Strenghtening the idea of one team

The first combined course for top European referees and delegates preparing for the EHF EURO 2014 in Denmark was held over the last weekend in Vienna. At the event organised by the EHF Competency Academy & Network there were eight lecturers, 16 referees pairs, 28 delegates and one pillar idea - referees and delegates have to be and shall act as one EHF Officiating Team.

In accordance with this motion referees and delegates attended together several lectures and could exchange their ideas in following discussions. Delegates also joined EHF Marketing Supervisors for the common session with task distribution at the matches.

Picture gallery:

Romanian referees Bogdan Stark and Romeo Stefan at a lecture.

EHF CAN Coordinator Helmut Höritsch at the microphone.

Referees at the Shuttle-run test with lactate conducted by IMSB.

Out of sixteen referees pairs, only twelve will travel for the EHF EURO to Denmark. The official nomination will be announced in October.

Delegates at the "Personality and Performance" workshop led by Jürgen Boss (right) ...

... and at a small excercise outside.

Discussing the best practice at the round table.

Dragan Nachevski (left), the chairman of the Technical Refereeing Committee and Leopold Kalin, the chairman of the Competition Commission.

Photo: Uroš Hočevar, EHF