EHF at the General Assembly of the EOC
EHF at the General Assembly of the EOC
The 39th European Olympic Committee General Assembly took place on 26-27 November 2010 in the Serbian capital, Belgrade. EHF President Tor Lian and Secretary General Michael Wiederer took part at the event upon the invitation of the EOC.
The annual assembly of the 49 NOCs of Europe under the leadership of President Patrick Hickey was attended by IOC president Jacques Rogge, Serbian President Boris Tadic, Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic and Minister for Youth and Sport Snežana Samardžic Markovic.
In addition to the various reports on activities – including an intermediate report on the project “European Games” with Tor Lian as member of the Feasibility Study Group – the candidates for future Olympic Games presented their bids.
Among other important decisions, the awarding of the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) took place. The Georgian capital Tbilisi won the voting for the 2015 Summer EYOF. A joint Austria-Liechtenstein bid won the right to organise the 2015 Winter EYOF.
About EYOF
European Youth Olympic Festival, known by its initials EYOF, is a biennial multi-sport event for youth athletes from the 49 member countries of the association of European Olympic Committees. EYOF has a summer edition, held for the first time in Brussels in 1991, and a winter edition, which began two years later in Aosta. EYOF is the only all-European multi-sport event. The Summer EYOF 2013 will be held in Utrecht, Netherlands.
EYOF includes handball competition for 17-year old men and 16-year old women. Handball has been on the programme of the EYOF since the introduction of the festival.
