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European Handball Federation (EHF) club and national team handball coverage in the Balkans has been confirmed for a further four years as live and on-demand sports service DAZN Group and Infront have inked a TV rights agreement deal with Arena Sport for the distribution of all competitions.

DAZN handball 18Sep2019DAZN Group and Infront had previously signed a partnership with the European Handball Federation (EHF) and EHF Marketing GmbH (EHFM) in 2018. The new partnership covers a ten-year agreement (2020-2030) for the commercialisation of EHF’s and EHFM’s media and marketing rights as part of a long-term strategy to secure significant growth for the sport across existing and new markets.

“This deal demonstrates the ambition of our partnership with DAZN Group and Infront to further drive engagement and awareness of handball across Europe,” said EHF secretary general Martin Hausleitner. “The Balkan region has a long handball history and for the EHF EURO and Beach Handball EURO events in 2022 and 2024, the broadcast agreement with Arena Sport will help us bring fans closer to the sport they love.”

The new agreement with Arena Sport, a sports pay-TV network owned by Telekom Srbija, includes the next two men’s and women’s EHF EURO events (2022, 2024), which represent the pinnacle of international European handball, as well as the men’s and women’s Beach Handball EURO events (2021, 2023) and corresponding qualification events. Also included is coverage of four seasons of the EHF’s men’s and women’s club competitions (2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24), including the prestigious EHF Champions League, the revamped European Handball League and the EHF Cup.

Arena Sport will also secure the broadcast of the competitions across Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia.

Nebojsa Zugic, general manager of Arena Sport added: “For ten years, customers of Arena Sport television in the Balkans have enjoyed the best coverage of European handball, so naturally we are delighted that this will be the case for a further four years. I would like to thank the EHF, DAZN and Infront for their cooperation and look forward to enjoying a positive on-going relationship.”