Finals of European Beach Tour return to Thessaloniki

The finals of the European Beach Tour are to return to Greece from 20 to 22 May 2016 following a decision by the EHF Executive Committee at its meeting in Krakow, Poland on the fringes of the EHF EURO.

Host of the event  is the Avant Garde Sports Club, located in the village of Kardia, approximately 20 kilometres southeast of Thessaloniki.

The tournament for both men’s and women’s teams will be played out on two permanent competition courts with all matches to be streamed live.

The venue previously hosted the ehf Finals in 2014 and has also hosted the CEV Beach Volleyball Continental Cup on two occasions.

Participating in the event will be:

Men

Detono Zagreb (defending champion) / CRO
Club Balonmano Playa Algeciras-Cadoil / ESP
Dinamit BHC / HUN
SC-Ekaterinodar / RUS
BHC Sesvete / CRO
V.Gaw - Café Rossio / POR
Paksoft Camelot / NED
BHT AUTO FORUM PETRA PLOCK / POL
BHC 2areg / SRB
Wild card team (organiser)

Women

Multichem Szentendrei NKE aka Agenda Girls (defending champion) / HUN
Club Balonmano Playa Algeciras / ESP
OVB-Beach Girls® / HUN
Westsite / NED
Detono Zagreb / CRO
Reflex AZS AWF Volkswagen Poznan / POL
Beachqueens / SUI
Kempa-online / POR
HC Panagurishte / BUL
Wild card team (organiser)

Previous organisers of the ebt Finals include:

- ebt Finals 2003 (2004) Salerno / ITA
- ebt Finals 2004 (2005) Suances / ESP
- ebt Finals 2005 (2006) Katerini / GRE
- ebt Finals 2006 (2007) Nagyatad / HUN
- ebt Finals 2007 (2008) Valencia / ESP
- ebt Finals 2008 (2009) Meliti – Issos / GRE
- ebt Finals 2009 (2010) Espinho / POR
- ebt Finals 2010 (2011) Fuengirola / ESP
- ebt Finals 2011 (2012) Lagoa / POR
- ebt Finals 2012 (2013) Umag / CRO
- ebt Finals 2013 (2014) Thessaloniki / GRE
- ebt Finals 2014 (2015) Budaörs / HUN