115 days to go: EHF EURO 2010 in Austria

The first games of the EHF EURO 2010 will be thrown off in Graz, Linz, Innsbruck and Wiener Neustadt – the preliminary round venues of the event – just about three months from now.

The EHF EURO 2010 will take place in Austria from 19 to 31 January 2010. The main round will be played in Innsbruck and Vienna and the Final Weekend will take place in the Stadthalle Wien.

Event promotion

Magic, the official mascot of EURO 2010 will be busy in the months to come. The Austrian Handball Federation (ÖHB) organised over 120 promotion tours to direct the attention to the nearing European Championship.

ÖHB will also host the last two of its four-nation tournaments, which have been staged to ensure occasion to prepare for the national teams and for the EURO venues as well. The tournament in Linz is coming up on 30 October to 1 November 2009, while the last test will be in Wr. Neustadt on 7 to 9 January 2010.

Heads of Delegations Conference

Not only the teams and the venues prepare for the EURO. The EHF EURO 2010 Heads of Delegations Conference will take place on 7 to 9 October 2009. The joint organisers of the event in Vienna will be the Austrian Organising Committee and the EHF.

In the first part of this seminar, technical details and competition information will be provided to the participants by the EHF. In the second part of the programme, the Organising Committee will work together with the delegation leaders on procedures, accreditation matters, organisational questions and individual requirements of the delegations. Between these two sections ÖHB will also guide the guests through the venue of the Final, Stadthalle Wien.

The final part of the conference will give the opportunity for all guests to visit their EHF EURO 2010 venues. The delegation leaders will visit the playing halls and the hotels of their teams.

Ticket sales

EHF EURO 2010 tickets are available online since March 2009.Altogether 35,000 tickets have already been sold for the event. In a step by step procedure, additional ticket packages will be made available for the market after release from original reserve categories.

Tickets are still available on the official event website, www.ehf-euro.com.

EURO 2010 will also offer entertainment for guests who wish to enjoy exclusive VIP hospitality. Details and an order form are available on www.ehf-euro.com.

Press accreditation

The accreditation procedure for media representatives starts on 1 October 2009 (deadline for EHF EURO 2010 accreditation is 30 November 2009). All applications for EHF EURO 2010 accreditation should be made via the Media Corner section within the Euro Events website: www.ehf-euro.com.

The EHF Media Managers for the EHF EURO 2010 venues as well as the website team will be announced in the next days.

An online accreditation system will also be available for the delegations taking part at the EHF EURO 2010.

Activities and details

A number of conferences and congresses will take place during the EHF EURO 2010:

• 24 to 27 January 2010 – Top Coaches’ Seminar in Vienna
• 24 January 2010 - Medical Congress in Innsbruck
• 28 January 2010 – Legal Symposium in Vienna
• 28 January 2010 – Sponsoring Conference in Vienna

For more information on the EHF EURO 2010, please visit the official event website www.ehf-euro.com.  

EHF EURO 2010 Officials nomination

Following the publication of the official playing schedule for the EHF EURO 2010 in Austria, several preparatory measures have been completed. As a next step, the EHF Officials nominated for the event have been announced.