I en pressemelding presenterer EHF en mulighet for å starte opp igjen europeisk håndball
I lys av COVID-19-pandemien, vil europeiske håndballkonkurranser for april og mai bli utsatt, men ifølge en oversikt presentert av EHF, er juni en teoretisk mulighet for å spille kamper – om situasjonen tillater det.
Pressemelding fra EHF viser følgende plan for gjennomføring i juni/juli:
Week 1 (1 to 7 June)
- VELUX EHF Champions League Last 16 (first leg Wednesday/Thursday; second leg Saturday/Sunday)
- MEN’S EHF Cup Group Phase (Round 5 on Wednesday/Thursday; Round 6 on Saturday/Sunday)
- Men’s Challenge Cup Quarter-finals (first leg Wednesday/Thursday; second leg Saturday/Sunday)
- Women’s EHF EURO 2020 Qualifiers Rounds 3 to 6, played in a tournament format with all matches in one venue (Wednesday to Sunday)
The latest date for these matches to be cancelled by the EHF is 15 May 2020.
Week 2 (8 to 14 June)
No EHF competitions planned
Week 3 (15 to 21 June)
- DELO WOMEN’S EHF Champions League Quarter-finals (first leg Wednesday/Thursday; second leg Saturday/Sunday)
- WOMEN’S EHF Cup and Women’s Challenge Cup are foreseen to be played in an EHF FINAL4 format in one venue over two playing days
- Men’s World Championship 2021 Play-offs Phase 1 (first leg Wednesday/Thursday; second leg Saturday/Sunday)
The latest date for these matches to be cancelled by the EHF is 29 May 2020.
Week 4 (22 to 28 June)
- VELUX EHF Champions League Quarter-finals (first leg Wednesday/Thursday; second leg Saturday/Sunday)
- MEN’S EHF Cup Quarter-finals (first leg Wednesday/Thursday; second leg Saturday/Sunday)
- The Men’s Challenge Cup is foreseen to be played in an EHF FINAL4 format in one venue over two playing days
The latest date for these matches to be cancelled by the EHF is 5 June 2020.
Week 5 (29 June to 5 July)
- Men’s World Championship 2021 Play-offs Phase 2 (first leg Wednesday/Thursday; second leg Saturday/Sunday)
Confirmation for these dates will be sought with the IHF. The latest date for these matches to be cancelled by the EHF is 12 June 2020.
Overview final tournaments
The DELO WOMEN’S EHF FINAL4 in Budapest, scheduled for 9 and 10 May 2020, will be moved to its alternative date, 5 and 6 September 2020
The MEN’S EHF Cup Finals in Berlin, scheduled for 23 and 24 May 2020, will be moved to its alternative date, 29 and 30 August 2020.
The VELUX EHF FINAL4 in Cologne, scheduled for 30 and 31 May, will be moved to its alternative date, 22 and 23 August 2020
The EHF Marketing GmbH and its respective teams working on the events’ organisation are already preparing the full programme and all purchased tickets for the three events will remain valid.
The Men’s 20 EHF EURO 2020, scheduled from 2 to 12 July in Austria and Italy, as well as the corresponding Men’s 20 EHF Championships in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Latvia will be postponed to the period 13 to 23 August, parallel to the Men’s 18 EHF EURO in Slovenia and the Men’s 18 EHF Championships in Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Montenegro
