EUROSPORT SECURES RIGHTS TO ELITE HANDBALL IN FRANCE AND POLAND

Eurosport will be new home of elite handball in France and Poland after agreeing a six-year deal with the European Handball Federation (EHF) and EHF Marketing to exclusively screen the best European club competitions and high-profile national team fixtures the sport has to offer.

Viewers will have front row seats to the EHF Champions League, EHF European League and EHF European Cup – both men’s and women’s tournaments – exclusively live on Eurosport in France and Poland.

The agreement, which runs until the end of the 2025-26 season, re-affirms Eurosport’s commitment to long-term partnerships with rights-holders giving Discovery the ability to leverage its unrivalled global scale, brands and channel portfolio to help develop sports.

Handball fans in Poland, meanwhile, will be able to watch their men’s and women’s national teams in action with the 2020 women’s European Championship, as well as the 2022, 2024 and 2026 men’s and women’s European Championships, screened exclusively on Eurosport.

As part of the agreement with EHF, brokered by the Federation's exclusive media and marketing partners Infront and DAZN Group, Eurosport in France and Poland will also have exclusive rights to the next three editions of the men’s and women’s Beach Handball Euros.

Antonio Ruiz, SVP General Manager France & Iberia: “We are very proud to partner with the EHF and EHF Marketing to showcase of the biggest handball competitions in France. With one year to go before Tokyo 2020 and four years before Paris 2024, when Eurosport will be the official broadcaster in France, the acquisition of these rights will help us tell the stories of the best handball players all year-round.”

Dorota Żurkowska-Bytner, director of Eurosport in Poland and Member of the Board of TVN, Discovery Group, added: “We have been screening the most important events and tournament in many, many sports for a number of years and I am very happy to announce that for the next six years Eurosport viewers in Poland will be able to watch world-class handball. The agreement with the EHF and EHF Marketing complements perfectly our offer that will satisfy every sports fan. Handball joins winter sports, including ski jumping as well as and cycling, Grand Slam tennis, snooker and the Olympic Games as one of our key sports on Eurosport in Poland.”

David Szlezak, EHF Marketing Managing Director said: “We are pleased to welcome Eurosport as a new broadcast partner of the EHF Champions League. Together with Eurosport and their innovative approach and high-quality and fan-centric broadcast, we will further develop the product in France and Poland, engage the handball community and strengthen the position of the EHF Champions League as a premium club competition.”

Opening week key dates*:

• The 2020-21 season starts on Wednesday (16 September) with the first matchday from the men’s EHF Champions League group phase from 6.45pm CEST

• The next round of the DELO  EHF Champions League starts on Saturday 19 September from 4pm CEST

• The next round of the EHF European League Men is scheduled for  Tuesday 22 September from 6.45pm CEST

• The EHF European League Women starts on Saturday 10 October September from 4pm CEST

*Check local listings for confirmed programming timing