M Women’s EHF Cup 2016/17 Media Information

Final: SG BBM Bietigheim vs Rostov-Don Media information

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Important regulations Scoring of the matches in the final

If, after completion of the two matches, both clubs have won the • If the scores are equal after the first round of penalty same number of points (no extra time will be played), the teams’ throws, it shall be continued until a decision is reached. In the standings shall be determined by the following criteria: second round, the other team shall start. Again five players shall be named who are eligible to play (the players named before a) goal difference may be named once again). b) higher number of plus goals scored in away match • In the second round, a decision is reached when a goal c) penalty throws difference arises after both teams have taken one throw each. • Eligible players are players entered in the match report that Rules for execution of penalty throws have not been disqualified or suspended at the time of the final • Prior to the penalty throws, each team shall name five whistle. players eligible to play at the end of the match by handing the • Serious infractions committed during penalty throws shall referees a list of numbers. These players shall then take one be sanctioned by disqualification. If a thrower is disqualified throw each, alternating with their opponents. Each team is free or suffers an injury, an eligible substitute player shall be to determine the sequence in which throwers will take their supplementary named. throws. • While the throws are being taken, only the player taking the • The goalkeepers may be freely selected from the match throw, the current goalkeeper and the referees may enter the report and exchanged in accordance with the Rules of the Game. respective half of the playing court. Goalkeepers may take throws and throwers may perform as • If the number of eligible players falls below five, players may goalkeepers. be named to take a second throw in the same round. • The referees shall choose the goal at which throws are taken. The team taking the first penalty throw shall be Find all the regulations here determined by the referees by drawing lots. The team winning the draw may choose whether it wishes to throw first or last.

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Finals 2016/17 Byasen Trondheim NOR

Final

S e m i - ‹ n a l s

Quarter-‹ nals Glassverket NOR Randers HK Group Phase DEN

NFH – Nykøbing Falster Håndbold DEN IK Sävehof SWE

VfL Oldenburg H ANDBALL MIT ENERGIE & LEIDENSCHAFT GER BUNDESLIGA FRAUEN

HC Leipzig GER

Brest Bretagne Handball FRA

Handball Club Lada Nantes Loire Atlantique HB RUS FRA

Rostov-Don RUS

SG BBM Bietigheim GER Kuban RUS

TuS Metzingen Alba Fehérvár KC Érd HC GER HUN HUN 2016/2017 WOMEN'S EHF CUP Qualification Qualification Qualification Group Quarter Semi Finals Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Matches finals finals 42 teams 32 teams 24 teams 16 teams 8 teams 4 teams 2 teams 10/11.09.2016 15/16.10.2016 12/13.11.2016 R1: 07/08.01.2017 04/05.03.17 08/09.04.17 06/07.05.17 first leg first leg first leg R2: 14/15.01.2017 first leg first leg first leg R3: 21/22.01.2017 17/18.09.2016 22/23.10.2016 19/20.11.2016 R4: 28/29.01.2017 11/12.03.17 15/16.04.17 13/14.05.17 NATION second leg second leg second leg R5:04/05.02.2017 second leg second leg second leg R6:11/12.02.2017 DRAWS: 19.07.2016 19.07.2016 25.10.2016 24.11.2016 14.02.2017 14.02.2017 18.04.2017 1 Def. Champ.CWC TTH Holstebro / DEN 2 2nd CL QT1 2nd CL QT1 3 2nd CL QT2 2nd CL QT2 4 2nd CL QT3 2nd CL QT3 5 Def. Champ.EHFC Dunaujvarosi KKA/HUN 6 3rd CL QT1 3rd CL QT1 7 3rd CL QT2 3rd CL QT2 8 3rd CL QT3 3rd CL QT3 9 4th CL QT1 4th CL QT1 10 4th CL QT2 4th CL QT2 11 4th CL QT3 4th CL QT3 12 DEN Viborg HK 13 HUN Erd HC 14 FRA Fleury Loiret Handball 15 ROU HCM Roman 16 RUS HC Lada 17 DEN Randers HK 18 HUN DVSC-TVP 19 GER TuS Metzingen 20 FRA Brest Bretagne HB 21 ROU ASC Corona Brasov 22 NOR Tertnes Bergen 23 RUS Kuban 24 DEN Nyköbing Falster HB 25 HUN Alba Fehervar KC 26 GER SG BBM Bietigheim 27 FRA Issy Paris Hand 28 ROU HC Dunarea Braila 29 TUR Muratpasa BSK 30 NOR Byasen Trondheim 31 RUS Dinamo-Sinara 32 GER VfL Oldenburg 33 FRA Nantes Loire Atlantique 34 ROU CSM Ploiesti 35 NOR

36 SWE Skuru IK Winners2 of Semifinals 4 Winners4 of Quarterfinals 37 POL Pogon Baltica Szczecin 38 SRB Izvor Bukovicka Banja 39 CZE DHK Banik Most 40 SUI Spono Eagles 41 UKR HC Galytchanka

42 NED Succes Schoonmak 16 of Qualification Winners 2 Round 43 GRE O.F.N. Ionias RK Zagorje 44 SLO Matches Group the of group each of teams placed 2nd and 1st 45 POR Madeira Andebol SAD 46 BLR HC BNTU-BelAZ Minsk 47 ITA Cassano Magnago 21 of Qualification Winners 1 Round 48 LUX HB Dudelange 49 KOS KHF Prishtina

50 LTU ACME-Zalgiris Kaunas matches group ChL the of teams placed 4th four and 3 Round Qualification of Winners 12 51 ISR Bnei Hertzeliya 52 FAR HC Neistin 53 BIH HZRK Grude 54 CYP A.C. Latsia Nicosia 55 SRB ZRK Naisa Nis 56 CZE DHC Slavia Praha 57 SUI LC Brühl 58 POR Alavarium Love Tiles 59 SWE Lugi HF 60 POL Vistal Gdynia 61 ISR HC Holon

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published version, 13.07.2016 vs. Finals rst leg rst 06/07.05.2017 second leg 13/14.05.2017 Finals 2 teams vs. vs. rst leg rst 08/09.04.2017 second leg 15/16.04.2017 Semi-nals Semi-nals 4 teams 1 vs. vs. vs. vs. 2 rst leg rst 04/05.03.2017 second leg 11/12.03.2017 Quarter-nals Quarter-nals 8 teams R1 07/08.01.2017 R2 14/15.01.2017 R3 21/22.01.2017 R4 28/29.01.2017 R5 04/05.02.2017 R6 11/12.02.2017 Group Matches Group Group Matches Group WEHFC Group Matches of the WCL Group Matches Season 2016/17 playing dates playing Season 2016/17 includes 4 fourth ranked teams 12 teams Women’s EHF Cup 2016/17 playing system playing EHF 2016/17 Cup Women’s vs. 12 vs.12 Qualication R3 Qualication rst leg rst 12 /13.11. 2016 second leg 19/20.11.2016 Qualication Round 3 Round Qualication 16 teams 21 vs. vs. teams 21 vs.21 16 vs. 16 16 Qualication R1 Qualication R2 Qualication rst leg - 15/16.10.2016 second leg - 22/23.10.2016 rst leg - 10/11.09.2016 second leg - 17/18.09.2016 Qualication Round 1 Round Qualication 2 Round Qualication

5 SG BBM Bietigheim (GER) vs Rostov-Don (RUS)

1st leg: Sun 7 May, 17:00 hrs* LIVE ON EHFTV.COM Referees: Michalis Tzaferopoulos, Andreas Bethmann (GRE) EHF Delegate: Zuzana Füleova (SVK)

2nd leg: Sat 13 May, 16:00 hrs* LIVE ON EHFTV.COM Referees: Tatjana Prastalo, Vesna Todorovic (BIH) EHF Delegate: Ana Freser (SLO) EHF Representative: Anrijs Brencans * all times local Preview

Ahead of the group phase of the EHF Women’s Cup, Group C was labelled as one of the most competitive and so it was – eventually providing both finalists of the Playing hall tournament. Rostov won both of their matches against Playing hall MHP Arena Ludwigsburg Bietigheim then, and are now considered favourites to win Palace of Sport “ Rostov Don” Schwieberdinger Straße 30 the trophy, with the first leg taking place on Sunday. St. Khalturinsky str. 103 71636 Ludwigsburg, Germany 344011 Rostov-Don, Russia Capacity: 4,185 For Bietigheim, one dream has already come true. In their Capacity: 3,500 game against TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen on Wednesday, they claimed their 24th win in as many Bundesliga Past achievements: matches - and with two games remaining, the team of EHF Cup: runners-up 2014/15, quarter- Past achievements: Martin Albertsen were crowned German champions finals 2009/10 - no previous participation in the EC for the first time in history. “It’s a big title, the most Champions League: 2015/16 quarter- important and honest one,” said their Sports Director finalists, 2016/17 group matches German league: 1 title (2017) Gerit Winnen. “We will carry this title for a lifetime, and Cup Winners’ Cup: semi-final 2012/13, will duly celebrate it. 2013/14, quarter-final 2010/11

“However, I can promise that we will be again in our best IHF Cup Winners’ Cup: winners 1990 shape on Sunday in the EHF Women’s Cup Final, because Russian (Soviet) league: 4 titles (1990, this team is hungry.” Reaching the final is already a 1991, 1994, 2015) milestone for the German side, who are in their first-ever Russian (Soviet) cup: 8 titles international season and they have struggled at times, claiming just six points in the group phase. However, they Domestic league progressed to the play-offs, and in both the quarter-finals Domestic league and semi-finals, strong home performances in the first leg German Bundesliga matches provided a solid foundation for overall success as Russian Superleague Albertsen’s team swept away Kuban and NFH. Last 3 games Last 3 games 03.05. @ Leverkusen W24:28 One of their trump cards is right back Susann Muller 01.05. vs Kuban (SF) W32:21 29.04. vs Blomberg-Lippe W27:37 who has a great chance to become the competition’s 28.04. @ Kuban (SF) W24:31 22.04. @ Neckarsulmer SC W28:30 top scorer. With 66 goals currently, she is now second 23.04. vs Stavropol (QF) W37:13 Next game in the scoring chart behind Nathalie Hagman, who has Next game 17.05. vs Buxtehuder SV been eliminated with her team NFH. Rostov’s best scorer 18.05. @ Lada Togliatti (Final, 1st leg) Barbosa has 48 goals, yet the Russian Standings side boast several prolific scorers in their -studded Final standings 1. Bietigheim 24 791:552 48 squad and following the arrival of Head Coach Frederic 1. Rostov 20 675:416 40 2. Thüringer HC 22 701:568 39 Bougeant, they have put on an impressive performance on 2. Lada 20 644:488 34 3. Metzingen 23 670:582 34 the European stage. 3. Astrakhanochka 22 594:533 29 ...... 14. Celle 23 521:666 7 11. Alisa Ufa 20 431:630 4

6 Historic encounters in the EC

SG BBM Bietigheim vs Rostov Don 2 0-0-2 (57:44) 0:4 21.01.2017 Women’s EHF Cup, Group Phase: SG BBM Bietigheim vs Rostov Don 20:23 (11:13) 28.01.2017 Women’s EHF Cup, Group Phase Rostov Don vs SG BBM Bietigheim 34:24 (19:11)

SG BBM Bietigheim vs Russian clubs 4 1-0-3 (103:114) 2:8 Season Opponent Home Away Competition 2016/17 Kuban W33:26 L31:26 EHF Cup Quarter-final 2016/17 SG BBM Bietigheim L20:23 L24:34 EHF Cup Quarter-final

Rostov-Don vs German clubs 10 8-0-2 (289:236) 16:4 Season Opponent Home Away Competition 2016/17 TuS Metzingen W31:21 W19:28 EHF Cup Semi-final 2016/17 SG BBM Bietigheim W34:24 W20:23 EHF Cup Group Phase 2015/16 Thüringer HC W30:24 W28:32 EHF Champions League Main Round 2013/14 Buxtehuder SV W37:24 L34:30 Cup Winners’ Cup Quarter-final 2012/13 HC Leipzig W22:18 L24:22 Cup Winners’ Cup Quarter-final

Details of the last match before the final: 28.01.2017 (Rostov, Russia) (Women’s EHF Cup Group Phase, Round 4: 34:24 (19:11) Referees: Zigmars Sondors/Renars Licis (Latvia). Suspensions: 8’ – 8’ (Toft Hansen 2’, Wiencek 4’, Brozovic 2’ – Tomas Gonzalez 2’, Mem 2’, Morros de Argila 4’). Disqualification: Toft Hansen. Number of 7m: 3/2 – 1/1. Attendance: 10,205.

Katrine Lunde Mariya Basarab Valentyna Salamakha Galina Mehdieva -- -- Hanna Yttereng Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa (7) (2) Linda Mack Ana Rodrigues Belo (7) (4) Mia Biltoft Anna Vyakhireva (5) (9) Nina Müller Anna Sen (4) Siraba Dembele (3) (3) Kim Naidziniavicius Iuliia Managarova (3) (1) Mayya Petrova (3) Kseniya Makeeva (2) (1) Mille Hundahl Olga Bashkirova Fie Woller Viktoriya Borshchenko (4) Susann Müller Olga Chernoivanenko Stine Eriksen Elena Slivinskaya

All European Cup Finals Rostov-Don: 2014/15 EHF Cup Final 03.05.2015/16.50 Team Tvis Holstebro DEN vs Rostov-Don RUS 33:20 (12:12) 09.05.2015/13.00 Rostov-Don RUS vs Team Tvis Holstebro DEN 33:22 (17:11) Aggregate score: 53:55

7 SG BBM Bietigheim (GER)

They started the season in the Women’s EHF Champions League, where their goals were set high. However, Rostov’s campaign in the continental top flight ended much earlier than expected. The Russian side were eliminated from the competition after the group phase - but now they have a chance to win the EHF Cup.

Rostov has a star-studded roster, including six Russian internationals who became Opympic champions in Rio: Anna Sedoikina, Anna Sen, Vladlena Bobrovnikova, Eraterina Ilina, Maya Petrova and Anna Vyakhireva. Yet the team came up short in the Champions League, taking the bottom place in the “group of death” with Bucuresti, Gyor and Midtjylland. Following that setback, the club management decided to change the head coach - Jan Leslie was replaced by Frederic Bougeant who had previously worked with Fleury and the Senegalese women’s national team.

Under the Frenchman, Rostov have had an impressive spell in the EHF Cup. Having been drawn into the competitive Group C, the team of Bougeant won five of their six matches, including both games with SG BBM Bietigheim who are now their rivals in the final. That allowed the Russian team to comfortably finish top of the quartet and go through.

In the play-off rounds, Rostov have so far faced no real problems. After winning both legs in the quarter-final against - 26:21, 28:19 - they went on to brush aside TuS Metzingen in the semi-final (29:18, 31:21).

Boasting an eight-game winning streak in the EHF Cup, Rostov hope to extend it in the final matches. “Now our goal is to win the tournament, and we want to beat Bietigheim. We need to work every day,” says Bougeant.

Last Ten Games in the European Cup competitions:

SG BBM Bietigheim: current run - lost one 2016/17 Women’s EHF Cup, semi-final: @ NFH - Nykøbing Falster Håndball L32:28 (20:12) 2016/17 Women’s EHF Cup, semi-final: vs NFH - Nykøbing Falster Håndball W38:27 (19:13) 2016/17 Women’s EHF Cup, quarter-final: @ Kuban L31:26 (15:13) 2016/17 Women’s EHF Cup, quarter-final: vs Kuban W33:26 (16:13) 2016/17 Women’s EHF Cup, group phase: vs Érd HC W28:25 (16:11) 2016/17 Women’s EHF Cup, group phase: @ Byasen Trondheim W23:28 (12:16) 2016/17 Women’s EHF Cup, group phase: @ Rostov-Don L34:24 (19:11) 2016/17 Women’s EHF Cup, group phase: vs Rostov-Don L20:23 (11:13) 2016/17 Women’s EHF Cup, group phase: @ Érd HC L35:27 (17:16) 2016/17 Women’s EHF Cup, group phase: vs Byasen Trondheim W39:33 (19:18)

8 SG BBM Bietigheim (GER) Team roster

No. First Name Surname Nat. Position Date of Birth Place of Birth Height Goals

93 Jaqueline Anastacio BRA Left Back 09/11/1987 Varinha, BRA 174 3 2 Mia Biltoft DEN Line Player 03/04/1992 Ringkebing, DEN 175 20 11 Aylin Bok GER Centre Back 10/03/1996 Wangen, GER 168 14 Stine Baun Eriksen DEN Left Back 30/01/1995 Randers, DEN 178 6 17 Nina Fischer GER Right Wing 14/10/1999 Göppingen, GER 89 Fernanda Franca da Silva BRA Left Wing 25/09/1989 Sao Bernardo, BRA 177 16 16 Ann-Cathrin Giegerich GER Goalkeeper 04/01/1992 Erlenbach, GER 181 18 Mille Heick Hundahl DEN Right Wing 21/09/1990 Thisted, DEN 168 16 5 Antje Lauenroth GER Line Player 03/10/1988 Hablensleben, GER 170 30 6 Linda Mack GER Right Back 02/12/1991 Bietigheim-B., GER 170 19 26 Antje NED Right Wing 31/01/1993 Spankenburg, NED 173 63 61 Celina Meißner GER Goalkeeper 19/08/1998 Bad Oldeslohe, GER 7 Nina Christin Müller GER Centre Back 14/11/1980 BREMEN, GER 180 46 22 Susann Müller GER Right Back 26/05/1988 Saalfeld-Saale, GER 1 8 7 8 4 15 Kim Naidziniavicius GER Centre Back 06/04/1991 Gelnhausen, GER 183 67 9 Alina Ridder GER Left Wing 30/07/1999 Hagen, GER 176 1 GER Goalkeeper 26/07/1990 Erlenbach/M., GER 174 23 Valentyna Salamakha AZE Goalkeeper 23/04/1986 Kirowograd, UKR 176 13 Luisa Schulze GER Line Player 14/09/1990 Altenburg, GER 192 21 8 Martine Smeets NED Left Wing 05/05/1990 Geesteren, NED 172 9 27 Lenya Treusch GER Left Wing 27/08/1998 Weinheim, GER 173 3 NED Left Back 01/06/1985 s-Gravenhage, NED 1 7 8 4 4 33 Tess Wester NED Goalkeeper 19/05/1993 Heehuggwaard, NED 178 21 Fie Woller DEN Left Wing 17/09/1992 Herning, DEN 176 20 4 Hanna Maria Yttereng NOR Line Player 20/02/1991 Trondheim, NOR 184 5

Players’ kit LIGHT Player shirt: red Player short: black Goalkeeper shirt: white/yellow

DARK Player shirt: dark blue Player short: dark blue Goalkeeper shirt: white/red

Club address: SG BBM Bietigheim Mühlwiesenstrasse 10 74321 Bietigheim-Bissingen Germany

Bastian Spahlinger [email protected] www.sgbbm.de

9 Martin Albertsen Tess Wester coach goalkeeper

• assistant coach and later head coach of Viborg HK • as nearly all Dutch national team players started until 2004; coach of German side HC Leipzig from her career in the youth academy in Papendal; played for 2004 to 2006, steering HCL to several trophies Emmen and Amsterdam, before she went abroad at the age of 18, when she joined German side Oldenburg • returned to Denmark and coached Randers (until 2009), again Viborg (2011/12) and Kobenhavn • in the 2014/15 season, she scored the “goal of the (2013/14); signed by Bietigheim in December 2014 season” in Germany; in summer 2015 transferred to Bietigheim • cousin of three times Olympic champion Katrine Fruelund; TV expert for TV2 at women’s EURO events • awarded best goalkeeper of the 2015 WCh in and WChs Denmark EC trophies: EHF Cup 2004 (as coach) EURO S 2016, WCh S 2015, U19 WCh B2010, U20 EURO S 2011

Kim Naidziniavicius Fie Woller left back left wing • arrived at Bietigheim in November 2016 replacing • arrived at Bietigheim before this season, before Brazilian Fernanda da Silva (pregnant) she had played four years for Bayer Leverkusen; has had her apprenticeship as sports merchant in the • started her career at the age of 17 at FC professional division of the Bayer football club Midtjylland; three times Danish champion and cup winner with FCM and part of the EHF FINAL4 2014 • had her debut in the German national team at 21; the youngest player in the German squad, which • best young player of the 2011/12 CL season; her took the gold medal in the 2008 U20 WCh twin sister Cecille plays handball too

EC trophies: EHF Cup 2011, CWC 2015 • in the national team, she is the defence boss, at EURO: 2011 G U20 the club is the third best scorer in Bundesliga Susann Müller Maura Visser right back centre back • started her career at the youth academy of HC • started her international career at the Danish Leipzig; successor of German record international Grit side Kolding at the age of 24 after playing for several Jurack on the right back position; national champion Dutch clubs; transferred to HC Leipzig in 2011, in Germany (HC Leipzig), Denmark (Randers), Slovenia where she was already coached by Martin Albertsen (Krim) and Hungarian cup winner with Györ

• core player of the Dutch national team until 2011, • top scorer and All-star Team member at the 2013 then after a conflict with coach was WCh, since took over in April 2016, not nominated anymore; returned to the team in not nominated anymore for the national team November 2016, after took over • German handball player of the year in 2013; married • played for Bietigheim since summer 2015 after a to her Bietigheim teammate Nina Müller (Wörz), with short intermezzo at Viborg whom she joined Bietigheim in 2015 EURO: S 2016 EURO S 2016

Luisa Schulze Angela Malestein line player right wing • signed by Bietigheim right before the start of the • All-star team member of the U19 EURO in 2011; international season; had played all her career since 16 had her debut in the Dutch national team at 16 at HC Leipzig • started her career at former Dutch champions • with a height of 1,90 metres, she is the tallest player VOC Amsterdam and Dalfsen, before she transferred of the SG squad and in the German national team; in to German side Blomberg at the age of 19 in 2012 2011, she had her debut in the women’s national team after going through all German younger age category • played her first major tournament at the EHF teams, new coach Michael Biegler did not nominate EURO 2010; arrived as first of the currently four her for the EURO 2016 Dutch players in Bietigheim in 2014

EURO S 2016, U19 S 2011 • best defence player at the 2009 U19 EURO

10 Rostov-Don (RUS)

When the former Leipzig and Randers coach, Martin Albertsen, arrived at Bietigheim (close to Stuttgart) in December 2014, the club was close to relegating to the second German division. Since then, a fairy tale with internationally experienced stars has begun, which lifted SG BBM to the top of the Bundesliga ranking and to the final of the EHF Cup in their first international season.

In the past couple of years, the club made some impressive signings, such as the Dutch EURO silver medalists Maura Visser and Tess Wester, Danish international Fie Woller, German international Luisa Schulze and former Krim, Randers and Gyor player Susann Muller who currently takes the second place in the EHF scoring chart with 66 goals.

Bietigheim started their maiden European campaign from qualification where they eliminated ZRK, Naisa Nis, ASC Corona 2010 Brasov and notably former Champion League winner HC Podravka Vegeta. However, the life became less simple for the German side in the group phase where they claimed just a half of possible points - six - yet were fortunate to squeeze into the play-offs. In the quarter-final, Bietigheim faced a tough opponent, Kuban Krasnodar. The team from Bundesliga comfortably won the first leg 33:26, and although they struggled in Russia, they ultimately weathered the storm.

The semi-final clash with NFH-Nykobing Falster Handboldclub followed a somewhat similar scenario, and the team of Albertsen were the winners once again, therefore sealing a spot in their first ever European cup final.

Last Ten Games in the European Cup competitions:

Rostov-Don: current run - won eight 2016/17 Women’s EHF Cup, semi-final: vs TuS Metzingen W31:21 (14:11) 2016/17 Women’s EHF Cup, semi-final: @ TuS Metzingen W18:29 (9:12) 2016/17 Women’s EHF Cup, quarter-final: vs Brest Bretagne Handball W28:19 (13:8) 2016/17 Women’s EHF Cup, quarter-final: @ Brest Bretagne Handball W21:26 (11:13) 2016/17 Women’s EHF Cup, group phase: vs Byasen Trondheim W35:21 (20:8) 2016/17 Women’s EHF Cup, group phase: @ Érd HC W19:30 (10:13) 2016/17 Women’s EHF Cup, group phase: vs SG BBM Bietigheim W34:24 (19:11) 2016/17 Women’s EHF Cup, group phase: @ SG BBM Bietigheim W20:23 (11:13) 2016/17 Women’s EHF Cup, group phase: @ Byasen Trondheim L29:24 (18:13) 2016/17 Women’s EHF Cup, group phase: vs Érd HC W27:24 (16:11)

11 Rostov-Don (RUS) Team roster

No. First Name Surname Nat. Position Date of Birth Place of Birth Height Goals

12 Mariya Basarab RUS Goalkeeper 19/01/1990 Uray, RUS 186 10 Olga Bashkirova RUS Left Wing 11/01/1995 Novotsimlyanskaya, RUS 178 2 17 Vladlena Bobrovnikova RUS Left Back 24/10/1987 Krasnodar, RUS 180 14 99 Viktoriya Borshchenko UKR Left Wing 05/01/1986 Herson, UKR 170 33 86 Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa ESP Left Back 05/05/1986 Lisbon, POR 175 48 25 Olga Chernoivanenko RUS Right Wing 17/04/1989 Samarsk, RUS 176 4 28 Siraba Dembele FRA Left Wing 28/06/1986 Dreux, FRA 172 32 61 Lotte Grigel DEN Centre Back 05/04/1991 Esbjerg, DEN 165 1 33 Ekaterina Ilina RUS Centre Back 07/03/1991 Togliatti, RUS 175 2 3 Katrine Lunde NOR Goalkeeper 30/03/1980 Kristiansand, NOR 181 19 Kseniya Makeeva RUS Line Player 19/09/1990 Ufa, RUS 185 19 6 Iuliia Managarova RUS Right Wing 27/09/1988 Dnieprpetrovsk, UKR 170 35 1 Galina Mekhdieva RUS Goalkeeper 17/06/1985 Rostov-On-Don, RUS 180 7 Mayya Petrova RUS Line Player 26/05/1982 Volgograd, RUS 178 13 9 Ana Paula Rodrigues Belo BRA Centre Back 18/10/1987 Sao Luis, BRA 172 24 21 Anna Sedoykina RUS Goalkeeper 01/08/1984 Volgograd, RUS 181 8 Anna Sen RUS Left Back 03/12/1990 Krasnodar, ROU 185 25 23 Regina Shymkute RUS Left Back 21/12/1985 Herson, UKR 179 4 Elena Slivinskaya RUS Left Back 09/05/1980 Rostov-On-Don, RUS 186 2 71 Alexandra Stepanova RUS Line Player 21/06/1989 Izhevsk, RUS 180 13 Anna Vyakhireva RUS Right Back 13/03/1995 Volgograd, RUS 165 33

Players’ kit: LIGHT Player shirt: yellow/black Player short: yellow Goalkeeper shirt: yellow DARK Player shirt: black/yellow Player short: black Goalkeeper shirt: dark red

Club address: Rostov-Don 1 Konnoy Army street, 4-E 344029 Rostov-on-Don Russia

Maksim Shchennikov +7 918 5207625 (mobile) [email protected] www.rostovhandball.ru

12 Katrine Lunde Frederic Bougeant goalkeeper coach • one of the best goalkeepers in the world who has a big • appointed head coach of Rostov-Don in collection of major trophies won both with clubs and the December 2016 following Jan Leslie’s departure Norwegian national team

• born in Havre and started his coaching career in • her move to Rostov-Don after five years at Hungary’s the local club Le Havre AC at the age of just 25 Györ was one of the biggest transfer events in Europe in summer 2015 • with Le Havre and CJF Fleury Loiret, became runner-up of France seven times combined • already worked with Jan Leslie at Aalborg, and this was one of the factors of her moving to Rostov EC trophies: Challenge Cup 2012 EC Trophies: CL 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014 / OG: G 2008, 2012, B 2016, EURO: G 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, S 2002, 2012, WCh: G 201, S 2007, B 2009

Siraba Dembele Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa left wing / centre back left back • arrived from HC Vardar in summer 2016; Rostov is the 8th club in her career; previously played for five • 2016/17 is her debut season at Rostov-Don after different French clubs, spent one season with Danish moving from France’s Fleury Loiret HB last summer club Randers and three seasons with Vardar • born and raised in Portugal but obtained Spanish • captain of the France national team; started to citizenship in 2012 and plays for their national team play handball at the age of 10 together with her elder sister Kamion • throughout her career, played for a number of clubs in Portugal, Spain, Romania, Germany and France OG: S 2016, WCh: S 2009, 2011, EHF EURO: S 2016, B 2006 EC trophies: EHF Cup 2009

Ekaterina Ilina Mayya Petrova centre back line player • 34-year-old started her 15th season at Rostov-Don in • one of the best Russian playmakers and the big 2016/17; has been playing for Russian national team in revelation of the past season beach handball as well

• moved to Rostov-Don in 2014 from Lada Togliatti • married to a football player Alexander Petrov and just after winning the EHF Cup with that team has two sons Artem and Dima

• in 2008 became the Junior World Champion with • has two diplomas of higher education after the Russian team in Bratislava player of the year in graduating from the Kuban State University as well as the Danish league in 2014 the Architecture and Construction Institute EC trophies: EHF Cup 2014 OG: G 2016 OG: G 2016

Anna Sen Iuliia Managarova left/right back right wing • came back to Rostov-Don in 2015 after a season in • moved to Rostov in 2013 and quickly became one Hungary with Györ of the fan favourites; quiet and humble off the court but a natural leader in the game with a powerful • her first spell at Rostov was in 2011-14, and during shot and great scoring abilities that time she won the Russian Cup twice • key player in the Ukraine national team but opted • has also played for Kuban Krasnodar and Zvezda to change citizenship hoping to play for Russia Zvenigorod, but has never been a Russian champion yet • champion of 3 countries: Ukraine (Smart Krivy • in 2008 won the Junior WCh with Russia and became Rog), Romania (Oltchim) and Russia (Rostov-Don) the top scorer OG: G 2016

13 Current EHF Cup top scorers

Rank Name & nation Club Goals 1 Nathalie Hagman (SWE) NFH - Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub (DEN) 68

2 Susann Müller (GER) SG BBM Bietigheim (GER) 66

3 (GER) TuS Metzingen (GER) 56

4 Kristina Kristiansen (DEN) NFH - Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub (DEN) 54

5 Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa (ESP) Rostov-Don (RUS) 48

6 Katarina Krpez Slezak (SRB) ÉRD HC (HUN) 44

Viktoriya Zhilinskayte (RUS) Kuban (RUS) 44

8 Angie Birgit Geschke (GER) VfL Oldenburg (GER) 43

Elena Gjeorgjievska (MKD) Alba Fehérvár KC (HUN) 43

10 Mette Gravholt (DEN) NFH - Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub (DEN) 42

11 Malin Holta (NOR) Nantes Loire Atlantique HB (FRA) 41

12 Johanna Westberg (SWE) NFH - Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub (DEN) 39

13 Kim Naidziniavicius (GER) SG BBM Bietigheim (GER) 38

14 Antje Angela Malestein (NED) SG BBM Bietigheim (GER) 36

Mari Molid Søbstad (NOR) Randers HK (DEN) 36

Ida Oden (SWE) IK Sävehof (SWE) 36

17 Daria Dmitrieva (RUS) (RUS) 35 Tonje Loseth (NOR) TuS Metzingen (GER) 35

Iuliia Managarova (RUS) Rostov-Don (RUS) 35

20 Nina Müller (GER) SG BBM Bietigheim (GER) 34

Allison Pineau (FRA) Brest Bretagne Handball (FRA) 34

Bold text indicates players of teams still in the competition.

14 Past winners

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Previous EHF Cup winners Previous Cup Winners’ Cup past winners

2016 Dunaujvárosi KKA HUN 2016 Team Tvis Holstebro DEN 2015 Team Tvis Holstebro DEN 2015 FC Midtjylland DEN 2014 HC Lada Togliatti RUS 2014 Viborg HK DEN 2013 Team Tvis Holstebro DEN 2013 HYPO Niederösterreich AUT 2012 HC Lada Togliatti RUS 2012 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungária HUN 2011 FC Midtjylland Handball DEN 2011 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungária HUN 2010 Randers HK A/S DEN 2010 Budućnost T-Mobile MNE 2009 Itxako Navarra ESP 2009 FCK Handbold A/S DEN 2008 RUS 2008 Larvik HK NOR 2007 Zvezda Zvenigorod RUS 2007 CS Oltchim Vâlcea ROU 2006 FTC Budapest HUN 2006 ZRK Budućnost MONET SCG 2005 Cornexi Alcoa HUN 2005 Larvik HK NOR 2004 Viborg HK DEN 2004 Ikast Bording EH DEN 2003 Slagelse FH DEN 2003 ESBF Besançon FRA 2002 Ikast Bording EH DEN 2002 HC Lada Togliatti RUS 2001 MKS Montex Lublin POL 2001 Motor Zaporozhye UKR 2000 El Ferrobus Mislata ESP 2000 L´Eliana Valencia ESP 1999 Viborg HK DEN 1999 Baekkelagets Oslo NOR 1998 Dunaferr SE HUN 1998 Baekkelagets Oslo NOR 1997 Robit Olimpija Ljubljana SLO 1997 Istochnik Rostov RUS 1996 Debrecéni VSC HUN 1996 Giessen Lützellinden GER 1995 Debrecéni VSC HUN 1995 Dunaferr SE HUN 1994 Viborg HK DEN 1994 Tus Walle Bremen GER

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