Media Information VELUX EHF FINAL4 Draw Season 2016/17
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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 Title Sponsor Premium Sponsor Partners Official Website www.ehfFINAL4.com Title sponsor Regional Premium sponsor Partners Table of contents 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 Handball 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 Freitag, 2. Juni 2017 Opening Party ab 18:00 Uhr vor der LANXESS arena Liveact Ticket-Hotline +49 221 80 20 Eintritt spreis € 7,00 Normalpreis € 5,00 Ermäßigt www.koelnticket.de www.ehfFINAL4.com 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.