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The Alliance of European Hockey Clubs
The hockey clubs of Europe are coming together to form an organization to strengthen the European clubs' roles in the hockey world
At the begin of March it was revealed that European hockey clubs are creating an interest organisation called "Alliance of European Hockey Clubs." This follows the concept of football clubs (formerly G14 and now European Club Association) and handball's Forum Club Handball.
These organizations look after the interests of the individual clubs for each sport in Europe, thereby speaking for all clubs when negotiating with the parent organization, for example UEFA and EHF (handball) who handle the TV deals for different national tournaments. The project has started to take shape in the hands of Håkan Loob, General Manager of Färjestads BK, and will officially open for business in July of this year.
It will strengthen the European clubs' roles in the hockey world, and there are two main areas that they are looking to shape up; International Games, and Transfer Agreements. In the meeting that was held in Dusseldorf this week, 50 clubs from Europe were present, but the absence of the KHL was noteworthy.
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