Media Information VELUX EHF Champions League Season 2016/17
Qualification Tournaments
Group 1 - Presov, SVK Group 2 - Bregenz, AUT
3-4 September 2016 Table of contents
Map of participating clubs 4
Foreword - Jean Brihault, EHF President 5
Media contacts 6
Playing system diagram - stages and dates 7
Seeding list 8
Important regulations 9
GROUP 1
Facts, preview and head-to-head stats 10
RK Gorenje Velenje 11
Tatran Presov 14
Red Boys Differdange 17
Cocks 20
GROUP 2
Facts, preview and head-to-head stats 24
ABC/UMinho 25
Bregenz Handball 28
Achilles Bocholt 31
Maccabi CASTRO Tel Aviv 34
Past winners 38
2015/16 Top scorers 39
All-time clubs standings 40
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SG Flensburg- Cocks THW Kiel IFK Kristianstad Handewitt GER FIN GER Orlen Wisla SWE Season 2016/17 Plock, POL Elverum HH NOR Groups A&B teams Bjerringbro- Silkeborg, DEN HC Meshkov Brest Groups C&D teams BLR TTH Qualification teams 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 Differdange, 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 Schaffhausen SUI Lasko, SLO Zagreb, CRO MKD Tel Aviv, ISR Foreword
Dear media representatives,
Welcome to the qualification of the VELUX EHF Champions League 2016/17.
Your long wait for VELUX EHF Champions League handball is over and I welcome you on board for a new season and the beginning of another exciting story.
It is impossible to tell whether this season will end in a similar fashion to the last, when Julen Aguinagalde’s penalty, after an unbelievable rally by the Polish champions, secured a maiden trophy for Kielce in the final’s shootout against Veszprem. Still, the tradition of Europe’s premier club competition, which enters its 24th season under the EHF umbrella, guarantees a new plot, new surprises and a conclusion which is bound to be breath-taking in its own right.
However, there is a long way to the final destination in Cologne’s majestic LANXESS arena and out of the eight teams listed for the first round of elimination only two group winners will be honoured to turn their 2016/17 season into a proper Champions League adventure.
In the qualification tournaments we welcome a broad variety of clubs from the group phase regulars and teams which are vying for their return to the continental top flight to the absolute newcomers.
The Group 1 semi-final pairings in Presov, Slovakia will see encounters featuring two teams with a reasonable EHF Champions League history against two teams with either none or very old records in the top flight. The tournament’s organisers Tatran Presov take on Red Boys Differdange, whose last match in the elite competition dates back 17 years ago and in addition Luxembourgish side is yet to gain their premiere point as they lost all six matches in the past. The perennial Slovenian runners-up Gorenje Velenje have been pitted against Cocks, the Finnish club and reigning winners of the Baltic league who are set to enter the highest stage of the European Cup hierarchy for the first time.
In Group 2, the most heralded team on the starting grid comes from Portugal, ABC/UMinho from Braga, who reached the first final of the EHF Champions League in the 1993/94 season. They will try to rekindle that former glory in Bregenz and although they are clear favourites in the semi-final against Maccabi CASTRO Tel Aviv, the tournament hosts will be eager to ruin their dream should they meet in the final. Of course they first have to cope with another ambitious newcomer in the form of Belgium’s Achilles Bocholt in the semi-final.
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 in the upcoming season!
Jean Brihault EHF President
5 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 Twitter:@ehf [email protected] [email protected]
Qualification Clubs – Media contacts
GROUP 1 GROUP 2
RK Gorenje Velenje ABC/UMinho Tanija Rednak Luis Teles +386 38986440 +351 935 979970 [email protected] [email protected]
Tatran Presov Bregenz Handball Branko Benko Christoph Makovec +421 911 620435 +43 5574 83312 [email protected] [email protected]
Red Boys Differdange Achilles Bocholt John Scheuren Jan Evens +352 621 237941 +32 475 556724 [email protected] [email protected]
Cocks Maccabi CASTRO Tel Aviv Jari Viita Avigdor Resch +358 500 480744 [email protected] [email protected]
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vs vs vs vs place match rd 3 Final Semi-nals (draw) FINAL4 B1 A1 M1 M2 vs vs vs vs M4 M3 M5 M6 Quarter-nals (no draw) first leg leg second Quarter-nals B2 B3 B4 A4 A2 A3 vs vs vs vs vs vs B5 K1 B6 K2 A6 A5 Last 16 Last 16 (no draw) first leg leg second M1 M2 M3 M5 M4 M6 C1 D1 Season 2016/17 playing schedule playing Season 2016/17 vs vs Group A & B only Group A & B only Group A & B and KO Group C & D Group A & B and KO Group C & D C2 D2 K1 K2 Group Phase MatchesKO (no draw) B1 B7 B2 B5 B3 B6 B4 B8 D1 D2 D3 D5 D4 D6 A1 C1 A7 A6 C6 C2 A4 C4 A8 C5 A2 C3 A5 A3 Group Phase Groups A B (draw) Group Phase Groups C D (draw) Group Phase
(draw) Qualication Qualication Tournaments playing systemplaying Season 2016/17 QualicationTournaments
7 VELUX EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2016/17 Qualification Tournaments Group Phase Last 16 Quarterfinals FINAL4 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) DRAWS: 29 June 2016 in Vienna/AUT 01 July 2016 in Glostrup/DEN no draw no draw 02.05.2017 Group A and B (16 teams) 12 teams 8 teams 4 teams 2 groups with 8 teams
1 HUN 1 Telekom Veszprem 2 GER 1 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 3 ESP 1 F.C. Barcelona Lassa 4 POL 1 KS Vive Tauron Kielce 5 FRA 1 Paris Saint-Germain Handball 6 MKD 1 HC Vardar 7 CRO 1 HC PPD Zagreb 8 DEN 1 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 9 BLR 1 HC Meshkov Brest 10 POL 2 Orlen Wisla Plock 11 HUN 2 MOL-Pick Szeged 12 GER 2 SG Flensburg Handewitt 13 SLO 1 Celje Pivovarna Lasko 14 SUI 1 Kadetten Schaffhausen 15 SWE 1 IFK Kristianstad 16 GER 3 THW Kiel Group C and D (12 teams) 2 groups with 6 teams 17 ESP 2 Naturhouse La Rioja 18 FRA 2 HBC Nantes 19 MKD 2 HC Metalurg 20 DEN 2 Team Tvis Holstebro 21 UKR 1 HC Motor Zaporozhye 22 RUS 1 Chekhovskie Medvedi 23 TUR 1 Besiktas Mogaz HT 24 FRA 3 Montpellier Handball KO matches from Group C D and qualify for the Last 16 25 ROU 1 Dinamo Bucuresti 16 Last League Champions EHF VELUX of Winners 6
26 NOR 1 Elverum Handball Quarterfinals League Champions EHF VELUX of Winners 4
27 SLO 2 RK Gorenje Velenje 1st placed team of qualify B Groupand A directly for the Quarterfinals;
28 POR 1 ABC/UMinho 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th 6th and placed team of as well B Groupand A as winners of 29 SVK 1 Tatran Presov 30 AUT 1 Bregenz Handball 31 LUX 1 Red Boys Differdange 32 BEL 1 Achilles Bocholt Qualification Qualification 33 FIN 1 Cocks tournaments Winners of the 2 34 ISR 1 Maccabi Castro Tel-Aviv
2 groups with 4 teams
4th placed teams of CL Qualification Tournaments go to the 1st and 2nd placed team of CL Group Phase Group C EHF Cup Qualification Rd 2, 2nd and 3rd placed teams of CL and D play Group KO matches. Winners of these Qualification Tornaments go to EHF Cup Qualification Rd 3 matches qualify for L16
status: 27.06.2016 Important regulations
SCORING OF MATCHES AND RANKING
GENERAL
All matches of the VELUX EHF Champions League shall be played in 2 x 30 minutes with a half-time break of 10 minutes.
The EHF reserves the right to extend the half-time break in special circumstances to 15 minutes.
QUALIFICATION TOURNAMENTS
If a semi-final match or the final (place 1/2) ends in a draw, there will be a five-minute break followed by one extra-time of 2x5 minutes, there will be a one-minute half-time break at the half-time for the changeover of teams. If the placement match (place 3/4) ends in a draw, there shall be no extra-time, the match will be decided directly by penalty throws. In the semifinals and/or final (place 1/2), if there is no winner after the extra-time, the match will be decided by penalty throws.
RULES FOR EXECUTION OF PENALTY THROWS
- Prior to penalty throwing, each team shall name five players eligible to play at the end of the match by handing the referees a list of numbers. These players shall then take one throw each, alternating with their opponents. Each team is free to determine the sequence in which throwers will take their throws
- The goalkeepers may be freely selected from the match report and exchanged in accordance with the Rules of the game. Goalkeepers may take throws and throwers may play as goalkeepers.
- The referees shall choose the goal at which throws are taken. The team taking the first penalty throw shall be determined by the referees by draw- ing lots. The team winning the draw may choose whether it wishes to throw first or last.
- If scores are equal after the first round of penalty throwing, it shall be continued until a decision is reached. In the second round, the other team shall start. Again five players shall be named who are eligible to play (the players named before may be named once again).
- In the second round, a decision is reached when a goal difference arises after both teams have taken one throw each.
- Eligible players are players entered in the match report who have not been disqualified or suspended at the time of the final whistle.
- Serious infractions committed during penalty throwing shall be sanctioned by disqualification. If a thrower is disqualified or suffers an injury, an eligible substitute player shall be named supplementary.
- While the throws are being taken, only the player taking the throw, the current goalkeeper and the referees may enter the respective half of the playing area.
- If the number of eligible players falls below five, players may be named to take a second throw in the same round.
9 Qualification Tournament 1
Qualification Tournament 1 Group C Rk Gorenje Velenje (SLO) Naturhouse La Rioja (ESP) Cocks (FIN) HC Metalurg (MKD) Tatran Presov (SVK) Chekhovskie Medvedi (RUS) Red Boys Differdange (LUX) Montpellier Handball (FRA) Elverum Handball (NOR) Winner QT 1
2nd ranked team - EHF Cup, Qualification Round 3 Playing hall 3rd ranked team - EHF Cup, Qualification Round 3 th City Hall Presov 4 ranked team - EHF Cup, Qualification Round 2 vs Winner of Round 1: Maccabi Srugo Jana Pavla II 2 Rishon Lezion (ISR) vs London GD HC 0801 Presov Slovakia Capacity: 3,500 Head-to-head stats in European Cup competitions
Match schedule (all times local) Rk Gorenje Velenje vs Tatran Presov 1-0-1 (36:36) 2:2 12.11.1994 Gorenje Velenje vs Tatran Presov, EHF Cup – Last 16 20:14 (11:8) Saturday, 3 September 2016: 20.11.1994 Tatran Presov vs Gorenje Velenje, EHF Cup – Last 16 22:16 (11:8) Semi-finals 1 13:30 hrs Rk Gorenje Velenje vs Cocks No previous encounters in European Cup competitions 2 16:15 hrs Tatran Presov vs Red Boys Differdange Rk Gorenje Velenje vs Red Boys Differdange Sunday, 4 September 2016: Cocks vs Tatran Presov 3rd place match Cocks vs Red Boys Differdange 13:30 hrs Loser semi-final 1 vs loser semi-final 2 Rk Gorenje Velenje vs Cocks Final Tatran Presov vs Red Boys Differdange 16:15 hrs Winner semi-final 1 vs winner semi-final 2
Preview: Presov aims for the group stage return League group stage side Meshkov Brest from 2010-2012. Cocks, the local handball pride of Riihimäki, a town in Southern Finland, about Two SEHA League contenders are considered amongst the favourites 69 km north of Helsinki are Finland champions and Baltic Handball of the tournament played in Tatran Handball Arena in Presov, League winners from last season. Their team consist of 4 Belarusians Slovakia. To battle for the group stage spot in the final on Sunday, and Russians, two Moldovans and one Portuguese player. They were they first need to overcome handball minnows on the rise, Cocks established in 1973 in town of Riihimäki with a cock in their logo. from Riihimäki and Red Boys from Differdange. Cocks are still newcomers to European handball, despite reaching Challenge Cup quarter-finals in 2014/15, however playing in RK Gorenje Velenje (SLO) vs Cocks (FIN) Champions League qualification will be a step further for them.
New VELUX EHF Champions League season officially starts with Tatran Presov (SVK) vs Red Boys Differdange (LUX) the first qualifying match in Presov between Wasps and Cocks. Black and yellow against red and yellow. Whilst the Slovenian Slovakian Champions have returned to VELUX EHF Champions runners-up are the favourites in this match, they have to be aware League group stage last season after missing out four seasons of the dangerous Finnish champions Cocks. Velenje are hungry for amongst the European elite. In 2016/2017 they have to fight make European experience as they missed out last season, being knocked their way through qualification round after being bottom of Group C out early in 3rd Qualification Round of EHF Cup. Surprisingly enough, last term with only 4 points. Frankly, Presov made it into the group after they made the EHF Cup Finals the previous year. The new coach stage from the qualifying tournament last time in 2010/2011. This Marko Sibila is aware qualification will not be an easy task. “We have year they have the privilege to host one of the groups, which gives been drawn into the group with the best side in the qualification them advantage against the rest of the teams. With number of and they are the hosts of the group.“ Velenje have brought during changes in the squad over the summer, Rastislav Trtík´s equip was the summer Alem Toskic and Matjaz Brumen from Vardar together reinforced with newcomers in likes of Stefan Jankovic, Leon Vucko, with Luka Mitrovic from Norway. They have won tournament in Vadim Brazhnyik, Marek Pales and Roman Capkin. Some very well- Hungarian Csurgo. known handball names amongst which Radoslav Antl stands out, have left the club. First step is to be made against Gintaras Savukynas men, Lithuanian coach appointed by Cocks for the new season. Savukynas has Playing Differdange in the second semi-final on Saturday makes experience from coaching Lithuanian national team and Champions them heavy favourites and anything but a win should be huge shock.
10 GROUP 1 Rk Gorenje Velenje (SLO)
Road to the VELUX EHF Champions League: As usual in Slovenia, Celje’s title push encountered little resistance from other Slovenian sides, aside from the three-time champion and bitter rivals Gorenje.
The Velenje-based club even led the league table, ahead of their away duel with Celje in the ultimate round of the championship; however, Branko Tamse’s side cleared any doubts from the very first minute, which was the only time Gorenje led in the match.
The final result has put Gorenje as runners-up for the third time in a row. The “wasps” have been granted an upgrade from the EHF Cup to the VELUX EHF Champions League by the EHF Executive Committee’s decision in June. They will start the new season with a rejuvanted team and a new coach - Marko Sibila.
Past achievements
VELUX EHF Champions League Participations (including 2016/17 season): 7 Last 16 (3): 2005/06, 2009/10, 2012/13, 2013/14 Main Round (1): 2007/08 Playing hall Group Phase (1): 2004/05 Rdeca Dvorana Qualification (1): 2010/11 Saleska cesta 3 3320 Velenje Other Slovenia EHF Cup: runners-up 2008/09, semi- Capacity:2,700 finals 1994/95, 2014/15, quarter-finals 1996/97, 2010/11, 2011/12 * to be confirmed Cup Winners’ Cup: semi-finals 2003/04, Club Address: quarter-finals 2004/05 Gorenje Velenje Saleska Cesta 3 Slovenian league: 3 titles (2009, 2012, 3320 Velenje 2013) Slovenia Slovenian cup: 1 title
Media contact: Tanija Rednak +386 38986440 [email protected]
Online information: Website: www.rk-gorenje.com Facebook: rkgorenjevelenje Twitter: Rk_Gorenje_V@
Kit colours LIGHT Player shirt: yellow Player short: black Goalkeeper shirt: red DARK Player shirt: black Player short: black Goalkeeper shirt: blue
11 Rk Gorenje Velenje (SLO)
Team roster
No. First Name Surname Nat. Position Date of Birth Place of Birth Height Weight
77 Matjaz Brumen SLO Right Wing 23.12.1982 Ljublana, SLO 190 88 3 Nejc Cehte SLO Right Back 04.09.1992 Brezice, SLO 196 94 9 Andris Celmins EST Right Back 04.07.1996 Valga, EST 191 96 31 Janez Gams SLO Left Wing 08.11.1985 Slovenj Gradec, SLO 180 82 23 Rok Golcar SLO Right Wing 23.12.1985 Slovenj Gradec, SLO 189 85 27 Blaz Klec SLO Line Player 26.03.1986 Slovenj Gradec, SLO 183 94 14 Vid Levc SLO Left Back 23.11.1994 Slovenj Gradec, SLO 197 93 25 Tadej Mazej SLO Left Back 31.07.1998 Slovenj Gradec, SLO 190 82 5 Niko Medved SLO Left Wing 26.03.1990 Slovenj Gradec, SLO 184 83 20 Luka Mitrovic SRB Centre Back 17.05.1987 Vrsac, SRB 192 93 44 Mitja Nosan SLO Left Back 09.01.1990 Ljubljana, SLO 193 104 10 Rok Ovnicek SLO Centre Back 25.01.1995 Slovenj Gradec, SLO 184 83 11 Kenan Pajt SLO Right Wing 30.10.1998 Slovenj Gradec, SLO 180 73 21 Gregor Potocnik SLO Left Back 22.08.1992 Celje, SLO 196 105 34 Anze Ratajec SLO Centre Back 04.03.1991 Ljubljana, SLO 188 92 15 Darko Stojnic SLO Line Player 03.04.1997 Ljubljana, SLO 200 100 13 Jan Tajnik SLO Left Back 20.01.1997 Slovenj Gradec, SLO 189 91 19 Alem Toskic SRB Line Player 12.02.1982 Priboj, SRB 190 106 22 Klemen Ferlin SLO Goalkeeper 26.06.1989 Ljubljana, SLO 192 101 1 Joze Baznik SLO Goalkeeper 24.05.1993 Brezice, SLO 186 100 32 Rok Zaponsek SLO Goalkeeper 30.10.1992 Slovenj Gradec, SLO 192 85
Marko Sibila coach • legendary Slovenian tactician began his coaching career in 1987, having worked with a vast array of Slovenian clubs • coached Slovenian national team, winning the silver medal at the EHF EURO 2004, which is their greatest success to date • currently the Head of Slovenian Handball Coaches Association • Ph.D. and professor as well as Chairman of the Department for handball on the Faculty of Sport, University of Ljubljana • EHF lecturer from 1995
12 Klemen Ferlin Niko Medved goalkeeper left wing • one of the team’s stalwarts in their successful • in the 2013/14 season assumed a new role of 2014/15 EHF Cup campaign the club captain, despite being only 23 • shared Slovenia league’s best goalkeeper • also scored his personal best of 40 goals in award for 2014/15 with Matevz Skok that season • underwent a knee surgery early in 2016, but • Gorenje player all of his senior career and has fully recovered before the 2016/17 season already played four CL seasons • helped Velenje with 34 goals on the way to the EHF Cup Finals in 2015
Gregor Potocnik Mitja Nosan left back left back • member of a promising 1992 generation • Ljubljana-born has experience from six European seasons with Velenje • came through all the youth selections of Slovenia, alongside Borut Mackovsek, Mario • joined Gorenje in 2009 and extended his Sostaric, Nejc Cehte and the likes contract until the end of 2016/17 season • struggled with knee injury for two seasons, • defensive specialist, his personal scoring best however he is fully recovered, ready to make a was in 2014/15 EHF Cup when he scored 10 goals comeback • won bronze medal with Slovenia at the Men’s • the strongest part of his game is his defence 20 EHF EURO 2010 in Bratislava • joining bitter rivals Gorenje after leaving his boyhood club Celje
Luka Mitrovic Alem Toskic centre back line player • born in Vrsac, but rose to handball • made his name as one of benchmark line prominence playing for the fabled Serbian side players in the game, having represented Zagreb, Metaloplastika Celje and Vardar in his 11 CL seasons • after three seasons in Denmark representing • recorded over 100 caps for the Serbian the likes of Aalborg, Luka rediscovered his form for national team Elverum, granting them their first CL berth • played his most efficient season in the VELUX • impressive in his first CL season (2015/16) for EHF Champions League in 2015/16 with Vardar, Elverum, with 57 goals scored in 12 matches scoring 55 goals • occasional Serbian national team member, • re-joining his family in Slovenia after three having made his debut in 2011 seasons away, albeit, wearing the shirt of Celje’s bitter rival Gorenje
Nejc Cehte Matjaz Brumen right back right wing • member of the highly rated generation • household name in Slovenian handball, having of players born in 1992, he is one of the most played for Celje, Prule and Koper promising Slovenian players on his position • won the CL title in 2003-04 with Celje • has CL experience, having played for Gorenje • EHF EURO 2004 silver medallist with Slovenia in the Last 16 phase in 2013/14 • marks his return to Slovenian handball after • his older brother and former Gorenje three seasons at Vardar teammate is Slovenian left back Klemen Cehte • started playing handball as a goalkeeper, EC trophies: CL 2004 however moved to the right back due to his left- EURO: S 2004 handedness
13 GROUP 1 Tatran Presov (SVK)
Road to the VELUX EHF Champions League: The Slovakian champions are once again from Eastern Slovakia. The previous season had not started well for Tatran Presov, as they finished bottom of Group C in the VELUX EHF Champions League, but Rastislav Trtík’s charges proved their dominance on domestic scene. Presov won their tenth double in a row and 12th title overall after beating Sporta Hlohovec in their best of five series.
Hlohovec fought hard and the last two matches were dramatic (36:21, 29:26 and 24:20), but quality prevailed. To underline the dominance of Presov, four players were included in the league’s all-star team – left winger Radoslav Antl, left back Oliver Rabek, right back Lukáš Urban and line player Michal Kopčo.
The line-up underwent a radical summer change as many players have left the club, while the new reinforcements have arrived.
Past achievements
VELUX EHF Champions League Participations (including 2016/17 season): 13 Last 16 (1): 2004/05 Last 32 (1): 1993/94 Group Phase (2): 2010/11, 2015/16 Playing hall Group Matches (3): 2005/06, 2007/08, 2008/09 City Hall Presov Qualification (5): 2009/10, 2011/12, Jana Pavla II 2 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15 0801 Presov Slovakia Other Capacity: 3,500 EHF Cup: Quarter-final 2011/12 Cup Winners’ Cup: Quarter-final Club Address: 2005/06 TATRAN Presov Holleho 3 Slovak league: 12 titles (2004, 2005, 080 01 Presov 2007-16) Slovakia Slovak cup: 13 titles
Media contact: Branko Benko +421 911 620435 [email protected]
Online information: www.tatranpresov.sk Facebook: TatranPresovHandballTeamSlovakia
Kit colours LIGHT Player shirt: white Player short: white Goalkeeper shirt: green DARK Player shirt: green Player short: green Goalkeeper shirt: black
14 Tatran Presov (SVK)
Team roster
No. First Name Surname Nat. Position Date of Birth Place of Birth Height Weight
21 Tomas Cip CZE Right Wing 05.10.1989 Zubri, CZE 189 94 6 Jakub Hrstka CZE Left Wing 17.03.1990 Zubri, CZE 188 91 4 Patrik Humenansky SVK Right Wing 28.03.1997 Presov, SVK 188 81 33 Stefan Jankovic BIH Centre Back 20.08.1992 Banja Luka, BIH 189 86 14 Martin Kriz SVK Left Wing 27.07.1997 Presov, SVK 186 77 9 Dominik Krok SVK Left Back 22.01.1991 Bardejov, SVK 189 79 44 Marek Pales SVK Line Player 08.07.1994 Prievidza, SVK 192 100 19 Radovan Pekar SVK Left Back 27.12.1980 Presov, SVK 196 107 22 Alexey Peskov RUS Right Back 16.12.1983 Moscow, RUS 199 99 2 Oliver Rabek SVK Left Back 30.09.1987 Nove Zamky, SVK 204 110 10 Tomas Recicar SVK Left Back 30.11.1998 Presov, SVK 189 82 30 Boris Resovsky SVK Line Player 04.10.1998 Presov, SVK 189 87 11 Viacheslav Sadovyi UKR Left Back 11.07.1990 Kiev, UKR 190 99 13 Lubos Sarpataky SVK Right Wing 15.01.1996 Presov, SVK 185 85 3 Milos Sarpataky SVK Centre Back 15.01.1996 Presov, SVK 185 85 77 Roman Tsarapkin RUS Left Back 09.05.1995 Moscow, RUS 197 95 17 Lukas Urban SVK Centre Back 22.06.1995 Presov, SVK 199 86 23 Leon Vucko CRO Line Player 09.01.1995 Zagreb, CRO 192 115 20 Vadym Brazhnyk UKR Goalkeeper 25.02.1975 Brovary, UKR 200 100 73 Igor Chupryna UKR Goalkeeper 25.04.1990 Illychevsk, UKR 198 95 16 Matej Vernarsky SVK Goalkeeper 01.03.1994 Presov, SVK 186 73 12 Juraj Cikarev SVK Goalkeeper 03.10.1996 Kosice, SVK 188 87
Rastislav Trtik coach • collected his first coaching experience with Banik Karvina in the Czech Republic • Czech Republic national team head coach for three years between 2002 and 2005 • in 2005, won promotion to German Bundesliga with MT Melsungen • head coach of Tatran Presov between 2008 and 2011, winning three Slovak championship titles, leading Tatran into their last CL Group Phase campaign in 2010/11
15 Igor Chupryna Jakub Hrstka goalkeeper left wing • Ukrainian national team goalkeeper moved to • born in Zubří, Czech Republic from where he left Presov in summer 2015 from HC Portovik for Presov in 2011 together with Tomáš Číp • 2015/16 was his first CL season • second best Presov scorer in the CL group phase 2015/16 with 40 goals • supposed to back up Vladimir Božič last season, but became number one for Trtik • Czech Handball talent of the year in 2010 • one of the best Tatran players in 2015/16 • featured at 2014 European Championship and season in European competitions, making it to the 2015 World Championship For Czech Republic save of the week in November with his unorthodox • great friend with his teammate Tomáš Číp, also save against Meshkov Brest a winger
Oliver Rabek Radovan Pekar left back left back • scored ten goals for Presov last season in CL • one of the most experienced players in the current Presov squad, local patriot, born and raised • one of the pillars of offensive play for Presov in Presov • known for very accurate and hard shots from • captained Slovakian national team as one of the distance, able to coordinate his movement in the most experienced national team player the air • played at 2008 EHF EURO in Norway and 2009 • has four league titles and Slovakian Cup wins WCh in Croatia for the national team, scored first with Presov - every season since he joined in 2012 Slovakian goal at WCh – against Argentina in 2009 • played at 2012 European Championship in • captain and defensively most important player Serbia – his only major tournament for Slovakia in the squad has most domestic titles with Presov than any other player in the squad – 10
Dominik Krok Marek Pales left back / centre back line player • one of the players who remembers the CL • returns back to Presov after spending two group phase adventure back in 2010/2011 seasons on loan in HKM Sala, winning bronze medals in Slovakian Championship • joined Presov in 2009, ever since became one of the longest serving players in current squad • has very little European experience -this season will be his big test • known for his powerful shots from the distance, one of the favourites of fans in Presov for • both line players from last season left, Michal his friendliness and ever present smile Kopco and Andrej Petro, new faces Leon Vučko and Marek Pales are the new blood to replace them • big fan of tennis, where he develops his skills and accuracy • both Pales and Vučko got injured in pre- season but are declared to be fit
Alexey Peskov Tomas Cip right back right wing • two-metre tall Russian international came to • Czech international started his career in his to replace Latvian giant Dainis Kristopans in 2015 hometown, Zubri, where he played until his transfer to Presov in the summer of 2011 • most experienced player from the squad, played the CL for his mother club Chekhovski • one of the two players from Zubri, the other Medvedi and Celje one being left winger Jakub Hrstka • also played in Poland’s Wisla Plock and • regular Czech national team starter, until now Ukraine’s Dinamo-Poltava, with the latter having has featured in over 50 games and scored more than won the Ukrainian league in 2012, spent three 100 goals seasons in Ukrainian Zaporozhye • able to defend on the wing as well as attack, EC trophies: Cup Winners’ Cup 2006 although he is highly rated for his game in offence
16 GROUP 1 Red Boys Differdange (LUX)
Road to the VELUX EHF Champions League: Red Boys Differdange have been waiting for this moment since 1999 and after the tenth and last round of the league play-offs the wait was over.
The last league game was a true final, as Kaerjeng were ahead by one point before their away match at Differdange and the game was a real thriller.
Three minutes before the end, the teams were level, which would have been enough for Kaerjeng, but a 3:0 run to make it 29:26 in front of more than than 1,000 fans in the arena gave Differdange their eighth title after 1955, 1957, 1990, 1991, 1997, 1998 and 1999.
Past achievements
VELUX EHF Champions League Participations (including 2016/17 season): 4 Last 32 (3): 1997/98, 1998/99, 1999/00
Other Playing hall EHF Cup: Last 16 1995/96 Centre sportif National d’COQUE Challenge Cup: Last 16 1996/97, rue Leon Hengen 2 2004/05, 2014/15 1745 Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourgish league: 8 titles (1955, Capacity: 2,000 1958, 1990, 1991, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2016)
Club Address: Red Boys Differdange Boite Postale 33 4501 Differdange Luxembourg
Media contact: John Scheuren +352 621 237941 [email protected]
Online information: Website: www.handballredboys.lu Facebook: hbredboys Twitter:@HandballRedBoys
Kit colours LIGHT Player shirt: red-white Player short: white Goalkeeper shirt: orange DARK Player shirt: white-red-blue Player short: white Goalkeeper shirt: yellow
17 Red Boys Differdange (LUX)
Team roster
No. First Name Surname Nat. Position Date of Birth Place of Birth Height Weight
20 Daniel Elting LUX Left Wing 04.02.1997 Luxembourg, LUX 179 66 77 Yann Hoffmann LUX Left Back 04.08.1994 Esch/Alzette, LUX 194 80 6 Marin Knez CRO Right Back 06.10.1983 Split, CRO 201 102 15 Senjin Kratovic BIH Centre Back 13.06.1983 Sarajevo, BIH 187 92 7 Eric Manderscheid LUX Centre Back 07.04.1997 Esch/Alzette, LUX 178 77 4 Tiago Oliveira Felix POR Left Back 07.01.1999 Esch/Alzette, LUX 183 83 33 Andraz Podvrsic SLO Line Player 05.11.1982 Lublijana, SLO 197 105 2 Damir Rezic CRO Left Back 10.06.1979 Metkovic, CRO 192 86 23 Daniel Scheid LUX Right Wing 29.08.1992 Luxembourg, LUX 174 74 13 Gilles Thierry LUX Left Wing 12.04.1991 Esch/Alzette, LUX 190 93 22 Aldin Zekan LUX Left Wing 06.01.1992 Esch/Alzette, LUX 181 78 10 Alen Zekan LUX Right Wing 01.03.1990 Esch/Alzette, LUX 187 90 70 Armin Zekan BIH Right Back 12.09.1997 Esch/Alzette, LUX 195 90 16 Sedin Zuzo FRA Goalkeeper 29.08.1977 Lyon, FRA 195 94 35 Rafal Grzybowski POL Goalkeeper 22.10.1990 Ciechanow, POL 193 91 1 Charel Heim LUX Goalkeeper 30.01.1998 Luxembourg, LUX 192 115
Goran Vukcevic coach • had been professional handball player in Montenegro and was player in Belgium for several years and is a Belgian citizen now • after he was player in Belgium, he was first playing coach • had been coach at Differdange from 2007 to 2011 • right in his first season after returning to Differdange (2015/16), he steered the team to the Luxembourgish championship
18 Sedin Zuzo Gilles Thierry goalkeeper left wing • one of nine players in the squad, with roots in • is going to become a teacher after finishing his former Yugoslavia studies • despite or because of his age of 39 years one • shares the position with Aldin, one of the of the key figures in the team, though he is only in Zekan brothers the team since 2015 • had tried to play on the pivot position, but • Challenge Cup finalist with former now is back on the left lane Luxembourgish champions Handball Esch after a long-term stay at France (is French citizen now) • one of his most important tasks on and off the court is being a translator for the foreign players
Yann Hoffmann Damir Rezic left back left back • had never been playing for any other club than • part of the Red Boys squad since 13 - no one the Red Boys since he started playing else has a longer career in the red jersey • had started his career as centre back, then • had been playing for Metkovic in Croatia, switched to the “king’s position“ where he was teammate of legendary Ivano Balic • despite his young age of 22 already a key • born in the same village as Blazenko Lackovic, player of the Luxembourgish national team who is the godfather of his daughter • due to his teammates, started to play “Balkan • nearly only playing in defence now style” handball and usually spends his holiday at the Balkans • younger brother of former Red Boys player Jimmy Hoffmann, who currently studies abroad and took over his role in the team
Senjin Kratovic Andraz Podvrsic centre back line player • had been playing all the time of his • had been Slovenian international in his professional career in the second French division, younger days being among the top scorers all seasons • arrived in 2013 from former Austrian • arrived at French side Nancy as right back, but champions Bregenz at Differdange then changed to the playmaker position • father of three and thus a perfect youth • currently is Bosnian, but wants to take over handball coach the French citizenship • one of the key players in the middle block
Marin Knez Alen Zekan right back right wing • handball globetrotter, as he had played in • born in Bosnia and Herzegovina and came to Croatia, Austria and France before he arrived at Luxembourg with his parents when he was four Differdange • Luxembourgish international • gained Champions league experience in his • arrived at Differdange at the age of 18 and younger days as player of RK Zagreb right made it to the starting seven • part of the Red Boys squad in the second • can also play on the right back position season • supposed to give the 18-year-old Armin Zekan - youngest of three Zekan brothers - a helping hand in his first season in the male team
19 GROUP 1 Cocks (FIN)
Road to the VELUX EHF Champions League: The finals of the Finnish championship play-off are played best of five, but just like in 2015, Cocks only needed three matches to make everything clear.
After Dicken were overcome last year, HC West were Cocks’ opponents this time, but they were simply ran over by the Riihimäki based reigning champions.
Cocks opened the final series with a convincing 34:23 win at home, followed by another 11 goal win, 35:24 away in the second leg.
In the third match, then, Cocks could let their own home crowd celebrate them, as they emphasised the difference between the two finalists with a 34:26 win.
Past achievements
VELUX EHF Champions League Participations (including 2016/17 season): 1
Other Challenge Cup: quarter-finals 2013/14, Playing hall 2014/15 Elenia Areena Härkätie 17 B Baltic league: winners 2015/16, 13130 Hämeenlinna runners-up 2012/13 Finland Capacity: 1,960 Finnish league: 8 titles (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) Finnish cup: 7 titles
Club Address: Cocks Teollisuuskatu 16 11120 Riihimäki Finland
Media contact: Jari Viita +358 500 480744 [email protected]
Online information: Website: www.cocks.fi Facebook: riihimakicocks Twitter:@riihimakicocks
Kit colours LIGHT Player shirt: yellow Player short: red Goalkeeper shirt: lime green DARK Player shirt: red Player short: red Goalkeeper shirt: orange
20 Cocks (FIN)
Team roster
No. First Name Surname Nat. Position Date of Birth Place of Birth Height Weight
7 Aliaksandr Bachko BLR Centre Back 15.08.1989 Grandichi, BLR 189 90 91 Tiago Da Silva POR Right Back 04.01.1991 Guimaraes, POR 198 92 47 Andrei Kaliarovich BLR Left Back 18.08.1993 Minsk, BLR 196 92 31 Victor Kovalenko RUS Centre Back 13.01.1982 Leningrad, RUS 192 93 17 Yury Lukyanchuk BLR Line Player 05.01.1990 Brest, BLR 195 96 23 Vitalie Nenita MDA Right Back 04.06.1987 Chisinau, MDA 191 90 20 Andrei Novoselov RUS Right Wing 25.08.1986 Yougorenok, RUS 177 73 22 Nico Rönnberg FIN Left Back 14.04.1992 Karjaa, FIN 190 91 11 Gheorghe Safronii MDA Left Back 21.01.1986 Kishinev, MDA 203 95 21 Robin Sjöman FIN Line Player 25.08.1992 Karjaa, FIN 195 95 19 Roni Syrjälä FIN Right Wing 28.03.1995 Riihimäki, FIN 180 75 15 Teemu Tamminen FIN Left Wing 27.08.1987 Riihimäki, FIN 190 82 55 Aliaksandr Tsitou BLR Line Player 28.10.1986 Mahilev, BLR 193 105 3 Jani Tuominen FIN Left Wing 30.01.1992 Riihimäki, FIN 182 84 4 Antti Valo FIN Right Wing 28.12.1983 Riihimäki, FIN 185 90 87 Vitalii Shitsko RUS Goalkeeper 09.09.1987 St. Petersburg, RUS 198 97 30 Kalle Alander FIN Goalkeeper 13.06.1995 Riihimäki, FIN 200 90 5 Kiril Morozov RUS Goalkeeper 11.03.1988 Chelyabinsk, RUS 195 99
Gintaras Savukynas coach • joined this summer from a job as coordinator of the handball section of the Norwegian club Bergsøj IL, where he was also head coach • has signed a two year contract with Cocks with an option for another two years • was national coach of Lithuania from 2009-2014, simultanously also in charge of Belarusian Meshkov Brest from 2010-2012 • during his time as a player, he played in Iceland, Switzerland and Norway, apart from his native country • particularly known for his professional approach to his job and for his tactical skills
21 Kirill Morozov Teemu Tamminen goalkeeper left wing • born in Chelyabinsk in Russia • scored a total of 22 goals – 11 in each match – as Finland defeated Luxembourg in the play-offs for • has CL experience from Russian Chekhovskie the Qualification 2 for the EHF EURO 2018 Medvedi as well as from HC Bosna BH • born in Riihimäki, the home town of Cocks, • has also represented Sungul in his homeland and has played for the club always for one season, 2013-14 before moving abroad again • scored no less than 14 goals, as Cocks • played a great part in Cocks winning the defeated HC West in the decisive match for the Finnish championship as well as the Baltic Handball Finnish championship 2015-16 League last season • recently extended his contract for another • tall (195 cm) and heavy (99 kg) goalkeeper two years, so the Cocks should be sure to benefit who is good at foreseeing the shots from his skills at least until the summer of 2018
Nico Rönnberg Aliaksandr Bachko left back centre back • younger brother of nearly legendary • joined in the 2016 summer from SKA Minsk in playmaker Andreas Rönnberg, but has managed to his homeland made his own name known in handball circles too • was a particular key player for Minsk in the • originally a Cocks player, but had a short group phase of the EHF Cup last season, where he foreign adventure by Norwegian ØIF Arendal in the topped a great season as playmaker by scoring 34 2013-14 season goals himself • with a total of 10 goals, he played his part, • expected to fill out the otherwise big as the Finnish national team made it through to footprints of Andres Rönnberg who has left for Qualification Tournament 2 for the EHF EURO 2018 Finnish league rivals BK-46 Karis • became top scorer with 12 goals, as Cocks • was part of the Belarusian national team at defeated SKA Minsk 36:32 in the final of the Baltic the 2015 World Championship in Qatar Handball League 2015/16
Victor Kovalenko Robin Sjöman centre back line player • versatile back court player with a lot of • good at benefiting from his size to make room experience and an obvious back-up for all back court for himself on the line as well as for his back court players in the expected starting line-up players • rich CL experience from Montenegrin • unlike many line players, he is also very good Buducnost, Belarusian Dinamo Minsk, Ukrainian in counter attacks Dinamo Poltava and Russian HC St. Petersburg • as he also has outspoken defensive qualities, • joined Cocks from St. Petersburg in 2015 he is an asset at both ends of the court • scored 40 goals in 12 matches, as Cocks won • is a regular player in the Finnish national team the Baltic Handball League in the 2015-16 season
Tiago Silva Andrei Novoselov right back right wing • joined this summer from FC Porto in his • further member of an increasing number of homeland Eastern European players by Cocks • another player with CL experience – from • just like goalkeeper Morozov, he has previous exactly FC Porto CL experience, in his case from HC St. Petersburg • born in the city of Guimaraes, he started his • joined Cocks from St. Petersburg in 2015 career in Braga, some kind of a handball metropole • with his 177 cm, he is not among the tallest in in Portugal men’s international handball, not even as a winger, • Cocks is his first foreign adventure but he compensates with his speed and his variety of shots from the wing as well as on counter attacks • benefits from his height (198 cm) his hard shot and his ability to move inwards on the court to • scored 34 goals in 14 matches in the Baltic shoot from the central section Handball League last season while staying clear of any suspensions and warnings
22 More white. More light. More life.
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Qualification Tournament 2 Group D ABC/UMinho (POR) HBC Nantes (FRA) Achilles Bocholt (BEL) TTH Holstebro (DEN) Bregenz Handball (AUT) HC Motor Zaporozhye (UKR) Maccabi CASTRO Tel Aviv Besiktas Mogaz HT (TUR) Dinamo Bucuresti (ROU) Winner QT
2nd ranked team - EHF Cup, Qualification Round 3 Playing hall 3rd ranked team - EHF Cup, Qualification Round 3 Handballarena Rieden-Vorkloster 4th ranked team - EHF Cup, Qualification Round 2 vs Winner of Round 1: Csurgo KK (HUN) Untere Burggräflergasse 11 vs Bodo HK (NOR) 6900 Bregenz Austria Capacity: 2,000
Match schedule (all times local) Head-to-head stats in European Cup competitions Saturday, 3 September 2016: No previous encounters in European Cup competitions Semi-finals ABC/UMinho vs Maccabi CASTRO Tel Aviv 2 16:45 hrs Bregenz Handball vs. Achilles Bocholt Bregenz Handball vs Achilles Bocholt 1 19:30 hrs ABC/UMinho vs. Maccabi CASTRO Tel Aviv ABC/UMinho vs Bregenz Handball ABC/UMinho vs Achilles Bocholt Sunday, 4 September 2016: Maccabi CASTRO Tel Aviv vs Bregenz Handball 3rd place match Maccabi CASTRO Tel Aviv vs Achilles Bocholt 13:45 hrs Loser semi-final 1 vs loser semi-final 2 Final 16:30 hrs Winner semi-final 1 vs winner semi-final 2
Preview: Quartet aims for one berth against HC Fivers WAT Margareten. Therefore, Bregenz won their first trophy after a six-year drought, as the hosts avenged their There are only two more tickets for this season’s group stage of defeat in the championship against HC Fivers WAT Margareten. the VELUX EHF Champions League and eight teams are set to battle it out. While Gorenje Velenje and Tatran Presov are the outright However, Achilles is not proving to be such an easy opponent for the favourites in Group 1, the situation is not as straightforward in hosts. The Belgian side started their campaign with a win, 33:31, in Group 2. The stakes are high, as the winner will earn the right to the BENE-league, against Vise, and will look to cause problems also play alongside HBC Nantes, TTH Holstebro, HC Motor Zaporozhye, in Austria. Besiktas Mogaz HT and Dinamo București in Group D of the European top competition. As the tournament will be hosted by ABC/UMinho (POR) vs Maccabi CASTRO Tel Aviv (ISR) Bregenz, on the beautiful outskirts of Lake Constance, the Austrian Only FC Porto and Sporting CP won more Portuguese titles than side have the homecourt advantage and are favourites against the ABC/UMinho Braga. However, the current champions have waited Belgian champions, Achilles Bocholt. The other game will feature the nine years for another win. But last season helped erase all the bad Portuguese champions, ABC/UMinho and Maccabi CASTRO Tel Aviv, memories from the previous years. ABC were on the top of their with the winners set to fight on Sunday for the grand prize. game and powered to win their maiden Challenge Cup, adding to their 13th national title. All matches will be streamed live on ehfTV.com and fans will also be able to follow the live ticker and on EHF social media channels. However, the pressure is on the Portuguese side, after Porto won seven games in the VELUX EHF Champions League’s group stage, Bregenz Handball (AUT) vs Achilles Bocholt (BEL) only to lose the qualification in the next phase on tiebreakers The days when Bregenz Handball was a certitude in the VELUX EHF against Naturhouse La Rioja. But the first outing of the season was Champions League group stage are long gone. The Austrian side not an easy won, nor a winning one for the Portuguese champions. failed to qualify for the groups of the European top competition for ABC lost the Portuguese Supercup, 24:25, against Benfica, in what the last seven years, but are roaring to get back again into the top needed to be a successful indicator of form for Braga. flight. The Israeli side, whose only previous experience is a loss against The stakes are high, but the start of the season finds Bregenz in top Romanian side Potaissa Turda, in the EHF Cup’s Round 1 last season, form. The Austrian side have already an important win under their should be the underdogs in the game, but Braga assure they will be belt, after they won the Austrian Supercup on homecourt, 31:28, ready for everything their opponents bring to the table.
24 GROUP 2 ABC/UMinho (POR)
Road to the VELUX EHF Champions League: In the past seven years, FC Porto dominated the national championship and, this year, it seemed that the history would repeat after a first stage with 24 consecutive wins. However, SL Benfica eliminated the seven-time national champions in the semi-finals and the title fight was between Mariano Ortega’s team and ABC/UMinho. The two teams also met in the Challenge Cup’s final and played together seven times within one month.
Carlos Resende’s team from Braga was forced to find solutions to injuries that affected the players and as both rivals took advantage of the home courts in the first four games, the best- of-five series culminated in the thrilling decider in Braga. Also courtesy of a great defending performance of Humberto Gomes ABC recorded the extra-time win and clinched their 13th national title ending a title-drought which started from 2006/07.
Past achievements
VELUX EHF Champions League Participation (including 2016/17 season): 9 Final (1): 1993/94 Quarter-finals (4): 1995/96, 1996/97, 1997/98, 2000/01 Last 32 (1): 1998/99 Playing hall Qualification (2): 2006/07, 2007/08 Pavilhão Desportivo Municipal de St. Tirso Rua do Picoto 4780-521 Other 4780-521 Sto. Tirso, Portugal EHF Cup: semi-finals 1999/00 Capacity: 2,800 Challenge Cup: winners 2015/16, runners-up 2004/05, 2014/15
Club Address: Portuguese league: 13 titles (1987, ABC/UMinho 1988, 1991-93, 1995-98, 2000, 2006, Pavilhao Flavio sa Leite 2007, 2016) Apartado 2437/Parque da Ponte Portuguese cup: 11 titles 4701-905 Braga, Portugal
Media contact: Luis Teles +351 935 979970 [email protected]
Online information: www.abcdebraga.com
Kit colours
LIGHT Player shirt: yelow Player short: yellow Goalkeeper shirt: multicolour
DARK Player shirt: black Player short: black Goalkeeper shirt: multicolour
25 ABC/UMinho (POR)
Team roster
No. First Name Surname Nat. Position Date of Birth Place of Birth Height Weight
67 Tomas Albuquerque POR Centre Back 31.05.1993 Braga, POR 182 85 18 Dario Andrade POR Left Wing 15.02.1981 Braga, POR 181 82 34 Goncalo Areias POR Centre Back 19.04.1997 Braga, POR 180 81 8 Carlos Bandeira POR Right Wing 03.02.1998 Penedono, POR 182 80 10 Diogo Branquinho POR Left Wing 25.07.1994 Aveiro, POR 185 89 48 Jose Costa POR Line Player 23.03.1984 Braga, POR 193 96 15 Lucas Ferrao POR Centre Back 15.08.1998 Braga, POR 185 86 27 Andre Gomes POR Left Back 27.07.1998 Braga, POR 193 86 24 Joao Pedro Goncalves POR Line Player 21.02.1988 Braga, POR 188 102 7 Pedro Marques POR Centre Back 25.05.1990 Aveiro, POR 179 82 19 Carlos Martins POR Right Wing 14.06.1994 Moimenta da Beira, POR 180 77 13 Miguel Pereira POR Right Wing 07.02.1990 Braga, POR 185 82 22 Nuno Pereira POR Left Back 22.03.1987 Aveiro, POR 193 95 14 Ricardo Pesqueira POR Line Player 27.12.1991 Porto, POR 198 105 6 Hugo Rocha POR Left Back 17.12.1982 Porto, POR 201 100 17 Pedro Spinola POR Right Back 20.08.1983 Funchal, POR 187 85 1 Humberto Gomes POR Goalkeeper 01.01.1978 Braga, POR 193 101 12 Emanuel Ribeiro POR Goalkeeper 17.12.1994 Guimaraes, POR 189 80 78 Claudio Silva POR Goalkeeper 06.07.1996 Braga, POR 187 87
Carlos Resende coach • one of the most important names of contemporary Portuguese handball • his career as a coach started in 2006 with FC Porto, he moved to ABC in 2011 • won the first title as coach in 2006/2007 with FC Porto • in 2000, considered the European’s best left back • last year he still played (2006) was the last time Portugal qualified for an European Championship
EC trophies: Challenge Cup 2016
26 Humberto Gomes Diogo Branquinho goalkeeper left wing • started playing handball with ABC and, in • started playing handball at 12 and made his 2010, returned to the club debut in ABC’ senior team at 19 • has two Challenge Cups in his curriculum: • in the last two years he developed remarkably Sporting (2010) and ABC (2016) and now is a key player for the club • in 25 years as a handball player, played about • his idol is his teammate Nuno “Grilo” Pereira 1,200 games, 80 of them for the national team • has two European University titles and one • Alexander Donner was one of his great World University title influencers EC trophies: Challenge Cup 2010, 2016 EC trophies: Challenge Cup 2016
Hugo Rocha Nuno Pereira left back left back • more known for his defensive power, can also • started playing handball at 13 play as a line player • played for FC Porto and SL Benfica before • was one of ABC’s top scorers in the 2015/16 arriving at ABC in 2013 season and recorded his best season so far • his idols are Nikola Karabatic and Carlos • played for ABC between 2006 and 2009 and Resende (his coach) returned to the club after some years in Sporting • known for his fast transitions and • his father, his grandfather and his uncle were determination handball players
EC trophies: Challenge Cup 2010, 2016 EC trophies: Challenge Cup 2016
Pedro Marques Jose Costa centre back line player • played for S. Bernardo and Sporting before • started playing handball with ABC and arriving at ABC in 2011 returned to the club after eight years • at 2015 World Universiade he won the • last season played for Montpellier Handball champions’ title and was announced as the MVP and won the Coupe de la Liga • known for his technical skills and a sense for • Portuguese international since 2007 good decisions in critical moments • experienced player known for his physical • came to ABC to replace Carlos Matos power
EC trophies: Challenge Cup 2016
Pedro Spinola Miguel Pereira right back right wing • arrived at ABC in January 2016 and will stay for • started playing handball with ABC and another season returned in 2015 • played the CL with FC Porto and accomplished • played the CL qualification stage with FC Porto a dream in 2013 • was the second top scorer of 2015/16 • 2012/13 was the season he consolidated as a Challenge Cup player • was nominated for the best seven of the CL • won a World Universiade title in 2015 in 2013
EC trophies: Challenge Cup 2016 EC trophies: Challenge Cup 2016
27 GROUP 2 Bregenz Handball (AUT)
Road to the VELUX EHF Champions League: Yet again the VELUX EHF Champions League will have a participant from the Lake Constance shores, but it will not be Alpla Hard this time around. The series of Alpla, who had won the last four league trophies in Austria, has ended, but it was Fivers who claimed the Austrian throne this time around.
The Fivers had lost seven finals since 2005, but this year, they had decided the best-of-three series after two wins against Bregenz - a 31:29 after extra-time on home court and a 24:18 away victory. As the Vienna-based club did not register for the Champions League the right has been passed to Bregenz who will make their ninth appearance in the European top flight and their first since the 2010/11 qualification after EHF Executive Committee confirmed their upgrade from an EHF Cup club to the premium competition.
Past achievements
VELUX EHF Champions League Participations (including 2016/17 season): 9 Group Matches (4): 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2008/09 Round 1: 2001/02 Playing hall Qualification: 2002/03, 2004/05, Handballarena Rieden-Vorkloster 2009/10, 2010/11 Untere Burggräflergasse 11 6900 Bregenz Other Austria EHF Cup: quarter-finals 2004/05, Last 16 Capacity: 2,000 2010/11 Cup Winners’ Cup: Round 4 2000/01
Austrian league: 9 titles (2001, 2002, Club Address: 2004-10) Bregenz Handball Austrian cup: 4 titles Untere Burggräflergasse 11 6900 Bregenz Austria
Media contact: Christoph Makovec +43 5574 83312 [email protected]
Online information: Website: www.bregenz-handball.at Facebook: BregenzHandball
Kit colours LIGHT Player shirt: yellow Player short: black Goalkeeper shirt: red/blue/black DARK Player shirt: black Player short: black Goalkeeper shirt: red/blue
28 Bregenz Handball (AUT)
Team roster
No. First Name Surname Nat. Position Date of Birth Place of Birth Height Weight
18 Dominik Bammer AUT Line Player 18.01.1990 Linz, AUT 192 91 11 Bojan Beljanski SRB Line Player 22.06.1986 Backa Palanka, SRB 197 107 21 Nemanja Belos SRB Left Back 08.06.1994 Novi Sad, SRB 192 90 27 Marko Buvinic CRO Right Back 28.06.1992 Pula, CRO 190 90 20 Ante Esegovic AUT Right Back 12.04.1996 Bregenz, AUT 194 96 6 Lukas Frühstück AUT Centre Back 26.06.1991 Bregenz, AUT 183 85 28 Clemens Gangl AUT Line Player 08.10.1993 Hard, AUT 190 101 33 Fabian Glaser AUT Right Wing 03.06.1996 Bärnbach, AUT 183 85 5 Amadeus Hedin SWE Left Back 31.01.1995 Ystad, SWE 190 90 4 Christian Jäger AUT Centre Back 25.08.1997 Bregenz, AUT 192 80 15 Marian Klopcic AUT Right Wing 14.01.1992 Klagenfurt, AUT 184 84 17 Severin Lampert AUT Left Wing 10.02.2000 Feldkirch, AUT 26 Florian Mohr AUT Line Player 30.01.1998 Graz, AUT 206 105 25 Sebastian Obwexer AUT Left Wing 26.11.1997 Bregenz, AUT 193 80 19 Nico Schnabl GER Centre Back 17.04.1996 München, GER 188 88 34 Tobias Varvne SWE Centre Back 18.01.1987 Lindesberg, SWE 190 93 29 Alexander Wassel AUT Left Wing 30.12.1992 Versmold, GER 175 80 1 Goran Aleksic AUT Goalkeeper 12.09.1982 Krusevac, SRB 203 105 12 Jürgen Suppanschitz AUT Goalkeeper 11.03.1986 Voitsberg, AUT 198 95 16 Ralf Patrick Häusle AUT Goalkeeper 30.12.1994 Bregenz, AUT 190 80
Robert Hedin coach • had been player at eight clubs in five different countries (Sweden, Norway, Spain, Germany, Switzerland) • took over his first “playing coach” job in St. Gallen in 1998, later on was also player and coach at Nettelstedt (GER). • after some years at Ystad, returned to Germany to take over MT Melsungen. • coach of the Norwegian national team from 2008 until 2014, and parallel in the 2011/12 season, coach of Danish top club Aalborg. • coach in Bregenz since January 2015 and was awarded “coach of the year” by the Austian league right in his first season.
OG: S 1992, 1996; EURO: G 1994; WCh: B 1993 (as a player)
29 Goran Aleksic Alexander Wassel goalkeeper left wing • one of three Serbian-born in the Bregenz • examined handball scientist squad, now has the Austrian citizenship • sharing the position with youngster Sebastian • plays for the club since 2009 Burger, the son of Markus Burger, former coach of Bregenz’ arch rival Alpla Hard • one of the rare player with external CL experience from his time at Red Star Belgrade • has scored exactly in total 200 goals in the last four league seasons • before he had played for the Serbian clubs of Krusevac and Zrenjanin
Tobias Varvne Nemanja Belos left back left back • together with Amadeus Hedin they are only • arrived from Serbian side Jugovic Kac before remaining Scandinavian in the squad, after Espen Lie the 2016/17 season Hansen transferred to Denmark • classical Balkan shooter and also supposed to • awarded twice (2014/15 and 2015/16) best strengthen the defence foreign player of the Austrian Handball League • part of the newly built Serbian national team • had been playing for Swedish club Skövde, • one of the best shooters in the previous two before he joined Bregenz in 2014 seasons of the Serbian league. • played two international matches for Sweden • supposed to fill the footprints, left by after becoming U21 World Champion in 2007 Norwegian Espen Lie Hansen, who transferred to OG: S 1992, 1996; EURO: G 1994; WCh: B 1993 (as a player) Danish side Midtjylland
Lukas Frühstück Bojan Beljanski centre back line player • never played for another club than Bregenz • Serbian international and was part of the Serbian team at the 2012 Olympic Games • three times Austrian champion with his club • plays for Bregenz since 2015 • plays for the Austrian national team • born in Backa Palanka, like THW Kiel right back • his father Roland, a politician, is the manager Marko Vujin of Bregenz Handball • started his career at Sintelon, before he played three seasons for Arrate (ESP), also played for Kriens (SUI) and Frisch Auf Göppingen (GER) • one of Bregenz defence specialists
EURO: S 2012
Marko Buvinic Mario Klopcic right back right wing • arrived from former Macedonian Champion • one of currently five Austrian internationals in Metalurg Skopje at Bregenz before this season the Bregenz squad • has started his career at Umag and Porec in • arrived at Bregenz at the age of 17 in to play in Croatia, where he was a first league player the youth and junior teams • one of the rare players in the Bregenz squad • since 2009 part of the senior squad with EHF Champions League experience • had been part of the Austrian squad at the • signed a one year contract being the fifth 2015 World Championship foreigner in the squad • supposed to share the position with young guns Amadeus Hedin and Ante Esegovic
30 GROUP 2 Achilles Bocholt (BEL) Road to the VELUX EHF Champions League: Hubo Initia Hasselt finished runners-up behind Dutch side OCI Lions in the bi-national BeNe- League earlier last season and suffered the same fate in the domestic play-off finals against Achilles Bocholt.
In contrast to their women’s side, who took the trophy in the identical final pairing. Bocholt had made the crucial step already in the first final, winning 41:27 on home court, followed by a 25:21 away win at Hasselt with Belgian international Bartosz Kedziora starring.
After the play-offs the roles had been different: Hasselt were on top by 15 points, while Bocholt were four points below. Bocholt won their fourth title and managed to end their final curse after losing the previous three finals.
Past achievements
VELUX EHF Champions League Participations (including 2016/17 season): 1
Other Benelux League: 1 title (2013) Playing hall Soeverein Arena Belgian league: 1 title (2016) Sportveldenstraat 10 Belgian Cup: 2 titles 3920 Lommel Belgium Capacity: 3,289
Club Address: Achilles Bocholt Hezerstraat 31 3950 Bocholt Belgium
Media contact: Jan Evens +32 475 556724 [email protected]
Online information: Website: www.handbalbocholt.be Facebook: handbalbocholt Twitter:@AchillesBocholt
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31 Achilles Bocholt (BEL)
Team roster
No. First Name Surname Nat. Position Date of Birth Place of Birth Height Weight
10 Jordi Cremers NED Line Player 06.03.1990 Beek, NED 182 85 44 Bartosz Kedziora BEL Centre Back 31.12.1990 Glogow, POL 189 92 24 Damian Kedziora BEL Left Wing 18.05.1987 Glogow, POL 188 90 14 Andreas Kittel NED Right Wing 12.02.1985 Sittard, NED 184 81 11 Elias Koninkx BEL Right Wing 22.05.1998 Overpelt, BEL 182 70 3 Brecht Lamers BEL Left Back 01.06.1994 Bocholt, BEL 180 80 17 Joren Lamers BEL Left Back 19.01.1996 Bocholt, BEL 188 84 34 Miha Pucnik SLO Left Back 01.02.1988 Slovenj Gradec, SLO 191 100 22 Serge Spooren BEL Right Back 22.11.1993 Neerpelt, BEL 189 90 15 Roel Valkenborgh BEL Left Back 15.11.1988 Neerpelt, BEL 194 93 4 Brecht Wertelaers BEL Right Back 23.07.1990 Bree, BEL 181 74 7 Wout Winters BEL Centre Back 26.08.1994 Neerpelt, BEL 184 84 5 Nejc Zmavc SLO Line Player 06.09.1990 Ptuj, SLO 194 100 1 Björn Alberts NED Goalkeeper 03.08.1978 Geleen, NED 194 90 12 Stef Gijbels BEL Goalkeeper 23.07.1996 Neerpelt, BEL 202 102 16 Clem Leroy BEL Goalkeeper 27.08.1997 Hasselt, BEL 195 85
Bart Lenders coach • coach since 2015 and led Bocholt to their championship right in his first season • had before been a long-term player and assistant coach (2014/15) of the club • awarded “best player of the season” in Belgium several times • part of the Belgium national team for a long time
32 Björn Alberts Damian Kedziora goalkeeper left wing • Bundesliga player at German club Bayer • Bartusz’ brother and the team captain of Dormagen in his younger days Bocholt • second goalkeeper at the side of famous • regularly the top scorer of the team due to his German legend Andreas Thiel at Dormagen strength at the penalty line • later on played for German second division • playing his seventh season at Bocholt team Rostock • after a several year break he is back in the • started his career at Sittard, Netherlands and Belgian national team since three years was discovered at a tournament in Germany at the age of 18, before he was the number one in the • his 18 goals paved the way for the biggest Dutch national team successes of the Belgian team, making the EURO 2018 qualification by beating Turkey in the play-offs
Roel Valkenborgh Miha Pucnik left back left back • classical tall shooter and the physical • one of two Slovenian players in the squad, strongest player of the squad after his former Maribor team mate Nejc Zmavc joined Bocholt before this season • another Belgium international • allrounder, who can play on all back positions • working as physical education teacher in Bocholt • cornerstone of the middle block • core player for the middle block of the • played for former Slovenian champions defence Velenje and later on for Branik Maribor in European Cup competitions, before he first transferred to Austria and then to Belgium
Bartosz Kedziora Jordi Cremers centre back line player • born in Poland, his father had been Polish • another Dutch player in the squad national team player in youth, junior and later on • has started his career - like Andreas Kittel - at senior national team Limburg Lions • the hub, head and organizer of the team in • untypical small line player, full of power and attack, leading the offence using a wide range of different shots • Belgian national team player • the “sweeper”, if Bocholt plays a 5:1 defence
Brecht Wertelaers Andreas Kittel right back right wing • is “Mr. Bocholt”, as he never played for • his mother is Dutch, his father German, but he another club took the Dutch citizenship • identification figure for the club and the team • played for OCI Limburg Lions and became national team player there • left handed shooter, mainly playing in attack • transferred to Bocholt in 2010
33 GROUP 2 Maccabi CASTRO Tel Aviv (ISR)
Road to the VELUX EHF Champions League: For the second time in their history as well as in the last three seasons Maccabi Tel Aviv won the Israeli championship after a 3-0 win in the final play off series against Maccabi Rishon Lezion (the third match in the series ended with a draw).
The team from Tel Aviv deserved the title after finishing the regular season in the first place, three points ahead of Maccabi Rishon Lezion who finished as the second best team. Six matches between these two teams during the regular season and the play off produced for the new championship five wins for Tel Aviv and a draw.
Uncharacteristically this final series was one sided. Maccabi Tel Aviv opened the series with two wins 33:25 and 27:24. The third match in Tel Aviv ended in a draw 25:25 and in the fourth match at Beit Maccabi, Rishon Lezion arena, the team from Tel Aviv won 33:31.
In five from the last seven seasons the final play off series ended after five matches. Maccabi Tel Aviv’s Serbian goalkeeper, Milan Kosanovic wos voted as the MVP of the final series thanks to 52 saves during the four matches.
Past achievements
VELUX EHF Champions League Participations (including 2016/17 season): 1
Other Israeli league: 2 titles (2014, 2016) Playing hall Drive Inn Arena 7 Izik Ramba street 67062 Tel Aviv Israel Capacity: 2,700
Club Address: Maccabi CASTRO Tel Aviv Shitrit st. 6, Hadar Josep 61240 Tel Aviv Israel
Media contact: Avigdor Resch [email protected]
Online information: Facebook: MaccabiTelAviv
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34 Maccabi CASTRO Tel Aviv (ISR)
Team roster
No. First Name Surname Nat. Position Date of Birth Place of Birth Height Weight
19 Yosef Appo ISR Line Player 01.10.1993 Petach Tikva, ISR 192 90 7 Novak Boskovic SRB Right Back 23.05.1989 Sombor, SRB 196 91 18 Itamar Dahan ISR Right Wing 18.03.1999 Givatayim, ISR 190 85 21 Omer Davda ISR Line Player 04.11.1987 Haifa, ISR 184 100 11 Sahar Halfon ISR Right Wing 13.02.1994 Savyon, ISR 183 70 9 Dan Nathan ISR Right Back 02.11.1988 Tel Aviv , ISR 190 89 77 Chen Pomeranz ISR Centre Back 28.05.1984 Ramat Hasharon, ISR186 87 83 Gil Pomeranz ISR Left Wing 17.11.1991 Ramat Hasharon, ISR181 84 3 Amir Benjamin Seifert ISR Centre Back 18.03.1999 Tel Aviv, ISR 177 64 13 Werner Strydom ISR Left Back 13.03.1990 Johannesburg, SAR 190 92 27 Alexander Sychenko ISR Centre Back 17.08.1988 Kiev, ISR 191 90 8 Ido Turel ISR Left Wing 08.03.1988 Ramat Hasharon, ISR182 79 79 Srdan Djordjevic SRB Goalkeeper 23.01.1979 Beograd, SRB 195 102 14 Dan Tepper ISR Goalkeeper 04.03.1994 Tel Aviv, ISR 189 77 16 Tom Shem Tov ISR Goalkeeper 29.10.1996 Tel Aviv, ISR 187 85
Dragan Dukic coach • considered as a highly appreciated figure in world handball, a master coach of the EHF • Maccabi Tel Aviv is the first club that he steers in Israel after coaching the Israeli national team between 2012-15 • though it’s his first season in Maccabi TLV, he is quite familiar with 10 of his players whom he guided at the Israeli national team • Maccabi is the third team that he guides to EHF Champions League after Vardar Skopje (2003-05) and Pick Szeged (2009/10) • has a record of coaching five different national teams: FYR Macedonia, Jordan, Switzerland, Great Britain and Israel
35 Dan Tepper Gil Pomeranz goalkeeper left wing • moved to Maccabi in 2016 from city rivals, • in his second spell at the club after one season ASA Tel Aviv (2014/15) at TV Grosswallstad • won two U19 Bundesliga titles with Füchse • younger brother of Chen Pomeranz, they Berlin under the guidance of Bob Hanning continued their partnership after a season at Grosswallstad • was part of the Israeli national team who qualified to Men’s 20 EHF EURO 2014 in Austria • won 2 championships during his four seasons at the club, has also 2 national cups with ASA • third generation of sportsmen at Maccabi Tel Aviv after his grandfather was a water polo player • a second year student of nutritional science and his father was a member of the soccer team
Ido Turel Alex Sychenko left wing left back • third season at Maccabi TLV • a new recruitment from AS Ramat Hasharon • has a championship title with Maccabi and a • part of the historic achievement of Ramat cup trophy with city rivals, ASA Hasharon – qualifying to the quarter final of the challenge cup in 2014/15 • over 60 international appearances with the Israeli national team • born in Ukraine, moved to Israel eight years ago thanks to a heritage trip • parallel to his handball career he is a student of mechanical engineering • member of the Israeli national team since 2010
Chen Pomeranz Omer Davda centre back line player • returned to Israeli handball at the start of • starts his 8th season at the club and his fourth 2016 after nine years abroad as a team captain • scored more than 1,100 goals during his two • his first experience at the EHF CL years at Switzerland and seven years in Germany, • part of the team which reached the 2012 took part at 2010 Bundesliga All-star game Challenge Cup semi-final • more than 100 international matches and 700 • over 70 appearences in the national team goals for the Israeli national team • MVP of the Israeli league in 2013/14 and three • achieved a MBA degree in sport management times the best line player of the Israeli league and from the university of Real Madrid. once selected as the best defender
Dan Natan Novak Boskovic right back / right wing right back / right wing • first season at EHF Champions Leagu and fifth • member of Serbia national team for the last 3 season at the club years played also at EHF EURO 2016 in Poland • over 70 international appearances in the • third spell at Maccabi Tel Aviv, took a major Israeli national team part of Maccabi first championship title at 2014. Last season help the club to win its second title • took a part in Maccabi Tel Aviv’s two championship titles • with 62 goals second best scorer of the 2011/12 Challenge Cup with Maccabi • also won two national cups with former team ASA Tel Aviv • moved to Cimos Koper (SLO) and got familiar with CL, also played for Tatabanya (HUN) and was best scorer of playoff
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2016 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)
38 2015/16 Top Scorers
Rank Player Club Goals 1 Mikkel Hansen (DEN) Paris Saint-Germain Handball (FRA) 141 2 Momir Ilic (SRB) MVM Veszprém (HUN) 120 3 Kiril Lazarov (MKD) FC Barcelona Lassa (ESP) 109 4 Marko Vujin (SRB) THW Kiel (GER) 103 5 Dean Bombac (SLO) MOL-Pick Szeged (HUN) 101 6 Domagoj Duvnjak (CRO) THW Kiel (GER) 93 Michal Jurecki (POL) KS Vive Tauron Kielce (POL) 93 8 Anders Eggert (DEN) SG Flensburg-Handewitt (GER) 90 Nikola Karabatic (FRA) Paris Saint-Germain Handball (FRA) 90 Barys Pukhouski (BLR) HC Motor Zaporozhye (UKR) 90 11 Rastko Stojkovic (SRB) HC Meshkov Brest (BLR) 89 12 Darko Djukic (SRB) Besiktas Jimnastik Kulubu (TUR) 87 13 Holger Glandorf (GER) SG Flensburg-Handewitt (GER) 83 14 Timur Dibirov (RUS) HC Vardar (MKD) 78 Gasper Marguc (SLO) MVM Veszprém (HUN) 78 Andre Schmid (SUI) Rhein-Neckar Löwen (GER) 78 Lasse Svan (DEN) SG Flensburg-Handewitt (GER) 78 18 Rasmus Lauge Schmidt (DEN) SG Flensburg-Handewitt (GER) 77 19 Karol Bielecki (POL) KS Vive Tauron Kielce (POL) 76 20 Ramazan Döne (TUR) Besiktas Jimnastik Kulubu (TUR) 74 Iman Jamali Moorchegani (HUN) IFK Kristianstad (SWE) 74
39 All-time club standings 1993 - 2016 # TR Name of the club MP W D L GF:FA GD P NP % G 1 1 FC Barcelona Lassa ESP 244 182 17 45 7533:6261 +1272 381:107 (19)* 78,07% 2 2 THW Kiel GER 240 168 14 58 7448:6476 +972 350:130 (19)* 72,92% 3 3 Telekom Veszprem HUN 222 151 10 61 6444:5770 +674 312:132 (20)* 70,27% 4 4 HC PPD Zagreb CRO 226 109 24 93 5962:5824 +138 242:210 (22)* 53,54% 5 5 BM Atletico Madrid ESP 144 111 5 28 4502:3803 +699 227:61 (10) 78,82% 6 6 Celje Pivovarna Lasko SLO 184 101 10 77 5374:5069 +305 212:164 (18)* 57,61% 7 7 SG Flensburg Handewitt GER 148 94 10 44 4473:4093 +380 198:98 (11)* 66,89% 8 8 Montpellier Handball FRA 170 92 11 67 4877:4674 +203 195:145 (16)* 57,35% 9 9 HSV Hamburg GER 98 68 9 21 3088:2670 +418 145:51 (7) 73,98% 10 10 KS Vive Tauron Kielce POL 110 66 10 34 3226:3090 +136 142:78 (9)* 64,55% 11 11 Chekhovskie Medvedi RUS 136 63 15 58 4146:4016 +130 141:131 (14)* 51,84% 12 12 Portland San Antonio ESP 100 64 6 30 2929:2594 +335 134:66 (9) 67,00% 13 13 MOL-Pick Szeged HUN 134 59 10 65 3687:3719 -32 128:140 (13)* 47,76% 14 14 KIF Kolding Kobenhavn DEN 118 54 9 55 3330:3361 -31 117:119 (12) 49,58% 15 15 Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER 86 49 11 26 2588:2388 +200 109:63 (6)* 63,37% 16 16 Reale Ademar Leon ESP 100 50 6 44 2875:2817 +58 106:94 (10) 53,00% 17 17 HC Vardar MKD 86 31 11 44 2323:2466 –143 73:99 (9)* 42,44% 18 18 Paris Saint-Germain Handball FRA 60 34 4 22 1724:1655 +69 72:48 (5)* 60,00% 19 19 Chambery Savoie Handball FRA 74 29 3 42 2028:2133 -105 61:87 (8) 41,22% 20 20 HC Metalurg MKD 72 27 5 32 1768:1874 -106 59:85 (7)* 40,97% 21 21 Kadetten Schaffhausen SUI 72 24 7 41 2053:2142 -89 55:89 (8)* 38,19% 22 22 Orlen Wisla Plock POL 82 25 5 52 2166:2374 –208 55:109 (9)* 33,54% 23 23 RK Gorenje Velenje SLO 62 26 1 35 1779:1775 +4 53:71 (6)Q 42,74% 24 24 SC Magdeburg GER 40 24 3 13 1166:1077 +89 51:29 (4) 63,75% 25 25 GOG Svendborg TGI DEN 62 23 5 34 1765:1815 –50 51:73 (8) 41,13% 26 30 ABC/UMinho POR 38 16 5 17 876:915 –39 37:39 (5)Q 48,68% Q 27 32 HC Motor Zaporozhye UKR 36 16 2 18 1034:1065 -31 34:38 (3)* 47,22% 28 35 Naturhouse La Rioja ESP 34 14 3 17 1016:1033 -17 31:37 (3)* 45,59% 29 36 HC Meshkov Brest BLR 48 14 3 31 1312:1414 -102 31:65 (6)* 32,29% 30 46 Tatran Presov SVK 46 9 4 33 1245:1436 -191 22:70 (7)Q 23,91% Q 31 67 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg DEN 22 4 0 18 562:654 -92 8:36 (2)* 18,18% 32 71 Elverum Handball NOR 10 3 1 6 274:289 -15 7:13 (1)* 35,00% 33 72 IFK Kristianstad SWE 14 3 1 10 409:437 -28 7:21 (1)* 25,00% Q 34 73 Bregenz Handball AUT 24 2 3 19 648:791 -143 7:41 (4)Q 14,58% Q 35 97 Besiktas Mogaz HT TUR 24 2 0 22 635:790 –155 4:44 (2)* 16,67% 36 105 Dinamo Bucuresti ROU 6 1 0 5 148:198 -50 2:10 (1)* 16,67% NR Team Tvis Holstebro DEN 0 0 0 0 0:0 0 0:0 (0)* 0,00% NR HBC Nantes FRA 0 0 0 0 0:0 0 0:0 (0)* 0,00% NR Achilles Bocholt BEL 0 0 0 0 0:0 0 0:0 (0)Q 0,00% Q NR Red Boys Differdange LUX 0 0 0 0 0:0 0 0:0 (0)Q 0,00% Q NR Cocks FIN 0 0 0 0 0:0 0 0:0 (0)Q 0,00% Q NR Maccabi Castro Tel-Aviv ISR 0 0 0 0 0:0 0 0:0 (0)Q 0,00% Q
All stats in this guide are provided by Roy Knoppert.
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