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EHF MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS

STYLE GUIDE

October 2019

I 2 I October 2019EHF Style Guide

CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION 3

2. HANDBALL 4 2.1 Handball terms 4 2.2 Playingpositions 5 2.3 General terms 6 2.4 Beach handball 9

3. ORGANISATION 10 3.1 EHF bodies 10 3.2 Commissions 11 3.3 Other EHF bodies 14 3.4 Stakeholders 16 3.5 Other 17 3.6 EHFMarketingbodies 18 3.7 Legalsystem 19 3.8 Jobtitles 21 3.9 Memberfederations 22 3.9.1 Full members 22 3.9.2Associatedfederations 24 3.10IHFanditsbodies 25

4. COMPETITIONS 27 4.1 Generalterms 27 4.2 EHFChampionsLeague 28 4.2.1Competitionnames 28 4.2.2Historicalcompetitions 29 4.2.3VELUXEHFChampionsLeague 29 4.2.4DELOWOMEN’SEHFChampionsLeague 30 4.3 EuropeanCupcompetitions 31 4.3.1Competitionnames 31 4.3.2Competitionterms 32 4.4 EHFEUROevents 33 4.4.1Competitionnames 33 4.4.2Competitionterms 33 4.5 Beachhandball 34 4.6 YoungerAgeCategoryevents 35 4.7 AdditionalEHFcompetitions 36 4.8 Internationalcompetitions 37

5. HOUSE STYLE A – Z / GRAMMAR 39

6. SOCIAL MEDIA 46


1. INTRODUCTION

The EHF Style Guide has been produced by the EHF Media and CommunicationsDepartmentandisintendedasareferenceguideforallthoseworkingfororwiththeEuropeanHandballFederation.Ouraimhasbeen to create a common line for the spelling and usage of English words and terminologyacrossallofthefederation’swrittencommunications,whetherthisisinreports,lettersoremails,officialpublicationsorTVgraphics.

Wehaveincludedinformationonthespecificterminologyusedinhandball,namingconventionswithintheEHFanditscompetitionsandalsotipsonthecorrectuseofgrammarandpunctuation.TheEHFusesBritishEnglishasastandardforitswrittencommunicationsandtheOxfordEnglishDictionaryasa reference.

ThisguideformsanimportantpartoftheoverallEHFbrandandcorporateidentityandhasbeendevelopedtoensureaconsistentvoiceandstyleinallofourcommunications.WritteninconsultationwithourcolleaguesintheEHFOfficeaswellasthefederation’svariousstakeholders,theguidedetailstheEHF’sownhousestyleandourownapproachtotheuseoflanguage,terminology and points of grammar to ensure a consistent approach across all of our channels – our hope is that this guide will also help with uncertaintiesaroundthespellinganduseofparticularwordsorterminology.

TheEHFStyleGuideisintendedtobea‘livingandbreathing’documentforbothinternalandexternaluse.Weactivelywelcomechallengesandsuggestionsforadditionstothisguide.Itisourintentiontoupdatetheguide,onatleastanannualbasis,toensurethattheEHF’suseoftheEnglishlanguageremainscurrentandalsoreflectschangeswithinthesportandthefederationitself.

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2. HANDBALL 2.1 Handball terms

TERM NOTES

beach handball• Notcapitalised

• Twowords,nothyphenatedi.e.notbeachhandball,beach-handballorbeachandball

field handball

• Notcapitalised

• Theoriginalformofthesport,playedoutdoors,onlargerpitchandongrass

• May also be referred to as 11 a-side handball

handball

• Notcapitalised

• Canbereferredtoasindoorhandballtodifferentiateitfromthebeachversion

• ReferredtoasteamhandballorOlympichandballinsomeEnglish-speakingcountries

snow handball • Newformofthesport

mini handball• Notcapitalised,twowords,nothyphenatedi.e.notminihandball,

mini-handball

street handball • Newformofthesportplayedoutdoors

wheelchair handball• Notcapitalised,twowords,nothyphenatedi.e.notwheelchairhandball,or

wheelchair-handball


2.2 Playing positions

TERM NOTES

back court player • Notback-courtorBackCourt

centre back (CB)

• Notcentre-backorcentralback

• Centrebackistheofficialtermforthispositionandpreferredtermbut‘playmaker’canbeusedineditorial

• Notmiddleback

extra attacking player• Anextraplayerinsteadofagoalkeeper

• ‘Aseventhattackingplayer’canalsobeused

goalkeeper (GK)• Notgoal-keeper,goalkeeper

• ‘keeper’canbeusedineditorial,informaltexts

• ‘shotstopper’canbeusedasasynonym

left back (LB) • Notleft-back

left wing (LW) • Notleft-wing

line player (LP)• Notline-player

• Lineplayerisofficialtermforthispositionandpreferredtoterm‘pivot’

pivot • Term‘lineplayer’istheofficialandpreferredtermbutpivotcanbeusedin

editorial

playmaker• Notplay-makerorplaymaker

• Can be used instead of centre back in editorial

• Notethat‘centreback’ispreferredterm

right back (RB) • Notright-back

right wing (RW) • Notright-wing

substitute• Notreplacementplayer

• ‘Rollingsubstitutions’arepermittedinhandball,meaningthatanunlimitedamount of changes can be made during the game


2.3 General terms

TERM NOTES

attack • Term‘offence’canalsobeused

blue card

• IntroducedinnewIHFruleson1July2016

• Refereesmayshowabluecardinadditiontotheredcardinthecaseofa‘disqualificationduetoaparticularlyreckless,particularlydangerous,premeditatedormaliciousaction’whichwillalsoincludeawrittenreport

court • HandballisplayedonacourtNOTafield,pitch,turfetc.

playing court • Avoidusingfootballterms

handball court• ‘Ground’canbeusedwhenreferringtohomeandawaye.g.“home

ground”,“awayground”

defence • Notdefense

• Notespellingof‘defensive’

delegation • Thetermforplayersandofficialswhoarenominatedtoparticipate

• DuringEUROevents‘officialdelegation’

disqualification • Afterthirdtwo-minutesuspension

direct disqualification • From a direct red card

diving• Fakingorexaggeratingbodycontactbyanopposingplayertogainan

advantagefromareferee,usuallybyfallingdown

empty goal• Asituationwherethegoalkeeperistakenoffandreplacedwithan

additionalcourtplayerinattack

extra time • Notextra-time

fast break • Notfast-breakorFast-Break

faulty substitution• Asituationwhereplayerleavesthecourtoutsidesubstitutionareaor

entersthecourtbeforehisteammatehasleftthecourt

final whistle • Notfinal-whistle

first half, second half • Notfirst-half

free throw • Notfree-throw

fair play • Notfairplayorfair-play

full-time • Notfulltimeorfulltime

game • Canrefereithertoa‘match’orthesporti.e.thegameofhandball

game administration

• Thecombinedprocessofon-and-off-courtofficiatingrelatedtoanofficialmatchinaccordancewiththeRulesoftheGameandtheRegulationsvalidfortherespectivecompetitionthematchbelongsto.Itmeansthecoordinationoftasksandactivitiesbybothrefereesanddelegates(includingtimekeeperandscorekeeper)before,duringandafterthematch.

goal line • Notgoal-lineorgoalline

goal-line technology • TV technology used for assessing whether the ball has crossed the goal line

goal-light technology• Notgoallightorgoallight

• Videotechnologyused(lightbehindgoal)toindicatetime-outorendofmatch

half-time • Nothalftimeorhalftime

hip shot • Ashotwhereplayerhidestheballandflingsitaroundthewaistwithan

armlikemovementthatlookslikeawhip,usingtherotationofhiship.

in-flight goal • Ratherthankempa(German)orkungfu(French)

instant replay• Videotechnologyenablingrefereestolookagainatamatchsituation

before reaching a decision


TERM NOTES

jump shot • Basic handball shot where player jumps in the air in order to score a goal

knockout• Notknock-outorKnock-out,canbeabbreviatedtok.o.asin‘the

competition’sk.o.phasewillthrowoffon1November’

line-up• i.e.startingline-upbeforethematch

• not lineup or line up

lob shot• Ashotthatfocusesongettingtheballtoacertainheight,where

thegoalkeepercannotreachit,andthenhasitcomebackdownagainintogoal

match • a contest between two teams

match day• Anydayinaweekwhenamatchormatchesofarespectivecompetition

is/are played

• not matchday or match-day

• Nottobeconfusedwith‘round’

offence• Term‘attack’canalsobeused

• Note:not‘offense’

one-on-one defence• Notoneononedefence,alsonotetheBritishEnglishspellingof‘defence’

insteadoftheAmericanEnglish‘defense’

penalty • Nottobeconfusedwithatwo-minutesuspensionorotherpunishment

penalty line• Penalty spot is not correct

• Seven-metre-linecanbeused

penalty shot

• Notpenaltythrow

• Not7-metre

• Seven-metreshotcanbeused

power play• Asituationwhereoneteamhasanumericaladvantageeitherthrougha

suspensionoftheopponentorthroughfieldinganextraattackingplayerinstead of a goalkeeper

referee• A person who is in charge of a game and who makes certain that the rules

are followed

referee pair • Avoid‘refereecouple’

roster • Playerswhoareeligibletoplayonthedayofagame(max16)

second-wave counter attack • NotsecondwaveorSecondwave

spin shot

• Ashotthatmakestheballrotateasitismovinginordertoeludethegoalkeeper

• Differentinbeachhandballwherespinshotisashottakenwithfullturnofthe body in the air

squad• Everyplayerwhocouldtechnicallyplayoveraseason

• DuringEHFEUROevents‘officialsquad’limitedto28players

substitution(s) • Not‘replacements’whenusedasatechnicalterm

support table• Tableusuallylocatedbehindthetimekeepers’tableusedforadditional

match-relatedpersonneli.e.DJ,announcer,TVgraphicsetc.

team• A number of people who do something together as a group

• Inanofficialmatch,teaminhandballconsistsofplayersnominatedforthematch(max16)

teammate • Notteammateorteam-mate

technical fault• Technicalmistakessuchassteps,dribblemistake,goalareainfringement

(rule technical faults) or by ball handling mistakes that lead to a loss of possession,asocalledturnover.

2.3 General terms


TERM NOTES

throw-in • Notthrowin

throw-off / to throw off• Notthrowoff

• Notetheverb‘tothrowoff’isnothyphenated

timeout• NotTimeOutortime-out

• Atimeoutcanbecalledbybothcoach(teamtimeout)oranofficial(timeout)

timekeeper’s table • Courtsidetableusedbytimekeeper,delegatesetc.

turnover • Notturn-over

two-minute suspension • Canbereferredtoas‘twominutes’asin:Hewassentofffortwominutes

unsportsmanlike conduct

• Asunsportsmanlikeconductisconsideredanyverbalandnon-verbalexpressionsthatarenotinconformitywiththespiritofgoodsportsmanship.Thisappliestobothplayersandteamofficials,onthecourtand outside the court.

zone defence• In the zone defence each players has the main responsibility of a certain

area/zone.

2.3 General terms


2.4 Beach handball

TERM NOTES

360, spin shot• Can also be referred to as a two-point goal

• A shot taken with full turn of the body in the air

golden goal • Notgolden-goalorgoldengoal

in-flight goal• Ratherthankempa(German)orkungfu(French)

• Can also be referred to as a two-point goal

shoot-out • NotshootoutorShoot-Out

specialist• player(eithergoalkeeperorplayersubstitutedforgoalkeeper)wearing

additionalbibtoindicatehis/hergoalscountfortwopoints

creative shot• Havingtheabilityorpowertocreate;characterisedbyoriginalityand

expressiveness;imaginative(whenleadingtoagoal,thegoalisawardedwith 2 pts.)

penalty, 6m throw• Sameasinindoorhandball,justshotfromadifferentdistance(6mline)

and the goal is awarded with 2 points


3. ORGANISATION 3.1 EHF bodies

BODY NOTES

European Handball Federation

• Refertoas‘the’EuropeanHandballFederation

• Always use all three words

• Inreports,refertotheEuropeanHandballFederationonceatthebeginningfollowedby(EHF)andfromthenonuse‘EHF’

• Avoidtranslating–thisisabrandname

EHF• Alwaysincapitalletters,nofullstopsinbetweenEHF

• Inasentencerefertoas‘the’EHFe.g.ThegoverningbodyforhandballinEurope is the EHF

EHF Marketing GmbHEHF MarketingEHFM

• EHF always capitalised

• CanbereferredtoasEHFM,alwayscapitalised

• Donotreferto‘the’EHFMarketinge.g.EHFMarketingisresponsibleformedia rights

• Neverreferto‘EuropeanHandballFederationMarketing’

EHF Congress • Thehighestbodyofthefederation,meetseverytwoyears


3.2 Commissions

BODY NOTES

Executive Committee (EXEC)

TheExecutiveCommitteeistheEHF’sexecutivebody.ItisresponsibleforalltasksnotexpresslyassignedtotheCongressbylaworstatutes.EXECalsoundertakestasksmandatedbyCongress.

Alltitlescapitalisedwhenusedaspartofthetitle,e.g.“EHFPresidentMichaelWiederer,EHFSecretaryGeneralMartinHausleitner…”.Notcapitalisedaspartofaregularsentence,e.g.“MichaelWiederer,presidentoftheEHF…”.Ruleappliestoalltitles.

Members(electedbyEHFCongress):

• President

• First Vice President

• Vice President Finance

• ChairmanCompetitionsCommission

• Chairman Methods Commission

• Chairman Beach Handball Commission

• ExecutiveCommitteemember1

• ExecutiveCommitteemember2

• ExecutiveCommitteemember3*

Nominatedmembers:

• Chairman of Professional Handball Board – nominated by the Professional Handball Board

• ChairpersonofWomen’sHandballBoard–nominatedbytheWomen’sHandball Board

• Genderrepresentatives**

* Executive members are always listed in the order of the number of votes received at the EHF Congress.

** Up to two gender representatives may also be nominated (in case one gender is not represented or underrepresented)


BODY NOTES

Competitions Commission (CC)

TheCompetitionsCommissionisanelectedbodychargedwithoverseeingtheorganisationoftheEHFclubandnationalteamcompetitionsformenandwomenaswellasrefereeingmatters.

• Always capitalised

• Refertofullnameofcommission

• Neverrefertoasacommittee

• RefertoasCompetitionCommission(CC)initially,thereafterasCC(onlyininternalcommunication)

Members(electedbyCongress):

• Chairman(alsomemberofEHFExecutiveCommittee)

• MemberMen’sCompetitions

• MemberWomen’sCompetitions

• MemberRefereeing

Nominatedmembers:

• MemberMen’sClubCompetitions–nominatedbyForumClubHandballGenderrepresentative*

• MemberWomen’sClubCompetitions

Alltitlescapitalisedwhenusedaspartofthetitle,e.g.“CompetitionsCommissionChairmanXXXX…”.Notcapitalisedaspartofaregularsentence,e.g.“XXXX,CCchairmansaid…”.Ruleappliestoalltitles

* Up to one gender representative may also be nominated should either gender not be represented

Methods Commission (MC)

TheMethodsCommissionisanelectedbodychargedwithoverseeingcoachingandtechnicalmatters,educationandtrainingandthedevelopmentofthesportinEurope.RefertothefirsttimeastheMethodsCommission(MC)andfromthenoneasMC(onlyininternalcommunication).

Alltitlescapitalisedwhenusedaspartofthetitle,e.g.“MethodsCommissionChairmanXXXX…”.Notcapitalisedaspartofaregularsentence,e.g.“XXXX,MCchairmansaid…”.Ruleappliestoalltitles



• Methods and coaching

• Educationandtraining

• Youth,schoolandnon-Competitivesports

• Memberdevelopment

Nominatedmembers:

• Genderrepresentative*


3.2 Commissions


BODY NOTES

Beach Handball Commission (BC)

TheBeachHandballCommissionischargedwithoverseeingtheorganisationofbeachhandballcompetitions,thedevelopmentofthesportandtechnicalaspects including refereeing.

Alltitlescapitalisedwhenusedaspartofthetitle,e.g.“BeachHandballCommissionChairmanXXXX…”.Notcapitalisedaspartofaregularsentence,e.g.“XXX,BCchairmansaid…”.Ruleappliestoalltitles



• Eventsandcompetitions

• Officiating

• Game design and coaching

• Developmentandpromotion

Nominatedmembers:

• Genderrepresentative*


3.2 Commissions


3.3 Other EHF bodies

BODY NOTES

EHF Comptrollers (COMPT)

The EHF Comptrollers is an elected body charged with the internal examinationofallEHFfinancialactivity.TheComptrollersmeetpriortoindependentauditsandpreparereports,whicharethenputbeforetheEHFFinanceDelegation.RefertothefirsttimeasEHFComptrollers(COMPT),thereafterasCOMPT(onlyininternalcommunication).


• Member 1

• Member 2

• Substitute

Nations Board (Men) (NB)

TheNationsBoardrepresentstheinterestsofthememberfederations.Itisthedutyofthebodytoensuretheoveralldevelopmentofhandballbyworkingintheinterestsoftheemergingandestablishednationalfederations.AfurtherfunctionoftheNationsBoardistoanalyseanddeveloptheinputreceivedpriortosubmittingproposalstotheEHFExecutiveCommittee.Itwasintroduced into the EHF structure in 2010 and it is an autonomous group of expertsformingabodythatisdirectlyelectedbyCongress.TheNationsBoardreplacedtheNationalTeamCommitteeandtheNationalTeamBoard.RefertothefirsttimeasNationsBoard(NB),andthereafterasNB(onlyininternalcommunication).


• Member1(nationranked1)

• Member2(nationranked2)

• Member3(nationsranked3to6)




Note: The chairperson and deputy chairperson is selected from the elected members.

Nations Board (Women) WillbeformedattheEHFCongressin2021.

Women’s Handball Board (WHB)

TheWomen’sHandballBoardisresponsibleforthepromotionanddevelopmentofwomen’shandballacrossEurope.ItwasapprovedbytheEHFCongressinJune2012.TheBoard’schairpersonsitsontheEHFExecutiveCommittee.RefertothefirsttimeasWomen’sHandballBoard(WHB),thereafterasWHB(onlyininternalcommunication).

Positions:

• Chairperson

• Deputy Chairperson





• Member4(representativeclubs)

• Member5(representativeleagues)

• Member6(representativeplayers)

Note: The chairperson and deputy chairperson is selected from the elected members.


BODY NOTES

Professional Handball Board (PHB)

TheProfessionalHandballBoard(PHB)isacommonstrategicplatformforthekeystakeholderswithinEuropeanmen’shandball.Itismadeupofrepresentativesofnationalfederations,clubs,Europeanprofessionalleaguesandplayers,withtworepresentativesfromeachstakeholdergroupmakingupthe Board. The chairman of the Professional Handball Board also has a seat on theEHFExecutiveCommittee:

• EHFExecutiveCommittee–twomembers

• NationsBoard–twomembers

• Forum Club Handball – two members

• EuropeanHandballPlayers’Union(EHPU)–twomembers

• EuropeanHandballLeagueBoard(EHLB)–twomembers

Notes: The EHF President and Secretary General also sit on the Professional Handball Board. They are non-voting participants.

The chairman and vice chairman are selected from the elected members.

European Handball League Board (EHLB)

TheEHLBisagroupwithintheEHFstructurecomparabletotheNationsBoard.ThemainfocusoftheEHLBistoworkonacloselevelwithEuropeanleaguesonvariousaspectsandfacilitateanexchangeofinformationonawiderangeoftopicssuchasmedia,events,licensing,bestpracticeandnewbusinessmodels.In2018,theEHFintroducedanewly-configuredleaguestakeholder,theEuropeanHandballLeagueBoard(EHLB)inresponsetoeffortstostrengthenthestakeholdergroup‘leagues’.Itwillnominatetwomembers to sit on the Professional Handball Board (PHB).

Members (elected by Congress as of 2021)

• Member1(nationsranked1-13)



• Member 4 (any ranking)

• Member5(anyranking)

• Member 6 (any ranking)

Thechairmanandvicechairmanareselectedfromtheelectedmembers.

EHF Anti-Doping UnitIndependentoftheEHF,withtheoverallresponsibilityforimplementingandmonitoringtheEHFRegulationsforAnti-Doping.

Finance Delegation

TheFinanceDelegationoverseesthefinancialactivitiesoftheorganisation,ensuringtransparencyandupholdingitsfinancialintegrity.Inasecondaryfunction,italsoactsastheAdvisoryBoardtoEHFMarketingGmbH.TheFinanceDelegationiscomprisedoftheEHFPresident,VicePresident,VicePresidentFinance,SecretaryGeneralandChiefFinancalOfficer;itmeetsregularly throughout the year.

Technical DelegationMadeupofthechairsofthetechnicalcommissions(Competitions,MethodsandBeachHandballCommissions)createdtoidentifyandagreeonissuesrelevantacrossallcommissions.

Legal Delegation

TheLegalDelegationmeetsannuallytoensureacoordinationandconsistencybetweenthethreelegalbodies:EHFCourtofHandball,CourtofAppealandCourtofArbitration.ThebodyismadeupofthepresidentsofthethreelegalbodiesinadditiontotheEHF’slegalmanagementstaffmembers.

Technical Refereeing Committee (TRC)

TheTechnicalRefereeingCommittee(TRC)isathinktankfortheEHFCompetitionsCommitteeinrefereeingmatterswithspecialfocusonrefereeeducationandactivities.TheTRCmembersarenominatedbytheEHFExecutiveCommittee.ItconsistsofsixmembersandischairedbymemberoftheEHFCompetitionsCommissionresponsibleforrefereeing.

3.3 Other EHF bodies


BODY NOTES

Forum Club Handball (FCH)• NotGroupClubHandballorGCH;thiswasdissolvedasabusinesson

03.10.2011• RepresentedonProfessionalHandballBoard

European Handball Players’ Union (EHPU)

• Representsplayers’interests,players’union

• RepresentedonProfessionalHandballBoard

3.4 Stakeholders


BODY NOTES

Scientific NetworkNetworkofscientific,medicalandtechnicalexpertswithinhandball,createdtodevelopabroaderunderstandingofscientificissuesinthesport.

3.5 Other


3.6 EHF Marketing bodies

BODY NOTES

Advisory Board (EHF Delegation)

TheEHFMAdvisoryBoardistaskedwithadvisingtheEHFMManagingDirector(s)andGeneralMeetingofShareholders.Itmaymakerecommendationsand/orissueinstructionstoEHFManditsManagingDirector(s).

Members(min.twoandmax.fivemembers)including:

• EHF President – chairman AB/MCB

• EHF Vice President Finance – member AB/MCB

• EHF Secretary General – member AB/MCB

• Men’sForumClubHandballrepresentative–memberAB

• Women’sForumClubHandballrepresentative–memberAB

• Forum Club Handball Managing Director – member AB/MCB

General Assembly

Members:

• EHF President

• MembersoftheAdvisoryBoard

• EHFM Managing Director

• Comptrollers’council

Men’s Club Board (MCB)

Specialistadvisoryboard,consistingofeightmembersappointedbytheEHFExecutiveCommittee.Membersserveforaperiodoftwoyears.TheroleoftheBoardistoadvisetheEHFMAdvisoryBoardandthecompany’smanagingdirector.

Members:EHF

• EHF President – Chairman MCB/AB

• EHF First Vice President – member MCB

• EHF Vice President Finance – member MCB/AB

• EHF Secretary General – member MCB/AB

Members:Men’sForumClubHandball

• MFCH Managing Director – member MCB/AB

• MFCH Vice President – member MCB

• MFCH Deputy Vice President – member MCB

• MFCHrepresentative–memberMCB

Women’s Club Board (WCB)

Specialistadvisoryboard,consistingoffivemembersappointedbytheEHFExecutiveCommittee.Membersserveforaperiodoftwoyears.TheroleoftheBoardistoadvisetheEHFMAdvisoryBoardandthecompany’smanagingdirector.

Members:Women’sForumClubHandball

• WFCHrepresentative–chairmanWCB

• WFCHrepresentative–vicechairmanWCB

• WFCHrepresentative–memberWCB




3.7 Legal system

BODY NOTES

EHF Court of Handball (CoH)First instance

(FormerlyEHFArbitrationTribunal)

TheEHFCourtofHandballhandlesdisputesinthefirstinstance.CasesoffirstinstancerefertoinfringementsoftheEHF/IHFRegulations,disciplinaryoffencesanddisputesinconnectionwithcompetitionsbetweennationalfederationsorclubs.


• President

• Vice President

• Vice President

• Member 1

• Member 2

• Member 3

• Member 4

• Member5

• Member 6

Notes:

• MemberslistedbynumberofvotesreceivedattheEHFCongress,

• Atleastonememberhastobeofadifferentgender;from2021thiswillincrease to two

EHF Court of Appeal (CoA) Second Instance

TheEHFCourtofAppealwascreatedtoexamineanddecideoncasesinthesecond instance (appeals).


• President

• Vice President

• Member 1

• Member 2

• Member 3

• Member 4

• Member5

Notes:MemberslistedbynumberofvotesreceivedattheEHFCongress,Atleastonememberhastobefromadifferentgender;from2021thiswillincrease to two.

EHF Court of Arbitration (ECA)

TheEHFCourtofArbitrationisanindependentbodyofferingthemeanstosolvedisputesbetweenprofessionalsinaflexibleandefficientway.CreatedandrecognisedbytheEHF,itoffersanalternativetocivilcourtsandtothecomplexityandlengthoftheirproceedingsonceallchannelsoftheEHFlegalsystemhavebeenused.

ECAproceedingsarehandledinaccordancewithitsRulesofArbitrationanditsdecisionsarerecognisedbytheEHFandbindingonallparties.Officialwebsite can be found at www.eca-handball.com.


BODY NOTES

EHF Court of Arbitration Council (ECC)

TheECACouncil’smainresponsibilityistosafeguardtheindependenceofECA.Hence,ithandlesthegeneralorganisationandadministrationofECA,itsrepresentationtowardstheEHFCongress,reviews,assessesandsubsequentlyappointsthelistofarbitrators,appointssubstitutearbitratorswithinthecourseofproceedingsandmaytakevariousproceduraldecisionssuchasinterim measures.

TheECCismadeupofthefollowingmembers:

• President

• Vice President (elected by Congress)

• Vice President (elected by Congress)

• Vice President (nominated by Professional Handball Board)

AtthenextEHFCongress,ECCwillbemadeupofthepresident(electedbyCongress),vicepresident(electedbyCongress)andvicepresident(nominatedby Professional Handball Board)

3.7 Legal system


3.8 Job titles

POSITION NOTES

EHF President• Capitalisedwhenusedaspartofatitle,e.g.“EHFPresidentXXX…”.Not

capitalisedaspartofaregularsentence,e.g.“XXX,presidentoftheEHF,said...”Ruleappliestoalltitles.

EHF Secretary General

• Notgeneralsecretary

• Capitalisedwhenusedaspartofatitle,e.g.“EHFSecretaryGeneralXXX…”.Notcapitalisedaspartofaregularsentence,e.g.“XXX,secretarygeneraloftheEHF,said...”

• Plural is secretaries general e.g. Conference of Secretaries General

Chief Executive Officer• CanbeabbreviatedtoCEO

• RoleheldbypresidentwithinEHFstructure

Chief Operating Officer• CanbeabbreviatedtoCOO

• RoleheldbysecretarygeneralwithintheEHFstructure

Chief Sports Officer • CanbeabbreviatedtoCSO

Chief Finance officer • CanbeabbreviatedtoCFO

First Vice President

Vice President Finance

Senior Manager

Executive Committee member

Honorary President • Awarded by Congress

Honorary Members • Awarded by Congress

Chairman, Chairwoman, Chairperson, Chair

• Useaccordingtothepersonalpreferenceoftheholder

• Ifunknown,use‘Chair’


3.9 Member federations3.9.1 Full membersNOTE:AlwaysusetheEnglishnameofthefederationsandnationality,notethnicity

COUNTRY CODE ADJECTIVE/PEOPLE FEDERATION

1 Albania ALBAlbanianAlbanians

FederataShqiptareEHendbollitAlbanianHandballFederation

2 Andorra ANDAndorranAndorrans

FederacióAndorranad’HandbolAndorranHandballFederation

3 Armenia ARMArmenianArmenians

HandballFederationOfArmenia

4 Austria AUTAustrianAustrians

Österreichischer HandballbundAustrianHandballFederation

5 Azerbaijan AZE AzerbaijaniAzerbaijanis

Azerbaycan Hendbol FederasiyasHandballFederationofAzerbaijan

6 Belgium BELBelgianBelgians

UnionRoyaleBelgedeHandballRoyalBelgianHandballFederation

7 BosniaandHerzegovina BIH BosniansBosnians(nationality)Bosniaks (ethnicity)

RukometniSavezBosneiHercegovineBosniaandHerzegovinaHandballFederation

8 Belarus BLRBelarusianBelarusians(NotBelarussians)

Belorusskaya Federacija GandbolaBelarusHandballFederation

9 Bulgaria BULBulgarian Bulgarska Federacija Handbal

Bulgarians BulgarianHandballFederation

10 Croatia CROCroatianCroatians(nationality)Croats (ethnicity)

HrvatskiRukometniSavezCroatianHandballFederation

11 Cyprus CYP CypriotCypriots

KipiakíOmospondíaHirosférisisCyprusHandballFederation

12 CzechRepublic(notCzechia) CZECzechCzechs

CeskySvazHazeneCzechRepublicHandballFederation

13 Denmark DENDanishDanes

Dansk Håndbold ForbundDanishHandballFederation

14 Spain ESP SpanishSpaniards

RealFederaciónEspañolaDeBalonmanoSpanishHandballFederation

15 Estonia EST EstonianEstonians

EestiKäsipalliliitEstonianHandballAssociation

16 Faroe Islands FARFaroeseFaroese

Hondbóltssamband FøroyaFaroeIslandHandballFederation

17 Finland FINFinnishFinns

SuomenKäsipalloliittoFinnishHandballFederation

18 France FRAFrench FédérationFrançaisedeHandball

FrenchHandballfederation

19 Georgia GEOGeorgianGeorgians

GeorgianNationalHandballFederation

20 Germany GERGermanGermans

Deutscher HandballbundGermanHandballFederation

21 Great Britain GBR British BritishHandballAssociation

22 Greece GREGreekGreeks

EllinikíOmospondíaHirosférisisHellenicHandballFederationGreekHandballFederation



23 Hungary HUNHungarianHungarians

MagyarKézilabdaSzövetségHungarianHandballFederation

24 Ireland IRL Irish IrishOlympicHandballAssociation

25 Iceland ISLIcelandic Icelanders

HandknattleikssambandÍslandsIcelandicHandballFederation

26 Israel ISRIsraeliIsraelis

IsraelHandballAssociation

27 Italy ITAItalian Italians

Federazione Italiana Giuoco HandballItalianHandballFederation

28 Kosovo KOSKosovanKosovans

FederataEHendbollitEKosovës

KosovaHandballFederation

29 Latvia LATLatvianLatvians

LatvijasHandbolaFederācijaLatvianHandballFederation

30 Liechtenstein LIELiechtensteinLiechtensteiners

LiechtensteinerHandball-VerbandLichtensteinHandballFederation

31 Lithuania LTULithuanianLithuanians

LietuvosRankinioFederacijaLithuanianHandballFederation

32 Luxembourg LUXLuxembourgishLuxembourgers

FederationLuxembourgeoiseDeHandballLuxembourgishHandballFederation

33 Moldova MDAMoldovanMoldovans

HandballFederationOfMoldova

34 NorthMacedonia MKD

Always refer to North Macedonia but Macedonian or Macedonians but notNorthMacedonian

RakometnaFederacijanaMakedonijaMacedonianHandballFederation

35 Malta MLT Maltese MaltaHandballAssociation

36 Montenegro MNEMontenegrinMontenegrins

RukometniSavezCrneGoreMontenegrinHandballFederation

37 Monaco MONMonegasque FédérationMonégasqueDeHandball

MonegasqueHandballFederation

38 Netherlands NEDDutch NederlandsHandbalVerbond

DutchHandballFederation

39 Norway NORNorwegianNorwegians

NorgesHåndballforbundNorwegianHandballFederation

40 Poland POLPolishPoles

ZwiązekPiłkiRęcznejwPolscePolishHandballFederation

41 Portugal PORPortuguese FederaçãodeAndeboldePortugal

PortugueseHandballFederation

42 Romania ROURomanianRomanians

FederatiaRomanadeHandbalRomanianHandballFederation

43 Russia RUSRussianRussians

FederacijaGandbolaRossiiHandballFederationofRussia

44 Slovenia SLOSlovenian/SloveneSlovenians/Slovenes

RokometnaZvezaSlovenijeSlovenianHandballFederation

45 Serbia SRBSerbian Serbians(nationality)Serbs (ethnicity)

RukometniSavezSrbijeSerbianHandballFederation

3.9.1 Full membersNOTE:AlwaysusetheEnglishnameofthefederationsandnationality,notethnicity



46 Switzerland SUISwiss Schweizerischer Handball-Verband

SwissHandballFederation

47 Slovakia SVKSlovakian/SlovakSlovakians/Slovaks

SlovenskýZväzHádzanejSlovakHandballFederation

48 Sweden SWESwedishSwedes

SvenskaHandbollförbundetSwedishHandballFederation

49 Turkey TURTurkishTurks

Türkiye Hentbol FederasyonuTurkishHandballFederation

50 Ukraine UKRUkrainianUkrainians

FederacijaGandboluUkraïniUkraineHandballFederation

3.9.1 Full membersNOTE:AlwaysusetheEnglishnameofthefederationsandnationality,notethnicity

3.9.2 Associated federationsNote:‘Associatedfederation’andnot‘associatedmemberfederation’


1 England ENG English EnglandHandballAssociation

2 Scotland SCOScottishScots

ScottishHandballAssociation


3.10 IHF and its bodies

BODY NOTES

International Handball Federation (IHF)

Governingbodyforhandballworldwide.Foundedon11July1946byDenmark,Finland,France,Netherlands,Norway,Poland,SwedenandSwitzerland(formerlyInternationalAmateurHandballFederationfoundedin1928).EHFisamember/continentalfederationoftheIHF.

IHF Congress • Meetseverytwoyears

IHF Council

• President


• Vice President Europe

• Vice President Africa

• Vice President Asia

• Vice President Pan-America

• Secretary General

• Treasurer

• COC Chairman

• CCM Chairman

• MC Chairman

• CD Chairwomen

• RepresentativeAfrica

• RepresentativeAsia

• RepresentativeEurope

• RepresentativeOceania

IHF Executive Committee

• President


• Treasurer

• Member

• Member

IHF Commission of Organising and Competitions (COC)

• Chairman (not president)

• Member Asia

• Member Africa

• Member Europe

• Threeadditionalmembers

IHF Playing Rules and Referees Commission (PRC)


• Member Asia

• Member Africa

• Member Europe


IHF Commission of Coaching and Methods (CCM)


• Member Asia

• Member Africa

• Member Europe



BODY NOTES

IHF Medical Commission (MC)


• Member Asia

• Member Africa

• Member Europe

• Member Pan-America


IHF Commission for Development (CD)


• Member Asia

• Member Africa

• Member Europe

• Member Pan-America


IHF Beach Handball Working Group

• Chairman


IHF Arbitration Commission• TheArbitrationCommissionshallconsistofachairpersonandten

members elected by the Congress.

IHF Arbitration Tribunal• TheArbitrationTribunalshallconsistofachairpersonandtenmembers

elected by the Congress

IHF Ethics Commission• The Ethics Commission shall consist of a chairperson and up to three

members elected by the Congress

3.10 IHF and its bodies


4. COMPETITIONS 4.1 General terms

TERM NOTES

bronze medal match

• Matchforthirdplacecanalsobeused;ormatchforfifthplaceifapplicable.Forofficialtablestheabbreviation3/4and5/6placementmatch(es)shallbe used

• AtEUROeventsitiscalledthebronzemedalmatch;however,attheVELUXEHFFINAL4,DELOWOMEN’SEHFFINAL4andMEN’SEHFCupFinalsitiscalled 3/4 placement match

finalfinalistfinalists

Last 16• Alwayscapitalised,neverlast16,nevereighth-final

• NeverLast16

play-off • Notplayofforplayoff

quarter-finalquarter-finalsquarter-finalistquarter-finalists

• Always hyphenated

• Notquarterfinal,quarter-Final,quarterfinalorQuarterFinal

qualification round 1round 1round 2round 3etc.

• never‘1stround’or‘firstround’,ifreferringtotheofficialtitle

• Do not use match day as a synonym

semi-finalsemi-finalssemi-finalistsemi-finalists

• Always hyphenated

• Notsemifinal,semi-Final,semifinalorSemiFinal


TERM NOTES

VELUX EHF Champions League

• AlwayswrittenasVELUXEHFChampionsLeague,‘VELUX’isalwayscapitalised

• Inquotesreportexactlywhatissaid,therefore‘ChampionsLeague’without sponsor name can be used

• Donotrefertoitsimplyas‘CL’ineditorial

• Referto‘Men’sEHFChampionsLeague‘or‘EHFChampionsLeague’whenreferringtonewsbeforeVELUXsponsorship(2010/11season)orhistoryofthecompetition

VELUX EHF Champions League 2018/19

• Season date is always at the end

DELO WOMEN’S EHF Champions League

• NotEHFWomen’sChampionsLeague(thiswasphasedoutatendof2011/12 season)

• Inthefirstmentionusethefullnameofthecompetition

• EHFChampionsLeaguecanbeused

• ‘ChampionsLeague’canbeusedinquotes

• Donotrefertoitsimplyas‘CL’ineditorial

• Referto‘Women’sEHFChampionsLeague‘or‘EHFChampionsLeague’whenreferringtonewsbeforeDELOsponsorship(2018/19season)orhistoryofthecompetition

• Fromseason2019/20theofficialcompetitionnameisDELOWOMEN’SEHFChampionsLeaguebutwhenaddressingitinspeechuseDELOGROUPWOMEN’SEHFChampionsLeague

VELUX EHF FINAL4

• Alwayscapitalised,alwayswithnumber‘4’,alwayswithVELUX

• Don’tuse‘FINAL4’inastandaloneformat

• Theterm‘FINAL4’mustbeusedincombinationwithadditionalwordsinaformatsuchas‘EHFFINAL4’orwhenusedwithatitlesponsorshipe.g.‘VELUXEHFFINAL4’etc.duetolegalreasons

• VELUXEHFChampionsLeagueFINAL4shouldnotbeused

• Yearisalwaysattheend,e.g.VELUXEHFFINAL42020

• IfreferingtoEHFFINAL42021orbeyond,donotuseVELUX

DELO WOMEN’S EHF FINAL4

• Alwayswithnumber‘4’,alwayswithWomen’s(orWOMEN’Sinofficialdocuments)


• Theterm‘FINAL4’mustbeusedincombinationwithadditionalwordsinaformatsuchas‘EHFFINAL4’orwhenusedwithatitlesponsorshipe.g.‘DELOWOMEN’SEHFFINAL4’etc.duetolegalreasons

• Women’sEHFChampionsLeagueFINAL4shouldnotbeused

• Yearisalwaysattheend,e.g.DELOWOMEN’SEHFFINAL42020

• WhenreferringtoeventsinthepastastheWOMEN’SEHFFINAL4

• From2018theofficialeventnameisDELOWOMEN’SEHFFINAL4butwhenaddressingitinspeechuseDELOGROUPWOMEN’SEHFFINAL4

Match of the Week• Alwayswithcapital‘M’and‘W’e.g.theMatchoftheWeek

• AbbreviateasMOTWanduse#MOTWforsocialmedia

4.2 EHF Champions League4.2.1 Competition names


TERM NOTES

IHF Champions Cup

• TheforerunneroftheEHFChampionsLeague(i.e.upuntilthe1992/93seasonwhenthecompetitionwastakenoverbytheEHF)

• Intermsofcompetitionhistory,onlytitleswonafter1992/93countas‘EHFChampionsLeague’titles

Champions Trophy• Pre-seasontournamentorganisedbytheEHFandinvolvingthewinnersof

alltheEuropeanCupcompetitions.Nolongerorganised

• NottobeconfusedwithIHFChampionsTrophy/IHFSuperGlobe

Women’s Cup Winners’ Cup

• OrjustCupWinners’Cup

• Notecorrectuseofapostrophe

• Doesnotexistanymore,lastseasonwasplayedin2015/16

• TheWomen’sCupWinners’CupmergedwithEHFCupandiscalledEHFCup2016/17.Fromseason2020/2021EHFCuptoberenamedtoWomen’sEuropeanHandballLeague

4.2 EHF Champions League4.2.2 Historical competitions

TERM NOTES

wild card • Neverusewildcard

group phase• Note:group1,group2etc.Donnotcapitalise‘group’

• Theterm‘groupstage’canbesynonymasanoption

knockout matches groups C/D • Theplay-offbetweenthetoptwoteamsofgroupsCandD

Last 16 • Notlast16orlastsixteenoreighthfinals

first legsecond leg

• Firstandsecondmatchinthequarter-finalsorgroupphaseknockout

quarter-finalquarter-finals

• NotquarterfinalsorQuarter-Finals

semi-finalsemi-finals

• NotSemi-Finals

3/4 placement match • Always3/4placementmatch,never3rd/4th placement match

4.2.3 VELUX EHF Champions League


TERM NOTES

qualification tournament

group matches • Notgroupphase(thisisonlyintheVELUXEHFChampionsLeague)

main round


• NotquarterfinalsorQuarter-Finals


• NotSemi-Final

final • Alwaysfinal,notfinals

DELO WOMEN’S EHF FINAL4

• AWOMEN’SEHFFINAL4wasintroducedinthe2013/14season

• EHFFINAL4isalwayscapitalised,alwayswithnumber‘4’

• WOMEN’SEHFChampionsLeagueFINAL4shouldnotbeused


• Theterm‘FINAL4’mustbeusedincombinationwithadditionalwordsinaformatsuchas‘EHFFINAL4’orwhenusedwithatitlesponsorshipe.g.‘DELOWOMEN’SEHFFINAL4’etc.duetolegalreasons

4.2 EHF Champions League4.2.4 DELO WOMEN’S EHF Champions League


TERM NOTES

European cup• umbrellatermencompassingallsecondandthirdtiercompetitions

organised by the EHF/EHFM

Men’s Challenge Cup• Or just Challenge Cup

• Won’texistfromseason2020/21on,willbereplacedbyMen’sEHFCupwhichwillbecomethirdtiercompetition

MEN’S EHF Cup

• Or just EHF Cup

• UseMEN’Sincapitalsinmarketingtexts

• Newcompetitionformedfrom2012/13seasonfromamalgamationofEHFCupandCupWinners’Cup

• SecondtiercompetitionwhichwillberenamedtoMen’sEuropeanHandballLeaguefromseason2020/21.Men’sEHFCupassuchwillbecomethirdtiercompetitionreplacingChallengeCup

• From season 2020/21 to be played on home and away basis with 32 teams fromRound3(samecompetitionstructureasChallengeCup)

Women’s Challenge Cup • Or just Challenge Cup (not EHF Challenge Cup)

• Won’texistfromseason2020/21on,willbereplacedbyWomen’sEHFCupwhichwillbecomethirdtiercompetition

WOMEN’S EHF Cup

• Or just EHF Cup

• UseWOMEN’Sincapitalsinmarketingtexts

• Newcompetitionformedfrom2016/17seasonfromamalgamationofEHFCupandCupWinners’Cup

• SecondtiercompetitionwhichwillberenamedtoWomen’sEuropeanHandballLeaguefromseason2020/21.Women’sEHFCupassuchwillbecomethirdtiercompetitionreplacingChallengeCup

• From season 2020/21 to be played on home and away basis with 32 teams fromRound3(samecompetitionstructureasChallengeCup)

EHF Cup Finals

• OnlyinEHFCup,onlyformen’scompetition,butanintroductiontotheWomen’sEHFCuppossible

• Donotrefertoasa‘FinalFour’or‘FINAL4’(clashwithbrandnameofVELUXEHFFINAL4)

• FinalTournamentwillhavesemi-finalsonFridayandfinalsonSaturday(donotsaythatthisisaFINAL4format).

• WhenitbecomesthethirdtiercompetitiontheEHFCupFinalswon’texist

Men’s European Handball League

• NewnameandanewformatforEurope’ssecondtierofcompetition

• MEN’SEHFCupwillbecome‘Men’sEuropeanHandballLeague’fromseason 2020/21

• WillbeplayedinfourgroupswithsixteamswithtopfourfromeachgroupadvancingtoLast16leadingtothequarter-finalfinishingwithafinalfourtournament format

Women’s European Handball League

• NewnameandanewformatforEurope’ssecondtierofcompetition

• WOMEN’SEHFCupwillbecomeWomen’sEuropeanHandballLeague’fromseason 2020/21

• Willbeplayedinfourgroupswithfourteamswithtoptwofromeachgroupadvancingtoquarter-finalandthenfinishingwithafinalfourtournamentformat

4.3 European cup competitions4.3.1 Competition names


TERM NOTES

group phase• Note:group1,group2etc.Shallalwaysbewrittenwithalowercase‘g’.

Nevercapitalised


• NotquarterfinalorQuarter-Final

round 1 etc. • Note:IntheEHFCuptheseroundsarecalledqualificationround1,2etc.

4.3 European Cup competitions4.3.2 Competition terms


TERM NOTES

EHF EURO• Generalname,shortform–oftenusedinspeechandtext

• ‘Europeanchampionship’isalsousedasasynonymforEHFEURO

• Alwayswrittenincapitalletters

EHF EURO Events • GeneralnameforallEHFEUROs

Men’s EHF EURO Women’s EHF EURO

• Generalnameforthemen’s/women’sevent

Men’s EHF EURO xxxxMen’s EHF EURO xxxx HandballWomen’s EHF EURO xxxx

• Officialnamewithdate

• Theterm‘handball’canbeaddedwhenrequiredforlocaluse

• NextMen’sEHFEURO2020willbeheldinSweden,AustriaandNorway

• NextWomen’sEHFEURO2020willbeheldinNorwayandDenmark

• NOTE:ifthereismorethanonehost,thecountriesarelistedinorderofimportance

Men’s EHF European Championship xxxxWomen’s EHF European Championship xxxx

• Formalnameusedinsidetexts–long,descriptiveversion

Men’s EHF European Handball Championship xxxxWomen’s EHF European Handball Championship xxxx

• Formalnameusedinsidetexts–necessaryforaudiencethatcannotlinkEHFtohandball.Alsousedinadvertisements

ECh• AbbreviationforEuropeanChampionship(notECwhichstandsfor

European Cups)

• Avoiduseineditorialtext

TERM NOTES

bronze medal match

final

main round

qualifiers phase 1qualifiers

• Trytoavoidusing;bettertorefertoEHFEURO2012qualifiersorjust‘qualifiers’ratherthanconfusingphases

placement match 5/6• Matchforfifthplacecanalsobeusedintexts,PlacementMatch5/6isthe

officialtitle

preliminary round


4.4 EHF EURO events4.4.1 Competition names

4.4.2 Competition terms


TERM NOTES

Beach Handball EURO• NotBeachEURO

• NotBeachHandballEUROs;eventiscalled‘BeachHandballEURO’

• Note:men’sandwomen’s,asbothgendersareinthesameevent

European Beach Handball Tour • Abbreviatedas‘ebt‘,alwayslowercase

ebt Finals• Stands for European Beach Handball Tour Finals

• NeveruseEBTFinals,ebtfinalsorEBTfinals

YAC 17 Beach Handball EURO • YoungerAgeCategoryevent,happeningaweekbeforeseniorBeach

HandballEUROatthesameplace

• Dividedintomen’sandwomen’scompetition

Women’s 17 Beach Handball EURO xxxx

• Women’sYoungerAgeCategoryevent

Men’s 17 Beach Handball EURO xxxx

• Men’sYoungerAgeCategoryevent

EHF Beach Handball Champions Cup

• BeachhandballcompetitionwheretherespectivenationalbeachchampionsaresettocompeteagainsteachotherfortheEuropeantitle

4.5 Beach handball


TERM NOTES

Women’s 17 EHF EURO xxx • W17EHFEUROcanalsobeused

Women’s 17 EHF Championship xxxx

• W17EHFChampionshipcanalsobeused

Women’s 19 EHF EURO xxxx • W19EHFEUROcanalsobeused

Women’s 19 EHF Championship xxxx

• W19EHFChampionshipcanalsobeused

Men’s 18 EHF EURO xxxx • M18EHFEUROcanalsobeused

Men’s 18 EHF Championship xxxx

• M18EHFChampionshipcanalsobeused

Men’s 20 EHF EURO xxxx • M20EHFEUROcanalsobeused

Men’s 20 EHF Championship xxxx

• M20 EHF Championship can also be used

4.6. Younger Age Category eventsNOTE:YACcompetitionsarealwaysW17,W19(oddyears)andM18,M20(evenyears)


TERM NOTES

Men’s 17 European Open xxxx

Women’s 16 European Open xxxx

• M17EuropeanOpencanalsobeused(organisedinconjunctionwithPartilleCup,Sweden)

EHF European Masters Championship

• Competitionforteaminagecategories33–55yearsofage

European Masters Games • OrganisedbyInternationalMastersGamesAssociation,includeshandball

4.7 Additional EHF competitions


TERM NOTES

Women’s IHF Trophy • Competitionforemergingnations

Men’s IHF Trophy • Competitionforemergingnations

Men’s IHF Emerging Nations Championship

XXXX IHF Men’s World Championship

• Year at the beginning

XXXX IHF Women’s World Championship

IHF Men’s and Women’s Junior World Championship

• Women’sJunior(U20)WorldChampionship

• Men’sJunior(U21)WorldChampionship

IHF Men’s and Women’s Youth World Championship

• Women’sYouth(U18)WorldChampionship

• Men’sYouth(U19)WorldChampionship

XXXX IHF Men’s Super GlobeXXXX IHF Women’s Super Globe

• WorldChampionshipforClubTeams

IHF Men’s Emerging Nations ChampionshipIHF Women’s Emerging Nations Championship

• Editiongoesatthebeginning,e.g.3rdIHFMen’

XXXX Men’s and Women’s Beach Handball World Championships

• ChampionshipsnotChampionshipbecausemen’sandwomen’scompetitionsareplayedatthesameevent

Olympics or Olympic Games• Alwayscapitalised.ThereareSummerOlympicsandWinterOlympics,or

SummerGamesandWinterGames.

Olympic• Adjective,alwayscapitalised:Olympicgoldmedal,Olympicorganisers,

Olympichostcity,Olympicflameetc.

Olympiad• Aperiodoffouryearsbeginningon1JanuaryoftheOlympicyear.

OlympiadsarenumberedconsecutivelyinRomannumeralsfromthe1896Athens Games.

Olympian • Any athlete who has competed at the Olympics.

XXXX OlympicsHost city + year

• Capitalised.

• e.g. Tokyo 2020 Olympics or Tokyo 2020

Games• Capitalisedwhenattachedtothehostcityoryear:e.g.theLondonGames

and the 2016 Games.

• Standingalone,capitalised:e.g.theGamesopenon27July

European Youth Olympic Festival

• OrganisedbytheEuropeanOlympicCommittees(EOC),includeshandball

Youth Olympic Games • OrganisedbytheInternationalOlympicCommittee(IOC),includesbeachhandball

World Games • OrganisedbytheInternationalWorldGamesAssociation,includebeachhandball

Beach Handball World Games • OrganisedbyANOC

Paralympic GamesParalympics

• Amajorinternationalmulti-sporteventinvolvingathleteswitharangeofdisabilities,includingimpairedmusclepower(e.g.paraplegiaandquadriplegia,musculardystrophy,post-poliosyndrome,spinabifida),impairedpassiverangeofmovement,limbdeficiency(e.g.amputationordysmelia),leglengthdifference,shortstature,hypertonia,ataxia,athetosis,visionimpairmentandintellectualimpairement

4.8 International competitions


TERM NOTES

Special Olympics• Theworld’slargestsportsorganisationforchildrenandadultswith

intellectualdisabilitiesandphysicaldisabilities

Special Olympics World Games

• Aninternationalsportingcompetitionforathleteswithintellectualdisabilities,organisedbytheIOC-recognisedSpecialOlympicsorganisation.TheWorldGamesalternatebetweensummerandwintergames,intwo-yearcycles,recurringeveryfourthyear.

4.8 International competitions


5. HOUSE STYLE A-Z / GRAMMAR

TERM NOTES

abbreviations

• Writeacronymsandsponsornamesincapitals,e.g.VELUX,EHF,IHFetc.

• FororganisationssuchasIHF,EHF,spelloutnameonceandthenusetheabbreviation

• Rememberthatreadersmaynotknowwhatanacronymstandsfor,evenifitisspeltout;thereforetheuseof‘NB’forNationsBoardmaynotbeunderstood.Itmaythereforebebettertoalwaysusethefullnamethroughoutthearticle

• e.g./i.e.arespeltwithfullpoints,etc.withfullstopatend

• Boardsabbreviationscanbeusedininternaldocumentsbutnotineditorial

affect vs effect

• Affectistheverb,forexample:Thelatearrivaloftheplanemightaffecthisperformance

• Effectisthenoun,forexample:Thelatearrivaloftheplanemighthaveaneffectonhisperformance

• ‘Effect’isalsoaverb¬butmeanssomethingdifferentfrom‘affect’–toeffectachangeoranescape=tomakehappen/bringabout.

ages

• Writeinnumbersi.e.20sand30s

• 14-year-oldboyishyphenated(usedasanadjectivetodescribetheboy)e.g.Peteris15,Peteris15yearsold,Peterisa15-year-old,Peterisa15-year-oldboy

all right • ‘alright’isnotaword

All-star Team

• Alwayscapitalise,always‘All-star’

• Neveruse‘bestgoalkeeper’,‘bestleftback’etc.,justusethepositioni.e.Goalkeeper,Leftback,Rightbacketc.

• Exceptions:Itisalways‘Bestdefender’,‘Bestyoungplayer’

among • Useratherthan‘amongst’

analysis • pluralis‘analyses’

any more • Useratherthan‘anymore’,whichismorecommoninAmericanEnglish

Apostrophe ‘t

• Informalreports,texts,lettersandonlinedonotusewordslikedon’t,can’t,haven’tintextEXCEPTiftheyareinadirectquote.

• Inblogpostingsormoreinformaltexts(suchasFacebook)thelessformalformofcan’tanddon’tcanbeused.

boy/girl • Anyoneaged18orolderisamanorwoman

British English

• AlwaysuseBritishEnglishandnotAmericanEnglishspellingofwordsi.e.colournotcolor,maximisenotmaximize,organisenotorganizemedallistnot medalist.

• Toensureconsistency,usethestandard–isewherethereisachoice

broadcast• Use‘broadcast’andnot‘broadcasted’inthepasttensee.g.Atotalof

3,000hourswerebroadcastfromtheevent

build-up • Thenounisalwayshyphenated;theverbto‘buildup’isnot

bye

• Thetransferofateamdirectlytothenextstageofacompetition

• Notaverb

• e.g.PGEVIVEKielcehaveabyeintheLast16

cancel• Matchesthatareabandonedaltogetherarecancelled;matchesthatare

calledofftobeheldatalaterdatearepostponed.


TERM NOTES

capital letters

• Avoidcapitalisingwordsunnecessarilye.g.handballandnotHandball.Justbecausesomethingisimportantdoesnotmeanthatitneedstobecapitalised.

• Avoidwritingwordscompletelyincapitalletterse.g.TODAYWEWILLPLAYHANDBALL.Itmakestextdifficulttoread,especiallyeditorial/runningtext,anditsusemakesitlookasifyouare‘SHOUTING’andcanseemaggressive.

• Jobtitlesshouldbecapitalisedwhenusedaspartofthetitle,e.g.“EHFPresidentMichaelWiederer,EHFSecretaryGeneralMartinHausleitner…”.Notcapitalisedaspartofaregularsentence,e.g.“MichaelWiederer,presidentoftheEHF…”.Ruleappliestoalltitles.

• Unlikemanymediaoutlets,theEHFwritescompanyandorganisationnamesaswrittenbytheorganisation,thereforeVELUXandnotVelux,FIFAand not Fifa etc.

champions • Notcapitalisede.g.‘Theyarethechampions’,not‘TheyaretheChampions’

Champions League• Synonymsare:European/Europe’stop-flightcompetition,theeliteclub

competition,thepremierclubcompetition

• Donotrefertoitasthe‘kingsclass’(Königsklasse)inEnglish

colours (gold, silver, bronze)• Coloursarenevercapitalised

• Medalcoloursarenevercapitalised,i.e.goldmedalandnotGoldmedal

compound adjectives• Usehyphenswhenusingcompoundadjectives:fast-runrace,ill-prepared

team,well-judgedfinish

countries• Countrycodes,whenincluded,shouldbeshowninbracketse.g.THWKiel

(GER),GreatDaneLondon(GBR)orwithaslashe.g.MichaelWiederer/AUT

cultural sensitivities

• Donotusewordslike‘massacred’,‘killed’,‘destroyed’,‘crucified’or‘blitzed’todescribeasituatione.g..‘FinlandmassacredEnglandinthematch.’

• Anythingwithawar/religious/contentiousovertoneshouldbeavoidedunlessinadirectquote

dates and times

• Usedaymonthyearwithout‘th’or‘st,commaorfullstope.g.‘Monday20January2011’or‘20January’

• Usee.g.20/01/2011onlywhenwritingdatesinvisuals,graphicsetc.,neverintext

• Showtimesusingthe24-hourclockandalwaysindicatewhetheratimeislocalorCET.e.g.14:00(localtime)or14:00(CET).

• Neveramorpmandalwayswithcolonnotfullstop,e.g.14:00not14.00

• Alwaysput‘at0’fortimebefore10:00i.e.09:30.e.g.‘Thegamewillbeplayedat08:30

• Avoidusingtheterm‘o’clock’

decades • Use1980s,1990sandthen80sand90s.DonotuseEighties,Nineties

different • Differentfrom,notdifferentto

disabled people not ’disabled’

people with intellectual disabilities

people with learning disabilities

athletes with an impairment

people with an impairment

• Trytousepositivelanguageaboutdisability,avoidingoutdatedtermsthatstereotypeorstigmatisee.g.theterm‘handicapped’isnolongeracceptableinBritishEnglish

• Termstoavoid,withacceptablealternativesinbrackets:‘victimof’,‘sufferingfrom’,‘afflictedby’,‘crippledby’(prefer‘personwhohas’,‘personwith’);also‘wheelchair-bound’,‘inawheelchair’(bettertosay:‘usesawheelchair’);invalid(disabledperson);‘mentallyhandicapped’,‘backward’,‘retarded’,‘slow’(bettertouse:‘personwithlearningdifficulties’or‘disabilities’);‘thedisabled’,‘thehandicapped’,‘theblind’,‘thedeaf’(disabledpeople,blindpeople,deafpeople);‘deafanddumb‘(bettertosay:‘deafandspeech-impaired’,‘hearingandspeech-impaired’).

• Disabilitysportandnot‘disabledsport’.


TERM NOTES

double-header• To be used when both legs of one knockout round are played in the

samevenue

Dragons’ Den • Capitalised when referring to a nickname of a stadium

earned • Donotuse‘earnt’

eighth-finals• The‘eight-finals’isnotatermusedinEnglish.InEHFcompetitions‘last16’

is used

email • Note-mail

emerging nation• Lower-rankednationsshouldbereferredtoas‘emerginghandballnations’

or‘emergingnations’ratherthanweakernations,smallernations,handballminnows or similar.

eurocent

• Noteuros,thepluraliseuro

• Alwayswrittenlowercase

• AbbreviationisEUR.Thesymbol€orEURalwaysprecedesthefigure

• e.g.€2.4billion.

exclamation marks • Neveruseineditorialtext;afullstopisenough.

fate in their hands• Use:“controltheirfate”because“fateintheirhands”isnotexpression

used in English

fewer/less• Use‘fewer’forcountablenounse.g.therewerefewerentriesthisyear.

• Use‘less’fornon-countablenounse.g.Therewillbelessexpectationforthem to win this year.

focused • Notfocussed

football terms• Avoidfootballtermssuchasturfandpitch,e.g.‘Theywononhometurf’or

‘theywonontheirhomepitch’.Handballisplayedona‘court’.Notkick-offbutthrow-off

handicapped• Thisisatermthatisnolongeracceptablein(British)English.Thecorrect

termsare:‘peoplewithdisabilities’or‘peoplewithlearningdifficulties’.

• Seedisabledpeoplesection

heavyweight • Preferredtoheavy-weight

high-flyer • Nothighflyer

hyphenated words • Secondwordisnevercapitalised,therefore:Quarter-finalandnotQuarter-Final.

judgment/judgement• Judgmentisalegalterm;judgementistheabilitytomakeconsidered

decisions or well-formed opinions.

kings class • NotanEnglishterm-directtranslationfromGerman‘Königsklasse’

learnt

• UsedinBritishEnglish

• Learntisthepasttenseoftheverbtolearnandisusedinthesimplepaste.g. I learnt French at school.

• Learnedisthepastparticipleandusedintheperfecttense.Ihavelearnedto speak French.

• Averbwhichbehavesinasimilarwayisdream

• e.g.LastnightIdreamtwasinanaeroplane;Ihaveoftendreamedofwinningthelottery

lead/led• Thepasttenseof‘lead’is‘led’andnot‘lead’e.g.Heledhisteamtovictory.

ThechemicalelementPbisspelt‘lead’

licence vs license• Licenceisthenounandlicenseistheverb(inBritishEnglish).Therefore

acoachwouldholda‘coachinglicence’butthisisprovidedbyalicensingauthoritythrougha‘CoachesLicensingScheme’

line-up • Alwayshyphenated;notetheverb‘tolineup’isnothyphenated

loose vs lose• Looseisanadjectivetodescribetheoppositeoftighte.g.aloosetooth

• Loseisaverbtodescribedefeat/sufferloss–e.g.“BarcelonawilllosethematchagainstKiel.”


TERM NOTES

matches • Use‘vs’(nofullstopafterversus)e.g.FCBarcelonavsHSVHamburg

medallist • Notethetwo‘l’s’inBritishEnglish.

midday • Notmid-day

minutes (meetings)• Meetingnotesarealwayswritteninpasttensei.e.youarereportingwhat

wassaidordecidedinthemeeting

names

• The reference for how we write names on eurohandball.com and its associatedwebsitesistheplayers’databaseoneurohandball.com.Thisisinordertoachieveconsistencyasitenableseveryonetosearchforaplayer

• Spanish,DanishandPortuguesenames:usethefirstfamilynameonly,ratherthanthefullname,alsoonlythefirstname

• NotethatunfortunatelynamesinHQandplayerlistsmaynotalwaysinclude accents

• ClubnamesshouldbeusedastheyappearontheEHFwebsiteorHQ.

• Englishnamesfortownsandcitiesshouldbeusede.g.Kobenhavnplaytheir matches in Copenhagen.

• RussiannamesshouldalwaystakeEnglishspellingandnotGermanspellingi.e.TalantDujshebaevnotTalantDuischebajew

national federations

• Uselowercaseforthegeneral:nationalfederations,butuppercaseforthespecific:CroatianHandballFederation

• Uselowercaseforthegeneral:nationalfederations,butuppercaseforthespecific:CroatianHandballFederation

national teams vs club competitions

• Intheclubcompetitionsneverreferto(multi-national)clubsasDanes,Germans,Polesetc.,butuseDanishside,GermancluborPolishoutfitinstead

nations

• Aswithclubs,thenameofnationalteamsisalwaysintheplurale.g.Norwayarethereigningchampions

• Thenationitselfisalwayssingulare.g.‘CroatiaisthehostofEHFEURO2018’.

• Federationsaresingulare.g.‘theDanishHandballFederationwasthehostofEHFEURO2014’.

• Ifthetextrefersto‘team’or‘squad’inwriting,singularisused,e.g..”theDanishteamwasthefavouriteinthismatch.”

• Whenreferringtoanationalteamplayeruse“CroatiacentrebackLukaCindric”andifreferringtohimasCroatianplayerintheclubalwaysuse:“CroatiancentrebackLukaCindric”

• Samegoesforcoaches:“Croatiacoachtookateamtimeout”and“Croatiancoach leads Barcelona”

North Macedonia• Alwaysreferto‘NorthMacedonia’andnotMacedonia.

• Referto‘Macedonians’orthe‘Macedonianteam’andnot‘NorthMacedonian’team

numbers

• Whenwritingnumbers,spelloutfiguresonetonine.Usenumericformatforfigures10andover.

• Exceptions:- An age range or amount of money always appears in numeric format. e.g.,4-12yearoldsor€20m-Usenumericformatwhenreferringtoasectioninadocumentforexample:Section1-Whenwritingtelephonenumbersneverbreakovertwolines-Useacommatoseparatenumbersbeyond999,notafullstoptherefore:1,000,20,000,100,000etc.andnot1.000,20.000,100.000etc.

ongoing • Oneword,nothyphenatedi.e.not‘on-going’

organisation • Notorganization;useBritishEnglishspelling


TERM NOTES

Oxford comma

• TheOxfordcommaorserialcommaisanoptionalcommabeforetheword‘and’attheendofaliste.g.HeplayedinGermany,France,andSpain.Itismore commonly used in American English

• Toensureacommonstyleacrossalltexts,weavoiduseoftheOxfordcomma

per cent• Always two words

• Inrunningtextspelloutpercentratherthanusing%

places• Locallanguage/pronunciationsaredisregardedasBritishEnglishisthe

officiallanguagee.g.BelgradeandnotBeograd,CologneandnotKöln

practice vs practise• InBritishEnglish‘practice’isthenounand‘practise’istheverbe.g.”it

takesalotofpracticetobegoodathandball”;“hehasbeenpractisinghisshootingeveryday”

pre-decision • NotanEnglishterm

prize money• Avoiduseofterm‘prizemoney’inEHFcompetitions

• Referinsteadtofinancialdisbursement

programme• TV programme

• A‘program’referstoacomputerprogram(note:programmed,programming)

quotes/reported speech

• Useacolonratherthanacommaanddoublequotationmarkstoindicateadirectquote,e.g.thecoachsaid:“Iamgladwewonthegame.”

• Usepasttenseforreportedspeech

• Alwaysusedoublequotationmarksforreportedspeech

• Usesinglequotationmarksforquotationswithinaquote

• Wherealongquoteissplitovermorethanoneparagraph,thequotationmarkisnotrequiredattheendofthefirstparagraphtoindicatethatthereportedspeechcontinuese.g.

• Thecoachsaid:“Wereallywantedtowinthegame.

• “Myplayerswerehighlymotivated.”

• CorrectplacingoffullstopinEnglishiswithinspeechmark,example:Hesaid:“Iplayedwell.”

• Commaisalsoplacedwithinspeechmarkswhenattributingtothepersonspeakinge.g.“Iamgladwewonthegame,”saidRobertoGarciaParrondo.

rematch • Notre-match

runners-up • Notrunner-ups,notvice-champions

results

• Writeresultsasfollows:RKCeljePivovarnaLaskovsHCPPDZagreb20:21(10:10)andinthecaseofextratime/penalties:PGEVIVE(POL)vsTelekomVeszprém(HUN)39:38(13:17,29:29,35:35)

• Inreportsalwaysrefertothewinnerfirstregardlessofwhethertheywerethehomeorawayteam,i.e.Swedenwon24:22andnot22:24(iftheyarethe away team)

• Neverrefertothelosingscorefirst,e.g.Swedenlost24:26,hereyouwouldwriteSwedenlost26:24.

seasons• Playingseasonsshouldalwaysbewrittenasfollows:2010/11or2017/18

etc. (not 2010/2011)

sic

• Usedtoindicatethattextasquotedisexactlywhatwassaid,writtenortweetedbytheperson,andthattheeditorisknowinglyattributingmistakestothatperson,therefore:Thecoachsaid[sic]“Iispleased,wewasthebestteam.”or‘thecoachsaid:“Iis[sic]pleased,wewas[sic]thebest team.”

slip from their hands• NotanEnglishexpression,usee.g.“let12-goaladvantageslip”not“let12-

goaladvantageslipfromtheirhands”


TERM NOTES

sponsors

• FullandofficialnamesforEHFsponsorsshouldbeusedwherepossibleinarticles,thoughavoidoveruseinarticles.

• Whenreferringtotitlesponsors,onlyrefertothecompetitioninthetimethatthesponsorhasbeentitlesponsor;forhistoricalstatementsdonotmentionthesponsore.g.‘BarçahavewontheEHFChampionsLeagueseventimes’notBarçahavewontheVELUXEHFChampionsLeagueseventimes’

• OfficialnamesofclubsinEHFcompetitions–thefullnameoftheclubshouldbeusedwithsponsornamee.g.PGEVIVEKielceatthebeginningofthearticleatleast,subsequentlyitisacceptabletoshortenthenamewhenreferringtotheclube.g.Kielce

• Non-EHFsponsornamesshouldbeavoidedinheadlinesevenwhentheyareincommonusee.g.‘Barcelonahooverupalltitles’

stadiums • Usestadiumsinsteadofstadia

stationary/stationery• Stationarymeansnotmoving;stationeryincludespaperandwriting

materials.

tabletopper

• NotanEnglishterm

• ‘topofthetable’e.g.Barcelonaaretopofthetableorhavetoppedthetable two years in a row

• ‘Top-of-the-tableclash’–shouldonlybeusedwhenfirstplayssecondandnot if third plays fourth etc.

teams

• Sportsteamsalwaystakepluralverbs:Barçawerebeatenagain,Norwayhavewonthetitle

• Notethatinabusinesscontextorwhenreferringtothenation,theyaresingularlikeothercompanies,e.g.‘HCHandballClubreporteditsbiggestlosstodate’,NorwayisthehostnationoftheEHFEURO.

• Whenreferringtothe‘team’orthe‘squad’usethesingular;e.g.theBarcelonateamwasvictorious

• Wherealanguage-specificversionof‘HandballClub’appearsitshouldalwaysbeshortenedtoHC,RKorBM,e.g.BM.GranollersnotBalonmanoGranollers

• Inthefirstinstanceateamnameiswritteninacommunicationrefertoitinthefull;itcanthenbeshortenedafter.Forlegalandmarketing/pressreleases,thefullnamesshouldbeusedatalltimes.

• TheEHFalwaysusestheteamnamespelling(providedbytheclubitselfatthestartoftheseason)availableoneurohandball.com

that/which

• ‘That’shouldbeusedwheretheinformationgivenisessentialforthemeaning of the sentence e.g. ‘the match that was played last week was veryexciting’

• ‘which’shouldbeusedwherenon-essentialinformationisprovidede.g.‘thematch,whichhad15,000spectators,wasveryexciting.‘which’usuallyfollows a comma

Three-peat, four-peat etc.• Arepetitionofacertainachievementforthethird,fourthetc.consecutive

time,alwayshyphenated

until • not‘tilortill

uphold/upheld

• Toconfirmorsupportsomethingthathasbeenquestioned.

• Therefore‘anappealthatisupheld’isacasewhereadecisionwasquestionedandsuccessfullyoverturned.Ifhowever‘thedecisionofthecourtwasupheld’,thismeansthatthattheoriginaldecisionwasconfirmed.

vice-champions • NotatermusedinEnglish;use‘runners-up’instead


TERM NOTES

websites• Refertoourwebsitesasfollowsintext:

• eurohandball.com,ehfCL.com,ehfTV.com,ehfFINA4.com,ehf-euro.com(noteuseofcapitalletters)

world championWorld Championship

• Worldisnotcapitalised,therefore:TheNorwegiansareworldchampions

• AlwayscapitaliseWorldChampionship:NorwaywontheWorldChampionshipin2012;butareworldchampions.

worldwide • Notworldwideorworld-wide


6. SOCIAL MEDIA

TERM NOTES

#

• Hashtagsshouldalwaysbeinlowercaseunlesstheyrefertospecificacronyms(MOTW,club/nationcode)

• Hashtagsshouldasmuchapossiblebepartofthesentence(seeexamplebelow)ifitcan´tbeincludedinthenaturalsentence,theyshouldbementionedattheendofthecaption

• Example:28clubswilltakepartin#veluxehfcl2019/20startingdirectlyatgroupphase.Whichoneisyourfavourite?

• #ehfcl

• Hastagsbehavehasanormalwordinthesentence,ifthecontextrequiresitshouldbefollowedbypunctuation,possessivemarks,etc.

@

• Tagsshouldasmuchapossiblebepartofthesentence(seeexamplebelow)ifitcan´tbeincludedinthenaturalsentence,theyshouldbementionedattheendofthecaption

• Example:Areyouorafrienda@fcbhandbol‘sfan?

• Taghim/herinthecommentsandgetachancetowinexclusivepostersofyourfavouriteteam!

• @victortomas8@tchoufy10#veluxehfcl#ehfcl

• Tagsbehavehasanormalwordinthesentence,ifthecontextrequiresitshouldbefollowedbypunctuation,possessivemarks,etc.

Emojis

• Emojis should use the default skin tone (yellow smiley)

• Emojisshouldbebeforeorattheendofthesentence,theyshouldnotreplace a word in the sentence

• Notmorethan3emojisnexttoeachother

• Notmorethan5emojisinonecaption

• Donotuseemojisdirectlybeforeandaftercompetitionname

• Thehandballplayeremojiisgendered,useitaccordingtotherelatedcompetition

#veluxehfcl

• ReferstoVELUXEHFChampionsLeague.

• Shouldbeuseinthefirstinstanceofthecoverage/caption

• Overlaps#ehfcl,shouldn´tbemoreusedthan#ehfcl

• Must always be all lower case

#MOTW• ReferstoMatchoftheWeek

• Mustalwaysbeallcapitalletters

#MOTWexperience• ReferstotheMatchoftheWeekexperience

• TouseonlywhenpromotingorreportingabouttheMatchoftheWeekexperience

#deloehfcl

• ReferstoDELOWOMEN´SEHFChampionsLeague

• Shouldbeuseinthefirstinstanceofthecoverage/caption

• Overlaps#ehfcl,shouldn´tbemoreusedthan#ehfcl


#ehfcl

• ReferstoEHFChampionsleagueashistoricalcompetition

• Commontomen sandwomen scompetitions

• Shouldbeuseinadditionofthesponsoredcompetitionname


#ehffinal4

• ReferstoEHFChampionsLeagueEHFFINAL4

• Commontomen’sandwomen’scompetitions



TERM NOTES

#ehfcup

• ReferstoEHFCup



#challengecup

• ReferstoChallengeCup



#ehfeuroXXXX

• ReferstooneEHFEUROtournament

• XXXXshouldbereplacedbytheyearoftheconcernedEHFEUROexample:#ehfeuro2018

• Commontomen sandwomen seventshappeningthesameyear


Game hastags#XXXXXX

• Referstoaspecificgame

• Eachteamisdesignatedbyits3lettercode

• Home-teamfirstthenawayteam

• Mustalwaysbeallcapitalletters

• Example:FranceplaysagainstPortugalinParis:#FRAPOR

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