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Men’s EHF EURO2016 Poland 

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EXECUTIVE REPORT 

Table of Contents 

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Prepared by the Polish Handball Federation in co-operation with Deloitte – the 

company which provided business, financial, tax and legal consultancy services 

under an agreement with PHF in connection with EHF EURO 2016. 

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 19 

1.1 MEN’S EHF EURO 2016 POLAND 

European Handball Championship 20 

2. ORGANISATION OF THE TOURNAMENT 25 

2.1 Bidding phase 26 

2.2 Roles in the organisation of the tournament 28 

2.3 Host cities and region 30 

Gdańsk 32 

Kraków 33 

Katowice 34 

Wrocław 35 

Malopolska Region 36 

2.4 Organisational committee of EHF EURO 2016 38 

2.5 Members of the central organisational 

committee 44 

3. PROJECT MANAGEMENT 47 

3.1 Project work 48 

4. SPORT PERSPECTIVE 55 

4.1 Participants 56 

4.2 Referees 90 

4.3 Tournament Calendar 94 

4.4 Statistics mf matches results of matches 96 

4.5 Final classification 98 

5. PRE-TOURNAMENT EVENTS 101 

5.1 Pre-tournament events 104 

5.2 Our road to EURO 2016 114 

6. TOURNAMENT SERVICES 119 

6.1 Hotel facilities 122 

6.2 Training base 124 

6.3 Transport 126 

6.4 Safety 128 

6.5 Police security 130 

6.6 Medical security 132 

6.7 Service of teams 134 

6.8 Service of the media 136 

6.9 Technical/IT service 142 

6.10 Voluntary service 144 

6.11 Fan zones 148 

6.12 Accreditations 154 

6.13 Ticket sales strategy 158 

6.14 Ceremonies and match settings 160 

Ceremonies 161 

Match settings 169 

6.15 Floor Management 174 

6.16 VIP and hospitality zones 176 

VIP zones 176 

Hospitality zones 180 

6.17 Tournament – related events 182 

7. MARKETING AND PROMOTION 185 

7.1 Visual identification of EHF EURO 2016 186 

7.2 Logo, Mascot, Medals, Anthem 188 

7.3 EHF EURO 2016 ambassadors program 194 

7.4 Presence of EHF EURO 2016 in the media 200 

7.5 Promotional tools in use 206 

7.6 City dressing 210 

7.7 Venue dressing 216 

7.8 Sponsors and partners 220 

Sponsorship pyramid 221 

8. QUALITY RESEARCH 227 

8.1 Aim of research 228 

9. SUMMARY OF THE PREPARATION AND 

ORGANISATION OF THE EHF EURO 2016 235 

9.1 Summary 236 

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Extraordinary, exceptional 

and extremely well organised 

The Polish Handball Federation put huge effort into the organisation of 

the Men’s European Handball Championship EHF EURO 2016 – not only in 

terms of finance, but also human resources and commitment to the event. 

It was undoubtedly thanks to this combination of the professional approach 

and close and positive collaboration with EHF that the 2016 European 

Championship turned out to be the biggest and best organised tournament 

in the history of handball. 

In Poland, where people love sports shows, this meant a record-breaking 

number of supporters watching the event, who created an incredible 

atmosphere in halls in Kraków, Katowice, Wrocław and Gdańsk and in Fan 

Zones in Host Cities. 

On an international scale, new records were also set in terms of television 

viewers and online audience watching the event on EHF channels. The global 

number of people watching the Championship totalled 1.6 milliard in 175 

countries, thus breaking the previous record set at EHF EURO 2012 in Serbia. 

This huge success is a result of what happened on the courts, and this 

Tournament was one of the most exciting events for years. 

That was an incredibly open tournament with many surprising 

results. Underdogs prevailed and favourites crumbled – sometimes 

with unpredictable scores, and some of them did not even make it to the 

semi-finals. 

Poland and Men’s EHF EURO 2016 have now set a new standard and 

become a benchmark for organisers of the biggest international handball 

events, proposing innovations that I hope will be implemented by organisers 

in the coming years. 

JEAN BRIHAULT 

EHF President 

The trophy of Men’s European Handball Championship EHF EURO 2016 

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Official Sponsors 

REPORT 

EHF Partners 

National Suppliers 

Dear Players and Supporters, 

Handball is one of the most popular sports in Poland. Men’s European 

Handball Championship 2016 is the first senior handball championship organised 

by the Polish Handball Federation. The tournament was held in 

Gdańsk, Katowice, Kraków and Wrocław from 15 till 31 January 2016. As 

in previous years, 16 teams participated in it; altogether, 48 matches were 

played, in which 2,629 goals were scored and 288 players performed. 

Poles have already proved that they can organise brilliant sports events – 

for example, during UEFA Euro 2012 or Men's World Volleyball Championship 

in 2014. EHF EURO 2016 was a great organisational success. However, this 

success would not have been possible without a few important factors, including 

mainly the co-ordination of activities in the field of users' safety and 

comfort, medical support, team accommodation, tournament transport, 

voluntary services, organisation management in halls, or activities of local 

organisational Coordinators. It is also worth mentioning the organisation 

of friendly matches in official venues of EHF EURO 2016, the selection 

of highest-class opponents and the organisation of matches according to 

procedures and applicable rules. 

We have also certainly succeeded in promoting Poland as the Host City 

of the Tournament in Europe and around the world, and the event itself 

became a catalyst for an increase in the number of handball players in 

schools and clubs. 

I would like to stress that the Men’s European Handball Championship in 

Poland attracted a record-breaking number of supporters. All 48 matches 

were watched by a record number of 400,722 fans on the stands, including 

40,000 fans from abroad. 

For the first time in history, dedicated zones were made available to fans 

who had not bought tickets to matches. EHF EURO 2016 have also set a record 

in terms of media coverage. 1,282 journalists from Poland and abroad 

were accredited and provided coverage of the event on the spot, and matches 

were broadcast on TV in 175 countries around the world. 

On that occasion, I would like to thank all players, coaches and everybody 

else involved in the organisation of this incredible project, as well as voluntary 

workers and security services responsible for the safety of the event. 

I believe that we all remember this sporting celebration for a long time, 

particularly because players delivered an unforgettable experience to us. 

We witnessed a great event, and the communication and promotion programme 

carried out over a long period turned the championship into a celebration 

of handball. 

With sporting regards, 

Polish fans singing the national anthem 

WITOLD BAŃKA, 

Minister of Sport and Tourism 

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Dear Friends of Handball, 

The wonderful event is over. The 2016 Men's European Handball 

Championship hosted by Poland was the best organised event in the history 

of handball. We showed the best side of Poland, including its halls, hotels, 

restaurants, historical places, culture and modern motorways. I am 

proud that we managed to show it to the world shortly before the 100th anniversary 

of Polish handball! Obviously, this was possible thanks to joint efforts 

of government, host cities, the Małopolska region, our sponsors and 

our partners. 

All opinions that we heard were extremely favourable - from national 

teams and federations to supporters. That was a really great event for the 

promotion of both Poland and host cities. 

We are proud that the commitment of the authorities of Gdańsk, Katowice, 

Kraków, Wrocław and the Małopolska region contributed to such an excellent 

reputation earned by Polish sport and the Polish Handball Federation. 

Our choice of venues was absolutely right. We co-operated with local governments 

as one team. Both sides proposed various ideas, but we always 

managed to find common ground. This brought many benefits to all of us. 

which is perfectly reflected by he number of spectators and TV viewers. 

Obviously, we hoped for a better sporting result than we eventually achieved. 

Our expectations were certainly higher than just the 7th place. We dreamed 

of winning a medal. Nevertheless, the atmosphere of the tournament 

gave us so much energy that we look forward optimistically to further big 

tournaments with the participation of the Polish national team. One of them 

will certainly be the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. 

ANDRZEJ KRAŚNICKI 

President of the Polish Handball Federation 

The Polish national team after the victory against Belarus – Kraków, 25.01.2016 

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Dear Friends of Handball, 

EHF EURO 2016 was a top-level sporting event. We are satisfied with the 

organisational level of the tournament. We got very good reviews both for 

the quality of our service, the excellent atmosphere and a sense of safety. 

Such a large number of good opinions confirmed that a precise plan, an 

excellent team and the consistent implementation of the preparation programme 

in co-operation with many institutions before the tournament was 

the right road to success. Many implemented practices have not been used 

before. We already know that hosts of further events will use much of them 

and will certainly reinforce them with further good solutions. After all, our 

common primary aim has been to strengthen handball as a wonderful sport. 

I would like to thank all involved partners and persons participating in 

works of the team responsible for the preparation and organisation of the 

Tournament. That was an example of real teamwork. Let the 2016 European 

Handball Championship in Poland remain in our memory as a wonderful 

celebration of positive emotions. I hope that we will always associate this 

event with joy, a sense of security, professional organisation and – last but 

not least – with the excellent promotion of handball, Polish cities and Poland 

on an international scale. 

MARCIN HERRA 

Vice-President of the Management Board 

for Development 

Head of the EURO 2016 Organisational Committee 

Opening Ceremony of EHF EURO 2016 in TAURON Arena Kraków, 15.01.2016 

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The German 

National Team 

– Champions 

of EHF 

EURO 2016 

– TAURON 

Arena 

Kraków, 

31.01.2016 

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EXECUTIVE 

SUMMARY 

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REPORT 

1.1 

MEN’S EHF 

EURO 2016 

POLAND 

EUROPEAN 

HANDBALL 

CHAMPIONSHIP 

Michał Jurecki – 

Player of the Match 

Poland – Serbia, 

TAURON Arena 

Kraków, 15.01.2016 

Men's EHF EURO 

2016 Poland European 

Handball Championship 

was the biggest and 

most prestigious 

international handball 

event, as well as the 

biggest handball event 

held in Poland. It was 

the 12th men's European 

handball championship, 

and Poland became its 

Host for the first time in 

history. 

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Year of Men's European 

Handball Championship 

Host 

1994 Portugal 

1996 Spain 

1998 Italy 

2000 Croatia 

2002 Sweden 

2004 Slovenia 

2006 Switzerland 

2008 Norway 

2010 Austria 

2012 Serbia 

2014 Denmark 

2016 Poland 

Matches were played in the following halls: TAURON Arena Kraków (19 

matches), the Centennial Hall in Wrocław (17 matches), Spodek in Katowice 

and Ergo Arena in Gdańsk (6 matches in each). 16 national teams with a total 

number of 288 players participated in the tournament. During EHF EURO 

2016, 48 matches were played and 2,629 goals were scores (55 goals per 

match on average). 

The European Handball Championship has never enjoyed such extensive 

media coverage in its entire history. 1,284 journalists, photographers and 

media support personnel from 29 countries and 4 continents worked during 

the tournament in Poland (the previous record number of accredited 

journalists was 711 at EHF EURO 2014 in Denmark). 

The Polsat TV station installed 14 cameras in halls in Kraków and Wrocław 

(with an extra spider cam in Kraków) and 10 cameras in halls in Gdańsk and 

Katowice. Matches were broadcast to as many as 175 countries via 75 TV 

broadcasters. Altogether, 6 TV studios were built in match venues. 

EHF EURO 2016 set also a record in terms of press releases and their reach. 

From 13 January till 2 February, 84,900 news about EHF EURO 2016 were 

published, with over 4,000 mentions of the event appearing every day. 

EHF EURO 2016 was also a record event with regard to the number of fans. 

The tournament was watched by over 400,000 fans on the stands (including 

40,000 fans from abroad) and additionally by almost 100,000 fans in Fan 

Zones, which were created thanks to the support of PGNiG – the Strategic 

Sponsor of Polish Handball. TV viewer ratings broke the record, too (altogether, 

all matches were watched by 1.65 billion viewers around the world). 

The average attendance was 8,000 fans per match, and halls were filled in 

80% on the average. The highest attendance was recorded during matches 

Poland – Croatia and the final Germany – Spain (15,000 fans in each case). 

In the operational phase of the Tournament, Operational Teams consisting 

of around 20 persons worked in each Host City, being responsible for the 

preparation and service of the Tournament. In all 4 Cities, the event was 

secured by 7,000 policemen, 165 doctors, male nurses and medical rescuers 

and 840 voluntary workers, and a wide range of services was provided 

by over 3,000 persons. The tournament was promoted by 34 Ambassadors. 

Irrespective of their role during the tournament, all participants in EHF 

EURO 2016 stressed one thing: extremely high organisational requirements 

to meet and the presentation of a high-quality product portfolio by the Polish 

Handball Federation. It was obvious for everyone that, although the Polish 

team ranked ‘only’ 7th in terms of sport competition, the champion level 

was certainly achieved in terms of organisation and hospitality. 

According to satisfaction survey results, the Tournament was appreciated 

by fans, media representatives, VIPs and players. On a scale of 1-7, where 

‘1’ means ‘very bad’, and '7’ means ‘very good’, the average evaluation was 

almost 6.22. This result was achieved due to a very high evaluation of factors 

such as the atmosphere of the Championship, the preparation of infrastructure, 

the organisation of work, the interior arrangement of facilities, 

safety, transport, hotels and the work of voluntary workers and stewards. 

However, the organisation of this Tournament would not have been possible 

without the enormous commitment of Host Cities: Gdańsk, Katowice, 

Kraków, Wrocław and the Małopolska Province. EHF EURO 2016 proved 

that we not only have a very good sports infrastructure, but we can also 

make good use of it. 

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ORGANISATION 

OF THE TOURNAMENT 

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2.1 

BIDDING PHASE 

The idea of hosting EHF EURO 2016 dates back to 2010. 

It was the year in which the Polish Handball Federation 

decided to begin the preparation of a bid to host the 

European Handball Championship in 2016 and received 

declarations of the will to co-operate from Mayors of 

Kraków, Gdańsk, Łódź, Katowice and Wrocław. 

Another stage of preparation was the submission of 

a bid to host EHF EURO 2016 by the Polish Handball 

Federation to the European Handball Federation. 

The deadline for the submission of bids was 17 

September 2011; by that time, bids were officially 

submitted also by Croatia, Norway and Sweden. 

They received 15, 4 and 27 votes, respectively, which 

meant that Poland was selected as Host of EHF 

EURO 2016 in the first phase. 

Candidates Proposed Host Cities Votes 

Poland Gdańsk/Sopot, Katowice, Kraków, Łódź, Wrocław 27 

Croatia Zagrzeb, Split, Varaždin, Poreč 15 

Norway Oslo, Stavanger, Trondheim, Gjovik 4 

During the period October 2013 – March 2014, as 

a result of visits and arrangements with potential 

Host Cities, 4 best venues were selected in terms 

of organisation, logistics and finance. Four cities 

– Kraków, Wrocław, Gdańsk and Katowice – were 

selected. 

On 11 April 2014, in the Olympic Centre in Warsaw, 

EHF’s authorities officially signed an EHF Euro 2016 

hosting agreement with representatives of the Polish 

Handball Federation (Andrzej Kraśnicki – President 

of the Management Board and Marek Góralczyk – 

General Secretary). 

Signing of the EHF EURO 2016 hosting agreement between 

EHF and the Polish Handball Federation – Olympic Centre, 

Warsaw, 11.04.2014 

CALENDAR OF MILESTONES RELATING TO THE EHF EURO 2016 PROJECT 

MILESTONES OF THE EHF EURO 

2016 PROJECT IN THE YEARS 

2012-2014 

• 23.06.2012 – 

EHF Congress 

in Monte Carlo 

and selection 

of PHB/Poland 

as host of EHF 

EURO 2016 

• 11.04.2014 – 

Entering into the 

EHF EURO 2016 

organisation 

agreement 

with EHF in the 

Olympic Centre 

in Warsaw 

• 11.04.2014 – 

Draw procedure 

of groups for 

the qualification 

phase of EHF 

EURO 2016 in the 

Olympic Centre 

in Warsaw 

• 05.2014 – 

Creation 

of Corporate 

Identity 

• 3.06.2014 – 


EHF EURO 2016 

organisation 

agreement with 

Gdańsk as a Host 

City 

• 28.07.2014 

– Entering 

into the EHF 

EURO 2016 

organisation 


Wrocław as 

a Host City 

• 24.09.2014 

– Entering 

into the EHF 

EURO 2016 

organisation 


Katowice as 

a Host City 

• 20.12.2014 

– Official 

presentation 

of the mascot 

of EHF EURO 

2016 

• 23.12.2014 – 


EHF EURO 2016 

organisation 


Kraków as a Host 

City 

• 28-30.12.2014 

– 1st Testing 

Tournament 

before EHF EURO 

2016 in Spodek 

hall, Katowice – 

Christmas Cup 

2014 

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2.2 

ROLES IN THE ORGANISATION 

OF THE TOURNAMENT 

Formal organiser of EHF 

EURO 2016 

EHF’s marketing partner and owner of 

marketing and sponsorship rights 

Producer of TV signal 

and TV broadcasts in the 

territory of Poland 

The EHF EURO 2016 organisation agreement concluded between 

the European Handball Federation and the Polish Handball 

Federation specified the roles of the EHF and the PHF. 

The Polish Handball Federation was obliged to carry out 

a series of organisational activities relating to the EHF 

EURO 2016 project, including: 

• Lease of match halls (TAURON Arena Kraków, 

Centennial Hall, Spodek, Ergo Arena) and training 

halls (facilities of University Schools of Physical 

Education /AWF/ in Wrocław, Gdańsk and Kraków, 

hall of the Municipal Sport and Recreation Centre / 

MOSiR/ in Katowice) 

• Ensuring of transport, accommodation and meals to 

teams, media, officials and VIPs 

• Ensuring of security to participants, including 

security of matches in accordance with the Act on 

the Security of Sports Events 

• Organisation of voluntary service 

• Service of guests, including VIPs 

• Sale and distribution of tickets 

• Decoration of Host Cities, hotels and sports facilities 

• Promotion of the event in Poland and Europe 

• Organisation of fan zones in each Host City 

• Organisation of the EHF EURO 2016 opening 

ceremony 

• Production of medals and awards 

• The above activities were financed entirely from 

the budget of the Polish Handball Federation. 

The European Handball Federation (EHF) was the 

formal organiser of the Championship and was responsible 

for the organisation of refereeing service, 

the inspection of facilities and the delegation 

of its own representatives for the duration of the 

Tournament. Regular meetings were held with the 

participation of EHF’s representatives and the representatives 

of the Organisational Committee, at 

which concepts of organisation of individual areas 

were presented and the progress of preparation 

activities was discussed. 

Infront Sports & Media (Marketing Partner of EHF) 

was the owner of marketing and sponsorship rights 

on every level, except for technical sponsors (the 

rights to which were owned by EHF) and National 

Providers (the rights to which were owned by the 

Polish Handball Federation). All television, radio, 

film and video advertising rights concerning EHF 

EURO 2016 events were owned by Infront. It had also 

rights to advertising on boards, the court floor, referees’ 

shirts, etc. 

Polsat was the producer of TV signal and TV broadcasts 

in the territory of Poland. The signal produced 

by Polsat was broadcast to Infront Sports & Media 

under the agreement. 

CALENDAR OF MILESTONES RELATING TO EHF EURO 2016 PROJECT 

MILESTONES OF THE EHF EURO 

2016 PROJECT IN 2015 

• 20.03.2015 – 

Accommodation 

concept accepted 

for all target 

groups 

• 03.2015 – 

Selection of 

the partner to 

provide security 

• 1-3.05.2015 

– 2nd Test 

Tournament 

before EHF 

EURO 2016 in 

Tauron Arena 

Kraków and in 

Spodek Hall 

• 4.05.2015 - 

Commencement 

of sale of tickets 

to EHF EURO 

2016 

• 19.06.2016 

– Final 

Tournament 

Draw in ICE 

Kraków 

• 20.06.2015 – 

3rd Test 

Tournament in 

Tauron Arena 

Kraków 

• 09.10.2015 – 

Selection of 

the partner to 

carry out the 

EHF EURO 2016 

ceremony and 

acceptance of the 

artistic concept 

• 20.10.2015 – 



the Małopolska 

Province – the 

last of the Hosts 

of EHF EURO 

2016 

• 22.10.2015 – 

Selection of the 

partner of the 

SUZUKI car fleet 

• 26.10.2015 – 

Selection of the 

partner for sale 

of Hospitality 

packages and 

commencement 

of sale of 

Hospitality 

packages 

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2.3 

HOST CITIES AND REGION 

Five Host Cities/sports halls were preliminarily selected for the 

organisation of EHF EURO 2016. At the end of January 2014, the Polish 

Handball Federation officially confirmed that matches would take place in 

Kraków and Wrocław, and in April 2014 it was announced that Preliminary 

Round matches would take place in Katowice and Gdańsk, too. 

All of the 4 Host Cities have adequate facilities to 

carry out a Tournament of this rank. 

The selection of Host Cities was mainly based on 

criteria such as the available sports infrastructure 

and hotel base and transport accessibility 

for participants and fans. Each of the selected 

Cities has a very rich tourist offer and has already 

organised large sports and entertainment events, 

including UEFA EURO2012, Men's European 

Volleyball Championship, Indoor World Athletics 

Championship, concerts and various mass events. 

For the first time in the history of handball, Host 

Cities were promoted as National Partners, with 

Composite Logos designed specially for them. 

CALENDAR OF MILESTONES RELATING TO THE EHF EURO 2016 PROJECT 

• 10.11.2015 

– Ready concept 

of fan zones 

• 7-8.11.2015 – 4 th 

Test Tournament 

in the Ergo Arena 

Hall in Gdańsk 

• 8.11.2015 

– Presentation of 

the official song 

of EHF EURO 

2016: “Come 

Play with Us” 

Mika Urbaniak 

• 28-29.12.2015 

– 5 th Test 

Tournament in 

the Centennial 

Hall in Wrocław 

– Christmas Cup 

2015 

MILESTONES OF THE EHF 

EURO 2016 PROJECT 

• 03.01.2016 – 

Presentation 

of medals 

of EHF EURO 

2016 

• 6.01.2016 

– Achievement 

of Operational 

Readiness 

• 6.01.2016 

– Approved 

operational plans 

of Host Cities 

and Tournament 

Halls 

• 15.01.2016 

– EHF EURO 

2016 Opening 

Ceremony 

• 31.01.2016 – 

Final of EHF 

EURO 2016 and 

Closing and 

Medal Ceremony 

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GDAŃSK 

It is a city with a population of almost 0.5 million inhabitants and undoubtedly 

one of the most popular tourist and cultural centres with dynamically developing 

universities and shopping centres. Together with Sopot and Gdynia, it forms 

a unique urban complex stretching out along the Gdańsk Bay. Sightseeing of 

the entire Tri-City area is relatively simple, and charms of life in the Tri-City 

are harmoniously combined with a series of natural attractions. 

The ERGO Arena hall is situated on the border of Gdańsk and Sopot, close to 

the shore of the Baltic Sea. Thanks to the use of high-level technological solutions, 

ERGO Arena gives the possibility of playing a wide range of sports games, 

including team games (volleyball, basketball), motor sports or windsurfing. 

Because of its advanced audio system and excellent acoustic properties, the 

hall is also a good venue for music events, theatrical performances, fairs, conferences 

and business meetings. Thanks to its modern structure, it can contain 

11,000, or even 15,000 spectators (including standing room). 

KRAKÓW 

It is the second largest city of Poland in terms of population and area. It lies in 

southern Poland on the Vistula river and is the capital of Małopolska – one of the 

most beautiful regions of Poland. It is a city with a 1,000 year-long tradition, the former 

seat of Polish kings and capital of Poland and today an important European metropolis. 

It serves as a unique storehouse of works of art and historic facilities that 

represent almost all architectural styles: from the Middle Ages to modern times. 

Kraków is also a city teeming with cultural life – it became the European Capital 

of Culture in 2000 and was granted the title of UNESCO City of Literature in 2013. 

TAURON Kraków Arena is one of the most modern sports and entertainment 

facilities in Europe with advanced stage and multimedia systems. It is also the 

largest hall in Poland, with its total maximum capacity of almost 20,000 spectators. 

Thanks to its multifunctionality, the facility allows for the organisation 

of many kinds of sports events. The complex contains also conference rooms, 

restaurants and bars. 

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KATOWICE 

Situated in south-western Poland, Katowice is the capital of Silesia – a region 

being the centre of the mining industry and the centre of "Silesia" – the largest 

metropolitan area in Poland. Its traditions rooted in mining and metallurgical 

industries, the city currently develops as a dynamic economic, educational, 

cultural and entertainment centre. 

The city promotes itself under the slogan “Katowice for a change”, which reflects 

the belief that Katowice is worth discovering due to its avant-garde and 

innovative character that combines the traditional Silesian industrial mining 

level with the level of an aspiring, economically strong, creative, ambitious and 

modern city that draws upon both complementary levels. 

The Spodek Arena in Katowice is the most recognisable building of the capital 

of Silesia. Facilities of the Sports and Entertainment Arena with their unique 

architectural shape create a complex occupying an area of almost 7 ha, where 

individual parts interact with and complement one another. The multifunctional 

universal character of Spodek allows for the organisation of many diverse 

events, including artistic and sport events, exhibitions and fairs, as well 

as congresses, conventions and training courses, which can take place simultaneously 

in all facilities. The Spodek Arena has already hosted events such 

as WTA Katowice Open, the Intel Extreme Masters in Katowice, or the FIVB 

2014 Men’s World Volleyball Championship. The Spodek complex consists of 

the main arena with a seating capacity of 11,000 spectators, a gymnasium, an 

ice-rink and an indoor swimming pool with two saunas and water attractions. 

WROCŁAW 

The capital of the Lower Silesia Province is one of the oldest and most beautiful 

cities in Poland. Situated at the foot of the Sudety mountains, on the Oder river 

and its four tributaries, it is an exceptional city of 12 islands and 112 bridges. 

Wrocław is inhabited by 640,000 people, thus being the fourth largest city in 

Poland. It is also one of the biggest Polish university centres. Wrocław is the 

most important city of Lower Silesia as its economic and cultural capital. It is 

a place with a one thousand year-long history, where the heritage of the past 

intertwines with the modernity of a business centre. In 2016, Wrocław holds 

the prestigious title of the European Capital of Culture. 

The Centennial Hall is a unique venue on the map of Poland, where history 

harmoniously interacts with modernity. Designed by Max Berg, an outstanding 

city architect, it is recognised as one of the top masterpieces of the 20th 

century architecture. In 2006, it was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage 

List. The strengths of the Centennial Hall include unusual structure, multipurpose 

space, and atmospheric and spacious location. The Centennial Hall 

complex is currently one of the most desired venues among organisers of major 

exhibitions, conferences, cultural and sport events from Poland and abroad. 

Undoubtedly it is one of the most characteristic flagships of Wrocław in the 

international scale. 

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MAŁOPOLSKA REGION 

Located mainly in the Małopolska Plateau and partly in the Western Carpathian 

Mountains, the Malopolska Region can boast an exceptional richness of beautifully 

formed terrains. Here, in the south, the highest Polish mountains – the 

Tatras – tower over the surrounding areas. It is also in Małopolska where 

the valley of the Vistula, Poland's largest river, runs from west to east, and 

where major transport routes from east to west and from north to south intersect. 

There are six national parks, 11 landscape parks, ten areas of protected 

landscape, 88 nature reserves, and over 2,000 monuments of nature in 

the Małopolska region. The land is regarded as a cradle of the Polish state. 

Dozens of castles, numerous villages, towns and cities with their historical urban 

layout and ancient development, accompanied by nearly 1,000 churches 

and other temples and manor houses have been preserved. 

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2.4 

ORGANISATIONAL COMMITTEE 

OF EHF EURO 2016 

During the preparation process, from October 2013 the 

Polish Handball Federation was supported by a group 

of experts whose task was to provide assistance and 

consultancy to the personnel of the PHF’s office in all 

organisational aspects of EHF EURO 2016. In addition, 

one person was employed as the Coordinator of the 

preparation process on behalf of the Polish Handball 

Federation in Poland in the PHF’s office. 

Organisational Team – Polish Handball Federation, EHF, INFRONT- Kraków 

The main goal of the 1 st preparation stage was to create an organisational, 

legal and financial foundation for the preparation process. 

• Preparation of Host Country Agreement draft 

• Preparation of Host Cities Agreements drafts 

• Preparation of the frame Business Plan of EHF EURO 2016 

• Participation, if necessary, in visits and evaluations of candidatures of 

Host Cities of EHF EURO 2016 and in talks with their representatives 

• Co-operation and participation in talks and possible negotiations with 

EHF regarding the organisation of events under the EHF EURO 2016 

preparation process 

• Co-operation and participation in talks and possible negotiations with 

Host Cities regarding the organisation of events under the EHF EURO 

2016 preparation process 

• Preparation of assumptions for the EHF EURO 2016 sponsorship 

concept on behalf of the Host Country 

• Preparation of assumptions for EHF EURO 2016 VIP Hospitality 

packages on behalf of the Host Country 

Organisational Team – Wrocław 

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• Preparation of goals (mainly financial ones) and preparation of budget 

assumptions for the organisation of the Tournament 

• Submission of the preliminary draft budget of EHF EURO 2016 

• Preparation of the concept of the scenario of EHF EURO 2016 

• Organisational and logistic support and co-ordination of work of the 

EHF EURO 2016 Preparation Committee 

• Substantive contribution to the elaboration of the draft of the final 

formula of EHF EURO 2016 for presentation and confirmation with EHF 

At the beginning of 2014, as a result of the efforts and commitment of this 

expert team, the business plan of the entire project and a number of documents 

necessary in this phase: the Roadmap for the preparation and organisation 

of EHF EURO 2016 and proposed agreements to be concluded 

by the Polish Handball Federation with Host Cities and EHF were prepared. 

The organisation of EHF EURO 2016 was an extremely complex process 

consisting of many stages - thus, in September 2014, in the subsequent 

project phase, a consulting company Deloitte was invited to co-operate and 

support organisers in the preparation of organisational structures, project 

management rules and a detailed ticket sales strategy. Deloitte carried out 

a comparative analysis of institutional variants of the organisation of EHF 

EURO 2016 with regard to law, finance, tax, organisation and management. 

Organisational 

Team 

– Gdańsk 


Team 

- Katowice 

After a detailed analysis of advantages and drawbacks of the establishment 

of a special-purpose venture, the Management Board of the Polish 

Handball Federation decided that the entity responsible for the EHF EURO 

2016 preparation project will be established in the form of a separate department 

in the organisational structure of the Polish Handball Federation 

(reporting to the Presidium). 

The organisational structure of the Organisational Committee/EHF EURO 

2016 Department was divided according to main task areas, i.e., technical 

& organisational matters, marketing and promotion, co-operation with Host 

Cities and National Providers and the PMO and international co-operation. 

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The structure of the Organisational Committee was divided into the Central 

Organisational Committee and Local Organisational Committees. The head 

of the Organisational Committee was the Vice-President for Development; 

the person reporting to him was the Tournament Director – the operational 

& executive business leader acting as Project Manager. Persons reporting 

to the Tournament Director were Heads of Sections responsible for particular 

areas and for the performance of employees / specialists reporting 

to them. In order to provide operational support of project management to 

the Tournament Director, the Project Management Office (PMO) was also 

established to co-ordinate tasks of particular departments. 

2016 Readiness 

Workshops of 

Organisaational 

Teams from 

all Host Cities, 

Warsaw, 

12.12.2015 

Local Organisational Committees were responsible for the effective performance 

of tasks entrusted to them due to the knowledge of circumstances 

specific to the given Host City. 

In 2014, 4 persons worked in the EURO 2016 Department; in 2015, the 

number of employees regularly grew, reaching around 30 in November 

2015. At that time, short-term co-operation also began to be established 

with persons for the period of the EHF EURO 2016 project (for maximum 

periods November – January and minimum period for the duration of the 

Tournament itself). Eventually, 105 persons were employed in the EURO 

2016 Department in four Host Cities during the Tournament. 


Workshops of 

Organisaational 

Teams from 


Warsaw, 

12.12.2015 

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REPORT 

2.5 

MEMBERS OF THE 

CENTRAL ORGANISATIONAL 

COMMITTEE 

The presiding body of the Central Organisational 

Committee, which approved concepts of strategical 

importance or concepts with financial consequences 

exceeding the powers of the Director of the 

Tournament and Heads of Sections was the Steering 

Committee. 

STEERING COMMITTEE: 

President of the Polish Handball Federation – Andrzej Kraśnicki 

Honorary President – Janusz Czerwiński 

1st Vice-President for Organisation, Director of the PHF Office – Henryk 

Szczepański 

Vice-President for Development – Marcin Herra 

Vice-President for Training – Zygfryd Kuchta 

Vice-President for Finance and Co-operation with Local Government – 

Ryszard Mach 

Vice-President for Finance and Co-operation with Local Government – 

Ryszard Mach 

Vice-President for Marketing – Bogdan Sojkin 

Sport Director – Jerzy Eliasz 

Director for International Co-operation – Marek Góralczyk 

Chief Accountant – Maria Okurowska 

HEADS OF SECTIONS IN THE EHF EURO 2016 DEPARTMENT: 

Coordinator of EHF EURO 2016 Projects and International Co-operation – 

Grzegorz Gutkowski 

Safety Coordinator – Paweł Chomentowski 

National Medical Coordinator – Elżbieta Lipska 

Hospitality and VIP Service Coordinator – Magdalena Zięba 

Media Operation Coordinator/Spokesperson of the Tournament – Marcin 

Rosengarten 

Transport Coordinator – Adam Staszkiewicz 

Logistics/Fleet Coordinator – Barbara Długołęcka 

Team Guides Coordinator – Marcin Płachno/Alicja Żaloudik 

Accommodation Coordinator – Monika Listkiewicz 

Accreditation and Ticket Sales Coordinator – Jagna Gołębiewska 

Voluntary Service Coordinator – Damian Witkowski 

Marketing and Host Cities Coordinator – Magdalena Bobryk 

Ceremonies and Pre-Tournament Events Coordinator – Magdalena 

Hammond 

Fan Zone Coordinator – Marcin Płachno 

Media Officer of the Polish National Team – Jan Korczak-Mleczko 

City Coordinator in Kraków (and in Wrocław in the pre-tournament phase) 

– Joanna Krupska 

City Coordinator in Wrocław (in the tournament phase – January 2016) – 

Łukasz Sarapuk 

City Coordinator in Katowice – Marta Zawadzka 

City Coordinator in Gdańsk – Sławomir Michalczuk 

Floor Management Coordinator – Michał Skalski 

Venue Manager Kraków – TAURON Arena Kraków– Jan Ciecierzyński 

Venue Manager Katowice – Spodek Arena – Krzysztof Szumowski 

Venue Manager Gdańsk – ERGO Arena – Justyna Klimek 

Venue Manager Wrocław – Centennial Hall – Grzegorz Gutkowski 

MANAGEMENT OF THE TOURNAMENT/EHF EURO 2016 DEPARTMENT: 

Director of the Tournament – Marcin Dudziński 


Workshops of 


Teams from 


Warsaw, 

12.12.2015 

44 45

REPORT 

3 

PROJECT 

MANAGEMENT 

46 47

REPORT 

3.1 

PROJECT WORK 

On the basis of agreements with EHF and Host 

Cities and the business plan of the Tournament, 

a number of areas was identified where precise 

planning and relevant preparatory activities are 

required. 

Kod Kod 

obsz zada 

aru nia 

1 

2 

Zadanie 

Data 

rozpoczęcia 

Data 

zakończenia 

Opracowanie i uzyskanie akceptacji głównych założeń do dokumentu 

1.1 2015-01-02 2015-05-15 

Tournament Manual 

1.2 Finalne zatwierdzenie kształtu dokumentu Tournament Manual 2015-05-15 

Opracowanie i uzyskanie akceptacji dokumentów opisujących 

1.3 2015-05-16 2015-11-01 

szczegółowe koncepcje działań w obszarach operacyjnych 

Finalne zatwierdzenie kształtu dokumentów opisujących szczegółowe 

1.4 2015-11-01 

koncepcje działań w obszarach operacyjnych 

Opracowanie i uzyskanie akceptacji szczegółowego scenariusza 

meczowego (uwzględniającego ceremonie meczowe, prezentacje 

1.5 

2014-12-01 2015-11-30 

zawodników, hymny, atrakcje dla kibiców, telebimy , uzgodnienie z 

Narodowym Nadawcą TV itp.) 

Finalne zatwierdzenie szczegółowego scenariusza meczowego 

(uwzględniającego ceremonie meczowe, prezentacje zawodników, 

1.6 

2015-11-30 

hymny, atrakcje dla kibiców, telebimy, uzgodnienie z Narodowym 

Nadawcą TV itp.) 

Opracowanie i uzyskanie akceptacji strategii i szczegółowego planu 

2.1 2015-02-01 2015-04-30 

działania w zakresie ceremonii i oprawy wizualnej turnieju 

Opracowany szczegółowy plan działania w zakresie ceremonii i oprawy 

2.2 2015-04-30 

wizualnej turnieju (brief) 

Pozyskanie partnerów i doprecyzowanie oferty dotyczącej strategii i 

2.3 szczegółowego planu działania w zakresie ceremonii i oprawy wizualnej 2015-05-01 2015-06-30 

turnieju 

2014 2015 

9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 

8 9 10 11 12 1 

2016 

2 3 

Excerpt from the EHF EURO 2016 Preparation Roadmap 

In co-operation with Deloitte, the main areas of tasks relating to the preparation 

of EHF EURO 2016 were identified and divided into four sections: 

• Marketing and promotion 

• Technical & organisational service 

• Finance 

• PMO, co-ordination and international co-operation 

During the project, it turned out that a series of further tasks should be 

planned and performed. The final number of areas of tasks to be planned 

and implemented was 32, and the total number of individual tasks to be 

performed was 230. 

A detailed schedule of works was prepared in division into months and days. 

The schedule included: 

• Division into organisational areas 

• Tasks in separate organisational areas 

• Milestones in each task 

• Persons responsible for each task and milestone 

• Gantt chart helping to analyse the schedule and to prepare reports 

Apart from that, rules of reporting work progress reflecting the organisational 

structure of the project (i.e., communication and operational reporting 

within and between sections and between section employees, heads of 

sections, PMO and the Director of the Tournament, and formalised reporting 

in the form of regular official meetings of the Steering Committee) were 

elaborated with Deloitte’s support. 

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REPORT 

Meetings of the Steering Committee were aimed at 

verifying the progress of work, identifying potential 

risks and making important decisions for the effective 

implementation of the existing plan. These 

meetings were held at least once a month during the 

pre-tournament period. For the purpose of structuring 

these meetings and ensuring their smooth 

progress, a status report model was planned for the 

Steering Committee; it described the level of progress 

of each task, existing risks and delays, as well 

as tasks to be performed in the subsequent period 

and a summary of most immediate milestones. 

In addition, for the purpose of ensuring the correct 

planning, approval and updating of the financial plan 

and the transparency of the authorisation of expenses 

and the proper circulation of related documents, 

“Procedures for financial planning and authorisation 

of expenses by the Polish Handball Federation under 

the EHF EURO 2016 project” were elaborated in 

co-operation with Deloitte. 

For the purpose of ensuring the transparency, efficiency 

and competitiveness of purchase processes, 

“Rules of Purchase in the Polish Handball 

Federation in the implementation of expenses under 

the EHF EURO 2016 project” were elaborated, 

also in co-operation with Deloitte. The document is 

a set of procedures depending on the value and type 

of purchased items. 

In accordance with the above Rules of Purchase, 13 

tender procedures were organised in the following 

areas: 

• Security during the Tournament 

• Medical protection 

• Sale of tickets 

• Sale of Hospitality packages 

• Implementation of the Opening Ceremony, 

Closing Ceremony and Medal Ceremony 

• Provision of transport services 

• Decoration of venues 

• Establishment and operator’s service of Fan Zones 

• Delivery of furniture to zones 

• Provision of hostesses’ services 

• Provision of catering services 

• Delivery of office and technical equipment 

• Deliveries of audiovisual equipment 

Data: 13 lutego 2015 r. 

Dział 

Dział PMO, 

koordynacji 

i współpracy 

międzynarodowej 

Dział marketingu 

i promocji 

Dział ds. obsługi 

technicznoorganizacyjnej 

Dział finansów 

Parametr 

Ogólny status realizacji 

prac projektowych przez poszczególne działy 

Zgodność 

z harmonogramem 

Prace realizowane 

zgodnie 



zgodnie 



zgodnie 



zgodnie 


Prawdopodobieństwo 

zmaterializowania się 

ryzyk 

Podwyższone 

prawdopodobieństwo 

Niskie 


Podwyższone 


Bardzo wysokie 


Realizacja budżetu 

Opóźnienie 

w realizacji budżetu 


zgodnie z planem 





Dodatkowe 

zapotrzebowanie na 

zasoby 

Udział wykonawców 

zewnętrznych 

w pracach 

projektowych 

Prace realizowane zgodnie Niskie prawdopodobieństwo Realizacja budżetu 

Brak 

Zgodnie z planem / 



Nie dotyczy 

Opóźnienie względem 

Podwyższone 

Opóźnienie 

Zapotrzebowanie na zasoby Opóźnienie w pracach 

Legenda: 

harmonogramu 


w realizacji budżetu 

produktowe (np. promocyjne) wykonawcy zewnętrznego 

Istotne opóźnienie w pracach Bardzo wysokie 

Przekroczenie 

Zapotrzebowanie na 

Istotne odstępstwa w realizacji 

krytycznych dla projektu 

zasoby kadrowe 

prac zewnętrznego wykonawcy 

© Deloitte 10 

Raport statusowy 

Brak 







Data: 13 lutego 2015 r. Podmiot raportujący: Marketing i Promocja 

Komentarz 

podsumowujący: 

Zadania przewidziane do zakończenia 

w kolejnym okresie raportowym: 

Kod zadania 

z harmonogramu 

Osoba odpowiedzialna 

Na obecnym etapie 

nie dotyczy 


nie dotyczy 


nie dotyczy 


nie dotyczy 

W kolejnym okresie raportowym kontynuowana będzie realizacja X dotychczasowych zadań. Do realizacji na następny miesiąc 

zaplanowano X nowych zadań. 

Zadania kontynuowane 


Kod zadania 



Zadania przewidziane do rozpoczęcia 


Kod zadania 




Data: 13 lutego 2015 r. 

Kwestie do dyskusji 

i niezbędne decyzje Komitetu Sterującego 

Kwestie zgłoszone do przedstawienia na Komitecie Sterującym: 

Kwestie do dyskusji 

Kluczowe założenia strategii 

biletowej 

Test event Wrocław 

Właściciel kwestii 

Marcin Dudziński 

Grzegorz Gutkowski 

Sposób reakcji proponowany 

przez właściciela kwestii 

Akceptacja propozycji typów biletów, 

ich cen i ramowego harmonogramu 

Decyzja o terminie imprezy: 

12-13.XII vs. 28-29.XII 

Najpóźniejszy termin 

podjęcia decyzji 

2015-02-13 

2015-02-13 

Decyzja Komitetu Sterującego 


Reporting for the needs of the Steering Committee 

24:00 – 01:00 

Report on each area forwarded 

to City Operational Team 

(Venue Operational Team→ 

City Operational Team) 

ALL DAY 

Report collection and analysis 

on Venue level 

and on each institiution 

14:00 -17:00 

Readiness Reports collection 

by City Operational Teams 

21 

20 

00 

As a part of its project support, Deloitte also verified 

the practical use of internal procedures and regulations 

of the Polish Handball Federation concerning 

the conclusion and settlement of agreements 

relating to the organisation of the tºurnament. 

The identified deviations from adopted regulations 

were reported and corrected on a current basis. 

Recommendations were also prepared for introduction 

on the occasion of the organisation of further 

big sport events by the PHF. 

For the duration of the Tournament, an Operational 

Plan was also prepared; it contained the structures 

of individual teams (Venue Operational Teams, City 

Operational Teams, National Operational Team) and 

a division of responsibilities and rules of reporting 

between them. 

Venue Operational Teams were responsible for the 

co-ordination of all activities in the venue assigned 

19 

18 

17 

22 

23 

01 

02 

03 

CURRENT MONITORING 

& COMMUNICATION 

04 

16 

08 

15 

14 13 12 11 

09 

10 

11:00 

Press Briefing on Country 

and Host City Level 

05 

06 

07 

01:00 – 02:00 

City Report forwarded to 

Country Level 

04:00 – 08:00 

City Operational Team report 

analysis and status preparation 

for Country Operational Team 

08:30 – 09:00 

Country Operational 

Team Meeting 

09:00 – 09:45 

Teleconference between Country 

Operational Team 

and City Operational Teams 

10:00 –10:45 

City Operational Team Meetings 

Tournament 

Clock 

to them (match hall, training hall, hotel etc.) and 

reporting to the City Operational Team in their city. 

City Operational Teams were responsible for the coordination 

of activities between city services and 

venue teams, the supervision of venue teams and 

reporting to the National Operational Team. 

Reporting between all operational teams took place 

both according to the tournament clock (arranged on 

a round-the-clock basis) and on a current and ad hoc 

basis (in the case of a crisis event). Detailed procedures 

were elaborated and relevant communication 

measures were defined for all types of reporting. 

Operational teams started their co-operation & reporting 

activities 3 days before the Tournament and 

finished them 1 day after the end of the Tournament. 

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Organisational structure during the operational phase of the Tournament 

National 

Operational 

Team 

City Operational Level 

VOT 

Main 

arena 

VOT 

Fan 

zone 

VOT 

Training 

hall 

VOT Hotel 

for VIPs and 

teams 

VOT 

City 

space 

VOT 

Airport 

National 

and city 

Coordinators 

National 

and city 

Coordinators 

National 

and city 

Coordinators 

National 

and city 

Coordinators 

National 

and city 

Coordinators 

National 

and city 

Coordinators 

VIP/ 

ticketing/ 

transport 

services 

VIP/ 

ticketing/ 

transport 

services 

VIP/ 

ticketing/ 

transport 

services 

VIP/ 

ticketing/ 

transport 

services 

VIP/ 

ticketing/ 

transport 

services 

VIP/ 

ticketing/ 

transport 

services 

Colourful fans 

during EHF 

EURO 2016 

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4 

SPORT 

PERSPECTIVE 

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4.1 

PARTICIPANTS 

Until the deadline for the submission of entries (11 June 

2012), 38 national teams expressed their will to participate 

in the Tournament; the only country that automatically 

qualified for the Championship was the Polish national 

team, which represented the Host of the event. 

The remaining 37 teams competed for the remaining 

15 spots in two qualification phases, with 28 teams 

qualifying for the second phase. 

In the second qualification phase, 28 national teams 

were divided into 7 groups of 4 teams. The draw 

ceremony of qualification groups was held in the 

Warsaw Olympic Centre on 11 April 2014. 

The top two ranked teams from each qualification 

group and the best third ranked team (Montenegro) 

qualified for the Final EHF EURO 2016 tournament. 

Contrary to the previous European Championship, all 

leading European teams managed to qualify, which 

means that none of the 13 best ranked teams in 

the all-time table of European Championship for the 

years 1994-2014 missed the Tournament. Further 

pages contain presentations of National Teams and 

their coaches as well as primary squads (16) registered 

for the Final Tournament. 

GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C GROUP D 

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GROUP A 

POLAND 

Players 

No. Name Position* 

Date of 

birth 

Height Weight Club 

1 Sławomir Szmal GK 02.10.1978 1.90 90 KS Vive Tauron Kielce 

6 Przemysław Krajewski LW 20.01.1987 1.84 79 KS Azoty Puławy 

7 Robert Orzechowski RW 20.11.1989 1.89 84 KS Azoty Puławy 

8 Karol Bielecki LB 23.01.1982 2.02 100 KS Vive Tauron Kielce 

11 Adam Wiśniewski LW 24.10.1980 1.92 90 SPR Wisła Płock SA 

15 Michał Jurecki LB 27.10.1984 2.02 102 KS Vive Tauron Kielce 

16 Piotr Wyszomirski GK 06.01.1988 1.93 87 Pick Szeged 

17 Bartosz Konitz CB 30.12.1984 1.95 95 SPR Wisła Płock SA 

18 Piotr Grabarczyk LP 31.10.1982 2.00 91 HSV Hamburg 

21 Piotr Masłowski CB 20.02.1988 1.92 88 KS Azoty Puławy 

23 Kamil Syprzak LP 23.07.1991 2.08 116 FC Barcelona 

26 Michał Daszek RB 27.06.1992 1.80 70 SPR Wisła Płock SA 

28 Maciej Gębala LP 10.01.1994 2.00 102 SC Magdeburg 

29 Jakub Łucak RW 18.09.1989 1.81 84 WKS Śląsk Wrocław 

45 Michał Szyba RB 18.03.1988 1.96 97 RR Gorenje Velenje 

49 Piotr Chrapkowski LB 24.03.1988 2.03 90 KS Vive Tauron Kielce 

*Position: GK – Goalkeeper, LW – Left Wing, RW – Right Wing, LB – Left Back, CB – Centre Back, RB – Right Back, 

LP – Line Player 

HEAD COACH 

MICHAEL BIEGLER 

54-year-old Michael Biegler has a wealth of coaching experience. He was the 

assistant coach of men’s German national team from 1993 to 1996 and has 

been the head coach of many German clubs, including VfL Gummersbach and 

SC Magdeburg. In September 2012, he succeeded Bogdan Wenta at the helm 

of the Polish national team. At his first major tournament in this role, Poland 

finished ninth at the 2013 World Championship in Spain. Biegler took on the 

task of rejuvenating Poland’s national team and has already achieved success. 

In January 2015, Poland came third at the 2015 World Championship in Qatar, 

beating EHF EURO 2014 bronze medallist, Spain, in the 3rd place match. 

Matches played 

Date Teams Score 

1 15.01.2016 Poland - Serbia 29 : 28 

2 17.01.2016 Poland - Macedonia 24 : 23 

3 19.01.2016 Poland - France 31 : 25 

4 23.01.2016 Poland - Norway 28 : 30 

5 25.01.2016 Poland - Belarus 32 : 27 

6 27.01.2016 Poland - Croatia 23 : 37 

7 29.01.2016 Poland - Sweden 26 : 24 

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REPORT 

GROUP A 

FRANCE 

Players 


Date of 

birth 


5 Nedim Remili RB 18.07.1995 1.95 94 US Creteil Handball 

6 Guy Olivier Nyokas LW / LB 28.06.1986 1.88 86 HBW Balingen Weilstetten 

8 Daniel Narcisse CB 16.12.1979 1.89 93 Paris Saint Germain Handball 

11 Samuel Horcisse LW 05.07.1986 1.80 75 Paris Saint Germain Handball 

12 Vincent Gerard GK 16.12.1986 1.88 98 

Dunkerque Grand Littoral 

Handball 

13 Nikola Karabatic CB 11.04.1984 1.96 102 Paris Saint Germain Handball 

14 Kentin Mahe LW / CB 22.05.1991 1.86 83 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 

16 Thierry Omeyer GK 02.11.1976 1.92 93 Paris Saint Germain Handball 

20 Cedric Sorhaindo LP 07.06.1984 1.92 112 FC Barcelona 

21 Michael Guigou LW 28.01.1982 1.79 78 Montpellier AH 

22 Luka Karabatic LP 19.04.1988 2.02 103 Paris Saint Germain Handball 

23 Ludovic Fabregas LP 01.07.1996 1.98 99 Montpellier AH 

25 Theo Derot LB 17.06.1992 1.93 96 HBC Nantes 

27 Adrien Dipanda RB 03.05.1988 2.02 104 St Raphael Var Handball 

28 Valentin Porte RB / RW 07.09.1990 1.90 96 Fenix Toulouse Handball 

29 Benoit Kounkoud RB / RW 19.02.1997 1.88 78 Paris Saint Germain Handball 



HEAD COACH 

CLAUDE ONESTA 

Nobody has managed to win as many titles with a national team as the 58-yearold 

Claude Onesta. 

After the 2001 World Championship held in France, the former player and coach 

from HB Toulouse took over coaching responsibilities for the French men’s 

national team from Daniel Costantini. Many felt that Costantini’s shoes were 

impossible to fill, but the absolute opposite was true. Many felt that Costantini’s 

shoes were impossible to fill, but the absolute opposite was true. 

It took five years before Onesta triumphed and was able to record his first major 

victory at the 2006 European Championship in Switzerland. With this, he began 

make history with the team. 

It took five years before Onesta triumphed and was able to record his first major 

victory at the 2006 European Championship in Switzerland. With this, he began 

make history with the team. 



1 15.01.2016 France – Macedonia 30 : 23 

2 17.01.2016 Serbia – France 26 : 36 

3 19.01.2016 Poland – France 31 : 25 

4 21.01.2016 France – Belarus 34 : 23 

5 23.01.2016 France – Croatia 32 : 24 

6 27.01.2016 France – Norway 24 : 29 

7 29.01.2016 France – Denmark 29 : 26 

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GROUP A 

MACEDONIA 

Players 

Date of 



birth 

3 Dejan Manaskov LW 26.08.1992 1.80 73 HC Vardar 

5 Stojanche Stoilov LP 30.04.1987 1.92 110 HC Vardar 

7 Kiril Lazarov RB 10.05.1980 1.93 95 FC Barcelona 

8 Vlatko Mitkov RB 16.08.1981 1.92 97 HC Krems 

9 Ace Jonovski CB 29.12.1980 1.97 93 Bergischer HC 

10 Daniel Dupjachanec GK 15.07.1983 1.89 99 HC Metalurg 

13 Filip Mirkulovski CB 14.09.1983 1.89 91 HSG Wetzlar 

14 Velko Markoski LB 05.04.1986 1.94 100 RK PPD Zagreb 

16 Borko Ristovski GK 02.11.1982 1.90 98 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 

18 Naumche Mojsovski CB 17.06.1980 1.87 92 CSM Bucuresti 

21 Nemanja Pribak CB 26.03.1984 1.90 103 Besiktas 

22 Goce Georgievski RW 12.02.1992 1.85 83 Fenix Toulouse HB 

23 Filip Lazarov LB 21.04.1985 1.97 104 HC Vardar 

26 Goce Ojleski LW 10.10.1989 1.88 78 HC Odorhei Secuiesc 

27 Filip Kuzmanovski LB 03.07.1996 1.98 105 HC Metalurg 

33 Zharko Peshevski LP 11.04.1991 1.95 110 HC Metalurg 



HEAD COACH 

IVICA OBRVAN 

When Ivica Obrvan became head coach of the Macedonian national team early 

in 2013 as the successor of Zvonko Shundovski, he lost his first two qualification 

matches against world champions Spain. 

But the Croat quickly brought success to the team and by winning against 

Switzerland and Portugal, FYR Macedonia qualified for the EHF EURO 2014 

in Denmark, repeating the feat two years later when they came second in the 

qualification group with France, Czech Republic and Switzerland. As a player 

Obrvan played for the national teams of Yugoslavia and Croatia. 

As a club handball coach, he won the EHF Cup with RK Metkovic Jambo in 2000 

and reached the final in the same event in 2009 with RK Gorenje, losing to VfL 

Gummersbach. 



1 15.01.2016 France – Macedonia 30 : 23 

2 17.01.2016 Poland – Macedonia 24 : 23 

3 19.01.2016 Macedonia – Serbia 27 : 27 

4 21.01.2016 Macedonia – Croatia 24 : 34 

5 25.01.2016 Macedonia – Norway 31 : 31 

6 27.01.2016 Macedonia – Belarus 29 : 30 

62 63

REPORT 

GROUP A 

SERBIA 

Players 


Date of 

birth 


3 Miljan Pusica LP 30.06.1991 2.01 105 Orlen Wisła Płock 

5 Zarko Sesum CB 16.06.1986 1.96 92 Frisch Auf Göppingen 

7 Ivan Nikcevic LW 11.02.1981 1.81 81 Orlen Wisła Płock 

8 Filip Marjanovic LW 10.02.1989 1.89 91 HC Vojvodina 

10 Darko Djukic RW 11.12.1994 1.91 80 Besiktas Kulubu 

12 Darko Stanic GK 08.10.1978 1.92 98 El Jaish 

13 Petar Nenadic CB 28.06.1986 1.98 98 Füchse Berlin 

17 Novak Boskovic RB 23.05.1989 1.91 89 Macabi Tel Aviv 

20 Momir Rnic LB 01.11.1987 1.97 104 MT Melsungen 

22 Bojan Beljanski LP 22.06.1986 2.00 105 HC Bregenz 

25 Nemanja Zelenovic RB 27.02.1990 1.94 95 SC Magdeburg 

29 Ilija Abutovic LB 02.08.1988 2.02 100 Vardar Skopje 

33 Mijajlo Marsenic LP 09.03.1993 2.03 110 Vardar Skopje 

36 Milos Orbovic RB 02.11.1993 1.93 98 HC Vojvodina 

82 Uros Elezovic LB 28.01.1982 1.94 95 Lekhwiya 

85 Dragan Marjanac GK 26.02.1985 1.91 85 BSV Bern Muri 



HEAD COACH 

DEJAN PERIC 

As a player Dejan Peric started his career in Serbia, Belgrade, but he soon moved 

abroad. For many years his name was associated with Slovenian side Celje, with 

whom he won the EHF Champions League in 2005. He repeated this feat just one 

year later when he played for FC Barcelona and added another trophy to his tally 

when he won the Cup Winners' Cup in 2008 with Veszprem. In 2011 he returned 

to Celje where he ended his playing career in 2013. When his predecessor Vlatan 

Matic resigned after Serbia had failed to reach the World Championship 2015, 

Peric – already Matic's assistant back then – took over; first as an interim solution, 

then in early 2015 he was officially made head coach. 



1 15.01.2016 Poland – Serbia 29 : 28 

2 17.01.2016 Serbia – France 26 : 36 

3 19.01.2016 Macedonia – Serbia 27 : 27 

64 65

REPORT 

GROUP B 

CROATIA 

Players 


Date of 

birth 


1 Ivan Stevanovic GK 18.05.1982 1.93 101 HC Ppd Zagreb 

3 Marino Maric LP 01.06.1990 1.96 114 MT Melsungen 

5 Domagoj Duvnjak CB 01.06.1988 1.97 99 THW Kiel 

8 Marko Kopljar RB 12.02.1986 2.10 108 FC Barcelona 

10 Jakov Gojun LB 18.04.1986 2.04 110 Füchse Berlin 

13 Zlatko Horvat LW 25.09.1984 1.79 86 HC Ppd Zagreb 

18 Igor Karacic CB 02.11.1988 1.89 87 HC Vardar 

21 Kresimir Kozina LP 25.06.1990 1.96 104 HC Flensburg 

25 Mirko Alilovic GK 15.09.1985 2.00 110 MKB Veszprem 

26 Manuel Strlek LW 01.12.1988 1.81 79 HC Vive Tauron Kielce 

27 Ivan Cupic RW 27.03.1986 1.78 78 HC Vive Tauron Kielce 

29 Antonijo Kovacevic LW 21.05.1987 1.90 90 HC Ppd Zagreb 

30 Marko Mamic LB 06.03.1994 2.00 100 HC Dunkerque 

31 Luka Sebetic RB 26.05.1994 1.98 97 HC Ppd Zagreb 

32 Ivan Sliskovic LB 23.10.1991 1.97 98 MKB Veszprem 

33 Luka Cindric CB 05.07.1993 1.82 90 HC Vardar 



HEAD COACH 

ZELJKO BABIC 

Zeljko Babic jis the young coach of the Croatian national team. In a playing career 

cut short by injuries he won the European Champions Cup, the predecessor of the 

EHF Champions League, twice (1992, 1993) with the best Croatian club Zagreb. 

He soon became a coach. His career has seen him take charge of clubs such as 

Split, Metkovic, Krsko (Slovenia), Zagreb and Meshkov Brest (Belarus). 

Since 2009 he has been a member of the Croatian Handball Federation as 

an individual coach for the World Championship in Croatia, assisting in the 

preparation and competition. 

In 2010 he became an assistant coach of the Croatian national team. During this 

time, Croatia has won three bronze medals at the European Championship 2012 

in Serbia, Olympic Games in London in 2012 and at the World Championship 

2013 in Spain. 

After Slavko Goluža left, he took charge of the national team for EHF EURO 2016 

qualification. He has a good relationship with many players having trained them 

in the junior selection. 



1 15.01.2016 Croatia – Belarus 27 : 21 

2 17.01.2016 Norway – Croatia 34 : 31 

3 19.01.2016 Croatia – Iceland 37 : 28 

4 21.01.2016 Macedonia – Croatia 24 : 34 

5 23.01.2016 France – Croatia 32 : 24 

6 27.01.2016 Poland – Croatia 23 : 37 

7 29.01.2016 Spain – Croatia 33 : 29 


66 67

REPORT 

GROUP B 

ICELAND 

Players 


Date of 

birth 


1 Björgvin Pall Gustavsson GK 24.05.1985 1.93 95 Bergischer HC 

2 Vignir Svavarsson LP 20.06.1980 1.94 100 HC Midtjylland ApS 

4 Aron Palmarsson LB 19.07.1990 1.93 96 MKB Veszprem 

5 Runar Karason RB 24.05.1988 1.96 100 TSV Hannover Burgdorf 

6 Asgeir Örn Hallgrimsson RB 17.02.1984 1.91 95 Nimes 

7 Arnor Atlason LB 23.07.1984 1.91 91 St. Rafael 

9 Gudjon Valur Sigurdsson LW 08.08.1979 1.87 83 FC Barcelona 

10 Snorri Steinn Gudjonsson CB 17.10.1981 1.87 86 Nimes 

12 Aron Rafn Edvardsson GK 01.09.1989 2.02 90 Aalborg Handbold 

13 Olafur Anders Gudmundsson LB 13.05.1990 1.94 92 IFK Kristianstad 

14 Arnor Thor Gunnarsson RW 23.10.1987 1.81 85 Bergischer HC 

15 Alexander Petersson RB 02.07.1980 1.86 94 Rhein Neckar Löwen 

18 Robert Gunnarsson LP 22.05.1980 1.90 100 Paris Handball 

22 Stefan Rafn Sigurmannsson LW 19.05.1990 1.96 96 Rhein Neckar Löwen 

26 Bjarki Mar Gunnarsson LP 10.08.1988 2.01 100 Aue 

Gudmundur Holmar 

28 

CB 05.08.1992 1.92 101 Valur 

Helgason 



HEAD COACH 

ARON KRISTJANSSON 

Aron Kristjansson (42) took over as coach of Iceland's men's national team in 

September 2012, succeeding Gudmundur Gudmundsson. While being a player, 

Kristjansson played 85 internationals for Iceland as centre back. He was part of 

the team that reached the semi-finals at the EHF EURO 2002 in Sweden. Earlier in 

his career he won bronze with Iceland's under-21 team at the 1993 Men's Junior 

World Championship, scoring the decisive goal in the 21:20-win against Russia 

in the 3rd place match. 

An injury forced him to stop playing handball in 2004 and he took over as coach 

at Danish club Skjern until 2007. He then moved back to his home country where 

started training Haukar, winning the Icelandic national championships in 2008, 

2009 and 2010. 

Following a short stint with German side Hannover-Burgdorf in the 2010/11 

season, he returned to Haukar, coaching them until spring 2013. In 2014, 

Kristjansson took over KIF Kolding, winning the Danish championship in 2014 

and 2015. Since spring 2015 the EHF Master Coach's sole focus lies with the 

national team. 



1 15.01.2016 Iceland – Norway 26 : 25 

2 17.01.2016 Belarus – Iceland 39 : 38 

3 19.01.2016 Croatia – Iceland 37 : 28 

68 69

REPORT 

GROUP B 

BELARUS 

Players 

Date of 



birth 

1 Aliaksei Kishou GK 23.09.1986 1.92 83 Schwaz 

2 Ivan Brouka LW 20.04.1980 1.78 87 SKA Minsk 

3 Uladzislau Kulesh LB 28.05.1996 2.00 83 SKA Minsk 

4 Maxim Babichev LP 07.03.1986 2.00 100 BHK Meshkov 

5 Aliaksei Khadkevich LB 14.01.1994 1.91 92 SKA Minsk 

6 Viktar Zaitsau RB 27.08.1992 1.95 95 St.Petersburg 

10 Barys Pukhouski CB 03.01.1987 1.84 83 Motor Zaporozhye 

16 Viachaslau Saldatsenka GK 23.07.1994 1.88 84 SKA Minsk 

17 Dzmitry Nikulenkau CB 12.07.1984 1.88 90 BHK Meshkov 

18 Siarhei Shylovich RB 16.05.1986 1.95 105 BHK Meshkov 

19 Aliaksandr Patsykailik RW 08.03.1990 1.90 78 SKA Minsk 

23 Andrei Yurynok LW 21.09.1996 1.98 90 SKA Minsk 

24 Maksim Baranau RW 11.04.1988 1.88 81 BHK Meshkov 

25 Anton Prakapenia LB 26.09.1988 1.95 95 Schwaz 

50 Artsiom Karalek LP 20.02.1996 1.90 85 SKA Minsk 

55 Aliaksandr Tsitou LP 28.10.1986 1.90 105 Masheka 



HEAD COACH 

IOURI CHEVTSOV 

Iouri Chevtsov became the head coach of the Belarusian men’s national team in 

July 2009. Playing for the national team of the USSR, Iouri Chevtsov won the world 

championship in 1982 and the Olympic title in 1988. He also won the USSR national 

championship six times (1981, 1984–1986, 1988–1989). He won the European 

Champions Cup three times (1987, 1989, 1990), the European Cup Winners' Cup 

twice (1983, 1988) and also won the Super Cup (1989). 

As a coach of German clubs he won the German championsip and the German 

Cup (1997) and the EHF Cup (2005) and reached the final of the German Cup (1999, 

2003, 2006, 2007) and the Cup Winners' Cup (2008). 



1 15.01.2016 Croatia – Belarus 27 : 21 

2 17.01.2016 Belarus – Iceland 39 : 38 

3 19.01.2016 Norway – Belarus 29 : 27 

4 21.01.2016 France – Belarus 34 : 23 

5 25.01.2016 Poland – Belarus 32 : 27 

6 27.01.2016 Macedonia – Belarus 29 : 30 

70 71

REPORT 

GROUP B 

NORWAY 

Players 


Date of 

birth 


5 Sander Sagosen CB 14.09.1995 1.95 93 Aalborg Handbold 

6 Thomas Kristensen RW 02.05.1990 1.96 81 Frisch Auf Göppingen 

7 Joakim Hykkerud LP 10.02.1986 1.94 114 TSV Hannover Burgdorf 

8 Bjarte Myrhol LP 29.05.1982 1.94 96 Skjern Handbold 

9 Petter Overby LP 26.03.1992 1.93 102 Elverum Handball 

11 Erlend Mamelund LB 01.05.1984 1.97 100 THW Kiel 

12 Ole Erevik GK 09.01.1981 1.96 92 Pays Daix UC HB 

15 Kent Robin Tonnesen RB 05.06.1991 1.96 90 Füchse Berlin 

16 Espen Christensen GK 17.06.1985 1.90 88 GOG Svendborg TGI 

17 Magnus Jondal LW 07.02.1988 1.87 80 Oif Arendal 

19 Kristian Bjornsen RW 10.01.1989 1.91 84 IFK Kristianstad 

20 Andre Lindboe LW 24.06.1988 1.78 80 Elverum Handball 

21 Magnus Gullerud LP 13.11.1991 1.96 102 Sonderjyske 

24 Christian O’Sullivan CB 22.08.1991 1.90 89 IFK Kristianstad 

27 Harald Reinkind RB 17.08.1992 1.96 95 Rhein Neckar-Löwen 

89 Espen Lie Hansen LB 01.03.1989 1.96 100 Bregenz Handball 



HEAD COACH 

CHRISTIAN BERGE 

Christian Berge (42) played 63 matches for the Norwegian national team from 

1997 to 2006. Having qualified for EHF Euro 2016, he is now taking the team to his 

first major championship as a coach. He was presented as the new team coach, 

succeeding Robert Hedin, in February 2014. Berge is building a new team for the 

future and has brought several young players into the team, who will have an 

opportunity to play their first championship at EHF Euro 2016. 



1 15.01.2016 Iceland – Norway 26 : 25 


3 19.01.2016 Norway – Belarus 29 : 27 

4 23.01.2016 Poland – Norway 28 : 30 

5 25.01.2016 Macedonia – Norway 31 : 31 

6 27.01.2016 France – Norway 24 : 29 

7 29.01.2016 Norway – Germany 33 : 34 


72 73

REPORT 

GROUP C 

SPAIN 

Players 

Date of 



birth 

3 Eduardo Gurbindo RB 08.11.1987 1.95 92 FC.Barcelona 

5 Jorge Maqueda RB 06.02.1988 1.97 105 HC Vardar Pro 

8 Victor Tomas RW 15.02.1985 1.78 85 FC.Barcelona 

9 Raul Entrerrios CB 12.02.1981 1.93 92 FC.Barcelona 

13 Julen Aguinagalde LP 08.12.1982 1.95 110 KS Vive Tauron Kielce 

15 Cristian Ugalde LW 19.10.1987 1.87 81 MKB Veszprem KC 

16 Arpad Sterbik GK 20.11.1979 2.00 119 HC Vardar Pro 

21 Joan Canellas CB 30.09.1986 1.98 100 THW Kiel 

24 Viran Morros de Argila LB 15.12.1983 1.99 99 FC.Barcelona 

26 Antonio Jesus Garcia LB 06.03.1984 1.91 93 MOL Pick Szeged 

27 Rafael Baena LP 07.11.1982 1.91 121 Rhein Neckar Lowen 

28 Valero Rivera LW 22.02.1985 1.85 85 HBC Nantes 

30 Gedeon Guardiola LP 01.10.1984 2.00 103 Rhein Neckar Lowen 

33 Gonzalo Perez de Vargas GK 10.01.1991 1.89 93 FC.Barcelona 

38 Juan del Arco CB 29.11.1991 1.89 85 EL Jaish 

40 Alex Dujshebaev RB 17.12.1992 1.87 88 HC Vardar Pro 



HEAD COACH 

MANOLO CADENAS 

After Spain had won 2013 World Championship, a substitution took place on the 

coach's bench. Valero Rivera left the team and moved to Qatar where he currently 

coaches the men's national team and Manolo Cadenas took over as new Spanish 

head coach. 

The 58-year-old Cadenas started his career as a professional handball coach in 

1986, first directing the handball club from Oviedo. Later he worked at Cantabria, 

Valladolid, Ademar León, FC Barcelona as well as BM Granollers and - apart from 

his job on the national team's bench - he currently coaches Polish VELUX EHF 

Champions League participants Orlen Wisła Płock. 

In his coaching career he won, among further silverware, the Cup Winners' Cup 

three times, once with Cantabria in 1990 and twice with Ademar Leon in 1999 

and 2005. 

Manolo Cadenas is in love with handball and he is an academic icon in the sport. 

He still teaches at seminars for coaches, and he has invested much of his time in 

training at grassroots level and therefore has positively earned the respect and 

affection of all Spanish fans. 



1 16.01.2016 Spain – Germany 32 : 29 

2 18.01.2016 Slovenia – Spain 24 : 24 

3 20.01.2016 Spain – Sweden 24 : 22 

4 24.01.2016 Spain – Denmark 23 : 27 

5 26.01.2016 Spain – Hungary 22 : 14 

6 27.01.2016 Spain – Russia 25 : 23 

7 29.01.2016 Spain – Croatia 33 : 29 

8 31.01.2016 Germany – Spain 24 : 17 

74 75

REPORT 

GROUP C 

SWEDEN 

Players 


Date of 

birth 


1 Mattias Andersson GK 29.03.1978 1.85 93 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 

4 Markus Olsson CB 31.03.1990 1.88 92 Skjern Handbold 

5 Linus Persson RB 16.04.1993 1.90 91 HK Malmö 

6 Jonas Källman LW 17.07.1981 2.00 98 Pick Szeged 

10 Niclas Ekberg RW 23.12.1988 1.91 96 THW Kiel 

11 Lukas Nilsson LB 16.11.1996 1.92 97 Ystads IF 

14 Jesper Konradsson CB 04.06.1994 1.84 84 Alingsas HK 

18 Tobias Karlsson LP 04.06.1981 1.96 102 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 

19 Johan Jakobsson RB 12.02.1987 1.95 96 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 

20 Mikael Appelgren GK 06.09.1989 1.91 100 Rhein Neckar Löwen 

24 Fredrik Petersen LW 27.08.1983 1.88 85 Füchse Berlin 

28 Philip Stenmalm LB 03.03.1992 1.98 89 La Rijoa 

31 Viktor Östlund LB 19.01.1992 1.98 90 Eskilstuna Guif 

32 Mattias Zachrisson RW 22.08.1990 1.79 79 Füchse Berlin 

35 Andreas Nilsson LP 12.04.1990 1.97 110 Veszprem 

36 Jesper Nielsen LP 30.08.1989 2.00 110 Füchse Berlin 



HEAD COACHES 

OLA LINDGREN AND STAFFAN OLSSON 

Sweden are the only team at the EHF EURO 2016 that counts on a coaching duo. 

And this duo is by far not just any duo, but Ola Lindgren and Staffan Olsson are 

two of Sweden's most successful handball players. 

Over the course of almost 20 years - both celebrated their debut in 1986, with 

Lindgren retiring in 2003 and Olsson one year later - they both played more than 

350 internationals for Sweden respectively and were part of the national team that 

became known as the 'Bengan Boys' in reference to its coach Bengt Johansson. 

In these 20 years they won the World Championship in 1990 and 1999, the EHF 

EURO in 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2002 as well as Olympic silver in 1992, 1996 and 

2000. 

Lindgren and Olsson took on the role of joint-coach of the national team in 2008. 

After the team failed to reach the 2007 World Championship, Olsson and Lindgren 

began a reconstruction of the team and led them to fourth place at the 2011 World 

Championship on their home court and to silver the following year at the London 

2012 Olympic Games. 

Beside his job with the national team, Ola Lindgren coaches Swedish top side IFK 

Kristianstad, while Staffan Olsson took over a job beside head coach Zvonimir 

Serdarusic at Paris Saint-Germain in the 2015/16 season. 



1 16.01.2016 Sweden – Slovenia 23 : 21 

2 18.01.2016 Germany – Sweden 27 : 26 

3 20.01.2016 Spain – Sweden 24 : 22 

4 22.01.2016 Sweden – Russia 28 : 28 

5 26.01.2016 Sweden – Denmark 28 : 28 

6 27.01.2016 Sweden – Hungary 22 : 14 

7 29.01.2016 Poland – Sweden 26 : 24 

76 77

REPORT 

GROUP C 

GERMANY 

Players 


Date of 

birth 


5 Johannes Sellin RW 31.12.1990 1.87 80 MT Melsungen 

6 Finn Lemke LB 30.04.1992 2.10 115 SC Magdeburg 

9 Tobias Reichmann RW 27.05.1988 1.88 85 KS Vive Tauron Kielce 

10 Fabian Wiede RB 08.02.1994 1.94 93 Füchse Berlin 

13 Hendrik Pekeler LP 02.07.1991 2.03 101 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 

16 Carsten Lichtlein GK 04.11.1980 2.02 100 VfL Gummersbach 

19 Martin Strobel CB 05.06.1986 1.89 90 HBW Balingen-Weilstetten 

21 Erik Schmidt LP 28.12.1992 2.04 101 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 

23 Steffen Fäth LB 04.04.1990 1.95 97 HSG Wetzlar 

25 Kai Häfner RB 10.07.1989 1.92 93 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 

33 Andreas Wolff GK 03.03.1991 1.98 105 HSG Wetzlar 

34 Rune Dahmke LW 10.04.1993 1.89 85 THW Kiel 

35 Julius Kühn LB 01.04.1993 1.98 109 VfL Gummersbach 

40 Simon Ernst CB 02.04.1994 1.95 97 VfL Gummersbach 

43 Nicolas Pieczkowski CB 28.12.1989 1.93 90 TuS N-Lübbecke 

48 Jannik Kohlabacher LP 19.07.1995 1.93 105 HSG Wetzlar 



HEAD COACH 

DAGUR SIGURDSSON 

Beside his job with the national team, Ola Lindgren coaches Swedish top side IFK 

Kristianstad, while Staffan Olsson took over a job beside head coach Zvonimir 

Serdarusic at Paris Saint-Germain in the 2015/16 season. 

Sigurdsson - a former Icelandic international with 215 caps for his country - 

coached the national team of Austria to their best ever EHF EURO result on home 

ground. Already at that time, he worked in a double function, coaching the German 

club Füchse Berlin, having previously coached Austrian champions Bregenz. 



1 18:30 Spain – Germany 32 : 29 

2 20:30 Germany – Sweden 27 : 26 

3 17:15 Germany – Slovenia 25 : 21 

4 18:15 Germany – Hungary 29 : 19 

5 18:15 Germany – Russia 30 : 29 

6 18:15 Germany – Denmark 25 : 23 

7 18:30 Norway – Germany 33 : 34 

8 17:30 Germany – Spain 24 : 17 

78 79

REPORT 

GROUP C 

SLOVENIA 

Players 


Date of 

birth 


1 Matevz Skok GK 02.09.1986 1.88 92 TUS N-Lübbecke 

3 Blaz Blagotinsek LP 17.01.1994 2.02 110 RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko 

6 Gasper Marguc RW 20.08.1990 1.80 85 MKB MVM Veszprem 

7 Vid Kavticnik RB 24.05.1984 1.91 90 Montpellier AHB 

12 Gorazd Skof GK 11.07.1977 1.88 92 HBC Nantes 

13 Darko Cingesar LW 25.07.1990 1.87 93 RK Maribor Branik 

14 Sebastian Skube LB 03.04.1987 1.89 88 Bjerringbro Silkeborg 

15 Vid Poteko LP 05.04.1991 1.94 105 RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko 

18 David Miklavcic RB 29.01.1983 1.96 100 Tremblay en France Handball 

20 Luka Zvizej LW 09.12.1980 1.85 88 RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko 

22 Matej Gaber LP 22.07.1991 1.97 114 Montpellier AHB 

23 Uros Zorman CB 09.01.1980 1.90 98 KS Vive Targi Kielce 

32 Miha Zarabec CB 21.10.1991 1.77 77 RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko 

44 Dean Bombac CB 04.04.1989 1.89 94 Pick Szeged 

50 Dragan Gajic RW 21.07.1984 1.88 84 Montpellier AHB 

51 Borut Mackovsek LB 11.09.1992 2.04 98 ThSV Eisenach 



HEAD COACH 

VESELIN VUJOVIC 

Veselin Vujović (54) is a former top handball player of Yugoslavia who competed 

in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. In 1984, he won 

the gold medal, playing all six matches and scoring 28 goals. Four years later, 

he won the bronze medal, playing in all six matches again and scoring 29 goals. 

During his career he played for different clubs: Metaloplastika Sabac, Barcelona 

and Granollers. With Metaloplastika he won two European Champions Cup titles 

(1985 and 1986) and one with FC Barcelona (1991). He was the first player to 

receive the title of the IHF World Player of the Year (1988). 

In 1986, he was named as the best athlete of Yugoslavia. He is the current coach 

of HC PPD Zagreb and former coach of RK Vardar and Ciudad Real and national 

teams, including Serbia and Montenegro and FYR Macedonia. 



1 16.01.2016 Sweden – Slovenia 23 : 21 

2 18.01.2016 Slovenia – Spain 24 : 24 

3 20.01.2016 Germany – Slovenia 25 : 21 

80 81

REPORT 

GROUP D 

HUNGARY 

Players 

Date of 



birth 

1 Laszlo Bartucz GK 05.11.1991 1.94 105 Csurgoi KK 

5 Timuzsin Schuch LP 05.06.1985 1.97 106 MVM Veszprem 

6 Akos Pasztor RW 24.06.1991 1.87 84 Grundfos Tatabanya KC 

8 Gergö Ivancsik LW 30.11.1981 1.90 87 MVM Veszprem 

13 Tibor Gazdag LW 07.08.1991 1.87 84 Csurgoi KK 

15 Peter Hornyak RW 04.10.1995 1.75 68 Csurgoi KK 

16 Roland Mikler GK 20.09.1984 1.90 92 MVM Veszprem 

18 Kornel Nagy LB 21.11.1986 1.95 98 Dunkerque 

19 Laszlo Nagy RB 03.03.1981 2.08 113 MVM Veszprem 

22 Iman Moorchegani Jamali LB 11.10.1991 2.02 102 IFK Kristianstad 

23 Rudolf Faluvegi CB 09.01.1994 1.92 92 Csurgoi KK 

25 Szabolcs Zubai LP 31.03.1984 1.91 86 MOL-Pick Szeged 

27 Bence Banhidi LP 02.02.1995 2.04 110 Balatonfüredi KSE 

30 Tamas Borsos LB 13.09.1990 2.02 105 Cegledi KKSE 

33 Gabor Ancsin RB 27.11.1990 2.02 97 MOL-Pick Szeged 

39 Richard Bodo LB 13.03.1993 2.03 110 Grundfos Tatabanya KC 



HEAD COACH 

TALANT DUYSHEBAEV 

The Kirghiz-born and Russian-Spanish citizen Talant Duyshebaev was a luminous 

handball star during the 1990s and was voted the best handball player of the world 

twice (1994 and 1996). He debuted in the Unified team (former Soviet national 

team) in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, winning the gold medal. 

During that tournament, he became the top goal-scorer and a member of the Allstar 

Team. In 1993, he won the World Championship with Russia before becoming 

a Spanish citizen. He played for Spain at the Olympic Games in Atlanta (1996) and 

Sydney (2000), winning bronze medals at both events. He also won several medals 

at European Championships and World Championships. Having finished his career 

as a player, Duyshebayev showed also brilliant skills as a coach. His club Ciudad 

Real won the EHF Champions League three times under his leadership. After 

the financial collapse of the Spanish team, he signed a contract with Vive Tauron 

Kielce in 2014 and led the Polish team to the VELUX EHF Final4 in 2015. In the 

2015/2016 season, he won the EHF Champions League with Vive. From October 

2014 till the end of EHF EURO 2016, he was the head coach of the Hungarian men’s 

national team. Shortly afterwards he took over as head coach of the Polish men’s 

national team, with which he qualified for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. 



1 16.01.2016 Hungary – Montenegro 32 : 27 

2 18.01.2016 Russia – Hungary 27 : 26 

3 20.01.2016 Denmark – Hungary 30 : 22 

4 22.01.2016 Germany – Hungary 29 : 19 

5 26.01.2016 Spain – Hungary 31 : 29 

6 27.01.2016 Sweden – Hungary 22 : 14 

82 83

REPORT 

GROUP D 

DENMARK 

Players 

Date of 



birth 

1 Niklas Landin Jacobsen GK 19.12.1988 2.01 102 THW Kiel 

2 Alexander Lynggaard LP 27.03.1990 2.00 102 St. Raphael Var 

3 Mads Christiansen RB 03.05.1986 1.94 93 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 

5 Mads Mensah CB 12.08.1991 1.88 109 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 

6 Casper U. Mortensen LW 14.12.1989 1.90 93 HSV Hamburg 

7 Anders Eggert Magnussen LW 14.05.1982 1.79 77 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 

11 Rasmus Lauge Schmidt CB 20.06.1991 1.93 96 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 

15 Jesper Noddesbo LP 23.10.1980 1.99 100 FC Barcelona 

17 Lasse Svan Hansen RW 31.08.1983 1.84 84 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 

18 Hans Lindberg RW 01.08.1981 1.88 88 HSV Hamburg 

20 Kevin Moller GK 20.06.1989 2.00 103 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 

21 Henrik Mollgaard Jensen LB 02.01.1985 1.96 97 PSG Paris 

23 Henrik Toft Hansen LP 18.12.1986 2.00 106 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 

24 Mikkel Hansen LB 22.10.1987 1.92 93 PSG Paris 

27 Michael Damgaard Nielsen LB 18.03.1990 1.92 88 SC Magdeburg 

29 Peter Balling Christensen RB 05.04.1990 1.88 90 Team Tvis Holstebro 



HEAD COACH 

GUDMUNDUR GUDMUNDSSON 

As a left wing player for Vikingur Reykjavik Gudmundur Gudmundsson was the 

Icelandic champion six times and won the Icelandic Cup on six occasions. He also 

played 236 international games for his country, scoring 358 goals and participating 

in six World Championships and two Olympic Games. From 2001 to 2004 and 

again from 2008 to 2012 Gudmundsson coached the Icelandic men's national 

team, leading them to Olympic silver in Beijing in 2008 and bronze at the EHF 

European Championship in Austria in 2010. As coach of the German side Rhein- 

Neckar Loewen (2010-2014), he led the club to the EHF Cup victory in 2012-13. 

Gudmundsson, who has university degrees in International Finance and Banking 

as well as in Leadership and Human Resource Management and Computer 

Science, was given the highest Icelandic civil distinction – Hin íslenska fálkaorða 

– in 2008 for his achievements in Icelandic handball. 



1 16.01.2016 Denmark – Russia 31 : 25 

2 18.01.2016 Montenegro 

28 : 30 

– Denmark 

3 20.01.2016 Denmark – Hungary 30 : 22 

4 24.01.2016 Spain – Denmark 23 : 27 

5 26.01.2016 Sweden – Denmark 28 : 28 

6 27.01.2016 Germany – Denmark 25 : 23 

7 29.01.2016 France – Denmark 29 : 26 

84 85

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GROUP D 

RUSSIA 

Players 

Date of 



birth 

6 Daniil Shishkarev RW 06.07.1988 1.89 92 HC Vardar 

7 Dmitry Kovalev RW 15.05.1982 1.80 75 Chekhovskie Medvedi 

10 Aleksandr Chernoivanov LP 13.02.1979 2.02 105 Chekhovskie Medvedi 

11 Pavel Atman CB 25.05.1987 1.90 94 HC Meshkov Brest 

13 Sergey Gorbok LB 04.12.1982 1.96 98 HC Vardar 

16 Dmitrii Pavlenko GK 01.01.1991 1.90 76 Chekhovskie Medvedi 

20 Mikhail Chipurin LP 17.11.1980 1.85 83 Union Sportive Ivry Handball 

21 Gleb Kalarash LP 29.11.1990 2.05 95 HC Motor Zaporozhye 

25 Sergei Shelmenko RB 05.04.1983 1.96 100 HC Motor Zaporozhye 

26 Ruslan Dashko RW 13.08.1996 1.98 94 Dinamo – Victor 

30 Valentin Buzmakov LB 17.04.1985 1.92 112 Permskie Medvedi 

31 Timur Dibirov LW 30.07.1983 1.80 70 HC Vardar 

44 Igor Soroka LW 27.05.1991 1.80 73 Permskie Medvedi 

74 Lev Tcelishchev LP 16.04.1990 2.05 103 Dinamo Astrakhan 

87 Victor Kireev GK 05.05.1987 1.90 94 St. Petersburg HC 

89 Dmitrii Zhitnikov CB 20.11.1989 1.85 80 Orlen Wisła Płock 



HEAD COACH 

DMITRY TORGOVANOV 

Two weeks after the men’s team’s disappointing 19th place at the World 

Championship 2015 in Qatar and the subsequent resignation of coaching duo Oleg 

Kuleshov and Alexander Rymanov, the Russian Handball Federation announced 

that former internationals Dmitry Torgovanov and Lev Voronin would take over 

the team. Torgovanov assumed the head coach’s role, and Voronin became his 

assistant. 

As a player the 43-year-old Voronin was Olympic (2000), world (1997) and 

European Champion (1996). He also won silver at the World Championship 1999 

and at the EHF EURO 2000. 

Torgovanov, also 43 years old, became world champion in 1993 and 1997, 

European Champion in 1996 and Olympic champion in 2000. In 2009 Torgovanov, 

after he had been playing in Germany for more than a decade, returned to his 

home town to take over HC St. Petersburg as a coach. 



1 16.01.2016 Denmark – Russia 31 : 25 

2 18.01.2016 Russia – Hungary 27 : 26 

3 20.01.2016 Russia – Montenegro 28 : 21 

4 22.01.2016 Sweden – Russia 28 : 28 

5 24.01.2016 Germany – Russia 30 : 29 

6 27.01.2016 Spain – Russia 25 : 23 

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GROUP D 

MONTENEGRO 

Players 

Date of 



birth 

1 Rade Mijatovic GK 30.06.1981 1.92 98 Tatabanya 

2 Bozidar Lekovic LB 04.01.1991 2.02 88 Constanta 

4 Fahrudin Melic RW 22.07.1984 1.83 90 PSG 

5 Mirko Milasevic CB 27.07.1985 1.95 84 Dinamo Bucurest 

7 Stefan Cavor RB 03.11.1994 1.97 100 Csurgoi 

10 Bozo Andelic CB 16.03.1992 1.86 92 Czegled 

12 Mile Mijuskovic GK 08.10.1985 1.99 95 Maribor 

13 Mirko Radovic RW 15.06.1990 1.86 87 Valence 

14 Milos Vujovic LW 05.09.1993 1.81 72 Tatabanya 

18 Branko Kankaras LP 28.05.1988 1.88 92 Valence 

21 Vasko Sevaljevic CB 21.06.1988 1.93 107 Toulouse 

22 Radivoje Ristanovic GK 02.12.1982 2.00 105 Balingen 

23 Bogdan Petricevic CB 06.09.1989 1.94 95 Mulhouse 

34 Vuko Borozan LB 09.04.1994 2.03 105 Lübbecke 

90 Nemanja Grbovic LP 26.04.1990 1.83 106 Czegled 

93 Vladan Lipovina RB 07.03.1993 2.01 98 Wetzlar 



HEAD COACH 

LJUBOMIR OBRADOVIC 

In March 2014 the experienced Serbian coach Ljubomir Obradovic succeeded 

Zoran Kastratovic, who parted ways with the Montenegrin men's national team 

after its preliminary round exit at the EHF EURO 2014. 

Obradovic has already had experience in Montenegro, having won the Montenegrin 

Cup with Lovcen in the 2008/09 season. After that he went to Portugal to coach the 

Portuguese men’s national team and VELUX EHF Champions League participants 

FC Porto. His biggest success as a coach to date is the 1st place at the Men’s 20 

EHF EURO 2000 with Yugoslavia. 



1 16.01.2016 Hungary – Montenegro 32 : 27 

2 18.01.2016 Montenegro 

28 : 30 

– Denmark 

3 20.01.2016 Russia – Montenegro 28 : 21 

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4.2 

REFEREES 

Twelve pairs of referees were 

selected to officiate matches 

of Men’s EHF EURO 2016. 

Only one of these pairs could 

have the honour of refereeing 

the match whose winner won 

the gold medal. The match 

between Germany and Spain 

in the presence of 15,000 fans 

in TAURON ARENA Kraków 

was refereed by the Danish 

pair: Martin Gjeding – Mads 

Hansen. They were assisted by 

Polish referees: Michał Janas 

and Andrzej Chrzan, who were 

responsible for timekeeping and 

scorekeeping. Their work was 

evaluated very well by EHF's 

authorities, which entrusted 

them with a similar task during 

WOMEN’S EHF Champions 

League FINAL4 in Budapest. 

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EHF Referees 

Andrei GOUSKO – Siarhei REPKIN / BLR 

Matija GUBICA – Boris MILOSEVIC / CRO 

Vaclav HORACEK – Jiri NOVOTNY / CZE 

Martin GJEDING – Mads HANSEN / DEN 

Oscar RALUY – Angel SABROSO / ESP 

Stevann PICHON – Laurent REVERET / FRA 

Lars GEIPEL – Marcus HELBIG / GER 

Zigmars STOLAROVS – Renars LICIS / LAT 

Gjorgji NACHEVSKI – Slave NIKOLOV / MKD 

Duarte SANTOS – Ricardo FONSECA / POR 

Bogdan STARK – Romeo STEFAN / ROU 

Michael JOHANSSON – Jasmin KLIKO / SWE 

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Preliminary Round 

Main Round 

Final Round 

4.3 

TOURNAMENT CALENDAR 

Day 

/ Venue 

KRAKÓW KATOWICE WROCŁAW GDAŃSK 

15.01.2016 

18:00 France– Macedonia 16:00 Croatia – Belarus 

20:30 Poland – Serbia 18:15 Iceland – Norway 

16.01.2016 

18:30 Spain – Germany 18:00 

Hungary 

– Montenegro 

20:45 Sweden – Slovenia 20:15 Denmark – Russia 

18:15 Serbia – France 16:00 Belarus – Iceland 

17.01.2016 

20:30 

Macedonia 

– Poland 

18:15 Norway – Croatia 

18.01.2016 

18:15 Slovenia – Spain 18:00 Russia – Hungary 

20:30 

Germany 

– Sweden 

20:15 

Montenegro 

– Denmark 

19.01.2016 

18:15 

Macedonia 

– Serbia 

18:15 Belarus – Norway 

20:30 France – Poland 20:30 Croatia – Iceland 

20.01.2016 

17:15 

Germany 

– Slovenia 

17:15 

20:00 Spain – Sweden 20:00 

Russia 

– Montenegro 

Denmark 

– Hungary 

18:15 France – Belarus 

21.01.2016 

20:30 

Macedonia 

– Croatia 

22.01.2016 

18:15 

Germany 

– Hungary 

20:30 Sweden – Russia 

23.01.20146 

18:15 France – Croatia 

20:30 Poland – Norway 

24.01.2016 

18:15 Germany – Russia 

20:30 Spain – Denmark 

25.01.2016 

18:15 

Macedonia 

– Norway 

20:30 Poland – Belarus 

26.01.2016 

18:15 Spain – Hungary 

20:30 

Sweden 

– Denmark 

27.01.2016 

16:00 

Macedonia 

– Belarus 

18:15 France – Norway 18:15 

16:00 Sweden – Hungary 

Germany 

– Denmark 

20:30 Poland – Croatia 20:30 Spain – Russia 

16:00 Poland – Sweden 

29.01.2016 

18:30 Norway – Germany 18:30 France – Denmark 

21:00 Spain – Croatia 

31.01.2016 

15:00 Norway – Croatia 

17:30 Germany – Spain 

Day / Venue KRAKÓW KATOWICE WROCŁAW GDAŃSK 

94 95

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4.4 

STATISTICS OF MATCHES 

RESULTS OF MATCHES 

KRAKÓW 



15.01.2016 France – Macedonia 30 : 23 

15.01.2016 Poland – Serbia 29 : 28 

17.01.2016 Serbia – France 26 : 36 

17.01.2016 Macedonia – Poland 23 : 24 

19.01.2016 Macedonia – Serbia 27 : 27 

19.01.2016 France – Poland 25 : 31 

KATOWICE 



15.01.2016 Croatia – Belarus 27 : 21 

15.01.2016 Iceland – Norway 26 : 25 

17.01.2016 Belarus – Iceland 39 : 38 

17.01.2016 Norway – Croatia 34 : 31 

19.01.2016 Belarus – Norway 27 : 29 

19.01.2016 Croatia – Iceland 37 : 28 

GDAŃSK 



16.01.2016 Hungary – Montenegro 32 : 27 

16.01.2016 Denmark – Russia 31 : 25 

18.01.2016 Russia – Hungary 27 : 26 

18.01.2016 Montenegro – Denmark 28 : 30 

20.01.2016 Russia – Montenegro 28 : 21 

20.01.2016 Denmark – Hungary 30 : 22 

WROCŁAW 



16.01.2016 Spain – Germany 32 : 29 

16.01.2016 Sweden – Slovenia 23 : 21 

18.01.2016 Slovenia – Spain 24 : 24 

18.01.2016 Germany – Sweden 27 : 26 

20.01.2016 Germany – Slovenia 25 : 21 

20.01.2016 Spain – Sweden 24 : 22 

Main Round 


22.01.2016 Germany – Hungary 29 : 19 

22.01.2016 Sweden – Russia 28 : 28 

24.01.2016 Germany – Russia 30 : 29 

24.01.2016 Spain – Denmark 23 : 27 

26.01.2016 Spain – Hungary 22 : 14 

26.01.2016 Sweden – Denmark 28 : 28 

27.01.2016 Sweden – Hungary 22 : 14 

27.01.2016 Germany – Denmark 25 : 23 

27.01.2016 Spain – Russia 25 : 23 

5th place and 7th place matches 


29.01.2016 Poland – Sweden 26 : 24 

29.01.2016 France – Denmark 29 : 26 

Main Round 


21.01.2016 France – Belarus 34 : 23 

21.01.2016 Macedonia – Croatia 24 : 34 

23.01.2016 France – Croatia 32 : 24 

23.01.2016 Poland – Norway 28 : 30 

25.01.2016 Macedonia – Norway 31 : 31 

25.01.2016 Poland – Belarus 32 : 27 

27.01.2016 Macedonia – Belarus 29 : 30 

27.01.2016 France – Norway 24 : 29 

27.01.2016 Poland – Croatia 23 : 37 

Semi-final 


29.01.2016 Norway – Germany 33 : 34 

29.01.2016 Spain – Croatia 33 : 29 

3rd place match and final match 


31.01.2016 Norway – Croatia 24 : 31 

31.01.2016 Germany – Spain 24 : 17 

96 97

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4.5 

FINAL CLASSIFICATION 

Each of the first three teams was awarded medals (gold, 

silver and bronze) – maximum 30 pcs per team, i.e. players 

and training & technical staff. 

FINAL CLASSIFICATION 

OF TEAMS 

Place National team 

1. Germany 

2. Spain 

3. Croatia 

4. Norway 

5. France 

6. Denmark 

7. Poland 

8. Sweden 

9. Russia 

10. Belarus 

11. Macedonia 

12. Hungary 

13. Iceland 

14. Slovenia 

15. Serbia 

16. Montenegro 

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS 

MVP 

Best scorer 

Best goalkeeper 

Best left wing 

Best left back 

Best centre back 

Best right back 

Best right wing 

Best line player 

Best defender 

Raul Entrerrios 

Valero Rivera Folch 

Andreas Wolff 

Manuel Strlek 

Michał Jurecki 

Sander Sagosen 

Johan Jakobsson 

Tobias Reichmann 

Julen Aguinagalde 

Henrik Mollgaard 

98 99

REPORT 

5 

PRE-TOURNAMENT 

EVENTS 

100 101

REPORT 

102 103

REPORT 

5.1 

PRE-TOURNAMENT 

EVENTS 

Pre-tournament events were an integral part of preparations for 

EHF EURO 2016. Their primary aim was to promote EHF EURO 2016, 

to promote Tournament Partners and Host Cities, to sell tickets and, 

indirectly, to popularise handball. 

EUR EURO 

2016 

promotional 

stand during 

WCh QATAR 

2015, Doha, 

30.01- 

01.02.2015 

The promotion of the Tournament through pretournament 

events started already in 2014 with the 

Draw Ceremony of Qualification Groups in Warsaw 

(11.04.2014), the organisation of Polish Media Day 

– a press conference and a promotional stand of 

Host Cities during the final weekend of Women’s 

EHF EURO 2014 in Budapest. 

The first test event relating to EHF EURO 2016 was 

also Christmas Cup 2014 – a friendly tournament 

held from 28 till 30 December 2014 in Katowice. 

From January 2015, over 35 various events and campaigns 

were organised in order to publicise, promote 

and raise fans' awareness of the organisation of EHF 

EURO 2016 in Poland. 

Inauguration of the tournament clock measuring 

time till EHF EURO 2016 (15.01.2015) 

Exactly one year before the start of the 

Championship, the EHF EURO 2016 countdown 

clock was officially launched in Katowice.The event 

was also accompanied by a press conference attended 

by the Mayor of the City of Katowice and 

Representatives of the Polish Handball Federation. 

Organisation of a press conference in connection 

with the official presentation of the composite logo 

of the Wrocław City (16.01.2015) 365 days before 

the first match of EHF EURO 2016 in Wrocław, the 

composite logo of the Wrocław City was officially 

presented to journalists at a press conference. The 

event was accompanied by the official mascot and 

the promotional stand of Wrocław. 

Promotion of EHF EURO 2016 during Men’s World 

Handball Championship QATAR 2015 / Doha 

(30.01 – 01.02.2015) During Men’s World Handball 

Championship held in Qatar in January 2015, further 

activities promoting EHF EURO 2016 were organised. 

In the period from 30.01.2015 till 1.02.2015, 

the Polish Handball Federation arranged a promotional 

stand of Host Cities of EHF EURO 2016 in the 

Lusail Multipurpose Arena. Promotional videos of 

Host Cities were shown, and promotional prints 

(brochures etc.) and small gadgets promoting the 

Tournament in Poland were available at the stand. 

Near the stand, there was also a photo booth where 

everyone could take a commemorative photo against 

the panorama of Host Cities and a photo with the 

mascot of EHF EURO 2016 and selected gadgets, 

e.g. a fan scarf. On the day preceding final matches 

of the 2015 World Championship (31.01.2015), 

an official conference promoting EHF EURO 2016 in 

Poland was held in the Lusail Multipurpose Hall in 

Qatar. The conference was attended by the President 

of the European Handball Federation, the Minister of 

Sport and Tourism and representatives of the Polish 

Handball Federation. 

KALENDARZ WYDARZEŃ PRZEDTURNIEJOWYCH 

• 15.01.2015 

Launch of the 

EHF EURO 2016 

countdown clock 

/ Katowice 

• 16.01.2015 

Organisation 

of a press 

conference 

in connection 

with the official 

presentation of 

the composite 

logo of the 

Wrocław City 

• 30.01-01.02.2015 

Promotion of 

EHF EURO 2016 

during Men’s 

World Handball 

Championship 

QATAR 2015 / 

Doha 

• 24.02.2015 COS 

dla Handball: 

Photo exhibition 

– World 

Championship in 

Qatar, TORWAR 

• 04-08.03.2015 

ITB Berlin fair 

/ Promotional 

stand in the 

Polish Pavilion 

• 10.03.2015 EHF 

EURO 2016 

stand during the 

Superliga match 

Vive TAURON 

Kielce – Wisła 

Płock 

• 21.03.2015 

300 days to EHF 

EURO 2016 / 

Warsaw, Kraków, 

Katowice, 

Wrocław, Gdańsk 

• 20-21.04.2015 

European 

Economic 

Congress in 

Katowice 

• 25-26.04.2015 

PGNiG Polish 

Cup Final4, 

TORWAR 

• 1-3.05.2015 Test 

Event Kraków / 

Katowice – Men’s 

International 

Handball 

Tournament 

104 105

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COS for Handball: Photo exhibition of the World 

Championship in Qatar, TORWAR (24.02.2015) 

Shortly after winning the bronze medal at the 

WC in Qatar, seven members of the Polish national 

team - Adam Wiśniewski, Kamil Syprzak, 

Mariusz Jurkiewicz, Marcin Wichary, Michał Daszek, 

Krzysztof Lijewski and Piotr Chrapkowski - visited 

the Torwar Arena. They were assisted by former 

national team players Marcin Lijewski and Artur 

Siódmiak, who gave hundreds of autographs and 

posed for a similar number of photos. 

General sports activities, handball training exercises 

with the PGNiG Academy of Small Champions 

and educational activities in the field of nutrition 

and doping prevention were organised. A photo exhibition 

“World Handball Championship QATAR 2015 

photographed by Grzegorz Trzpil" was also opened. 

The EHF EURO 2016 stand presenting information 

about the organisation of the European 

Championship in January 2016 in Poland was also 

very popular among visitors. The event was accompanied 

by a photo booth, in which everyone could 

take a photo with EHF EURO 2016 gadgets. 

ITB Berlin fair / EHF EURO 2016 promotional stand 

in the Polish Pavilion (04-08.03.2015) Thanks to cooperation 

with the Polish Tourist Organisation acting 

as Partner, EHF EURO 2016 had an opportunity to invite 

fans from all parts of Europe to Poland. Visitors 

could take part in handball activities, which were 

presented by the two-time medalist of the World 

Championship Artur Siódmiak. Handball-related 

activities and photos in a photo booth were organised 

at the promotional stand in the hall. The stand 

was also accompanied by the official mascot of the 

Tournament and by hostesses providing information 

about EHF EURO 2016 and invited visitors to visit the 

promotional stand. The visit to Berlin included also 

a press meeting with German journalists. 

EHF EURO 2016 stand during the Superliga match 

Vive TAURON Kielce – Wisła Płock (10.03.2015) 

The promotion of EHF EURO 2016 was organised on 

the day of the match between Vive Tauron Kielce and 

ORLEN Wisła Płock in the Legionów Hall in Kielce. 

In addition, after the first half of the match, the representative 

of the Polish Handball Federation submitted 

a cheque with a gift for a fund-raising campaign 

aimed at supporting the treatment of coach 

Tomasz Strząbała. The gift amounted to 20% of income 

from the sale of tickets to the Christmas Cup 

2014 tournament. 

Solution of the contest for the name of the EHF EURO 2016 

mascot during PGNiG Polish Cup Final4, Torwar, 26.04.2015 

Promotion 

during the 

ITB Berlin 

fair, Marcin 

Herra (right) 

and Artur 

Siódmiak 

(left), 

04-08.03.2015 

Press conferences – 300 days to EHF EURO 2016 

(21.03.2015) 

On the occasion of 300 days left to the beginning of 

EHF EURO 2016, 5 press conferences were held in 

Host Cities and in Warsaw in the office of the Polish 

Handball Federation. During all press conferences, 

the status of preparation for the Tournament 

and a plan of upcoming events were presented to 

the local media. In the office of the Polish Handball 

Federation, the day started with a press meeting 

attended by around 20 invited journalists, the aim 

of which was to present the status of preparations 

for EHF EURO 2016. On that occasion, the office of 

EHF EURO 2016 and employees of the EHF EURO 

2016 Department were presented. Then the EHF 

EURO 2016 countdown clock was officially put into 

operation. During that event, a billboard with an 

electronic display showing the time left till the beginning 

of EHF EURO 2016 was presented. 

EHF EURO2016 Zone during the European Economic 

Congress (20-21.04.2015) 

In the Rest Zone of the European Economic 

Congress, an EHF EURO 2016 zone was created 

as a part of the dedicated area for the Katowice 

City. The stand was organised during the EEC in 

order to promote EHF EURO 2016 and to promote 

Hospitality zones in the context of the Polish Cup, 

the Test Tournament in Katowice and Kraków and 

the Hospitality offer during the final EHF EURO 2016 

Tournament. 

CALENDAR OF PRE-TOURNAMENT EVENTS 

• 04.05.2015 

Launching the 

Sale of Tickets to 

EHF EURO 2016 

• 23.05.2015 

Olympic Picnic / 

Warsaw 

• 29-31.05.2015 

VELUX EHF 

Champions 

League FINAL4 / 

Cologne 

• 19.06.2015 

Final Draw 

Kraków – draw 

of Preliminary 

Round groups 

• 20.06.2015 

Test Event 

Kraków: the 

match Poland 

– Denmark and 

the final of the 

Szczypiorniak 

na Orlikach 

program 

• 18-19.07.2015 

EHF EURO 2016 

zone during the 

final of the Polish 

Beach Handball 

Championship, 

Gdańsk-Brzeźno 

• 30.08.2015 

Friendly match 

VIVE TAURON 

Kielce – Paris 

Saint Germain 

• 11-12.09.2015 

150 th Anniversary 

of the Katowice 

City 

• 19.09.2015 

Olympic Farewell 

to Summer in 

Katowice 

• 7.10.2015 

100 days to 

EHF EURO 2016 

Wrocław 

106 107

REPORT 

For this purpose, a dedicated leaflet about 

Hospitality zones was prepared to supplement the 

Catalogue about EHF EURO 2016. The EHF EURO 

2016 promotional stand was served by hostesses, 

the mascot of the Tournament was present and 

the LCD screen showed promotional videos of Host 

Cities and promotional materials relating to EHF 

EURO 2016. In addition, a replica of the EHF EURO 

2016 Platter and the official Adidas ball were shown. 

In addition, handball-related activities were conducted, 

with two animators – including Artur Siódmiak 

– being present at the animation point. 

PGNiG Polish Cup Final4 (24-25.04.2015) 

The final tournament of Men's PGNiG Polish 

Handball Cup attracted more than 9,000 fans. The 

event was accompanied by a performance of Rafał 

Brzozowski, the announcement of the name of 

the mascot of EHF EURO 2016 and attractions for 

fans. Media partners of the event were: Przegląd 

Sportowy, WP.PL and Polsat Sport. The tournament 

was attended, among others, by the Minister of 

Environment Maciej Grabowski, the Minister of Sport 

and Tourism Andrzej Biernat, the President of the 

Polish Olympic Committee and the Polish Handball 

Federation Andrzej Kraśnicki, Otylia Jędrzejczak and 

Artur Siódmiak. It was an ideal opportunity to check 

procedures before EHF EURO 2016, co-operation 

with subcontractors and the implementation of contracts 

with partners. 

Test tournament: Men's International Handball 

Tournament (01-03.05.2015) 

The tournament held in Kraków and Katowice was 

the second test before EHF EURO 2016 for the Polish 

national team. During three days of the Tournament, 

matches were played between Poland, Egypt, Brasil 

and Romania. The first four matches took place in 

TAURON Arena Kraków on 1 and 2 May, and on the 

third day all teams moved to Katowice. Polish fans 

showed that our handball players can rely on them 

– more than 10,000 were present in TAURON Arena 

Kraków. Polish handball players stayed for a few 

days more in Kraków – apart from training, the team 

had also an opportunity to see the city and become 

familiar with it. 

Olympic Picnic (23.05.2015) The guiding idea of the 

Olympic Picnic being held in the Kępa Potocka Park 

referred to the 1st European Games in Baku. On that 

occasion, the EHF EURO 2016 Department prepared 

a special tent in which various activities for fans 

were conducted by an animator. On that occasion, 

the EHF EURO 2016 Department prepared a special 

tent in which various activities for fans were 

conducted by an animator. A photo booth and the 

mascot of EHF EURO 2016 were extra attractions. 

EHF EURO 2016 as Partner of VELUX EHF 

Champions League Final 4 (29-31.05.2015) 

The VELUX EHF Champions League final took place in 

the LANXESS Arena in Cologne. An EHF EURO 2016 

promotional stand and a photo booth were arranged on 

the external promenade, and a tent was erected outside 

the arena with a throw speed measuring gate. EHF 

EURO 2016 was also the official Partner of the Event. 

EHF EURO 2016 Preliminary Round Group Draw 

(19.06.2015) The draw ceremony was also accompanied 

by artistic performances of Sound’n'Grace 

Choir and Liber & Natalia Szroeder. The 90-minute 

ceremony in the presence of almost 1,000 guests 

was hosted by Agnieszka Popielewicz and Szymon 

Rojek. In addition, there was a live broadcast of the 

ceremony in central squares of four Host Cities. 

Test Tournament – Friendly match Poland – 

Denmark (20.06.2015) One day after the EHF EURO 

2016 draw, the Polish men’s national team played 

a friendly match against Denmark as a part of another 

stage of preparations for the EC in January 

2016. During this match, a new attendance record 

was set for an indoor handball match in Poland. The 

match attracted an audience of 11,037 spectators; 

the previous record had been set during the match 

Poland – Germany in ERGO Arena in Gdańsk in 2012, 

which had been watched by 10,500 spectators. 

Before the beginning of the friendly encounter 

in TAURON Arena, commemorative platters for 

the round number of caps was awarded to Karol 

Bielecki, Sławomir Szmal, Bartosz Jurecki (200 caps 

each), Krzysztof Lijewski and Michał Jurecki (150 

caps each). 

EHF EURO 2016 zone during the final of the Polish 

Beach Handball Championship (18-19.07.2015) 

On 18-19 July, the final of the Polish Beach Handball 

Championship took place on the beach in Gdańsk- 

Brzeźno. The EHF EURO 2016 Department prepared 

a zone with activities for fans. 

Friendly match VIVE TAURON Kielce – Paris Saint 

Germain (30.08.2015) 

On the day of the match, as a part of the special EHF 

EURO 2016 Zone, a ticket sale point, an EHF EURO 

2016 information point and a Host City promotion 

point were opened. In addition, fans could take photos 

in a photo booth and check their handball skills 

by throwing a ball towards the goal. Animations were 

also displayed on LED boards and a promotional video 

was shown on the video wall. 

EHF EURO 2012 zone during the celebration 

of the 150th anniversary of the Katowice City 

(11-12.09.2015) 

From 11 till 13 September, the musical culmination 

of the celebration of the 150th birthday of the 

Katowice City took place. In the place where the 

largest audience gathered (the Culture Zone near 

the Silesian Museum), an EHF EURO 2016 zone 

was built close to the stage. A dedicated EHF EURO 

Friendly match VTK - 

PSG, 30.08.2015 

CALENDAR OF PRE-TOURNAMENT EVENTS 

• 7.10.2015 Trophy 

Tour – Warsaw 

• 10.10.2015 

Trophy Tour 

– Płock 

• 10.10.2015 

SILESIA 

BUSINESS & 

LIFE AWARDS 

Gala 

• 11.10.2015 

Beating the 

Guinness record 

• 17.10.2015 

Trophy Tour – 

Kielce 

• 24.10.2015 

Trophy Tour 

– Wrocław 

• 25.10.2015 

Trophy Tour – 

Kraków 

• 27.10.2015 

Trophy Tour 

– Katowice 

• 7-8.11.2015 

Test Event – 

International 

Handball 

Tournament in 

Gdańsk 

• 26-27.10.2015 

Trophy Tour 

Europe – Sweden 

• 22-24.11.2015 

Trophy Tour 

Europe – 

Slovenia 

• 5.12.2015 Trophy 

Tour Europe – 

Belarus 

• 18-20.12.2015 

Trophy Tour 

Europe 

– Denmark 

• 18-20.12.2015 

Final Weekend of 

Women’s World 

Championship in 

Denmark 

• 22.12.2015 

Trophy Tour 

Europe – Croatia 

• 29-30.12.2015 

Test Event – 

Christmas Cup / 

Wrocław 

108 109

REPORT 

EHF EURO 2016 was promoted during the official 

Silesia Business & Life Awards Gala in Katowice. 

This event was attended by many important persons 

from the world of business, film and sport. During 

the ceremony, awards and distinctions were granted 

to persons and companies that were most successful 

in their fields and made the biggest technological 

and economic progress. 

Conference 

“100 days to 

EURO 2016” 

and the announcement 

of Official 

Ambassadors 

of EURO 2016, 

Warsaw, 

07.10.2015 

2016 tent was prepared, including a eBilet ticket sale 

point, a special offer for Katowice inhabitants, a goal 

cage and an EHF EURO 2016 promotional point. 

Olympic Farewell to Summer (19.09.2015) 

The Polish Handball Federation was a partner and 

co-organiser of the Olympic Farewell to Summer 

event in Katowice. Katowice fans were the first ones 

that could see and admire a large platter – a trophy 

for the winner of the Tournament. Another particular 

attraction was a special exhibition of all international 

medals won by Polish national teams in international 

events of championship rank, including 

medals of Olympic games and world championships. 

Polish Handball Federation prepared dedicated programme 

full of entertainment, games and competitions 

with attravtive prizes for all handball fans. Full 

size handball playing court and two street handball 

courts were built inside the venue, where everybody 

could test their skills in one of the most attractive 

team sports. For children, it was an opportunity to 

learn the rules of handball and feel the atmosphere 

of real training during exercises with the Champion 

- Marcin Lijewski. Moreover, children had a special 

corner at their disposal in the EHF EURO 2016 zone, 

which included face painting, drawing and the receipt 

of various gadgets. 

Press conference: 100 days to EHF EURO 2016 

(07.10.2015) 

100 days before the commencement of EHF EURO 

2016, special press conferences took place in 

Kraków, Katowice, Gdańsk, Wrocław and Warsaw. 

During the conference in Warsaw, the inauguration 

of the Trophy Tour took place – fans from 

seven Polish cities had an opportunity to see the 

European Champions Cup. On that occasion, the following 

Ambassadors of EHF EURO 2016 were also 

presented: Bogdan Wenta, Marcin Lijewski, Janusz 

Czerwiński, Stanisław Majorek, Otylia Jędrzejczak, 

Rafał Brzozowski and Mika Urbaniak. 

The main topic of meetings with journalists was 

the presentation of the current status of preparations 

for EHF EURO 2016. During the conference 

in Warsaw, a co-operation agreement was officially 

signed between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 

and the Polish Handball Federation with regard to 

the promotion of the European Championship via 

Polish diplomatic missions abroad. Apart from that, 

PGNiG company – the Strategical Sponsor of Polish 

Handball – was officially included among Partners 

of EHF EURO 2016. 

Promotion of EHF EURO 2016 during Silesia 

Business & Life Awards Gala (10.10.2015) 

Beating the Guinness record (11.10.2015) 

More than 3,400 persons on 140 Orlik courts in 

Poland took part in an attempt to beat the Guinness 

World Record in the biggest handball training session 

in many places at the same time. The initiative 

was organised as a part of the programme "Our 

Road to EURO 2016”. 

The biggest mass handball lesson took place at one 

time and according to the same pattern. The initiative 

was organised by the Polish Handball Federation 

and the Foundation for the Development of Physical 

Activity. At the time of preparation of this report, the 

initiative is checked for correctness and conformity 

with the procedures for beating Guinness records. 

Test Tournament – International Handball 

Tournament in Gdańsk (07-08.11.2015) 

The Tournament in ERGO Arena in Gdańsk was one 

of the last stages of preparations for EHF EURO 

2016. The Tournament in Gdańsk had an extremely 

strong cast – apart from Poland as hosts, the 

International 

Handball 

Tournament 

in Gdańsk, 

Match Spain – 

Sweden, ERGO 

Arena Gdańsk, 

07.11.2015 

Beating the Guinness record, 11.10.2015 

participating teams included Spain (fourth team of 

the World Championship 2015), Sweden (Olympic 

vice-champions in 2012) and Russia. 

During the Tournament, fans could see the trophy 

of EURO 2016, and a special EHF EURO 2016 

Zone with a number of games and activities was 

established in front of ERGO Arena During the 

Tournament, fans could see the trophy of EURO 

PHOTO: Piotr Matusewicz / pressfocus 

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Trophy 

Tour stop 

on Market 

Square in 

Katowice, 

27.10.2015 

Promotion 

of EHF 

EURO 2016 

in the Fan 

Zone during 

Women's 

World 

Handball 

Championship 

in Herning/ 

Denmark, 

18-20.12.2015 

2016, and a special EHF EURO 2016 Zone with 

a number of games and activities was established 

in front of ERGO Arena – that was the last stop 

on the Trophy Tour. On that occasion, the anthem 

of EHF EURO 2016 was introduced, too. The song 

„Come Play with Us” was presented for the first 

time before the Sunday final match. Apart from 

that, Local Ambassadors of the Tournament in 

Gdańsk were announced. 

Trophy Tour Poland 

The aim of this event was to promote EHF EURO 

2016 by presenting the trophy of the Championship 

and preparing an activity zone for fans and inhabitants 

of Host Cities. During the Trophy Tour, 

Official Ambassadors of EHF EURO 2016 and Local 

Ambassadors were presented in Host Cities. The 

Trophy Tour took place in seven cities in Poland; in 

each of them, an EHF EURO 2016 zone was opened, 

presenting the trophy and promoting handball and 

good fun among inhabitants.: 

07.10 – Warsaw 

Conference "100 days to EHF EURO 2016" 

Location: Office of Dentsu Aegis Network, 

ul. Czerska 12, Warsaw 

10.10 – Płock 

Match Orlen Wisła Płock vs THW Kiel 

Location: Orlen Arena, Pl. Celebry Papieskiej 1, Płock 

17.10 – Kielce 

Match VT Kielce – FC Barcelona 

Location: Legionów Hall, ul. Drogosza 2, Kielce 

24.10 – Wrocław 

Location: Main Market Square 

25.10 – Kraków 

Location: Main Market Square 

27.10 – Katowice 

Location: Plac Kwiatowy 

7-8.11 – Gdańsk 

International Handball Tournament in Gdańsk 

Location: Ergo Arena, Pl. Dwóch Miast 1, Gdańsk 

Trophy Tour Europe 

The aim of this project was to promote EHF EURO 

2016 and Host Cities by presenting the trophy in 

countries whose teams qualified for EHF EURO 2016 

in Poland. In co-operation with national federations, 

the trophy was presented at handball events in: 

Sweden (26-27.10.2015) 

Slovenia (22-24.11.2015) 

Belarus (5.12.2015) 

Denmark (18-21.12.2015) 

Croatia (22.12.2015) 

EHF EURO 2016 promotional stand in the Fan Zone 

in Herning – Final Weekend of Women's IHF World 

Championship DENMARK 2015 (18-20.12.2015) 

An EHF EURO 2016 stand was available in the Fan 

Zone of the Jyske Bank Boxen arena in Herning, 

Denmark, during the final weekend of Women's 

World Handball Championship 2015; it attracted huge 

interest, also among players of the women's national 

Danish team. Visitors could take a photo not only with 

the large championship trophy, but also with High 

Five – the oficial Mascot of EHF EURO 2016. For foreign 

fans, a visit to the stand was also an opportunity 

to buy Hospitality packages at special Christmas 

discount prices. 

On 19 December, a press conference was held with the 

participation of representatives of Host Cities for invited 

journalists accredited for the ongoing women's World 

Championship in Denmark. The meeting was attended 

by: Andrzej Kraśnicki – President of the Polish Handball 

Federation , Henryka Mościcka-Dendys – Poland’s 

Ambassador to Denmark, Marcin Herra – Deputy 

President of the Polish Handball Federation and Head 

of the EHF EURO 2016 Organisational Committee. Host 

Cities were represented by: Katarzyna Król – Deputy 

Mayor of the City of Kraków for Sport and Education, 

Andrzej Baworowski – President of the Centennial 

Hall in Wrocław and Tomasz Szpyrka – Member of the 

Katowice City Council. 

High Five mascot on the stands of the Jyske Bank Boxen arena 

in Herning during the Final Weekend of Women’s WCh in 

Denmark 

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5.2 

OUR ROAD TO EURO 2016 

“Our Road to EURO 2016” is a cycle of 30 tournaments 

in which young handball players of both sexes from all 

provinces took part. Negotiations with representatives of 

Provincial Handball Federations led to the selection of 

a group of tournaments (usually 2 per province) that were 

organised with the support of the EURO 2016 Department. 

Łukovia Cup 

The promotional support of the EURO 2016 

Department included the provision of gifts to participants 

(water bottles, wristbands, bags/rucksacks) 

and clipboards for coaches, the production of banners 

decorating halls, the preparation of a poster 

of the tournament on a standardised template with 

information about EURO 2016 and the publishing of 

information about tournaments on the website of 

the Polish Handball Federation. 

LIST OF TOURNAMENTS HELD UNDER THE CYCLE “OUR 

ROAD TO EURO 2016” 

No. 

Provincial Handball 

Federation 

Tournament Name 

Month 

Number of 

participants 

1. 

2. 

Lower Silesian Handball 

Federation 

3. Cuiavian-Pomeranian 


4. Federation 

International Handball Festival Świdnica CUP September 656 

7 th International Handball Tournament Mikołajek 

Handball CUP 2015 

National Handball Tournament for U14 Female 

Players and U17 Female Players 

National Handball Tournament for U14 Female 

Players and U17 Female Players 

International Handball Tournament for Hetman's 

Bulawa 

November 144 

September 

256 

November 420 

5. 

Handball Federation of 

September 256 

6. 

the Lublin Province 

16 th Girls’ Handball Tournament Łukova Cup September 280 

Łukovia Cup 

7. 

8. 


the Lubuskie Province 

16 th Grape Harvest Handball Festival Spartakus 

Cup 2015 

Interprovincial St. Nicholas’ Day Handball 

Tournament 

September 320 

December 150 

Gniezno Cup 

114 115

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No. 


Federation 

Tournament Name 

Month 

Number of 

participants 

Finals of Orlik Champions League – Łódź Province 

9. 

September 384 


Plays Handball 

the Łódź Province 

10. 12 th Waldek Hyży Memorial Tournament November 100 

Our road to 

EURO 2016 

- Gniezno 

Final of the Provincial Championship of Students’ 

11. 

Małopolska Handball 

Sports Clubs (UKS) 

Federation 

12. Cycle of tournaments 

September 130 

September 

– December 

13. 


"Sławomir Szmal Invites You To Play” September 144 

14. 

the Opole Province 

Mini EURO 2016 Championship October 224 

700 

15. 

Regional Handball 

Federation of the 

Podkarpacie Province 

International St. Nicholas’ Day Tournament December 255 

16. 


14 th Podlasie Handball Cup October 500 

17. 

the Podlasie Province 

14 th Podlasie Handball Cup December 450 

Final UKS 

18. 

19. 

Pomeranian Provincial 

Handball Federation 

29 th November Handball Tournament for U19, U17 

and U14 Players 

5th Edition of Lech Stoliński Memorial in Handball 

for Youth Male Players 

National Handball Tournament for U17 and U19 

Female Players 

November 700 

December 380 

20. 

Silesian Handball 

September 336 

21. 

Federation 

Turniej Silesia Handball Cup September 303 

22. Handball Federation 

of the Świętokrzyskie 

Province 

8 th Edition of Provincial Tournaments for the Cup 

of the Marshal of the Świętokrzyskie Province in 

children and youth categories 

23. 12 th Mini Handball League Tournament 

September 

– October 

October 

– December 

510 

714 

24. Warmia & Masurian 


25. Federation 

Olsztyn Cup 2015 September 448 

Mieczysław Pleśniak Memorial Handball 

Tournament 

January 250 

26. 

Warsaw & Masovian 

Tournament of U19 and U14 Female Players November 320 

27. 


St. Nicholas’ Day Tournament November 250 

Final of 

Students' 

Sports 

Clubs' (UKS) 

competition 

28. Handball Federation 

of the Wielkopolskie 

29. Province 

30. 

West Pomeranian 


9 th Girls’ National Handball Tournament “Gniezno 

CUP 2015” 

10 th Girls’ National St. Nicholas’ Day Handball 

Tournament 

7 th Bartosz Bigda and Filip Potocznik Memorial 

Tournament 

September 512 

December 460 

September 68 

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6 

TOURNAMENT 

SERVICES 

118 119

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6.1 

HOTEL 

FACILITIES 

An in-depth analysis of the hotel market in Host Cities, 

visits to selected hotels and an analysis of offers led to the 

selection of hotels that were able to secure the estimated 

demand for accommodation and all requirements of 

EHF relating to standards of accommodation, catering, 

additional rooms and premises. 

Hotels from the Accor chain, Sheraton Kraków, 

Angelo Katowice and DoubleTree by Hilton were 

selected. In each Host City, 3 or 4 hotels were 

contracted. 

City Group Hotel 

EHF Sheraton 

Kraków 

PHF Novotel Kraków Centrum 

Teams Double Tree by Hilton 

Media Hampton by Hilton 

EHF/PHF Angelo 

Katowice Teams Novotel Katowice Centrum 

Media Silesian 

EHF/PHF Sofitel Wrocław Old Town 

Wrocław 

Teams Mercure Wrocław Centrum 

Teams Ibis Styles 

Media Orbis/Ibis Wrocław 

Mercure Gdańsk Stare 

EHF/PHF 

Miasto 

Gdańsk 

Teams Mercure Gdańsk Posejdon 

Media Novotel Marina 

All hotels for national teams and for EHF’s representatives, 

partners and guests. Each hotel room 

had required dimensions and was adequately furnished 

for a longer stay. National teams of various 

countries staying in the same hotel had separate 

floors at their disposal. Meals and drinks in hotels 

were adapted to the intensity of players’ exercises 

and were served in consultation with a representative 

of the team of the given country. 

In each hotel, a properly marked Welcome Desk 

was arranged. Hotels were decorated in EHF EURO 

2016 colours and branding by the Polish Handball 

Federation. In each of the rooms being used, welcome 

packages with gifts and commemorative medals were 

prepared for VVIPs, VIPs, players and team officials. 

An extra massage room was provided to each team. 

At the car park of each hotel, enough room was set 

aside for buses of national teams, officials’ and guests’ 

cars and special hotel-bus-hotel-car passages, e.g., 

awnings. Hotels had been checked during test events. 

Hotel rooms could be booked via online system available 

on the website of EHF EURO 2016. In each hotel, 

individual EHF EURO 2016 Coordinators were put at 

the organiser’s disposal. 

12 272 

booked rooms 

14 219 

4Host 

Cities 

56 

volunteers 

in all hotels 

hotels 

in total 

(incl. 9 hotels 

from 

14 

the Accor chain) 

4City 

Coordinators 

meal 

packages 

STATISTICS 

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6.2 

TRAINING 

BASE 

Apart from match venues, 

the following extra 

training facilities were 

put at the disposal of all 

teams in all 4 Host Cities: 

In Gdańsk: a sports & entertainment hall on the premises 

of the Jędrzej Śniadecki University School of 

Physical Education and Sport, the main floor with 

an area of 2,000 sq.m., collapsible stands with 1,531 

seats. 

Training session of the Polish national team on the main arena of EHF EURO 2016 – TAURON Arena Kraków, 22.01.2016 

In Kraków: the multi-functional sports hall on the 

premises of the University of Physical Education, the 

main floor with an area of 1,300 sq.m., 540 seats. 

In Katowice: the multi-functional hall in the 

Szopienice Sports Centre with dimensions 51.20 × 

69.58 m, 1,300 seats. 

Training session of the Polish national team, 16.01.2016 

Training session of the French 

national team, 16.01.2016 

In Wrocław: the team game hall on the premises of 

the Academy of Physical Education, the main floor 

with an area of 1,800 sq.m., stands with 195 seats. 

On non-match days, each team had two training sessions 

both in match venues and training facilities – 

before noon and in the evening, whereas on match 

days training sessions were held in the morning. 

The first 15 minutes were always open to the media; 

fans were not allowed to watch training sessions. 

PHOTO: NORBERT BARCZYK / PRESSFOCUS 

Training 

session of 

the Polish 

national team, 

20.01.2016 

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6.3 

TRANSPORT 

Within the scope of Tournament transport services, it was necessary 

to provide such services to teams for the entire period of their stay 

in Poland and to the dedicated media, VIPs and the Organisational 

Committee from 11 till 31 January 2016. 

For this purpose, a Transport Coordinator and 

Transport Managers were appointed on behalf of 

the Polish Handball Federation in each Host City. 

The main transport-related activities included the 

provision of a fleet of buses and cars, the organisation 

of the Park & Ride zone in Kraków and the ensuring 

of co-operation with airports with regard to 

transport organisation. 

Transport Managers were also responsible for the 

recruitment and training of the transport team and 

for the training of volunteers both with regard to 

general rules, procedures and the functioning of 

cars and standards during EHF EURO 2016). 

By way of competition, the Organisational Committee 

selected the SINDBAD company to provide the relevant 

number of buses for the period of EHF EURO 

2016, whereas the fleet of cars was supplied by 

Suzuki. In addition, a fleet of luxury Peugeot cars 

was provided for the transport of VIPs. 

Another task was to plan transport operations for 

each facility (match venues, training halls, hotels, 

etc.) and to create operational plans. 

In addition, a series of training courses for drivers 

and city Coordinators was organised, all traffic 

routes were tested and the police and Venue 

Managers were consulted about them. Branding 

of the bus fleet was also necessary. Finally, travel 

schedules were prepared in agreement with each 

area (Media, VIPs, teams, services) and in agreement 

with local Coordinators. 

In Kraków, Wrocław and Katowice, a „Combi Ticket” 

was planned and implemented; it entitled fans who 

had bought a match ticket to travel to the main venue 

by public transport for free. In Kraków, a Park & 

Ride zone was also organised on the premises of 

the Polish Aviation Museum. On match days, each 

city increased the number and travel frequency of 

public transport means. 

21 

operational days 

over 

140 

over 140 voluntary drivers, 

professional drivers and coach/ 

bus drivers 

90 

90 cars 

over 

(Suzuki i Peugeot) 

over 

3 000 

transfers 

by a fleet 

of highlevel 

cars 

Host Cities 

4 

STATISTICS 

1and between them 

airplane 

charter 

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6.4 

SAFETY & SECURITY 

In August 2015, the EHF EURO 2016 safety concept was 

elaborated to define a cohesive strategy of preparations, 

areas of responsibility and co-operation with external and 

internal entities. 

On the national level, the Polish Handball Federation appointed a Safety 

Coordinator. 

This Coordinator co-operated with: 

• Representatives of services and institutions responsible for safety 

during the Tournament 

• EHF’s representatives 

• Representatives of local governments and provincial administration 

entities 

• Local Coordinators for the safety of the Tournament (1 Coordinator was 

established in each Host City), who in turn co-operated with mass event 

safety managers in venues, mass event safety managers in fan zones 

and with city teams 

• FOSA security agency responsible for the physical provision of safety to 

persons and property on a comprehensive basis in all four Host Cities, 

selected by the Polish Handball Federation to provide security services 

during the Tournament. 

Security of 

the external 

area of the 

Centennial Hall 

in Wrocław 

As a part of preparation and conducting of EHF EURO 2016, the Police, the 

State Fire Service, the Government Protection Bureau, the Border Guard 

and city guards were particularly engaged in the security provision system 

in each Host City. 

• Co-operation with the Police began along with the start of preparations 

for the Tournament, including the arrangement of planned solutions 

in tournament venues, the support of the Organiser in the facilitation 

of transport for teams and official guests and the agreement of roles, 

tasks and the method of work of liaison officers of teams 

• The State Fire Service was engaged in preparations for the Tournament 

from their earliest stage (participation in the arrangement of solutions, 

possibilities of utilising the forces and resources of SFS in the operation 

of fire safety systems in venues and fan zones) 

• Co-operation with the Government Protection Bureau resulted in 

earlier and more precise determination of possibilities of stay and 

movement of secured persons, as well as potential restrictions for fans 

or employees of the Organiser in zones of presence of secured persons. 

• Co-operation with the Border Guard was focused on the good and 

smooth border control of persons from outside the EU or the Schengen 

Zone, both on the ordinary fan level and on the official guest or team 

level. 

• The proper security of areas surrounding areas or zones and the 

support of organisation of passages or transport for fans and teams 

was based also on the forces and resources of city guards in each Host 

City. 

Safety services were provided in each city on a round-the-clock basis by security 

agency personnel both in match venues, fan zones and hotels where 

players were accommodated. Altogether, security services in match venues, 

training halls and hotels were provided by more than 1,000 responsible 

persons. 

Police command point in TAURON Arena Kraków 

Number of security agency employees in hotels occupied by 

teams 

Number of security agency employees in match venues 

during match hours 

Number of security agency employees in fan zones during 

match hours 

Number of security agency employees in hotels occupied by 

teams 

Katowice Kraków Wrocław Gdańsk 

121 191 103 141 

18 18 18 18 

2 2 2 2 

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6.5 

POLICE SECURITY 

EHF EURO 2016 were one of the biggest challenges for 

the Police in the last few years. 

Co-operation 

of police patrols 

with 

FOSA's 

stewards 

Teams' buses 

were escorted 

by police cars 

Security was not organised as a central operation, but as police activities 

and operations carried out in Host Cities: Wrocław, Gdańsk and Katowice. 

On the basis of the “Plan of projects of the General Police Headquarters”, 

the supervision of these activities was conducted via the Operational Centre 

of the Chief Police Commander functioning within the structures of the Main 

Police Staff of the General Police Headquarters. 

The change of the form of organisation of police security resulted mainly 

from a smaller scale of the project and from acquired experiences. In 

Warsaw, it was sufficient to use the co-ordination point functioning from 

3 pm till 11 pm, where four policemen worked in one shift. In Host Cities 

of EHF EURO 2016, a round-the-clock work system was in operation. 

Because most matches were played in Kraków and, in addition, World Cup 

Ski Jumping events took place from 22 till 24 January in Zakopane, which 

was covered by the operational scope of the Małopolska Provincial Police 

Headquarters, activities assumed the form of a police operation under the 

title “Championship 2016”. It was secured by 2,301 policemen. 

In Katowice and Gdańsk, matches were played only for one week in the 

preliminary phase of the tournament. 1,145 policemen took part in the police 

operation "Europe" in Gdańsk, and 936 policemen took part in the police 

operation "Handball 2016 in Katowice". In Wrocław, where handball 

matches took place also in the second week of the event, 1,964 policemen 

were sent to participate in the police operation “EC 2016 in Wrocław”. A few 

hundred other policemen were ready to join the operation if only this became 

necessary. 

Already before the kick-off of the Championship, all arenas were checked by 

police pyrotechnicians. Police officers watched over the security of teams, 

fans, visitors and journalists around EHF EURO 2016 venues, in fan zones 

and on access roads to main venues and training halls. Although the number 

of patrols was increased, policemen were almost invisible. 

Each of the 16 national teams was accompanied round the clock by the 

Polish TSLO (Team Security Liaison Officer) as an experienced and knowledgeable 

person able to identify and diagnose any potential threat and, in 

the event of any crisis, manage its removal in the preliminary phase. 

The main task of TSLO policemen was to organise escorts and ensure, e.g., 

that teams are transported to training sessions and matches in a smooth 

and peaceful manner. Liaison officers co-operated also with civil team supervisors 

and security personnel of halls in which matches and training 

sessions took place. Apart from that, they co-operated on a running basis 

with chiefs of security and of staffs of police operationis and sub-operations. 

All of them had a proficient command of English, and many of them spoke 

also languages of teams for which they were responsible, e.g., Serbian or 

Russian. They had usually acquired experience in working with foreigners 

during missions in the Balkan countries, in Georgia or Liberia. 

In all four Host Cities, police units conducted autonomous operations without 

support from neighbouring garrisons. 

Altogether, the Championship was secured by 7,105 policemen. 

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6.6 

MEDICAL SECURITY 

The medical security of EHF EURO 2016 was implemented on 

the basis of the “Concept of medical security of EHF EURO 

2016,” which was accepted by the Steering Committee. 

It was used as a basis for creating detailed standardised 

operational plans of tournament places, city plans and 

a national plan, according to which the medical security of the 

Tournament was provided. 

On the basis of submitted documents, all Doctors of National Teams were 

allowed to practise the doctor's profession in Poland with regard to relevant 

national teams during the Tournament. In the course of a competitive process, 

FALCK Medycyna was selected as the Medical Operator responsible 

for the medical security of places where the Tournament was to be held. 

Altogether, 165 doctors, male nurses and medical rescuers took part in the 

medical security of the Tournament. During the preparation period, all of 

them completed a training course in the medical service of the Tournament, 

which encompassed the theoretical part and participation in one of the test 

events. The aim of this course was to standardise the level of medical service 

in all Host Cities during the Tournament. 

At the same time, co-operation agreements for the service of players and 

VIPs were drawn up and concluded with reference hospitals and dental service 

centres in Host Cities. 

The medical security of the Tournament was provided in the following places: 

• Sports halls (main venues) 

• Training halls 

• Official hotels – VIPs, teams (on-call doctor) 

• Reference hospitals – full-profile hospitals in Host Cities 

• Dental service centres 

• Extra diagnostic imaging centre in Kraków 

During the Tournament, medical services were provided to 143 persons in 

main venues, training halls and fan zones (13 persons were transported to 

hospitals, of which 2 persons were hospitalised and others received aid in 

hospital rescue wards). 

During the Tournament, an anti-doping test program was carried out in cooperation 

with the EHF, the Commission against Doping in Sport and the 

Institute of Sport. 

These agreements were concluded with the following hospitals: 

• L. Rydygier Specialist Hospital in Kraków 

• Saint Barbara Provincial Specialist Hospital no. 5, Sosnowiec 

• 4th Military Hospital with an Outpatient Clinic in Wrocław 

• Copernicus Provincial Specialist Hospital in Gdańsk. 

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6.7 

TEAM SERVICES 

Service of teams was entrusted to the Team Care 

Coordinator – a special representative of the Polish 

Handball Federation who was the direct Coordinator of 

works of all 15 Team Guides during the entire period of 

the Tournament and was in permanent contact with area 

Coordinators and Organisers of EHF EURO 2016. 

Team Guides acted as main contact persons between 

national teams and organisers of the Tournament, 

who were available 24 hours a day during the entire 

period of the Championship and were in permanent 

contact with Team Managers and person responsible 

for given areas in Host Cities. The main criterion of 

selection for these functions was the command of 

teams' national language; other important factors 

included the knowledge of the Host City, the command 

of English and experience. 

The main duties of Team Guides encompassed a series 

of tasks: monitoring of teams' daily activities, 

contact and transfer of information to individual 

service areas (accommodation, transport, match 

venues and training facilities), the translator’s role 

and daily reporting to the Team Care Coordinator. 

Team Guides were also Coordinators of medical service 

ordering and transport and acted as translators 

during stay in hospitals or medical points. 

Each Team had a Liaison Officer assigned by the 

General Police Headquarters; his role was to ensure 

the safety of all players and persons from the 

coaching team. 

Liaison Officers were also responsible for contact 

with other security services engaged in EHF EURO 

2016 (security of hotels, security of sports facilities, 

police escort etc.) and contact with the Team Guide. 

RESULT OF THE SATISFACTION SURVEY AMONG TEAM MANAGERS – 

SELECTED FACTORS 

(IN A SCALE OF 1 – „VERY BAD” TO 7 – „VERY GOOD”): 

Service by the Team Guide 

6,80 

Organisation of transport 

6,67 

General atmosphere (positive emotions) 

6,48 

7 

Volunteers’ support 

6,75 

Sense of security 

6,58 

Preparation of the dressing room 

Hotel standard 

6,36 

6,33 

Access to information 

134 135

REPORT 

6.8 

MEDIA OPERATIONS 

In every tournament venue there were 

Media Managers and their deputies, who 

supervised all media operations in each 

Host City, open trainings for journalists 

and ran press conferences as chair 

persons. 

Another person delegated to serve the media was 

the EHF Media Manager, who was responsible for 

all aspects of service provided to journalists on behalf 

of the EHF. 

Moreover, the media in each Host City were served 

by a total of ca. 60 volunteers in various areas who 

were responsible for all kinds of help and the provision 

of information to journalists and photo journalists. 

An additional Video Crew team was responsible 

for the preparation of video materials and interviews 

in the mix zone. In hotels where journalists were accommodated, 

there were infodesks at which volunteers 

gave all kinds of organisational information 

to journalists. 

ORGANISATION OF MEDIA ZONES 

Work on the organisation of all media zones and 

equipment for the media started on 2 January in 

Kraków, on 9 January in Katowice, on 10 January in 

Gdańsk and on 11 January in Wrocław. The following 

media zones were organised in each Host City: 

Media Center – they were located in match venues 

and were open from the day preceding the start of 

EHF EURO 2016 till the last day of the Championship 

in the given Host City from 10:00 am till 0:00 am 

on match days (till 10:00 am on rest days). Media 

Centers offered work spaces for journalists, access 

to the Internet, computers and printers at the media's 

disposal and included: 

• Working Area – work spaces for journalists (500 

in Kraków, 300 in Wrocław, 150 in Katowice and 

150 in Gdańsk) 

• Press Conference Room – the conference area 

where press conferences were held after each 

match with the participation of coaches and 

players of both teams 

• Catering zone 

• Relax zone 

Mix Zone – the zone where journalists leaving the 

media stand met players leaving the court, including 

the TV zone, the radio zone and the zone for Internet 

and press journalists 

Flash Zone – areas of first contact with players and 

quick short interviews (accessible only to journalists 

of televisions that had bought the rights to access 

this zone) 

Press Stand – separate stands for journalists – 450 

seats in Kraków, 150 seats in Katowice, 200 seats in 

Gdańsk and 300 seats in Wrocław – each press seat 

was provided with power connection and Internet 

access. Fully equipped commentators' seats for TV 

and radio stations were also available. 

TV Compound Zone – designated zones outside venues 

where production trucks of all stations that had 

bought broadcasting rights stood during the entire 

Tournament and were secured on a round-the-clock 

basis 

TV Studios – TV studios were built in venues for TV 

stations that had bought broadcasting rights. 3 TV 

studios were built in Kraków, 2 studios were built in 

Wrocław, and 1 studio was built in Gdańsk. 

CONFERENCES AND PRESS BRIEFINGS 

A number of open conferences for all accredited 

journalists and briefings for journalists from individual 

states was organised: 

• Conferences inaugurating the Tournament in all 

4 Host Cities 

• Conferences with coaches and players of both 

teams after each match 

• Conference after the preliminary round 

• Conference after the main round 

• Summary conference at the end of the 

Tournament on final Sunday 

• Press briefings – a number of meetings fixed by 

specific teams (in teams’ hotels) with journalists 

from individual states. 

Press 

conference 

during the 

Tournament 

Media Zone 

in TAURON 

Arena Kraków 

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Press 

conference 

in the hotel 

of the Polish 

national team 

TV 

interview 

One of the 

four teams 

which played 

during the tournament 

organized 

for journalists 

on 

the Media Day 

in TAURON 

Arena 

Kraków, 

30.01.2016 

fans on the stands, match results, statistics, etc. 

• Current translation of texts from EHF’s website 

and their uploading on the Polish website of EHF 

EURO2016. 

• Current service of social media on behalf of the 

Polish Handball Federation 

• Daily photo documentation from each arena 

• Preparation of press information and its 

distribution in media centres and directly to 

journalists 

– Welcome Media Pack 

– Official Magazine 

– Shelters for personal belongings in each arena 

Zdjęcie grupowe dziennikarzy biorących udział 

w Turnieju dla dziennikarzy podczas Media Day 

w TAURON Arena Kraków, 30.01.2016 

– Official Magazine 

– Shelters for personal belongings in each arena 

– Media car parks near each venue with a row of 

parking places for the media 

– Catering for the media (hot dishes, cold snacks, 

drinks) 

– Tour guides with a command of English 

– Free transport: 

• From the airport to the media hotel 

• From the media hotel to match venues / training 

halls 

• Between Host Cities 

• Trips for journalists 

ACCOMPANYING EVENTS FOR JOURNALISTS: 

“Media Day” – 30 January 2016 

• Media Tournament – games between journalists 

in Tauron Arena Kraków 

• Media Call – a 2-hour meeting of journalists 

with 4 teams that competed for medals 

• Media Get Together – a mutual dinner for media 

representatives (attended by 250 journalists) 

Social events for journalists held in each Host City 

on rest days (e.g., Wieliczka Salt Mine, Auschwitz- 

Birkenau Museum, sightseeing of Kraków, Historical 

Wrocław, Modern Wrocław) 

CONVENIENCES PROVIDED TO JOURNALISTS: 

– Match reports prepared by representatives of 

the Polish Handball Federation: 

• Daily bulletin published at the end of each match, 

containing summary information on the number of 

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RESULTS OF THE SATISFACTION SURVEY AMONG REPRESENTATIVES 

OF THE LOCAL AND FOREIGN MEDIA – SELECTED FACTORS (IN A SCALE 

OF 1– “VERY BAD” TO 7– “VERY GOOD”): 

Sport emotions 

6,61 


6,58 


6,49 

6,41 

Stewards' work 

6,22 


6,27 


Organisation of press conferences 

6,13 

6,11 

Preparation and layout 

of the Media Centre 

5,90 

Catering 

5,87 

Preparation of the media stand 

Welcome Media Pack 

5,60 

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6.9 

TECHNICAL/IT SERVICE 

18 companies were engaged to provide technical and IT service. 

Their employees were responsible for the delivery, assembly 

and service of multimedia, office, technical and technological 

equipment and the maintenance of networks in buildings (power 

supply, lighting, ventilation and air conditioning systems, etc.) 

Altogether, 85 persons and 12 volunteers worked in technical 

service groups during direct preparation activities and during the 

Tournament. 

The following equipment and facilities were prepared 

for the needs of EHF EURO 2016 in Katowice, 

Gdańsk, Wrocław and Kraków: 

• 64 commentators' seats equipped with full 

cabling infrastructure of power supply units, 

LANs and ISDN lines 

• 600 seats for journalists with cabling 

infrastructure of power supply units and LANs 

and desks 

• TV Compound zones for all accredited TV 

stations with full cabling infrastructure of power 

supply units, LANs, ISDN lines and with power 

supply systems with power-generating units in 

the dual system, cable route protection devices 

and protection of the area for the entrance and 

stay of heavy TV production trucks 

• Full infrastructure for 8 TV studios - appropriate 

platforms with cabling of power supply units 

and LANs 

• Ensuring of wireless Internet access (WiFi) 

to the media zone along with protection devices 

in each location of the network 

• Camera platforms for TV stations 

• Video displays and sound systems in media 

zones 

• Organiser's offices, EHF's offices, Infront 

offices and accreditation zones equipped with 

necessary office and computer equipment, 

a network and communication equipment 

(including 130 notebooks, 56 printers, 120 m 2 

LED screens, 40 WiFi distribution points, 

72 mobile points) 

• Rooms in official hotels of the media, EHF, 

Infront and teams (including 32 notebooks, 

16 printers, 18 LCDs, 22 WiFi distribution points) 

delivery, assembly and operation of 

12 

volunteers 

to support 

technical 

service 

power supply, 

lighting, 

ventilation 

and air 

conditioning 

multimedia, 

office, 

technical and 

technological equipment 

MAINTENANCE 

OF NETWORKS 

IN BUILDINGS 

85 

PERSONS OF 

IT SERVICE 

STATISTICS 

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6.10 

VOLUNTARY SERVICE 

The main assumptions of voluntary service during EHF EURO 2016 

was not only the improvement of the quality of service of guests of 

the Tournament, but also the creation of an environment friendly for 

the development of sport volunteering in Poland, which is a relatively 

new and developing phenomenon in our country. Adequately 

prepared and co-ordinated voluntary service had a huge impact 

on the image of the Tournament and was the key element of CRS 

activities. 

The organisation of EHFt EURO 2016 was entrusted 

to four non-governmental organisations co-ordinating 

voluntary service in Host Cities with an experience 

in the recruitment, preparation and organisation 

of voluntary service during big sports and 

cultural events: 

• Gdańsk – Regional Voluntary Service Centre in 

Gdańsk 

• Wrocław – V4Sport Foundation 

• Katowice – Regional Voluntary Service Centre in 

Katowice 

• Kraków – Regional Association of the Voluntary 

Service Centre in Kraków 

For the needs of recruitment, co-ordination and 

evaluation of volunteers, a dedicated IT system was 

developed so that the Polish Handball Federation 

could create its own networks of volunteers for 

potential use in future sports events organised by 

the PHF. 

From 1 September 2015, the recruitment of volunteers 

began (information about recruitment on the 

website of EHF EURO 2016 and the Polish Handball 

Federation, promotional recruitment-related activities, 

registration of candidates in the IT system). 

After the end of the recruitment process, 3-day 

training courses were carried our for volunteers (27- 

29 November 2015 in Katowice, 4-6 December 2015 

in Krakow and 11-13 December 2015 in Wrocław and 

in Gdańsk). These training courses referred to 3 topics: 

leader training, first aid training, topographic 

and Tournament organisation training. 

1362 

persons 

registered in 

the system 

840 23 

volunteers 

volunteers were 

came from 

engaged in the 

abroad 

(including 1 

organisation and service person from 

of the Tournament 

Ghana) 

Almost 

1000 

recruitment interviews were carried out 

STATISTICS 

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Volunteers provided service for the Tournament 

within 7 main areas divided in respect of location: 

Sports halls 

• Information activities on the stands, in 

mezzanines, on crowns of stands, in front of 

entrance gates 

• Volunteers’ activities on the media stand and in 

the press centre 

• Volunteers’ support in the handling of 

accreditations for journalists and invited 

guests, including the production and release of 

accreditations 

• Service of the Voluntary Service Centre – service 

provided by other volunteers, care of premises and 

left items, replacement for the time of change 

VOLUNTEER’S DIRECT SUPPORT FOR EACH 

TIME GUIDE 

Fan Zones – support of animations for children and 

information support for fans during the broadcast 

of matches. 

Airports – information support (transport, accommodations, 

tourist attractions) for domestic and foreign 

fans travelling by plane. 

Railway Stations – information support (transport, 

accommodations, tourist attractions) for domestic 

and foreign fans travelling by train. 

Hotels – information support in the accommodation 

base. 

Circle Runner – support in any other area, if necessary 

– a group of volunteers prepared in any required 

scope of activity. 

In each city, a voluntary service management structure 

was created for the proper performance of activities 

during the Championship, which encompassed 

the Voluntary Service Coordinator and 

leaders of individual areas. Moreover, a detailed 

schedule of volunteers’ work was prepared for each 

day of the Tournament, and reports summarising 

volunteers' work were drawn up after each day of 

the Tournament. 

VOLUNTEERS' TASKS IN PARTICULAR 

FUNCTIONS 

Local Organizing Committee 

This function exists within the structures of the 

Polish Handball Federation. A volunteer assuming 

this role co-operated closely with the organisational 

committee in terms of the preparation and co-ordination 

of the Championship. His tasks encompassed 

many areas, including logistics, accommodation, 

branding or transport. 

PHOTO: T. Babiński 

Competition Office 

Volunteers’ tasks in this role included, among others, 

the delivery of match reports, the preparation 

of DVDs with recordings of matches for analysis, 

control of the players zone and preparation of players’ 

dressing rooms. 

Accreditation Centre 

The tasks of volunteers acting in this area included, 

in particular, the preparation and release of accreditations 

and the entering of data into the IT system. 

Court Zone 

One of the most interesting, but also the most responsible 

roles. A volunteer's high fitness level and 

at least basic handball skill were decisive to the fast 

starting of fastbreaks. 

Volunteers in this area were responsible for handing 

balls to players and acted as moppers. 

communication with volunteers and the handingover 

and submission of equipment. 

Media 

The tasks of volunteers in this area included, among 

others, the delivery of match reports to the media 

stand and to the press centre, the distribution 

of press information and the preparation of press 

conferences. 

Fan Zones 

Volunteers in this area supported the functioning of 

closed fan zones that had been specially designed 

for the Championship. 

Interpreter 

The voluntary interpreter provided language support 

to foreigners. 

VIP & Hospitality 

Volunteers in this area helped to prepare the VIP 

zone and to supervise its functioning. 

Voluntary Service Centre 

Persons fulfilling this role were responsible for supervising 

the schedule of volunteers’ work, taking 

care of the condition and furnishing of premises, 

Information volunteer 

The largest group of volunteers during the 

Championship. They could be met in sports arenas, 

hotels, railway stations and airports. 

Scouter 

The person keeping the match statistics of a specific 

player. 

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6.11 

FAN ZONES 

The Polish Handball Federation in cooperation 

with PGNiG (Polish Petroleum 

and Gas Mining Company) and Host Cities: 

Kraków, Katowice, Gdańsk and Wrocław 

prepared Fan Zones in each of these cities, offering 

numerous attractions to fans, mainly the opportunity 

to watch EHF EURO 2016 matches. 

Fans could watch all matches on the wall screen 

and, most importantly, support the Polish national 

team together, sitting on comfortable pouffes and 

specially prepared deckchairs. 

There were also many other attractions, from fan 

metamorphoses to GifBoxes or a special kids zone, 

where children could spend their time actively under 

the supervision of animators. All fans could also take 

part in competitions and win the Fan Kit, tickets to 

the final and semi-final matches, official EHF EURO 

2016 balls, shirts or many other attractive prizes. 

All Fan Zones were located in the centre of Host 

Cities or near sports arenas/match venues. Fan 

Zones were open on all days of the Tournament 

from 15 till 31 January 2016 1 hour before the start 

of the match till 11:00 pm. Zones were arranged 

in tent halls for which wind- and snowproof certificates 

and a fireproof certificate had been issued, and 

near every entrance to the Zone there were information 

boards containing the schedule of broadcasts 

of matches and other accompanying events, a fan 

zone layout with a description of individual zones 

and sponsors’ logo. Moreover, each zone had a rich 

offer of diverse meals and sanitary infrastructure 

necessary to serve 850 persons. 

Location of Fan Zones 

• In Kraków: on the Small Market Square 

• In Katowice: on the square in front of the Spodek 

Arena 

• In Wrocław: on the square near Iglica 

• In Gdańsk: on the Targ Węglowy square 

Number of fans in zones Kraków Wrocław Katowice Gdańsk 

Total on all match days 50.000 16.000 15.000 16.000 

Average number per day 3.000 930 880 950 

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Almost 

100 000 

visitors in Fan Zones 

ca. 

30accompanying 

events 

STATISTICS 

21 000 

handed out80 000 

gifts 

photos 

in photo booths 

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SELECTED ACCOMPANYING EVENTS: 

Kraków 

• Krakowiak Song and Dance Ensemble 

• Ludowy Theatre, Cheerleaders 

• Syntezator Kajaka 

• „Supporting lesson” 

• Boba Jazz Band 

• LikeKonik; Groteska Theatre 

• Dance and acrobation shows; Cracovia Danza 

• Marcin Daniec; Exchange of vinyl albums 

• AD HOC; Acrobat, sports and martial arts 

shows. Sport and Małopolska knowledge quiz; 

Exchange of vinyl albums 

Wrocław 

• Kabaret 44200 

• Me, Myself and I 

• HooDoo Band 

• Gooral 

Katowice 

• Gooral 

• Stand Up Kraków 

• Miuosh 

Gdańsk 

• In My Pocket 

• Moose The Tramp 

• Big Cyc 

• Łosoś 

RESULTS OF THE SATISFACTION SURVEY AMONG REPRESENTATIVES 

OF DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN FANS – SELECTED FACTORS 

(IN A SCALE OF 1– “VERY BAD” TO 7– “VERY GOOD”): 


6,58 

General atmosphere 

(positive emotions) 

6,77 


6,46 

6,4 

Tourist attractiveness of the city 

6,3 

Comfort of entrance to the 

arena (time of entrance) 

6,19 


6,32 


6,29 

Artistic setting 

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6.12 

ACCREDITATIONS 

Accreditation 

form 

For the purpose of ensuring the smooth functioning 

of events and service of persons and ensuring safety 

during events, an accreditation issuing program was 

planned and carried out for persons fulfilling specific 

functions (e.g., representatives, guests and partners of the 

EHF, players with officials, representatives of the Polish 

Handball Federation, volunteers, security, media, etc.). 

The Accreditation Coordinator was appointed in order to manage the 

accreditation program and supervise Accreditation Managers in each venue. 

The accreditation project covered all main arenas, training halls and official 

hotels. 3 comprehensive training courses were carried out for accreditation 

managers in Gdańsk, Kraków and Wrocław/Katowice. Training courses for 

volunteers responsible for the issuing of accreditations took place in the 

first half of January 2016, after the takeover of venues, and were carried 

out under the direction of accreditation managers assigned to given venues. 

For the purpose of smooth movement around the venue and restriction of 

the number of persons in most sensitive areas, each accredited person was 

allowed to move within assigned zones relevant to the function being fulfilled 

by this person during the Tournament. During the registration process, each 

target group had its own guide, who checked whether the given person 

should be accredited and whether access to the zones is correct. Each 

venue was divided into access zones that were active on match days 2 hours 

before the start of the match. Each accreditation contained also geographical 

information in the form of a city code, which specified the venue that the 

accredited person was allowed to access. 

Accreditation 

poster 

Accreditation centre – external signage 

Each Accreditation Centre (located in match venues) was equipped with 

laptops with cameras and Internet connection, colour printers, laminators, 

guillotines and primary office articles, as well as accreditation cards, 

lamination films, holograms, etc. 

Each person from the team was responsible for the accreditation of their 

subcontractors. Upon verification of demand, the subcontractor received 

a link to the Swiss Timing system, which was used for the processing of 

data and the preparation of an accreditation. Activities in this field were 

supervised and co-ordinated by the Venue Accreditation Manager in each 

Accreditation Centre, and accreditations were issued by a dedicated team 

of volunteers. In addition, the work of the Accreditation Centre in Kraków 

was supported by a representative of the system supplier. On average, 60- 

70 accreditations per hour were issued in accreditation centres. 

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STATISTICS 

ALTOGETHER, ACCREDITATIONS 

WERE ISSUED DURING 

Most accreditations were 

issued to persons providing 

security services 

1 800 

and to persons providing 

various services, including 

catering services 

7 339 

THE TOURNAMENT 

A VERY LARGE NUMBER 

OF ACCREDITATIONS WAS 

ALSO ISSUED TO MEDIA 

REPRESENTATIVES 

1 700 

1 200 

OVER 

600 

ACCREDITATIONS WERE ISSUED TO 

TEAM MEMBERS 

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6.13 

TICKET SALES 

STRATEGY 

The preparation of EHF EURO 2016 was a serious 

organisational challenge, which became even 

bigger after the adoption of the relevant approach 

to the ticket sales area for such a big sports event. 

The Polish Handball Federation prepared the 

detailed ticket sales strategy and determined ticket 

prices in co-operation with Deloitte – a consultancy 

company with a large experience in this field. 

The elaboration of the strategy was preceded by an 

analysis of ticket prices, e.g., in previous European 

Championships and an opinion poll on ticket prices 

among handball fans. 

On the basis of experience and survey results, tickets 

were divided into 5 price categories. The cheapest 

tickets for the match day of the Preliminary 

Round cost 29 PLN, and the most expensive tickets 

cost 229 PLN. Ticket prices for the Main Round 

ranged from 50 to 279 PLN, whereas ticket prices 

for the Final Round ranged from 149 to 499 PLN. 

Presentation 

of EURO2016 

tickets, 

28.04.2015 

EHF 

EURO2016 

tickets for 

each Host 

City, VIP and 

Hospitality 

zones 


Matches and Opening Ceremony 

Day ticket (2 matches) 

Group A (Poland → Kraków) 


Other groups (B/C/D) Day ticket (2 matches) Venue ticket (3 days) 

Main Round 

Group I (Poland – > Kraków) Day ticket (2 matches) Venue ticket (4 days) 

Venue ticket (3 days) 

Group II (other countries → Wrocław) Day ticket (2 matches) Venue ticket (4 days) 

Venue ticket (3 days) 

Final Round 

5th and 7th place matches 


Both semi-finals 


3rd place match, Final Match and Closing 

Ceremony 


The first group of tickets was introduced for sale on 4 

May 2015, i.e., almost 8 months before the start of the 

Tournament. Tickets to further rounds and matches 

were released in stages, which were accompanied 

by an intensive information campaign addressed to 

handball fans. Tickets were available via official EHF 

website (HYPERLINK "http://www.ehf-euro.com" 

www.ehf-euro.com) and e-bilet.pl – the Official Ticket 

Partner of EHF EURO 2016, as well as traditional sales 

channels: Empik stores, partners of e-bilet.pl (almost 

300 points of sale in Poland) and in cash desks of 

TAURON Arena Kraków, the Centennial Hall, Spodek 

and ERGO Arena. 

Tickets to the final weekend in Kraków were 

available for sale from 26 May, whereas Hospitality 

packages were sold from 22 June, after the 

Preliminary Round group draw. 

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6.14 

CEREMONIES 

AND MATCH SETTINGS 

CEREMONIES 

Ceremonies are one of the 

elements that attract the 

attention of a larger audience 

and remain in its memory after 

the end of the Tournament. For 

this reason, the Polish Handball 

Federation took measures to 

make this Championship more 

attractive than previously also 

thanks to the proper setting of 

ceremonies. Prepared in good 

advance, the organisational 

plan included the structure of 

ceremonies, their numbers 

in each location and detailed 

guidelines concerning each 

group of ceremonies. 

EHF EURO 2016 Opening Ceremony, 

TAURON Arena Kraków, 15.01.2016 

OPENING CEREMONY 

The opening ceremony took place on 15 January 

2016 in TAURON Arena Kraków immediately after 

the match France – Macedonia, after the Player of 

the Match award had been granted. Its preparation 

was entrusted to the LIVE Agency, which carried 

out and produced the entire show. The ceremony 

was directed by Tomasz Motyl, an experienced 

TV director. The ceremony was a showcase of the 

Championship and an element of promotion of 

Poland as Host and Organiser, as well as Cities 

and the Region whose guests were teams, fans, 

journalists and the “handball family”. 

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At the beginning of the ceremony, Jean Brihault, 

President of the EHF, greeted everyone from a wall 

screen. Then the audience was taken to a multimedia 

trip that presented the history of handball in 

Poland. The further part of the show was devoted 

to individual presentations of Host Cities through 

multimedia presentation with music composed and 

played live by musicians representing Host Cities: 

Motion Trio (Kraków), Marcin Wyrostek (Katowice), 

Igor Falecki (Gdańsk) and L.U.C (Wrocław). 

The show was produced using the mapping technology 

– images were projected onto the court floor 

covered with a special cloth. 

EHF EURO 2016 

Opening Ceremony, 

15.01.2016 

Closing Ceremony and 

preparation for the Medal 

Ceremony 

The lighting producer Adam Tyszka prepared a spectacular 

light show synchronised with images, music 

and artists, thus creating an unforgettable atmosphere 

corresponding to the slogan “Feel the 

Emotions”. 

The entire show was complemented by dancers and 

acrobats performing a “sky dance”, which presented 

the uniqueness and spectacularness of handball in 

the “virtual match” part, where vertical tulle screens 

were developed – choreography had been prepared 

by Mateusz Polit. 

At the end of the ceremony, Mika Urbaniak performed 

the official anthem of EHF EURO 2016 „Come 

Play with Us”, encouraging fans to join the fun and 

participate in the Championship. 

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OPENING CEREMONIES IN GDAŃSK, KATOWICE 

AND WROCŁAW 

EHF EURO 2016 opening ceremonies in three other 

Host Cities took place on the first match days after 

the end of the first match in each city. During the 

ceremony, a dance show was performed in each city 

by dancers whose performances were additional attractions 

at EHF EURO 2016 matches in each arena. 

During the show, sector banners with the imprinted 

composite logo of the Host City were spread out on 

the stands. 

PRE-MATCH CEREMONY BEFORE THE EHF EURO 

2016 FINAL IN KRAKÓW 

Because of the rank of the match, the warm-up 

and professional preparation of players was most 

important in this ceremony. Therefore, the opening 

ceremony of this match consisted of the presentation 

of the difficult road of both teams to the final 

and the spectacular presentation of players according 

to the individual presentation model – every player 

entered the court individually in an exceptional 

setting at the moment when his name was read out. 

After this presentation, there was a smooth transition 

to anthems and then to the match itself. 

CLOSING CEREMONY AND MEDAL CEREMONY 

The aim of the ceremony was to stress the atmosphere 

of joy about the Championship and, on the 

part of Hosts, to express gratitude to all guests, 

players and fans. The closing ceremony gained 

an extremely spectacular artistic setting created 

Decoration of the Players-In tunnel before the final match, TAURON Arena Kraków, 31.01.2016 

Spectacular confetti show (60kg of used confetti) and the podium 

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by the international Rebel Rebel orchestra, Jan 

Feat, Łukasz L.U.C. Rostkowski and the Kraków 

Representative Orchestra of the AGH University 

of Science and Technology. Under the baton of the 

composer and performer Feat, musicians not only 

took care of the musical part of the final match – in 

the culmination point of the evening, they played the 

composer’s Symphony no. 6 along with thousands 

of fans by means of their air horns. 

The closing ceremony smoothly switched to the 

Medal Ceremony. The first national team that entered 

the podium was Croatia, which defeated Norway in 

the 3rd place match. After them, silver medals were 

received by the Spanish team and, eventually, gold 

medals were awarded to Germans. During the medal 

ceremony, music arrangement was performed by 

the Polish Radio Choir and the Orchestra of the AGH 

University of Science and Technology. The masters 

of ceremony were Maciej Dowbor and Edit Szalay. 

288 

hours were needed to 

prepare the ceremony in 

TAURON Arena Kraków 

400 

5 

metres of spreader 

beams suspended 

under the roof of 

TAURON Arena 

1 358,25 

TRUCKS 

OF EQUIPMENT 

235 

PERSONS worked 

on the organisation 

of the ceremony 

130ARTISTS 

450 

installed 

devices for 

the setting of 

the ceremony 

– lighting and 

projectors 

STATISTICS 

Flash Mob before the start of the Medal Ceremony performed by the international Rebel Rebel orchestra, Jan Feat, Łukasz 

L.U.C. Rostkowski and the Kraków Representative Orchestra of the AGH University of Science and Technology 

square metres of multimedia projection 

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REPORT 

Children's entourage 

MATCH 

SETTINGS 

KRAKÓW 

The splendour of EHF EURO 2016 matches was highlighted 

by animations for fans and many contests 

with prizes. Music was selected so as to create an 

unforgettable atmosphere corresponding to the slogan 

“Feel the Emotions”. In addition, a repertoire 

dedicated to fans from countries playing in TAURON 

Arena had been prepared. Due to the fact that the 

Polish national team played in Kraków, fans’ songs 

and animations supporting the Polish team had also 

been prepared. In addition, sponsors had planned 

card stunts and a launch machine ejecting gadgets 

towards the stands, and the show was accompanied 

by dance performances prepared by Bell Arto 

Cheerleaders. Costumes in colours of teams playing 

in Kraków and attractive choreographies had also 

been designed. High Five mascots welcomed fans 

inside the arena and animated the audience on the 

court floor. 

CHEERLEADERS Wrocław 

WROCŁAW 

Wrocław was the second largest host of EHF EURO 

2016 with regard to the number of matches, so the 

splendour of matches was largely enhanced by animations 

for fans and many contests with prizes. 

Music also created an unforgettable atmosphere 

corresponding to the slogan “Feel the Emotions”, 

and a repertoire dedicated to fans from countries 

playing in the Centennial Hall had been prepared. In 

addition, the show was accompanied by dance performances 

prepared by CHEERLEADERS WROCŁAW, 

and costumes had been designed in colours of 

teams playing in Wrocław. High Five mascots welcomed 

fans inside the arena and animated the audience 

on the court floor.. 

KATOWICE 

The splendour of matches in the Spodek Arena in 

Katowice was also enhanced by animations for fans, 

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many contests with prizes and music corresponding 

to the slogan “Feel the Emotions” and addressed 

to fans of teams playing in Spodek. In addition, 

the show was accompanied by dance performances 

prepared by TITO Dance Studio with the participation 

of youth and children’s groups. During the matches, 

dance performances were provided by b-boys and 

acrobats performing handball evolutions. Costumes 

had been designed in colours of teams playing in 

Katowice. High Five mascots welcomed fans inside 

the arena and animated the audience on the court 

floor. On the initiative of the Katowice City, music 

performances involving the following Ambassadors 

of EHF EURO 2016 took place in intervals between 

matches: 

• FEEL 

• Mika Urbaniak 

• Marcin Wyrostek 

Opening Ceremony in Katowice – 

dance performances prepared by 

TITO Dance Studio from Tychy 

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GDAŃSK 

Matches in Gdańsk were also provided with animations for fans, many contests 

with prizes and music corresponding to the slogan “Feel the Emotions” 

and addressed to fans of teams playing in ERGO Arena. In addition, the show 

was accompanied by dance performances prepared by FLEX SOPOT, with 

attractive choreographies involving costumes in colours of teams playing in 

Gdańsk. High Five mascots welcomed fans inside the arena and animated 

the audience on the court floor. 

Michał Jurecki – 

Player of the Match 

Poland – Belarus, 

25.01.2016 

FLEX SOPOT Cheerleaders 

PLAYER OF THE MATCH AWARD CEREMONY 

After each match, the Board consisting of representatives of the EHF and 

the Polish Handball Federation selected the best player of the match. This 

short ceremony always took place immediately after the end of the match. 

Awards were granted by representatives of the EHF and a person selected 

by the PHF from among VIPs and Ambassadors of EHF EURO 2016 being 

present in ERGO Arena. 

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6.15 

FLOOR MANAGEMENT 

Floor Management was an extremely important area relating 

directly to the care of players, coaches and referees and the 

provision of top-quality services to them. 

Floor Management activities were aimed at ensuring 

the best possible conditions to players both on the 

court and in any places occupied by teams during 

their stay in the arena. Floor Management also 

referred to other areas of event activities – i.e., 

service of referees and delegates, ceremonies and 

match settings, transport and catering. 

Floor Management activities were focused mainly on: 

• Operations relating to the set-up of the playing 

court / floor and involving close co-operation 

with Gerflor – EHF’s partner responsible for the 

delivery and assembly/disassembly of the floor. 

For the first time in the history of EHF EURO, the 

colour of the floor was different (blue and dark 

blue instead of blue and yellow colours used until 

then) 

• Provision and set-up of match goals and 

replacement goals in accordance with valid 

regulations (in co-operation with SportTransfer – 

EHF’s partner) 

• Proper arrangement of judges’ tables and the 

support table 

• Installation of backstops 

• Covering of the floor in the court surrounding 

area, proper set-up of LED boards, static boards 

and room for photojournalists 

• Ensuring of the proper technical condition and 

furnishing of players’ dressing rooms 

• Provision of water to players and all team 

officials, referees and delegates 

• Participation and supply of information during 

technical briefings with teams and the EHF 

• Establishment of the training plan in match 

venues 

• Ensuring of compliance with the time scenario 

of the event (duration of the warm-up, time of 

presentation of players). Responsibility for the 

timely appearance of players in the Meeting 

Point in the players’ tunnel (in co-operation with 

the Team Services area) to ensure the timely 

presentation of players. 

• Responsibility for the recruitment and training of 

moppers’ team 

• Determination of the mechanical floor cleaning 

schedule 

• Preparation and delivery of flags/banners 

necessary to carry out the pre-match procedure 

• Solving of current problems on the court during 

the warm-up and the match – clearing of players’ 

benches and keeping of order around the court 

• Smooth performance of the Player of the Match 

award procedure in co-operation with the 

Ceremony Manager. 

Pre-match procedure 

Preparation 

of dressing 

rooms for 

players in 

TAURON 

Arena Kraków 

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6.16 

VIP AND HOSPITALITY ZONES 

VIP ZONES 

In each match venue, a VIP zone was organised for special guests 

invited by the Polish Handball Federation, the EHF, Host Cities, 

representatives of sponsors and partners of EHF EURO 2016, 

Official Ambassadors of EHF EURO 2016, representatives of the 

world of culture and art, politicians and sportspersons. 

In addition, the President’s Box was separated for 

special guests: President and Prime Minister of 

the Republic of Poland, ministers, members of the 

Polish Seym and Senate, representatives of governments 

of other countries, PGNiG – Strategic Sponsor 

of Polish Handball, the diplomatic corps, representatives 

of the authorities of the Polish Handball 

Federation and the EHF. 

Services for VIP guests were provided not only inside, 

but also outside the venue, including: 

• Dedicated guest service team responsible 

for the receipt of demand for transport, 

accommodation, etc. 

• Special online platform allowing guests to 

register on their own and communicate with the 

VIT team 

• Dedicated Welcome Desk and Info Desk in each 

VIP hotel 

• Plan of attractions including trips for guests and 

invitations to accompanying events 

Number of packages sold according to 

type 

Type of 

Package 

Number of 

packages sold 

Gold 2525 64% 

Silver 921 23% 

Sky Box 494 13% 

Suma 3940 100% 

Percentage 

share in sales 

Sale of packages was conducted by the Sportfive 

agency selected by way of a competition, which largely 

increased the scope of contacts and sales opportunities 

through a merger with UFA Sports and 

an agency agreement with Between Sports. 

Hospitality packages were promoted during: 

• Silesia Business&Life Awards Gala in Katowice 

• Pearls of Polish Economy Gala in the Royal 

Castle in Warsaw 

• IHF Women’s World Handball Championship 

2015 in Denmark 

• Promotional campaign on the Danish market in 

co-operation with www.polennu.dk 

Characteristics of VIP zone 

Dedicated separate entrance 

Access to the zone 60 minutes before the first match of the 

day and up to 60 minutes after the second match 

Special separated catering zones (4 zones in Tauron Arena 

Kraków, 1 zone in each of the other arenas) 

Top-class snacks and hot meals served by dedicated 

waiters 

Drinks 

EHF EURO 2016 gadgets 

Specific number of parking places 

Panoramic view of the playing court 

Venue 

TAURON Arena Kraków 1152 

Spodek Katowice 283 

Centennial Hall Wrocław 294 

ERGO Arena Gdańsk 325 

Total number of VIP 

guests during the 

Tournament 

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RESULT OF THE SATISFACTION SURVEY AMONG VIP REPRESENTATIVES 

– SELECTED FACTORS 

(IN A SCALE OF 1 – „VERY BAD” TO 7 – „VERY GOOD”): 

6,62 



6,79 


6,61 

6,60 

Seat 


6,53 

6,55 

Preparation and arrangement of 

the VIP/Hospitality zone 

Access to information 

6,50 

6,46 

Arena layout 


6,43 6,44 

Catering 

Artistic setting 

6,26 6,30 

Comfort of entrance to the arena 

(time of entrance) 

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HOSPITALITY ZONES 

In each match venue, a Hospitality zone was also 

organised for commercial guests who had bought 

business packages of the Hospitality offer. 

The Hospitality zone covered 3 types of packages: 

• SKY BOX Package 

• GOLD Package 

• SILVER Package 

The biggest number of Hospitality packages was 

sold in Kraków, mainly due to the fact that the Polish 

national team played their matches in TAURON 

Arena. Packages for Preliminary Round matches, 

opening matches and the final match were most 

popular. 

SKY BOX Package 

GOLD Package 

SILVER Package 

Access to the zone 60 minutes before the first match of the day and up to 60 minutes 

after the second match 

Top-class snacks and hot meals served directly in the box 

Drinks 

Customised menu upon request 

Access to the open Hospitality Club zone for all guests of the box 

Tournament gift for every guest 

Specific number of parking places 


Ticket to the Category 1 match day 



Top-class snacks and hot meals served before the match, during the match break and 

after the match 

Drinks 

Tournament gift for every guest 

Parking place acc. to availability 


Ticket to the Category 2 match day 



Top-class snacks and hot meals served before the match, during the match break and 

after the match 

Drinks 


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6.17 

TOURNAMENT 

-RELATED EVENTS 

EHF EURO 2016 Final Gala, Polish Aviation 

Museum in Kraków, 30.10.2016 

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7 

MARKETING 

AND PROMOTION 

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HANDBALL PLAYER WINGS / FLAMES 

• POLISH HUSSARS 

• ENERGY 

• POWER 

• SPEED 

• DYNAMICS 

• WIND 

• EMOTIONS 

• SHOT ON GOAL 

• ATTACK 

• OFFENSIVE 

HAND 

COLOR – GOLD 

• STRONG MALE HAND 

• THE TOUCH 

• FAIR PLAY 

• RESPECT 

• HANDSHAKE 

• HANDPRINT 

• WELCOME 

• HELP 

• GOLD MEDAL 

• ROYAL COLOR 

• GREAT & SUCCESSFUL 

CHAMPIONSHIP 

• LAURELS OF VICTORY 

• 3D EFFECT - METAL 

ORIGINAL FORM 

• INDIVIDUAL DESIGN 

REPORT 

7.1 

VISUAL IDENTIFICATION 

OF EHF EURO 2016 

The visual identification of EHF EURO 2016 was prepared by Artur 

Gosiewski in May 2014 and recorded as a brand book in electronic 

and printed versions. 

The brand book was created in order to describe all 

rules, information, recommendations and guidelines 

concerning the image of the EHF EURO 2016 brand. 

The brand book of the Championship catalogued mark 

designs for all identification carriers, product packages 

and advertising materials. 

The brand book was a basic tool for subcontractors performing 

creation tasks, thus becoming an effective marketing 

tool. Such documentation influenced the quality 

of reproduction of visual symbols of EHF EURO 2016. 

The properly reproduced logo was used as a basis for 

building brand awareness, and the document contributed 

to the reduction of costs of design of new carriers. 

In the course of performance of successive tasks relating 

to the promotion of EHF EURO 2016 and the promotion 

of involved entities, i.e. Host Cities, the identification 

was extended with extra visual elements – a system 

containing images of players and all venues in which the 

Championship was played. Their main advantage was 

the enrichment of the project of decoration of sport arenas 

and materials offered to fans (invitations, tickets). 

The full brand book contains complete descriptions of 

technologies as well as recommended materials and 

reproduction technologies. Thanks to this solution, 

companies providing services to the Polish Handball 

Federation could maintain the quality of logo reproduction 

and position it properly in information and marketing 

materials. 

A creative line developed by PHF’s marketing partner 

Dentsu Aegis Polska was created for promotional purposes. 

Then it was used as a basis for carrying out the 

promotional campaign LINIA KREATYWNA “WYŻSZE 

TĘTNO” (CREATIVE LINE “HIGHER PULSE”). As a result 

of this, the image of PULSE was used in the creation. 

Symbols making up the logo of EHF EURO 2016 

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7.2 

LOGO, MASCOT, MEDALS, 

ANTHEM 

MASCOT 

On 20 December 2014, on the day preceding the final 

matches of Women’s European Championship 2014, 

the official mascot of EHF EURO 2016 was presented 

in Budapest. Its name was selected by fans from all 

parts of the world in a special contest organised by 

the EHF in co-operation with the Polish Handball 

Federation and was announced at the end of April 

2015. The name “High Five” won. 

The mascot presents an anthropomorphised golden 

hand in the form of a figure. 

Referring directly to handball, it is vital, friendly and 

warm and is received positively by the youngest fans. 

Smile as a national element communicates joy and 

Polish hospitality. Openness and the energy of supporting 

is the message conveyed by the mascot. 

Branding of 

the bus of the 

Polish national 

team using the 

visual identification 

of EHF 

EURO 2016 

LOGO 

The logo was designed by Artur Gosiewski, the 

SIGNATURE studio. The colour arrangement of the 

logo was inspired by Polish national colours: white 

and red, whereas gold colour refers to victory and 

generosity. The project also referred to values associated 

with handball: energy, speed, dynamism and 

fight, which is the trademark feature of this sport. 

Apart from that, the logo refers to the most natural 

element of handball: the hand, which stands for 

openness, welcome and partnership. Consequently, 

the created sign was clearly related to what is the 

most important in sport, particularly in handball: 

fair play rules and, most of all, intense emotions 

that make this sport famous, particularly with regard 

to the Polish national team. 1000 days before 

the start of EHF EURO 2016, on 22 April 2013, the 

Polish Handball Federation presented the logo of 

the Championship along with the inauguration of 

the official website of the tournament. 

Logotyp 

Men’s EHF 

EURO2016 

Poland 

High Five mascot 

COMPETITION FOR THE MASCOT'S NAME 

• 697 proposals were submitted for the 

competition (not only from Poland, but 

also from some other countries of the Old 

Continent). From among them, the Competition 

Board selected 5 names (Grabek, Goldłapek, 

Handbalek, Handboy, High Five) for which votes 

could be submitted via official Facebook page of 

EHF EURO 2016. 

• The author of the name selected by web users 

received a prize – a double ticket to the opening 

match of the Championship. 

Winner of the competition for the name of the mascot of EHF 

EURO2016 

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Premiere of the anthem „Come Play with Us” during the 

Test Event in Gdańsk on 8.11.2015 

Medals of EHF EURO2016 produced by the Polish Mint 

(Mennica Polska) 

Engraving on the medal side 

MEDALS 

Medals were presented during the press conference 

inaugurating the training camp of the Polish national 

team in Kraków on 3 January 2016. They refer directly 

to the symbols of EHF EURO 2016. On the obverse, 

we can see the logotype of the Tournament 

referring to the most natural element of handball – 

the hand, which in turn stands for the best characteristics 

of this sport: dynamism, energy, fight and 

thrilling emotions. On the reverse, we can see the 

map of Poland, on which Host Cities of EHF EURO 

From the left: 

medal for the 

4th place and 

commemorative 

medal 

2016: Kraków, Katowice, Wrocław and Gdańsk and 

the Małopolska Province were marked. 

Medals are 8 cm in diameter and weigh 250 grams. 

Medals for the European champions are covered 

with galvanic 24-carat gold, medals for the finalists 

are coated with Ag999 silver, and bronze medals 

were made of patina-covered tombac. 

ANTHEM 

The song „Come Play with Us” performed by Mika 

Urbaniak and Michał Urbaniak was the anthem of 

Men’s European Handball Championship 2016 in 

Poland. The premiere of the single took place on 

8 November 2015 before the final match of the 

International Handball Tournament in Gdańsk. 

Aimed at warming up the audience and players before 

every match, the cheerful pop song is an adaptation 

of Michał Urbaniak’s song recorded by Mika 

Urbaniak and Victor Davies. Mika Urbaniak, who is 

also one of the EHF EURO 2016 Ambassadors, recorded 

her own vocal and rap sections and Victor 

added a cheering chorus. The final version was recorded 

in studios in Warsaw and New York, and during 

that time Mika and Victor closely collaborated 

with the Urbanator band including Michal Urbaniak 

(violin and saxophone), Xantone Blaque (synths and 

vocals), Abdule Zhurie (guitar), Al MacDowell (bass), 

Michael Flythe (drums). 

As the official anthem of Men’s European Handball 

Championship 2016 in Poland, "Come Play With Us" 

promoted the official EHF EURO 2016 song compilation 

under the same title. The album was released 

on 8 January 2016. 

Cover of the 

compilation 

album 

containing the 

anthem of EHF 

EURO 2016 

Cover of the 

single with the 

song “Come 

Play with 

Us” by Mika 

Urbaniak 

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OFFICIAL MATCH BALL 

The creation of the match ball of EUR EURO 2016 

lasted around 9 months – from idea to completion. 

The project combines the national Polish colours 

(white / red) with a modern interpretation of the 

(white) eagle. 

The new urban approach finds its reflection in 

Polish economy, which is one of the fastest growing 

economies in the EU. The modern interpretation is 

also an allusion to Polish art, which has always reflected 

European trends while remaining unique. The 

characteristics of the ball illustrates a new method 

of designing handball eqiupment, which focuses 

on bold visualisation rather than “conventional” 

methods. 

Designer: 

Franziska 

Löffelmann 

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7.3 

EHF EURO 2016 

AMBASSADORS PROGRAM 

The choice of Ambassadors was aimed at strengthening the 

potential of communication and PR activities of EHF EURO 2016 

and fulfilling the strategic goals of the Polish Handball Federation 

regarding the promotion and popularisation of handball. 

Official EHF 

EURO 2016 

Ambassadors 

with Minister 

of Sport and 

Tourism Adam 

Korol during the 

conference “100 

days to EURO 

2016”, Warsaw, 

07.10.2015 

The Ambassadors project was to support the social 

integration of people from various environments as 

a part of preparations for EHF EURO 2016, the reinforcement 

of the image success of Host Cities and the 

mobilisation and enlargement of the local community 

of handball fans. Its task was to include all social 

groups in the area of interest in the Championship 

and activities of Host Cities. Moreover, the positive 

image of Host Cities and their inhabitants was reinforced 

using the potential of Ambassadors. 

The choice of 7 ambassadors (a handball team) took 

place both on the national and local level – 7 national 

ambassadors and a few ambassadors from Host 

Cities or the region. The group consisted of representatives 

of the world of handball as well as sport 

in general, culture, music and entertainment, who 

were chosen on the basis of the following criteria: 

• A former Polish national team player (over 100 

caps), who won 2 World Championship medals in 

2007 and 2009 – national choice/A former Polish 

national team player with distinguished service 

to the Host City or the region – local choice 

• A former Polish national team player (over 100 

caps), who won World Championship and Olympic 

Games medals in the years 1976-1982 – national 

choice/A former Polish female national team 

player with distinguished service to the Host City 

or the region – local choice 

• A coach with distinguished service to Polish 

handball, who won World Championship and 

Olympic Games medals with the national team – 

national choice 

• A coach with distinguished service to the Host 

City or Region – local choice 

• A businessperson who was a handball player, 

coach or official in the past, or a person who has 

never engaged in handball, but currently he/she 

is investing in handball – national and local choice 

• A world-class player who is still professionally 

active or has already retired – national and local 

choice 

• A representative of the world of music and entertainment 

– national and local choice 

• A representative of culture – national and local 

choice 

National ambassadors were chosen by the Polish 

Handball Federation, and local ambassadors were 

chosen by Host City in agreement with the PHF. The 

official presentation of national Ambassadors took 

place 100 days before the start of EHF EURO 2016 

(on 7 October 2015), whereas local ambassadors 

were announced on the occasion of Trophy Tours 

in Host Cities. 

The task of Ambassadors was to take part in 

dedicated and supporting communication, promotional 

and pro-sales events. 

Moreover, Ambassadors’ actions were focused on the 

reinforcement or formation of positive attitudes and 

on a profound and competent dialogue between social 

groups in question and organisers of EHF EURO 2016. 

OFFICIAL EHF EURO 2016 AMBASSADORS 

• Marcin Lijewski –one of the most title-winning 

Polish handball players, a double medalist of 

World Championships, at which he was also distinguished 

twice as the best right-hand player; he 

was the captain of the Polish national team, playing 

251 matches in it, which is the second biggest 

result in terms of the number of caps; one of the 

best left-handed playes in the history of world 

handball. 

• Otylia Jędrzejczak –one of the most title-winning 

Polish sportspersons at Olympic Games 

in Athens (2004), where she won 3 medals. She 

has achieved all most important sport titles: she 

was the world champion twice and the European 

champion 8 times; she also beat world records. 

She was chosen Polish Sportspersonality of the 

Year three times in the years 2004-2006. In 2005, 

she was recognised as the most beautiful Pole for 

„gold medals and a heart of gold”, because she 

had auctioned her Olympic gold medal off to help 

children suffering from leukemia. A laureate of 

the Order of Smile. 

• Janusz Czerwiński – a former Polish handball 

player and coach. He was a member of the national 

team in the 1960s, taking part in the World 

Championship in the period when handball teams 

consisted of 11 players. Then he became the 

coach of the Polish national team and, together 

with Stanisław Majorek, he led it to the biggest 

success in the history of Polish handball – 

the bronze medal at Olympic Games in 1976. From 

1988 to 1996 he was the President of the Polish 

Handball Federation; today he holds the function 

of Honorary President of the Polish Handball 

Federation and President of the Association of 

Distinguished Players of the Polish National 

Team. 

• Stanisław Majorek – a former Polish handball 

player and coach. As a player, he spent his entire 

career in Kraków, retiring at the age of 30; then 

he coached Polish national teams at all levels, including 

junior and youth teams, until he became 

the head coach of the senior national team in 

1973 and won the bronze medal with it at Olympic 

Games in Montreal in 1976 (the only Olympic medal 

in the history of Polish handball so far). 

• Rafał Brzozowski – he practiced judo from the 

age of 10 and studied at the University of Physical 

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Presentation of Local Ambassadors of Gdańsk, ERGO Arena, 8.11.2015 

Education in Warsaw, for which he won the bronze 

medal of the University Polish Championship, but 

but he eventually decided to pursue music as an 

occupation; he was involved in EHF EURO 2016 as 

a member of the competition board responsible for 

the choice of the name of the EHF EURO 2016 mascot 

and as one of the performers of the anthem of 

Men's World Handball Championship 2015 in Qatar 

– his performance brought luck to the Polish national 

team, which won the bronze medal. 

• Mika Urbaniak – as in Rafał Brzozowski’s case, 

music has been her primary occupation, but this 

is not surprising, since her parents are Michał 

Urbaniak and Urszula Dudziak; her musical 

styles is a combination of distant genres, such as 

hip-hop and jazz; like Rafał Brzozowski, she sang 

the anthem of the championship, but this took 

place during EHF EURO 2016 in Poland. 

• Bogdan Wenta – one of the most outstanding 

handball players and coaches in the history of 

Polish handball; he played almost 200 matches 

in the Polish national team and won two World 

Championship medals as a coach (silver in 2007 

and brown in 2009); the words he said in the last 

seconds of the match against Norway at WC 2009 

went down in the history of world handball: “We 

have 15 seconds - calm down, it's a lot of time". 

LOCAL AMBASSADORS - GDAŃSK 

• Daniel Waszkiewicz – one of the most outstanding 

players in the history of Polish handball. He 

spent many years of his playing and coaching 

career in Gdańsk, where he graduated from the 

University of Physical Education and won 4 national 

championship titles and played twice in the 

final of the European Cup with Wybrzeże Gdańsk; 

as a player of the Polish national team, he earned 

210 caps and scored over 700 goals, including the 

decisive goal in the bronze medal match at the 

World Championship in 1982; he also celebrated 

two World Championship medals as the assistant 

coach in 2007 and 2009. 

• Zbigniew Gutkowski – a Gdańsk-born sailor; his 

passion for sailing began from the age of 10; for 

many years he was a member of the Polish national 

team and the Stocznia Gdańsk yacht club; 

he is the first Pole who took part in the VELUX 

Ocean Race regatta; he has already sailed over 

100,000 nautical miles in his career. 

• Sebastian Mila – a football player who started 

his career in Lechia Gdańsk 16 years ago and 

will most probably finish it there, too; he won the 

European Championship as a junior player; he debuted 

in the Polish senior national team in 2003, 

since then, he has earned 37 caps and scored 8 

goals, including the most important one in the 

EURO 2016 qualification match against Germany. 

• Piotr Cieśla – a former handball player of Spójnia 

Gdańsk, where he spent 18 years and won the Polish 

vice-championship twice; he played 51 matches in 

the Polish national teams, including the most important 

ones at the Olympic Games in Montreal 

(1976), where he and his teammates celebrated the 

biggest success in the history of Polish handball – 

the bronze medal. 

• Krzysztof Skiba – a rock musician and vocalist 

born in Gdańsk; he took part in school fashion 

shows as a child; he was honored with the Cross 

of Freedom and Solidarity for his contribution to 

the activity of the Polish anti-Communist movement 

in the 1980s; he is the co-founder, leader 

and author of a majority of lyrics of the Big Cyc 

band. 

• Józef Poltrok – the owner of Łączpol, one of 

the most dynamically developing companies in 

Pomerania; he provides financial support to female 

handball players from Tri-City clubs. Thanks 

to his commitment, several youth handball tournaments 

have been organised. He has funded 

scholarships for 20 young sportspersons. He is 

Presentation of Local Ambassadors of Katowice, 27.10.2015 

the Honorary Consul of Lithuania in Pomerania. 

• Dariusz Michalczewski – one of the most outstanding 

Polish boxers of all time; born in 

Gdańsk, he began his boxing career in the local 

Stoczniowiec club at the age of 12; he was a professional 

World Champion many times; he became 

the first boxer with unified championship 

titles; for 12 years, he was undefeated in the professional 

ring; he won 48 out of 50 fights. 

LOCAL AMBASSADORS - KATOWICE 

• Jan Furtok – a former football player and one of 

the all-time best strikers of GKS Katowice, for 

which he played 209 matches, scored 85 goals 

and won the Polish Cup during 10 years; his 

number 9 was reserved by the club; after the 

end of the career, he was also the president of 

the club. 

• Piotr Kupicha – a graduate of the Silesian 

Scientific Technical Schools; he is a licenced 

climber and a rock climbing instructor, but his 

biggest passion is music; he is the vocalist, lyricist, 

composer and leader of the Feel band, with 

which he won the Nightingale of the Audience 

and Telekamera awards. 

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• Mariusz Czerkawski one of the most outstanding 

Polish hockey players of all time; for 10 seasons, 

he played in the world's top hockey league 

– NHL, in which he played 745 matches, scored 

215 goals and had 220 assists; he participated in 

the All Stars match in 2000; he played at Olympic 

Winter Games in Albertville (1992) and in five 

World Championships. 

• Marcin Wyrostek – an accordionist; a graduate 

and lecturer of the Karol Szymanowski Academy 

of Music in Katowice, a member of the American 

Accordionists' Association; he won the second 

edition of the Mam Talent show, recorded three 

solo albums and won awards in over 30 competitions 

in Poland and abroad. 

LOCAL AMBASSADORS - KRAKÓW 

• Jerzy Garpiel – a former Polish handball player; 

a left winger of Hutnik Kraków, with which he 

won two Polish championship titles; he achieved 

his greatest success with the Polish national 

team by winning the bronze medal of the World 

Championship in 1982; he also competed at the 

1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. 

• Michał Kościuszko – a rally driver born in Kraków; 

he began his sports career as a 15-year-old in karting; 

since 2007, he has represented Poland in the 

World Rally Championship – first as a junior, then in 

Presentation 

of Local 

Ambassadors 

of Kraków, 

26.10.2015 

the senior category; he is the first Polish driver that 

has won a round the World Rally Championship. 

• Rafał Sonik – a quad rally driver born in Kraków; 

he competes in rally raids; he is the triple winner 

of the World Cup and the first Polish driver in history 

who has won the Dakar Rally. 

• Tomasz Schimscheiner –a theatre and TV actor 

who was born and lives in Kraków; he has 

worked in a number of Kraków theatres, including 

the Bagatela Theatre, the Ludowy Theatre and 

the STU Theatre; his acting output includes the 

following films: "Nad życie" (More than life), "Ile 

waży koń trojański?" (How much does the Trojan 

horse weigh?), „Komisarz Alex” (Inspector Alex), 

„Na Wspólnej” (At Wspólna Street). 

• Marcin Daniec – a comedian and cabaret artist; 

he graduated from the University of Physical 

Education in Kraków and then began a stage career; 

in 1984, he set up the Takich Dwóch (Such 

A Duo) cabaret together with Krzysztof Janusz; 

since 1994, he has performed on his own. 

• Rafał Majka – a road bicycle racer from the Krakus 

Swoszowice club in Kraków. He is one of the two 

Poles who have won a stage in the Tour de France; 

until now, he has already won 3 stages. He is also 

the first Polish racer who has made it to the podium 

of the Vuelta a Espana race, and he won the 

Tour de Pologne in 2014. 

• Piotr Cyrwus – a film and theatre actor; he graduated 

from the Ludwik Solski Academy for the 

Dramatic Arts in Kraków and has performed in 

the Stary Theatre in the same city since over 20 

years; his most popular role has been Ryszard 

Lubicz in the TV series “Klan”. 

• Motion Trio – an accordion trio consisting of 

world-class accordionists who have collaborated, 

among others, with Krzysztof Penderecki, 

Wojciech Kilar, Jan Kaczmarek and Henryk 

Mikołaj Górecki. 

LOCAL AMBASSADORS - WROCŁAW 

• Katarzyna Skowrońska-Dolata – one of the most 

title-winning Polish female volleyball players, 

who has achieved successes with the Polish national 

team in all age categories; since 2003, 

she has played almost 200 matches in the senior 

national team, celebrating the European 

Championship title twice. Today she plays in 

Impel Wrocław. 

• Daniel Grobelny – a Wrocław-born handball 

player; he began his career in Śląsk Wrocław, 

with which he won the Polish championship title 

in 1997. In 2011, he returned to his original 

Presentation of Local Ambassadors of Wrocław, 24.10.2015 

club, where he currently works as the assistant 

coach; he played 30 matches in the Polish national 

team, and he participated in the Junior World 

Championship in 1995. 

• Renata Mauer-Różańska –a sports shooter and 

one of the most title-winning Polish sportspeople 

in history; she was a student of the Wrocław 

University of Economics and a member of the 

Śląsk Wrocław club for many years. She had the 

most successful period in the 1990s, when she 

made it to the podium of the World Championship 

three times and won three Olympic medals, including 

two gold medals, in 1996 and 2000. 

• Juliusz Migasiewicz – a professor of physical education 

sciences; he has been the rector of the 

University of Physical Education in Wrocław since 

2008; he has been honoured with many distinctions 

for his professional and social activity, including 

the Silver Cross of Merit. 

• Łukasz Rostkowski aka L.U.C – a rap artist and 

music producer from Wrocław, a graduate of the 

University of Wrocław, the founder and frontman 

of the Kanał Audytywny band; he received the 

Polityka Passport award for his innovative combination 

of music genres and fields. 

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7.4 

PRESENCE OF 

EHF EURO 2016 

IN THE MEDIA 

The European Handball 

Championship has never 

had such extensive media 

coverage in its history. 1,284 

journalists, photographers, 

radio commentators and 

persons supporting media 

service from 29 countries 

and 4 continents worked 

during EHF EURO 2016, 

which is a record result. 

The previous record was 

set during EHF EURO 2014 

in Denmark, when 711 

persons were accredited. 

Media representatives from Poland accounted for 

more than 50% of accredited journalists. Large delegations 

arrived also from Germany (over 130 persons), 

Denmark (79) and France (52). EHF EURO 

2016 was visited by journalists from all countries 

participating in the Tournaments and, among others, 

from Uganda, Japan, Tunisia and the USA. 

Total viewer ratings (in millions of viewers) 

Germany 673 

Poland 433 

Spain 103 

Croatia 89 

Denmark 88 

France 87 

Norway 42 

Sweden 35 

Russia 24 

Serbia 21 

Hungary 12 

Belarus 10 

Slovenia 8 

Year of Men’s 

European Handball 

Championship 

Host 

1994 Portugal 43 

1996 Spain 47 

1998 Italy 60 

2000 Croatia 184 

2002 Sweden 420 

2004 Slovenia 709 

2006 Switzerland 763 

2008 Norway 1217 

2010 Austria 1031 

2012 Serbia 1472 

2014 Denmark 887 

2016 Poland 1652 

Viewer ratings 

in millions of 

viewers 

1,284 media 

representatives 

were accredited 

during 

EHF EURO 

2016 

The production of TV signal by Polsat was carried 

out by 120 persons in Kraków and in Wrocław and 60 

persons in Katowice and in Gdańsk. Polsat installed 

14 cameras in venues in Kraków and Wrocław (and 

additionally a spider cam in Kraków) and 10 cameras 

in venues in Gdańsk and in Katowice. 

The games were aired into 175 countries by 75 

TV broadcasters. The semi-final match between 

Norway and Germany was watched by over 8.5 million 

viewers in Germany, reaching viewer ratings of 

28% on the the said market, whereas Denmark’s 

matches reached viewer ratings of over 70%. The 

viewer ratings of EHF EURO 2016 set a new record. 

The Tournament was watched on TV by over 1.65 

billion viewers, which translates into an average 

number of over 34 million viewers per match. This 

200 201

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means a much higher result than the viewer ratings 

of EC 2014 in Denmark (887 million) and the setting 

of a new record, which was previously held by EC 

2012 in Serbia (1,472 million). 

EHF EURO 2016 set also a record in terms of press 

releases and their reach. During the period from 

13 January till 2 February, 84,900 news about EHF 

EURO 2016 were published, and the event was mentioned 

in the press more than 4,000 times every day. 

In a survey conducted by Pentagon Research, three 

biggest sports events with a similar character 

and scale that took place in Poland in the last few 

years: UEFA EURO 2012 (football), FIVB Men’s World 

Volleyball Championship 2014 in Poland and EHF 

EURO 2016. Apart from the sport scale, these were 

the three biggest events held in Poland in the context 

of media message. In terms of media exposure 

value, EHF EURO 2016 ranked between UEFA EURO 

2012 and FIVB WC 2014. This result was achieved 

largely due to the frequency of exposure on which 

brands – partners of the event could count during 

the entire period covered by the survey. 

Among traditional media, the Internet played a dominant 

role, with web information accounting for 74%. 

The second most important medium providing information 

about the Championship was the radio 

(13%). 7% of information came from the TV and 6% 

from the press. Journalists presented the topics of 

EHF EURO 2016 equally in the media with a national 

and regional reach. 

The ranking of most active sources was topped by 

the media with a sports-related thematic profile. The 

leader was the Sport.pl website (682 publications). 

The second place is occupied by Eurosport.onet.pl 

(558), but materials from this source had the largest 

reach and the highest reach index due to the large 

number of its recipients. 

The media activity peak occurred on 17 January, 

which was the day of the first victory of the Polish 

national team in the TAURON Arena in Kraków. The 

media were active also on 13 January, when the EUR 

EURO 2016 match schedule was published, and on 

28 January after Poland’s loss to Croatia and the 

resignation of coach Michael Biegler. The sensational 

victory of Poland against France did not result 

in an increase of the media's interest in EHF EURO 

2016 in Poland. However, more materials appeared 

in the media with a larger extent on that day, which 

translated into the highest reach index during the 

period covered by the survey. 

Number of publications during the period 

13.01.2016-02.02.2016 

Type of medium Number of publications 

Internet 16 529 

Radio 2 996 

Television 1 439 

Press 1 302 

Total 22 266 

TV value of the event in comparison to other large events hosted by Poland 

Event 

Total GRP (all 

brands) 

Number of contacts 

Value of all exposures 

UEFA EURO 2012 658 475,78 235 241 535 1 018 697 928 502 387 

(football) 

EHF EURO 2016 583 923 207 890 295 791 465 204 730 542 

FIVB Men's World 

Championship 2014 

214 656,95 76 364 788 640 369 967 841 060 

Number of 

exposures 

EHF EURO 2016 – media position in comparison to other large events hosted by 

Poland – value of exposure 

1 019 

791 

640 

1200 

1000 

800 

600 

400 

200 

Spider cam over the court of TAURON Arena Kraków 

In the period under analysis, over 62.7 million posts 

and comments concerning the event were made in 

social media. 42% of these materials came from 

Facebook, and the event was very popular also 

among users of Twitter (39%) and Instagram (18%). 

0 

UEFA EURO 2012 

(football) 

EHF EURO 2016 

FIVB Men's World 

Championship 2014 

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POLSKA - GAZETA WROC£AWSKA (Gazeta Sportowa) 

2016-02-01 

EM 

Polen–Sverige 26–24 

FOTO: TT 

. 

Box 165, 201 21 Malmö, fax 040-704 45, e-post: sporten@skd.se. Sportchef: Ola Axelsson (tf). Medarbetare: Christer Cederlund, Jan Ek, Matilda Lundahl, Jonny Nilsson. 

ESLÖV 

Eslöv – Rekord 4–2 

ÖSTERLEN 

Matilda Lundahl 

Österlen–Warta 2–4 

Matilda Lundahl 

Fredrik Petersen fick inte mycket speltid i svenska landslaget under EM i Polen. Här under en landskamp mellan Sverige och Tjeckien inför mästerskapet. 

FOTO: MIKAEL FRITZON/TT/ARKIV 

MALMÖ 

Baltiska hallen: kl 19.00 

0704-14 25 54 

Efter nästan tio år som utlandsproffs återvänder Fredrik 

Petersen hem till Sverige för spel i HK Malmö. 

FOTO: CHRISTINE OLSSON/TT/ARKIV 

. 

thomas.jasper@nordjyske.dk 

Skanska Dagbladet 

2016-02-02 

REPORT 

Nordjyske Stiftstidende 

2016-01-17 

Sport Bild 

2016-01-13 

B6 SKÅNSKA DAGBLADET ■ TISDAG 2 FEBRUARI 2016 

SPORT 

EAI etta 

i tabellen 

Det blev seger för Eslövs 

AI i det heta Skånederbyt 

på måndagskvällen. 

Tack vare 4-2-segern 

mot Helsingborg Rekord 

har Eslöv nu säkrat 

förstaplatsen i grundserien. 

34 Sport NORDJYSKE Stiftstidende Søndag 17. januar 2016 

FCM-profil er tæt på exit 

Bakken Bears snuppede pokalen 

MIDTJYLLAND: Forsvarsprofilen Erik Sviatchenko lader til at være tabt for FC 

HORSENS: Basketballspillerne fra Bakken Bears fik lørdag revanche for sidste 

Midtjylland. Ifølge BT er landsholdsspilleren således meget tæt på et skifte til 

sæsons nederlag i DM-finalerne til Horsens IC. I ganske overlegen stil vandt 

de skotske mestre fra Celtic. FC Midtjylland indtager ved vinterpausen tredjepladsen 

i Alka Superligaen med tre point op til AaB. 

/ritzau/ 

Bears første pokaltitel i tre år. 

Bakken med 83-66 i pokalfinalen over de østjyske rivaler. Det var Bakken 

/ritzau/ 

BORDTENNIS 

PINGISLIGAN 

Number of posts in social media during the period 

13.01.2016-02.02.2016 

Social media service 

Number of publications 

Facebook 26 341 

Twitter 24 536 

Instagram 11 510 

YouTube 250 

EHF EURO2016 reached incredibly good results in all media channels, including 

two new platforms: SnapChat and WhatsApp, which were used for the first 

time during the Championship. 

The Facebook page of the event had 2 million hits per day, whereas the official 

EHF website had 900,000 visitors – a 44% increase in comparison to 2014 

– and almost 10 million hits (a 20% increase towards 2014). The total time of 

films watched on YouTube was 2.2 million minutes. 

MEDIA CONTENT MANAGEMENT 

Around 2 years before the Tournament, the EHF launched the official website 

of EHF EURO 2016, on which information about the event was published 

simultaneously in Polish and English in close co-operation between the EHF 

team and the Polish Handball Federation team. The EHF was responsible for 

the English content of the website, whereas the Polish team was responsible 

for Polish texts and translations into Polish. 

Information and materials concerning EHF EURO 2016 and the Polish national 

team were published on a running basis also on the website of the Polish 

Handball Federation, which was visually redesigned in the meantime. 

Moreover, at the time of kick-off of the Tournament, the social media team responsible 

for the elaboration and publication of bilingual texts on Facebook 

and Twitter started its work in Kraków. 

A special EHF EURO 2016 channel was also created on YouTube for videos to 

be uploaded. Part of the videos created by the EHF and information about the 

Polish national team were also published in the YouTube channel of the Polish 

Handball Federation. 

All press materials were prepared in close co-operation between the EHF team 

and the Polish Handball Federation team. 

SPORT 

SPORT 

2016-01-20 

B18 SKÅNSKA DAGBLADET n LÖRDAG 30 JANUARI 2016 

LIVESPORT I TV 

05:00 Golf: SMBC Singapore Open, Asientouren, Viasat 

Golf, Viaplay. 

08:15 Backhoppning: Världscupen, HS 134, Eurosport. 

09:30 Tennis: Final, Damer, Australian Open, Melbourne, 

Eurosport. 

10:00 Golf: Commercialbank Qatar Masters, Europatouren, 

Viasat Golf, Viaplay. 

10:00 Alpint: Världscupen, Damer, storslalom, 1:a åket, 

Eurosport 2, SVT1, SVT Play. 

11:00 Skidor: SM-veckan, Sprintfinaler, herrar, damer, 

SVT1. 

11:00 Alpint: Världscupen, Herrar, Störtlopp, Eurosport 2, 

SVT2, SVT Play. 

11:45 Tennis: Final, Herrar, Dubbel, Australian Open, 

Melbourne, Eurosport. 

13:00 Fotboll: Gefle-Djurgården, Träningsmatch, C More 

Sport, C More. 

13:00 Alpint: Världscupen, Damer, storslalom, 2:a åket, 

Eurosport 2, SVT1, SVT Play. 

13:20 Bilsport: Top Gear, Top 41, Kanal 9. 

13:30 Fotboll: Inverness Caledonian Thistle - Heart of 

Midlothian, Scottish Premiership, C More Live, TV4 Sport, 

TV4 Play. 

13:45 Fotboll: Colchester United - Tottenham, FA-Cupen, 

Viasat Fotboll, Viaplay. 

14:00 Rodel: VM i Königsee, Dubbel 2:a åket, Eurosport 2. 

14:20 Konståkning: EM i Bratislava, Isdans, friåkning, 

SVT2. 

15:00 Fotboll: IFK Göteborg-Sarpsborg, Träningsmatch, C 

More Fotboll, C More. 

15:30 Fotboll: Dortmund - FC Ingolstadt 04, Bundesliga, 

Eurosport 2. 

15:45 Nordisk kombination: VC i Seefeld, 10 kilometer, 

Eurosport. 

15:55 Fotboll: Arsenal-Burnley, FA-cupen, Viasat sport, 

Viaplay. 

16:00 Ishockey: Luleå - Brynäs, SHL, C More Live 2, C 

More. 

16:00 Ishockey: HC Vita Hästen - AIK, Allsvenskan, C 

More. 

16:00 Ishockey: Karlskoga - Leksand, Allsvenskan, C 

More. 

16:00 Ishockey: IK Pantern - Asplöven, Allsvenskan, C 

More. 

16:00 Ishockey: Skellefteå - Malmö Redhawks, SHL, C 

More Hockey, C More Live 4, C More. 

16:00 Fotboll: Barcelona - Atletico Madrid, La Liga, Viasat 

Fotboll, Viaplay. 

16:00 Ishockey: Frölunda - Djurgården, SHL, C More 

Sport, C More Live 3, C More. 

16:30 Skoter: SM-veckan, Stadioncross, semifinaler och 

finaler, dam och herr. SVT1. 

17:00 Fotboll: SCO Angers - AS Monaco, Ligue 1, TV4 

Sport, TV4 Play. 

18:00 Trav: V75 Direkt, TV4. 

18:00 Dans: SM-veckan, Tiodans och lag-SM, finaler, 

SVT2. 

18:10 Fotboll: Getafe-Athletic Bilbao, La liga, Viasat Sport, 

Viaplay. 

18:30 Ishockey: Modo - Färjestad, SHL, C More Hockey, C 

More Live 4, C More. 

18:30 Ishockey: Karlskrona - Örebro, SHL, C More Live, C 

More. 

18:30 Ishockey: Rögle - Växjö, SHL, C More Live 2, C 

More. 

18:30 Ishockey: Linköping - HV71, SHL, C More Sport, C 

More Live 3, C More. 

18:30 Fotboll: Stuttgart - Hamburger, Bundesliga, Eurosport 

2. 

18:30 Fotboll: Liverpool - West Ham, FA-Cupen, Viasat 


18:40 Ishockey: Oskarshamn - Mora, Allsvenskan, C 

More. 

18:40 Ishockey: Tingsryd - IF Sundsvall Hockey, Allsvenskan, 

C More. 

19:00 Golf: Farmers Insurance Open, PGA-touren, C 

More, C More Golf. 

20:00 Fotboll: Bastia - Lyon, Ligue 1, TV4 Sport, TV4 Play. 

20:25 Fotboll: Villareal-Granada, La liga, Viasat Sport, 

Viaplay. 

20:45 Fotboll: Roma - Frosinone Calcio, Serie A, Viasat 


20:45 Freestyle: FIS-VC i Calgary, Puckelpist, Eurosport 2. 

21:00 Golf: Pure Silk Bahamas Classic, Viasat Golf. 

22:05 X-games: Vinter, Aspen, Colorado, SVT1. 

01:00 Ishockey: NHL All-Star Skills Competition, Viasat 

Hockey, Viaplay. 

02:00 Backhoppning: Världscupen, HS 134, Eurosport. 

EM-avslutade med 

förlust mot Polen 

n HANDBOLL. Sverige hamnade på godkänd åttondeplats 

Skanska Dagbladet 

2016-01-30 

WROCLAW 

en och de tog alla möjligheten 

att visa upp sig. 

tiden och lagen skiftade 

Matchen var jämn hela 

Sverige avslutade en 

fullt godkänd EM-turnering 

i handboll med Målvakten Mikael Ap- 

På slutet var dock po- 

om att ha ledning. 

att i match om sjunde pelgren fick chansen hela 

lackerna starkast, mycket 

plats möta värdnationen 

Polen. 

framförallt under första 

stöd. 

matchen och storspelade 

tack vare hemmapublikens 

Hemmalaget vann halvlek. 

– Självklart blev de 

den jämna matchen Philip Stenmalm ersatte VI HAR VISAT stärkta av hemmapubliken, 

med 26-24 (12-12) Tobias Karlsson i mittförsvaret 

och höll tillsam- 

chans i dag och det var 

OTROLIG MORAL men vi hade en riktigt bra 

HANDBOLL 

OCH TAGIT EN OSmans 

med Jesper Nielsen 

små marginaler på slutet 

de polska skyttarna på KVALPLATS. 

som avgjorde, sade Niklas 

mattan. 

Ekberg till TV3. 

Nielsen tvingades emellertid 

att utgå i slutet efter lås som kan fungera, sade Ekberg var nöjd med hela 

skulle kunna vara ett mitt- 

Därmed fick polackerna 

lite upprättelse efter raset en lårkaka. 

förbundskapten Ola Lindgren 

till TV3. 

– Vi var ganska uträkna- 

turneringen. 

mot Kroatien, där den givna 

semifinalplatsen rök all att utgå började vi läcka Stenmalm gjorde också de inför mästerskapet men 

– När han var tvungen 

världens väg, inför sin egna bakåt och Polen fick göra fyra mål framåt. 

vi har visat otrolig moral 

stora hemmapublik. lite enkla mål. Men i ett 

och gjort så bra vi har kunnat. 

Och vi har tagit en 

Sverige luftade många längre perspektiv tror jag Framåt glänste också 

spelare som normalt inte att just Jesper Nielsen och båda skyttarna Viktor Östlund 

och Lukas Nilsson. viktigt, avslutade 

OS-kvalplats och det var 

tillhör första uppställning- 

sedan Philip Stenmalm 

han. 

Tysk glädje efter seger i ett gastkramande drama. Det unga orutinerade och skadedrabbade Tyskland är klart för 

final i handbolls-EM efter en rasande spännande semifinal mot turneringens stora överraskning Norge i Krakow. Först efter 

förlängning vann tyskarna med 34-33. Efter ordinarie tid stod det 27-27, då tyskarna kvitterat med runt 20 sekunder kvar på 

matchklockan och hållit undan från ett norskt segermål. I EM-finalen i morgon möter Tyskland Spanien. Spanjorerna vann 

sin semifinal mot Kroatien med 33-29. 

NOTERAT 

Drömfinal väntar i Australien Personbästa av Algotsson 

TENNIS. Det blir en drömfinal i morgon i Australian 

KONSTÅKNING. 17-åriga debutanten Matilda Algotsson 

Open mellan världens två bästa tennisspelare på herrsidan. 

Andy Murray ställs mot världsettan Novak Djo- 

Hon satte alla sina hopp, dock med en hand i isen vid 

satte nytt personbästa i sitt första stora mästerskap. 

kovic efter en femsetsseger över Milos Raonic (4-6, 7,5, ett par tillfällen. Algotsson fick poängen 97,35 för friprogrammet 

vilket innebär 145,32 totalt. 

6-7, 6-4, 6-2), skriver svttext. 

Den brittiske världstvåan är framme i sin femte final i Joshi Helgesson som låg sexa efter kortprogrammet 

Australian Open. Han har aldrig tidigare vunnit och de hade ett mindre lyckat friprogram. Joshi stannade på 

tre senaste gångerna har Djokovic varit honom övermäktig. 

niondeplats. 

poängen 153,29 vilket innebar att hon tappade till en 

- Förhoppningsvis är det min tur nu, säger Murray i Ryskan Evgenia Medvedeva blev Europamästarinna 

segerintervjun. 

i Bratislav med 215,45 poäng. 

POLSKA - G£OS WIELKOPOLSKI 

2016-01-20 

Mathias Översjö och Xu 

Hui vann båda sina matcher 

och Eslövstränaren Patrik 

”Pidde” Andersson var 

nöjd över prestationerna. 

– Översjö gör en riktigt 

bra insats i dag och vinner 

två matcher mot bra 

motstånd. Xu var stabiliteten 

själv, han var otroligt 

fokuserad. 

13-åriga Truls Möregård 

gjorde hemmadebut 

i Pingisligan men förlorade 

båda sina matcher med 

0-3. 

– En helt godkänd insats, 

framförallt i den andra 

matchen. Tyvärr räckte 

det inte riktigt i dag men 

det var hemmapremiär och 

han är ett framtidshopp, 

säger ”Pidde”. 

Nästa vecka väntar 

grundseriens två sista 

matcher, Falkenberg 

och Söderhamn borta. 

Tack vare förstaplatsen i 

grundserien går EAI direkt 

till semifinalen i slutspelet. 

Robert Svensson vilades 

från måndagens match på 

grund av sjukdom. 

Tungt tapp 

för Österlen 

Det blev en tung förlust 

för Österlen som jagar 

slutspelsplats när man 

förlorade med 2-4 mot 

Warta. 

BORDTENNIS 

PINGISLIGAN 

– Vi kämpade bättre än de 

senaste matcherna men formen 

är inte riktigt där den 

ska vara, säger Österlentränaren 

Mats Lundström. 

Förlusten innebär att 

Warta går förbi Österlen i 

tabellen och Göteborgslaget 

ligger just nu på slutspelsplats. 

– Vi har två matcher kvar, 

nu krävs det att vi tar poängen 

i matcherna för att nå 

slutspel. Det är inga omöjliga 

lag. Rekord och Falkenberg 

är båda lag som vi tog 

i höstas, men det gäller att 

ladda om nu. 

FREDAG 15. JANUAR 2016 

KLASSIKER 

Klassisk Murphy 

Lørdag aften sætter TV3 den bedste sendetid af til klassisk Eddie 

Murphy. Det drejer sig selvfølgelig om filmen ’Frækkere end 

politiet tillader’. Her spiller Eddie Detroit-betjent Axel Foley, der 

sendes til Beverly Hills, hvor han får lidt af et kulturchok. 

TV3 LØRDAG 20.00 ’FRÆKKERE 

Onsdag 27. januar 2016 NORDJYSKE Stiftstidende Sport 19 

END POLITIET TILLADER’ 

Djokovic klar til storkamp mod Federer 

Serena Williams på vej mod ny triumf 

MELBOURNE: Novak Djokovic havde ingen problemer med at besejre verdensranglistens 

nummer syv, Kei Nishikori, i kvartfinalen i Australian Open. Ser- 

års Australian Open. I kvartfinalen vandt Williams 6-4 og 6-1 over Maria 

MELBOURNE: Serena Williams er to kampe fra at gentage triumfen ved sidste 

NY SÆSON 

beren vandt 6-3, 6-2 og 6-4. I semifinalen venter schweiziske Roger Federer, 

Sharapova, og russeren har nu bevæget sig ind i sit 12. år uden sejr mod 

der vandt sin kvartfinale mod tjekkiske Tomas Berdych i tre sæt. /ritzau/ 

amerikaneren. I semifinalen venter polske Agnieszka Radwanska. /ritzau/ Bild Bundesausgabe überregional 

2016-01-16 

Johan Jakobsson (t.v.) og Henrik Møllgaard, der begge har en fortid i Aalborg Håndbold, måtte dele i porten. Sidstnævnte blev præsenteret 

for det røde kort efter tre udvisninger. 

Foto: Liselotte Sabroe/Scanpix 

Danmark smed sejren 

REMIS: Danmark førte hele anden halvleg, indtil der manglede 10 sekunder 

SVERIGE 

ene bold i kassen efter den 

DANMARK 28-28 

anden og blev dansk topscorer 

med syv mål. 

HÅNDBOLD, EM, HERRER 

Danmark fik lidt luft med 

WROCLAW: Efter fire sejre på 

føringen på 26-23 med syv 

stribe ved EM i håndbold 

minutter igen, men Sverige 

måtte Danmark tirsdag aften 

notere sig sit første 

fantomredning fra Landin 

svarede tilbage, og kun en 

pointtab i turneringen, da 

forhindrede udligning til 26- 

mellemrundekampen mod 

26. 

Sverige sluttede 28-28. 

I stedet brød Mikkel Hansen 

igennem og scorede til 

Danmark førte i størstedelen 

af kampen - undervejs 

27-25 i angrebet efter. Men 

med fem mål - men lukkede 

kort efter fik Henrik Møllgaard 

sin tredje tominutter- 

Sverige tilbage i kampen og 

tabte point efter en hektisk Skuffelsen lyste ud af de danske spillere efter pointtabet mod Sverigede 

Sverige igen kampen lige. 

sudvisning, og i overtal gjor- 

slutfase. 

Dermed skal Danmark ud i 

Kort før tid gav det udligning, 

og Jesper Nøddesbos 

en afgørende kamp om get ud i en scoringspause på nede det en komfortabel 

avancement i aften mod otte minutter, hvor Danmark dansk føring halvvejs, men forsøg fra midten efterfølgende 

gav ikke succes. 

Tyskland. Her skal Danmark vekslede 2-3 til en føring på med en god slutspurt i overtal 

ændrede Sverige 10-15 

/ritzau/ 

formentlig have point for at 7-3. 

avancere til semifinalen. I angrebet skulle danskerne 

lige vænne sig til det me- 

Nu lugtede svenskerne KAMPFAKTA 

til 13-15. 

Det var helt unødvendigt, 

at Danmark ikke vandt opgøret 

mod Sverige. Holdet svar, hvor en mand gik frem hægte af i anden halvleg. { Mål for Sverige: Johan Jakobsget 

offensive svenske for- 

blod, og de var ikke sådan at { Pausestilling: 13-15 

førte næsten fra start til slut, til Mikkel Hansen. 

I målet stod nu Kevin Møller, 

men han fik ikke fat i medreas 

Nilsson 5, Jonas Källman 4, 

son 5, Mattias Zachrisson 5, An- 

men otte sekunder før tid Landstræner Gudmundssons 

modsvar var tidligt at get mere, end Niklas Landin Viktor Östlund 4, Lukas Nilsson 2, 

faldt udligningen, som Danmark 

ikke kunne nå at svare bringe Michael Damgaard havde gjort inden pausen. Jesper Nielsen 2, Philip Stenmalm 

1 

tilbage på. 

på banen som en ekstra Samlet set havde de ikke 

På forhånd var danskerne bagspiller i stedet for fløjen mange redninger. 

{ Mål for Danmark: Michael 

opmærksomme på, at svenskerne 

har været gode star- 

pote. 

kun en scoring fra at udlig- 

Mads Mensah Larsen 4, Anders 

Anders Eggert, og det gav Sverige var mange gange Damgaard 7, Mikkel Hansen 5, 

Eggert 4, Mads Christiansen 3, 

tere i de foregående kampe, Også Mads Mensahs skud ne, men det var særligt Michael 

Damgaards fortjene- 

Hans Lindberg 2, Casper U. Mortensen 

1, Lasse Svan Hansen 1, 

men et fremragende dansk fungerede, og blandt andet i 

forsvar brød den tendens. kraft af playmakerens fire ste, at den danske føring Henrik Toft Hansen 1 

Sverige blev tidligt tvun- 

scoringer i første halvleg lig- 

holdt. Han bombede den 

Ungarn pressede 

spanske favoritter 

WROCLAW: Der var ingen bagud i hele første halvleg, 

hjælp at hente fra Ungarn, som endte 15-15. 

da holdet tirsdag aften Det skyldes blandt andet, 

spillede mod Spanien i at Spanien havde sat stjernemålmand 

Arpad Sterbik 

mellemrunden ved EM i 

herrehåndbold i Polen. på bænken, og det gav ikke 

Ungarerne kæmpede et højt antal redninger. 

bravt, men led et 29-31-nederlag 

til de spanske favo- 

teten og bragte sig foran 

Efter pausen tog Spanien 

ritter. En sejr til Ungarn med et par mål. Med seks 

havde ellers sendt Danmark 

i semifinalerne. erne ud til at have afgjort 

minutter tilbage så spani- 

At det blev til spansk sejr kampen med en 29-25-føring, 

men en udvisning og 

over Ungarn var forventet, 

men det blev væsentligt tre ungarske scoringer gav 

tættere, end de fleste formentlig 

havde antaget. Med 45 sekunder tilbage 

fornyet spænding. 

Ungarn hang godt på i reducerede Tibor Gazdag 

lange perioder, og bortset til 29-30, men Spanien sejrede 

alligevel. fra 0-1 var Ungarn ikke 

/ritzau/ 

Danmark bryder 

loven under EM 

WROCLAW: Når de danske 

håndboldherrer i disse dage 

deltager ved europamesterskaberne 

i Polen, er de 

samtidig med til at bryde 

polsk lovgivning. 

På danskernes spillertøj 

er der således en reklame 

for bookmakeren Unibet, 

og det er ikke tilladt ifølge 

polsk lovgivning. 

Det skriver det Polen-fokuserede, 

dansksprogede 

medie polennu.dk. 

Landsholdets sponsor 

opererer angiveligt ulovligt 

i Polen. 

Den polske avis Gazeta 

Wyborcza skriver ifølge 

polennu.dk, at de polske 

Nordjyske Stiftstidende 

2016-01-27 

bookmakere er tossede 

over, at Unibets logo har 

fundet vej til shortsene på 

de danske spillere under 

EM-slutrunden. 

Derfor er både EM-arrangørerne 

og delegationen 

bag det danske håndboldlandshold 

blevet kontaktet 

af polske bookmakere, 

men det har indtil videre 

ikke haft nogen synlig 

effekt på spillertøjet. 

Ifølge Gazeta Wyborcza 

er også landets skattemyndighed, 

der er ansvarlig for 

at håndhæve reglerne omkring 

bookmakere i Polen, 

gået ind i sagen omkring 

Unibet-reklamen. /ritzau/ 

Hans Lindberg 

tager til Berlin 

BERLIN: Håndboldspilleren fører, Bob Hanning, til 

Hans Lindberg har fundet klubbens hjemmeside. 

en ny arbejdsgiver, efter at Hans Lindberg har spillet 

hans hidtidige klub, HSV i tysk håndbold siden 

Hamburg, gik konkurs tidligere 

på måneden. 

Hamburg. 

2007, da han skiftede til 

Lindberg tiltræder efter Men da klubben efter 

EM-slutrunden i bundesligaklubben 

Füchse Berlin, rod blev erklæret konkurs, 

længere tids økonomisk 

hvor den 34-årige dansker stod det klart, at den danske 

landsholdsprofil måtte 

har fået kontrakt frem til 

2019. 

på klubjagt. Nu har han 

- I Hans Lindberg henter altså fundet en løsning i 

vi en af verdens bedste højrefløje. 

Sammen med Matmer 

fem i Bundesligaen. 

form af den aktuelle numtias 

Zachrisson, mener jeg Lige nu er Hans Lindberg 

faktisk, at vi er nummer et i på andenpladsen på Bundesligaens 

topscorerliste 

verden i højre side, siger 

Füchse Berlins forretnings- 

med 148 mål. /ritzau/ 

L Equipe 

2016-01-28 

Petersen: Jag har längtat 

■ HANDBOLL. Revanschsuget HK Malmö när Fredrik Petersen debuterar 

lag förr, det brukar ta några 

träningar sedan är man mycket fart och attackspel 

ett lag som spelar med 

Nyligen hemkommen 

från EM i Polen tycker inne i gänget. 

så det gäller att man är 

Fredrik Petersen att Beskedet att Fredrik vaken från början och står 

det ska bli skönt att dra Petersen ansluter till HK bra bakåt. Kan vi göra det 

på sig HK Malmötröjan Malmö kom i slutet av december 

förra året. eln till seger, säger Peter- 

så tror jag att det är nyck- 

och spela match. 

– Jag har längtat, det Hur bra koll har du på sen. 

ska bli jäkligt kul, säger den svenska elitserien? 

landslagsspelaren. – Jag har väl okej men Tränare Ulf ”Tubbi” 

inte jättebra koll. Spelarna Sivertsson säger att hela 

HANDBOLL 

har ju fortfarande bara laget har varit revanschsuget 

sedan bottennap- 

två armar och två ben så 

HK Malmö - Aranäs handboll är rätt så likt vart pet i bortamötet. 

man än kommer. 

– Vi hade ett stort 

Närmast kommer han snack efter den matchen 

Det blev inte mycket speltid från tyska Bundesliga och om hur vi agerade och 

i landslagströjan för Fredrik Füchse Berlin där han inte agerade. Det var ingen 

som var nöjd. 

Petersen under EM i Polen, spelat sedan sommaren 

men han tycker att laget 2013. Nu hoppas han kunna 

bidra med rutin i HK att publiken kommer att 

Sivertsson garanterar 

gjorde en bra insats. 

– Vi klarade OSkvalplatsen 

och det var den – Jag är en spelande mö i kväll. 

Malmö. 

få se ett taggat HK Mal- 

vi kom för, så det var stabilt. spelare så jag hoppas att – Varenda match är superviktig 

nu. Vi har tre 

Sverige, som slutade på jag kan bidra i spelet och 

en åttondeplats, spelade sin hjälpa dem med lite av poäng upp till tredjeplatsen 

och bara två poäng 

sista match i fredags. Sedan varje. Främst är jag vänstersexa 

men jag kan väl ner till niondeplatsen. 

dess har det varit snabba 

ryck för Petersen. Han landade 

på svensk mark i lör- 

säger han. 

man kan kasta bort om 

avlasta lite här och lite där, Det finns inga poäng 

dags och i kväll debuterar 

man vill vara med uppe 

han för sin nya klubb, HK I kväll möter Malmö i toppen, det är vi fullt 

Malmö, efter närmare tio år Aranäs på hemmaplan. medvetna om, säger 

som utlandsproffs. Senast lagen möttes var i ”Tubbi”. 

– Det är alltid skönt att december då Aranäs stod HK Malmö kommer till 

JAG HAR BYTT LAG 

komma lite närmare hem, för en kanoninsats mot ett match med samtliga spelare 

tillgängliga. 

NÅGRA TRÄNINGAR 

FÖRR, DET BRUKAR TA 

säger han. 

svagt HK Malmö och tog 

Känner du att du hunnit 

komma in i klubben vann med 31-23. 

MATILDA LUNDAHL text 

I GÄNGET. 

en ganska enkel seger och 

SEDAN ÄR MAN INNE 

och laget? 

– Aranäs var duktiga 

matilda.lundahl@skd.se 

– Nae, men jag har bytt den matchen. Det är väl 

ÅRGANG 0 

Livet fortsætter 

for 0’erne 

• De unge i ’Årgang 0’ er 

blevet 15 år 

Sommerferien starter 

med regnvejr, og for Rachel 

betyder det farvel til efterskolen 

og goddag til hendes 

storebror David, der kommer 

hjem efter et helt år i 

Brasilien. Stephanie tager 

• Pernille Sams ser på ’Huse, der aldrig kommer til salg’ blandt andet 

en tårevædet afsked med de 

i Tibirke. 

Foto: Heartland/TV2 

fleste af kammeraterne fra 8. 

klasse. Det er et lyspunkt, da 

mormor kommer hjem fra 

Helt specielle huse Filippinerne, selvom Stephanie 

har en nyhed, hun ikke 

Torsdag indleder anden Bakker i Nordsjælland, hvor er så glad for. Christian fejrer 

sæson af ’Huse der aldrig mange af husene aldrig kommer 

til salg. Det gælder også et for kammeraterne i haven, 

sin femten års fødselsdag 

kommer til salg’ - Om 

særlige huse med en menneskelig 

historie. 

gennem flere generationer, noget nyt pænt trække sig fra 

sommerhus, der er gået i arv og hans forældre må som 

og som altid har fungeret som værtsrollen. 

I sæsonens første afsnit et samlingssted for hele den Tilrettelæggelse: Anne 

besøger Pernille Sams en familie, 

der ejer en helt særlig 

store familie. 

Hjort og Ditte Wamberg. 

slægtsgård på Anholt. Gården 

er en fyrmesterbolig, som 

TV2 TORSDAG 20.40 

TV2 TIRShører 

til øens gamle fyr. Fra 

’HUSE DER ALDRIG 

DAG 20.00 

Anholt går turen til Tibirke 

KOMMER TIL SALG’ 

’ÅRGANG 0’ 

SPORT 

SUDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG 

2016-01-25 

TV-GUIDE 3 

• Mikkel Hansen er med i front, når Danmarks håndboldherrer møder russerne på i morgen. Foto: TV2 

Så er der håndbold EM 

Efter nedtur og 19. plads med stjerner som Timur Dibirov 

og Sergi Gorbok. 

Co. deres sag for denne dag 

Derfor får Mikkel Hansen og 

i VM sidste år er russerne 

klar til revanche. 

Efter de russiske herrer fik mod et fysisk stærkt russisk 

VM-håbet knust, blev det hold. 

Lørdag aften stiller TV2 om daværende trænerpar Oleg 

til Gdansk og EM i håndbold Kulesjov and Alexander Rymanov 

fyret, og i stedet tog 

TV2 LØRDAG 20,00 

2016. Og i allerførste kamp 

skal de danske mænd møde Dmitri Torgovanov og Lev 

EM RUSLAND 

den slumrende russiske bjørn Voronin over som trænere. 

IMOD DANMARK 

Der tages forbehold for trykfejl og udsolgte varer. 

Palads 18. januar kl. 16.30 

“Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict” er 

dokumentarfilmen om en af verdens 

største art-ikoner gennem tiderne. 

BT(Den) 

2016-01-15 

Ikke mange andre indenfor kunstens verden har levet et 

så spændende, udfordrende, udforskende og helt 

igennem turbulent liv som Peggy Guggenheim. 

Filmen dykker langt ned i denne udsædvanlig verden. Et 

univers af det abstrakte, det farverige, det surrealistiske 

og det ekstravagante, æret af kunstnerne selv, som hun 

fik fremhævet til den placering, de alle 

fortsat indtager den dag i dag. 

Sport Bild 

Pris 

2016-01-20 

85,- 

8 berlingskeshop.dk/ 

btshop.dk/ 

peggy 

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2016-01-28 

Niklas Landin var sit holds bedst mod Rusland. Kiel-målmanden diskede undervejs op med en lang perlerække af store redninger. 

Foto: Scanpix 

Landin gav god dansk start 

L Equipe 

2016-01-21 

ÅBNINGSSEJR: En suveræn indsats af Niklas Landin reddede en spillemæssig tvivlsom åbningskamp 

DANMARK 

kunne det være gået helt galt 

Mikkel Hansen fik en tvivlsom 

RUSLAND 31-25 for Gudmundur Gudmundssons 

tropper allerede før 

begyndelse på EM. 

HÅNDBOLD, EM, HERRER 

pausen. 

Af Thomas Jasper 

Til danskernes held diskede 

Landin op med den ene 

legen blev hentet af russerskerne, 

der midtvejs i halv- 

store redning efter den anden, 

og Kiel-målmanden 

Danmark holdt sig dog i tene. 

GDANSK: Resultatmæssigt fik 

det danske landshold den holdt nærmest ene mand sit 

ten, og trods en tvivlsom 

helt perfekte åbning på EM i hold inde i kampen i første 

indsats i åbningskampen 

Polen, da Rusland blev besejret 

ganske komfortabelt. 

skerne at trække fra til sidst, 

halvleg. 

lykkedes det alligevel dan- 

Men resultatet fortæller Hansen fejlede 

så det blev til to meget værdifulde 

point i åbningskam- 

ikke hele historien om et Offensivt formåede danskerne 

nemlig heller ikke at 

pen, men opgøret afslørede 

dansk hold, der undervejs 

løb ind i visse problemer. fortsætte de fine takter fra 

også, at niveauet skal hæves 

Før opgøret var der især sidste weekends Golden 

betydeligt, hvis medaljeambitionerne 

skal indfries. 

stillet spørgsmål ved det League. Bedst personificeret 

danske forsvar i skadede René 

Toft Hansens fravær, og lede med en ukarakteristisk 

KAMPFAKTA 

ved Mikkel Hansen, der spil- 

defensiven overbeviste ikke i stor spildprocent, men Niklas 

Landins gentagne mirak- 

Hansen 4, Michael Damgaard 4, 

{ Topscorer, Danmark: Mikkel 

kampens første 30 minutter. 

Gang på gang skilte russerne 

det danske forsvar ad, for, at danskerne trods alt Det så bedre ud for danskergaard 

bød ind med to hurti- 

mål. 

{ Topscorer, Rusland: Sergei 

ler i det danske mål sørgede 

Mads Mensah Larsen 4. 

og havde det ikke været for kunne gå til pausen med 13- ne fra anden halvlegs start. ge scoringer, så Danmark Men dermed var lykken Shelmenko 5 

målmand Niklas Landin, 13. 

Indskiftede Michael Dam- 

pludselig var foran med tre endnu ikke gjort for dan- 

Jutarnji list 

2016-02-02 

L Equipe 

2016-01-29 

L Equipe 

2016-01-19 

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2016-01-14 

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REPORT 

7.5 

PROMOTIONAL 

TOOLS IN USE 

Promotional campaigns were conducted via many media 

channels: on the Internet, on TV, on the radio, in the press 

and in other media promoting the Tournament. 

INTERNET 

• Promotion on the official website of EHF EURO 2016 ran by the European 


• Promotion on the Polish website of EHF EURO 2016 ran by the Polish 


• Promotion in the Polish YouTube channel ran by the Polish Handball 

Federation 

• Promotional campaign of the Onet.pl group 

• Social Media – House of Loop tools used in social media 

– fans were informed about statistics from social media in real time 

during the entire period of the Championship. 

Fans’ involvement in social media could be tracked on: HYPERLINK "http:// 

www.feeltheemotions.pl" www.feeltheemotions.pl. 

TV CAMPAIGN 

• Altogether, 6,846 spots were broadcast (including 1,396 spots in Prime 

Time), and the entire campaign was carried out in accordance with the 

plan. A total number of around 5 million men aged 15-49 watched at least 

one spot. 

RADIO CAMPAIGN 

• Altogether, 279 spots with 2 types of content (a change of content was introduced 

after 20 January) were broadcast between 11 and 24 January. 

The campaign reached over 2.3 million persons. 

INTERSPORT 

shop with 

Official EHF 

EURO 2016 

Products, 

Centennial 

Hall, Wrocław 

Photo from 

the set of a TV 

commercial 

PRESS AND PROMOTIONAL BROCHURES 

• Distribution of brochures by partners (Polish Tourist Organisation and 

Gdańsk Tourist Organisation) 

• Own distribution during all pre-tournament events 

• Airing of commercials by partners (Onet.pl group) 

• Publications in the specialist press – the foreign EHF monthly 

206 207

REPORT 

• Purchase of adverts in the press: 

• Advert in RZECZPOSPOLITA 

• 1-page format in 3 inserts – Życie Krakowa i Małopolski, Życie Śląska 

(11-13 January) 

• 4 adverts in the PRZEGLĄD SPORTOWY newspaper (16,19,20 and 21 

January) 

• Regular delivery of press information to the media 

OTHER PROMOTIONAL MEDIA 

• Branded bus and car fleet moving throughout Poland (transporting 

teams, media and organisers) 

• Branded bus of the Polish national team 

• The Anthem of the Tournament broadcast in radio stations 

• Local radio stations started playing the EHF EURO 2016 single in 

November 

• RMF FM played the anthem of the Tournament since 6 December, organising 

a competition in which tickets to EHF EURO 2016 matches and albums 

could be won 

• On 5 January 2016, Mika and Michał Urbaniak gave an interview to Marcin 

Prokop and Dorota Wellman in the „Dzień Dobry TVN” program 

• On 8 January 2016 (the day when the album was released), Mika Urbaniak 

with dancers performed in the „Pytanie na Śniadanie" program in TVP2. 

• Poczta Polska issued a special collection of stamps and podcasts with 

the composite logo of EHF EURO 2016 in 4 cities – 1,600 cards and 

300,000 folders with occasional marks were printed. 

• Outdoor/city dressing advertisements were used in cities. 

MERCHANDISING 

All rights to merchandising before, during and after the event, including 

the production and distribution of official products of EHF EURO 2016, were 

reserved for the EHF without territorial restrictions. EHF’s partner in this 

field was a chain of INTERSPORT shops,which sold the official products of 

EHF EURO 2016. INTERSPORT had the right to use the visual identification 

of EHF EURO 2016 and was responsible for creating a portfolio of products 

and designing them. In agreement with INTERSPORT, the Polish Handball 

Federation supplemented the range of products with caps, mascots and 

magnets, which were sold at INTERSPORT stands also in arenas. The sale 

of products began in chain shops a few months before the Tournament. 

During the event, stands with EHF EURO 2016 products attracted a very 

large number of visitors in all sports arenas of Host Cities. 

INTERSPORT 

shop with 

Official EHF 

EURO2016 

Products, 

TAURON 

Arena Kraków 

Collection 

of postage 

stamps issued 

by Poczta 

Polska 

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REPORT 

7.6 

CITY DRESSING 

From December 2015 till January 2016, an intensive 

promotion of EHF EURO 2016 was carried out in Host 

Cities using various outdoor city dressing media. The 

promotion included, among others, display advertising, 

banners, advertising flags, citylight, illuminated cubic ads 

and bombs. Advertising media were installed in frequently 

visited city points, near entry points, at airports, central 

railway and bus stations (and roads to them), on bus stops 

and in means of public transport. 

ADVERTISING MEDIA IN KRAKÓW 

• Central Railway Station – 4 posts 48 m2 

• 4 illuminated cubic aids in city space 

• Central Bus Station – 10 m2 advertising 

• 350 flags of teams and the Tournament 

• 75 citylights 

• 2 branded trams 

• 2 illuminated bombs 

• 3 welcome signs 

• Display advertising at the KS KORONA club 

• Display advertising on the building of ARPIS 

• Display advertising on the building of the FORUM hotel 1,890 m2 

Display advertising 

of 

PGNiG on the 

building near 

the Mogilskie 

Roundabout and 

in Kraków 

Illuminated 

bomb near the 

Wawel Hill in 

Kraków 

Advertisement 

on an external 

LED and winders 

with the logo 

of EUR EURO 

2016 in front of 

TAURON Arena 

Kraków 

210 211

REPORT 

ADVERTISING MEDIA IN WROCŁAW: 

• At the airport: a package of 4 banners, 47 m 2 of 

branding on the baggage carousel, branding of 

the wall in the general access hall, a mascot in 

the arrivals hall, 43 m 2 on external glass areas, 

a volunteers’ stand 

• 3 advertisements on public bus and tram stops 

• 4 illuminated cubic ads in city space 

• 100 flags 

• 400 hands in buses 

• Branding of the ice rink board near the 


• 3 display advertisements in the centre (including 

1 on the old market square) 

ADVERTISING MEDIA IN GDAŃSK: 

• At the airport: a net suspended under the 

ceiling, a promotional island in the arrivals 

hall, display of the mascot in the baggage hall, 

a double-sided banner under the time-table, an 

advertisement on the tunnel wall 

• Dynamic messages in info-points 

• Banners in intertrack spaces 

• 100 citylights 

• Video in trams 

• Advertisement on the reverse of tram tickets 

• 100 frames on street lamps 

• Net on the City Office building 

• 4 billboards 18m 2 

• 170 A4 posters in means of public transport 


• 4 rollups 

• 20 flags on posts 

• 200 hands in buses 

• Tent with a point of sale on the Christmas 

market fair 

• Display advertising 205m 2 

Advertisement 

on the Lech 

Wałęsa Airport 

in Gdańsk 

EHF EURO 

2016 countdown 

clock 

on the wall 

screen on 

ERGO Arena in 

Gdańsk 

Advertisement 

on the Lech 

Wałęsa Airport 

in Gdańsk 

212 213

REPORT 

ADVERTISING MEDIA IN KATOWICE 

• At the airport: 2 banners 5 m2 in the general access hall, a mascot 

• Central Railway station – advertising on external glass panes 12 m2 

• 8 information totems along the arterial road from the Railway Station to the Spodek 

Arena 

• 4 banners at main streets 

• 2 billboards 

• 2 banners on the soundproof screen near Novotel Hotel 

• Banner on the retaining wall near the Ziętek Roundabout 

• 1 branded historic tram 

• 100 A3 posters in buses 


• Mobile info-point (Nysa van) 

Tram stop in the form of a handball goal in Katowice 

Central Railway 

Station in 

Katowice 

Illuminated 

bomb in 

Katowice near 

the SPODEK 

Arena 

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REPORT 

7.7 

VENUE DRESSING 

Venue dressing for the period of EHF EURO 2016 

was regulated in special provisions of the agreement 

between the Polish Handball Federation and the EHF. 

These provisions specified the colour arrangement, 

places to be branded, areas of display of names of Host 

Cities or rules of display of sponsors. Venue dressing 

referred both to match arenas and to fan zones, hotels, 

surrounding areas of venues and training halls. The key 

assumption for the performance of the venue dressing 

task was to fulfil the EHF’s requirements (observance 

of the “clean area” principle, placement of appropriate 

spatial and graphic patterns in the camera eye, display of 

brands in accordance with the implementation of mutual 

agreements with partners and sponsors) and to create an 

exceptional atmosphere for fans and other participants in 

the event. 

For the first time in the history of the European 

Championship, the European Handball Federation 

agreed to deviate from the traditional navy blue colour 

identifying the EHF and adopt the colours defined 

during the preparation of EHF EURO 2016 identification: 

red, white and grey. 

For the purpose of achieving the stimulation and 

involvement effect, the main colour used in the 

dressing of audience zones was red. It was used 

very deliberately in fan areas – it is an active colour 

associated with passion, vitality and dynamics that 

helps to build sport emotions. On the other hand, 

VIP and Hospitality zones were arranged in tranquil 

white and subdued grey colour with gold finishes. 

Corridors, rooms and VIP boxes contained elements 

presenting the history of handball and its outstanding 

figures and fragments of the architecture of 

Host Cities. According to the designer’s intentions, 

these zones were to provide a suitable background 

for meetings before, after and during matches.In 

addition, for the needs of this Tournament, a separate 

line of system incrustments was created in 

the form of linear contours of players in 3 different 

Dressing of the 


sport positions and contours of all sports arenas 

regarded as recognisable symbols of cities. In this 

way, a visual narration was created for each venue 

in consideration of local conditions and roles of arenas 

during the Championship. 

The dressing of "non-sports” venues, such as the 

Spodek Arena in Katowice or the Centennial Hall in 

Wrocław, turned out to be a particularly demanding 

task. Dressing projects and assembly solutions had 

to fit into the architecture of venues, and contractors 

also had to consider restrictions imposed by the Art 

Conservator. They had to find unconventional solutions 

for many projects and make use of specialist 

services – e.g., in order to fit ideally adjusted decorations 

with the name of the event and the name of 

the Wrocław City into arches of the Centennial Hall. 

The organiser’s intention was also to ensure that 

the designed architectural style helps fans, media 

representatives, referees, players, VIPs, venue 

personnel and subcontractors to move within and 

around venues. Therefore, special emphasis was put 

on the proper marking of adjacent areas and venues. 

Venue dressing encompassed access routes around 

venues and car parks. The visibility of decorations in 

red was very good, and fans could easily arrive at the 

spot and find particular sectors, rooms and seats. 

The operational phase of implementation activities 

was divided into 3 stages. In the first stage, players’ 

zones (playing courts, entrances and exits for 

players) were dressed as most demanding elements 

both with regard to implementation works and EHF 

and safety requirements. The second stage concerned 

the installation of decorations in audience 

zones, whereas the third stage included the outside 

dressing of venues. The entire project was preceded 

by the accurate dimensioning of all areas covered 

by the dressing plan. 

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STATISTICS 

Dressing work involved the use of: 

Over 10 000 metres 

of red carpet 

4 000m² of stickers 

9 500 

m² of textiles 

Dressing of ERGO Arena in Gdańsk 

Hala Stulecia 

Over 

70 

persons were 

engaged in 

dressing work 

at one time in 

several venues 

SPODEK 

Arena in 

Katowice 

ready for the 

Championship 

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7.8 

SPONSORS AND PARTNERS 

The marketing concept elaborated in the course 

of mutual consultations and workshops assumed 

the co-operation of many entities, including 

mainly the Polish Handball Federation, the EHF, 

Infront and Polsat. As regards the preparation 

and implementation of solutions used during the 

Tournament, the leading role was entrusted to the 

EHF EURO 2016 Department. 

This conception encompassed also sponsorship – National Suppliers were 

successively included in the preparation process, and their significant input 

in the form of know-how, services and material or financial input contributed 

to the organisational success of the project. At the same time, the 

Polish Handball Federation co-operated also with a few Partners that have 

supported the PHF and Polish handball for years. 

It is also worth emphasising once again the value of the co-operation with 

Host Cities of the Championship and the Host Region. At the same time, 

the Marketing and Partner Rights Protecion Team functioning within the 

EHF EURO 2016 Department supervised the fulfilment of obligations resulting 

from sponsorship agreements, agreements for the promotion of 

territorial government units and other co-operation agreements concluded 

by the Polish Handball Federation in connection with the organisation 

of EHF EURO 2016. 

SPONSORSHIP PYRAMID 

The sponsorship structure of the Tournament encompassed 4 separate categories 

that differed in terms of rights and benefits granted to Partners: 

• Official Sponsors 

• EHF Partners 

• National Suppliers 

• Host Cities/Region 

OFFICIAL SPONSORS 

The preparation of the offer, negotiations, acquisition and service of Official 

Sponsors (in co-operation with the Organisational Committee during the 

Tournament) was handled by the Marketing Partner of the EHF – Infront Sports 

& Media AG. Eventually this category comprised 7 companies/brands: 

• Aj Produkter 

• Bauhaus 

• Engelbert Strauss 

• Grundfos 

• Intersport 

• Moneygram 

• Velux 

EHF PARTNERS 

The EHF Partners category originally included technical partners that have cooperated 

with the EHF on the occasion of EURO and similar events for many 

years. The Polish Handball Federation also co-operated with EHF Partners 

during preparations for the event, and benefits in kind/services provided by 

Partners had a positive impact on the quality of the project. This category comprised 

7 companies/brands: 

• Adidas (supplier of match balls and equipment for volunteers and for the 

organisational team) 

• Gerflor (supplier of the EHF EURO Corporate Identity Taraflex floor) 

• Infront (EHF’s exclusive marketing partner) 

• SportTransfer (supplier of goals) 

• Rotowash (non-communicated partner, supplier of sports floor cleaning 

machines) 

• Isostar (non-communicated partner, supplier of beverages/water bottles 

for players) 

• Sportadd/Intensegrip (non-communicated partner, supplier of hand glue 

for players) 

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Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo S.A. [Polish Oil Mining and Gas Company) – a sponsor of the 

Tournament and the main sponsor of the Polish Handball Federation and the Polish national team during EHF 

EURO 2016 

NATIONAL SUPPLIERS 

A group of National Suppliers created a category 

within which the EHF EURO 2016 Department had 

the exclusive rights to assign the a/m title, to prepare 

an offer, to sell a sponsorship package and to 

guarantee the fulfilment of relevant contractual 

provisions. 

Leading consequently to the establishment of co-operation 

with selected National Suppliers, the aforementioned 

possibilities brought measurable benefits 

to the Polish Handball Federation that helped to 

meet a number of organisational challenges – support 

in the form of services (know-how, consulting), 

items (car fleet, promotional materials) or funds, 

which in turn contributed to the final organisational 

success of the record project. This category comprised 

7 companies/brands: 

• Deloitte (supplier of business, financial, tax and legal 

consultancy services relating to EHF EURO 

2016 and provider of image benefits) 

• Dentsu Aegis Network Polska (support in the implementation 

of promotional and communication 

activities relating to EHF EURO 2016 and pre-tournament 

events) 

• eBilet (support for the Polish Handball Federation – 

the delivery of technical and promotional solutions 

with regard to the sale of tickets to EHF EURO 2016 

matches) 

• Ministry of Sport and Tourism (support of organisation 

of EHF EURO 2016 as a championship event 

within the scope of public tasks relating to the support 

of sport promotion activities) 

• Polish Tourist Agency (support of promotion of 

EHF EURO 2016) 

• Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo S.A. 

(a sponsor of the Tournament and the main 

sponsor of the Polish Handball Federation and 

the Polish national team during EHF EURO 2016) 

• Suzuki Motor Poland (the supplier of a fleet of 80 

cars with complete equipment and promotional 

involvement in all showrooms in Poland) 

HOST CITIES/REGION 

The type of involvement of Host Cities and the Host 

Region differed from that of other commercial entities 

within the EHF EURO 2016 sponsorship structure 

due to the public character of support and promotion 

agreements. As the co-operation with Host 

Cities had begun earlier than in the case of commercial 

partners, the scope of promotional benefits 

provided by the Polish Handball Federation was 

spread over a period of 3 years in most of the cases. 

This category comprised 5 units: 

• Gdańsk 

• Katowice 

• Kraków 

• Wrocław 

• Małopolska 

In view of the mutual co-operation and the significance 

of involvement of Host Cities (Kraków, 

Wrocław, Katowice, Gdańsk) and the Host Region 

(Małopolska Province) in the MEN’S EHF EURO2016 

project, the Polish Handball Federation took efforts 

to include the a/m territorial government units as 

Partners within the additional fourth category (Host 

Cities) in arrangement with Infront. 

CO-OPERATION WITH OTHER PARTNERS 

Except for co-operation with National Suppliers, 

the Polish Handball Federation also co-operated 

on a running basis with the following partners: 

• National Supplier of EHF EURO2016 – Polsat TV 

station 

• Malopolska Regional Development Agency 

• Cechini – Dystrybucja Sp. z o.o. (the supplier of 

Cechini Muszyna water) 

• PGNiG Obrót Detaliczny Sp. z o.o. (the title 

sponsor of fan zones) 

PGNiG Obrót Detaliczny – Official Fan Zone of EHF EURO 2016 

The organisational success of MEN'S EHF EURO 

2016 confirmed the right direction of activities relating 

to the preparation of the commercial offer 

and the protection and enforcement of rights of 

National Suppliers. Further commitment of sponsors 

and the current continuation of co-operation 

between the Polish Handball Federation and a majority 

of National Suppliers also after MEN'S EHF 

EURO 2016, as well as the increasing interest in 

handball allow us to look forward with optimism to 

upcoming projects and organisational challenges: 

the professional league (Superliga) establishment 

project, training programs and, most importantly, 

Men’s World Championship 2023 co-organised with 

the IHF and the Swedish Handball Federation. 

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STATISTICS 

8NUMBER 

OF NATIONAL 

SUPPLIERS 

13 

4 

number of Host 

Cities 

13 minutes - duration of the sponsorship loop 

containing promotional videos of Official Sponsors 

and National Suppliers 

Sponsorship structure of EHF EURO 2016 

OFFICIAL SPONSORS 

NUMBER OF PARTNERS IN THE 

SPONSORSHIP STRUCTURE OF MEN'S 

EHF EURO 2016 

23 

EHF PARTNERS 

65 

time of display 

of sponsors' animations 

on the external LED 

of TAURON Arena Kraków 

during all match days 

of MEN'S EHF EURO 2016 

80 2 000 

number of cars 

DAILY LIMIT OF DISTRIBUTION 

in the basic fleet OF PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS 

guaranteed by IN ARENAS OF MEN'S EHF EURO 

SUZUKI 

2016 

30 

i 

60 

durations 

of both 

versions of 

the official 

spot of 

MEN'S EHF 

EURO 2016 

NATIONAL SUPPLIERS 

HOST CITIES 

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8 

QUALITY 

RESEARCH 

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8.1 

AIM 

OF RESEARCH 

One of the key strategic goals 

adopted in organisational 

assumptions of the event and 

the business plan for EHF EURO 

2016 was to obtain a high level 

of satisfaction for Customers 

(participants in the Tournament, 

EHF's representatives and fans) 

and entities participating in the 

organisation process (EHF, Host 

Cities, sponsors). 

The confirmation of the fulfilment of these assumptions 

required the verification and reliable substantive evaluation 

of many determinants/factors of the level of organisation 

by the aforementioned target groups. Therefore, it 

became necessary to examine the level of satisfaction of 

each group of participants in EHF EURO 2016. 

16 national teams of European countries, 1,284 accredited 

journalists (press, radio, TV, Internet), 3,500 VIPs and 

over 400,000 spectators in arenas in Gdańsk, Katowice, 

Kraków and Wrocław took part in this event. 

Each group was tested and evaluated selected elements 

of the tournament organisation, which lead to the final 

satisfaction assessment of each phase of the tournament 

and gave overall assessment. 

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RESEARCH METHOD AND RESEARCH TOOLS 

Direct structured interview was the main technique 

of the research in each target groups conducted by 

qualified volunteers. For each group of EHF EURO 

2016 participants prepared dedicated survey consisting 

of customised questions considered as essential 

in satisfaction assessment process. Questionnaires 

were designed for each terget group individually. 

• Team managers: living conditions, meals, 

organisation of training sessions (hall, lecture 

rooms, training hours, video equipment); access 

to physiotherapy rooms, transport, laundry and 

information services, team guide’s care, leisure 

opportunities; 

• VIPs: living conditions, meals, transport, access 

to communications equipment, usability of 

volunteers, leisure opportunities, organisation of 

the VIP zone; 

• Media – living conditions, meals, equipment of 

facilities, conditions of work (seats and their 

equipment), functioning of the press office, 

organisation of press conferences, briefings 

and places of interviews; transport, spare 

time, Internet, artistic setting, media packs, 

availability of players and team officials; 

• Fans – organisation of the competition, 

infrastructure around and inside the hall/arena, 

media and marketing service of the competition, 

atmosphere at the competition and safety. 

Each of the factors was evaluated according to the 

Likert scale of 1-7 (1 - "very bad", 7 - "very good") 

with a specially extended scope for an increase of 

its "sensitivity". 

The survey was conducted in two waves – 15-19 

January (Preliminary Round) in four cities (Gdańsk, 

Katowice, Kraków and Wrocław) and 22-27 January 

(Main Round) in two cities (Kraków, Wrocław). 

In the case of individual target groups, the survey 

within the first wave covered all four groups, whereas 

in the second wave team managers were excluded 

from the survey. 

SIZE AND SELECTION OF THE RESEARCH 

SAMPLE 

Numbers of persons in each target segment were 

decisive for the determination of the size and the 

principles of selection of units for research. In the 

case of managers of teams participating in the 

Championship, the survey was exhaustive (the manager 

of each team took part in the survey). The survey 

among team managers was conducted only during 

the preliminary round of the competition, and 

the survey was not conducted for managers again 

in the second wave. 

In the case of media representatives, they were selected 

for the survey by means of a systematic random 

selection technique in each press office. In each 

city, the selection was based on the following quantitative 

key: 

• 1 st wave – 100 journalists – (press, TV, Internet) 

– 25 persons in each city (15 from the press + 10 

from the TV) 

• 2 nd wave – 60 journalists – (press, TV, Internet) – 

30 persons in Kraków and in Wrocław (20 from 

the press + 10 from the TV). 

Another target group, which encompassed invited 

VIPs, was surveyed also on the basis of systematic 

random selection in VIP zones, boxes and SkyBox. 

The selection in cities was based on the following 

quantitative key: 

• 1 st wave – 100 VIPs – 20 persons (Gdańsk, 

Wrocław, Katowice) and 40 persons in Kraków; 

• 2 nd wave – 80 VIPs – 35 persons in Wrocław and 

45 persons in Kraków. 

The last (but particularly important) target group 

consisted of fans, who surprised everyone (including 

organisers, EHF's authorities, European and world 

media and TV viewers) with extraordinary attendance 

and spontaneous behaviour not only on the stands 

(hot, enthusiastic, wild moods) and an atmosphere 

of great common fun, irrespective of the city or importance 

of the match. Fans were surveyed on the 

basis of a systematic selection method during match 

breaks and after matches in arena corridors and 

near dressing rooms. 

In the case of fans, the size of the research sample 

was: 

• 1 st wave – 200 persons in each venue; 

• 2 nd wave – 300 persons (Wrocław) and 400 persons 

(Kraków). 

CONCLUSIONS 

The most important considerations focus mainly 

on fans' evaluations (general evaluations of each 

phase of the competition – 750 persons per phase) 

and concentration on them is fully justified because 

they are always the primary mass target segment in 

surveys of persons participating in a sporting event. 

Because of the number and frequency of participation, 

their sporting, organisational and mental expectations, 

the value of the created message (wordof-mouth 

marketing) and the creation of the image 

of the given sport, economic value generated by 

them and their activity and involvement in the creation 

of the course of the event, they are the persons 

whose opinions and evaluations are the most important 

for every organiser of a sporting event and the 

projection of the immediate environment (the hall/ 

arena and accompanying events) and the more distant 

environment (information and communication 

infrastructure, accommodation, etc.). 

The average scores shown in the table for individual 

factors/determinants of matches organised at EHF 

EURO 2016 are undoubtedly very high and reflect the 

professional organisation of the Championship in 

all of its aspects. The achievement of scores above 

“6” in the case of 18 out of 22 factors/determinants 

can be left for subjective evaluation to each reader; 

it is also worth adding that those four lower scores 

were close to “6”. 

• almost perfect evaluation of the work of the 

entire team of volunteers – young girls and boys 

from various cities and countries – and stewards, 

whose engagement and efficient support of fans 

built the image of the Championship, cities and 

Poland; 

• the excellent atmosphere of the Championship in 

every place where it was held; 

• sport emotions that were generated mainly by 

national teams of participating countries, but the 

unusual support from fans and accompanying 

elements (cheering-on, music, cheerleaders, 

organisation of the audience) are not to be 

underestimated; 

• the adequacy of selection of Host Cities, measured 

by their tourist attractiveness and advantages of 

accommodation; 

• unusual orderliness in halls/arenas, emphasised 

by all segments of participants; 

• a sense of security of participants, which is an 

important point of concern for every organiser 

today. However, the need to ensure safety 

imposes additional duties on organisers and its 

provision can often be bothersome and require 

understanding on the part of fans. 

Finally, it is time to present a very general overview 

of survey results for other target segments: VIPs, 

media representatives and managers of teams of 

participating countries. The VIP segment awarded 

definitely highest scores from among all respondents 

– apart from two cases where scores were 

slightly below “6”, others were very high. As regards 

the sense of security and the work of volunteers, 

hostesses and stewards, scores were almost ideal. 

Scores awarded by VIPs were almost identical in all 

cities. The significance of VIPs’ scores and opinions 

should be considered in the context of their potential 

emotional and marketing commitment to handball 

in the future. Among them there were many decision-makers 

and stakeholders that could constitute 

a potential segment of handball sponsor in the future. 

Another segment – representatives of national 

and foreign media – is a group of people that are 

commonly considered to be the most demanding 

and critical of services provided during a sporting 

event. The number of accredited media representatives 

was very large, reaching almost 1,300 persons. 

In their case, we could also notice a very favourable 

reception of all elements making up the organisation 

and progress of EHF EURO 2016. 

This is reflected, for example, by the fact that the 

lowest score awarded for announcers (the 2nd 

phase of the Championship) and the functioning 

of the Internet was 5.2. This group confirmed extremely 

high average scores awarded by other segments 

for volunteers and stewards and for provided 

sport emotions. We can also indicate one prevailing 

tendency: slightly higher scores awarded by foreign 

journalists in comparison to the domestic media. 

This group built a very positive image of the 

Championship and highlighted their extremely high 

organisational level and the unusually friendly, hospitable 

and joyful atmosphere in all arenas of the 

tournament. The last segment covered by the survey 

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– managers of participating teams – confirmed extremely 

high scores in all areas presented for evaluation 

with regard to all cities hosting the teams participating 

in the Championship. Everybody stressed 

the exceptional friendliness that they encountered 

in every town, the ease of solving problems reported 

by them or unusual hospitability and an extremely 

positive culture of reception. 

In general, irrespective of their role and place of 

stay, all participants in EHF EURO 2016 pointed out 

one fact: the setting of extremely high organisational 

standards and the presentation of a high-quality 

portfolio by the Polish Handball Federation as an 

institution that won the competition for the host of 

EHF EURO 2016 in Monaco in June 2012. It was obvious 

to anyone that, although Poles ranked only seventh 

in the sports classification, they certainly demonstrated 

mastery in the organisation and reception 

of all those who participated in the Championship. 

On that occasion, it turned out once again at the 

beginning of the 21th century that Poland is a very 

attractive tourist destination, has a modern sport 

infrastructure, an efficient hotel and communication 

base, its inhabitants are genuinely interested 

in handball as a team game and are open, friendly, 

hospitable and joyful as hosts and visitors. Now we 

can only look forward to obtaining further big sporting 

events on a European and international scale. 

Average evaluation (scores) of determinants/factors by countries participating in the EHF 

Item under evaluation/score 

1 st wave (15-19 January) 2 nd wave (21-27 January) 

Total Domestic Foreign Total Domestic Foreign 

1. General atmosphere 

(positive emotions) 

6.45 6.50 6.34 6.47 6.48 6.49 

2. Layout of the arena (nice, 

aesthetic) 

6.16 6.21 6.07 6.21 6.21 6.22 

3. Availability of food outlets 

(access, offer) 

5.73 5.93 5.37 6.06 6.11 6.00 

4. Ease of getting to one’s seat 

in the arena 

6.15 6.23 5.99 6.21 6.22 6.18 

5. Comfort of entering the 

arena (time of entrance) 

6.24 6.30 6.17 6.33 6.36 6.25 

6. Venue Signage (good, 

legible) 

6.22 6.28 6.19 6.25 6.26 6.24 

1. Access to the arena 6.17 6.11 6.36 5.85 5.78 6.09 

2. Sense of security (I feel safe) 6.35 6.45 6.05 6.46 6.50 6.37 

3. Stewards’ work (friendliness, 

provision of information) 

6.25 6.28 6.16 6.36 6.34 6.43 

4. Cleanliness of the venue 

(tidiness around and within the 6.30 6.35 6.19 6.33 6.34 6.33 

arena) 

5. Volunteers’ support 

(apprearance, clothes, 

6.73 6.75 6.70 6.81 6.82 6.74 

politeness, information) 

1. Availability of points with 

attractions (sale of T-shirts, 5.86 5.85 5.99 5.79 5.78 5.92 

gadgets) 

2. Artistic setting (lights, 

music, cheerleaders) 

6.14 6.22 5.98 6.24 6.28 6.05 

3. Quality of announcer’s work 5.88 5.93 5.80 5.83 5.84 5.82 

4. Quality of sound system in 

the arena 

6.27 6.36 6.09 6.31 6.33 6.23 

5. Cheering-on by fans and 

their commitment (positive 6.36 6.47 6.08 6.48 6.49 6.44 

atmosphere) 

6. Sport emotions 6.60 6.65 6.49 6.55 6.54 6.58 

1. Games and entertainment 

before the match and in the 5.80 5.76 5.87 5.93 5.89 6.12 

match break 

2. Tournament mascot 

animations and activities 

5.69 5.80 5.46 5.99 5.96 6.17 

1. Tourist attractiveness of the 

city (I like it, I want to come 6.30 – 6.37 6.34 – 6.43 

back here) 

2. Benefits of accommodation 

(good standard, competitive 6.24 – 6.33 6.17 – 6.29 

price) 

3. Sense of security in the city 6.25 – 6.33 6.14 – 6.30 

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SUMMARY OF THE 

PREPARATION AND 

ORGANISATION OF 

EHF EURO 2016 

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9.0 

SUMMARY 

On 15 January, one of this year’s biggest sporting events in the 

world – Men’s EHF EURO 2016 Poland – began. That was more 

than 2,000 minutes of thrilling competition of the best handball 

players on the Old Continent. 48 matches took place in four 

halls, in which 2,629 goals were scored. Never before has any 

European Handball Championship attracted so many fans. 

Men’s European Handball Championship EHF EURO 2016 in 

Poland was watched by over 400,000 spectators in arenas and 

100,000 spectators in fan zones. 

factors such as the atmosphere of the tournament, 

the preparation of infrastructure, work organisation, 

the layout of venues, a sense of security, transport, 

hotels and volunteers' and stewards' work. However, 

the organisation of this tournament would not have 

been possible without huge involvement on the part 

of Host Cities: Kraków, Wrocław, Katowice, Gdańsk 

and the Małopolska Region. EHF EURO 2016 proved 

that Poland not only has very good sport infrastructure, 

but it can make good use of it. 

The EHF EURO 2016 tournament was a huge success 

and has been the biggest and one of the best 

EHF EURO events organised so far. 

The tournament was a top-level handball event. 

We hope that the future hosts of European 

Championships make use of many solutions that 

were introduced during the EHF EURO 2016. That 

was a record Championship fully organised within 

the structures of the Polish Handball Federation in 

excellent co-operation with the EHF and National 

Suppliers. The EHF EURO 2016 preparation process 

was thoroughly analysed and favourably evaluated 

by Deloitte. 

Men’s European Handball Championship 2016 in 

Poland will go down in history thanks to thrilling 

sport emotions, unexpected turns of evens and 

sensational scores. And -- last but not least - also 

thanks to fans, who attended matches in the biggest 

number ever. All matches in Kraków, Katowice, 

Wrocław and Gdańsk were watched from the stands 

by a total of 400,722 fans. The previous attendance 

record belonged to Denmark, being worse by 

84,000 fans. During almost every match, Spodek, the 

Centennial Hall and ERGO Arena were filled to capacity, 

the highest attendance having been recorded 

in Katowice. On average, every match in TAURON 

Arena Kraków was watched by 12,000 fans. 

Huge crowds visited also PGNiG Obrót Detaliczny – 

Official Fan Zones in Host Cities of EURO 2016. The 

attendance level in all four zones reached 100,000, 

which is a record number. During the Tournament, 

Poland was visited by over 400,000 fans from abroad, 

particularly from Germany, Denmark, Sweden, 

Hungary, Norway and Croatia. 

The EHF EURO 2016 tournament achieved incredibly 

good results in all media channels, including two 

new platforms. SnapChat and WhatsApp, which were 

used for the first time during the Championship. 

The Facebook page of the event had 2 million hits 

per day, whereas the official website of the EHF had 

900,000 visits – 44% more than in 2014 – and almost 

10 million hits (20% more than in 2014). The total 

time of videos watched on the YouTube channel was 

2.2 million minutes. 

EHF EURO 2016 owes its success not only to sport, 

fans and atmosphere, but also to organisation. It 

was appreciated not only by the President of EHF 

Jean Brihault, who stressed that it had been the best 

EHF EURO in history with regard to organisation. As 

the survey results show, the Polish tournament was 

recognised also by fans, media representatives, VIPs 

and players. In a scale of 1-7, where "1" means "very 

bad", and "7" means "very good", the average score 

was 6.22. This is a result of very high evaluation of 

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Contact list 

Surname and first name 

Herra Marcin 

Dudziński Marcin 

Bańbuła Joanna 

Baran Paweł 

Baranowska Berenika 

Bartoszek Marta 

Baworowska Karolina 

Bobryk Magdalena 

Bogumił Magdalena 

Będzikowska Jolanta 

Brzozowska Joanna 

Celińska Kinga 

Chmielewski Wojciech 

Chomentowski Paweł 

Ciecierzyński Jan 

Cieślar Joanna 

Dajka Sebastian 

Darkovich Aleksander 

Długołęcka Barbara 

Dobiecki Tomasz 

Domitr Agnieszka 

Function 

Vice-President of 

the Management 

Board of the Polish 

Handball Federation for 

Development and Head 

of the EURO 

2016 Organisational 

Committee 

Director of the 

Tournament and 

Organisational & 

Technical Coordinator 

Accommodation 

Manager in Katowice 

Safety Manager in 

Wrocław 

Voluntary Service 

Manager in Kraków 

Iceland Team Guide 

Accommodation 

Manager in Wrocław 

Marketing and Host City 

Coordinator 

Accreditation Manager 

in Gdańsk 

VIP Service Officer 

Arena Hospitality 

Coordinator in Wrocław 

VIP Project Manager 

German Team Guide 

National Safety 

Coordinator 

Venue Manager Kraków 

MEN’s EHF EURO 2016 

Slovenia Team Guide 

Transport Coordinator in 

Katowice 

Belarus Team Guide 

Transport and Logistics 

Manager 

Media Operation 

Manager in Gdańsk 

Ceremonies Manager in 

Wrocław 


Dyba Wadim 

Ejsmont Anna 

Gierlińska Izabella 

Goc Agata 

Gołębiewska Jagna 

Górka Mateusz 

Gucma Jakub 

Gutkowska Paulina 

Gutkowski Grzegorz 

Gwioździk Jagoda 

Gwoździewicz Jacek 

Hammond Magdalena 

Kaczmarek Alicja 

Kertesz Peter 

Klepczyński Krzysztof 

Klimek Justyna 

Kloc Maksymilian 

Korczak- Mleczko Jan 

Kornacki Mateusz 

Kotomski Marek 

Krupska Joanna 

Kurtok Antonina 

Function 


Kraków 

Spain Team Guide 

Accommodation 

Manager – Kraków 

VIP Service Assistant in 

Katowice 

Ticketing and 


Fleet Coordinator in 

Katowice 

Marketing / PHOTO / 

Visual Content 

Macedonia Team Guide 

PMO and International 

Cooperation Manager 

Serbia Team Guide 

Medical Coordinator in 

Gdańsk 

Ceremonies and Pre- 

Tournament Events 

Coordinator 



Hungary Team Guide 



ERGO Arena Gdańsk 

Venue Manager 

Deputy Arena Manager 

in Kraków 

Spokesman for the 

Polish Handball 

Federation 



Technical and IT 

Solution Coordinator 

Local Organisation 

Coordinator in Kraków 

and Wrocław (pretournamnet 

phase) 

Croatia Team Guide 


Leszek Katarzyna 

Lipska Elżbieta 

Listkiewicz Monika 

Machnikowski Mariusz 

Malicka Zuzanna 

Marszewska Zuzanna 

Maślanka Piotr 

Michalczuk Sławomir 

Mierzwa Aleksandra 

Mikrut Marzena 

Monikowski Łukasz 

Mordarski Łukasz 

Mrozek Przemysław 

Olczak Sandra 

Orzechowski Łukasz 

Ostrowska Marta 

Paprocki Adam 

Parecki Magdalena 

Parecki Mateusz 

Pefew Mikołaj 

Piątkiewicz Łukasz 

Płachno Marcin 

Pniak Janusz 

Poznar Elżbieta 

Function 

Floor Manager in 

Wrocław 

National Medical 

Coordinator 

Accommodation and 

Stay Accomodation 

Coordinator 

Media Operations 

Gdańsk 

Hospitality Manager in 

Gdańsk 

Hospitality Assistant in 

Kraków 


in Katowice 


Coordinator in Gdańsk 

Montenegro Team Guide 


Wrocław 


Katowice 


Assistant in Kraków 

Transport Coordinator in 

Wrocław 


in Wrocław 

Ceremony Manager 

in Katowice 

Ceremony Manager 

in Gdańsk 



Denmark Team Guide 

Sweden Team Guide 


Gdańsk 

Marketing Manager 

Team Guide and Fan 

Zones Coordinator 


Katowice 


Assistant in Wrocław 


Pronskich Glib 

Radka Magdalena 

Redel Paweł 

Roczek Ivetta 

Ropek Katarzyna 

Rosengarten Marcin 

Samsel Marcin 

Sarapuk Łukasz 

Sibiga Magdalena 

Sinterov Denis 

Skalski Michał 

Skupień Milena 

Skorupski Marek 

Spychała Katarzyna 

Staszkiewicz Adam 

Staszkiewicz Tomasz 

Stefanowicz Beata 

Świerczewski Tomasz 

Świtalski Łukasz 

Szumowski Krzysztof 

Szydłowska Martyna 

Świeściak Tomasz 

Warchoł Karolina 

Function 


Kraków 

Hospitality Manager 

Organisation and 

Marketing Officer 

Transport and 

Accommodation 


Norway Team Guide 

Communication 

Manager / Spokesman 

for the Tournament 


Gdańsk 

Host City Coordinator 

(tournament phase) in 

Wrocław 

Trainee 

Russia Team Guide 

Floor Management 

Coordinator 


Manager Support 

Head Editor of 

„Handball Polska” 

Magazine, Media 

Operation Manager 



Transport and Logistics 

Coordinator 


Wrocław 


Gdańsk 

VIP Manager in 

Katowice 


in Kraków 

Spodek Katowice Venue 

Coordinator 


Assistant in Katowice 

VIP Hospitality Manager 

Organisation Officer 

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Wawrzyńska Paulina 

Węglarski Jakub 

Wiśniewska Aleksandra 

Witkowski Damian 

Witkowski Marcin 

Witwicka Katarzyna 

Wolak Marcin 

Wróbel Grzegorz 

Zapała Beniamin 

Zawadzka Marta 

Zawiślak Anna 

Zięba Magda 

Żaloudik Alicja 

Function 

Administration Officer / 

Reception Employee 

Marketing and Host 

Cities Manager 


Assistant in Gdańsk 


Manager 

Corporate Package and 

Group Order Officer 

France Team Guide 


Manager 



Hospitality Service 



Coordinator in Katowice 


Kraków 

VIP and Hospitality 

Project Coordinator 

Team Service Officer 

Men’s EHF EURO 2016 15 to 31 January 2016 in Poland 

Nomination of the EHF EURO 2016 Officials 

EHF Representatives 

EHF Media Management 

Jean BRIHAULT - EHF President / FRA 

JJ ROWLAND – EHF Media Coordination 

Arne ELOVSSON – EHF Vice President / SWE 

Benedikt ANDERES – EHF Media Supervisor / Kraków 

Leopold KALIN - EHF EXEC / SLO 

Nadege COULET – EHF Media Supervisor / Katowice 

Jerzy ELIASZ – EHF EXEC / POL 

Goran ANTEVSKI – EHF Media Supervisor / Wrocław 

Per BERTELSEN – EHF EXEC / DEN 

Andrew MCSTEEN – EHF Media Supervision / Gdańsk 

Predrag BOSKOVIC – EHF EXEC / MNE 

Michael WIEDERER – Secretary General 

EHF Website Team 

Thomas SCHÖNEICH – Website Editor in Chief 

IHF Representative 

Courtney GAHAN – Website Editor 

Frantisek TABORSKY – IHF Executive Committee / CZE Christopher O‘REILLY – Social Media 

Yannick MARESCH – Picture/Film Editor 

EHF Delegates 

Eric WILLEMSEN – EHF Website Journalist 

Martin HAUSLEITNER – EHF CC / AUT 

Vlado BRINDZAK – EHF Website Journalist 

Dragan NACHEVSKI – EHF CC / MKD 

Björn PAZEN – EHF Website Journalist 

Sandor ANDORKA – EHF CC / HUN 

Peter BRUUN – EHF Website Journalist 

Tapio ARPONEN – CoH / FIN 

Panos ANTONIOU – CoH / CYP 

EHF Technical Staff 

Viktor KONOPLYASTYI – CoH / UKR 

Uros HOCEVAR – EHF Photographer 

Nicolai VIZITIU – CoA / MDA 

Loic ALVES – Accompanying Activities and Legal 

Service 

Wolfgang GREMMEL – Compt / GER 

Johann Ingi GUNNARSSON – EHF Referee 

Bozidar DJURKOVIC – Compt / SRB 

Counselling 

Henrik LA COUR – TRC / DEN 

Peter KOVACS – EHF Qualitative Analyst 

Jiri KONECNY – Del / CZE 

Antonio OJEDA – EHF Referee Observation Platform 

Sotiris MIGAS – Del / GRE 

Robert KLEINER – EHF Analyst 

Miroslaw BAUM – Del / POL 

Paul BRAY – EHF Commentator 

Tom O’BRANNAGAIN – Presenter 

EHF Anti-Doping 

Matteo TETI – EHF Video Team 

Hans HOLDHAUS – EHF EAU 

Jacopo Mestreni – EHF Video Team 

EHF Legal Management 

Rui COELHO – CoH / POR 

EHF Venue Management 

Hannes MÜLLER – EHF BG EURO Events, Kraków 

Peter SICHELSCHMIDT – EHF BG National Teams, 

Katowice 

Doru SIMION – EHF BG Additional Activities, Wrocław 

Marcos BESTILLEIRO – EHF BG Competitions, Gdańsk 

EHF Event Organization 

Monika FLIXEDER – EHF Event Coordinator 

Helmut HÖRITSCH – EHF Education and Technical 

Services 

Vesna LAZIC – EHF Guest and Hospitality Management 

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Credits 

The Polish Handball Federation and the Organisational Committee of EHF 

EURO 2016 wish to express their gratitude for the emotions that we experienced 

together and organisational success to everyone who supported 

the PHF from the candidate phase to the preparation and organisation period: 

central institutions, public and private entities, persons participating 

in the preparation process, as well as participating sportsmen, volunteers 

and fans. 

Special words of gratitude are addressed to the President of Poland Andrzej 

Duda, Prime Minister Beata Szydło, Minister of Sport and Tourism – Witold 

Bańska, Ministers of the Government, President's Office, Prime Minister's 

Office, the Ministry of Sport and Tourism, the Ministry of the Interior, City 

Offices, central institutions, all European handball federtions, Partners, 

Sponsors and National Suppliers of EHF EURO 2016. 

We also thank the EHF, President of the EHF Jean Brihault, General 

Secretary Michael Wiederer and the entire EHF team for fruitful 

co-operation. 

MANAGEMENT BOARD OF THE POLISH 

HANDBALL FEDERATION 

and 

EHF EURO 2016 ORGANISATIONAL 

COMMITTEE 

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