EHF YAC EURO QUALIFICATION REgULATIONs - European ...

18.5. The match report must be signed by an official of each team and be handed over to the
EHF delegate(s) fifteen (15) minutes prior to the throw-off of the match.
18.6. The EHF delegate coordinates and is responsible of the match report procedure before
the throw-off.
Teams’ line-up
18.7. Each player of the playing teams must be ready for the official teams’ line-up ten (10)
minutes prior to the official throw-off of the match.
18.8. Before entering the playing court for the official teams’ line-up, the players have to
follow both the EHF referees’ and the floor manager instructions and gather at the
defined collection point (pre-defined corner of the playing hall surrounding area).
18.9. Once the EHF referees have given the playing teams the instruction to gather, none of
the player is allowed to leave the playing court area.
18.10. The pre-match procedure must be started with the EHF protocol flag to be presented
by four (4) children.
18.11. The players must enter the playing court, starting with the team captain following
the respective EHF referee and “mascot child” carrying the flag of the teams’ country.
The players of the team entering second on the playing court must pass by the first
team in the centre of the court and slap hands to the other team players before taking
their line-up position (enclosure 3).
18.12. The following fair-play announcement must be read by the announcer in English and
optionally in the official language of the country of the Host Federation once the teams
lined-up, before the throw-off :
“To ensure fair conditions for all players, officials and referees and in the interest of the
sport of handball we kindly request you, the spectators, to support your team in a fair
manner and to show a positive attitude towards all participants and spectators, Thank
you.”
Pre-match procedure schedule
18.13. The detailed pre-match procedure schedule of the EHF YAC EURO Qualification
matches is the following:
-10:00 Flag mascots, referees, teams ready at the entry meeting point
-09:00 Start of the protocol flag presentation by four flag presenting children
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