Rhein-Neckar-Lions super star Karol Bielecki, one of the best players in the world, was seriously injured on his eye during a friendly match Poland vs Croatia last week.
The left back signed a new 5-years-contract with his club two weeks ago.
GCH asked RNL Manager Thorsten Storm to submit best wishes for a speedy recovery to Bielecki. All GCH clubs would be happy to see the Vice-Worldchampion 2007 back on the pitch as soon as possible. GB
Today the 3rd FORUM CLUB HANDBALL (FCH) took place on the fringes of the first ‘EHF Championsleague Final4’ event in Cologne/GER. GCH President Joan Marin welcomed the assembly and EHF President Lian, Vice-President Brihault, Treasurer Dejaco and Secretary General Wiederer.
Tor Lian gave a short introduction and described the good relation between Clubs and EHF. Jean Brihault and Michael Wiederer answered questions concerning the ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ (MoU) and the upcoming EHF Presidents meeting.
The club assembly elected the following board:
Tomaz Jersic/Celje (President),
Joan Marin/Ciudad Real (Vice-President),
Dierk Schmaeschke/Hamburg (Vice-President),
Jens Boesen/Kolding and Radek Wasiak/Kielce.
In a first decision the club representatives from 19 nations (discussed and) approved the MoU which shall become the basis for future cooperation between the various stakeholders in European professional handball.
The MoU shall be signed by the EHF President Tor Lian and FCH President Tomaz Jersic during a press conference on Sunday, 30.5.2010 in Lanxess Arena, Cologne. Detailed information will follow. GB
According to the call for nomination, FORUM CLUB HANDBALL (FCH) member clubs nominated 11 candidates for the FCH board. The elections will take place during the FCH meeting on 29.5.2010 in Cologne. If you are interested to see the list in detail, please click our page: ‘Forum Club Handball’. GB
Today GROUP CLUB HANDBALL (GCH) informed European Top Clubs about the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which will be discussed and voted upon during the upcoming FORUM CLUB HANDBALL meeting, taking place in Cologne on 29.5.2010.
Clubs may still register for the meeting by mail office@forumclubhandball.com
For detailed information please click our page: ‘Forum Club Handball’ GB
European Top Clubs may register for FORUM CLUB HANDBALL (FCH), taking place on occasion of the EHF Championsleague Final Four in Cologne on 29.5.2010, until 28.5.2010 latest.
The deadline for proposing candidates to the board of FCH finishes two weeks earlier on 15th May. The list of candidates will be published on this website.
Please send your registration/proposal to office@forumclubhandball.com.
For more details please click our page: Forum Club Handball. GB
Today GCH sent out the invitations to participate in FORUM CLUB HANDBALL – HEART OF THE GAME, taking place in Cologne/GER on occasion of the EHF Championsleague Final Four Event on 29.5.2010.
GCH invites/invited – according to the results of the season 2009/10 – the clubs finishing
and qualified for the upcoming European Cup season.
For more information, please click our page: Forum Club Handball
The ordinary EU FORUM SPORT 2010 will take place in Madrid on 19/20.4.2010. The European Top Handball Clubs will be represented by GCH President Joan Marin and General Manager Dr. Gerd Butzeck. GB
The working group ‘Calendar’ met on 1.4.2010 in Basle. GROUP CLUB HANDBALL (GCH) member clubs FC Barcelona, Ciudad Real and THW Kiel were invited to the meeting which took place under the chairmanship of IHF President Hassan Moustafa who underlined ‘that the clubs are very important for handball in general’.
BM Ciudad Real was represented by GCH President Joan Marin, FC Barcelona by GCH Deputy President Xavier O’Callaghan. THW Kiel was not able to follow the invitation due to a match of the German TOYOTA-Handball-Bundesliga on the same day.
Further participants: M. Roca/IHF 1. Vice-President, Sandi Sola/IHF Treasurer, Joel Delplanque/IHF Secretary General, Mansourou Aremou/President Africa, Alexander Toncourt/Assistant Secretary General EHF, Uli Strombach/President Germany, R. Witte/President German League.
Among others the working group discussed the following issues:
1. Calendar
1.1 Time period of World Championships (WCH)
1.2 Time period of Continental Championships
2. Compensation for National Federations for participation in WCHs
3. Compensation for Clubs for release of players to World Championships
4. Insurance of player salaries in case of injury
Results:
Point 1: IHF will study the possibility to organize WCHs in September/October.
Continental Championships shall take place in the same time period.
Point 2: IHF intends to pay compensation to National Federations, participating in WCHs.
Point 3: IHF intends to pay compensation to Clubs, releasing players to WCHs.
Point 4: IHF is looking for insurance/fund solutions.
The discussions will be continued on occasion of the EHF Final Four in Cologne.
Comment: For the second time Club representatives were invited by IHF to discuss the most important issues: Calendar, compensation for release of players to the national teams and insurance of player salaries in favor of the clubs.
Obviously IHF intends to change its strategy and involve all stakeholders in the decision making process.
Up to now the clubs invited are selected by IHF. Clubs are invited individually – and not as representatives of a group of clubs.
Starting from May 2009 the FORUM CLUB HANDBALL (FCH) will be the representative of interests of all European Top Clubs. GB
During their 6th meeting on 11.2.10 in Vienna GROUP CLUB HANDBALL EEIG and EHF finalized a draft for a “Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)” describing the future cooperation of clubs and the EHF respectively the basis for a future ‘Professional Handball Board (PHB)’.
The draft needs to be approved by the EHF Executive Committee and confirmed by the next ordinary EHF Congress, taking place on 24/25.9.10 in Copenhagen and by the 3rd General Assembly of FORUM CLUB HANDBALL, taking place on occasion of the 1st Tournament of the EHF Champions League FINAL4 on 29.5.10 in Cologne.
Basis for the future FORUM CLUB HANDBALL which is foreseen to represent the clubs’ part in the PHB is the participation of clubs in CL/EC competitions.
Under the condition that a club is qualified for the 2010/11 European Cup season, the following teams will be automatically invited to FORUM CLUB HANDBALL:
– Top 24 teams of the 2009/10 EHF Champions League
– Top 16 teams of the 2009/10 EHF-Cup
– Top 16 teams of the 2009/10 Cupwinners-Cup
– Top 8 teams of the 2009/10 Challenge-Cup
+ all national champions 2009/10 from those countries which are not already represented in the mentioned groups.
Text: EHF/GCH
Today the Presidents of the European Player, League and Club organisations expressed their concerns in a letter to EHF President Tor Lian, regarding the allegations against IHF President Hassan Moustafa, expressed in German DER SPIEGEL Magazine (No 4/2010).
The European President was requested to explain the position of his Federation and asked for further information.
At the same time the undersigned assured Tor Lian that the European Handball Federation can always count on Players, Leagues and Clubs for any action, serving to improve the image of handball. GB