3.
Dimensions of advertising spaces
b) Advertising in sports
halls.
These regulations are binding
guidelines for the appearance of sportswear worn by players and officials of
all teams and by referees and AHF representatives within the sphere of the
Asian Handball Federation and the International Handball Federation.
1.1 Advertising may be placed
on the sportswear worn by players during a game and on the sportswear and track
suits worn by players and team officials in the places where competitions are
held.
1.2 Advertising is permitted on
sportswear and on the sportswear and tracksuits used by AHF referees, officials
and technical delegates in the places where competitions are held.
1.3 The advertising on the
sportswear (see 1.1 and 1.2) may not be associated with a material benefit for
the person wearing it.
1.4 The AHF itself has the
right to advertise or place advertising at Asian Championships and
Qualifications (see also 3.4).
1.5 Moreover, a team (and each
player) may advertise no more than 5 companies or products on its sportswear.
1.6 Preference should be given
to the advertising of a general sponsor of the AHF. The Financial participation of the teams and clubs concerned
is governed by the AHF's Financial Regulations.
1.7 Advertising contracts made
by member federations and participants of World Championships, Asian
Championships and Qualifications for the World Championships, which affect the
priority right of the AHF particularly in the placing of advertising on
sportswear, are invalid.
2.1 The use of company and product
names, trademarks and classes of goods is permitted, provided that they do not
offend common decency. The
advertising may not be of a political, confessional, racist or ideological
nature.
2.2 National regulations (bans
on advertising for tobacco, alcohol, drugs, etc.) must be observed.
2.3 The use of fluorescent
colors is not permitted. This ban
applies not only to advertising, but also in general to the material of the
sportswear and track suits.
2.4 The brands and labels of
origin of sports item manufacturers are not regarded as advertising if they do
not exceed 20c M2 in area.
3. Dimension of advertising
spaces
3.1 The maximum admissible
advertising space (external dimension) on jerseys is 25cm wide and 22cm high
(or up to a maximum of 550CM2).
The height of the individual characters must not exceed 10cm.
3.2 The legibility of the
players' number on the jersey must not be affected by the advertising.
• Players who wear sportswear, which does not conform to the regulations, shall not be permitted to play.
• Advertising space on
shorts, sleeves and headbands must not exceed 80CM2.
3.3 Advertising placed on
sportswear:
The following are
recognized as advertising space: - front and back of the jerseys.
- Outer side of the
sleeves.
- Shorts.
- Headbands.
3.4 Rights to advertising space
at AHF competitions:
- The front of jerseys is reserved exclusively for the advertising of AHF member federations (with no financial participation by the AHF).
-An individual advertiser
may not request the sole right to advertise in a specified field.
-The same applies to the
clothing worn by team officials.
-The upper part of the back
jerseys is reserved for any AHF general sponsors (with financial participation
by the member federations/teams).
However, in individual cases, these spaces may be authorized for
advertising of the member states/teams concerned (with financial participation
by the AHF).
-The financial participation in each case is stipulated in the AHF's Finance regulations.
-The same applies to the clothing worn by team officials.
-The outer side of sleeves
is reserved exclusively for AHF advertising (without financial participation by
the AHF member federations).
- All other areas are
reserved for the advertising of the member federations/clubs (with no financial
participation by the AHF).
- Track suits and sports bags are exclusively reserved for the advertising of the member federations/clubs (without financial participation by the AHF). Thus each team and each player in a member federation or club can place their own advertising.
- The advertising on the
clothes worn by referees and AHF officials is reserved for AHF (with no
financial participation by the member federations/clubs).
-
An individual advertiser may not request the sole right to advertise in a
specific field.
3.5 Rights to advertising space
at IHF championships of all categories;
In case of non-existence of
advertisers by the teams participating in the World Championships for the
spaces as stipulated in the article (3.4) of the "IHF Regulations on
Advertising" the AHF shall have the right to establish contracts for
advertisements on these spaces, in participation with the qualified teams.
4.1 All details relating to the
advertising and the amount or type of sum or of the service made available must
be defined in the contract between the AHF member federations and the
advertising company. Since the
AHF, in transferring its advertising rights to the federations/clubs, is
participating financially (see 3.4 paragraph 3), the contracts shall be
submitted to the AHF upon request in these cases.
4.2 Contracts between AHF member federations/clubs and the advertising company must contain no arrangements, which restrict the AHF's rights to advertising.
4.3 The AHF is not competent to
hear nor may it be responsible for disputes, which result from advertising
contracts between AHF member federations/clubs and advertising companies or
sponsors. It may also not be made
responsible for loss of income resulting from the restrictions specified under
point 2.2.
4.4 Contravention of the
specifications of these regulations during Asian Championships and
Qualifications for the World Championships will normally be dealt with by the
Technical Committee of the Championship and otherwise by the Council of the
AHF. The relevant regulations and
directives of the AHF will apply.
b) Advertising in sports halls
In addition to the
advertising on sportswear (see relevant regulations), the Asian Handball
Federation permits advertising in sports facilities at its competitions (Asian
Championship and Qualifications for World Championships) in the following
areas:
-Still and rotating
advertising boards (145 meters, running continuously around the playing area in
the pivoting range of the cameras; 25 meters, running continuously on the long
side facing away from the cameras).
-Advertising on the center
circle of the playing area (from the center point of the playing area to a
radius of approximately 2.5 meters).
-Advertising on the playing
area (in front of the goal circle and facing the cameras; 4 areas of 3 x 2
meters each).
-Advertising on the goal
net.
-Advertising on the floor
along the edge of the playing area.
-Advertising is always
permitted unless the host broadcaster has regulations to the contrary.