08.10.2025, 05:10
Update: Referees nominated for Men's EHF EURO 2026

NEWS: Referees have been nominated for the Men's EHF EURO 2026 in Denmark, Sweden and Norway

The European Handball Federation has nominated the referee pairs for the upcoming Men's EHF EURO 2026 in Denmark, Sweden and Norway (15 January - 1 February).

Due to a recent injury, the Czech referee pair Vaclav Horacek and Jiri Novotny withdrew their nomination. A new referee pair, Serbian duo Marko Boricic and Dejan Markovic, have been nominated as a replacement.

The pairs nominated (in alphabetical order by nationality) are:

• Amar Konjicanin / Dino Konjicanin (BIH)
• Vaclav Horacek / Jiri Novotny (CZE) - replaced
• Mads Hansen / Jesper Madsen (DEN)
• Javier Alvarez Mata / Yon Bustamante Lopez (ESP)
• Andreu Marín / Ignacio Garcia (ESP)
• Robert Schulze / Tobias Tönnies (GER)
• Adam Biro / Oliver Kiss (HUN)
• Jonas Eliasson / Anton Palsson (ISL)
• Tomas Barysas / Povilas Petrusis (LTU)
• Igor Covalciuc / Alexei Covalciuc (MDA)
• Dimitar Mitrevski / Blagojche Todorovski (MKD)
• Slave Nikolov / Gjorgji Nachevski (MKD) - nomination withdrawn on 10 January*
• Ivan Pavicevic / Milos Raznatovic (MNE)
• Lars Jorum / Havard Kleven (NOR)
• Daniel Accoto Martins / Roberto Accoto Martins (POR)
• Bojan Lah / David Sok (SLO)
• Marko Boricic / Dejan Markovic (SRB) - new nomination
• Mirza Kurtagic / Mattias Wetterwik (SWE)
• Kursad Erdogan / Ibrahim Özdeniz (TUR)

*More information: https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/men-s-ehf-euro-2026-refereeing-update/

TEXT: European Handball Federation