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Table of contents Foreword - Jean Brihault 3 Media Contacts 4 Playing System Diagrams 5 Berlin To Host 2014 EHF Cup Finals 7 HCM Constanta vs Lugi HF 8 Sporting CP vs Pick Szeged 15 HBC Nantes vs Montpellier Agglomeration HB 22 Top Scorers of the Competition 29 Past Winners 30 2 Foreword Dear Media Representative, Welcome to the Men‘s EHF Cup Quarter-finals and to the competition‘s official Media Guide. With the 2013/14 Men’s EHF Cup rapidly approaching the end of its season, we look forward to the Quarter-final phase of the competition. With the current titleholder, Rhein Neckar Löwen playing in handball’s elite men’s club competition, the EHF Cup is ready for a new champion! Will the trophy remain in Germany? Does a new home wait in France, Portugal, Hungary, Romania, or Sweden? To the arenas, on behalf of the European Handball Federation, I welcome the delegations from Montpellier Agglomeration HB, HBC Nantes, Pick Szeged, Sporting CP, HCM Constanta, and Lugi HF. Having recently concluded the gruelling Group Phase, the teams showed athletic prowess to move forward to this next round, as many high quality teams fell by the wayside. This latest heat is the definitive encounter; for the teams second place is not an option. Clearly inevitable, three teams will exit the competition, as three teams step triumphantly towards Berlin, and the 2014 Men’s EHF Cup Finals. From 19 – 21 April, the 1st Leg matches of the pairings will commence, as the teams vie for the initial advantage; the return matches are scheduled to play across two days just one week later on 26 – 27 April 2014. We pride ourselves on our positive and cooperative relationship with the press and media and I am sure this will continue and develop in the future. Should you require any information, help or assistance during the course of the season, your first point of contact is the EHF Media and Communications Department based in our office in Vienna. They will be more than happy to assist you with any questions you might have. We look forward to working with you! Jean Brihault EHF President 3 EHF/M Media contacts Media matters TV and Radio Vlado Brindzak Akos Moczan Media and Communications Media Manager European Handball EHF Marketing GmbH Federation +43 1 80 151 226 +43 1 80 151 161 [email protected] [email protected] Clubs – Media contacts MONTPELLIER HBC NANTES AGGLOMERATION HB Marina Normand Suzy Demonte +33 606 78 22 52 +33 499 610 358 [email protected] suzy.demonte@montpellier- handball.com SPORTING CP Jorge Manuel Simoes de Sousa PICK SZEGED +351 92 5763608 Nandor Szögi [email protected] +36 70 3878234 [email protected] HCM CONSTANTA Ali Nurhan LUGI HF +40 724 341014 Emme Adebo [email protected] +46 705 874978 [email protected] FÜCHSE BERLIN Andre Tzschaschel +49 172 3188 441 [email protected] 4 2013/2014 MEN'S EHF CUP Qualification Qualification Qualification Group Quarter Final Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Phase finals Tournament 20 teams 40 teams 32 teams 16 teams 8 teams 4 teams 07/08.09.2013 12/13.10.2013 23/24.11.2013 R1: 08/09.02.14 19/20.04.14 17/18.05.2014 first leg first leg first leg R2: 15/16.02.14 first leg Tournament R3: 22/23.02.14 14/15.09.2013 19/20.10.2013 30.11/01.12.2013 R4: 15/16.03.14 26/27.04.14 NATION second leg second leg second leg R5:22/23.03.14 second leg R6:29/30.03.14 DRAWS: 23.7.2013 23.7.2013 22.10.2013 5.12.2013 1.4.2014 29.4.2014 1 Loser CL WC KO Pick Szeged/HUN 2 Loser CL WC KO Montpellier MAHB/FRA 3 Loser CL WC KO Füchse Berlin/GER 4 GER TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 5 2nd CL QT 2 Tatran Presov/SVK 6 2nd CL QT 3 RK Vojvodina/SRB 7 2nd CL QT 4 HCM Constanta/ROU 8 ESP Reale Ademar Leon 9 3rd CL QT 2 AEK Athens/GRE 10 3rd CL QT 3 Alpla HC Hard/AUT 11 3rd CL QT 4 Elverum HH/NOR 12 DEN Aarhus Haandbold 13 Loser CL KO Q 1 Handball Esch/LUX 14 4th CL QT 2 Besiktas JK/TUR 15 4th CL QT 3 Borac m:tel Banja Luka/BIH 16 4th CL QT 4 KRAS / Volendam/NED 17 SLO RK Maribor Branik 18 RUS SKIF-Krasnodar 19 ESP BM. Aragon 20 FRA Chambery Savoie HB 21 DEN Skjern Handbold 22 RUS HC Kaustik 23 FRA HBC Nantes 24 DEN Mors-Thy Handbold 25 SWE Lugi HF 26 ROU Stiinta M. D. Bacau 27 UKR HC Portovik 28 NOR OIF Arendal 29 POR S.L. Benfica 30 RUS Permskie medvedi 31 MKD HC Zomimak-M 32 CRO RK Nexe 33 SUI Kadetten Schaffhausen 34 SRB RK Partizan 35 HUN Csurgo Handball Club 36 SWE IFK Kristianstad ROU HC Caras Severin 37 Winners4 of Quarterfinals 38 POR Sporting CP 39 CRO Porec 40 SUI Pfadi Winterthur 3 Round Qualification of Winners 16 41 BLR SKA Minsk 42 GRE A.C. Diomidis Argous 43 NED OCI-Lions 44 AUT Bregenz Handball 45 CZE HBC Ronal Jicin Phase Group the of group each of teams placed 2nd and 1st 46 LUX Handball Käerjeng 20 of Qualification Winners 2 Round 47 EST Pölva Serviti 48 BEL Achilles Bocholt 49 TUR B.B. Ankara Spor Kulübü 50 MNE HC Lovcen Cetinje 51 ISR Maccabi Rishon-Lezion 52 SVK HC Sporta Hlohovec 53 BUL HC Dobrudja 54 KOS KH Prishtina 55 GBR London GD Handball Club 56 LTU Klaipeda Dragunas 57 NOR Fyllingen Bergen 58 SUI TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen 59 HUN Grundfos Tatabanya KC 60 BLR HC Meshkov Brest 61 ISL Haukar Hafnarfjördur 10 of Qualification Winners 1 Round 62 ISR Maccabi Tyrec Tel Aviv 5 published version, 6.9.2013 Men’s EHF Cup 2013/14 playing system Quali cation Round 1 Quali cation Round 3 Group Phase Quarter- nals EHF Cup Finals vs. vs. Semi-nals 2 vs. 1 vs. 10 vs.10 16 vs.16 vs. vs. 10 20 16 8 4 6 winners winners winners teams vs. winners 3rd Place Match vs. Quali cation Round 2 vs. vs. Final Home Matches 3 20 vs. 20 Away Matches 3 vs. Season 2013/14 playing dates Quali cation Round 1 Quali cation Round 3 Group Phase Quarter- nals EHF Cup Finals rst leg - 07/08.09.2013 rst leg 08/09.02.2014 15/16.03.2014 rst leg 17 /18.05.2014 second leg - 14/15.09.2013 23/ 24 .11. 2013 15/16.02.2014 22/23.03.2014 19/20.04.2014 22/23.02.2014 29/30.03.2014 Quali cation Round 2 second leg second leg rst leg - 12/13.10.2013 30.11. /01.12. 2013 26/27.04.2014 second leg - 19/20.10.2013 Total number of matches: 152 Berlin to host 2014 EHF Cup Finals The EHF has announced that the right to organise the second edition of the final phase of the EHF Cup has been awarded to the EHF Cup participant, Füchse Berlin. The two-day event will be played in the Max-Schmeling- Hall, which has a capacity of 9,000 spectators. Six further bids from Meshkov Brest, London GD, AEK Athens, Montpellier Agglomeration HB, the Luxembourgish Handball Federation and in.Stuttgart were also considered. EHF President, Jean Brihault commented: “Handball’s profile in Berlin has grown significantly in recent years, and after the EHF Cup Finals’ highly successful premiere in Nantes last season, I am confident that the German capital is the right choice for the second edition of this top-class club event.” Manager of Füchse Berlin, Bob Hanning said: “We are very happy to have been chosen to organise the 2014 EHF Cup Finals in Berlin, having already shown the EHF during our matches last season in the VELUX EHF Champions League that we can be a good host.” Men’s EHF Cup The Men’s EHF Cup was re-launched at the start of the 2012/13 season and formed from the merging of the EHF Cup and Cup Winners’ Cup. The second tier of top-class European club handball competition, after the VELUX EHF Champions League, the Men’s EHF Cup is played with a qualification phase, group phase, quarter- finals and final tournament. The EHF Cup Finals were played for the first time in 2013 in Nantes, France, with German team, Rhein Neckar Löwen, taking the title. The two-day event will be played with semi-final matches on Saturday and finals on Sunday. Accreditation for the EHF Cup Finals Written media, photographers, TV and radio representatives can now submit their request for accreditation via an online form at europeancup.eurohandball.com. Requests can only be made online. Requests for media accreditation have to be made until Friday, 2 May at 15.00 hrs. 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 an accreditation. Enter the media accreditation page here: http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/ec/accreditation/ 7 HCM Constanta vs Lugi HF First leg Saturday 19 April, 12.00 hrs. local time in Constanta Second leg Saturday 26 April, 18.30 hrs. local time in Lund After four successive years in the VELUX EHF Champions League, it is EHF Cup for Constanta this season, and so far the Romanian top team has made it further than they ever did in the Champions League.