Solidarity payment in the EHF Champions League
The Executive Committee confirmed a proposal of the Men’s and Women’s Club Boards. In the VELUX EHF Champions League, clubs which cannot reach the EHF FINAL4 because of the cancellation of the Last 16 and the quarter-finals shall receive on overall amount of €250,000 on the account of the EHF FINAL4 participants.
A solidarity payment of €25,000 per club also comes into effect in the DELO WOMEN’S EHF Champions League for the four clubs that miss out on the possibility to qualify for the EHF FINAL4 in Budapest should it not be possible to play the quarter-finals.
Players’ eligibility at final events
With the EHF FINAL4 events for both men and women being moved to the 2020/21 season, the Executive Committee dealt with the topic of players’ eligibility at final events.
As a player currently is not allowed to play for two different clubs during the same season, it approved a Competitions Commission’s motion that a player can participate at the EHF FINAL4 event with the club for which he/she is eligible to play at the time of the event independent of any other engagement in the 2019/20 season.
2nd grandstand in the EHF European League
In order to deliver a certain level of quality for the TV picture of the new Men’s EHF European League it is considered to be a minimum requirement for clubs to have a grandstand on both long sides of the court. The corresponding motion was confirmed.
National team competition matters
New date for Men’s EHF EURO 2022 Qualifiers Draw
The new date for the Men’s EHF EURO 2022 Qualifiers Draw, initially set for 23 April, has been confirmed as 16 June 2020, 17:00 hrs.
Younger Age Category events awarded for 2021
With the respective applications at hand, the EXEC awarded the Women’s 19 and Women’s 17 EHF events for the summer of 2021.
- The Women’s 19 EHF EURO 2021 will take place in Celje, Slovenia
- The Women’s 19 EHF Championships will take place in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy, and in Skopje, North Macedonia.
- The Women’s 17 EHF EURO 2021 will take place in Podgorica, Montenegro
- The Women’s 17 EHF Championships will take place in Tbilisi, Georgia, and in Klaipeda, Lithuania.
Extended official squad list
A motion was approved to extend the official squad lists for EHF EURO events and the corresponding Qualifiers to a maximum of 35 players.
Women’s EHF EURO 2022 Qualifiers with six groups
As for the first time, in 2022, there will be three organisers hosting the Women’s EHF EURO (Slovenia, North Macedonia and Montenegro), the Executive Committee approved a motion of the Competition Commission that the corresponding Qualifiers will only be played with six groups instead of the usual seven.
The first and second ranked teams of these groups will qualify for the final tournament. The champions of the Women’s EHF EURO 2020 will also qualify directly for final tournament in 2022.
Other matters
EHF Congress 2021 and awarding of EHF EURO events 2026 and 2028
The EHF Executive Committee took note of the timeline towards the 15th Ordinary EHF Congress scheduled to take place in Luxembourg on 23 and 24 April 2021. As this congress is an election one with more than 60 functions to be voted for in the different commissions and bodies, it is the EHF’s aim to separate the awarding of EHF EUROs from the elections to allow for an unimpeded bidding process.
