Historic venue for draw event on Friday, 28 June

The setting for the first major draw event of the 2013/14 season is to be one of the most beautiful locations in Vienna, the Gloriette in the grounds of the historic Schönbrunn Palace.

Representatives of Europe’s top men’s and women’s teams competing in the VELUX EHF Champions League and Women’s EHF Champions League will travel to the Austria capital to witness the drawing of the groups for the first phase of the two competitions.

Live streaming

Handball fans will also be able to watch the event live and on-demand via the official online TV platform, ehfTV.com. The event will be streamed live on the channel from 20:15 hrs (CET) on Friday, 28 June 2013.

The event will also be live tweeted at ehfCL and there will be a live ticker available at eurohandball.com.

Qualification draw

The draw for the Qualification and Wild card tournaments in both the men’s and women’s competitions will take place one day earlier, Thursday 27 June 2013, in the EHF Office in Vienna. The event will take place at 14.00 hrs on Thursday, 27 June, together with the 2015 World Championship Qualification Europe Phase 1 and the EHF EURO 2016 Qualification Play-offs. The draw will be tweeted live at ehfCL and also available via live ticker.

Historic venue

Schönbrunn Palace, the former summer residence of the imperial family, is one of Europe's most impressive Baroque palace complexes.
The Palace is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Vienna.

The Gloriette, situated in the gardens of the Schönbrunn Place, built in 1775 under the reign of Empress Maria Theresia is was intended as a ‘temple of glory’ and viewing point, later a location for dinners and festivities.

Following damage in the second world war, it was rebuilt and in 1995 essential restorations work was carried out. Since this time it is the home of one of Austria’s most beautiful Cafés – The Café Gloriette.