Handball

Pharmaceutical company Actavis has sealed a sponsorship agreement with the European Handball Federation for its 2014 European Championships.

Insurance group BGV/Badische has reached an agreement to become a premium partner of German Handball Bundesliga team Rhein-Neckar Lowen.

German Handball Bundesliga club Füchse Berlin has signed a two-year deal making travel company Spar mit! Reisen its new main sponsor.

TimePartner has extended its premium sponsorship deal with German Handball Bundesliga club Rhein-Neckar Löwen through to the end of the current 2013-14 season.

The European Handball Federation is aiming for an upper target of around €3.2m ($4.35m) from sponsorship sales of the men’s and women’s European Handball Championships, the EHF Euros, in 2014.

The European Handball Federation’s marketing arm has extended its partnership with online gambling company bet-at-home.com to cover the 2013-14 season.

Spanish postal service Correos has agreed to become the main sponsor of the Spanish Handball Federation through to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

FC Barcelona has reached a sponsorship agreement with logistics company Serveto covering all aspects of its non-football operation.

Hummel has agreed a three-year extension to its commercial partnership with the German Handball Bundesliga competition.

Danish window and door manufacturer Outrup has signed up as a sponsor of the European Handball Federation’s Euro 2014 tournament.

France’s Ligue Nationale de Handball has announced a multi-year sponsorship deal with Japanese technology company Konica Minolta.

Printing company Druckerei E. Sauerland has agreed a five-year deal to become a co-sponsor of German Handball-Bundesliga team HSG Wetzlar.

The German Handball Federation (DHB) has agreed a one-year sponsorship deal with furniture retailer SB-Mobel Boss.

German Bundesliga top-tier handball club SG Flensburg-Handewitt has extended its sponsorship deal with Danish financial services company Sparinvest.