15.6.25 Result of the FCH elections

Date: 2025.06.17 | Category: Forum Club Handball | Response: 0

The 32nd FCH General Assembly took place on the fringes of the EHF Truckscout24 Champions League F4 event in Hyatt Regency hotel, Cologne, on 15.6.25.

FCH Office holders were elected as follows:

FCH President: Xavier O’Callaghan/FC Barcelona

FCH Vice-President (Finances): Dierk Schmäschke/Flensburg

FCH Vice-President: Peter Leutwyler/Kadetten

Vice-President Non-Europe: Shkumbin Mustafa/New York City, USA

FCH Board member:

Nation ranked 1st: GER/two seats

Dierk Schmäschke/Flensburg

Teo Storm/Kiel

Nation ranked 2nd: ESP/two seats

Xavier O’Callaghan/FC Barcelona

Gurutz Aguinagalda Akizu/Bidasoa

Nations ranked 3 – 9 (POL, FRA, DEN, HUN, POR, CRO, ROM) /four seats

Thierry Omeyer/Paris

Jan Larsen/Aalborg

Janos Szabo/Veszprem

Vedran Supukovic/Zagreb

Nations ranked 10 – 18 (MKD, SLO, NOR, UKR, BLR, SWE, SUI, ISL, RUS): two seats

Peter Leutwyler/Kadetten

Jonathan Stenbäcken/Savehof

Nations ranked 19 – 30 (GRE, SRB, SVK, AUT, FIN, BIH, TUR, MNE, ISR, CZE, ITA, LUX): one seat

Stathis Papachartofilis/AEK

Nations ranked 30-50 (CYP, EST, KOS, NED, BEL, FAR, LAT, LTU, AZE, BUL, ALB, AND, ARM, GBR, GEO, IRL, LIE, MDA, MLT, MON …): one seat

No candidate

The FCH Board appointed Stan Belinski/Manchester for this position

Non European member clubs:

Shkumbin ‘Bini’ Mustafa/New York City, USA

FCH Comptroller:

Gerd Hofele/Goeppingen

EHFM Advisory Board:

Janos Szabo/Veszprem (speaker)

Xavier O’Callaghan/Barcelona

EHFM Men’s Club Board:

Janos Szabo/Veszprem (speaker)

Thorsten Storm/Kiel

Peter Leutwyler/Schaffhausen

Deputies EHFM Men’s Club Board:

Pavel Papaj/Kielce

Kalle Björkmann/Elverum

EHFM Book keeping inspection: 

Eike Korsen/Hannover

EHF Professional Handball Board:

Xavier O’Callaghan/Barcelona

Gregor Planteu/FCH

EHF Competitions Commission:

Gael Pelletier/Nantes

FCH Working Group Development:

Stathis Papachartofilis/AEK Athens – chairperson

Arvis Juzups/Tenax Dobele – member

Pascal Winkler/Sydney University – member

Diaraye Diallo/Olympia London – member

Cologne, 15.6.2025 Gerd Butzeck/Election Supervisor

1.6.2025 Result of the Women FCH Elections

Date: 2025.06.08 | Category: Forum Club Handball | Response: 0

Ordinary elections took place during the 22nd General Assembly of Women Forum Club Handball 2014 eV.

Office holders were elected as follows:

FCH President: Zsolt Ákos Jeney (no club)

FCH Vice-President: Deja Ivanovic/Ljubljana

FCH Vice-President (Finances): Stefan Albrechtson/Savehof

FCH Board member:

No club: Zsolt Ákos Jeney

Nation ranked 1st: NOR/two seats

Larvik/Brede Czsiszar

Storhamar/Kamilla Sundmoen

Nation ranked 2nd: HUN/two seats

Debrecen/Zsolt Abrok

Györ/Tamas Szabo

Nations ranked 3-9: DEN, FRA, ROU, GER, RUS, SLO, CRO/four seats

DEN Esbjerg/Thomas Hylle

FRA Brest/Nicolas Roue

ROU Valcea/Alexander Nitisor

SLO: Ljubljana/Deja Ivanovic

Nations ranked 10-18 POL, MNE, SWE, TUR, CZE, ESP, SRB, SUI, ISL: two seats

MNE Buducnost/Srdjan Markoc   

SWE Savehof/Stefan Albrechtson

Board members Nations ranked 19-30 GRE, AUT, SVK, POR, MKD, NED, UKR, FAR, ISR, ITA, BLR, BIH: one seat

AUT Hypo/Gerhard Haidvogel

Board members Nations ranked 31-50: one seat

No one elected (vacancy, to be filled during the next GA)

FCH Development program

Chair: Zsoka Horvath/Dunajska Streda

         Member:

         Sara Prumbaum/Dortmund

Vlatka Mihoci/Podravka

Andrea Ongaro/Dublin

FCH Comptroller: Rupert Thiele/Dortmund

EHF Competitions Commission member: Tomas Szabo/Györ

EHF Women Handball Board member: Deja Ivanovic/Ljubljana + Kamilla Sundmoen/Storhamar

EHF/M FCH Evaluation group: Gerhard Haidvogel/Hypo

EHFM Women Club Board member:

         Zsolt Ákos Jeney/chairperson

         Nicolas Roue/Brest

         Stefan Albrechtson/Savehof

EHFM Advisory Board: Zsolt Ákos Jeney

EHFM comptroller: Jens Genge/Herrentrup-Blomberg

Budapest, 1.6.2025 Gerd Butzeck/Election Supervisor

15.4.25 Gerd Butzeck candidate to become IHF President

Date: 2025.04.15 | Category: Forum Club Handball, IHF | Response: 0

The German Handball Federation (DHB) announced the candidacy of Gerd Butzeck for the position as IHF President on 5th April 2025.

The IHF elections will take place in Cairo/Egypt on 20th December 2025. Butzeck will be temporarily suspended from his duties as Managing Director FCH and for the period from 20th Sept till 20th December 2025.

13.4.25: Call for nomination

Date: 2025.04.15 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0


The men’s Forum Club Handball announced the call for nomination today. The period for nomination of FCH Board members closes on 1st June 2025. For details go to MEN FORUM CLUB HANDBALL and then MEN Next General Assembly.

2.4 Women FCH Call for Nomination announced

Date: 2025.04.03 | Category: Forum Club Handball, Women Forum Club Handball, WOMEN Handball | Response: 0

FCH announced the call for nomination today. The period for nomination of FCH Board members closes on 18th May 2025. For details go to WOMEN FORUM CLUB HANDBALL and then WOMEN Next General Assembly.

1.2.2025 New FIBA Regulations on Players’ Agents

Date: 2025.03.03 | Category: Other Sports | Response: 0

World Basketball Association FIBA starts to enforce the compliance with the new ‘FIBA Players’ Agent’ regulations as of 1st Feburary, 2025.

https://basketnews.com/news-218100-fiba-rule-update-players-must-pay-agents-directly.html

FIBA rule update: Players must pay agents directly

According to a new FIBA rule, effective from December 5, 2024, clubs are now exempt from paying agent fee.

FIBA has sent a letter to licensed agents to inform them of an important regulatory change affecting them.

As of December 5, 2024, the possibility for clubs to pay players’ agents directly or indirectly is removed, including through agreements allowing third parties to make payments on behalf of clients. 

Following a ‘grace period’, from February 1, 2025, players must now handle agent payments directly through contracts, ensuring no clauses allow clubs to pay agents on their behalf.

This new rule ensures transparency and strengthens the player-agent relationship by eliminating potential conflicts of interest. (FIBA Information)

1.2.25 FCH GA proposes changes for IHF Transfer regulations

Date: 2025.03.03 | Category: EHF, IHF, Uncategorized | Response: 0

During the 31st FCH General Assembly, celebrated in Oslo on the fringes of the IHF World Championship, the clubs dealt with the IHF Regulations for Transfers between Federations, Article 9, § 2: … A player may only conclude a contract with another club if the player’s contract with his/her existing club has twelve months or less remaining. …

The Clubs discussed the regulation and regard it to be neither legal, nor realistic. Accordingly FCH will approach EHF/IHF to delete this regulation.

13.1.2025 Vipers Kristiansand anounce bankruptcy

Date: 2025.01.15 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

Former Champions League winner Vipers Kristiansand anounced bankruptcy. The club will no longer participate in EHF Chamions League. EHF will deal with the matter and inform on further procedure. FCH received direct information from the EHF Leadership.

1.11.2024 FCH Boards took decison on US Team Handball support

Date: 2024.11.01 | Category: Forum Club Handball, IHF | Response: 0

During the last ordinary FCH Board meeting, taking place in Spain 7th/8th October 2024, the FCH Boards (men and women) decided to put the support for US Team Handball on hold.

FCH does not agree to the circumstances, surrounding the resignation of the USTH Managing Director Martin Branick and the decision to appoint Michael King as his successor.

FCH informed the International Handball Federation accordingly.

21.10.24 FCH Boards met for annual Board meeting

Date: 2024.10.21 | Category: Forum Club Handball | Response: 0

On 7./8th October the boards of Men’s Forum and Women’s Forum met fot the annual Board meeting in Spain. The cooperation with agency partner INFRONT was discussed.

The club representatives decided to prepare properly for the upcoming EHF Competition Conferences in spring 2025.

On the fringes of the meeting Gregor Planteu was selected as successor of FCH Managing Director Gerd Butzeck. Planteu is scheduled to start working in July 2025.

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