Clean sport in 2016

Following receipt of results of the latest round of testing during the Women’s EHF EURO 2016 in Sweden, the EHF Anti-doping Unit has confirmed that there were no positive test recorded during the event.

A total of 64 tests were carried out during the championship by the Swedish National Anti-doping Organisation under the supervision of the EHF Anti-doping Unit.

All teams were tested at least once, with the four teams reaching the semi-finals tested a total of three times during the course of the event.

It was confirmed that one test on a player from the Norwegian team during the semi-finals was declared null and void due to an error during the doping control process.

The incident was subsequently investigated by the EHF Anti-doping Unit and measures are to be put in place to ensure that a similar mistake cannot happen again at events in the future.

The EHF places great importance on maintaining handball as a clean sport and sees doping as fundamentally contrary to the spirit of sport. There is an extensive testing and education programme in place and handball has an excellent record as a clean sport.

For an overview of the EHF Anti-doping Unit’s work during 2016, visit the latest edition of the EHF Business Report.