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Table of contents Media contacts 4 Map of clubs 2013/14 5 Facts & figures of the Group Phase 6 Draw preview 8 FC Barcelona 10 THW Kiel 11 MKB Veszprem KC 12 HC Vardar PRO Skopje 13 PSG Handball 15 Rhein Neckar Löwen 16 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 17 HC Metalurg 18 Head-to-heads 21 VELUX EHF FINAL4 24 Media accreditation for VELUX EHF FINAL4 opens 25 Current top scorers 27 Past winners 28 3 EHF/M Media contacts Media matters TV and Radio Vlado Brindzak Akos Moczan Media and Communications Media Manager European Handball Federation EHF Marketing GmbH +43 1 80 151 161 +43 1 80 151 226 [email protected] [email protected] Clubs – Media contacts POT 1 POT 2 FC Barcelona (ESP) PSG Handball (FRA) Gustau Galvache Louise Cosnard +34 618522789 +33 (0)675 591 939 [email protected] [email protected] THW Kiel (GER) Rhein Neckar Löwen (GER) Christian Robohm Ute Krebs +49 1635306300 +49 126 2500 933 [email protected] [email protected] MKB-MVM Veszprém KC (HUN) SG Flensburg Handewitt (GER) Zsolt Sevinger Sandra von Wallis +36 305024547 +49 4611609625 [email protected] [email protected] RK Vardar PRO – Skopje (MKD) HC Metalurg (MKD) Marko Savovski Zoran Cvetanovski +389 75 200 008 +389 78223505 [email protected] [email protected] 4 VELUX EHF Champions League 2013/14 playing system Qualication Group Phase Last 16 Quarter-nals FINAL4 Tournaments Semi-nals 4 vs. 1 3 vs. 2 2 vs. 1 vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. 5 3rd Place Match vs. vs. vs. Qualication/ vs. Wild Card Matches vs. vs. Final Home Matches 5 1 1 vs. vs. Total Matches 10 2 2 vs. Season 2013/14 playing dates Qualication Tournaments Group Phase Last 16 Quarter-nals FINAL4 31.08. - 01.09.2013 18. - 22.09.2013 20. - 24.11.2013 rst leg rst leg 31.05 /1.06.2014 25. - 29.09.2013 27.11 - 01.12.2013 19.03. - 23.03.2014 16.04. - 20.04.2014 Qualication 09. - 13.10.2013 05. - 09.02.2014 and Wild Card Matches 16. - 20.10.2013 12. - 16.02.2014 second leg second leg 13. - 17.11.2013 19. - 23.02.2014 26.03. - 30.03.2014 23.04. - 27.04.2014 21.08. - 01.09.2013 Facts & figures Vugrinec on top, jubilees for Barcelona and Kiel Only 16 hours after the final whistle of the last VELUX EHF Champions 4 - which means all teams, which had qualified from group 2 for the League Last 16 match, the draw will be conducted in Vienna. After an Last 16, have now made it to the quarter-finals: FC Barcelona, PSG, overall of 136 matches of group phase and first knock-out stage it’s Vardar and Metalurg. time to have another look on the most important facts and figures of the competition. 5 – nations are represented by the eight participants of the quarter- finals: Germany (three teams), FYR Macedonia (2), Spain, Hungary 0 - times a winner of the VELUX EHF FINAL4 defended their title and France (each 1). Last season the quarterfinals were composed in Cologne. This tradition continues in this season too, as reigning by teams from Germany (3), Spain (2), Hungary, FYR Macedonia and champions HSV Hamburg bowed out in the Last 16 Poland (each 1). 0 – teams have qualified for all four previous VELUX EHF FINAL4 5 – of those eight teams qualified for the 2012/13 quarter-finals too: events THW Kiel, FC Barcelona, MKB Veszprém, Metalurg Skopje and SG Flensburg-Handewitt. 0 – times before Vardar Skopje and Paris St. Germain had been part of a quarter-final of the VELUX EHF Champions League. 10 – victories in 12 matches is the record of THW Kiel and FC Barcelona in this season. Both each lost one match and tied once in 0 – was the final goal difference of the closest of all Last 16 the group phase. encounters. Rhein Neckar Löwen clinched their berth by scoring more away goals against Vive Targi Kielce. The German side lost at Poland 12 – goals were the biggest difference in a single Last 16 match, made 28:32 and won at home 27:23. by Kiel against Zaporozhye (40:28). 1 – another premiere: For the first time two Macedonian sides made 12 – of 136 matches by now ended by a draw. it so far in the EHF Champions League. 15 – times each FC Barcelona and THW Kiel have qualified for the 1 – fourth ranked team of the group phase made it to the quarter- quarter-finals of the EHF Champions League including the current season. finals: Vardar Skopje. 18 – goals was the aggregate final difference, Barcelona scored 1 - team arriving from qualification made it to the quarter-finals: in their Last 16 matches against Aalborg, followed by a 15 goal Metalurg Skopje. difference of Kiel vs. Zaporozhye. 2 – former EHF Champions League winners are still part of the race 23 - goals were scored by Renato Vugrinec for his team Metalurg to Cologne, representing ten trophies: record winner FC Barcelona Skopje against KIF to become best scorer of the Last 16. (7 titles) and THW Kiel (3). Additionally Flensburg are the only team, which had been part of EHF Champions League finals (2004, 2007), 40 – goals was the lowest number in one single Last 16 match, made but did not win the trophy. by Metalurg and Kolding in the first leg (23:17) 2 – teams had been part of all quarter-finals since the implementation 42 – goals FC Barcelona conceded in both Last 16 matches to have the of the current playing system in the 2009/10 season: FC Barcelona strongest defence ahead of Metalurg (43) and Flensburg (53). and THW Kiel. 46 – times in 136 matches by now the away team was victorious. 3 – teams of those, who are still in competition, have been part of previous VELUX EHF FINAL4 events in Cologne: FC Barcelona (2010, 68 – goals was the highest number in all Last 16 matches in the game 2011, 2013), THW Kiel (2010, 2012, 2013) and Rhein Neckar Löwen of Kiel vs. Zaporozhye (40:28), followed by 67 in the match Plock vs. (2011). Veszprem (34:33). 3 – teams won both Last 16 matches: FC Barcelona (against Aalborg), 71 – goals were scored by THW Kiel to have the best attack in the Last THW Kiel (against Zaporozhye) and Metalurg Skopje (against KIF 16, followed by Veszprem (64) and PSG (62). Kolding-Kobenhavn). Additionally Vardar Skopje remained unbeaten (draw and win against Hamburg). 78 – of 136 matches by now ended with home victories. 3 – group winners of the first stage are still in the two pots for the 85 – goals were scored by Vugrinec by now to lead the overall top draw: Barcelona, Veszprém and Kiel. The only first ranked team, scorer ranking ahead of Gasper Marguc (Celje/79) and Momir Ilic which is out already, is defending champions Hamburg. (Veszprém/77). 4 – teams turned the aggregate result around after losing their 8,805 – spectators attended the match Löwen vs. Kielce in respective matches of the first leg: Veszprém, PSG, Löwen & Flensburg. Mannheim to top this ranking, followed by 8,000 at the match Kiel vs. Zaporozhye and 6,963 at the match Metalurg vs. KIF. 6 Facts & figures The ‘top three’ lists Matches with the highest number of goals Biggest goal difference in a single match 73 goals – HSV Hamburg vs. Gorenje Velenje (41:32) 19 goals - Barcelona vs. Wacker Thun (45:26) 72 goals – DROTT Halmstad vs. Gorenje Velenje (32:40) 18 goals - FC Barcelona vs. HC Metalurg (35:17) 72 goals – Naturhouse La Rioja vs. DROTT Halmstad (38:34) 17 goals - MKB-MVM Veszprém vs. Motor Zaporozhye (44:27) 71 goals - MKB-MVM Veszprém vs. Motor Zaporozhye (44:27) 71 goals – FC Barcelona – Wacker Thun (45:26) Spectators 15,320 - Dinamo Minsk vs. FC Barcelona Matches with the lowest number of goals 11,000 - RK Zagreb vs. MKB-MVM Veszprém 38 goals - Dunkerque vs. KIF Kolding-Kobenhavn (18:20) 10,200 – THW Kiel vs. Vive Targi Kielce 40 goals –Metalurg Skopje vs. KIF Kolding-Kobenhavn (23:17/L16) 43 goals – FC Porto vs. Dunkerque (22:21) 44 goals – FC Porto – Orlen Wisla Plock (20:24) 44 goals - Vardar Skopje vs. Metalurg Skopje (18:26) 7 Draw Preview Pots for the quarter-finals draw ready After the completion of the Last 16 stage all four quarter-finals Seeding for the VELUX EHF Champions League Quarter-finals draw: pairings of the VELUX EHF Champions League will be defined by a draw. Pot 1 FC Barcelona (ESP) The joint event together with the Men’s EHF Cup Quarter-finals draw THW Kiel (GER) will start on Tuesday, 1 April 2014 at 12.15 hrs at the Gartenhotel MKB-MVM Veszprém (HUN) Altmannsdorf 2 in Vienna. The EHF Cup draw will be followed by the HC Vardar Skopje (MKD) European top flight’s draw. Pot 2 The eight winners of the Last 16 ties qualify for the VELUX EHF PSG Handball (FRA) Champions League Quarter-finals, the last tie between Rhein-Neckar Rhein-Neckar Löwen (GER) Löwen and Vive Targi Kielce have been completed only less than 16 SG Flensburg-Handewitt (GER) hours before the draw with Löwen taking the last spot.. HC Metalurg (MKD) The winners of the pairings between fourth-ranked teams and group The first leg matches will be played over 16-20 April on courts of the winners will be seeded in the Pot 1 and the winners of the encounters Pot 2 teams, the second leg will follow on 23-27 April on courts of the between second and third placed teams of the group phase will go to Pot 1 teams.