofthesport,itisoftensaidthatthereisafamilyatmosphereinhandball.IgotomanyeventsandneverceasetobetouchedbythepeopleImeet,theircommitment,professionalism,passionanddevotiontothesport.Itissomethingthattakesmeabackeachtime.

Overthepast15yearstheeventcompendiumoftheEHFhasexpandeddramaticallyandishugelydiverse.Ihavedecidedtotakealookatjustafewareasofourwork,whichhavelefthappymemoriesformepersonally,asPresidentoftheEuropeanHandballFederation

TheyeargotoffwithabangTheyearstartedwiththeMen’sEuropeanChampionshipinSwitzerland.Thiswasthe7thMen’sEuropeanChampionshipandthebiggestever.Thedevelopments,whichhandballhasundergone,werecleartoseeandtheeventdimensionswerehuge,whichgaveeverybodyinthearenaaspecialfeeling-justhowitshouldbe.Thefiguresspokevolumesaswell.Again,InfrontSports&Media,thelongstandingpartneroftheEHF,onlyspokeofrecordsfollowingtheevent.NewrecordsinTVcoverage,viewersandwebsitehitswereallclockedup.Eventstandardswereset,whichhavesetanewprecedentforhandball.Icanonlyassureyouthatwewillcontinuealongtheselinesandnotstopinoureffortstobetterhandball.

Theyearwentoutwithabangtoo,thistimeitwastheturnofthewomenandtheWomen’sEuropeanHandballChampionship.Theycontinuedwherethemen’snationalteamsleftoff–withatopclassevent,greatatmosphereinthehallsanddynamic,firstclasshandball.

ThecatalystsAteachevent,Iamamazedagainandagainabouttheskillofthecatalystsofoursport,theplayers.ThiswasnotjustprovedtomeatthetwoseniorEuropeanChampionships,butcontinuouslyoverthecourseoftheseasonintheEuropeanclubcompetitions.

FromthePresident


Management

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DespitethefactthatthisAnnualReportisactuallyalookbackatthepastyear(2005/2006season),Iwouldliketotakeamomenttolookforwardandtalkaboutthe

presentseason(someresultsareincludedonpage24).TheEHFplacesgreatimportanceontherelationshipwiththeclubsinEurope,whichworksohardatgrassrootsleveltodevelopandpromotehandball.The“newlook”ChampionsLeague,withitsfreshandunifiedapproach,isahugestepforEuropeanclubhandball.Againwecantalkaboutrecords–TVfiguressayitallandhandballhasneverbeensopopular,butitsnotjustaboutthefigures,itsaboutthesportandthisyearIfeelwehaveturnedacornerandenteredanewdimension.ThisisonlypossiblewhentheEHFhassuchacloserelationshipwiththeclubs,isinconstantcontactandneverrestinitsendeavourstoachieveacommongoal.

WorkingtogetherJustastheEHFmeetsandconsultswiththeclubsofEuropeonaregularbasis,therelationshipwiththeMemberFederations,isjustofimportance.TheyarethekeylinkbetweentheEuropeangoverningbodyandtheindividualsinvolvedinhandballonanationallevel.2006wasnodifferentinthefactthattheEHFensuresthatthereareregularmeetingswiththeMemberFederations,withtheemphasisoncommunicationandtheexchangeofinformation.Onehighlightofthesport-politicalyearwastheCongressinPortugal.Organisedtoperfection,itprovidedtheperfectsettingtodefinethestrategicpathoftheEHF.Communicationisacontinuousprocessand2007willbenodifferent,theEHFwilldoitsutmosttorepresenttheinterestsofitsmembersbothinEuropeandontheglobalstage.

Iwouldalsoliketoofferawarmwelcometothreenewmembers,wenowhave49membernationsandoneassociatedmember!WewelcomedMonacoattheCongressandthenshortlyafterwards,followingpoliticalchangesinsouthernEurope,SerbiaandMontenegroasmembersintheirownright.

AllaboutpartnershipTheEHFwouldnotbewhereitistodaywithoutitsstrongrelationshipwithitspartners.InfrontSports&Media,withitslongterminvestmentintheEUROevents,adidasasclothingandequipmentsupplier,Nijhaprovidingstate-of-theartgoals,Gerflor,withitsextendedpartnership,providingthetrademark“yellowandblue”EUROflooringsystemandnowtheChampionsLeagueflooraswell,thenwehaveanewChampionsLeaguepartnerSPORTFIVE.TheyhavestatedtheirfirmsupportforthemarketingandpromotionoftheMen’sChampionsleague.Weareproudofthefactthatweworkwithsuchhigh-classpartners,whoguaranteeeventstandardsandmanagement.

Thankyou!IcouldwritepagesinthisreportandIfeelthatIhavefailedtomentionsomuch–let’snotforgetthesummeractivitieswiththeMen’s20EuropeanChampionshipinAustriaandtheMen’sandWomen’sEuropeanBeachHandballChampionshipsandmanymoreeventsthattheEHFputitsnametoin2006.Noneofyouareforgotten.Thankyou!!

IwouldliketothankmycolleaguesintheExecutiveCommittee,andtheTechnicalCommissionsandmycolleaguesaroundEurope.BeforeIcloseIwanttotakejustamomenttothanktheemployeesoftheEHF,whoarededicatedtoworkinghardtorealisetheobjectivesoftheFederation.Let’slookforwardtowhat2007willbring.

Youtoo,takeamoment,sitbackandreminiscebeforechannellingallourenergiesintotheyearahead.

Allthebest!

FromthePresident

Tor LianPresident

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Euro2006–EuropeanChampionships Men’sEuropeanChampionshipSwitzerland 8 Women’sEuropeanChampionshipSweden 10 2006EuropeanBeachHandballChampionships 12

YoungerAgeCategoryEuropeanChampionships 2006Men’s20EuropeanHandballChampionship 14 2006Men’s18EuropeanHandballChampionship 15 2006Women’s18EuropeanOpen 16

EHFChampionsLeague EHFChampionsLeague 17 2005/06EHFMen’sChampionsLeagueResults 18 2005/06EHFWomen’sChampionsLeagueResults 19

EuropeanCup EuropeanCup–TheFigures2005/06 20 EHFCup2005/06Results 21 ChallengeCup2005/06Results 22 CupWinners’Cup2005/06Results 23

2006/07Men’sChampionsLeagueGroupPhase 24

CompetitionsContents

Competitions



Competitions

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TheHandballeuro06tookplaceinSwitzerlandfrom26January–5thFebruary2006.Itwasthefirstbighandballhighlightoftheyearandattractedmoreattentionthaneverbefore.FrancetookthecovetedtitlehomeforthefirsttimeinChampionshiphistory,withaconvincingvictory,inapackedstadiuminZurich,againstWorldChampionsSpain.Thesuccessofthistopeventwasnotonlyunderlinedbythehigheventstandardsbutalsobythefigures.

ItwasthemostextensivelycoveredandviewedtournamentinthehistoryoftheMen’sEuropeanHandballChampionships.Morethan760millioncumulativeviewersfollowed707hoursoftelevisedeventcoverage.Thechampionshipwastransmittedbycloseto120televisionandradiobroadcastersworldwideandbenefitedfromapproximately800accreditedjournalists,photographersandtechnicianstodeliverrecordmediacoverage.

Theofficialtournamentwebsite,www.euro06.com,whichwasjointlyprovidedbytheEHF,theSwissHandballFederationandInfront,providedfanswithextensiveinformationabouttheevent,participatingnationsandplayers.Itreceived74.6millionpageimpressionsfromthebeginningofJanuarythrough5February.Theresultmorethantripledthosecomparedtothe2004eventwebsite–anothertournamentrecord.

The2006Men’sEuropeanChampionship,heldinSwitzerlandinJanuary,turnedacornerandsetaprecedentforinternational,indoorsportingevents.TheEHFwillcontinueitsworkwithitspartnersonalong-termbasistoencompassthe2008and2010EuropeanChampionshipstoreachevengreaterheights.

euro06SwitzerlandMen’sChampionship


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euro2006Sweden Men’sChampionship

The2006Men’sEuropeanChampionshipcametoaspectacularfinishonthe5thFebruary2006withFrancetakingtheEuropeanChampionshiptitle.Infrontofacapacity

crowdintheHallenstadioninZurich/SUI,FranceclaimedtheirveryfirstEuropeantitlewithanimpressiveandclearvictoryoverthecurrentworldchampionsSpain.Onceagain,anEHFEuroeventhasbrokenrecordsinallareas.Over60countriesfollowedtheeventviatheserviceprovidedby56televisionand17radiobroadcasters.Theofficialeuro06websitesawa60%increaseofusersincomparisontotheEuro2004figures.

Qualificationsateuro06

2007 Men’s World ChampionshipInadditiontoGermanyastheorganiser,thetopthreeteamsatEURO2006havequalifiedautomaticallyforthenextWorldChampionship:Spain(hasanautomaticplaceasdefendingChampion),France,Denmark,andCroatia.

2008 Men’s European ChampionshipTheteamsranked1-5attheEURO2006qualifiedforthenextEuropeanChampionship:France,Spain,Denmark,CroatiaandGermany.The8thMen’sEuropeanChampionshipwillbeheldinNorwayfromthe17th–27thJanuary2008.Naturally,Norwayastheorganiserhasafixedplaceinthecompetition.

Final Ranking

1. FRA 2. ESP 3. DEN 4.CRO 5.GER 6.RUS 7.ISL 8.SLO 9.SCG 10.POL 11.NOR 12.UKR 13.HUN 14.SUI 15.POR 16.SVK

Final Results

Place Teams Result

Place1/2 ESP:FRA 23:31(13:17)Place3/4 DEN:CRO 32:27(16:09)

All Star Team

Goalkeeper ThierryOmeyer FRALeftWing EduardKoksarov RUSLeftBack IkerRomero ESPMiddleBack IvanoBalic CROLinePlayer RolandoUrios ESPRightBack OlafurStefansson ISLRightWing SorenStryger DEN

TopScorer SiarheiRutenka SLO (51Goals)BestPlayer IvanoBalic CRO


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The2006Women’sEuropeanHandballChampionshipwasthelastbigeventoftheyear!ThenewEuropeanChampionof2006wascrownedonSunday17thDecember!Norwaytooktheprestigioustitlehomewiththemandthiswasnotall,theyalsowonaprestigiousOlympicplaceforthe2008OlympicsinBeijing,anautomaticstartingspotinthe2007Women’sWorldChampionshipandanautomaticplaceattheWomen’sEuropeanChampionshipinFYROMacedoniain2008.

The7thWomen’sChampionshiptookplaceinvenuesaroundSweden;Stockholm,Gothenburg,MalmoandSkövde.Theemphasisofthistopeventforwomenwasindeedfemaleparticipation.Withover300femaletopathletes,theEHFselectedtopfemalerefereesanddelegatestoofficiatethematches.TheSwedishOrganisingCommitteealsomadethisacentralpolicyoftheirselectionprocess,withwomenplayingahugeroleintheorganisationoftheevent.Throughoutallthevenues,womenwereinthemajority,whetheryouwerelookinginthepresscentre,securityorontheofficials’table.

Theeventwasextensivelycoveredinthemedia,withover500mediarepresentativesinSwedentocovertheeventand50TVstationsand12radiostationsandduetothefactthatallinformationandstatisticsfromthechampionshipareavailableonthetouchofthebuttonatwww.euro06.com,moreandmoremediarepresentativesfromallfieldsarechoosingtocovertheeventfromhome.ThewebsitewasvisitedbyhandballfansfromaroundtheworldandasfarawayasAustraliaandSriLanka,itprovedtobemostpopularinHungary,SwedenandNorway.

ThenextEuropeanChampionshipwillbeheldinFyroMacedonia.TheEHFhasneverheldsuchabigeventinthiscountryandtheexcitementisalreadygrowing.Wewillseeyouthere!

euro2006SwedenWomen’sChampionship


Competitions

The7theditionoftheWomen’sEuropeanHandballChampionshipcametoanendonSunday17thDecemberwithNorwaywinningtheEuropeanChampionshiptitleinthe

HoverStadiuminSweden.Thisisthe3rdEuropeanChampionshiptitleforNorway.

euro2006Sweden Women’sChampionship

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Final Ranking

1. NOR 2. RUS 3. FRA 4.GER 5.HUN 6.SWE 7.CRO 8.POL 9.ESP 10.AUT 11.DEN 12.MKD 13.UKR 14.SRB 15.NED 16.SLO

Final Results

Place Teams Result

Place1/2 NOR:RUS 27:24(16:12)Place3/4 FRA:GER 29:25(14:11)

All Star Team

Goalkeeper InnaSuslina RUSLeftWing MetteKariJohansen NORLeftBack NadineKrause GERMiddleBack GroHammerseng NORLinePlayer LiudmilaBodnieva RUSRightBack IbolyaMehlmann HUNRightWing AnnikaWielPreden SWE

TopScorer NadineKrause GER (58Goals)MVP GroHammerseng NORMVPDefence IsabelleWendling FRA


Competitions

OnthenorthcoastofGermanyinCuxhaven,the4theditionoftheMen’sandWomen’sEuropeanBeachHandballChampionshipswasthehitofthesummer.Thecompetition,whichtookplacefrom11th–16thJuly2006saw135matches,playedoversixdays,withatotalof30teamsfromacrossEuropebattlingforthechampionshiptitles.Thenewchampioninthewomen’scompetitionisthehostingteam–GERMANYwhodefeatedRUSSIA(2004Champion)inathrillingfinal.Inthemen’scompetitionitwasSPAIN,whowasvictoriousoverHUNGARY,whowenthomewiththetitle.Belowyoucanfindallthefinalresultsandstandings.

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Final Ranking (MEN)

1. ESP 2. HUN 3. TUR 4.GER 5.SCG 6.CRO 7.RUS 8.UKR 9.CYP 10.NOR 11.SUI 12.ITA 13.NED 14.BUL 15.POL 16.GRE

Final Results

Place Teams 1st 2nd Shoot-out EndResult

1/2 HUN:ESP (20:19) (20:23) (2:7) 1:23/4 GER:TUR (12:16) (21:14) (2:5) 1:2

All Star Team

BestFairPlayTeam CROATIABestPlayer GaborBáthori HUNBestGoalkeeper IbrahimDemir TURTopScorer JuanAntonioVazquezESP 135points


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ThenexteditionoftheBeachHandballEuropeanChampionshipsformenandwomenwilltakeplaceinMisanoAdriatico/ITAfromthe10th–15thJuly2007,thisisduetothefactthat,throughmutualagreement,theInternationalHandballFederationandtheEuropeanHandballFederationdecidedtochangetheplayingrhythmoftheBeachHandballWorldandEuropeanChampionships.Thefollowingtimeschedulewillnowapplyforthefuture:

EuropeanBeachHandballChampionships – 2007,2009,andinatwo-yearcycle.WorldBeachHandballChampionships – 2008,2010,andinatwo-yearcycle.

2006EuropeanBeach HandballChampionships

Final Ranking (WOMEN)

1. GER 2. RUS 3. CRO 4.TUR 5.NOR 6.HUN 7.ESP 8.BUL 9.UKR 10.ITA 11.SCG 12.NED 13.SUI 14.SWE

Final Results

Place Teams 1st 2nd Shoot-out EndResult

1/2 GER:RUS (16:14) (27:17) - 2:03/4 CRO:TUR (17:12) (16:10) - 2:0

All Star Team

BestFairPlayTeams ITALY,HUNGARYBestPlayer JaninHetzer GERBestGoalkeeper JelenaGrubisic CROTopScorer AndreaLekic SCG 89Points


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TheMen’s20EuropeanHandballChampionshipwhichtookplaceinInnsbruck/AUTfromthe10thto19thAugust2006,cametoaspectacularfinishinafinalbetweenGermanyandSweden.Inthearena“Olympiaworld”infrontof4000spectators,thenationalteamofGermanydefeatedSwedentotakethetitleofEuropeanChampion.ReachingouttohandballfansacrossEurope,theM20EUROinAustriawasaccompaniedbylivestreamingofthematchesonline.

2006Men’s20EuropeanHandballChampionship

Final Ranking

1. GER 2. SWE 3. DEN 4.SCG 5.BLR 6.SVK 7.CRO 8.SLO 9.ESP 10.FRA 11.POL 12.NOR 13.AUT 14.CZE 15.LAT 16.EST

Final Results

Place Teams Result

Place1/2 GER:SWE 24:19(11:08)Place3/4 DEN:SCG 33:32(16:18)

All Star Team

Goalkeeper JohanSjöstrand SWELeftWing UweGensheimer GERLeftBack MikkelHansen DENMiddleBack MartinStrobel GERLinePlayer HenrikToftHansenDENRightBack SiarheiShylovich BLRRightWing IvanCupic CRO

TopScorer RichardWöss AUT (63Goals)BestPlayer ZarkoSesum SCG

Asarewardfortheirefforts,GERandSWEhaveautomaticallyqualifiedfortheMen’sU21WorldChampionship(IHFEvent)inFyroMacedoniafrom13to26August2007.


Competitions

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TheMen’s18EuropeanHandballChampionshiptookplacefromthe28thJuly–6thAugust2006,andcametoasensationalendinafinalbetweenCroatiaandDenmark.

TheatmosphereintheTTÜarenawashighlychargedas700spectatorsfilledthearenatowitnessthishandballfinalinTallinn,Estonia.InanemotionalmatchCroatiadefeatedDenmark(30:24)totakethechampionshiptitle!SwedendefeatedPolandtotakethirdplaceandthebronzemedal.Congratulationstoyouall!Belowyoucanfindallthefinalresultsandstandings:

2006Men’s18European HandballChampionship

Final Ranking

1. CRO 2. DEN 3. SWE 4.POL 5.ESP 6.FRA 7.SCG 8.TUR 9.GER 10.HUN 11.SVK 12.EST 13.SLO 14.AUT 15.CZE 16.RUS

Final Results

Place Teams Result

Place1/2 CRO:DEN 30:24(13:9)Place3/4 POL:SWE 28:34(17:21)

All Star Team

Goalkeeper IvanPesic CROLeftwing CasperUlrichMortensen DENLeftback MaitPatrail ESTMiddleback DomagojDuvnjak CROLinePlayer AdriaFiguerasTrejo ESPRightback OscarCarlen SWERightwing SebastianLindell SWE

TopScorer MaitPatrail EST (84Goals)BestPlayer DomagojDuvnjak CRO

Throughtheirefforts,CroatiaandDenmarkhaveautomaticallyqualifiedforthe2008Men’s20ECh(ROM)andthe2007U19WorldChampionshipinBahrain.


Competitions

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Ahighlightofthesummerof2006,wasthehandballeventthattookplacefrom4th–8thJuly2006,duringthefamousPartilleCupinSweden.Forthefirsttime,theWomen’s18EuropeanOpentookplacewithintheframeworkoftheevent.Canadajoined23EuropeannationalteamsintheEuropeanOpenasaparticipatingguestnation.

TheEuropeanOpensawDenmarktakingthegold;thesameteamwontheWomen’s17EuropeanChampionship,whichtookplaceinAustriain2005.TheRussianteamprogressedfroma9thplaceattheeventin2005totakesecondinSweden,whilethirdplaceNorwaycamefromnowhereafterfailingtoqualifyfortheW17lastyear.Anothernewcomer,whoshoneduringthecompetition,weretheNetherlands;theymanagedafinalrankingof5th.

2006Women’s18EuropeanOpen

Final Ranking

1. DEN 2. RUS 3. NOR 4.ROM 5.NED 6.CZE 7.SLO 8.ESP 9.GER 10.POL 11.AUT 12.SVK 13.CRO 14.SWE 15.BLR 16.POR 17.TUR 18.BUL 19.ISR 20.SUI 21.ISL 22.LAT 23.CAN 24.AZE

Final Results

Place Teams Result

Place1/2 DEN:RUS 23:22(13:12) Place3/4 NOR:ROM 38:24(19:10)

All Star Team

Goalkeeper AnnaIvanova RUS LeftWing MiaAugustesen DEN LeftBack KlaudiaPielesz POL MiddleBack TrineHaugstad NOR LinePlayer YvetteBroch NED RightBack AnnaPunko RUS RightWing ChristinaAaling DEN

TopScorer KlaudiaPielesz POL (50Goals) BestPlayer YvetteBroch NED


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TheobjectivebehindthecreationofEHFMarketingGmbHbackinJuly2005wastoformasistercompanyoftheEuropeanHandballFederationtofocusonthefurtherdevelopment

oftheEuropeanclubcompetitionsandthe2005/2006seasonprovedjustthat.WesawtheEHFChampionsLeague,whichistheinitialfocusoftheEHFMarketing’swork,turnacorner.RapiddevelopmentshavebeenundertakenandtheEHFChampionsLeagueoftodaylooksvastlydifferenttothatofjustafewyearsago.

Despitethehugeandadventurousstepsthathavebeentaken,anyteethingproblemshavebeenovercome.TheEHFChampionsLeagueproductoftodaywouldnothavebeenpossiblewithoutthetremendoussupportfromthetopclubsandEHFpartners.

MediaCoverageThefiguresfromthe2005/2006ChampionsLeagueseasonshowedthatthiseliteEuropeanclubcompetitionismorepopularthaneverbefore.TVandmediacoveragereachednewheights.TheEHFisstrivingtocontinuethistrendbyofferinga“clean”,attractiveproductonthemarket.Breakthroughshavealreadybeenmadein2006,withanewTVpartnershipwithEurosportwhichbringChampionsLeaguehandballintomorehomesthaneverbefore.

NewLooktotheEHFChampionsLeagueEHFMarketing,togetherwithitspartners,haveworkedhardwiththeChampionsLeagueclubstopresenttheChampionsLeaguewithanewlook.AlongsidethenewlydevelopedCorporateEventIdentity,theRegulationsfortheMen’sChampionsLeaguehavealsobeennewlydrawnup,goingintogreaterdetailintotheeventmanagementsideofthecompetition.ABroadcaster’sManualandtheselectionofapoolofEHFMarketingSupervisorstosupportboththeclubsandthemarketingandTVpartnersatthematchesalsoboosttheproductfurther.

ExtendedpartnershipwithGerflorTheEHFhasalsoextendeditspartnershipwiththemarketleaderinflooringsystems,Gerflor.GerflorhasbeenthesupplierofthetraditionalEuroflooringsysteminitstrademark“yellowandblue”colourssince2004.GerflorarenowanimportantpartneroftheEHFMen’sChampionsLeague.Inadditiontoselectedvenuesduringthegroupphase,theywillprovideTaraflex®flooringsystemstoalltheclubsasofthelast16finalphase.ThiswillgivetheMen’sChampionsLeagueauniversallookwithits“blackandbluelagoon”colours,takingtheMen’sChampionsLeagueintoanewgeneration.

The2006/2007seasonwellunderwayAtthetimeofgoingtopress,theMen’sChampionsLeaguecompetitionof2006/07isalreadyunderway,withthequarterfinalsbeforeus.Wehaveincludedthegroupmatchstandingsfromthecurrentseasonforyourreference.Lastseason’sresultsasofthelastsixteenarealsolistedforyourrecords.Thewomen’sgroupmatcheswillgetunderwayatthestartof2007.AllresultstodatecanbefoundontheAnnualReportCD.

EHFChampionsLeague


Competitions

2005/06EHF Men’sChampionsLeague

ESP BM Ciudad Real

SLO Celje Pivovarna Lasko

33:28,34:27{67:55}GER THW Kiel

GER SG Flensburg-Handewitt

34:32,28:32{62:64}

ESP Portland San Antonio

ESP FC Barcelona-Cifec

23:26,25:21{48:47}FRA Montpellier HB

HUN MKB Veszprém KC

22:27,23:21{45:48}

ESP BM Ciudad Real

GER SG Flensburg Handewitt

29:27,31:22{60:49}HUN MKB Veszprém KC


29:32,29:27{58:59}

Men’sQuarterfinals

Men’sSemifinals


ESP BM Ciudad Real

28:27,19:25{47:62} ESP BM Ciudad Real

Men’sFinals Men’s05/06Champion

DEN KIF Kolding

SLO Celje Pivovarna Lasko

30:31,33:34{63:65}ESP C. BM. Ademar Leon


22:27,31:26{53:53}

GER SC Magdeburg

ESP FC Barcelona-Cifec

23:27,24:26{47:53}SLO RK Gorenje Velenje

FRA Montpellier HB

28:33,26:22{54:55}

Men’sLast16

CRO RK Zagreb

GER SG Flensburg-Handewitt

24:28,25:23{49:51}HUN MKB Veszprém KC

DEN Arhus GF

31:28,30:21{61:49}

HUN SC Pick Szeged

ESP BM Ciudad Real

27:36,31:32{58:68}FRA Paris HB

GER THW Kiel

28:44,21:28{49:72}

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Competitions

2005/06EHFWomen’sChampionsLeague

RUS HC “Lada Togliatti”

SLO Krim Ljubljana Slovenia

18:25,36:29{54:54}DEN Aalborg DH

AUT Hypo Niederösterreich

30:28,28:29{58:57}

DEN Viborg HK A/S

DEN Slagelse FH

30:24,26:28{56:52}ESP CBM Astroc Sagunto

MKD Kometal Gjorcje Petrov

27:29,26:24{53:53}

ESP CBM Astroc Sagunto

DEN Viborg HK A/S

28:32,26:31{54:63}DEN Aalborg DH

SLO Krim Ljubljana Slovenia

26:31,31:30{47:54}

Women’sQuarterfinals

Women’sSemifinals

SLO Krim Ljubljana Slovenia22:24,21:20{43:44} DEN Viborg HK A/S

Women’sFinals Women’s05/06Champion

DEN Viborg HK A/S

1 SLOKrimLjubljanaSlovenia 5 0 1 161:140 21 102 DENViborgHKA/S 4 0 2 173:164 9 83 NORLarvikHK 3 0 3 153:154 -1 64 ESPOrsanEldaPrestigio 0 0 6 143:172 -29 0

GROUPA won draw lostgoaldifference points

1 DENSlagelseDT 5 0 1 178:149 29 102 RUSHC“LadaTogliatti” 3 0 3 168:161 7 83 HUNDunaferrNK 3 0 3 170:160 10 64 SCGZRKKnjazMilos 1 0 5 146:192 -46 2

GROUPB won draw lostgoaldifference points

1 AUTHypoNiederösterreich 4 0 2 168:153 15 82 ESPCBMAstrocSagunto 3 0 3 153:156 -3 63 SCGZRKbuducnostMONET 3 0 3 150:154 -4 64 NORByasenTrondheim 2 0 4 147:155 -8 4

GROUPC won draw lostgoaldifference points

1 MKDKometalGJ.Petrov.Skopje 3 1 2 167:157 10 72 DENAalborgDH 3 1 2 182:169 13 73 HUNGyöriETOKezilabdaClub 3 0 3 154:169 -15 64 RUSDinamoVolgograd 1 2 3 148:156 -8 4

GROUPD won draw lostgoaldifference points

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Competitions

Men2005/06 Men2006/07

Clubs: 158 Clubs: 160 Matches: 419 Matches: 410 Spectators: 700,400 Goals: 23,984

Women2005/06 Women2006/07

Clubs: 123 Clubs: 127 Matches: 309 Matches: 318 Spectators: 403,900 Goals: 16,735

EuropeanCupTheFigures2005/06

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Over281clubstookpartinthe2005/2006EuropeanCupcompetitions.TheEuropeanCupcompetitionshavebeenattheheartoftheEuropeanclubcompetitionssincethefoundationoftheEuropeanHandballFederation,thefirstEuropeanCupchampionswerecrownedin1994.

The2005/2006season,withitsChampionsLeague,EHFCup,CupWinners’CupandChallengeCupforbothmenandwomensawatotalof728matches.Forthefirsttimeinthe2005/2006seasonclubsfromEnglandandtheassociatedmemberfederationofKosovotookpartinthecompetitions.IntheCupWinners’CupoflastseasontheRomanianclubsmanagedthedoublebywinningboththeWomen’sandMen’sChallengeCup.

Thecurrentseason(2006/2007),haswelcomedateamfromIrelandandthreeEnglishteamsintheChallengeCup.ClubsfromSerbiaandMontenegro,whicharebothnowMemberFederationsintheirownright,havealsoplayedEuropeanCuphandballforthefirsttimesincethehistoricpoliticalchangeinthisarea.Atthetimeofgoingtopress,thecurrentseasonhascurrentlyseen464matches,withthecrowningofthechampionsinAprilforthemen’scompetitionsandMayforthewomen’scompetitions.

Thebrandingofthecompetitionshastakenafurtherstep,withcompetitionflagsforeachofthecompetitionsandtherecentlylaunchedEuropeanCupwebsite.TheEuropeanHandballFederationstrivestocontinuethedevelopment,whichiscertainlyachallengewithclubsfromalldifferentpartsofEurope.


Competitions

EHFCup2005/06

GER TBV Lemgo

RUS Lukoil-Dynamo Astrakhan

33:31,33:18{66:49}GER VFL Gummersbach

ESP Bidasoa Irun

26:30,35:25{61:56}

POL KS Vive Kielce

FRA US Creteil Handball

34:26,21:35{55:61}DEN GOG Svendborg Gudme

GER Frisch Auf Göppingen

32:37,24:29{56:66}

GER VFL Gummersbach

GER TBV Lemgo

26:25,27:29{53:54}FRA US Creteil Handball


19:23,30:26{49:49}


Men’sSemifinals


GER TBV Lemgo

22:25,29:30{51:55} GER TBV Lemgo


HUN DVSC Debrecen

FRA HB Metz Moselle Lorraine

23:25,20:16{43:41}HUN Cornexi Alcoa

CRO Podravka Vegeta, Koprivnica

24:26,26:28{50:54}

DEN Ikast Bording EH A/S

UKR HC “Motor” Zaporozhye

24:24,27:29{51:53}DEN GOG Svendborg Gudme

HUN FTC Budapest

23:31,30:29{53:60}


HUN DVSC Debrecen

26:21,29:24{55:45}HUN FTC Budapest

UKR HC “Motor” Zaporozhye

24:23,27:27{51:50}


Women’sSemifinals

HUN FTC Budapest33:32,37:36{70:68} HUN FTC Budapest



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Competitions

ChallengeCup2005/06

MKD HC Vardar PRO - Skopje

ROM Steaua Bucuresti

29:34,35:31{64:65}RUS “Stepan R. N.” St. Petersburg

CRO Agram-Medvescak Zagreb

28:28,26:32{54:60}

SCG Jugopetrol Zeleznicar Nis

SUI BSV Bern Muri

33:36,28:29{61:65}POR Sporting Club Horta

NOR NIT-HAK Nittedal

26:28,30:25{56:53}


CRO Agram-Medvescak Zagreb

24:25,30:28{54:53}POR Sporting Club Horta

SUI BSV Bern Muri

28:28,32:25{60:53}


Men’sSemifinals

POR Sporting Club Horta


26:21,27:34{53:55} ROM Steaua Bucuresti


ROM C.S. Rulmentul Brasov

FRA FRA Cercle Dijon Bourgogne

18:19,32:19{50:38}ROM C.S. Tomis Constanta

CRO ZRK “Split” Split

28:20,29:22{57:42}

ISL Valur Reykjavik

SUI LC Brühl Handball

32:27,25:21{57:48}FRA Merignac Handball

ITA HC Teramo 2002

32:24,30:25{62:49}

ROM C.S. Tomis Constanta

ISL Valur Reykjavik

28:35,37:25{65:60}ROM C.S. Rulmentul Brasov

FRA Merignac Handball

25:22,23:25{48:47}


Women’sSemifinals

ROM C.S. Rulmentul Brasov30:22,25:24{55:46} ROM C.S. Rulmentul Brasov


ROM C.S. Tomis Constanta

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Competitions

CupWinners’Cup 2005/06

GER HSG Nordhorn

SUI Kadetten Schaffhausen

26:25,36:21{62:46}SVK Tatran Presov

RUS Chehovski Medvedi, Chekhov

28:35,27:30{55:65}

DEN Skjern Handball

ROM HCM Constanta

28:35,31:35{59:70}ESP Fraikin BM Granollers

ESP CBM Valladolid

26:31,33:31{59:62}

ROM HCM Constanta

ESP CBM Valladolid

31:40,29:33{60:73}RUS Chehovski Medvedi, Chekhov

GER HSG Nordhorn

28:33,36:30{64:63}


Men’sSemifinals

ESP CBM Valladolid

RUS Chehovski Medvedi, Chekhov

36:29,24:32{60:61} RUS Chehovski Medvedi, Chekhov


HUN Dunaferr NK

NOR Gjerpen Handball Skien

28:29,32:32{60:61}GER TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen

SCG ZRK Buducnost MONET

21:18,23:29{44:47}

ESP S.D. Itxako Estella

NOR Larvik HK

19:31,17:18{36:49}HUN Györi ETO Kezilabda Club

FRA E.S.B.F. Besancon

34:24,30:33{64:57}

NOR Gjerpen Handball Skien

SCG ZRK Buducnost MONET

29:37,24:28{53:65}HUN Györi ETO Kezilabda Club

NOR Larvik HK

33:28,22:23{55:51}


Women’sSemifinals

SCG ZRK Buducnost MONET26:23,25:25{51:48} SCG ZRK Buducnost MONET


HUN Györi ETO Kezilabda Club

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Competitions2006/07EHFMen’sChampionsLeagueGroupPhase

1 ESPPortlandSanAntonio 5 0 1 199:146 53 102 HUNMKBVeszprémKC 5 0 1 207:160 47 103 BIHRK“Bosna”Sarajevo 2 0 4 167:188 -21 44 SVKMSKSIRSPovazskaBystrica 0 0 6 161:240 -79 0

GROUPA won draw lost goaldifference points

1 ESPBMCiudadReal 6 0 0 206:162 44 122 HUNSCPickSzeged 3 1 2 153:153 0 73 SUIKadettenSchaffhausen 2 1 3 168:169 -1 54 BLRBrestHCMeshkov 0 0 6 146:189 -43 0

GROUPB won draw lost goaldifference points

1 DENKIFKoldingEliteA/S 5 1 0 199:153 46 112 FRAChamberySavoieHB 3 1 2 171:163 8 73 POLWislaPlockS.A. 2 0 4 141:170 -29 44 SRBCrvenaZvezdaBeograd 1 0 5 158:183 -25 2

GROUPC won draw lost goaldifference points

1 GERSGFlensburg-Handewitt 5 0 1 199:164 35 102 RUSChehovskieMedvedi 4 0 2 182:164 18 83 CRORKZagreb 3 0 3 153:148 5 64 MKDRKMetalurgSkopje 0 0 6 148:206 -58 0

GROUPD won draw lost goaldifference points

1 GERTHWKiel 6 0 0 244:170 74 122 DENGOGSvendborgTGIGudme 3 0 3 203:180 23 63 ROMC.S.HCMConstanta 2 1 3 172:205 -33 54 CZEHCBanikOKDKarvina 0 1 5 175:239 -64 1

GROUPE won draw lost goaldifference points

1 GERVfLGummersbach 5 0 1 212:177 35 102 SLOCeljePivovarnaLasko 5 0 1 205:170 35 103 NORSandefjordTIF 2 0 4 179:202 -23 44 ISLFramReykjavik 0 0 6 163:210 -47 0

GROUPF won draw lost goaldifference points

1 ESPFCBarcelona-Cifec 6 0 0 205:152 53 122 SLORKGoldClubKozina 3 0 3 168:180 -12 63 GREPanelliniosACAthens 2 0 4 160:197 -37 44 SWEHammarbyIFHB 1 0 5 182:186 -4 2

GROUPG won draw lost goaldifference points

1 ESPCBMValladolid 4 2 0 197:162 35 102 FRAMontpellierHB 4 1 1 173:144 29 93 UKRHCPortovikYuzhny 2 0 4 138:161 -23 44 AUTA1BregenzHB 0 1 5 144:185 -41 1

GROUPH won draw lost goaldifference points

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AdditionalCompetitionContents

2006Men’sEuropeanChampionshipforClubTeams 26 2006Women’sEuropeanChampionshipforClubTeams 27 2006Women’sChallengeTrophy 29 2006EHFYouthChampions’Tournament 30 3rdEuropeanMastersHandballChampionships 31 EuropeanBeachHandballTour2006 32 2006DrawHighlights 33 2007Men’sWorldChampionship–EuropeanQualification 34 2007Women’sWorldChampionship–EuropeanQualification 35

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Competitions

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2006Men’sEuropeanChampionshipforClubTeamsThe2006Men’sEuropeanChampionshipforClubTeamscametookplaceontheweekendofthe25/26November2006inthe“Kölnarena”inGermany.Theeventwasorganisedbythe“wildcard”participantsVfLGummersbach.The11theditionofthiscompetitionwasplayedoutintwosemifinalsonSaturday25thfollowedbythefinalsonSunday26thNovember.Infrontarecordbreaking15,200spectators,BMCiudadReal(ESP)wonthetitleforthesecondtimeintwoyearsafterdramaticallydefeatingVfLGummersbach(GER).ThefightforthirdplacewaswonbyTBVLemgo(GER)aftertakingvictoryoverChehovskiMedvedi(RUS).

Ranking 1.BM Ciudad Real (ESP) 2.VfL Gummersbach (GER) 3.TBV Lemgo (GER) 4.Chehovski Medvedi(RUS)

Matches Saturday25thOctober

Semifinal 1 VfL Gummersbach (GER) - TBV Lemgo (GER) 34:33(19:18)11,000Spectators Referees:Nachevski/Nikolovski(MKD)

Semifinal 2 BM Ciudad Real (ESP) - Chehovski Medvedi (RUS) 37:34(16:21)10,850Spectators Referees:Lazaar/Reveret(FRA)

Sunday26thOctober Final for 3/4 TBV Lemgo (GER) - Chehovski Medvedi (RUS) 37:33(17:20)14,500Spectators Referees:Lazaar/Reveret(FRA)

Final for 1/2 BM Ciudad Real (ESP) - VfL Gummersbach (GER) 36:31(18:13)15,200Spectators Referees:Nachevski/Nikolovski(MKD)

EHF officials Representatives: TorLian(EHFPresident),JanTuik(EHFExec) Officials: SandorAndorka(EHFCC),LeopoldKalin(EHFCC) Referees: Lazaar/Reveret(FRA),Nachevski/Nikolovski(MKD)

BestPlayer Daniel Narcisse(VfLGummersbach) BestGoalkeeper Arpad Sterbik(BMCiudadReal) TopScorer Mirza Dzomba(BMCuidadReal)17Goals


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2006Women’s EuropeanChampionship

forClubTeamsThe2006Women’sEuropeanChampionshipforClubTeamstookplaceinViborgon

28/29October2006intheViborgStadionhalinDenmark,thehomeofthe2005/2006Women’sChampionsLeaguewinnerViborgHKA/S.TheeventwasplayedoutwithtwosemifinalsonSaturday28thfollowedbythefinalsonSunday29thOctober.Underanelectricatmosphere,ViborgHKA/S/DENwonthetitleforthethirdtimeinastunningvictoryoverRKKrimMercatorLjubljana/SLO.Inthebattleforthirdplace,BuducnostT-MobileofMontenegrodefeatedFTCBudapestfromHungary.

Ranking 1.Viborg HK A/S (DEN) 2.RK Krim Mercator Ljubljana (SLO) 3.Buducnost T-Mobile (MNE) 4.FTC Budapest (HUN) Matches Saturday28thOctober

Semi-final 1 Viborg HK A/S (DEN) - Buducnost T-Mobile (MNE) 32:26(14:13)600Spectators Referees:Pavel/State

Semi-final 2 FTC Budapest (HUN) - RK Krim Mercator Ljubljana (SLO) 25:34(11:19)600Spectators Referees:Reisinger/Kaschütz

Sunday29thOctober Final for 3 / 4 Buducnost T-Mobile (MNE) - FTC Budapest (HUN) 30:25(15:14)300Spectators Referees:Pavel/State

Final for 1 / 2 RK Krim Mercator Ljubljana (SLO) - Viborg HK A/S (DEN) 26:31(15:15)800Spectators Referees:Reisinger/Kaschütz

EHF officials Representatives: TorLian(EHFPresident),LaszloSinka(EHFExec) Officials: HelgaMagnusdottir(EHFCC),WolfgangGremmel(EHFCompt) Referees: Reisinger/Kaschütz(AUT),Pavel/State(ROM)

BestPlayer Henriette Mikkelsen(ViborgHKA/S) BestGoalkeeper Katalin Palinger(RKKrimMercatorLjubljana) TopScorer Tatjana Oder(RKKrimMercatorLjubljana)20Goals


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The4theditionoftheWomen’sChallengeTrophytookplaceinVogosca,BosniaHerzegovinafromthe5th–9thApril2006.Thiseventfocusesonthedevelopinghandball

nations.Thisyeareightnationstookpartinthecompetition,itwasBosniaHerzegovinawhotookthetitleinthefinalagainstFaroeIslands.

TheeventhostedbytheHandballFederationofBosniaHerzegovina;supportedbytheEuropeanandtheInternationalHandballFederations,wasagreatsuccesswith600spectatorswatchingthefinalandcreatingasuperbatmosphereinthearena.ThefinalmatchwasbroadcastliveonNationalTV.Thewinningteamwerepresentedwithacommemorativewinner’splate,whichwashandedoverbyEHFVicePresidentJeanBrihault.

2006Women’s ChallengeTrophy

Final Ranking

1. BIH 2. FAR 3. CYP 4.GEO5.EST 6.ARM 7.ENG 8.ALB

Final Results

RANKING TEAMS RESULT

Place1/2 BIH:FAR 40:24(22:08)Place3/4 GEO:CYP 18:23(09:12)Place5/6 EST:ARM 22:18(10:11)Place7/8 ALB:ENG 13:35(08:18)

ALL STAR Team

Goalkeeper FridaPetersen FARLeftWing MarjanaTurudic BIHLeftBack IoannaSizinou CYPMiddleBack SabinaPehic BIHLinePlayer ArmineAntonyan ARMRightWing AnnaSamuelsen FAR

TopScorer SabinaPehic BIH 56GoalsBestPlayer SabinaPehic BIH


Competitions

Forthepast12years,theEuropeanHandballFederationhasheldcompetitionsforyoungmenandwomenwithintheframeworkofthePartilleCup.AsacornerstoneintheSwedishhandballinghistory,thePartilleCupcontinuestoattracthundredsofyoungteams.In2006,870teamsfrom50nationscompetedinthiscompetition.Overthecourseofthisevent,betweenthemtheteamsplayed2,899matchesandscoredamassive69,396goals!Thenexthandballeventwilltakeplacefromthe3rd-8thJuly2007inGothenburg/SWE.

TheEHFYouthChampions’Tournament(girlsborn1990orlater)washeldfromthe5th–8thJuly2006inGothenburgwithintheframeworkoftheannualPartilleCup.Thisyear,fifteenclubs,whicharetheeliteoftheirnation,tookpartintheYouthChampions’Tournament

HypoNiederösterreich(AUT)waspresentonthemedaltabletwoyearsago(1st),theteamsrankedoneandtwo–KärraHF(SWE)andLadaToljatti(RUS)arenewcomerstothecompetition.Thegoldmedalmatchwasdecidedbyashoot-out,withtheSwedeswinning.

Final Ranking

1. Kärra HF (SWE) 2. Lada Toljatti (RUS) 3. Hypo Niederösterreich (AUT) 4.HKSlaviaPartiz.(SVK) 5.RKKrimMercator(SLO) 6.MGAHandball(AUT) 7.SkuruIF(SWE) 8.MRKKova(LTU) 9.Fram(ISL) 10.Fylkir(ISL) 11.NordstrandIF(NOR) 12.MTSKwizyn(POL) 13.VdVoort/Quintus(NED) 14.DHCMeeuwen(BEL) 15.SKDvigatel(EST)

Final Results

Place Teams Match Shoot-out EndResult

1/2 KärraHF(SWE)vLadaToljatti(RUS) 26:26 4:3 30:293/4 HKSlaviaPartic.(SVK)vHypoNÖ(AUT) 15:22 - 15:22

ALL STAR Team

Goalkeeper SimonaSulovska SVK HKSlaviaPartizanskeLeftWing SnezhanaMakheneva RUS LadaToljattiLeftBack VivianLerant AUT HypoNiederösterreichMiddleBack ErinaNikitina RUS LadaToljattiLinePlayer EkaterinaLoshkar RUS LadaToljattiRightBack EmilieSeferaj SWE KärraHFRightWing MariaSjögren SWE KärraHFBestPlayer ErinaNikitina RUS LadaToljatti

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2006EHFYouthChampions’Tournament


Competitions

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ThethirdeditionoftheEuropeanMastersHandballChampionshipsforMenandWomentookplaceinGyör(HUN)fromthe23rd–25thJune2006.Forthissummerhighlight

event,hundredsofformertopclassathleteswhointotalencompassed45teamsenteredthecompetition.Inthemen’scompetitions,thereigningchampionswerebacktodefendbutfailedtoretaintheirtitles.Kolding,whowonthetitlein2003and2005werebeatenbyastrongHungarianteamcomingunderthenameofworldhandball.com.TheBudapestOldBoys(HUN),whowonthetitleinthecategory45+lastyearwerebeatenthisyearbyOldtimersKlubMartin(SVK).Inthewomen’scompetitions,thedefendingchampioninthewomen’s33+categoryFredriksbergIdraets-Forening(DEN)madewayforthestrongHungarianteams,withtheSilverStarstakinggold.Finalrankingresultsfromeachcategory:

3rdEuropeanMasters HandballChampionships

Men +35

1.Worldhandball.com HUN 2.KIFKolding DEN 3.HIKCopenhagen DEN 4.ZTR UKR 5.Silesia POL 6.FredTeam POL 7.HKVainode LAT 8.OldBoysBratislava SVK 9.AlserPuertoSagunto ESP10.UHLZPAustria AUT11.Brno CZE12.HandbolVeteransTerrassa ESP13.Mesikäpp EST14.KalakutasKaunas LTU15.UHCEggenburg AUT

Men +45

1.KlubMartin SVK 2.BudapestOldBoys HUN 3.ItalianMasterTeam ITA 4.MAFCOldBoys HUN 5.Slask POL 6.SVSVienna AUT 7.RTU–Riga LAT 8.RSK„Senjorai”Vilnius LTU 9.HortSE HUN10.TrionfaleRoma ITA11.SalineBoysdeBochegna POL12.OldBoysKrakow POL13.Olimpus–85 MDA

Women’s +33

1.SilverStars HUN 2.ErimaBudapest HUN 3.FrederiksbergIdraets-Forening DEN 4.Krvk„KaunaSantaka” LTU 5.Duplje-TrizicTeam SLO 6.EgleVilnius LTU 7.HortSE HUN 8.HYPOXXL AUT 9.GladsaxeHG DEN10.Riga–Rukki LAT

Women’s +43

1.LeszVigasz HUN 2.ETOXXL HUN 3.HYPOXXXL AUT 4.NostalgyBg. HUN 5.HCStartTrencin SVK 6.StartBratislava SVK 7.CracowLadies POL


Competitions

TheEuropeanBeachHandballTourin2006continuedthesuccessofprevioustoursthathavegonebefore.Takingplaceacrossthecontinent,thecompetitionbeganinOctober2005andendedSeptember2006.Intotal,103teamsform21nationsplayed43tournamentsoverthecourseoftheseason.Belowisthetoprankingteamsfromeachcompetition.

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EuropeanBeachTour2005MastersTheEuropeanBeachTourMasterstookplaceonthe3rd-4thJune2006.Thiswasthefinaltournamentforthebestteamsofthetourin2005.ThesettingforthiseventwasKaterini,Greece.Atotalof10teamstookpartinthemen’scompetition,dividedinto2groupsof5teamsandatotalof8teamsdividedinto2groupsof4teamsinthewomen’scompetition.Thefinalresultswereasfollows:

Men’s Competition

1.BalonmanoPlayaHummelBarbate ESP 2.BalonmanoPlayaAlcalá ESP 3.LetCepelinToma-soft CRO 4.BHCGoldenBalls CRO 5.BHCPopescu CRO 6.Easy-RiderBHC HUN 7.Beers&Beach ESP 8.dugirat.com CRO 9.calderonsummer04 GRE10.BHCPMF CRO

Women’s Competition

1.TeamG-Solà ESP 2.MalagaCostadelSolA ESP 3.TrenjaClub CRO 4.WBHCKontesaNera CRO 5.Trakomakedones-HondosCenter GRE 6.AvantGardeAsprovalta GRE 7.WBHCPMF CRO 8.Nemesis GRE 9.DreamTeamFemenino ESP10.PlayadettesLuzern SUI

Men’s Teams

1.WinterthurBHCBudapest HUN 2.Letenye-Hyundai HUN 3.BalonmanoPlayaHummelBarbate ESP 4.SandDevilsMinden GER 5.AlalVera SRB 6.Leto2002.com SRB 7.PescanaOluja SRB 8.LetCepelin(Toma-soft) CRO 9.Thrakomakedones-Summer GRE10.MetalloplastikiAgriniou GRE

Women’s Teams

1.WBHCKontesaNera CRO2.Ferrecirk HUN3.BeachGirls HUN4.TeamG-Solà ESP5.A.Ke.TH.CostaBoda GRE6.LibraTehnicar CRO7.Leto2002.com SRB8.Waterside TUR


Competitions

DrawsarepartandparceloftheEuropeanHandballFederation’sdailybusiness.ThemajorityofthedrawstakeplaceintheconferenceroomattheEHFHeadquartersandare

wellvisited.However,theEHFoftenusestheopportunityofeventsandspecialoccasionstocombinethemwithdraws.Thehighlightsin2006included:

Men’sandWomen’sWorldChampionshipPlay-off(Europe)DrawsThedrawfortheMen’sWorldChampionshipplay-offs(Europe)tookplaceon5thFebruary2006onthefinaldayofeuro06inSwitzerland.ItwascombinedwiththefinaldaypressconferenceoftheEuropeanChampionship,whichhasnowbecomeatraditiononthefinaldayoftheEHFEuropeanChampionships.Over200peoplepackedintothepressconferenceroomintheHallenstadioninZürichtofollowthedraw,whichwasalsobroadcastbyvariousTVstationsaroundEurope.TheeventwasfollowedbyanEHFbrunch,whereallinvolvedintheEuropeanChampionshiphadthechancetogettogether,haveachatandshareexperiences.TheMen’sWorldChampionshipwilltakeplacefrom19thJanuary–4thFebruary2007.

Thesamewastrueattheendoftheyear.Thewomen’seditionofthedrawtookplaceonthefinaldayoftheWomen’sEuropeanChampionshipon17thDecember2006andwasthelastdrawoftheseason,againitwascombinedwithapressconferenceandagettogetherafterwards.Theplay-offs(Europe)willtakeplaceon2/3Juneand9/19June2007.

Men’sandWomen’sChampionsLeagueDraws–GroupMatchesThedefendingchampionsofthe2005/2006ChampionsLeaguetitlesinboththewomen’sandthemen’sdisciplineshostedthedrawsforthegroupmatchphaseoftheChampionsLeague.Themen’sdrawtookplaceatthehomeoftheSpanishteamofCiudadReal.Representativesfromalloftheparticipatingclubs,joinedtheEHFrepresentativesforthedraw,whichwasalsofollowedlivearoundEuropeontheEHFwebsite.KirilLazarovwasalsopresentatthedrawtoacceptthe“TopScorer”award.

TheEHFusedtheoccasionoftheWomen’sEuropeanChampionshipforClubTeamsinViborg,DenmarktoholdthedrawfortheWomen’sChampionsLeagueGroupmatches.ThistookplacebeforethefinalandwasbroadcastliveonTV.

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2007Men’sWorldChampionshipEuropeanQualification

©

DefendingChampion SPAIN

Organiser GERMANY

Ranked1-3atEURO2006SUI FRANCE DENMARK CROATIA* QualifiedfromthePlay-offmatches CZECHREPUBLIC HUNGARY ICELAND NORWAY POLAND RUSSIA SLOVENIA UKRAINE

GROUP1 GROUP2 GROUP3 GROUP4 GROUP5

GRE AUT CZE ROM SWE BIH FIN MKD LTU BLR NED ISR EST LAT TUR ITA BUL CYP LUX BEL

Pre-qualification Groups

HUNPOLSCGSVKISLPORSLOUKRNORRUSSUI

GRE AUT CZE ROM SWE

Theseteamsqualifieddirectlyfortheplay-offmatches

PlusthewinnersofthePre-qualificationGroups

SCGvCZEGREvPOLPORvUKRSUIvRUSSLOvAUTSWEvISL

ROMvNORSVKvHUN

Play–off MatchesWinnersareshownasboldredtext

European NationsThe2007Men’sWorldChampionshipwilltakeplacefromthe20.01–04.02.2007inGermany.ThecontinentofEuropewillberepresentedbythefollowingtopnationalteams:

*4thplace,neverthelessqualifiedduetothedefendingchampionSPAIN


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2007Women’s WorldChampionship

EuropeanQualification

DefendingChampion RUSSIA

Organiser FRANCE

Ranked1-3atEURO2006SWE NORWAY GERMANY* HUNGARY* Afurther7teamswillqualifyfromtheplay-offmatchesthatwilltakeplaceinJune2007.

GROUP1 GROUP2 GROUP3

ROM BLR TUR POR SVK MNE ISL LTU CZE AZE SUI BUL ITA LAT GRE – – BIH

Pre-qualification Groups

SWECROPOLESPAUTDENMKDUKRSRBNEDSLO

ROMBLRTUR

PlusthewinnersofthePre-qualificationGroups

Theseteamsqualifieddirectlyfortheplay-offmatches

NED v CROESP v TUR

SWE v ROMPOL v SRBSLO v AUTMKD v BLRDEN v UKR

Play–off MatchesWinnersofeachmatchwillgothroughtothe2007Women’sWorldChampionship

European NationsThe2007Women’sWorldChampionshipwilltakeplacefromthe02–16.02.2007inFrance.ThecontinentofEuropewillberepresentedbythefollowingtopnationalteams:

*4thplace/5thplace,qualifiedduetothedefendingchampionRUSSIAandorganiserFRANCE


EHF Events

37EHF Annual Report 2006

EHF Events

EHFEventsContents

8thEHFOrdinaryCongress 38 2006EHFYouthHandballConvention 40 15thAnniversaryoftheEHF 41 Workshops&WorkingGroups 42 Courses 44 Meetings 45 Partners 46


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The8thEHFOrdinaryCongresscommencedinVilamoura,PortugalonFriday5thMay2006,with46oftheEHF’s47MemberFederationsandassociatedmemberKosovopresentforthisimportantsport-politicaleventtopaththewayofEuropeanhandballforthenextperiodof2years.

Over150participantslistenedtotheChairmanoftheCongress,PresidentTorLian,opentheeventwelcomingallmembernationsandguestsfromthePortugueseauthoritiesandlongstandingEHFTVandMarketingpartnerInfrontSportsandMedia.

ThePresidentoftheEuropeanHandballFederationpresentedabusinessreportoftheperiod2004–2005,lookingbackatthespectrumofEHFactivitiesduringthisperiod.Thisincludeddevelopmentsinclubhandball.ThecontinuoussuccessoftheEuropeanChampionshipswasstressed.FiguresfromtheMen’sEuropeanChampionshipinSwitzerland,whichtookplacebackinJanuary/February,reportedcoverageby120TV/radiostationswithover760millionviewers.LianwentontoinformtheCongressthatEHFmajorsportingeventshavebeenorganisedby75%ofMemberFederations,whichamountsto37ofthe47nations.ThisisanumbertobeproudofbytheentireEuropeanHandballFederation.

ThisfollowedareportbytheEHFSecretaryGeneralMichaelWiederer,inhisfunctionasManagingDirector,onthebusinessagendaofEHFMarketingGmbH,whichwasfoundedinJuly2005andhasnowcompleteditsfirstseasonofexistence.TheCongressheardofincreasedmediacoverageandnewinitiativesintroducedsuchaswebstreamingofmatchesandTVHighlightMagazine.Thesuccesswillreflectonthesupportgiventotheclubsinthefuture.Wiedererlookedforwardtothecomingseasons,speakingoffutureplansincludingTVcontractsandgeneralproductdevelopments,suchasaChampionsLeagueflooringsystem.

Day1Day1oftheCongressbelongedtothetabledmotionsanddiscussionsonthem.Thenationsvotedunanimouslyontheadoptionofmotionsrelatingtothefollowingpoints.AmendmentstotheArbitrationStatutesoftheEHF,ResolutionsonDisputes,InitiatorofProceedingswhichwillmeanthattheExecutiveCommitteeisdelegatedthetasktoappointaninstitutiontoactasaninitiatorofproceeding,priortotheinstigationoftheofficialEHFlegalprocessof1st(CompetitionsCommission)and2ndInstance(CourtofAppeal).

FurthermotionspassedrelatedtothecontinueddevelopmentandpromotionofhandballwhichallowstheEHF,asanon-profitmakingorganisation,tooperateeducationalfacilitiesandtrainingprogrammesanddonateproceedsfromcharityeventstotheEHFSocialFund.

Itwasalsoagreed,inlinewithprofessionalEHFeventmanagement,thattheofficiallanguageatEHFeventswillbeEnglishinthefuture.Crossborderclubcompetitionsforseniorteamswerealsodiscussed,theCongressagreedthatsuchcompetitionsshallfulfilspecialrequirementsandthereforebesubjecttotheapprovalofnationalfederationsandinformationwillbeforwardedtotheEHF.

8thEHFOrdinaryCongress


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JanTuik,CompetitionCommissionChairman,presentedthenewformatforEuropean

Championshipqualifications,whichhasbeendrawnupfollowingaWorkingGroupanddiscussionswhichtookplaceattheEHFConferenceofPresidentsbackinNovember2005.Theparticipantsthendiscussedthismatterinsomedetailandvotedtoadopttheproposal.Thiswillcomeintoeffectforthemenafterthe2010Men’sEuropeanChampionshipinAustria.

NewMembersTheCongressvotedunanimouslytowelcomeMonacoasanewmemberoftheEHFandtomakeallowancesfortheadmissionofMontenegroasaseparatememberdependantontheresultofpoliticaldevelopmentsinthisareabasedontheforthcomingreferendum.SincetheCongress,theExecutiveCommitteehasfulfilleditsdutydelegatedbytheCongress;SerbiaandMontenegroarenowrecognisedasfullEHFmembersintheirownright.ThisbringsthenumberofEHFMemberNationsto49.

AwardingofEventsDay2focusedontheawardingofeventsforthe2008–2010EHFcompetitions.Theywereawardedasfollows:

2008Men’s20EuropeanChampionship(playersborn‘88):ROMANIA(July25th–August3rd)Men’s18EuropeanChampionship(playersborn‘90):CZECHREPUBLIC(Aug.8th–17th)

2009Women’s17EuropeanChampionship(playersborn‘92):FYR.MACEDONIA(June25th–July5th)Women’s19EuropeanChampionship(playersborn‘90):HUNGARY(August14th–23rd)

2010Men’sEuropeanChampionship:AUSTRIA(January19th–31st)Women’sEuropeanChampionship:DENMARK/NORWAY(jointorganiser)(December7th–19th)

PrizesDenmarkreceivedtheprizeforthetopEuropeannationfortheyears2004and2005.

TorLianclosedtheCongress,thankingPortugalfortheexcellentorganisationandtheMemberNationsoftheEHFfortheircontributiontothesportofhandball.

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2006EHFYouthHandballConventionTheEuropeanHandballFederationcelebratedits15th“birthday”withthefocusonthefutureofhandball.Over150participantsfrom45nationsmetinVienna,thehomeoftheEHFHeadquarters,todiscusstheirideasandviewsonthedevelopmentofthesport.

TheparticipantsoftheEuropeanYouthHandballConventionwerejoinedbythetoprepresentativesfromtheEHFMemberFederationstolistentocorelecturesonthedemographicsofhandball,15yearsofyoungeragecategorycompetitions,thephysiologicalprofileofplayersandtalentidentificationinhandball.Theseformedtheintroductiontotheevent,whichwasdesignedtobeaninteractiveconvention.

Allparticipantsrotatedaroundworkshopswhichcentredaroundthesubjectsofyouthhandball,handballinthefutureintheareasofanimation/promotion,educationtraining/leadership&competitionandtoplevelhandball,paralleltothisagroupofyoungreferees,coachesandplayersagedfrom18–24discussedwhathandballshouldlooklikeinthefutureinaYouthHandballForum.

TheresultoftheworkshopandideasfromtheyouthforumwerepresentedtothenationalfederationsintheclosingperiodoftheeventandwillhavedirectinfluenceonthefurtherprocedureandfuturestrategyoftheEHF.

OtherhighlightsAsalwaysatEHFevents,manymeetingstookplacetousetheopportunitythatallnationsweretogether:

• TheEHFsignedaprotocolofcooperationwiththeMediterraneancountriesasseenin thephotograph,onpage41

• AnewlyintroducedFosterProject,whereleadinghandballnationspartnerandsupport developingnationswasalsosigned.AustriapartnersLithuania,Denmark–Bulgaria, Ireland–Netherlands,Norway–Georgia,Romania–MoldovaandHungary–Latvia. Furtherpartnershipsareplanned.

• TorLianandthePresidentoftheItalianHandballFederation,FrancescoPurromuto, signedthecontractoforganisationforthe2007Men’sandWomen’sEuropeanBeach HandballChampionships,whichwillbeplayedinMisanoAdriatico(nearRimini)inJuly.

WheelchairHandballDemonstrationTheparticipantswerealsotreatedtoademonstrationonwheelchairhandball,toshowhowthegamecanbeadapted.Theemphasisofthisformofthegameisonfairplayandsportingspirit.Thespectatorswereallimpressedwithhowquicklytheplayerspickedupthesportandenjoyedtheexperience.


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15thAnniversary oftheEHF

Itwassymbolicforthe15yearcelebrationsthatparticipantsfromtheYouthHandballConventionjoinedtherepresentativesfromtheMemberFederationsandEHFPartners.

PartoftheprogrammewastheawardingthenewlyintroducedInfrontAward(longstandingEHFTVandMarketingPartnerfortheEuroEvents)forthetoprankednationsintheYoungerAgeCategorycompetitions.Denmark;RussiawerejointfirstandSpainandRomaniathird.Thenationswereawardedwithadiplomaandafinancialendowment.

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BeachHandballTaskForceTheBeachHandballTaskforce,comprisingofLaszloSinka(Exec),JesusGuerrero(CC),TonvanLinder(MC)andPeterFröschl(EHF),metthreetimesoverthecourseoftheyear.ThefirstmeetingwasheldinZurichduringthefinalweekendoftheMen’sEuropeanChampionship.ThismeetingcoveredmultipletopicsinrelationtothestructureofBeachHandball,theBeachHandballEuropeanChampionshipsandtheYouthEuropeanChampionshipswherethefocuswasaimedatfindingwaytoreducethecostforparticipantsandorganisersinthefuture.ThesecondmeetingoftheyearwasheldinGreeceinthecityofKateriniwithintheframeworkofthe2005EuropeanBeachTourMasters.Duringthismeetingplansforsomeofthecoursesthattookplacethroughtheyearwerecemented.AlsoafocalpointofdiscussionwasthefurtherdevelopmentoftheEuropeanBeachTour.ThefinalmeetingoftheBeachHandballTaskForcetookplaceinOctoberattheEHFHeadquarters.Thismeetingdissectedandevaluatedthe2006EuropeanBeachHandballChampionshipsthattookplaceinGermanyinJuly.TheupcomingBeachEChs,thatwilltakeplaceinItalyinthesummerof2007,werealsoontheagendaalongsidepublications,Mastersandotherissues.TheBeachHandballTaskForcewillreconveneinJanuary2007.

MarketingSupervisorWorkshopOnthe10thSeptemberthemarketingbranchoftheEuropeanHandballFederationinvited35participantstoViennatoaworkshopaimedatcreatinganewpositionatevents,thatofasupervisorwhowouldtakeonspecificdutiesrelatingtothemarketingaspectandtheoverallvisualpresentationoftheEHFChampionsLeague.Theagendaforthismeetingincludedanin-depthlookatallareasoftheEHFChampionsLeaguewithparticularfocusonTVagreementsandcoverage.TheregulationsgoverningthecompetitionwerealsoakeyfixtureinthisworkshopandtheroleoftheMarketingSupervisorwasdiscussedatlength.Theparticipantswerealsoassessedontheirknowledgeofthecompetitionanditsregulations.Additionallyvisualpresentationswerealsogiven.ThemarketingarmoftheEuropeanHandballFederationhasmadecomprehensivechangesin2006;theadditionoftheMarketingSupervisorisonereflectiontothemanyinitiativesthathavebeenimplemented.

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EHFChampionsLeagueTVWorkshopEHFMarketingGmbHorganisedaTVHostbroadcastersmeetingattheEHFHeadquarters

inViennaonthe21stSeptember.RepresentativesfromTVstationsaroundEuropemettheEHFMarketingteamandpartnersforthisone-daysession,wheretheyreceivedinformationontheChampionsLeagueproductanditsidentityandtheEHFTVpartnerrequirements.AtthetopoftheagendawerethereviewoftheEHFChampionsLeagueseason2005/2006andapreviewofthe2006/2007seasonthatincludedalookatthelimitationofadvertisingandbrandingamongstothertopics.InadditiontoEHFTVpartnerrequirements,afullmediaanalysisandtherewasalsoinformationonthenewplayingsystemthathassincebeenimplemented.

Men’sChampionsLeagueWorkshopTheworkshopthattakesplacebeforethestartofeachEHFChampionsLeagueseasontookplaceonthe13thSeptemberattheGartenhotelAltmannsdorfinVienna.TheaimofthisworkshopwastoprovideallteamswithanupdateofnewstandardsandprojectsaswellasthesituationofTVrightsandmarketingactivities.Anothergoalofthisyear’sworkshopwastheexchangeofideasconcerningafurtherdevelopmentoftheproductChampionsLeagueintermsofTV,marketing,playinghalls,floors,etc.Theteamswerealsobeprovidedwithallnecessarymaterialforthe2006/07competitionseasonandtooktheopportunitytoacquaintthemselveswithothertopEuropeanteams.

EuropeanChampionshipWorkshop–SwedenThefirstworkshopofthe2006EuropeanChampionshipforWomentookplaceinJulyof2004;therehavebeenatotalofsixworkshopsforthiseventandcountlessmeetingandcommunicationbetweenallparties.InMarchof2006,thefourthworkshoptookplace,whentheorganisationwasatacriticalpoint;thefirstthingontheagendawasnaturallythestatusoftheorganisation,alsodiscussedwerematchschedules,arenas,mediamanagementandlogisticsinadditiontomanyothertopics.Inthismeetingthatlastedtwodays,theSwedishorganisingCommitteewasrepresentedbyFrankStrömandArneElovsson.Thefifthworkshopwascarriedoutonthe7thJulythisyearandthefinalworkshopbeforetheeventtookplaceinGöteborgonthe6thOctober,togetherwiththeheadofdelegationseminarwiththerepresentativesoftheparticipatingteams,wherealldetailswerefinalisedandfinelytuned.Pleasegotothecompetitionssectionofthe2006AnnualReportformoredetailsonthistophandballevent.

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2ndEHFRegionalCourseforHandballDelegatesSeventeenparticipantsfrom10Europeannationstookpartinthe2ndEHFRegionalCourseforHandballDelegatesinTata(HUN)fromthe31stMay–4thJune2006.TheparticipantsfullyimmersedthemselvesinthevariouscourseandtrainingsessionsorganisedbytheEHFEducationGroupincooperationwithPeterSandorfromtheHungarianHandballFederation.ThecontentsofthiscoursewereinlinewiththoseoftheEHF“Pilot”coursethattookplaceinKiev(UKR).Throughinteractivediscussionsandexercises,thecourseaimedtoimprovecommunicationbetweenrefereesanddelegatesaswellashoningeventmanagementskillsamongstotherthings.

3rdEHFRegionalCourseforHandballDelegatesFollowingonfromthesuccessfulprecedingcoursesfirstheldinKiev(UKR)andthenthe2ndcourseheldinGyör(HUN),the3rdEHFCourseforHandballDelegatestookplaceinRotterdam(NED)fromthe1st–5thNovember2006.IncooperationwiththeNederlandsHandbalVerbondandtheEHFTechnicalCommissions,thecoursewasheldwithintheframeworkofthe2006HollandTournamentforWomen.TheEHFCourseforHandballDelegatesremainstheplatformforthepracticaleducation.EighteenparticipantsfromtenEuropeannationsactivelyparticipatedinthecoursethatwasledbyJanTuik(CompetitionCommissionChairman),WolfgangPollany(MethodsCommission)andTerjeAnthonsen(MentorRefereeGuidance).Thetopicsopenfordiscussionincludedrules,eventmanagementandinteractionbetweenrefereesanddelegates.

EHFTopCoaches’SeminarThe2006EHFTopCoachesSeminarinZurichwasheldonthefinalweekendofeuro06fromthe2nd–5thFebruary.FrantisekTaborsky(EHFEXEC)waspleasedtowelcome113participantsfrom25EHFMemberFederations,aswellasfromtheContinentalFederationsofAsia,PanAmericaandAfrica.Thetargetgroupwasallcoachesworkingwithtopteamsandthemainfocusofthisseminarwas:“Speedandefficiencyintoplevelhandball”.MichalBarda(CZE),BranislavPokrajac(SCG),WolfgangPollany(AUT)andZvonimirSerdarusic(GER)conductedthelectures.Theentirecoursedocumentationisavailableina2-discset.

2006EHFMentors“RefereeGuidance”CoordinationMeetingTheobjectiveofthe2006EHFMentors“RefereeGuidance”CoordinationMeetingthattookplaceinGyör(HUN)fromthe22nd–25thJune2006wastopromotediscussionandexchangeinformationonsuchtopicsas:NewwaysofObservation,MentoringandGuidance,RefereeCurriculumandtheNominationCriteriaforReferees.ElevenEHFMentorsattendedthiscoursethatwasledbytheEHFEducationGroupandthreeEHFLecturers.

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Meetings

EHF–NoosInstituteOnthe24thApril2006theEHFwelcomedMr.UrdangarinandMr.SansaoftheNoosInstituteinSpaintogiveapresentationontheprojectValencia2010.DuringthiscooperationmeetingthepossibilityofaMultiSportEventonaEuropeanLevelinthefutureincludinghandballwasdiscussed.Theeventwouldonceagainbringhandballstopathletesbackintothespotlight.ThediscussionsremaininthepreliminarystageatthecloseoftheyearandtheEuropeanHandballFederation,throughournewsservicewillimpartanynewdevelopmentstothehandballcommunity.

EHF–LTUSecretaryGeneralJolantaJankevicieneByinvitationextendedbytheEuropeanHandballFederation,ameetingwasheldonthe25thApril2006withJolantaJankeviciene.TheEHFutilisedtheoccasiontowelcomethenewsecretarygeneraloftheLithuanianHandballFederation.Itwasalsotheperfectopportunityforbothpartiestodiscusstopicsonalllevelsrangingfromgeneralquestionstomorespecificqueriesrelatingtocompetitions,methodsanddevelopmentalissues.Onceagain,wewelcomeMs.Jankevicienetohernewpostandwishhereverysuccess.

CooperationVisittoBosniaHerzegovinaWithintheframeworkoftheWomen’sChallengeTrophy,EHFrepresentativesLianandWiederermetwiththepresidentandotherrepresentativesfromtheHandballFederationofBosniaHerzegovina.IncontinuedeffortstostrengthentiesbetweentheEHFanditsmemberfederations,thismeetingallowedtheparticipantstodiscusstheChallengeTrophy,theBIHChampionshipCupandinterestshownbyBIHtopossiblyhostaEuropeanChampionshipinthefuture.

CooperationVisittoSerbiaandMontenegroThevisittotheformerstateofSerbiaandMontenegro,inBelgradeandPodgorica,thattookplaceinApril2006andentailedadetaileddiscussionwiththeentirefederation.Thismeetingwasabsolutelynecessarytocovertopicssuchascompetitionsthatwerealreadyinprogressandthefuturequalificationsofnationalteams,EuropeanCupcompetitions,thecompetitionsdepartmentinSerbia,aswellasmanyothertopics.FurthertothereferenduminMontenegroonthe21stMay2006andhavingobtainedauthorityfromthe2006EHFCongress,MontenegrowasadmittedasafullmembertotheEHFonthe1stJuly2006.Followingthepoliticalchangesinbothcountries,theIOCofficiallydesignatedthecodeofMNEtoMontenegro,whileSerbiatookontheofficialcodeofSRB.

CelebrationsTwoEHFMemberFederationshadcausetocelebrateattheendofMay.TheHandballFederationofBelaruscelebratedits50thAnniversaryon24thMayandMoldovacelebratedtheofficialopeningofitsnewinternationalsports’hallinChisinauon29thMay.EHFExecutiveCommitteeMemberBorisMakarov(RUS)waspresentonbothoccasionstoofficiallyhandoveraGerflor“yellowandblue”eurofloortobothfederationsintheinterestoffurtherhandballdevelopment.

MeetingoftheEuropeanTeamSportsAssociationsOn31stMay2006,theEHFPresidentandSecretaryGeneralwereguestsattheUEFAHeadquartersinNyon,SwitzerlandforaMeetingoftheEuropeanTeamSportsAssociationswhichhasnowbecomeanannualeventontheteamsports’calendar.Representativesfromvarioussportingassociationsusedthisopportunitytoexchangeknowledgeonprinciplematterscommontoallteamsports.Inaddition,privateinitiativesforclubcompetitionswerealsodiscussed.ItalsopresentedtheopportunitytodiscusstheIndependentEuropeanSportsReview,whichwaspublishedshortlybeforethismeetingtookplaceandmakesnumerousrecommendationstotheadministrationofsportsinthefuture.Furthermore,theEHFExecutiveCommitteediscussedthisissueonceagainwhentheymetinPrague/CZEonJune10th2006.


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TheEHFpartnersareanintegralpartofthefutureofEuropeanHandball.TheyarethecatalystsinshapingthesportontheEuropeancontinentinthefutureandhaveplayedadecisiveroleinthedevelopmentoftheEuropeanHandballFederationanditsproductssofar.TheEHFwouldliketousethisopportunitytothankitspartnersfortheircontinuedsupportanddedicationtoEuropeanHandball.Weareproudtohaveournamelinkedtosuchprofessionalcompanies.

InfrontSports&MediaInfrontSportsandMediaistheexclusivecommercialpartneroftheEuropeanHandballFederationfortheMen’sandWomen’sEuropeanChampionships.Thisisalongstandingandsuccessfulpartnership,whichcommencedin1993andwillrununtil2010underthepresentagreement.Infrontmarketsthetelevisionrights,mediarights,andmainsponsorshippackagesincludingcommercialrightsforrotatingandstaticboards,flooradvertisingandotherarenasignage.

TheEHFworksextremelycloselywithInfrontandhasregularworkingsessionsinViennaandZuginboththepreparatoryperiodandduringtheEuropeanChampionshipstoguaranteeasportingeventofthehigheststandards.InfronthasplayedaconsiderableroleinsecuringtheplacementoftheEuropeanChampionshipproductonthesportingmarket,withtheeventprovingtobeaspopularasever.

adidasThereputationoftheadidastrademarkprecedesitself.adidashasbeentheofficialEHFpartnerforsportingequipmentandclothingsince1992.ThecompanysuppliestopclassballsandsportsclothingfortheEHFeventsandofficials.adidashasalsosuppliedtheChampionsLeagueballsincethe2004/05season.TheEHFislookingforwardtobeingconnectedtoadidasformanyyearstocome.

NijhaTheEHFofficialgoalsupplierforEUROevents,bothseniorandtheyoungeragecategorieshasbeenworkingwithNijhasince2002andhasanagreementuptoandincluding2008.Thespeciallydevelopedgoalsmeettheexceptionalrequirementsnecessaryforhigh-classhandballevents.Additionally,NIJHAistheofficialBeachHandballpartneroftheEHF.SpecialballsandinnovativegoalsforBeachHandballaresubjecttoacooperationagreementthatcommencedin2005.

GerflorThe“blueandyellow”nolineflooringsystemattheEuropeanChampionshiphasbecomeatrademarkfeatureoftheeventsandisrecognisedworld-wide.TheEHFhasbeenworkingwithGerflorsince2004toprovidetheEuropeanChampionshipsforMenandWomen,plustheYoungerAgeCategory,eventswithahighqualityeventfloorwhichsatisfiestheneedsofboththeathletesandtherequirementsofamoderntopclassevent.In2006theagreementwasextendedtoincludeaChampionsLeagueflooringsystemforselectedmatchesinthegroupphaseandinallvenuesasofthelastsixteenmatches.Thedistinctive“ChampionsLeaguecolours”ofbluelagoonandblackwillbeusedtopresenttheeventidentity.

SPORTFIVEInMay2006,EHFMarketingenteredintoafive-yearagreementwiththeinternationalsportsmarketingcompanySPORTFIVE,whichcameintoeffectwiththe2006/07season.Inafirststep,thetwopartnershavejointlystandardisedandfine-tunedsponsorpublicityintheMen’sHandballChampionsLeague.ThomasRöttgermann,ExecutiveVicePresidentofSPORTFIVE.“EnteringintotheinternationalclubhandballcommunitygivesustheopportunitytoexpandourbusinessintootherfieldsoutsideoffootballandtoworkhandinhandwithEHFandtheirmarketingexpertstosharpentheprofileoftheHandballChampionsLeague.”

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Information&Communication 48 EuropeanHandballFederationWebsites 49 Publications 50 Transfers 51 Referees 52 Methods&Development 54



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ItisthedutyoftheEuropeanHandballFederationtoactasacommonvoicefortheEuropeanMemberFederationsandensurethatthebusinessoftheEHFandactivitiesarecommunicatedtoallpartiesinanefficientandeffectiveway.TheEHF’sobjectiveistoguaranteeapro-activeandopencommunicationstrategyandusesvariousmethodsandchannelstorealisethisgoal.

ThecoreofthecommunicationmethodsstillrevolvesaroundtheEHFNEWSSERVICE,whichhasbeenaroundsincetheverybeginningoftheEHF;regularnewseditionsstillformthebasisoftheEHFcommunicationstrategy.In2006morethan180newseditionswerepublished,whichmeanspracticallyeverysecondday.TheworkoftheEHFcoversawidespectrumandinvolvesworkingwithmanydifferentpeoplefromallareasofthesportonadailybasis.Westrivetoensurethatallarekeptinformedonthedailyactivitiesandeventsofthefederation.E-mailhasprovedtobeanidealcommunicationmediumforthispurpose;itisnotonlyquickbutalsocosteffective.

InfactthevastbulkoftheEHFinformationserviceisnowbasedondigitaltechnologies,reachingtarget-definedaudiencesatspeedandbearinginmindcostefficiency,whichobviouslyplaysamajorroleinanymodernbusinessstrategy.

Overthenextthreepages,youcangainanimpressionofthework,whichiscurrentlybeingdoneinthisareaandthemethodswhicharebeingused.

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TheWorldWideWebisacommunicationchannel,whichaEuropeansportingbodycannolongerlivewithout.Itsimportanceintransmittingthecorrectmessagestotheoutside

worldandkeepinghandballcommunitiesinformedisenormous,whichiswhytheEHFseessignificantinvestmenttobeanabsolutenecessity.EachyeartheEHFinvestslargeresourcesinitsinternetplatform,whichcentresaroundthedomaineurohandball.com;overtheyearsthishasbecomeahouseholdnameintermsofwebrecognition.

www.euro06.comOnceagain,theEHF,supportedbylong-termTVandMarketingpartnerInfrontSportsandMedia,workedwithorganisersfrombothEuropeanChampionshipstobringahigh-qualityandinformativeeventwebsitetothesportingworld.Atthetimeofgoingtopress,thefiguresfromtheWomen’sEuropeanChampionship,whichcametoanendon17thDecember2006werenotyetknown,butthestatisticsfromthemen’seventspokevolumes,with74.6millionpageimpressions.Eacheventseesmoreandmorefeatures,fortheWomen’sEuropeanChampionshipmatchround-upswereonlinetowatchwithEnglishcommentaryandsportfanscoulddownloadthemontotheirMP3Mediaplayer,whichforthemodern-daysportfansisatrueplus.Theusualcombinationofnews,interviews,statistics,mediainformation,eventinformation,quizandphotoswereobviouslyalsoonlineforthehandballfantoenjoytheeventfromhome.

championsleague.eurohandball.comAlongwiththedevelopmentsoftheChampionsLeagueproduct,theChampionsLeaguewebsitehascontinuedtogrow,withmuchpositivefeedbackfromboththeparticipatingclubsandthefans.TogetherwithateamofChampionsLeaguecorrespondentsfromacrossEurope,theEHFisproudtopresentfeaturesincludingdetailedmatchreportsandplayerliststodownloadandprint,newsfromallthematches,interviews,the“UpClose&Personal”serieswithKielstarDominikKlein,aChampionsLeaguequizandallmatchdetails.Furtherdevelopmentinitiativesarecontinuallybeingrealised,thisinvestmentandgrowthwillcontinueagainin2007.

activities.eurohandball.comThesocalledactivitieswebsiteisthefirstport-of-callforalltechnicalhandballexpertsandenthusiasts.Thesiteisaplatformformethodicalhandballinformationtodownload.TheusercanalsofindnewsitemsrelatingtothelatestEHFactivitieswithinthefieldofmethodsanddevelopment.Allactivities,projectinformationandnewinitiativescanbelookeduptofinddetailedandillustratedinformationonthespecificsubjects.

Other EHF domains include: • www.eurohandball.comasoverallentryplatformoftheEuropeanHandballFederation, includingtechnicaldata,theEHFeventdatabaseandEHFnews

• europeancup.eurohandball.comfortheEuropeanCupcompetitions

• ebt.eurohandball.comfortheEuropeanBeachTour

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Publications

Convention Documentation

Inadditiontotheregularpublications,suchastheECaddressbooks,theEHFaddressguideandthenewversionoftheChampionsLeagueregulations,theEHFhascontinuedtodocumentthehappeningsofthefederation.In2006,over30newpublications,invaryingformats,wereaddedtotheevergrowingrepertoireofGuides,CD-ROMs,DVDandgeneraldocumentation.

Publications2006–CDRom •EHFChampionsLeague–CorporateIdentityManual •2006EHFYouthCoachesCourse/EHFTopCoachesSeminar •EuropeanCupClubPackage •EHFWebPeriodicalCollection2006 •TheShoot-out:Anewwayofdecidingagame •SummerCampPhilosophy •2006EHFConference“HandballatSchool” •2006“RINCK”ConventionSeminar •Euro2006Analyses–Switzerland •YouthHandballConventionDocumentation •2006Men’s&Women’sEuropeanMastersHandballChampionshipsDocumentation (includingDVD’s)

Publications2006–othermediums •2006EHFYouthHandballConvention/EHFYACChampionships1992–2006 •WheelsonFire–WheelchairHandball •EHFChampionsLeagueFloorInstallationManual •8thOrdinaryEHFCongressGuide •EHFLecturers’Manual

EventIdentityProducts •Variouseventbanners,flags,medals •EuropeanCupBanners •ThepocketsizedmatchguidetoaccompanytheEURO06guide •FutureHandballFolder

EventPublications •EURO2006 •EuropeanChampionshipM20 •EuropeanChampionshipM18 • 2006EuropeanBeachHandballChampionships



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TheinternationaltransfersystemisbasedontheIHFregulation.TheEuropeanHandballFederationhasmadeasubstantialcontributiontothiswork,duetotheincreasingnumber

oftransferswithinEurope.

Therewereanincreasingnumberoftransfersinaspecificagecategory(16–23years)thatpromptedtheEducationCompensationrulestobeapplied.Incomparisontoimplementationperiodoftheserules,in2006therewerefewercasesrelatingtonon-agreementthanin2005.

Additionally,inordertooffermoreopportunitytohandballplayerswhoareintheprocessofcontinuingtheirstudiesandareregisteredwithwell-knownprogrammessuchas“ERASMUS”,“daVINCI”,etc;theadministrativetransferfeehasbeenwaived.Adocumentfromtherespectiveuniversity,provingcurrentstudentstatusandmembershiptotheprogrammeconcernedhastobepresenteduponissuanceofthetransfercertificate.Thisexceptiontotheruledoesnotapplytothosestudentswhoareplayingona1stor2ndleagueclublevel.

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Referees

NewEHFRefereesThisseasonthereareatotalof147Internationalrefereecouplesfrom40EHFmemberfederations.Severalrefereeshaveretiredafterreachingthemaximumage;othershavedecidedtoterminatetheircareersforpersonalreasons.Thankstotheobservationsconductedinthereferees’owncountries,thefollowingnewcouplesareavailableforthe2006/07season.

Referees EHF Lecturer DanielaRadova/LucieTruneckova(CZE/femalecouple) Rancik(SVK) KenanGökmen/AyhanGök(TUR) Andorka(HUN) StévanPichon/RichardThobie(FRA) Christensen(DEN) RobertHarabagiu/SilviuStanescu(ROM) Andorka(HUN) MarcoDiDomenico/LorenzoFornasier(ITA) vanLinder(NED) JiriOpava/PavelValek(CZE) Andorka(HUN) PeterDvorsky(SVK)/(newpartnerofMilanSivak) Jug(SLO) PinarÜnlü/MehtapSimsek(TUR/femalecouple) Jorgensen(DEN)/Rancik(SVK) EmilAghakishi/ErnestAghakishi(AZE) Christensen(DEN)

Furthercandidateswillbeobservedduringthecourseoftheseason2006/07.Takingintoconsiderationtheexperiencefromthelastfewyearsintheareaofobservationsofrefereecandidatesintheowncountry,therewillbenoobservationsintheowncountryanymoreandnewrefereecandidateswillratherbetestedontournamentstogetherwithothercandidatecouples.ThisconceptwasapprovedbytheEHFExecutiveCommitteeduringtheirmeetingheldinBratislavainSeptember2006.

RefereesWhoHaveFinishedTheirCareerAfterthe2005/06seasonthefollowingpeoplehaveendedtheircareersasEHFReferees.TheEHFtakesthisopportunitytothankthemallfortheiryearsofhardworkanddedication.

IvanDolejs (CZE) AthanasiosParaschos (GRE) StefanArnaldsson/GunnarVidarsson(ISL) VincenzoArdente/GiovanniCardone (ITA) FeliksasGedvilas (LTU) TadasJansonas (LTU) AlexandrCovalciuc/AnatolCovalciuc (MDA) VaneAcev (MKD) SveinOlavOie/OyvindTogstad (NOR) TerjeEriksen/KennethHansen (NOR) AntonioMarreiros/DarioRamos (POR) JanRudinsky/LadislavPodlucky (SVK) MicheleFalcone (SUI) PeterHansson/PeterOlsson (SWE) HakanKücükyilmaz/HakanAltan (TUR) RifatPala/ZiyaDavasligil (TUR)

Thankyouandfarewell,welookforwardtoworkingwithyouagaininadifferentfunction.

NewEuropeanRefereeswithIHFStatusAnIHFcoursewasheldinCheb/CZEfrom4-8April2006underthedirectionofSandorAndorkaandManfredPrause.Theinternationalwomen’stournamentinChebwasverywellorganisedandofferedexcellentconditionsforthecourse,whichwasnecessaryduetotheexistingagestructurewithintheIHF,especiallyinviewtonominationsforfutureJunior/YouthWorldChampionships.Thefollowingrefereecouplesparticipatedandpassedthecoursesuccessfully:



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RadojkoBrkic/AndrejJusufhodzic (AUT) CristinaFernandez/EnriqueRios (ESP)

VaidasMazeika/MindaugasGatelis (LTU) GjorgjiNachevski/SlavkoNikolov (MKD) EdytaBochniarz/AgnieszkaOleskow (POL) IvanCaçador/EuricoNicolau (POR) RickardCanbro/MickaelClaesson (SWE)

FemaleRefereesForsometime,andespeciallyduringthelastseason,theEHFhaspaidspecialattentiontothedevelopmentandtheperformanceoftheinternationalfemalerefereecouplesinEurope.InordertoworkwithsomefemalerefereecoupleswhoshowedgoodpotentialforthefutureEHFwomen’scompetitionsliketheEuropeanChampionship,theEHFheld3coursesforfemalerefereecouplesduringthe2005/06season:

INTERNATIONAL HOLLAND TOURNAMENT FOR WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAMStookplaceinRotterdam(NED)from11to15October2006withthreefemaleEHFrefereecouples.

INTERNATIONAL ANTALYA TOURNAMENT FOR WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAMStookplaceinAntalya(TUR)from8to12May2006.FivefemaleEHFrefereecouplestookpartintheevent.

SIKA-CUP FOR WOMEN’S CLUB TEAMStookplaceinBadUrach(GER)from1to3September2006.FourfemaleEHFrefereecouplestookpartintheevent

Pleaseviewthe2006AnnualReportCD-ROMforalistingofallparticipants!

YoungRefereesTheEHFhasorganisedatotalof4coursesforYoungReferees,whichhavebeendesignedtobuildonexperienceandtobroadenthereferees’expertiseinreadinessforpossibleintroductiontomoredemandingmatchesinthefuture.

2006 ISF HANDBALL WORLD SCHOOL GAMES (ISF EVENT)tookplaceinLimoges/FRAfromthe24thto31stMarch2006.TheEHFprovidedtherefereesforthehandballevent.Selectedhandballexpertswerepresenttoguideandadvisethe19nominatedYRcouplesfrom17EHFMemberFederations.TheEHFlecturersFrantisekTaborsky,AllanLund,PabloPermuyVillanuevaandJean-MichelGermaincoveredthefieldofteachingandobserving20YoungRefereecouples.

WOMEN’S CHALLENGE TROPHYtookplaceinVogosca/BIHfrom5to9April2006.Inall,fiveYRcouplestookpartintheevent.

PRAGUE CUPtookplaceinPrague/CZEfrom13to17April2006.NineYRcouplestookpartintheevent.

WOMEN’S 18 EUROPEAN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP & YOUTH CHAMPIONS’ TOURNAMENT FOR CLUB TEAMS (WOMEN’S YOUTH BORN 1990 OR YOUNGER)tookplaceinGothenburg/SWEfrom4/5to8July2006.Atotalof21YoungRefereecouplestookpartintheevent.

Pleaseviewthe2006AnnualReportCD-ROMforalistingofallthenamesoftheyoungmenandwomenwhoparticipatedinalltheeventslistedabove.

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“SMART”ProgrammeTheEuropeanHandballFederationcontinuedintheirendeavourstosupportthedevelopinghandballnationsacrossthecontinent.Thecoreofthisprojectistoaiddevelopingnationsbydonatinghandballmaterials.TheEHF“SMART”programmehasadvancedintheiractivitiesandmanaged,in2006tosupplyninenationsincludingARM,ALB,AZE,ENG,MDAandSCOwhoareincludedunderthecurrentproject.Betweenthesenations,theyhavereceived:indoorhandballs,beachhandballs,beachhandballlinesystems,beachhandballgoals,indoorgoals,scoreboardsand6lecturershavesharedthebenefitsoftheirknowledge.Allparticipantsinthe“SMART”programmehavealsobenefitedfromfinancialassistance.

The“RINCK”ConventionItwasthedesignanddedicationofformerMethodsCommissionchairman,ClaudeRinck,thatsawtheRINCKConventionestablishedin1997.ThiswastheresponsetoanEUinitiativeconcerningthemutualrecognitionofstandardsandcertificatesintheareaofcoaches’educationinhandballinEurope.

Towardstheendoftheyear(30thSept–1stOct2006),a“RINCK”ConventionseminartookplaceattheEHFheadquartersinVienna.Thesignatoriesfrom14nationsparticipatedinafruitfuldebateabouttheEuropeancommunityandeducationwithanoverviewofthe‘Europeaneducationstrategies’,withintheframeworkofchangingEuropeanpolicy,andaccordingly,furtherconsequencesforfutureevolutionintheeducationalfield.

TheEuropeanHandballFederationispleasedtoannouncethatanother10menandwomenhavemetallnecessaryrequirementsandthetotalnumberofEHFMasterCoachesnowstandsat85.

EHFFosterProjectItisintheinterestoftheEHFandthememberfederationstohaveasmanystronganddevelopedmemberfederationsaspossible.TheEHFFosterProjectwasinitiatedin2006bytheMethodsCommissionandisaimedatestablishingcooperationbetweentheEHF,developinghandballfederationsanddevelopedhandballfederationsinEurope.TheEHFisendeavouringtoencouragethemoredevelopedmemberfederationstofosteradevelopinghandballnationinordertoprovidesupportandfurtherguidancebasedonmutualagreementforacertainperiodoftime.OntheoccasionoftheMeetingofPresidentonthe18thNovemberthefollowingnationsandtheEHFsignedfurthercooperationagreements:

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HandballatSchoolTheEHF“HandballatSchool”ConferencetookplaceinInnsbruck(AUT)fromthe18thto

the19thAugust2006ontheoccasionofthemen’s20ECh.Followingupfromthemeetingslastyear,thetopicsupfordiscussionwere:Howtomotivatepupils/childrenandhowtomotivateteachers/parents/universities.Additionally,theaspectofpublicationsandtheHandball-at-Schoolpackagewereonceagainputintothespotlight.TheEHFlecturerswhocoordinatedthetopicswereTeomin-Frenkel(ISR-MC),Pollany(AUT-MC),Lund(DEN-MC),Hjorth(DEN-WorkingGroup“HandballatSchool”)andSevim(TUR-WorkingGroup“HandballatSchool”).TheEHFwelcomedthirtyparticipantsfrom24nations,aswellasthefourexternalexpertswhowereonhandtosharetheirknowledgeandexperience.

Shoot-out!TheEHFbegananinitiativein2004basedonanewideaandruleexperiment,sincethentheideaofthe“shoot-out”hasbeencontinuouslydeveloped.In2006theEHFproducedabrochurethatincludedaCD-ROMthatcarriesavisualexampleofthegamethatisintendedtodecideamatchwithouttheimplementationofextratimeand7m-throws.Forbothyouthandseniorteamstobeabletoimplementthisinnovationthe“Shoot-Out”canbeoperatedunderthe“Light”or“Premium”versions.TheCD-ROMandbrochureareavailablebycontactingtheEHFHeadquarters.

SummerCampHereattheEHF,wearewellawarethatthefutureofhandballliesinthehandsofouryoungerplayers.InthefieldofMethodsandDevelopmenthereattheEHFHeadquarters,thestaffcontinuetoworkwiththeissueofSummerCamps.Themainfocusofthesecampsistocombinematcheswithfunandlifetimesportingactivitiesaswellaseducationthatincludelessonsonfairplay,ethicsandmoralsinsportandsociallife.In2006,theEHFproducedthe“SummerCampPhilosophy”informationsheetthatincludedaCD-ROMcontainingdemonstrationsaimedataidingthesummercamporganiser.

WheelchairHandballHandballisconstantlygrowingthankstoallpeoplewholovethissportandwhowanttosharetheirknowledge,timeandpatience.Peoplelikeus.We,theEuropeanHandballFamily,heartilywelcomeallpeopleinterestedinhandballandweareeagertoestablishthebestconditionstomeettheirneeds.

Nowitistimetowelcomeanewmembertoourfamilyandtoopenuphandballfordisabledpeoplesharingourhandballphilosophy.Wehavetobeawareofourresponsibilitytosportsmen,andwomen,whoarenotabletoplayhandballinthetraditionalmanner.Handballshouldnotbelimitedtoage,genderorphysicalcondition.Handballisasportforallwithnoborders!

ThereforetheEHFworkedonthepilotproject“WheelchairHandball”.AfterlessthanoneyearpreparationtheEHFwasabletoorganiseitsfirstWheelchairHandballdemonstrationincooperationwiththe5-timeswinneroftheAustrianWheelchairBasketballchampionship,the“sittingbulls”ontheoccasionofthe2006EHFYouthHandballConventiondated18November06.

Theintentionwastoshowallparticipantshow“WheelchairHandball”couldbeplayedandtoprovidethemwithsomeguidelinesandideastorealizethisgame.ThereforetheEHFproducedaproposalon“HowtoplayWheelchairHandball”guidedbyanmpegvideoofthedemonstrationgame.In2007,developmentinthisareawillcontinueandtheEHFwelcomesanyenquiriesrelatingtothisnewandexcitingsphereinhandball.

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CorporateNetwork 58 EHFExecutive&Commissions 60 OfficeStructure 62 EHFHeadquarters 63 EHFMarketingGmbH 64 2007Calender 67 15yearsEHF 69 MessagefromtheEHFSecretaryGeneral 70


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EHFStructureBuiltonthevisionofNationalHandballFederationsacrossEurope,theEuropeanHandballFederationfoundedin1991,isinalliancebetweenthememberfederations,theelectedbodiesandEHFpersonnel.ForgedinordertodevelopEuropeanhandball,theEHFhasgonefromstrengthtostrength.

TheEHFcelebratedits15thyearanniversaryin2006.TheEHFhasmaderemarkableprogressinallareasofhandballdevelopment.ThishasmeantthattheoriginalEHFstructurehasbeenadaptedtokeepupwithallthenewdevelopmentsandtrendsinthefieldofEuropeanhandball.TheEHFhasfacedadversityinmanyareas,thesportingmarketiscontinuallychanging,thepoliticalmapofEuropeevolves,challengesarefaced,successesarecelebratedyettheoverallgoalneverdisappearsfromview.

TheworkoftheEuropeanHandballFederationismultifaceted,withavaryingrangeofsubjectsandinallareastheheadquartersstrivestoinnovateanddeveloptothebestoftheirability.

In2006,tonamejustafew,theEHForganisedtwoseniorEuropeanChampionships,aCongress,aYouthHandballConvention,nottomentiontheEuropeanChampionshipforClubTeams,ChampionsLeaguematchesandtheEuropeanCupcompetitions.

ModificationswithinEuropehaveledtochangeswithintheEHF,theEHFisnowcomposedof49memberfederationsandanassociatedfederation.Inadditiontothis,23people(EHF)andsixpeople(EHFMarketingGmbH)contributeonafullandpart-timebasistotheproducthandball.TheEHFHeadquartershavebeenextendedtoaccommodatetheinternalchangesandinordertofulfilthetasksasabaseforactivitiessuchasseminarsanddrawevents.

BasedonthestrategicdecisionsmadebytheExecutiveCommittee,theEHFcontinuestoexcel.TheworkingpartnershipbetweenallinvolvedcontinuestocontributetothedevelopmentofEuropeanhandball.

CorporateNetwork

INTERNATIONAL CONTACTSEuropean Union

European Sports ConferenceOlympic Solidarity (via IHF)

International Olympic Committee (via IHF)International School Sports Federation

European Olympic CommitteesEuropean Team Sports FederationsEuropean Master Sport Association

Union Sportive des Polices D'Europe

PARTNERSInfront

adidas InternationalGerflor

Nijha

EHFM PARTNERSSPORTFIVE

adidas International Gerflor

TV Companies

INTERNATIONAL HANDBALL FEDERATION

NATIONAL CONTACTS AUSTRIAMinistry of SportBSO (Austrian Sports Federation)City of Vienna

CONTINENTAL FEDERATIONSAFRICAASIAOCEANIAPANAMERICA

49 NATIONAL MEMBER FEDERATIONS1 Associated MemberEuropean Competitions OrganisersDelegatesRefereesEuropean Cup Clubs


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CorporateNetwork

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE(elected by the Congress)PresidentVice PresidentTreasurerChairman CCChairman MC4 Members

EHF CONGRESS

GENERAL SECRETARIATSecretary GeneralAss. Secretary GeneralBusiness GroupsBusiness Units

METHODS COMMISSION(elected by the Congress)ChairmanMember Methods & CoachingMember Education & TrainingMember Youth, School & Non-Comp. SportsMember Development

COMPETITIONS COMMISSION(elected by the Congress)ChairmanMember Men's CompetitionsMember Women's CompetitionsMember RefereeingMember Club Competitions

CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENTS(delegated by Federations)49 Members1 Assoc. Member

COURT OF APPEAL(elected by the Congress)President2 Vice Presidents5 Members

COMPTROLLERS(elected by the Congress)2 MembersSubstitute

WORKING / EXPERT GROUPS (Delegated by EXEC)Anti-dopingBeach HandballCompensation for EducationEducationChampions LeagueEventsMarketing


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ExecutiveCommittee

AstheEHF’sexecutivebody,theExecutiveCommitteeisresponsibleforalltasksnotdirectlyassignedtotheCongressbylaworstatutes.TemporaryworkinggroupsforspecialmattersarealsoappointedbytheExec.

EHFExecutive&Commissions

Tor Lian Jean Brihault Ralf Dejaco Jan Tuik

Frantisek Taborsky Arne Elovsson Jozef AmbrusLaszlo Sinka

Boris Makarov

TechnicalCommissions-CompetitionsCommission

TheEHF’stechnicalbodycompriseoftheCompetitionsandMethodsCommissions.SubordinatetotheExecutiveCommittee,whoassignareasofauthorityandresponsibilitytothem,inadditiontothoselaiddownintheEHFRegulations.

Jan Tuik Helga Magnusdottir Sandor AndorkaJesus Guerrero

Leopold Kalin

TechnicalCommissions-MethodsCommission

TheEHF’stechnicalbodycompriseoftheCompetitionsandMethodsCommissions.SubordinatetotheExecutiveCommittee,whoassignareasofauthorityandresponsibilitytothem,inadditiontothoselaiddownintheEHFRegulations.

Frantisek Taborsky Wolfgang Pollany Itzhak FrenkelTon van Linder

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EHFExecutive&Commissions

CourtOfAppeal

TheEHFCourtofAppealisresponsibleforconsideringanddecidingmattersinthesecondinstanceproceedingswithintheEHF.Issuesoffirstinstancearesubjecttoappeal,ifsodesiredbythepartyinvolvedaccordingly.AlldecisionstakenbytheCOAarefinal.

Rui Coelho Panos Antoniou Moshe Herman Jana Stasova

Alenka Cuderman Viktor Konoplyastyy Bozidar DjurkovicCostis Doukas

Comptrollers

TheComptrollersarethebodyresponsiblefortheexaminationoftheEHFaccounts.TheirfindingsaresubmittedinawrittenreporttotheEHFCongress

Helmut Schebeczek Ioannis Karanassos Wolfgang Gremmel

EHFRepresentationinIHFBodies

Council VicePresidentEurope–TorLian MemberEurope–JeanBrihault

Commissions COC–AlexanderToncourt PRC–SandorAndorka CCM–FrantisekTaborsky MC–Inge-LisKanstrupHansen CCP–HelmutHöritsch


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OfficeStructure

Executive Committee

DelegationsTask Forces

Working GroupsExpert Meetings

CompetitionsCommission

MethodsCommission

Court of AppealComptrollersFinance

Delegation

General ManagementSecretary General

Wiederer

EHF Marketing GmbH

WiedererVargoGruber

GutwenigerNalepka

PferschingerKmet

General AssemblyBoard of Comptrollers

Advisory Board /EHF Delegation

Conference of Presidents Congress

Management Board – Business Groups

Strategic BusinessWiederer

OperationsToncourt

CompetitionsGlaser

Related ResourcingFlixeder

Corporate DevelopmentHöritsch

CoordinationBusiness Group

Wiederer


Toncourt


Glaser


Flixeder


Höritsch

PA to Sec. Gen.Lazic

Brown

FinancesToncourt

Moser (p.t.)

Qualifications National Teams

Biehl

Legal Manage.Flixeder

Biehl

MethodsFröschlHuang

EXEC Coordination

WiedererLazic

Congress Organisation

Lazic

Corporate Communication

RowlandBrownTurnert.b.e.

Partner/Organiser ContractsWiederer

t.b.d.

Information Technology

GamperRöhrer

Employees Coordination

Toncourt

Facility SupportHerdem

Ünal (p.t.)

Operation SupportToncourtHerdem

t.b.d.

Club TeamsCapekLacina

Krutz-Gundolf (p.t.)

Refereeing / Delegates

GlaserBestilleiro

TechnicalMattersGlasert.b.d.

DevelopmentHuang

Beach HandballFröschlGamperHuang

ClientingHöritsch

t.b.d.

Teaching/EducationHöritsch

Project Coordination

Höritscht.b.d.

EURO EventsFlixeder

t.b.e.t.b.d.

Younger Age Categories

Flixedert.b.d.

Challenge Trophies

Biehlt.b.d.

National Federations

Additional ActivitiesSimion


Simion

TransfersSimionBrantl

Method MattersSimion

Euro Open / YCT /EYOF / ISF

Simiont.b.d.

MastersFröschlBrantl

AthletesSimion

p.t. parttime

t.b.e. tobeemployed

t.b.d. tobedelegated


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Michael Wiederer Markus Glaser Helmut Höritsch Alexander Toncourt

Nicole Krutz-Gundolf

Vesna Lazic Peter Fröschl Monika FlixederDoru Simion

Sevgi Herdem Sian Rowland Christoph Gamper Ines Capek

Nicole Huang Nadine Biehl Andrea Moser Marcos Bestilleiro

Claudia Brantl Nadja Lacina Marsha Brown Richard Turner

Marlies Röhrer Nurten Ünal


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TheworkofEHFMarketingGmbHcentresontheEHFEuropeanclubcompetitions.PrimarilythefocusisonthedevelopmentoftheEHFChampionsLeagueandtheproductplacementofEuropeanclubhandballonthecompetitivesportingmarket.

2006provedtobeamilestoneinthedevelopmentoftheEHFChampionsLeagueandcanbeseenasabreakthroughforEuropeanclubhandballingeneral.EHFMarketingfocuseditsattentiononthebrandingoftheproductwiththemissiontooffera“clean”andattractivepackageforthesportingworld.

Newregulations,inan-easy-to-useformathavebeendrawnup,whichcanonlybeseenasastepforwardforclubhandballasawholeandthequalityoftheeventsthattheEHFoffers.Theyincludeimportantguidelinesabout“thelook”oftheevent,theprofessionalmanagementofthematchesandthemediamanagementandpromotionsurroundingtheentireevent.Wearenolongertalkingaboutasinglehandballmatch;wearetalkingaboutahandballeventofeverincreasingproportions.

FigureshaveproventhattheEHFisontherightroad,asfarasthedevelopmentoftheEHFChampionsLeagueisconcerned.Therehasneverbeensomuchhandballontelevision,coverageinthesportingpressorfansinthestadia.ItsallaboutpartnershipratherthansponsorshipandtheEHFMarketinghasturnedacornerforclubhandball,withstrongtieswithSPORTFIVE,whoaremarketingtheMen’sChampionsLeague,to-a-part,inthegroupphaseandasofthelast16.EurosportisalsobringingthedelightsoftheEHFChampionsLeagueintothehomesofsportfansaroundEurope.

EHFMarketingGmbHneverlosessightoftheuniquepassion,whichhandballoffersandstrivestousethisastheunderliningstatementinthedevelopmentofthesport.Thiswillcontinuein2007andnodoubttherewillbemoretoreportattheendofnextyear.

EHFMarketingGmbH

TheEHFMarketingTeam

Peter Vargo Nicole Gruber

Ulrich GutwenigerJulia Nalepka

Ildiko KmetGeorg Pferschinger

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EHFMarketingGmbH

NationalFederations

Congress

Conferenceof

Presidents

Executive Committee

DelegationsTask Forces

Working GroupsExpert Meetings

CompetitionsCommission

MethodsCommission

Court of Appeal

Comptrollers

Finance Delegation

General ManagementSecretary General

Wiederer

EHF Marketing GmbH

WiedererVargoGruber

GutwenigerNalepka

PferschingerKmet

General Assembly

Board of Comptrollers

Advisory Board /EHF Delegation

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CentralisedMarketing–EHFMen’sChampionsLeagueSigningamarketingagreementwithSPORTFIVEinMay2006isahugestepforwardintheproductdevelopmentandplacementoftheChampionsLeagueonthesportingmarket.ThesigningoftheagreementwithsuchamajorplayerlikeSPORTFIVEandtheimplementationofthecentralisedmarketingstrategywithSamsung,bet-at-homeandIntersportishugelysignificantforinternationalclubhandballinEurope.

EHFChampionsLeaguevenuedesignTheEHFextendeditspartnershipwiththemarketleaderinflooringsystems,Gerflor.GerflorisnowanimportantpartnernotonlyoftheEuropeanChampionshipsbutalsooftheEHFMen’sChampionsLeague,givingthecompetitionauniversallookwithits“blackandbluelagoon”colours,takingtheMen’schampionsLeagueintoanewgeneration.

TheHandballChampionsLeagueonTVEHFMarketingpridesitselfonitscloseandharmoniouslong-termpartnershipswithover45TVandmediapartners.ThenewagreementwithEurosport/Eurosport2-leadingTVchannelinthesportingsector-wasabigstepwhichnotonlysecuressteadyTVpresenceontheGermanmarketbutevenmoreincreasesthepopularityofhandballthroughoutEurope.

UniqaHungary–EHFWomen’sChampionsLeagueHavingtheHungarianarmoftheinsurancecompanyUniqaasanofficialpartnerfortheEHFWomen’sChampionsLeaguewasahugestepintheEHFMarketingeffortsincreatingaunifiedanduniformimageforthecompetition.

BallSupplier–adidasadidas,astheofficialballsupplieroftheEHFMen’sandWomen’sChampionsLeague,hasbeenworkinginpartnershipwiththeEHFforthepast14years.

MediaAnalysis–TNSSportsTogetherwithitspartnerTNSSports,EHFMarketinghascreatedanewplatformtogiveallourpartnerstheopportunitytohaveaperfectoverviewabouttheirsponsorpresenceaswellastogettheexactdataabouttheaudienceratingsandTVcoveragethroughoutEurope.

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2007Calendar

January •EuropeanCupDraw •Men’sEuropeanChampionship–Qualification •Men’sWorldChampionship–IHFEvent-GER •Women’sChampionsLeague •Women’sEuropeanCup

February •EuropeanCupDraw •Men’sChampionsLeague •Men’sEuropeanCup •Men’sEuropeanChampionshipPODraw •Women’sChampionsLeague •Women’sEuropeanCup

March •EuropeanCupDraws •Men’sChampionsLeague •Men’sEuropeanCup •Women’s17EuropeanChampionship–Qualification •Women’sEuropeanCup •Women’sNationalTeamWeek

April •ConferenceofSecretariesGeneral •EuropeanCupDraws •Men’sChampionsLeague •Men’sEuropeanCup •Men’sNationalTeamWeek •Men’sU21WorldChampionship–IHFEvent–QualificationEurope •Women’s19EuropeanChampionship–Qualification •Women’sEuropeanCup •Women’sChampionsLeague

May •Women’sChampionsLeague •Women’sEuropeanCup

June •EuropeanBeachTourMasters •EuropeanMastersHandballChampionship–POL •Men’sEuropeanChampionship–PO •Women’s17EuropeanChampionship–SVK •Women’sWorldChampionship–IHFEvent-POEurope


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July •BeachHandballEuropeanChampionshipsforMenandWomen–ITA •EuropeanCupDraw •Men’s19EuropeanOpen–SWE •Men’sU19WorldChampionship–IHFEvent-BRN •Women’s17EuropeanChampionship–SVK

August •EuropeanCupDraw •Men’sU21WorldChampionship–IHFEvent-MKD •Women’s19EuropeanChampionship–TUR

September •Men’sChampionsLeague •Men’sEuropeanCup •Women’sChampionsLeague •Women’sEuropeanCup •Women’sEuropeanChampionshipforClubTeams

October •ConferenceofPresidents-ITA •EuropeanCupDraw •Men’sChallengeTrophy •Men’sChampionsLeague •Men’sEuropeanChampionshipforClubTeams-SLO •Men’sEuropeanCup •Men’sNationalTeamWeek •Women’sChampionsLeague •Women’sEuropeanCup •Women’sNationalTeamWeek

November •EuropeanCupDraws •Men’sChampionsLeague •Men’sEuropeanCup •Women’sChampionsLeague •Women’sEuropeanChampionship–Qualification •Women’sEuropeanCup

December •Women’sEuropeanChampionshipPODraw •Women’sWorldChampionship–IHFEvent–FRA

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Celebrating15 yearsoftheEHF

ThevisionofaEuropeanHandballFederation,servingthesportofhandballontheEuropeancontinentandcoordinatingthedevelopmentpathofoursport,wasaconceptformanyyearsbeforeitwasrealised.On17thNovember1991,thedreambecamearealityandtheEuropeanHandballFederationwasformed.

Sincethishistoricdate,theEHFhasdoneitsutmosttotakeonitsroleasambassadortoEuropeanhandball,actingasacommonvoicefortheEuropeanMemberFederations,representingtheentireEuropeanHandballFamilyonaninternationalstageandworkingtogetherwithothercontinentalhandballfederations.

Now,15YearslatertheEuropeanHandballFederationcanlookbackwithprideatthedevelopments,whichthesportofhandballhasundergoneonourcontinent.Thestatusofhandballisnolongerthatof15yearsago.TheactivitiesoftheEHFandallitspartners,whohaveworkedinunisontogetherandformedtheEuropeanhandballbond,haveallgonedowninhistory.AllhavebeenrecordedintheAnnualReports.

TheEHFisnowlookingtothenext15yearsandbeyondandwillcontinuetopursueitsobjectivetodevelopandserveoursport–handball;howeverbeforetheanniversaryyearisover,wewouldliketosendyoubackdownmemorylanewithalookattheEHFAnnualReportsofthepast!Wehopetheybringbackmanyhappymemories!


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Anotheryearhascometoanend!2006isjustadistantmemoryandwe’renowwellinto2007!

2006wasanextraspecialyearforallthoseinvolvedinhandball.Itwascertainlyanaction-packedandbusyyearforeverybody.TheEuropeanHandballFederationcelebratedits15yearanniversary,wherewetookamomenttolookbackwithprideattheevolutionoftheEuropeanHandballFamilyandthehugedevelopmentsthatthesportonourcontinenthasundergone.Thesportofhandballhasearneditselfanextraspecialreputation,andhasprovenitselftobeoneofthemostpopularteamsportsinEurope,whichunderlinestheworkonalllevels,byallthosewhoaresmittenby–whatwecallinthetrade–the“handballbug”.

TheEHFismadeupof49MemberFederationsandworksonadailybasiswithover700individualswhoallcontributetostrengtheningtheimageofoursportandwhoareallexpertsintheirownspecialistfield.Thecharacterswhichcontributetothepersonalityofourhandballfamilyaretoomanytolist,butwithoutthemthebusinessofprofessionalhandballmanagement,presentingoursportinagoodlightonthemarketandthedevelopmentswhichwesee,wouldnotbepossible.

Mediacoveragewasgreaterthaneverbeforein2006.ThiscanbesaidforbothnationalandEuropeanlevels,andlastyearwasbynomeansanisolatedcase,thetrendcontinues.2007promisestobeanattractiveyearforhandballonourcontinent,withtopevents,nationalteamandclubteamactivitiesandlet’snotforgettheinternationalprojectsofdifferentmagnitudes.

TheEuropeanHandballFederationandallitsemployeesdotheirutmosttoworkcloselywithallpartnersbothinternallyandexternally.Weallhaveonegoalinsightandthatistodoourbesttodevelopthesportofhandball.

Solet’shearitfor2007–here’stoanevenbetteryear!

Allthebestandsportingwishes

MichaelWiederer

MessagefromtheEHFSecretaryGeneral

Michael WiedererEHF Secretary General

2006 Annual Report - European Handball Federation

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