EHF EUROPEAN HANDBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

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Key Facts

• Europe’s best handball teams compete in a biennial

cycle (even years)

• Worldwide media rights for Men’s and Women’s EHF

EURO (with 47 games each) and respective qualifications

• Live TV signal made available on satellite, and ready for

webcast, archive, or news uesage via ftp access

• State-of-the-art multi- and unilateral broadcast

production supervised by Infront

• All games covered with up to 15 cameras and distributed

in High Definition (HD)

Spirit of the sport and the competition

This highly physical and demanding team sport is fast and exciting

to watch and more popular than ever before. Every two years

towards the end of January, Europe’s best men’s handball teams

meet to contest the EHF European Championships with the

women’s teams meeting in the December of the same year.

The big handball countries such as Denmark, Germany, France,

Norway, Spain, Sweden and Russia along with Eastern European

nations (such as Croatia, Hungary, Serbia and Poland) and many

other smaller countries are strong contenders, making the

competition inclusive and adding to its democratic appeal.

The event fascinates television audiences around the globe. For the

Men’s and Women’s EHF EUROs, broadcast agreements were also

closed for territories beyond Europe, including the Middle East,

North Africa, Australia, USA, Canada and entire South America.

Handball is the most popular indoor sport in many European countries and as one of the fastest sports worldwide, continues to rapidly increase in popularity. The EHF EUROs feature the best 16 top men’s and women’s teams from across Europe and take place every two years in January and December respectively.

Media Rights Contact: Martin Roos, martin.roos@infrontsports.com

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Upcoming Events

As marketing and media partner of the EHF,

Infront Sports & Media distributes all forms

of media rights for the EHF EUROs and its

qualification matches on a worldwide basis,

including all media rights (TV, radio, online).

This combination of rights under one roof

has proved highly beneficial.

EHF EUROPEAN HANDBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

The successful partnership between the EHF and Infront has seen the EHF EURO become one of the leading international events on the indoor sports market. Jean Brihault, President of the EHF

RIGHTS OPPORTUNITIES

2018 Men’s European Handball Championship12 – 28 January in Croatia

2016 Women’s European Handball Championship4 – 8 December in Sweden

2018 Women’s European Handball Championship30 November – 16 December in France

2020 Men’s European Handball Championship10 – 26 January in Austria/Norway/Sweden

2020 Women’s European Handball Championship4 – 20 December in Norway/Denmark

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MEDIA PRODUCTION PROSPECTS

Additional exposure is also secured through

the highly popular online EHF EURO

platforms – the official website (www.

ehf-euro.com), the official EHF EURO

YouTube, Facebook and Twitter channels

– all of which have been developed by

Infront in conjunction with the EHF.

Over the past few years, a new digital

content strategy – providing more engaging

content focusing on video clips, behind-the-

scenes, live blog updates, social media

posts with pictures and near-live clips - is

continually developed and implemented,

leading to an overall increase in media

value equivalence of over 50% compared

to the 2014 edition.

www.infrontsports.com/EHFEURO

The host broadcasting for the EHF EURO is

overseen by Infront and provides a

state-of-the-art multilateral and unilateral

broadcast production. This includes filming

and transmitting a high quality signal with

special effects equipment such as Spider-

Cams and High Speed Superslomo cameras

to show the beauty of the game. All

matches are covered with up to 15 cameras,

produced in high definition television

quality (HDTV) and distributed with

adapted and animated on-screen graphics.

Furthermore, Infront’s Broadcaster

Servicing team delivers all relevant

editorial and organisational information to

all rights holders. The team builds the

direct link between broadcasters and the

production operations, ensuring all

agreements are implemented smoothly.

The partnership between the European

Handball Federation (EHF) and Infront

Sports & Media in respect of the Men’s and

Women’s EHF EURO has been a success

story since 1993 – with the current

agreement running until 2020.

Television coverage and audience figures

have consistently increased over the years.

On average, the Men’s and Women’s EHF

EURO reaches a cumulative television

audience of 1.3 billion people, transmitted

into more than 200 countries and

territories worldwide. In 2016, an increase

in TV figures is to be expected again.

BACKGROUND APPEAL

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