Media Guide Ottostadt Magdeburg EHF Cup Finals 2018 GETEC Arena, Magdeburg
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Media Guide Ottostadt Magdeburg EHF Cup Finals 2018 GETEC Arena, Magdeburg Saturday 19 May 2018 Semi-final 1 14:15 Saint-Raphael Var Handball vs SC Magdeburg : Semi-final 2 17:00 FRISCH AUF! Göppingen vs Füchse Berlin : Sunday 20 May 2018 3/4 Placement match 12:45 vs : Final 15:15 vs : Table of contents - Foreword 3 1. Introduction 4 - Welcome 4 - EHF / EHFM / SC Magdeburg Media Team 4 2. Media timetable 5 3. Essential media information 6 - Accreditation collection 6 - Photographers/TV bibs 6 - Official event name/hastags 6 - Media Centre opening times 6 - Media seats 6 - WLAN access 6 - Video recording 6 - Opening Press conference / Post-match press conference 6 - Opening training 6 - EHF Cup Finals Online 7 - Television and live streaming 7 - Invitation to Media Get Together 7 4. Media rules and guidelines 8 - Rules for ENG crews 8 - Rules for photographers 9 5. Event information 11 - Playing system - dates and rounds 11 - EHF CUP / EHF Cup Finals 12 - EHF Cup 2017/18 - map of participants 13 - Facts & Figures 14 - Semi-final 1 Preview 16 - Saint-Raphael Var Handball (France) 17 - SC Magdeburg (Germany) 20 - Semi-final 2 Preview 23 - FRISCH AUF! Göppingen (Germany) 24 - Füchse Berlin (Germany) 27 - Important regulations - extra-time and 7m throws 30 - Potential head-to-heads for Sunday’s games 31 - All-time EHF Cup Finals records 32 - Top scorers 2017/18 after quarter-finals 34 - Previous winners 35 2 Foreword Dear media representatives, It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all to the German city of Magdeburg and to the Ottostadt Magdeburg EHF Cup Finals, the final round of this season’s Men’s EHF Cup. Our hosts for the weekend are SC Magdeburg, a club with a long tradition of success in both the German Bundesliga and European competitions since its foundation over 60 years ago. The EHF Cup Finals event is also slowly building a history of its own as this is already the sixth edition. I am pleased to say that interest in the event from fans has also been tremendous with tickets for the two-day event in the GETEC Arena being completely sold out well in advance. We will see four outstanding teams take to the court in Magdeburg. And even before the draw two weeks ago, it was clear that we were going to see two very exciting and wide open semi-final matches like we did 12 months ago when the same four teams gathered in Göppingen for the previous edition of this tournament. Yet again each of the teams playing in the Ottostadt Magdeburg EHF Cup Finals this time around clearly has what it takes to make the final and claim the trophy. The only non-German side, Saint-Raphael from France, take on the hosts SC Magdeburg, who won the old format of the EHF Cup three times. In the second semi- final the 2015 EHF Cup winners Füchse Berlin lock horns with defending champions FRISCH AUF! Göppingen. Although we may have just two nations represented in the final weekend, this does not mean that the event will lose its strong international flavour. The four clubs from Germany and France boast no fewer than 17 different nationalities in their ranks, not to mention of course the delegates and officials representing the EHF, who hail from right across Europe. Finally, on behalf of both the EHF and EHF Marketing GmbH, I would like to thank the management of SCM Magdeburg for their professional approach to the organisation and hosting of the Ottostadt Magdeburg EHF Cup Finals. Handball plays an important part in the life of the city and I am sure that Europe’s top clubs and their fans will receive a warm welcome here. We pride ourselves on our positive and cooperative relationship with the press and media and I am sure this will continue and develop during this tournament too. We look forward to working with you! Michael Wiederer EHF President 3 1. Introduction Welcome to the Ottostadt Magdeburg EHF Cup Finals / Magdeburg It is a great pleasure to welcome all media representatives to Magdeburg for the sixth edition of the Men’s EHF Cup final tournament - the Ottostadt Magdeburg EHF Cup Finals. We look forward to two days of top class handball in the sold-out GETEC Arena in Magdeburg as Saint- Raphael Var Handball, Füchse Berlin, FRISCH AUF! Göppingen, as well as the hosts of the event, SC Magdeburg compete for the EHF Cup title. Over 100 media representatives are expected in Magdeburg to cover the event, and we expect extensive local, regional and national coverage of the Ottostadt Magdeburg EHF Cup Finals. If you require any help or assistance during your time in Göppingen, please do not hesitate to contact a member of the media team from the EHF, EHFM and SC Magdeburg. Ottostadt Magdeburg EHF Cup Finals Media Team Vlado Brindzak Sören Thümler EHF Media Manager SC Magdeburg Tel. +43 1 80151 161 Mob: +421 908 721 328 Mob: +49 171 4963577 [email protected] Email: [email protected] Oliver Laaber EHFM Media (TV/Radio) Tel: +43 1 80151 217 Mob: +43 676 770 9309 [email protected] 4 2. Media Timetable Friday, 18 May 2018 13:00 – 14:00 Training Saint-Raphael Var Handball GETEC Arena 14:10 - 15:10 Training SC Magdeburg GETEC Arena 14:15 – 14:45 Media Call Saint-Raphael Var Handball Media Room, GETEC Arena (coach Joel Da Silva, Adrien Dipanda, Alexander Lyngaard, Xavier Barachet, Geoffrey Krantz, Mihai Popescu) 14:45 – 15:15 Media Call Frisch Auf Göppingen Media Room, GETEC Arena (coach Rolf Brack, Marcel Schiller, Daniel Fontaine, Zarko Sesum, Kresimir Kozina, Jens Schöngarth) 15:15 – 15:45 Media Call SC Magdeburg Media Room, GETEC Arena (coach Bennet Wiegert, Michael Damgaard, Nemanja Zelenovic, Matthias Musche, Piotr Chrapkowski, Christian O’Sullivan) 15:20 - 16:20 Training Frisch Auf Göppingen GETEC Arena 15:45 - 16:15 Media Call Füchse Berlin Media Room, GETEC Arena (coach Velimir Petkovic, Hans Lindberg, Steffen Fäth, Fabian Wiede, Mattias Zachrisson, Bjarki Mar Elisson and also rest of the team) 16:30 - 17:30 Training Füchse Berlin (most likely will not happen!) GETEC Arena Only first 15 minutes of each training open for media. Saturday, 19 May 2018 13:45 Photographers’ briefing Media Room, GETEC Arena 14:15 Semi-final 1 Saint-Raphael Var Handball vs SC Magdeburg GETEC Arena 15 minutes after final whistle Post-match Press Conference Press Conference Room, (Head coach and a key player from each team) GETEC Arena 17:00 Semi-final 2 FRISCH AUF! Göppingen vs Füchse Berlin GETEC Arena 15 minutes after final whistle Post-match Press Conference Press Conference Room, (Head coach and a key player from each team) GETEC Arena 20:00 Media Get-Together TBA Sunday, 20 May 2018 12:45 3/4 Placement Match GETEC Arena 15 minutes after final whistle Post-match Press Conference Press Conference Room, (Head coach and key player from each team) GETEC Arena 15:15 Final GETEC Arena 15 minutes after winners’ ceremony Post-match Press Conference Press Conference Room, (Head coach and key player from each team) GETEC Arena 5 3. Essential media information Accreditation collection Your accreditation can be collected from the accreditation desk at the GETEC Arena in Magdeburg from Friday, 18 May 2018, 13:00 hrs. Please bring an official form of identification – your press card or passport – and your official confirmation. Accreditations will not be issued without these. Media parking Contact Sören Thümler for Media Parking requests. Photographer bibs Bibs for photographers will be issued at the accreditation desk at the GETEC Arena from Friday, 18 May 2018 against a payment of a returnable deposit of €20 upon collection of the locker keys. The press cards and deposits will be returned at the end of the event when the keys and bibs are returned to the Media Centre. Official event name/official hashtag The official name of the final event is the ‘Ottostadt Magdeburg EHF Cup Finals’. An official hashtag has also been announced, this is: ‘#ehfcupfinals’. Please use these official terms in your reports and communications. Media Centre Opening Times The Media Centre is located in the GETEC Arena. Opening hours for accredited media representatives are as follows: Friday, 18 May 2018 13:00 – 17:30 hrs Saturday, 19 May 2018 12:30 – 21:30 hrs Sunday, 20 May 2018 11:00 – 19:30 hrs Media seats Media representatives will be allocated a specific media seat in the GETEC Arena. There will be media volunteers available to show you the way to your seat. WLAN access There will be wireless internet access for all media representatives in the arena free of charge. A password for internet access will be provided on arrival. Video recording Video in the arena, mixed zone and press conference room may only be recorded with the express permission of EHF Marketing GmbH. Please contact EHFM Media Officer, Oliver Laaber for further information in advance of the event. Equipment used for video recording without permission will be removed. Press conferences The press conference room is located comfortably closed to the mixed zone, sign posting will be provided. The post-match press conferences will take place 15 minutes after each match/winners’ ceremony and will be attended by the head coaches and key players. Press conferences will be conducted in English, any questions in your native language should be directed following the completion of the press conference. Open training for the media Team training on Friday, 18 May 2018 will be open to the media for the first 15 minutes, for TV footage to be 6 filmed and teams to be photographed.