Forum Club Handball (FCH) is the representation of the European top clubs. The organization has been found on October 4, 2011 as a registered association. The place of business is Cologne. The parent organization Group Club Handball has been dissolved on October 3, 2011.
FCH is representing the interests of the clubs towards the European Handball Federation (EHF), the International Handball Federation (IHF) and the European Union amongst others. Alternating members are the Top 24 teams of the EHF Champions League, the Top 32 teams of the EHF Cup, the Top 16 of the EHF Challenge Cup and all national champions.
Xavier O'Callaghan (Barcelona, Spain) is the president of FCH, his vice-presidents are Dierk Schmäschke (Flensburg, Germany) and Bertus Servaas (Kielce, Poland). The two remaining board members are Peter Leutwyler (Schaffhausen, Switzerland)) and Karl Löfmark (Lund, Sweden). Gerd Butzeck is the general manager.
The most important body of FCH is the general assembly, which usually takes place twice a year. The first assembly takes place during the final weekend of the European- or World championship, the second one during the weekend of the EHF Champions League Final 4. The plenum decides the political guidelines of FCH. Clubs participating in the EHF Champions League have three votes, teams participating in the EHF-Cup have two votes, all other clubs have one vote. Elections are held every two years.
During the general assembly the business is determined by the five board members. They are elected according to the ranking of the European handball clubs. Every club has a representative. One board member each is then elected for the nation placed first, for the nation placed second, the nations placed 3rd to 6th, the nations placed 7th to 12th and the nations placed 13th to 50th.
The general assembly also elects the club representatives for the various boards of the EHF (Professional Handball Board (PHB)) and EHFM (Club Marketing Board (CMB)).