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Your legends deserve daylight The VELUX Group is donating roof windows to sports clubs across Europe. In celebration of our 75th anniversary, we are donating roof windows to sports clubs around Europe. Your sports club can apply for a donation of a complete installation of six windows by simply filling out the online application and contacting an installer. This is your chance to bring light and fresh air into your clubhouse, making it more bright, inviting and comfortable – and giving your legends the daylight they deserve. Apply now at www.velux.com/sportsclubs V11947-111_End-user_EHFmagazine_Ad_A5.indd 1 11-03-2016 12:15:21 Table of contents Table of contents Table of contents Foreword 6 HC Meshkov Brest 112 Media contacts 7 MOL-Pick Szeged 118 Map of participating clubs 8 RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko 124 Playing system diagrams - stages and dates 10 IFK Kristianstad 130 How to follow and cover the matches 14 GROUP C List of TV stations 16 Preview 136 VELUX EHF FINAL4 countdown 18 Head-to-heads in the EC 138 VELUX EHF FINAL4 facts and figures 19 Naturhouse La Rioja 140 VELUX EHF FINAL4 travel and ticket partners announced 20 HC Metalurg 146 MOTW - A fresh new look 21 Chekhovskie Medvedi 152 Qualification Tournament 1 22 Montpellier HB 158 Qualification Tournament 2 23 Elverum Handball 164 Facts and figures of the group phase 24 Tatran Presov 170 GROUP A GROUP D Preview 28 Preview 176 Head-to-heads in the EC 30 Head-to-heads in the EC 178 Telekom Veszprem 34 HBC Nantes 180 FC Barcelona Lassa 40 TTH Holstebro 186 Paris Saint-Germain Handball 46 HC Motor Zaporozhye 192 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 52 Besiktas Mogaz HT 198 Orlen Wisla Plock 58 Dinamo Bucuresti 204 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 64 ABC/Uminho 210 Kadetten Schaffhausen 70 Important regulations 216 THW Kiel 76 HISTORY GROUP B All-time stats and records 217 Preview 82 2015/16 Top scorers 218 Head-to-heads in the EC 84 All-Star Team Votes 219 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 88 Past winners 220 KS Vive Tauron Kielce 94 All-time club standings 221 HC Vardar 100 History of the EHF Champions League 222 HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb 106 4 5 Foreword Foreword Dear handball friends, On behalf of the European Handball Federation, it is my great pleasure to welcome you to the Group Phase of the VELUX EHF Champions League 2016/17. As we enter the opening stages of the competition’s 24th season, we are looking forward to a fresh challenge for Europe’s top teams. Last season we introduced a new playing system with more teams involved. The huge increase in tough and exciting matches for fans to enjoy has convinced us it was the right decision. The final showdown and penalty shootout between Kielce and Veszprem came as the cherry on top of a wonderful season. Starting the season are 28 of the continent’s leading teams and the field represents 19 countries from across Europe. Denmark, Spain, Hungary, FYR Macedonia and Poland each have two teams in the competition this season, whilst Germany and France are the only countries represented by three clubs. Sixteen teams will compete in Groups A and B, while Groups C and D contain six teams each. The best two teams from C and D will make it through to the Last 16 where they will join the teams placed second to sixth from Groups A and B. The two group winners qualify directly for the quarter-finals stage. There are six clubs in the competition with EHF Champions League titles under their belts. The defending champions, Vive Tauron Kielce will launch their new campaign in Group B together with 2003/04 trophy holders Celje Pivovarna Lasko, while record winners FC Barcelona Lassa meet three-time winners THW Kiel and 2013/14 champions SG Flensburg-Handewitt in Group A. The 2002/03 winners Montpellier Handball start in Group C. Denmark’s TTH Holstebro and France’s HBC Nantes will make their premiere amongst the heavyweights of European handball, but there will be no time for the newcomers to find their feet with tough clashes promised from the very first round in Group D. There is one more team in this group that deserves a special mention as we are excited to welcome the runners-up of the first EHF Champions League season in 1993/94. ABC/UMinho lost the first final to TEKA Santander by just two goals and it has been 16 years since their last foray into the group phase. Memories of the unbelievable final moments from Cologne are still vivid and although it will take several months until the four best teams descend upon the LANXESS arena again, there is much to look forward to over the months ahead. I wish all teams the very best of luck on their VELUX EHF Champions League journey and wish you, the fans, yet another unforgettable season! Jean Brihault EHF President 6 Media contacts EHF/M media contacts Media matters TV and Radio Vlado Brindzak Miguel Mateo Marcellan Media and Communications Media Manager European Handball Federation EHF Marketing GmbH +43 1 80 151 161 +43 1 80 151 224 [email protected] [email protected] Clubs media contacts GROUP A GROUP B Telekom Veszprém (HUN) FC Barcelona Lassa (ESP) Rhein-Neckar Löwen (GER) Vive Tauron Kielce (POL) Zsolt Sevinger Gustau Galvache Christopher Monz Sebastian Kozubek +36 305024547 +34 618522789 +491744288849 +48 505031244 [email protected] gustau.galvache@ monz@ [email protected] fcbarcelona.cat rhein-neckar-loewen.de PSG Handball (FRA) Bjerringbro-Silkeborg (DEN) HC PPD Zagreb (CRO) HC Vardar (MKD) Louise Cosnard Jonas Loytved Goran Roknić Biljana Crvenkoska +33 (0)675 591 939 +45 23 323235 +385 95 9999 334 +38971247214 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Orlen Wisła Płock (POL) SG Flensburg-Handewitt (GER) HC Meshkov Brest (BLR) MOL-Pick Szeged (HUN) Tomasz Bauman Sandra von Wallis Ivan Karaitschev Levente Juhasz Tel: +48 723 100 787 +49 4611609625 +375 529 3101161 +36 70 543 0979 [email protected] s.vonwallis@ karaitschev@bgk-meskova. levente.juhasz sg-flensburg-handewitt.de com @pickhandball.hu Kadetten Schaffhausen (SUI) THW Kiel (GER) RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko (SLO) IFK Kristianstad (SWE) Barbara Imobersteg Christian Robohm Nejc Ajdnik Anders Hallengren +41 787203247 +49 1635306300 +386 40687766 +46 734 33 11 88 [email protected] christian.robohm@ [email protected] anders.hallengren@ thw-handball.de ifkkristianstad.se GROUP C GROUP D Naturhouse La Rioja (ESP) Montpellier HB (FRA) HBC Nantes (FRA) TTH Holstebro (DEN) Jaime Luis Gonzalez Gutierrez Suzy Demonte Marina Normand Line Kristoffersen +34 63 77 66 107 +33 499 610 358 +33 671 55 63 49 +45 2845 9081 naturhouselarioja.ehf@ suzy.demonte@montpelli- marina.normand@ [email protected] gmail.com er-handball.com hbcnantes.com HC Metalurg (MKD) Elverum Handball (NOR) HC Motor Zaporozhye (UKR) Besiktas Mogaz HT (TUR) Ana Neloska Erik Henriksen Dmitriy Karpushchenko Berk Karahan +389 723 103 98 +47 400 21299 +380 50 5581181 +90 535 358 8747 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Chekhovskie Medvedi (RUS) Tatran Presov (SVK) Dinamo Bucuresti (ROU) ABC/UMinho (POR) Olga Belysheva Branko Benko Alexandru Enciu Jose Carvalho +7 909 6391 839 +421 911 620435 +40 754 929 106 +351 935 156 146 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 7 SG Flensburg- Cocks THW Kiel IFK Kristianstad Handewitt GER FIN GER Orlen Wisla SWE Plock, POL Elverum HH NOR Bjerringbro- Silkeborg, DEN HC Meshkov Brest BLR TTH Holstebro, DEN KS Vive Tauron Kielce POL VELUX EHF FINAL4 Host City Cologne, GER Chekhovskie Medvedi RUS Achilles Bocholt, BEL Tatran Presov Red Boys SVK Diff erdange, LUX Rhein-Neckar Löwen HC MotorZaporozhye GER UKR Paris Saint-Germain Handball, FRA Telekom Veszprém, HUN HBC Nantes FRA MOL-PickSzeged HUN Montpellier Handball, FRA Dinamo ABC/UMinho Bucuresti, ROU POR Besiktas Bregenz Gorenje MOGAZ HT, TUR Naturhouse Handball, AUT Velenje, SLO La Rioja ESP HC Vardar RUKOMETNI KLUB PRVO PLINARSKO DRUŠTVO ZAGREB MKD FC Barcelona Kadetten RK Celje Pivovarna HC PPD HC Metalurg Maccabi CASTRO Lassa ESP Schaffh ausen SUI Lasko, SLO Zagreb, CRO MKD Tel Aviv, ISR Tournaments Last 16 Qualification Tournaments Group Phase 21.-25.09.2016 (1); 28.9.-2.10.2016 (2); 03./04.09.2016 05.-09.10.16 (3); 12.-16.10.16 (4) 22.-26.03.2017 19.-23.04.2017 03./04.06.2017 tournaments 19.-23.10.2016 (5); 09.-13.11.2016 (6) first leg first leg tournament 16.-20.11.2016 (7); 23.-27.11.2016 (8) played in semi finals and finals 30.11.-4.12.2016 (9); 08.-12.2.2017 (10) 29.03.-02.04.2017 26.-30.04.2017 played in 15.-19.2.17 (11-A/B); 22.-26.2.17 (12-A/B) second leg second leg semi finals and finals 01.-05.03.17 (13); 08.-12.03.17 (14) 2 groups with 8 teams 1 HUN 1 Telekom Veszprem 2 9 BLR 1 HC Meshkov Brest 16 t s a L e h t or f y f li a qu D nd a C up ro G m ro f s e h c t a m 24 FRA 3 Montpellier Handball O 25 ROU 1 Dinamo Bucuresti K Your legends RK Gorenje Velenje ABC/UMinho Tatran Presov deserve daylight Bregenz Handball Red Boys Differdange Achilles Bocholt The VELUX Group is donating roof windows to sports clubs across Europe. Cocks In celebration of our 75th anniversary, we are donating roof windows to sports clubs Maccabi Castro Tel-Aviv around Europe.