“We have a fairly balanced budget. So we don’t just throw that money out of our sleeves,” says Engel. Very different from, for example, football. European adventures actually earn the football clubs a lot of money. “There is no media income, no ticketing income. We, and also the European Hockey Association, have to finance everything ourselves.”
European Cup is not a jackpot for debuting indoor hockey players: ‘It costs about 10,000 euros’
