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MOSCOW, Mar 24 The court of the European Handball Federation (EHF) rejected the Federation's appeal «The decision of the EHF Executive Committee remains in force and the Russian Handball Federation, as well as teams and clubs under its auspices, will remain suspended from competition in all EHF tournaments,» the message on the official website says EHF. Russian national teams and clubs have been denied a request to suspend the ban on participation in EHF tournaments until a final decision is made, which will be announced at a later date. It is noted that the suspension will be valid during the consideration of the case. The Russian clubs Rostov-Don and CSKA were supposed to play in the playoffs of the Champions League, Krasnodar SKIF and Stavropol Viktor in the European Cup, Chekhov Bears were supposed to play the remaining Europa League group stage matches. Russian national teams cannot participate in the qualification of the European Women's Championship — 2022 and the Men's World Championship — 2023. Earlier, at an extraordinary meeting of the EHF executive committee, it was decided to suspend Russian and Belarusian teams and clubs from participating in European tournaments for an indefinite period due to the situation in Ukraine. In the near future, various competitions will be restructured in accordance with sports principles and current rules. In addition, according to the decision of the EHF, referees from Russia and Belarus will not serve matches under the auspices of the organization. Lecturers and members of delegations from Russia and Belarus will not be invited to future meetings and events.