XXXV ORDINARY CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL HANDBALL FEDERATION 7 November 2015 Sochi / RUS M I N U T E S 7 November 2015 [XXXV IHF ORDINARY CONGRESS] P R O G R A M M E Accommodation / Meetings: Radisson Blu Resort & Congress Centre Sochi Golubaya Street 1a, Adler District Sochi, 354350 Russia Phone: +7 (862) 296 81 00 Website: http://www.radissonblu.com/resort-congress-sochi Wednesday, 4 November 2015 All day Arrival of IHF Executive Committee members Thursday, 5 November 2015 All day Arrival of IHF Council members 18:00 IHF Executive Committee meeting (Room: M4) Friday, 6 November 2015 All day Arrival of Congress delegates 09:00 - 14:00 IHF Council meeting (Room: Golden Hall) (12:00 - 14:00) Awarding of IHF Senior World Championships 17:00 Ordinary Congress of Asian Handball Federation (Room: Silver Hall) 19:00 Meeting of Pan-American Team Handball Federation (Room: K2 047) 20:00 Meeting of African Handball Confederation (Room: Golden Hall) 20:00 Meeting of European Handball Federation (Room: Silver Hall) 20:00 Meeting of Oceania Continent Handball Federation (Room: M6) Saturday, 7 November 2015 Morning Breakfast (Restaurant Grenadine) Sochi - Russia Page 2 7 November 2015 [XXXV IHF ORDINARY CONGRESS] 10:00 - 11:30 Ordinary Congress Session (Room: Premier Hall) 11:30 - 11:45 Coffee break 11:45 - 13:30 Ordinary Congress Session (Room: Premier Hall) 13:30 - 14:30 Lunch (Restaurant Grenadine) 14:30 - 16:30 Ordinary Congress Session (Room: Premier Hall) 16:30 - 17:00 Coffee break 17:00 - 19:00 Ordinary Congress Session (Room: Premier Hall) 20:00 Dinner (Restaurant Grenadine) Sunday, 8 November 2015 Morning Breakfast (Restaurant Grenadine) 10:00 - 11:30 Extraordinary Congress Session (Room: Premier Hall) 11:30 - 11:45 Coffee break 11:45 - 13:30 Extraordinary Congress Session (Room: Premier Hall) 13:30 - 14:30 Lunch (Restaurant Grenadine) 14:30 - 16:30 Extraordinary Congress Session (Room: Premier Hall) 16:30 - 16:45 Coffee break 16:45 - 18:00 Extraordinary Congress Session (Room: Premier Hall) 18:00 Closing banquet (Radisson Blu Paradise Resort & Spa Sochi) Monday, 9 November 2015 All day Departure Sochi - Russia Page 3 7 November 2015 [XXXV IHF ORDINARY CONGRESS] A G E N D A l. Opening of the Congress 2. Roll call and determination of the number of votes 3. Member’s suspension 4. Election of two examiners of the minutes 5. Election of the election officer and the tellers 6. Determination of the orderly convocation of Congress 7. Adoption of the minutes of the preceding Congress 8. President’s report 8.1 Presentation of IHF Education Centre 8.2 Signing of contract between IHF and SUS regarding the IHF Academy at Shanghai University of Sport 8.3 Presentation of Molten 8.4 Presentation of Emerging Nations Tournament in KOS 8.5 Presentation of snow handball 8.6 Presentation of FRA 2017 9. Financial and auditors’ report 10. Membership admissions 10.1 Applications for full IHF membership 11. Discharge 12. Motions to the Congress (no motions to the Ordinary Congress were submitted within the deadline) 13. Report on changes to the Rules and Regulations ratified by the Council 13.1 Player Eligibility Code (III) Sochi - Russia Page 4 7 November 2015 [XXXV IHF ORDINARY CONGRESS] 13.2 Regulations for Transfer between Federations (IV) 13.3 Regulations for IHF Competitions (V) 13.4 Rules of the Game for Beach Handball (IX b) 13.5 Anti-Doping Regulations (XIV) 13.6 Financial Regulations (XXIV) 13.7 Rules of the Game (IX a) 14. Confirmation of the IHF programme of activities 15. Setting membership fees and approval of the budget 16. Awarding of events which are not subject to a Council decision 16.1 Women’s Youth (U18) World Championship in 2018 16.2 Women’s Junior (U20) World Championship in 2018 16.3 Men’s Youth (U19) World Championship in 2019 16.4 Men’s Junior (U21) World Championship in 2019 17. Scheduling time and place of the next Congress 18. Awarding of the Hans Baumann Trophy and Honours 19. Miscellaneous 19.1 Oceania continental representative 20. Close of the Congress Comments These minutes are kept as a record of decisions and contain only the most important speeches/statements. The full proceedings of the Congress are recorded on tape and can be listened to in the Head Office in Basle. The tapes will be kept until the next Congress during which elections are held. The decisions and resolutions in these minutes are indented and printed in bold. Sochi - Russia Page 5 7 November 2015 [XXXV IHF ORDINARY CONGRESS] 1. OPENING OF THE CONGRESS President Moustafa declared the International Handball Federation’s XXXV Ordinary Congress open and welcomed all those present. President Moustafa welcomed the delegates, honorary IHF members and guests as well as representatives of the partners and sponsors. He also welcomed the Deputy Minister of Sport of the Russian Federation, Mr Pavel Kolobkov, the Mayor of Sochi, Mr Anatoly Pakhomov, as well as the President of the Handball Federation of Russia, Mr Sergey Shishkarev. President Moustafa pointed out that the 2013 Ordinary IHF Congress awarded the 2015 IHF Congress to Hungary. Nevertheless, due to visa issues of the host country, the IHF Council decided, according to Article 13.3.21 of the IHF Statutes, to change the host and consequently the date of the Congress and eventually awarded the IHF Congress to the Handball Federation of Russia. President Moustafa asked the delegates and guests to rise for a minute’s silence to honour the memory of the colleagues who passed away during the congressional term: Paul Tiedemann (GER) Lindsay Pennycook (IRL) Hans Georg Herzog (ROU) Mora Windt-Martini (ROU) Michel Moelle (CGO) Karl Heinrich Buchberger (GER) Arnošt Klimčík (CZE) Taoufik Khouaja (TUN) Vasily Petrovich Ilyin (RUS) Željko Đurđić (SRB) István Varga (HUN) Karl Erik Bøhn (NOR) Jules Moudime (CMR) Gheorghe Licu (ROU) Safiétou Diatta (SEN) Miguel Ángel Cascallana Guerra (ESP) President Moustafa congratulated the new elected and the re-elected Presidents of the IHF Member Federations since the 2013 Ordinary IHF Congress. 2. ROLL CALL AND DETERMINATION OF THE NUMBER OF VOTES President Moustafa asked the Congress participants to start with the roll call and determination of the number of votes before dealing with the agenda item “member’s suspension”, which was approved by the Congress. Sochi - Russia Page 6 7 November 2015 [XXXV IHF ORDINARY CONGRESS] The Managing Director explained to the Congress attendees how to use the voting system to determine the number of votes. Due to the malfunction of the voting system, the IHF staff member called the National Federations. All affiliated Member Federations were called and the result was as follows: Number of full members present (number of voters): 134 Number of associated members present: 4 Number of regional members present: 3 Number of votes: 134 Simple majority: 68 Two-thirds majority: 90 The attached attendance list provides more details of the Congress participants. 3. MEMBER’S SUSPENSION a) Mr Stanislas Mucic (BIH): Following a Bosnian Handball Premier League game on 27 May 2011, the former Vice President of the Handball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr Stanislas Mucic, assaulted and punched the director of the Bosnian National Anti-Doping Organization (NADO), Mr Branko Markic. The assault prevented the Doping Control Officer from conducting his mission, a serious violation of Article 2.5 of the WADA Code. In terms of criminal proceedings, Mr Mucic was found guilty and given a six-month suspended sentence. The IHF Council, which discussed this issue during its meeting in Zagreb, Croatia on 8 July 2014, unanimously decided to exclude Mr Stanislas Mucic (BIH) from any handball activities worldwide with immediate effect until the next Congress in accordance with Article 13.3.25 of the IHF Statutes. Consequently, Mr Stanislas Mucic lost his membership rights, and other members may not maintain sporting contact with him according to Article 7.4.6 of the IHF Statutes. Sochi - Russia Page 7 7 November 2015 [XXXV IHF ORDINARY CONGRESS] As per Article 7.4.7 of the IHF Statutes, the suspension shall be confirmed at the XXXV Ordinary IHF Congress in Russia. President Moustafa asked the IHF Congress participants to cast their votes. The result of the voting was: Yes: 131 No: 1 Abstain: 2 Decision: With one vote against and two abstentions, the Congress excluded Mr Stanislas Mucic (BIH) from any handball activities worldwide with immediate effect. The Handball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina shall be notified by official letter to pass this information to Mr Mucic. b) Kuwait Handball Association (KHA): The IHF Council decided, after exhausting all possible remedies, to suspend the Kuwait Handball Association (KHA) with immediate effect as a result of failing to organize an electoral General Assembly to legitimate the governing body of the federation. Over the last eight years the IHF has undertaken major efforts to adapt the Statutes of the KHA to be in compliance with the IHF Statutes and the IOC Olympic Charter and organize an electoral General Assembly to elect the KHA Board of Directors. The current KHA Board of Directors whose term of office was terminated already in 2012 has lost its legitimate status. The non-recognized KHA Board of Directors did not succeed to organize the General Assembly to approve the Statutes and the subsequent GA to organize the elections. Therefore the IHF Council, upon authorization of the Kuwait Olympic Committee and Asian Handball Federation, appointed an Interim Committee to carry out the convocation of the two General Assemblies in question. The former President of the KHA did not comply with the IHF Council decision by not handing over the federation to the KHA Interim Committee until he gets the permission from the Kuwaiti government (this has been announced by Mr Abu Marzouq in a TV interview and press releases), which is considered a violation of Article 7.3a of the IHF Statutes.