EHF Congress 2025
Next Level. Every Game
Headlined ‘Next Level. Every Game’ the 17th Ordinary EHF Congress took place in Andau, Austria, in September 2025.
The focus of Congress was on the elections for the EHF Executive Committee, the Technical Commissions, the legal bodies and the Nations Committees for men and women.
EHF President Michael Wiederer was confirmed in office for a third term, lasting from 2025 to 2029. The 69-year-old Austrian was first elected at the EHF Congress in 2016 after serving as the EHF’s Secretary General since 1992.
Also elected for a third term were 1st Vice President Predrag Boskovic (Montenegro) and Vice President Finances, Henrik La Cour (Denmark).
The chairpersons of the EHF’s three Technical Commissions were also confirmed in office for the next four years. Bozidar Djurkovic (Serbia) will chair the Competitions Commission. Pedro Sequeira (Portugal) will remain at the helm of the Methods Commission, as will Gabriella Horvath (Hungary) as chair of the Beach Handball Commission.
The four members of the Executive Committee (EXEC) elected at Congress were Stefan Lövgren (Sweden, re-elected), and three first-time members: Mesut Cebi (Türkiye), Tjark de Lange (Netherlands) and Randi Gustad (Norway).
Motions passed by Congress
Three motions were submitted by the EHF to Congress. Two related to the EHF Statutes, with the first one (related to Article 4.1.7) aiming to improve the voting process for further members/gender representatives to bodies such as the EXEC to uphold the integrity and fairness of the process.
The second motion (related to Article 4.1.11) sought clarification when it comes to the delegation of decision-making authority from the Congress to the EXEC.
The third motion related to the legal regulations (Article 38.1). An amendment was sought regarding the recognition of sanctions of EHF member federations, also enabling the EHF Initiator of Proceedings alongside the relevant member federation, to extend sanctions imposed on a national level to EHF competitions.
All motions received the necessary majority from the EHF Congress.
Overall, the EHF Congress was carried out in full harmony and allowed, in addition to the first meetings of the new commissions, many talks on the level of national federations and EHF representatives.
Awards for nations and individuals
The 17th Ordinary EHF Congress closed with awards being handed over to several federations.
For the organisation of three or more competitive EHF events in the period from 2021 to 2025 the following federations were awarded: Austria, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Georgia, Hungary, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Portugal, Slovenia and Slovakia.
The Danish Handball Association received the ‘Award of Honour’ for being the ‘Top Nation of European Handball’ in 2023 and 2024.
In beach handball, the ‘Award of Honour’ went to Spain for 2023 and to Croatia for 2024.
Milan Petronijevic from Serbia, member of the Court of Appeal since 2012 and long-standing EHF Expert for coaching and member of the EHF Rinck Convention Experts Panel, was presented with the EHF’s Special Award for his services to European handball.
