Ehf European League Men Season 2020/21 I
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REGULATIONS EHF EUROPEAN LEAGUE MEN SEASON 2020/21 I. TABLE OF CONTENTS EHF EUROPEAN LEAGUE MEN I. TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Table of contents 1 II. Introduction 9 1 General information 9 2 Fair play 10 3 Awards 11 4 General timetable 11 III. Competition 13 5 Entry conditions 13 5.1 Eligibility to enter the competition 13 5.2 Participation requirements 14 5.3 Integrity of the competition 15 5.4 Registration system 16 5.5 Additional team or upgrade to the EHF European League 16 6 Scheduling topics 16 6.1 Frequency 16 6.2 Playing days and throw-offs 16 7 EHF Events 17 7.1 Draw events 17 7.2 Club workshop 17 7.3 Availability of delegation members 17 7.4 Dates and venues 18 8 Drawing and Seeding 18 9 Playing system 18 9.1 Qualification rounds 18 9.2 Group phase 18 9.3 Last 16 matches 19 9.4 Quarter-finals 19 9.5 EHF European League Finals 19 10 Scoring of the matches and ranking 19 10.1 General 19 10.2 Qualification Round 1 and 2, Last 16 and quarter-final matches 20 10.3 Group phase 20 11 Delegation lists and player/club information 21 11.1 Transmission of the delegation list 21 1 I. TABLE OF CONTENTS EHF EUROPEAN LEAGUE MEN 11.2 Eligibility of players 21 11.3 Late entries of players and officials 22 12 EHF coaches licensing 24 12.1 Registration 24 12.2 Late registration 24 12.3 Non-registration 25 13 Players’ and officials’ participation in the match 25 14 Players’ clothing 25 14.1 General information 25 14.2 Colour of dresses for each match 26 IV. The venue 27 15 General information 27 16 Arena and city names 27 17 Venue availability 27 17.1 Availability for training of the guest club 27 17.2 Availability for preparations 28 18 Basic requirements 28 18.1 Venue outdoor surroundings 28 18.2 Venue 28 19 Venue inspections and auditing 29 20 The EHF European League floor 30 20.1 General information 30 20.2 Floor purchase 30 20.3 Production and transport 30 20.4 Floor installation 30 20.5 Floor maintenance 31 20.6 Storage 31 21 Electronic Advertising Board System 31 22 Security 32 V. EHF Officials 33 23 General information 33 23.1 Nomination 33 23.2 Non-appearance 33 24 EHF Delegate 33 25 EHF Marketing Supervisor 34 25.1 Nomination 34 25.2 Responsibilities 34 2 I. TABLE OF CONTENTS EHF EUROPEAN LEAGUE MEN 26 EHF Media Supervisor 35 26.1 Nomination 35 26.2 Responsibilities 36 VI. Organisational staff 37 27 General information 37 28 Key contact for EHF/M 37 29 Person responsible for venue/floor management 38 30 Person responsible for the guest club 39 31 Person responsible for EHF Officials 39 32 Person responsible for tickets/accreditations 40 33 Person responsible for media/TV/statistics 40 34 Person responsible for marketing 42 35 Person responsible for security 42 36 Announcer 43 37 Timekeeper and scorekeeper 44 38 Person responsible for travelling fans 44 VII. Attendees management 45 39 Tickets and accreditations 45 39.1 General information 45 39.2 Guest club tickets 45 39.3 EHF/M guest tickets 46 39.4 Accreditations for EHF Officials and EHF/M staff 46 39.5 Accreditations for media representatives 46 39.6 Accreditations for scouts of the official EHF/M match data partner 47 39.7 Tickets for participating clubs of the EHF European League Finals 48 40 Transport 48 40.1 Duties of the guest club 48 40.2 Duties of the home club (visa, welcome and local transport) 48 40.3 EHF Officials 49 40.4 EHF/M media representatives 49 40.5 EHF/M sponsors, partners and suppliers resp. EHF/M guests 49 41 Board and lodging 49 41.1 Guest club 49 41.2 EHF Officials (except EHF Representatives) 50 41.3 EHF Representatives 50 41.4 EHF/M media representatives 50 41.5 EHF/M sponsors, partners and suppliers resp. EHF/M guests 50 3 I. TABLE OF CONTENTS EHF EUROPEAN LEAGUE MEN 42 VIP facilities on-site 51 42.1 VIP tribune 51 42.2 VIP room 51 42.3 VIP catering 51 43 VIP side activities 51 43.1 Special events 51 43.2 Special VIP invitations 51 VIII. Media management 52 44 General information 52 45 On-site media management 52 45.1 Media bibs 52 45.2 Media room 53 45.3 Media seats on the tribune 53 45.4 Mixed zone 54 45.5 Flash zone 54 45.6 Press conference 55 46 Digital media management 56 46.1 EHF European League Men on official club website 56 46.2 EHF European League Men on official club’s social media channel(s) 56 46.3 Digital campaigns and/or activations 57 46.4 Quotes and additional information for the official EHF channels 57 47 Photographers 57 47.1 Basic guidelines 57 47.2 Official EHF photographer 58 47.3 Online publishing guidelines 58 47.4 Photographs for on- and offline publications 58 48 Media events 59 48.1 Team trainings 59 IX. Procedures and protocol 60 49 Final inspection of the venue 60 50 Technical Meeting 60 51 Administrative match preparation and post-match procedure 61 52 Playing eligibility 61 53 Match day schedule 61 54 Official ceremonies and activities 61 54.1 General information 61 54.2 Entry ceremony 61 4 I. TABLE OF CONTENTS EHF EUROPEAN LEAGUE MEN 54.3 Post-match ceremony 64 54.4 Post-match activities 64 X. Technical services 65 55 Scouting for statistics / live match ticker 65 56 Goal line technology 65 57 Goal light technology 65 58 Instant replay technology 66 59 Digital match report 66 60 Players and ball tracking 66 61 Electronic Team Time-Out 66 61.1 Rules for the use of the Electronic Team Time-Out: 66 XI. Finances 68 62 Entry fees 68 63 EHF Officials 68 63.1 Allowances/match package 68 63.2 Travel costs 68 64 Income of Audio-visual and Marketing Rights 69 64.1 Guaranteed disbursements 69 64.2 Taxes 69 64.3 Dates of payment 69 64.4 Additional advertising arrangements 69 XII. Anti-doping 70 65 General information 70 66 Anti-doping infrastructure 70 XIII. Legal matters 72 67 General 72 68 Withdrawal (forfeit) and failure to play a match 72 69 Use of suspended players not eligible to participate in a specific match 72 70 Unauthorized activities 72 70.1 Unauthorized match data collection 72 70.2 Unauthorized live streaming 73 71 Protests and disciplinary procedures 73 71.1 Definition 73 71.2 Exclusion of protests 73 71.3 EHF European League Men Qualification Round 1 – only “double matches 73 71.4 EHF European League Men (starting from qualification round 1) 75 71.5 Eligibility to play 76 5 I. TABLE OF CONTENTS EHF EUROPEAN LEAGUE MEN 72 Administrative restrictions 76 73 EHF Court of Arbitration (ECA) 76 74 Arising costs 76 75 Insurance 77 75.1 Accident and health insurance 77 75.2 Organiser’s insurance 77 76 Exclusion of liability and indemnification 77 XIV. Audio-visual Rights 78 77 General information 78 78 TV and radio rights 78 78.1 TV production 78 78.2 Usage of match footage 79 78.3 Video recordings for teaching and coaching purposes 79 78.4 Technical requirements 79 78.5 Multilateral feed production requirements 81 79 Footage rights 81 80 TV meeting 82 81 Team Time-Out production 82 82 Non-match content production 82 83 Additional media coverage 82 84 EHF European League Finals 83 XV. Marketing Rights 84 85 General information 84 86 Sponsors, partners and suppliers 84 86.1 Title sponsor of the EHF European League Men 84 86.2 EHF/M sponsors, partners and suppliers 84 86.3 Club sponsors 84 87 Branch Exclusivity 85 87.1 Deadlines 85 88 Qualification round 1 to quarter-finals 85 88.1 On-court advertising positions 85 88.2 Rights distribution 86 88.3 Securing of the Advertising Rights 87 89 EHF European League Finals 87 90 Official match ball 87 6 I. TABLE OF CONTENTS EHF EUROPEAN LEAGUE MEN 91 Other advertising forms 88 91.1 Referees’/officials’ advertising 88 91.2 Advertising on players’ kits 88 91.3 Event staff clothing 88 91.4 Inflatable and flying objects 88 91.5 Fan-activation tools 88 91.6 Sponsors’ promotion activities 88 91.7 Promotion material 89 XVI. Branding 90 92 General information 90 93 Branding areas and materials 90 93.1 Sign posting system 90 93.2 Venue 90 93.3 Mixed zone 91 93.4 Flash zone 91 93.5 Press conference room 92 93.6 VIP room 92 93.7 Accreditations 92 93.8 Officials‘ tags 93 93.9 Tickets 93 93.10 Media information/official information sheets 93 93.11 Official match programme 93 93.12 Official sleeve badge on players’ shirts 94 93.13 Event staff clothing 94 93.14 Promotional material and activities 94 93.15 Official cars 95 94 Production and logistics 95 94.1 Production 95 94.2 Shipment of advertising and branding material 96 94.3 Fixing of floor stickers 96 94.4 Removal 96 94.5 Storage 96 94.6 Return of advertising and branding material 97 95 Official EHF European League Sound 97 95.1 EHF European League Anthem 97 95.2 EHF European League Song 97 95.3 EHF European League Sound Library 97 7 I. TABLE OF CONTENTS EHF EUROPEAN LEAGUE MEN XVII.