Bye-bye Chambéry and Bercy.
Welcome to Créteil.
Faced with the increase in the number of contaminations, which prompted new measures from the government at the start of the week, in particular concerning the gauges (2000 maximum authorized indoors), the FFHB was forced to adapt appropriately. the two preparation matches before the Euro (January 13 to 30) for the France team.
“The Olympic champions will not return to the Phare de Chambéry (capacity of 4,200 places), within the framework of the 2nd stage of the Golden League, specifies the press release of the federation. The French men's team's match against Egypt, scheduled in Savoie on Friday January 7 at 9:05 p.m., is relocated to Créteil (Palais des Sports Robert Oubron). The two matches (Denmark - Egypt and France - Norway) which were to be held at the Accor Arena in Paris (20,000), on Sunday January 9, are canceled. A second France - Egypt match will be held in Créteil (Palais des Sports Robert Oubron) on the same day at 4:45 p.m. The two other teams participating in the Golden League, Norway and Denmark, will not make the trip to French territory. Given the health situation,the general public ticket office will be limited to 500 places for each of the matches organized in Créteil. "
Due to the evolution of the health situation in France and government announcements ⬇️ https://t.co/jvzVL3LYo5
- French Handball Teams (@FRAHandball) December 29, 2021
The French team, in training at the Maison du Handball in Créteil since last Sunday, will stay there again next week and will therefore not go to Chambéry as initially planned.
The preparation of the Blues has been particularly upset in recent days, many players having been affected by the virus.
Having started at 13, they are now 18 to train under the direction of Guillaume Gille, while waiting for new arrivals.
Regarding the reimbursement of tickets, the measures are as follows:
- General
public via the FFHandball ticketing site.
For people who have bought their seats via the FFHandball site, the seats will be reimbursed by an automatic credit to the bank card used during the purchase.
Buyers do not have to take any special steps.
- General public via other distribution networks.
Buyers should look to their point of purchase for purchase.
- Clubs / Groups via the FFHandball ticketing service.
For group purchases, the FFHandball will come back directly to the buyers to tell them the procedure to follow for the refund.