Famous RK Zagreb from Croatia registered as club No. 40 for participation in the 7^th ordinary assembly of FORUM CLUB HANDBALL (FCH), taking place on 28.1.2012 in Belgrade/Serbia.

Barcelona, Madrid, Kiel, Hamburg, Arendal/NOR, Belgrad/SRB, Bjerringbro-Silkeborg/DEN, Bozen/ITA, Celje/SLO, Chambery/FRA, Copenhagen/DEN, Doukas/GRE, Dublin/IRE, FyllingenBergen/NOR, Flensburg/GER, Kadetten/SUI, Kielce/POL, KriensLuzern/SUI, Kolding/DEN, Koper/SLO, Lemgo/GER, Sporting/POR, Montpellier/FRA, Nexe/CRO, Novi Sad/SRB, Olimpius/MLD, Presov/SVK, Rhein-Neckar-Löwen/GER, Sarajevo/BIH, Savehof/SWE, Skopje/MKD, Thun/SUI, Volendam/NED, West/FIN, Zaporozhe/UKR

The registration deadline was 23.12.2011. If your club wants to join the meeting, please contact the FCH office for a special arrangement.

European Handball Federation (EHF) and European Handball Federation Marketing GmbH confirmed their participation in the 7th ordinary assembly of FORUM CLUB HANDBALL eV. Beside EHF and EHFM the European Professional Handball Leagues Association (EPHLA) and the TOYOTA Handball-Bundesliga (HBL) will be present as guests.

The second part of the FCH meeting will deal with the structure of the various European Cups in the future. HBL insists that European Cup matches shall be played on weekdays. This position is supported be EPHLA. The assembly will discuss the merger of EHF Cup and Cup Winners Cup and the future of Regional leagues. GB

All European Top Clubs are here with invited to the 7^th ordinary General Assembly of FORUM CLUB HANDBALL (FCH), taking place on the final weekend of the EHF Euro 2012 in Belgrade/SRB.

This invitation is directed to the

• top 24 clubs of the VELUX EHF Championsleague (CL) season 2011/12
• top 16 clubs of the EHF Cup season 2011/12
• top 16 clubs of the Cup-Winners Cup season 2011/12
• top 16 clubs of the Challenge Cup season 2011/12

and all National champions of season 2010/11.

Date:

The General Assembly will take place on Saturday, 28.1.2012, 10 – 14:30 hours.

Venue:

Hyatt Regency Belgrad, PO Box 067, Milentija Popovica 5, Belgrad, Serbien 11070, Tel.: +381 11 301 1234    Fax: +381 11 311 2234

The program will be as follows:

27.1.2011: Arrival and check-in at the hotel during the day

Visit of the Semi-Final matches (17:45h and 20:15h) of the EHF Euro 2012

Dinner of the FCH representatives

28.1.2011:  10 – 11:30h Part I, 7^th General Assembly

11:30 – 12 hours          break

12 – 14:30 hours          Part II, 7^th General Assembly

14:30 hours Departure

Agenda of the 7^th General Assembly:

Part I

1. Welcome
2. Reports IHF, EHF, Professional Handball Board (PHB), Men’s Club Marketing Board (MCMB)
3. Discussion
4. Motions
5. Various

Part II

1. European Cup in the future

All participants are kindly requested to make proposals for the agenda.

Costs: FCH will cover the costs for one representative per club for hotel (one night, Fr/Sa), one ticket for the Semifinals on Friday
and for the meeting on Saturday.

The participants have to cover their own travel costs.

Deadline for registration:

All clubs are kindly requested to register by e-mail to office@forumclubhandball.com until 23^rd December 2011.

Further information will be provided during the next days. Please do not hesitate to contact the FCH office for any question. GB

The assembly of clubs of the TOYOTA Handball-Bundesliga (HBL) decided unanimously on 1^st December 2012 that league matches as of season 12/13 will be played basically
on weekends. A re-scheduling of league matches in favor of European Cup matches will ‘basically not possible’.

This information was passed to the European Handball Federation (EHF) with a long list of arguments.

The scheduling of the VELUX EHF Championsleague (CL) matches during the weekend significantly limits the interests of the majority of European clubs. If league matches are scheduled during the week, less tickets are sold and younger people are not able to attend the matches. Sponsors are annoyed about the permanent changes. The sale of the rights for the National league is more difficult due to a lack of clear calendar. On the other hand a clear calendar will raise the TV ratings of Handball in all competitions.

FORUM CLUB HANDBALL (FCH) will discuss this issue during its 7^th ordinary General Assembly on 28^th Janurary 2012 in Belgrade. GB