For a very long time European Top Clubs tried to reach an agreement with International Handball Federation (IHF) on issues like \u201aGood governance\u2018, calendar, compensation and insurance \u2013 without any success. During the last months IHF did not even reply on FCH letters or an invitation to a personal meeting.<\/p>\n
Now the clubs decided to take action: a number of German clubs will lodge a complaint against IHF (for formal reasons the German Federation will be included). \u2018Up to today we have no formal information about the compensation which we will receive from IHF for sending our players to the World Championship in Spain\u2019 stated a club official during the FCH meeting which took place on the fringes of the World Championship in Barcelona on 26.1.13. The clubs complained about a lack of respect of IHF. \u2018We are the heart of the game. We are paying the players. We are doing the work. They take our players whenever they want, they earn a lot of money and refuse speaking to us\u2019 \u2013 the opinion of the 40 club representatives from 25 countries was more than clear.<\/p>\n
According to the statutes of the IHF the clubs are not existing. The complaint intends to improve the situation of the clubs. \u2018We are comparing our situation to football\u2019, says FCH President Tomaz Jersic\/Slovenia. \u2018And we want our relation to be based on written agreement \u2013 as we did with European Handball Federation (EHF)!\u2019 Clubs and EHF signed a ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ (MoU) in May 2010.<\/p>\n
In football the European Club Association (ECA) has reached agreements with UEFA and FIFA. Clubs are represented in the bodies of UEFA and FIFA.<\/p>\n
The IHF will be adjudged to refrain from obligating the clubs in the scope of their currently valid regulations to release their employed foreign handball players upon demand of their respective national federations for National team matches. The complaint will be lodged as soon as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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