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PARTNER<br />
STATEMENTS<br />
European handball, at this stage of its development, has a dual responsibility:<br />
towards itself and towards the rest of the (handball)<br />
world. Towards itself it has the duty to continue developing its competitions<br />
and their global economy while preserving the principles<br />
and values that have always been the fundamental ingredients<br />
of handball in Europe. The basis of this humanistic approach is that<br />
the development of performance should never jeopardise personal<br />
development. Towards the rest of the world it has the duty to<br />
continue contributing to the development of handball on the other<br />
continents: in team sports, the strength of your opponent is by definition<br />
constitutive of your own. The EHF is the institutional bearer<br />
of these responsibilities and is excellently equipped to face them.<br />
Jean Brihault (EHF President)<br />
Thanks to the EHF, European handball has become a role model for<br />
handball worldwide. Now, in order to further promote and develop our<br />
sport, we have to work on ideas how to make our sport more attractive<br />
and how to reach our target groups. I look forward to a continuous fruitful<br />
and productive collaboration between IHF and the European Handball<br />
Federation to further develop our sport.<br />
Dr. Hassan Moustafa (President International Handball Federation)<br />
While watching the handball tournament during the Olympic Games in<br />
Rio de Janeiro, it was obvious to see what a great competition we have<br />
in our sport. In the future we have to protect the quality of our sport,<br />
we don’t need a complete change of the rules, and we have to show<br />
the spectators worldwide that we live up to true sportsmanship. To be<br />
able to guarantee a top-level competition we have to protect our main<br />
actors - the players - we need top-level performances, we don’t need<br />
random activities. Together with the EHF we have been able to get the<br />
voices of the players heard, but this can only be the first step of a long<br />
process; we are looking forward to find solutions to protect the players<br />
and our sport.<br />
Marcus Rominger (President European Handball Players Union)<br />
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