Media Information VELUX EHF FINAL4 Draw Season 2016/17

The Steigenberger Hotel, Cologne Tuesday, 2 May 2017, 12:00 VELUX EHF FINAL4 2017 3 / 4 June 2017 LANXESS arena Cologne

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VELUX EHF FINAL4 information update 6

VELUX EHF FINAL4 draw information 6

VELUX EHF FINAL4 media events 8

EHF/M Media contacts 8

Participating teams’ media contacts 9

Media accreditation for the VELUX EHF FINAL4 9

Facts & Figures after quarter-finals 10

Map of participating clubs 12

Road to the VELUX EHF FINAL4 - diagram 13

FC Barcelona Lassa 14

Paris Saint-Germain 16

Telekom Veszprém 18

HC Vardar 20

Potential head-to-head stats 22

All-star team vote 25

Current top scorers 26

Past winners 27

4 VELUX EHF FINAL4 2017 3. / 4. Juni 2017 LANXESS arena Köln

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Title Sponsor Premium Sponsor Partners Event Partners VELUX EHF FINAL4 Draw The Steigenberger Hotel, Cologne, 2 May 2017

Draw Programme entertainment from local band ‘Bläck Fööss’, fans will also get the 12:00 VELUX EHF FINAL4 Finals Draw Event Live TV signal chance to meet their heroes, the players of the VELUX EHF FINAL4. 12:30 VELUX EHF FINAL4 Draw – Semi-finals Live TV signal Also, the cover band Groovin Affairs will perform at the 12:40 Media Interviews Live TV signal opening party. Anett Sattler, Edit Szalay and Markus Floth will present the show, which will culminate in a huge fireworks display. Draw Particpants EHF/EHF Marketing GmbH Tickets are available at ehfFINAL4.com or via +49 (0)221 280 288 for Michael Wiederer, EHF President €7.00 inclusive a free drink (€5.00 for kids). David Szlezak, Managing Director, EHF Marketing GmbH Henriette Reker, Lord Mayor of the City of Cologne New fan engagement in Opening Shows For the first time fans will find a photobox in the arena where they Draw Procedure can take their own VELUX EHF FINAL4 pictures as an unforgettable The four teams qualified from the quarter-finals will be in the pot for memory. Taking a photo also serves as a chance to be part of the the draw. There will be one single pot and no protection of any kind Opening Show right before the start of the second semi-final on for the teams. Saturday. The best and most creative pictures will be shown on court. The teams will be drawn as follows: Team 1 => Team 3 => Team 2 => Team 4 English pop star Melanie C to perform at VELUX EHF FINAL4 The final tournament of Europe’s premium club handball competition, Semi-finals will be played: Team 1 versus Team 2 / Team 3 versus the VELUX EHF FINAL4 2017, will welcome yet another great pop star Team 4 after EHF Marketing has revealed that Melanie C will take the Please note: The order of the semi-final matches will only be finalised stage at the event on the first weekend of June. The English pop after consulting TV partners in the days after the draw. The final star and former member of legendary girl group Spice Girls, who is playing schedule will be announced by the EHF on its website. promoting her new album ‘Version of Me’, has decided to return to the LANXESS arena on 4 June, only one month after her tour will stop About the VELUX EHF FINAL4 off in Cologne. Melanie C will sing two songs – one before the VELUX The VELUX EHF FINAL4 is the culmination of the European club EHF Champions League final match and the other just before the handball season: a two-day mega sport and entertainment event awarding ceremony of the new champions. that has become a must-see for every handball fan around the world. Each year tens of thousands of spectators descend on the LANXESS Official merchandise collection launches arena in Cologne, Germany, to watch the stars of the sport and the The new official VELUX EHF FINAL4 2017 merchandise collection will four best men’s teams in Europe compete to decide the ultimate be launched at the VELUX EHF FINAL4 draw event on Tuesday, 2 May. winners of the VELUX EHF Champions League. Introduced in the The collection has been developed together with Salming, the official 2009/10 season, the VELUX EHF FINAL4 has quickly established itself Sports Outfitter of the VELUX EHF Champions League. Fans will be as the European Handball Federation’s flagship club event, and one able to purchase the new offering online on salminghandball.com and of the leading events on the international sports market, attracting on site at the LANXESS arena in Cologne on 2, 3 and 4 June 2017. major international partners and sponsors and large worldwide TV The clothing range consits of a women’s tee, a women’s hood, two audiences. New standards in organisation and entertainment have different tees for men, a men’s hood, a towel, lanyards and caps. The been set by the team behind the event, led by EHF Marketing GmbH, prices vary from €5.00 for lanyards, €20.00 for caps and tees, €25.00 the European Handball Federation’s marketing company. More than for towels and €50.00 for hoodies. All products are produced by just ‘four games over two days’, the VELUX EHF FINAL4 is sports and Salming and designed with a lot of attitude and confidence. They all entertainment spectacular. have exclusive details such as the woven competition badge and logo prints. Playing Times confirmed The official playing times for the 2017 edition of the VELUX EHF Fresh look for EHF FINAL4 website FINAL4 have been confirmed. The matches will be played as in The relaunch of the official website ehfFINAL4.com will take place previous years at 15:15 and 18:00 hrs on both Saturday and Sunday. at the VELUX EHF FINAL4 draw event in Cologne on 2 May. With a new The playing order of the semi-final matches will be confirmed only interface and mobile-ready, responsive design, the redesigned after the draw event. website is the first element of a roll-out that will see a transformation of the EHF’s online presence. The next stage in this strategy is the 2,400 tickets available for four clubs roll-out of the ‘Home of Handball’ concept, a digital platform, where Fans of the four teams qualified for the VELUX EHF FINAL4 have visitors will be able to find all of the information of the world of EHF. In total 2,400 tickets. These tickets will only be available to purchase directly from the club itself. Ticket sale to start for the VELUX EHF FINAL4 in 2018 The sale of tickets to the VELUX EHF FINAL4 in 2018 will start during Tickets still available for Opening Party the final weekend, at the ticket shop in the LANXESS arena. Online Thousands of fans will gather around the arena for the Opening ticket sales will then begin in the week after the final tournament in Party on Friday night on 2 June. With up to 7,000 people and Cologne on 3 and 4 June.

6 OFFICIAL MERCHANDISE Friday Media Events

Morning/Afternoon Team training: first 15 mins open Various venues in Cologne to the media for filming/photos 12:15 Media call: each team with 5 Hotel RadissonBLU, players and coach/manager for Messe Kreisel 3 30 mins for interviews 15:00 European Handball goes Tech KölnSKY, Ottoplatz 18:00 Opening Party: all participating LANXESS arena teams & handball legends attending, trophy photo opportunities Saturday 15:15 Semi-final 1 LANXESS arena 15 minutes after match Post-match press conference: LANXESS arena Media Centre head coach and one player 18:00 Semi-final 2 LANXESS arena 15 minutes after match Post-match press conference: LANXESS arena Media Centre head coach and one player 20:00 Media Get Together Brewery, Cologne ‘Altstadt’

Sunday 14:00 EHF press conference LANXESS arena Media Centre 15:15 3/4 Placement Match LANXESS arena 15 minutes after match Post-match press conference: LANXESS arena Media Centre head coach and one player 18:00 Final LANXESS arena 15 minutes after winners’ ceremony Post-match press conference: LANXESS arena Media Centre head coach and one player

Media Contacts All media and accreditation Vladislav Brindzak questions EHF Media and Communications – club competitions Tel: +43 1 80151 161 Email: [email protected]

Media Management JJ Rowland Head of EHF Media and Communications Tel. +43 1 80151 167 Mob: +43 664 887 365 594 E-Mail: [email protected]

TV/radio Management Miguel Mateo Marcellan EHF Marketing GmbH Tel: +43 1 80151 224 E-Mail: [email protected]

Local Organisation Thomas Krämer Stadionwelt e-mail: [email protected] Tel.: +49 2232 577222 Mobile: +49 151 401 45 202

8 Clubs Media Contacts FC Barcelona Lassa (ESP) Gustau Galvache +34 618 522 789 [email protected]

HC Vardar (MKD) Biljana Crvenkoska +389 712 47 214 [email protected]

Paris Saint-Germain Handball Louise Cosnard (FRA) +33 675 591 939 [email protected]

Telekom Veszprém (HUN) Zsolt Sevinger +36 305024547 [email protected]

Media Accreditation for the VELUX EHF FINAL4 2017

With 15 weeks to go before the start of VELUX EHF FINAL4, the final round of the VELUX EHF Champions League, the media accreditation started.

The event will take place for the eighth time in the LANXESS arena, Cologne on 3/4 June 2017 and will see the continent’s top four teams battling it out over two days to lift the coveted VELUX EHF Champions League trophy.

Journalists, photographers, TV and radio representatives can now submit their request for accreditation via an online form at ehfFINAL4.com, the event’s official website. Requests can only be made online.

Requests for media accreditation should be made by Friday 5 May 2017, almost one week after the completion of quarter-final matches. Media accreditation is only open to professional media representatives working at the event. Freelance media representatives may be asked to provide additional evidence of their work. There are limited places and it may not be possible to accept all requests for accreditations.

By applying for a media accreditation, media representatives also agree to the Media Terms and Conditions (EHF Events). Please read them carefully before making your application

Click here to enter the media accreditation page

9 Facts & figures

10,868 goals so far, 1 FINAL4 debutant and 6 World Handball Players of the Year in Cologne

Here are the most important Facts and Figures ahead of the VELUX 4 straight times have Veszprem made it to Cologne since 2014. EHF FINAL4 2017 draw in Cologne. The draw for this pinnacle event will be staged in Cologne on Tuesday, 12:00 hrs local time, live 5 straight times, with four different clubs, Icelandic record streamed on ehfTV.com, the ehfTV YouTube channel and the ehfCL international Gudjon Valur Sigurdsson was part of the VELUX EHF Facebook page. FINAL4. After missing the trophy with Löwen (2011), Kobenhavn (2012) and Kiel (2013 and 2014), he finally took the title in 2015 with 0 players have been part of all eight editions of the VELUX EHF FINAL4 FC Barcelona. This season, he only made it to the Last 16 with Löwen. from 2010 to 2017. 6 former or current IHF World Handball Players of the Year will be on 0 clubs have defended their trophy at the VELUX EHF FINAL4 since court in Cologne: Nikola Karabatic (PSG, 2007, 2014, 2016), Thierry the format was introduced in the 2009/10 season, and this trend will Omeyer (PSG, 2009), (PSG, 2012), continue, as defending champions Vive Tauron Kielce were eliminated (PSG, 2011), Filip Jicha (Barcelona, 2010), (Vardar, by Montpellier in the Last 16. 2005).

0 German clubs are participating the VELUX EHF FINAL4 2017, this is a 9 players scored ten or more goals in a single VELUX EHF FINAL4 first for the format. match since 2010.

1 club is a VELUX EHF FINAL4 debutant: Vardar . 10 was the biggest winning margin in the 2016/17 quarter-finals: Vardar defeated Flensburg 61:51. 1 player who won the trophy last year can do so again this year: Vardar’s Croatian wing Ivan Cupic, won the 2016 title with Vive 13 different clubs have been part of the VELUX EHF FINAL4 since Tauron Kielce. its introduction in 2010: Barcelona, Kiel (6 times each) Veszprem (4 times), Ciudad Real/Madrid, Kielce (3 times each), Hamburg and PSG 1 pair of brothers are fighting together for the trophy in Cololgne: (2 times each), Vardar, Füchse Berlin, Löwen, Flensburg, Kobenhavn, Nikola and Luka Karabatic (both playing for PSG). Chekhovskie (1 time each).

1 former EHF Champions League winner made it to Cologne this 14 times have Barcelona participated in an EHF Champions League season: FC Barcelona Lassa, who have won the competition eight Semi-final, this is more times than Veszprem (6) and PSG (2), Vardar times. All other FINAL4 participants this year have never won the (1). competition before. 19 matches this season since the start of the group phase ended in 1 man has won the EHF Champions League as a player (in 1994 with a draw, including the 30:30 draw between PSG and Szeged in the Santander) and as a coach (in 2006, 2008 and 2009 with Ciudad Real): quarter-finals. . Vardar assistant coach David Davis may follow in his footsteps, as he was Champions League winner as a player of 41 was the lowest number of goals scored in a quarter-final leg this Ciudad Real in 2009. season, when Barcelona beat Kiel 23:18. The lowest overall score of the season were 35 goals: in the group match featuring Metalurg and 1 team turned a defeat in the quarter-final first leg around in the Elverum (18:17). second leg: FC Barcelona did so against Kiel. 54 goals per game were scored on average of the 2016/17 quarter- 2 winners of group A (Barcelona) and B (Vardar), who had skipped the finals. Last16, have made it to Cologne. 67 times since the start of the group phase were the away team was 2 of the four VELUX EHF FINAL4 2017 participants were part of the victorious, including three times in the quarter-finals. event in 2016: PSG and Veszprem. 79 is PSG’s impressive goal difference after 18 matches. 2 teams won both legs of the 2016/17 quarter-finals: Vardar and Veszprem. 106 goals were scored by Uwe Gensheimer (PSG) so far this season: he is the current top scorer for the competition. 3 of the teams in the FINAL4 2017 have Spanish born head coaches: Barcelona (Xavi Pascual), Vardar (Raul Gonzalez)and Veszprem (Javier 111 times since the start of the group phase were the home team Sabate) victorious, four times in the quarter-finals.

3 times, including the current season, have the defending champions been eliminated in the Last16: Hamburg (2014), Flensburg (2015) and Kielce (2017).

10 Facts & figures

245 goals in total were scored at the 2016 edition of the VELUX EHF Top scorers: FINAL4: this was the highest scoring FINAL4 ever. It is closely followed by 2014 (244 goals), and 2013’s (243) FINAL4. The lowest overall score 106 goals: Uwe Gensheimer (PSG) in a FINAL4 event was 191 goals in 2012. 88 goals: Zsolt Balogh (Szeged) 88 goals: Mikkel Hansen (PSG) 428 goals were scored in the eight quarter-final matches. 88 goals: Momir Ilic (Veszprem) 84 goals: Gabor Czaszar (Schaffhausen) 10,205 fans attended the Kiel vs Barcelona match: this was the highest attendance at a quarter-final match. Top scorers still in the competition: 10,868 goals were scored since the start of the group phase in the 2016/17 VELUX EHF Champions League season. 106 goals: Uwe Gensheimer (PSG) 88 goals: Mikkel Hansen (PSG) 12,250 spectators in the vs Veszprem match was the highest 88 goals: Momir Ilic (Veszprem) attendance in the 2016/17 VELUX EHF Champions League season so 76 goals: Kiril Lazrov (Barcelona) far. 75 goals: (PSG)

17,288 fans attended both leg s of the Barcelona vs Kiel quarter-finals. Highest attendance:

20,000 will attend the four matches of the VELUX EHF FINAL4 in the 12,250: Zagreb vs Veszprem (L16) sold-out LANXESS Arena in Cologne. 11.500: Zagreb vs Celje (GP) 10,712: Löwen vs. Kiel (L16) Top rankings of the season: 10.285: Kiel vs Flensburg (GP) 10.285: Kiel vs Veszprem (GP) Highest scoring matches: 10.285: Kiel vs Bjerringbro (GP) 10.285: Kiel vs PSG (GP) 74 goals: Vardar vs Kielce (40:34, group phase) 10,205: Kiel vs Barcelona (QF) 72 goals: Celje vs Brest (36:36, group phase) 10.204: Bjerringbro vs PSG (GP) 71 goals: La Rioja Chekvovski Medvedi (34:37, group phase) 70 goals: Zaporozhye vs Montpellier (34:36, group phase) 69 goals: Bjerringbro vs Schaffhausen (37:32, group phase)

Lowest scoring matches:

35 goals: Metalurg vs Elverum (18:17, group phase) 40 goals: Veszprem vs Kiel (21:19, group phase) 41 goals: Barcelona vs Kiel (23:18, quarter-final) 42 goals: Flensburg vs Plock (22:20, group phase) 42 goals: Brest vs Zagreb (21:21, group phase)

Biggest goal difference in matches:

18 goals: Paris vs Kiel (42:24, group phase) 15 goals: Barcelona vs Bjerringbro (34:19, group phase) 14 goals: Nantes vs Besiktas (33:19, group phase) 13 goals: Barcelona vs Schaffhausen (38:25, group phase) 13 goals: UMinho vs Zaporozhye (22:35, group phase)

11 UKR HUN RUS Telekom POL SVK Dinamo BLR Besiktas Besiktas Veszprém, HUN Veszprém, MOL-PickSzeged MOL-PickSzeged HC MotorZaporozhye Bucuresti, ROU Bucuresti, Tatran Presov Tatran MOGAZ HT, TUR MOGAZ HT, MKD KS Vive Tauron Kielce Tauron Vive KS Chekhovskie Medvedi Chekhovskie Plock, POL Plock, Orlen Wisla HC Meshkov Brest HC Meshkov HC Vardar Tel Aviv, ISR Aviv, Tel GER Maccabi CASTRO Maccabi THW Kiel THW FIN Cocks MKD HC Metalurg HC Metalurg SWE HC PPD IFK Kristianstad Zagreb, CRO Zagreb, ZAGREB RUKOMETNI KLUB PRVO PLINARSKO DRUŠTVO Gorenje Velenje, SLO Velenje, Lasko, SLO Lasko, SG Flensburg- Handewitt GER Handewitt RK Celje Pivovarna RK Celje NOR Elverum HH Elverum Bregenz Handball, AUT Bjerringbro- Silkeborg, DEN Silkeborg, TTH Kadetten VELUX EHF FINAL4 Host City Cologne, GER Holstebro, DEN Holstebro, Schaffhausen SUI Schaffhausen Achilles Lassa ESP Lassa FC Barcelona FC GER Bocholt, BEL Bocholt, Red Boys Red Differdange, LUX Differdange, Handball, FRA Naturhouse La Rioja ESP FRA POR Rhein-Neckar Löwen Rhein-Neckar Paris Saint-Germain Paris Montpellier HBC Nantes Handball, FRA ABC/UMinho VELUX EHF FINAL4 2017 teams FINAL4 EHF VELUX 2017 eliminated in Teams quarter-finals eliminated in LastTeams 16 eliminated in group phase Teams eliminated in Teams qualification 12 VELUX EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE CHAMPIONS EHF VELUX Season 2016/17 13 FC Barcelona Lassa ROAD TO THE SEMI-FINALS

Quarter-finals @ THW Kiel L28:26 (16:15) vs THW Kiel W23:18 (13:9)

Last 16 - bye

Group Phase @ Orlen Wisla Plock W23:28 (12:11) Club Address vs THW Kiel W26:25 (10:13) FC Barcelona Lassa @ SG Flensburg-Handewitt W27:28 (11:13) Avda. Aristides Maillol, s/n vs Kadetten Schaffhausen W38:25 (21:12) 08028 Barcelona vs Telekom Veszprém W26:23 (16:11) Spain @ Paris Saint-Germain Handball L33:26 (15:12) @ Bjerringbro-Silkeborg W23:27 (13:11) Media contact vs Bjerringbro-Silkeborg W34:19 (18:10) Gustau Galvache vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball W35:32 (14:14) +34 618522789 @ Telekom Veszprém W22:25 (14:13) [email protected] @ Kadetten Schaffhausen W24:31 (10:18) vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt W26:23 (14:12) www.fcbarcelona.cat @ THW Kiel T27:27 (13:15) FCBHandbol vs Orlen Wisla Plock W36:28 (17:15) @FCBHandbol FINAL STANDINGS GROUP A 1. FC Barcelona Lassa 14 12 1 1 413:354 (59) 25 2. PSG Handball 14 12 0 2 451:383 (68) 24 3. Telekom Veszprém 14 8 2 4 381:365 (16) 18 4. SG Flensburg-H. 14 7 1 6 382:366 (16) 15 5. THW Kiel 14 5 2 7 353:376 (-23) 12 6. Bjerringbro-Silk. 14 4 0 10 364:396 (-32) 8 7. Orlen Wisla Plock 14 3 2 9 367:401 (-34) 8 8. Kadetten Schaffhausen 14 1 0 13 370:440 (-70) 2

Kit colours TOP SCORERS Past achievements Light VELUX EHF Champions League Player shirt: light green 76 Participations (including 2016/17 Player short: light green Valero Rivera 67 sea6son): 20 GK shirt: blue or yellow Victor Tomas 54 Winner (8): 1995/96, 1996/97, 1997/98, Wael Jallouz 53 1998/99, 1999/00, 2004/05, 2010/11, Dark 34 2014/15 Player shirt: blue and red Final (3): 2000/01, 2009/10, 2012/13 Player short: blue Semi-final (2): 2007/08, 2013/14 GK shirt: green or black Quarter-final (4): 2005/06, 2006/07, 2011/12, 2015/16 Last 16 (1): 2003/04 Main Round (1): 2008/09

Other EHF Cup: Winners 2002/03, Runners-up 2001/02 Cup Winners‘ Cup: Winners 1993/94, 1994/95 Spanish league: 24 titles (1969, 1973, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1988-92, 1996-2000, 2003, 2006, 2011-17) Spanish Cup winner: 20 titles Asobal Cup winner: 12 titles

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Quarter-finals @ MOL-Pick Szeged W27:30 (14:16) vs MOL-Pick Szeged T30:30 (16:17)

Last 16 @ HBC Nantes T26:26 (15:14) vs HBC Nantes W35:27 (15:13)

Group Phase @ THW Kiel L28:27 (15:15) Club Address vs Orlen Wisla Plock W33:30 (15:15) Paris Saint-Germain Handball @Kadetten Schaffhausen W25:35 (8:19) 82 avenue Georges Lafont vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt W27:22 (13:11) 75016 Paris @ Bjerringbro-Silkeborg W30:36 (16:19) France vs FC Barcelona Lassa W33:26 (15:12) @ Telekom Veszprém W28:29 (14:15) Media contact vs Telekom Veszprém W28:24 (14:12) Louise Cosnard @ FC Barcelona Lassa L35:32 (14:14) +33 675 591 939 vs Bjerringbro-Silkeborg W32:27 (18:13) [email protected] @ SG Flensburg-Handewitt W33:34 (18:15) vs Kadetten Schaffhausen W34:26 (17:16) @ Orlen Wisla Plock W25:29 (11:14) www.psghand.fr vs THW Kiel W42:24 (22:10)

PSGHAND FINAL STANDINGS GROUP A 1. FC Barcelona Lassa 14 12 1 1 413:354 (59) 25 @PSG_HANDBALL 2. PSG Handball 14 12 0 2 451:383 (68) 24 3. Telekom Veszprém 14 8 2 4 381:365 (16) 18 4. SG Flensburg-H. 14 7 1 6 382:366 (16) 15 5. THW Kiel 14 5 2 7 353:376 (-23) 12 6. Bjerringbro-Silk. 14 4 0 10 364:396 (-32) 8 7. Orlen Wisla Plock 14 3 2 9 367:401 (-34) 8 8. Kadetten Schaffhausen 14 1 0 13 370:440 (-70) 2

Kit colours TOP SCORERS Past achievements Light Player shirt: white Uwe Gensheimer 106 VELUX EHF Champions League Player short: white Mikkel Hansen 88 Participations (including 2016/17 season): GK shirt: green Nedim Remili 75 5 Nikola Karabatic 73 Semi-final (1): 2015/16 (3rd) 49 Dark Quarter-final (2): 2013/14, 2014/15 Player shirt: blue Last 16 (1): 2005/06 Player short: blue GK shirt: green Other EHF Cup: Quarter-finals 2006/07, Last 16 2003/04

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Quarter-finals vs Montpellier HB W26:23 (13:10) @ Montpellier HB W25:30 (15:11)

Last 16 @ HC PPD Zagreb W22:23 (10:12) vs HC PPD Zagreb W29:19 (15:9)

Group Phase Club Address @ SG Flensburg-Handewitt T24:24 (10:13) Veszprem HC 5 Külső Kádártai út vs Kadetten Schaffhausen W32:28 (16:15) 8200 Veszprém @ Orlen Wisla Plock T28:28 (13:14) vs THW Kiel W21:19 (13:10) @ FC Barcelona Lassa L26:23 (16:11) Media contact vs Bjerringbro-Silkeborg W30:29 (17:13) Zsolt Sevinger vs PSG Handball L28:29 (14:15) +36 305024547 @ PSG Handball L28:24 (14:12) [email protected] @ Bjerringbro-Silkeborg W24:29 (9:15) vs FC Barcelona Lassa L22:25 (14:13) @ THW Kiel W25:27 (15:15) handballveszprem.hu vs Orlen Wisla Plock W31:25 (18:14) veszpremhandballteam @ Kadetten Schaffhausen W27:28 (15:16) @mkbveszpremkc vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt W34:28 (17:18) FINAL STANDINGS GROUP A 1. FC Barcelona Lassa 14 12 1 1 413:354 (59) 25 2. PSG Handball 14 12 0 2 451:383 (68) 24 3. Telekom Veszprém 14 8 2 4 381:365 (16) 18 4. SG Flensburg-H. 14 7 1 6 382:366 (16) 15 5. THW Kiel 14 5 2 7 353:376 (-23) 12 6. Bjerringbro-Silk. 14 4 0 10 364:396 (-32) 8 7. Orlen Wisla Plock 14 3 2 9 367:401 (-34) 8 8. Kadetten Schaffhausen 14 1 0 13 370:440 (-70) 2

Kit colours TOP SCORERS Past achievements Light Player shirt: white Momir Ilic 88 VELUX EHF Champions League Player short: white Laszlo Nagy 61 Participations (including 2015/16 season): GK shirt: green Dragan Gajic 52 22 Dark Andreas Nilsson 43 Final (3): 2001/02, 2014/15, 2015/16 Player shirt: red Aron Palmarsson 43 Semi-final (3): 2002/03, 2005/06, 2013/14 Player short: red Quarter-final (9): 1997/98, 1998/99, GK shirt: black 1999/00, 2003/04, 2004/05, 2006/07, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2012/13 Last 16 (3): 1993/94, 2010/11, 2011/12 Group Phase (3): 1994/95, 1995/96, 2007/08 Other Cup Winners‘ Cup: Winners 2007/08, Runners-up 1996/97 SEHA-league: 2 titles (2015, 2016) Hungarian league: 24 titles (1985, 1986, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) Hungarian Cup winner: 26 times

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ROAD TO THE SEMI-FINALS

Quarter-finals @ SG Flensburg-Handewitt W24:26 (9:15) vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt W35:27 (15:10)

Last 16 - bye

Group Phase Club Address @ IFK Kristianstad W23:28 (12:15) HC Vardar vs HC Meshkov Brest W31:27 (13:13) Marko Savovski @ RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko W26:32 (15:15) BUL 8 mi Septemvri 20 FYR Macedonia vs MOL-Pick Szeged W30:27 (16:15) @ HC PPD Zagreb L28:27 (12:17) Media contact vs KS Vive Tauron Kielce W40:34 (18:18) Biljana Crvenkoska @ Rhein-Neckar Löwen W27:33 (16:17) +38971247214 vs Rhein-Neckar Löwen L26:29 (15:15) [email protected] @ KS Vive Tauron Kielce L27:24 (15:12) vs HC PPD Zagreb W25:20 (14:8) @ MOL-Pick Szeged W21:23 (11:12) vs RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko W35:30 (20:15) www.rkvardar.com.mk @ HC Meshkov Brest L30:26 (15:13) rkvardar vs IFK Kristianstad W32:29 (17:13) @HCVardar FINAL STANDINGS GROUP B 1. HC Vardar 14 10 0 4 412:378 (34) 20 2. Vive Tauron Kielce 14 9 0 5 415:390 (25) 18 3. MOL-Pick Szeged 14 8 1 5 376:350 (26) 17 4. Rhein-Neckar Löwen 14 8 1 5 392:396 (-4) 17 5. HC Meshkov Brest 14 5 4 5 383:385 (-2) 14 6. HC PPD Zagreb 14 4 1 9 332:356 (-24) 9 7. Celje Piv. Lasko 14 3 3 8 399:424 (-25) 9 8. IFK Kristianstad 14 3 2 9 381:411 (-30) 8

Kit colours TOP SCORERS Past achievements Light VELUX EHF Champions League Player shirt: white Alex Dujshebaev 74 Participations (including 2016/17 season): Player short: white Timur Dibirov 65 11 GK shirt: red Luka Cindric 54 Quarter-final (3): 2013/14, 2014/15, Igor Karacic 51 2015/16 Vuko Borozan 41 Dark Last 32 (1): 1999/2000 Player shirt: black/red Group Phase (6): 2001/02, 2002/03, Player short: black 2003/04, 2004/05, 2007/08, 2009/10 GK shirt: green, black Other Cup Winners’ Cup: Semi-finals 1998/99, 2004/05, 2010/11, Quarter-finals 2006/07

SEHA league: 2 titles (2012, 2017)

Macedonian league: 10 titles (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2016) Macedonian cup: 11 titles

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140917_UNQ_Handball_A4.indd 1 9/18/14 14:29 PM Potential head-to-heads in the EC

FC Barcelona Lassa vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball 3-0-1 (132:122) 6:2

20.10.2013 PSG Handball vs FC Barcelona, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group C 29:33 (17:17) 15.02.2014 FC Barcelona vs PSG Handball, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group C 38:28 (19:9) 12.11.2016 Paris Saint-Germain Handball vs FC Barcelona Lassa, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 33:26 (15:12) 03.12.2016 FC Barcelona Lassa vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 35:32 (14:14)

FC Barcelona Lassa vs Telekom Veszprém 13-1-4 (513:467) 27:9

13.04.1986 VAEV Epitök SC vs FC Barcelona, Cup Winners’ Cup – Semi-final 27:25 (13:12) 19.04.1986 FC Barcelona vs VAEV Epitök SC, Cup Winners’ Cup – Semi-final 29:19 (13:10) 21.02.1998 Fotex KC Veszprém vs FC Barcelona, EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 33:28 (19:13) 01.03.1998 FC Barcelona vs Fotex KC Veszprém, EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 32:27 (13:15) 31.01.1999 Fotex KC Veszprém vs FC Barcelona, EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 29:29 (14:15) 07.02.1999 FC Barcelona vs Fotex KC Veszprém, EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 29:24 (16:11) 14.11.1999 Fotex KC Veszprém vs FC Barcelona, EHF Champions League – Group D 23:31 (13:16) 04.12.1999 FC Barcelona vs Fotex KC Veszprém, EHF Champions League – Group D 25:21 (13:13) 13.12.2003 FC Barcelona vs Fotex KC Veszprém, EHF Champions League – Last 16 33:29 (18:15) 20.12.2003 Fotex KC Veszprém vs FC Barcelona, EHF Champions League – Last 16 31:26 (16:14) 25.04.2010 FC Barcelona Borges vs MKB Veszprém KC, EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 33:27 (17:15) 01.05.2010 MKB Veszprém KC vs FC Barcelona Borges, EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 33:34 (19:15) 27.03.2011 FC Barcelona Borges vs MKB Veszprém KC, VELUX EHF Champions League – Last 16 28:21 (14:13) 02.04.2011 MKB Veszprém KC vs FC Barcelona Borges, VELUX EHF Champions League – Last 16 30:26 (15:8) 01.06.2014 FC Barcelona vs MKB-MVM Veszprém, VELUX EHF Champions League FINAL4 – Place 3/4 26:25 (9:10) 31.05.2015 FC Barcelona vs MKB-MVM Veszprém, VELUX EHF Champions League FINAL4 – Final 28:23 (14:10) 22.10.2016 FC Barcelona Lassa vs Telekom Veszprém, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 26:23 (16:11) 11.02.2017 Telekom Veszprém vs FC Barcelona Lassa, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 22:25 (14:13)

FC Barcelona Lassa vs HC Vardar 9-1-0 (320:243) 19:1

18.10.2003 FC Barcelona vs Vardar Vatrost. Skopje, EHF Champions League – Group B 41:19 (19:8) 16.11.2003 Vardar Vatrost. Skopje vs FC Barcelona, EHF Champions League – Group B 27:35 (16:14) 09.10.2004 FC Barcelona vs Vardar Vatrost. Skopje, EHF Champions League – Group A 31:22 (16:12) 06.11.2004 Vardar Vatrost. Skopje vs FC Barcelona, EHF Champions League – Group A 12:26 (8:15) 11.11.2009 HC Vardar PRO – Skopje vs FC Barcelona Borges, EHF Champions League – Group D 28:35 (17:16) 21.11.2009 FC Barcelona Borges vs HC Vardar PRO – Skopje, EHF Champions League – Group D 35:28 (15:13) 21.09.2013 HC Vardar – Skopje vs FC Barcelona, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group C 29:29 (15:19) 30.11.2013 FC Barcelona vs HC Vardar – Skopje, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group C 30:23 (14:11) 14.11.2015 FC Barcelona Lassa vs HC Vardar, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 31:30 (16:13) 22.11.2015 HC Vardar vs FC Barcelona Lassa, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 25:27 (15:12)

22 Potential head-to-heads in the EC

Paris Saint-Germain Handball vs Telekom Veszprém 3-1-4 (210:224) 7:9

19.04.2014 PSG Handball vs MKB-MVM Veszprém, VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 26:28 (14:12) 26.04.2014 MKB-MVM Veszprém vs PSG Handball, VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 31:26 (12:12) 12.04.2015 Paris Saint-Germain Handball vs MKB-MVM Veszprém, VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 24:24 (10:12) 19.04.2015 MKB-MVM Veszprém vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball, VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 34:28 (16:12) 25.10.2015 Paris Saint-Germain Handball vs MVM Vészprem, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 29:27 (16:12) 28.11.2015 MVM Veszprém vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 28:20 (16:14) 20.11.2016 Telekom Veszprém vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 28:29 (14:15) 27.11.2016 Paris Saint-Germain Handball vs Telekom Veszprém, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 28:24 (14:12)

Paris Saint-Germain Handball vs HC Vardar 1-1-0 (59:49) 3:1

13.10.2013 HC Vardar – Skopje vs PSG Handball, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group C 24:24 (9:12) 22.02.2014 PSG Handball vs HC Vardar – Skopje, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group C 35:25 (15:12)

Telekom Veszprém vs HC Vardar 5-1-0 (169:149) 11:1

10.11.2001 Vardar Vatrost. Skopje vs Fotex KC Veszprém, EHF Champions League – Group D 24:27 (11:10) 08.12.2001 Fotex KC Veszprém vs Vardar Vatrost. Skopje, EHF Champions League – Group D 27:22 (14:10) 15.11.2014 HC Vardar vs MKB-MVM Veszprém, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group C 23:24 (11:13) 22.11.2014 MKB-MVM Veszprém vs HC Vardar, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group C 32:24 (16:10) 23.04.2016 HC Vardar vs MVM Veszprém, VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 26:29 (9:12) 30.04.2016 MVM Veszprém vs HC Vardar, VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 30:30 (12:14)

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Watch it wherever you are on ehfTV.com! All-star team voting opens

All handball fans can now have their say on the selection of the Centre back greatest stars of the VELUX EHF Champions League 2016/17 as the All- Gabor Csaszar (HUN) – Kadetten Schaffhausen /SUI star team voting started before the secind quarter-final leg. For the Andre Schmid (SUI) – Rhein-Neckar Löwen/GER first time the vote is presented by Salming, the competition’s official Kentin Mahe (FRA) – SG Flensburg-Handewitt/GER partner. The past four editions of the vote generated a great interest Sebastian Skube (SLO) – Bjerringbro-Silkeborg/DEN and only in the last year over 80.000 handball fans took part. New Nikola Karabatic (FRA) - Paris Saint-Germain Handball/FRA opportunity to choose the star selection of the European top flight is here again. Line player Rastko Stojkovic (SRB) – HC Meshkov Brest/BLR In its fifth year, the All-star team vote will again ask the fans to cast Julen Aguinagalde (ESP) – KS Vive Tauron Kielce/POL their online ballots for ten positions - the starting seven plus the best Andreas Nilsson (SWE) - Telekom Veszprem/HUN defender, the best coach and the best young player (born in 1994 or Patrick Wiencek (GER) – THW Kiel/GER younger). There are five nominees in the selection for each position. (FRA) – Montpellier HB/FRA

Players and coaches from 20 clubs and from 17 nations in the current Right back season have been selected. While six members of the 2015/16 All-star Dainis Kristopans (LAT) – HC Meshkov Brest/BLR team can make it back to the elite company, there are no fewer than Zsolt Balogh (HUN) – MOL-Pick Szeged/HUN 25 new names (50 %) in the nomination list. Jure Dolenec (SLO) – Montpellier HB/FRA Kiril Lazarov (MKD) – FC Barcelona Lassa/ESP The vote will be open until Tuesday 30 May 2017 (midnight) and for Alex Dujshebaev (ESP) – HC Vardar/MKD the first time also the media representatives and a panel of experts will contribute to the final selection. The combined choice of all three Right wing branches will be announced during the VELUX EHF FINAL4 event in David Balaguer (ESP) – HBC Nantes/FRA Cologne on 3/4 June 2017. Fans who register before submitting their Lasse Svan (DEN) – SG Flensburg-Handewitt/GER votes can win of 16 attractive prizes from the official partner Salming (CRO) – HC PPD Zagreb/CRO including the original award “The Spirit of Handball” created by the Darko Djukic (SRB) – Vive Tauron Kielce/POL Swedish-American graffiti artist Shai Dahan. The artpiece will be Victor Tomas (ESP) – FC Barcelona Lassa/ESP handed over to the new All-star team members. Defender Players have been nominated on the basis of their comprehensive Viran Morros (ESP) – FC Barcelona Lassa/ESP performance throughout the season so far; not just their goal-getting Timuzsin Schuch (HUN) – Telekom Veszprem/HUN prowess, but also their performance in defence, the number of (DEN) – THW Kiel/GER blocks, assists and reaction in crucial moments during each match. Ilija Abutovic (SRB) – HC Vardar/MKD Luka Karabatic (FRA) – Paris Saint-Germain Handball/FRA The players nominated for the 2016/17 season are: Young player Goalkeeper Jerry Tollbring (SWE) – IFK Kristianstad/SWE Mattias Andersson (SWE) – SG Flensburg-Handewitt/GER Nikola Bilyk (AUT) – THW Kiel/GER Ivan Stevanovic (CRO) – HC PPD Zagreb/CRO Blaz Janc (SLO) – RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko/SLO (FRA) – Paris Saint-Germain Handball/FRA Nedim Remili (FRA) – Paris Saint-Germain Handball/FRA Gonzalo Perez de Vargas (ESP) – FC Barcelona Lassa/ESP Haniel Inoue Langaro (BRA) – Naturhouse La Rioja (FRA) – HBC Nantes/FRA Coach Left wing Xavi Pascual (ESP) – FC Barcelona Lassa/ESP Uwe Gensheimer (GER) - Paris Saint-Germain Handball/FRA Patrice Canayer (FRA) – Montpellier HB/FRA Magnus Bramming (DEN) – Team Tvis Holstebro/DEN Juan Carlos Pastor (ESP) – MOL-Pick Szeged/HUN Jonas Källman (SWE) – MOL-Pick Szeged/HUN Raul Gonzalez Gutierrez (ESP) – HC Vardar/MKD Timur Dibirov (RUS) – HC Vardar/MKD Ljubomir Vranjes (SWE) – SG Flensburg-Handewitt/GER Valero Rivera (ESP) – FC Barcelona Lassa/ESP Enter the vote of the VELUX EHF Champions League 2016/17 All-star team Left back here. A complete list of player and coaches profiles can be found on here Momir Ilic (SRB) – Telekom Veszprem/HUN Mikkel Hansen (DEN) – Paris Saint-Germain Handball/FRA Karol Bielecki (POL) – KS Vive Tauron Kielce/POL Sajad Esteki (IRI) – Dinamo Bucuresti/ROU Mathieu Grebille (FRA) – Montpellier HB/FRA

25 Current top scorers 2016/17

Rank Player Club Goals 1 Uwe Gensheimer (GER) Paris Saint-Germain Handball (FRA) 106 2 Zsolt Balogh (HUN) MOL-Pick Szeged (HUN) 88 Jure Dolenec (SLO) Montpellier HB (FRA) 88 Mikkel Hansen (DEN) Paris Saint-Germain Handball (FRA) 88 Momir Ilic (SRB) Telekom Veszprém (HUN) 88 6 Gabor Csaszar (HUN) Kadetten Schaffhausen (SUI) 84 7 Rastko Stojkovic (SRB) HC Meshkov Brest (BLR) 81 8 Julen Aguinagalde (ESP) KS Vive Tauron Kielce (POL) 78 9 Blaz Janc (SLO) RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko (SLO) 77 10 Dainis Kristopans (LAT) HC Meshkov Brest (BLR) 76 Kiril Lazarov (MKD) FC Barcelona Lassa (ESP) 76 12 Nedim Remili (FRA) Paris Saint-Germain Handball (FRA) 75 13 Alex Dujshebaev (ESP) HC Vardar (MKD) 74 14 Nikola Karabatic (FRA) Paris Saint-Germain Handball (FRA) 73 15 Magnus Bramming (DEN) TTH Holstebro (DEN) 72 Jerry Tollbring (SWE) IFK Kristianstad (SWE) 72 Marko Vujin (SRB) THW Kiel (GER) 72 18 Karol Bielecki (POL) KS Vive Tauron Kielce (POL) 71 Stipe Mandalinic (CRO) HC PPD Zagreb (CRO) 71 20 Andre Schmid (SUI) Rhein-Neckar Löwen (GER) 70 Mathieu Grebille (FRA) Montpellier HB (FRA) 70 Jonas Källman (SWE) MOL-Pick Szeged (HUN) 70 23 Sergei Gorbok (RUS) MOL-Pick Szeged (HUN) 69 24 (FRA) HBC Nantes (FRA) 68 Sajad Esteki (IRI) Dinamo Bucuresti (ROU) 68 Niclas Ekberg (SWE) THW Kiel (SWE) 68 27 Valero Rivera (ESP) FC Barcelona Lassa (ESP) 67 Nikolaj Markussen (DEN) Bjerringbro-Silkeborg (DEN) 67 29 TimurBold Dibirovtext indicates (RUS) players of teams stillHC Vardarin the competition. (MKD) 65 30 (SUI) Kadetten Schaffhausen (SUI) 63

* players in bold still active in the competition

26 Past Winners

2016 KS Vive Tauron Kielce (POL)

2015 FC Barcelona (ESP)

2014 SG Flensburg-Handewitt (GER)

2013 HSV Hamburg (GER)

2012 THW Kiel (GER)

2011 FC Barcelona Borges (ESP)

2010 THW Kiel (GER)

2009 BM Ciudad Real (ESP)

2008 BM Ciudad Real (ESP)

2007 THW Kiel (GER)

2006 BM Ciudad Real (ESP)

2005 FC Barcelona-Cifec (ESP)

2004 RK Celje Pivovarna Laško (SLO)

2003 Montpellier HB (FRA)

2002 SC Magdeburg (GER)

2001 Portland San Antonio (ESP)

2000 FC Barcelona (ESP)

1999 FC Barcelona (ESP)

1998 FC Barcelona (ESP)

1997 FC Barcelona (ESP)

1996 FC Barcelona (ESP)

1995 Elgorriaga Bidasoa (ESP)

1994 TEKA Santander (ESP)

VELUX EHF FINAL4 2017 Draw Media Information by

EHF Media & Communications, 01/05/2017

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