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 vs. vs. vs. vs. Place Match Place rd Final Semi-nals 3 31.05 /1.06.2014 FINAL4 FINAL4 1 2 1 vs. vs. vs. vs. 2 rst leg rst - 20.04.2014 16.04. second leg 23.04. - 27.04.2014 Quarter-nals Quarter-nals 1 2 2 vs. vs. vs. vs. 3 1 vs. vs. vs. vs. 4 Last 16 Last rst leg rst - 23.03.2014 19.03. second leg - 30.03.2014 26.03. Last 16 Last Season 2013/14 playing dates playing Season 2013/14 20. - 24.11.2013 20. - 01.12.2013 27.11 05. - 09.02.2014 - 16.02.2014 12. - 23.02.2014 19. VELUX EHF Champions League 2013/14 playing system playing VELUX EHF League Champions 2013/14 Home Matches Home Matches Matches Total 5 10 Group Phase Group 18. - 22.09.2013 18. - 29.09.2013 25. 09. - 13.10.2013 - 20.10.2013 16. - 17.11.2013 13. Group Phase Group vs. vs. vs. vs. Qualication Tournaments Qualication/ Matches Wild Card Qualication Tournaments Qualication Qualication Matches and Wild Card 31.08. - 01.09.2013 31.08. - 01.09.2013 21.08.
5 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. the Pot 2. Official VELUX EHF Champions League song to be released There will be no protection from teams from the same country or the Just before the quarter-finals draw a new official VELUX EHF same group of the group phase. Champions League song will be presented in Vienna. Read more information here
Where to follow the draw event The handball fans will be able to follow both draws live on various channels. There will be a live streaming of the event on ehfTV with a commentary of Tom O Brannagain, who will also interview all club managers right after the draw.
In addition, there will be a live ticker on www.eurohandball.com available and also a live coverage on the official Twitter channel - @ehfcl.
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POT 1 FC Barcelona (ESP)
No team in the group phase managed to avoid a defeat at least once. Even FC Barcelona, a team that boasts stars like Arpad Sterbik, Siarhei Rutenka, Kiril Lazarov and Nikola Karabatic did not. Their group phase was like a burger - eight victories covered on both ends by two stumbles in Skopje. In the first round Xavi Pascual and his team only tied RK Vardar, while in the last round they were defeated by Metalurg.
In the Spanish Asobal they have won all their matches so far. The sheer dominance is one of the reasons that makes the EHF Champions League record winners of the red-hot favourite to win their eighth title come the end of May and the VELUX EHF FINAL4 in Cologne.
One damper to Barcelona’s campaign has been an injury to their goalkeeper Arpad Sterbik who is expected to be sidelined at least until the FINAL4. However, the club was quick in signing Mickael Robin from Montpellier HB as replacement. He led his new team safely past Aalborg in the Last 16.
Last 16 results First leg: Aalborg Handball vs FC Barcelona 22:29 (13:15) Second leg: FC Barcelona vs Aalborg Handball 31:20 (16:11)
GROUP C Final Table: Playing hall 1. FC Barcelona 10 8 1 1 348:256 (92) 17 Palau Blaugrana 2. PSG Handball 10 6 1 3 315:288 (27) 13 Av. Aristides Maillol, s/n 3. HC Metalurg 10 5 2 3 256:265 (-9) 12 08028 Barcelona 4. HC Vardar - Skopje 10 4 2 4 269:263 (6) 10 Spain 5. HC Dinamo Minsk 10 3 1 6 266:295 (-29) 7 Capacity: 7,250 6. Wacker Thun 10 0 1 9 242:329 (-87) 1
Club Address: Group Phase results: Past achievements FC Barcelona Intersport (W - win, D - draw, L - loss) Avda. Aristides Maillol, s/n @ HC Vardar - Skopje D29:29 (15:19) VELUX EHF Champions League 08028 Barcelona vs Wacker Thun W45:26 (21:14) Participations (including 2013/14 Spain vs HC Metalurg W35:17 (17:5) season): 17 @ PSG Handball W33:29 (17:17) Winner (7): 1995/96, 1996/97, 1997/98, Media contact: @ HC Dinamo Minsk W35:25 (16:15) 1998/99, 1999/00, 2004/05, 2010/11 Gustau Galvache vs HC Dinamo Minsk W35:25 (13:9) Final (3): 2000/01, 2009/10, 2012/13 +34 618522789 vs HC Vardar - Skopje W30:23 (14:11) Semi-final (1): 2007/08 [email protected] @ Wacker Thun W39:23 (17:13) Quarter-final (3): 2005/06, 2006/07, vs PSG Handball W38:28 (19:9) 2011/12 Online information: @ HC Metalurg L29:31 (11:15) Last 16 (1): 2003/04 Website: www.fcbarcelona.cat Main Round (1): 2008/09 Facebook: FCBHandbol Twitter: @FCBHandbol Other EHF Cup: Winners 2002/03, Runners-up 2001/02 Top scorers: Cup Winners‘ Cup: Winners 1993/94, Kit colours 1. Kiril Lazarov (MKD) 59 1994/95 Light 2. Nikola Karabatic (FRA) 52 Player shirt: red and yellow 3. Siarhei Rutenka (BLR) 51 Spanish league: 20 titles (1969, 1973, Player short: red 4. Victor Tomas (ESP) 48 1980, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, Goalkeeper shirt: green/grey 5. Jesper Nöddesbo (DEN) 39 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013) Dark Spanish Cup winner: 17 times Player shirt: blue and red Asobal Cup winner: 8 times Player short: blue Goalkeeper shirt: black/dark red
10 POT 1 THW Kiel (GER)
There have might been voices out there among the handball experts that uttered concern about THW Kiel’s ability to play yet another dominant season, after the German side had to cope with the departure of French internationals Thierry Omeyer and Daniel Narcisse, Swede Markus Ahlm and Serb Momir Ilic. However, the German national champions proved their critics wrong, not only in the VELUX EHF Champions League, where they topped Group B at the end of the group phase with eight wins from 10 matches, but also in the domestic league in which they equally rank first after two thirds of the season have been played.
Head coach Alfred Gislason has once more forged a strong team that is ready to reach the VELUX EHF FINAL4 in Cologne for the third consecutive time. “To reach the FINAL4 is always one of our main goals. We are a top club in Europe, so we should aim high all the time,” says goalkeeper Johan Sjöstrand, one of the players started playing for THW Kiel at the beginning of this season. They were spared a long trip after the first leg match against Motor Zaporozhye was played on the neutral court in Györ, Hungary due to political situation in Ukraine. Kiel won both encounters and for the 17th time they are in the top eight of the continent.
Last 16 results First leg: HC Motor Zaporozhye vs THW Kiel 28:31 (14:16) Second leg: THW Kiel vs HC Motor Zaporozhye 40:28 (20:13)
Playing hall GROUP B Final Table: 1. THW Kiel 10 8 1 1 298:268 -30 17 Sparkassen-Arena-Kiel 2. KIF Kolding Kobenhavn 10 7 0 3 249:240 -9 14 Europaplatz 1, 3. KS Vive Targi Kielce 10 6 1 3 307:276 -31 13 24103 Kiel 4. Orlen Wisla Plock 10 4 0 6 275:277 (-2) 8 Germany 5. FC Porto Vitalis 10 2 1 7 241:278 (-37) 5 Capacity: 10,000 6. Dunkerque HB G.L. 10 1 1 8 237:268 (-31) 3
Club Address: Group Phase results: Past achievements THW Kiel (W - win, D - draw, L - loss) Ziegelteich 30 @ Orlen Wisla Plock W34:33 (14:14) VELUX EHF Champions League 24103 Kiel vs KIF Kolding Kobenhavn W29:26 (12:14) Participations (including 2013/14 Germany @ FC Porto Vitalis W31:27 (16:17) season): 17 @ KS Vive Targi Kielce L29:34 (11:17) Winners (3): 2006/07, 2009/10, 2011/12 Media contact: @ Dunkerque HB Littoral W29:21 (19:13) Runners-up (3): 1999/2000, 2007/08, Christian Robohm vs Dunkerque HB Littoral W28:25 (15:12) 2008/09 +49 1635306300 vs Orlen Wisla Plock W34:25 (16:11) Semi-final (3): 1996/1997, 2000/01, [email protected] @ KIF Kolding Kobenhavn W26:24 (13:13) 2012/13 vs KS Vive Targi Kielce D28:28 (13:16) Quarter-final (5): 1998/99, 2002/03, Online information: vs FC Porto Vitalis W30:25 (17:11) 2004/05, 2005/06, 2010/11 Website: www.thw-provinzial.de Group Phase (2): 1994/95, 1995/96 Facebook:thwhandball Twitter: @thw_handball Other EHF Cup: Winners 1997/98, 2001/02, 2003/04 Top scorers: German league: 18 titles (1957, 1962, Kit colours 1. Marko Vujin (SRB) 67 1963, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, Light 2. Filip Jicha (CZE) 62 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, Player shirt: white 3. Gudjon Sigurdsson (ISL) 35 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013) Player short: white 4. Niclas Ekberg(SWE) 33 German Cup winners: 9 times Goalkeeper shirt: green 5. Rene Toft Hansen (DEN) 27 Dark Player shirt: black Player short: black Goalkeeper shirt: red
11 POT 1 MKB-MVM Veszprém (HUN)
Momir Ilic, who arrived from German national champions THW Kiel at the beginning of the season, promised that MKB-MVM Veszprem would take Europe and in that respect the VELUX EHF Champions League by storm. And the Hungarian side gave everything they had to fulfill the Serbian left back’s promises at the start of the competition.
With six consecutive wins in the first six matches of the group phase they became the first team to qualify for the Last 16, eventually also securing the top spot in Group A mid-February following 34:27 victory against Zagreb in Round 9.
Early in 2014 Veszprem furthermore strengthened their squad with Hungarian international Tamas Mocsai, who returned from German side TSV Hannover Burgdorf to his native country to cover for the injured Laszlo Nagy. However, even the inspirational Nagy has recovered from a knee and shin injury. They faced Orlen Wisla Plock with their former stalwart Nikola Eklemovic in the Last 16. Although they lost the first match in Poland by one goal, they comfortably reached the top eight after beating Plock by five at home.
Last 16 results First leg: Orlen Wisla Plock vs MKB-MVM Veszprem 34:33 (16:16) Second leg: MKB-MVM Veszprem vs Orlen Wisla Plock 31:26 (16:11)
Playing hall GROUP A Final Table: 1. MKB-MVM Veszprém 10 8 1 1 303:243 (60) 17 Veszprém Arena 2. Rhein-Neckar Löwen 10 7 2 1 305:252 (53) 16 Külso Kadartai ut 3. Celje Pivovarna Lasko 10 4 1 5 269:272 (-3) 9 8200 Veszprém 4. HC Motor Zaporozhye 10 4 1 5 277:296 (-19) 9 Hungary 5. HC Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb 10 4 0 6 267:282 (-15) 8 Capacity: 5,020 6. St. Petersburg HC 10 0 1 9 216:292 (-76) 1
Club Address: Group Phase results: Past achievements MKB-MVM Veszprém (W - win, D - draw, L - loss) Marcius 15. ut 5 @ St. Petersburg HC W28:15 (12:7) VELUX EHF Champions League 8200 Veszprém vs Rhein-Neckar Löwen W30:29 (17:14) Participations (including 2013/14 Hungary vs HC Motor Zaporozhye W44:27 (20:13) season): 19 @ HC Croatia O. Zagreb W33:22 (15:8) Final (1): 2001/02 Media contact: @ Celje Pivovarna Lasko W31:26 (15:14) Semi-final (2): 2002/03, 2005/06 Zsolt Sevinger vs Celje Pivovarna Lasko W27:26 (13:10) Quarter-final (9): 1997/98, 1998/99, +36 305024547 vs St. Petersburg HC W29:20 (13:7) 1999/00, 2003/04, 2004/05, 2006/07, [email protected] @ Rhein-Neckar Löwen D25:25 (13:12) 2008/09, 2009/10, 2012/13 vs HC Croatia O. Zagreb W34:27 (19:11) Last 16 (2): 1993/94, 2010/11, 2011/12 Online information: @ HC Motor Zaporozhye L26:22 (13:13) Group Phase (3): 1994/95, 1995/96, Website: www.mkbveszprem.eu 2007/08 Facebook: mkbveszprem Twitter: @mkbveszpremkc Other Cup Winners‘ Cup: Winners 2007/08, Runners-up 1996/97 Top scorers: Hungarian league: 21 titles (1985, 1986, Kit colours 1. Momir Ilic (SRB) 77 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, Light 2. Renato Sulic (CRO) 54 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, Player shirt: white 3. Laszlo Nagy (HUN) 36 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, Player short: white 4. Iman Jamali Moorchegani (IRI) 32 2013) Goalkeeper shirt: grey Peter Gulyas (HUN) 32 Hungarian Cup winner: 22 times Dark Player shirt: red Player short: red Goalkeeper shirt: black
12 POT 1 HC Vardar PRO - Skopje (MKD)
The reigning Macedonian champions made several headlines early in the season as they not only stole the first point from the main group favourites FC Barcelona, but were also the first club to replace their head coach. Less than a week before their Round 3 match at home to PSG Handball they parted ways with Zoran Kastratovic.
After just three months in the job, this decision was a surprise for many. Assistant coach Andon Boskovski took charge for the following game, but after the EHF EURO in Denmark the club announced the signing of Raul Gonzalez Gutierrez, a former Spanish national team player and member of team that won a bronze medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.
The 44-year-old has coached Valladolid and is a former assistant of Talant Dujshebaev at Ciudad Real and Atletico Madrid. The second club’s connection to Dujshebaev, his son Alex, missed the final rounds of the group phase through injury, but was instrumental in the biggest success in the club’s history as Vardar eliminated the defending champions HSV Hamburg and reached the top eight of Europe for the first time.
Last 16 results First leg: HC Vardar Skopje vs HSV Hamburg 28:28 (14:16) Second leg: HSV Hamburg vs HC Vardar Skopje 29:30 (15:17)
Playing hall GROUP C Final Table: 1. FC Barcelona 10 8 1 1 348:256 (92) 17 Boris Trajkovski 2. PSG Handball 10 6 1 3 315:288 (27) 13 bul. 8 Septemvri bb 3. HC Metalurg 10 5 2 3 256:265 (-9) 12 Skopje 4. HC Vardar - Skopje 10 4 2 4 269:263 (6) 10 FYR Macedonia 5. HC Dinamo Minsk 10 3 1 6 266:295 (-29) 7 Capacity: 7,000 6. Wacker Thun 10 0 1 9 242:329 (-87) 1
Club Address: Group Phase results: Past achievements HC Vardar - Skopje (W - win, D - draw, L - loss) Marko Savovski vs FC Barcelona D29:29 (15:19) VELUX EHF Champions League BUL 8 mi Septemvri 20 @ HC Dinamo Minsk L24:26 (11:11) Participations (including 2013/14 FYR Macedonia vs PSG Handball D24:24 (9:12) season): 8 @ Wacker Thun W37:24 (19:11) Last 32 (1): 1999/2000 Media contact: @ HC Metalurg W27:22 (14:9) Group Phase (6): 2001/02, 2002/03, Marko Savovski vs HC Metalurg L18:26 (12:10) 2003/04, 2004/05, 2007/08, 2009/10 +389 75 200 008 @ FC Barcelona L23:30 (11:14) [email protected] vs HC Dinamo Minsk W30:22 (14:11) Other vs Wacker Thun W32:25 (17:11) Cup Winners’ Cup: Semi-finals 1998/99, Online information: @ PSG Handball L25:35 (12:15) 2004/05, 2010/11, Quarter-finals Website: www.rkvardar.com.mk 2006/07 Facebook: rkvardar SEHA league: 1 title (2012) Twitter: @RK_Vardar Macedonian league: 8 titles (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2013) Top scorers: Macedonian Cup winner: 8 times Kit colours 1. Timur Dibirov (RUS) 66 Light 2. Igor Karacic (CRO) 58 Player shirt: red/white 3. Alex Dujshebaev (ESP) 39 Player short: red/white 4. Matjaz Brumen (SLO) 36 Goalkeeper shirt: red/black/yellow 5. Mikhail Chipurin (RUS) 32 Dark Player shirt: black/Red Player short: red/white Goalkeeper shirt: black/grey
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POT 2 PSG Handball (FRA)
Much of the talk going into this season’s competition surrounded PSG Handball and their recently assembled collection of superstars. How would the large number of world class players collaborate as a team? Quite well, but far from perfect was the answer.
Four points from their first four games, including a home defeat to Barcelona, was not the start many expected. However, four wins on the trot put PSG back in a strong position.
Barcelona’s established team put the new title contenders firmly in their place with a devastating 38:28 win, with all the damage done in a brilliant first half, but Hansen and co. regained some pride by securing second position with a clear win over Vardar.
They have attacking threat in abundance, with clear evidence in their scoring list. Seven players scoring between 30 and 46 goals prove that they rely on no one player at any time and the side are bound to improve as a unit as the season progresses further. The reached their first ever quarter-final in the European top flight after they ousted the Slovenian side Gorenje Velenje mainly thanks to a convincing home victory in the second leg.
Last 16 results First leg: RK Gorenje Velenje vs PSG Handball 30:28 (16:13) Second leg: PSG Handball vs RK Gorenje Velenje 34:25 (17:17)
Playing hall GROUP C Final Table: 1. FC Barcelona 10 8 1 1 348:256 (92) 17 Halle Georges Carpentier 2. PSG Handball 10 6 1 3 315:288 (27) 13 81 boulevard Massena 3. HC Metalurg 10 5 2 3 256:265 (-9) 12 75013 Paris 4. HC Vardar - Skopje 10 4 2 4 269:263 (6) 10 France 5. HC Dinamo Minsk 10 3 1 6 266:295 (-29) 7 Capacity: 4,800 6. Wacker Thun 10 0 1 9 242:329 (-87) 1
Club Address: Group Phase results: Past achievements PSG Handball (W - win, D - draw, L - loss) 82 avenue Georges Lafont vs HC Dinamo Minsk W34:30 (12:11) VELUX EHF Champions League 75016 Paris @ HC Metalurg L26:28 (12:12) Participations (including 2013/14 France @ HC Vardar - Skopje D24:24 (12:9) season): 2 vs FC Barcelona L29:33 (17:17) Last 16 (1): 2005/06 Media contact: @ Wacker Thun W34:28 (16:10) Louise Cosnard vs Wacker Thun W38:24 (22:11) Other +33 (0)675 591 939 @HC Dinamo Minsk W35:29 (19:14) EHF Cup: Quarter-finals 2006/07, Last [email protected] vs HC Metalurg W32:29 (16:12) 16 2003/04 @ FC Barcelona L28:38 (9:19) Online information: vs HC Vardar - Skopje W35:25 (15:12) French league: 1 title (2012/13) Website: www.psghand.fr French Cup winner: once Facebook: PSGHand Twitter: @PSG_HANDBALL
Top scorers: Kit colours 1. Marko Kopljar (CRO) 46 Light 2. Luc Abalo (FRA) 44 Player shirt: white 3. Mikkel Hansen (DEN) 43 Player short: white 4. Fahrudin Melic (MNE) 41 Goalkeeper shirt: grey 5. Igor Vori (CRO) 34 Dark Player shirt: blue Player short: blue Goalkeeper shirt: grey
15 POT 2 Rhein Neckar Löwen (GER)
After a two-year absence the ‘Lions’, aka German side and EHF Cup champions Rhein-Neckar Löwen, returned in style to the VELUX EHF Champions League. Following a bit of a false start that only saw them taking a draw in their first match against Ukrainian side Motor Zaporozhye, they pushed themselves into gear and secured the spot in the Last 16 already at the end of November after a 32:26 victory in the return leg against Zaporozhye.
They eventually finished the Group Phase of the VELUX EHF Champions League ranked second in Group A with seven wins, two draws and one loss.Only away goals ruled that Löwen are part of the quarter-finals tale as they tied the third team of the previous season Vive Targi Kielce 55:55 on aggregate in the Last 16. As Rhein-Neckar scored away five more goals than Kielce, they ruined the dream of Talant Dujshebaev and his players.Back in October there had been a lot of transfer talk about their inspirational left wing, Uwe Gensheimer, but the 27-year-old eventually extended his contract with the German side until 2016, true to the motto ‘once a lion, always a lion’. His current coach however, Icelandic Gudmundur Gudmundsson, won’t be sitting on the Löwen’s bench next season as he accepted the offer to succeed Ulrik Wilbek at the helm of the Danish national team from July 2014 onwards.
Last 16 results First leg: Vive Targi Kielce vs Rhein-Neckar Löwen 32:28 (17:13) Second leg: Rhein-Neckar Löwen vs Vive Targi Kielce 27:23 (16:14)
Playing hall GROUP A Final Table: 1. MKB-MVM Veszprém 10 8 1 1 303:243 (60) 17 SAP Arena 2. Rhein-Neckar Löwen 10 7 2 1 305:252 (53) 16 Xaver-Fuhr-Str. 150 3. Celje Pivovarna Lasko 10 4 1 5 269:272 (-3) 9 68219 Mannheim 4. HC Motor Zaporozhye 10 4 1 5 277:296 (-19) 9 Germany 5. HC Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb 10 4 0 6 267:282 (-15) 8 Capacity: 12,900 6. St. Petersburg HC 10 0 1 9 216:292 (-76) 1
Club Address: Group Phase results: Past achievements Rhein-Neckar Löwen (W - win, D - draw, L - loss) Mollstraße 49a vs HC Motor Zaporozhye D31:31 (15:13) VELUX EHF Champions League 68165 Mannheim @ MKB-MVM Veszprém KC L29:30 (14:17) Participations (including 2013/14 Germany @ Celje Pivovarna Lasko W28:25 (13:7) season): 5 vs St. Petersburg HC W31:17 (14:8) Semi-final (2): 2008/09, 2010/11 Media contact: vs HC Croatia Osiguranje W34:26 (21:11) Quarter-final (1): 2009/10 Ute Krebs @ HC Croatia Osiguranje W28:24 (13:12) Qualification (1): 2011/12 +49 126 2500 933 @ HC Motor Zaporozhye W32:26 (10:15) [email protected] vs MKB-MVM Veszprém D25:25 (12:13) Other @ St. Petersburg HC W32:23 (18:10) Cup Winners’ Cup: Runners-up 2007/08 Online information: vs Celje Pivovarna Lasko W35:25 (19:12) EHF Cup: Winners 2012/13, Semi-finals Website: www.rhein-neckar-loewen.de 2011/12, Quarter-finals 2006/07 Facebook: rnloewen Twitter: @RNLoewen German league: none German Cup winner: none
Top scorers: Kit colours 1. Uwe Gensheimer (GER) 61 Light 2. Patrick Groetzki (GER) 41 Player shirt: yellow 3. Bjarte Hakon Myrhol (NOR) 39 Player short: yellow 4. Sergei Gorbok (RUS) 31 Goalkeeper shirt: white/red Andre Schmid (SUI) 31 Dark Player shirt: black Player short: black Goalkeeper shirt: blue/green
16 POT 2 SG Flensburg Handewitt (GER)
For the second season in a row, SG Flensburg-Handewitt were paired with local rivals HSV in the group phase and for the second season in a row finished one point behind in second place.
Ljubomir Vranjes’ side were barely troubled in their opening three encounters, dispatching their opponents with ease, before letting a four-goal half-time lead against La Rioja slip in a 35:35 draw. Subsequent defeat to HSV meant that finishing first in the group was out of their hands, despite a win in the return fixture, and second position was never really in doubt with nearest rivals Velenje and Aalborg lacking consistency.
The German side were hit hard by injuries at the beginning of 2014, so much so that coach Vranjes was an unused substitute in the penultimate game against La Rioja, but they completed the group phase with three wins from three, happy in the knowledge that they will avoid their local rivals for the next round at least. In the Last 16 they faced Celje exactly 10 years after the perennial Slovenian champions beat Flensburg in the EHF Champions League finals and this time German team prevailed by two goals on aggregate.
Last 16 results First leg: Celje Pivovarna Lasko vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt 26:25 (13:12) Second leg: SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs Celje Pivovarna Lasko 30:27 (15:14)
Playing hall GROUP D Final Table: Flens Arena 1. HSV Hamburg 10 9 0 1 330:266 (64) 18 Campusallee 2 2. SG Flensburg-Handewitt 10 8 1 1 314:272 (42) 17 24943 Flensburg 3. RK Gorenje Velenje 10 4 0 6 307:320 (-13) 8 Germany 4. Aalborg Handball 10 4 0 6 275:265 (10) 8 Capacity: 6,000 5. Naturhouse La Rioja 10 3 2 5 292:320 (-28) 8 6. HK DROTT Halmstad 10 0 1 9 289:364 (-75) 1
Club Address: Group Phase results: Past achievements SG Flensburg-Handewitt (W - win, D - draw, L - loss) Schiffbrücke 66 vs Aalborg Handball W31:27 (15:12) VELUX EHF Champions League 24939 Flensburg @ HK DROTT Halmstad W37:27 (19:13) Participations (including 2013/14 Germany vs RK Gorenje Velenje W35:31 (16:13) season): 9 @ Naturhouse La Rioja D32:32 (19:13) Final (2): 2003/2004, 2006/2007 Media contact: @ HSV Hamburg L27:32 (14:15) Semi-final (1): 2005/2006 Sandra von Wallis vs HSV Hamburg W27:24 (13:11) Quarter-final (4): 2004/2005, +49 4611609625 @ Aalborg Handball W27:26 (14:13) 2008/2009, 2010/2011, 2012/2013 [email protected] vs HK DROTT Halmstad W33:25 (20:8) Main Round (1): 2007/2008 vs Naturhouse La Rioja W37:25 (19:11) Online information: @ RK Gorenje Velenje W28:23 (15:9) Other Website: Cup Winners’ Cup: Winners 2000/2001 www.sg-flensburg-handewitt.de 2011/2012 Facebook: SGFleHa EHF Cup: Winners 1996/1997 Twitter: @SGFleHa City Cup: Winners 1998/1999
Top scorers: German league: 1 title (2004) Kit colours 1. Anders Eggert (DEN) 52 German Cup winners: three times Light 2. Holger Glandorf (GER) 50 Player shirt: red 3. Steffen Weinhold (GER) 43 Player short: blue 4. Thomas Mogensen (DEN) 40 Goalkeeper shirt: yellow 5. Jim Gottfridsson (SWE) 32 Dark Player shirt: white Player short: blue Goalkeeper shirt: black
17 POT 2 HC Metalurg (MKD)
There was a Russian invasion to Skopje over the last summer, but the only big signing for Metalurg was Pavel Atman from Minsk. Lino Cervar’s team saw that nobody escaped the group phase unblemished as they beat FC Barcelona on the very last day of the campaign. In their Boris Trajkovski arena they also defeated the second group favourites PSG Handball, but ironically on the same court against the underdogs from Wacker Thun they lost a valuable point, which could have pushed them closer to pot 2.
In the competition’s first city derby they lost to Vardar, but they struck back swiftly and took both points in the very next round.The club has successfully survived some internal troubles as goalkeeping icon Darko Stanic was suspended by the club and should be ready for another long mission in the knock-out rounds like last season, when they reached the quarter-finals before Kielce brought their campaign to a halt.
Their performance against KIF Kolding Kobenhavn in the Last 16 was brilliant as they not only dominated the home court by a great defence, but also won the second leg in Denmark. The 38-year-old Renato Vugrinec completely denied his age scoring 23 goals in two matches on his way to the top of the scoring chart. Last 16 results First leg: HC Metalurg vs KIF Kolding Kobenhavn 23:17 (14:9) Second leg: KIF Kolding Kobenhavn vs HC Metalurg 26:30 (13:15)
Playing hall GROUP C Final Table: Boris Trajkovski 1. FC Barcelona 10 8 1 1 348:256 (92) 17 bul. 8 Septemvri bb 2. PSG Handball 10 6 1 3 315:288 (27) 13 Skopje 3. HC Metalurg 10 5 2 3 256:265 (-9) 12 FYR Macedonia 4. HC Vardar - Skopje 10 4 2 4 269:263 (6) 10 Capacity: 7,000 5. HC Dinamo Minsk 10 3 1 6 266:295 (-29) 7 6. Wacker Thun 10 0 1 9 242:329 (-87) 1
Club Address: Group Phase results: Past achievements HC Metalurg (W - win, D - draw, L - loss) ul. Jane Lukroski 6 @Wacker Thun W23:22 (13:9) VELUX EHF Champions League 1000 Skopje vs PSG Handball W28:26 (12:12) Participations (including 2013/14 FYR Macedonia @ FC Barcelona L17:35 (5:17) season): 6 vs HC Dinamo Minsk W33:29 (20:18) Quarter-final (1): 2012/13 Media contact: vs HC Vardar - Skopje L22:27 (9:14) Last 16 (1): 2011/12 Zoran Cvetanovski @ HC Vardar - Skopje W26:18 (10:12) Group Matches (2): 2006/07, 2008/09 +389 78223505 vs Wacker Thun D24:24 (11:14) Qualification (1): 2010/11 [email protected] @ PSG Handball L29:32 (12:16) @ HC Dinamo Minsk D23:23 (13:11) Other Online information: vs FC Barcelona W31:29 (15:11) 9 participations in other EC Website: http://www.rkmetalurg.mk/ Macedonian league: 5 titles (2006, Facebook: rkmetalurgofficial 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012) Twitter: @RKMetalurg Macedonian Cup winner: 5 times
Top scorers: Kit colours 1. Renato Vugrinec (SLO) 85 Light 2. Pavel Atman (RUS) 43 Player shirt: white 3. Naumce Mojsovski (MKD) 34 Player short: black 4. Goce Georgievski (MKD) 31 Goalkeeper shirt: yellow/orange/white 5. Dejan Manaskov (MKD) 25 Dark Player shirt: blue Player short: black Goalkeeper shirt: blue
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Head-to-heads
FC Barcelona vs PSG Handball 20.10.2013 PSG Handball FRA-FC Barcelona ESP EHF Champions League – Group C 29:33 (17:17) 15.02.2014 FC Barcelona ESP-PSG Handball FRA EHF Champions League – Group C 38:28 (19:09)
FC Barcelona vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt 18.12.1999 FC Barcelona ESP-SG Flensburg Handewitt GER European Championship for Club Teams – 1/2-finals 32:29 (16:14) 23.02.2007 SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER-FC Barcelona-Cifec ESP EHF Champions League – 1/8-finals 31:21 (13:10) 03.03.2007 FC Barcelona-Cifec ESP-SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER EHF Champions League – 1/8-finals 34:29 (14:12)
FC Barcelona vs HC Metalurg 12.10.2008 FC Barcelona Borges ESO-HC Metalurg MKD EHF Champions League – Group C 30:19 (14:11) 08.11.2008 HC Metalurg MKD-FC Barcelona Borges ESP EHF Champions League – Group C 22:29 (14:17) 12.10.2013 FC Barcelona ESP-HC Metalurg MKD EHF Champions League – Group C 35:17 (17:05) 23.02.2014 HC Metalurg MKD-FC Barcelona ESP EHF Champions League – Group C 31:29 (15:11)
FC Barcelona vs Rhein-Neckar Löwen 25.09.2010 FC Barcelona Borges ESP-Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER EHF Champions League – Group A 30:31 (13:14) 20.02.2011 Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER-FC Barcelona Borges ESP EHF Champions League – Group A 38:38 (22:17) 28.05.2011 Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER-FC Barcelona Borges ESP EHF Champions League – FINAL4-1/2-finals 28:30 (12:12)
THW Kiel vs PSG Handball 14.12.2003 THW Kiel GER-Paris Handball FRA EHF Cup – 1/8-finals 34:27 (19:12) 21.12.2003 Paris Handball FRA-THW Kiel GER EHF Cup – 1/8-finals 30:32 (14:19) 04.12.2005 Paris Handball FRA-THW Kiel GER EHF Champions League – 1/8-finals 21:28 (11:13) 10.12.2005 THW Kiel GER-Paris Handball FRA EHF Champions League – 1/8-finals 44:28 (22:12)
THW Kiel vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt 18.04.1998 SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER-THW Kiel GER EHF Cup – finals 25:23 (12:09) 22.04.1998 THW Kiel GER-SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER EHF Cup – finals 26:21 (16:09) 28.10.2001 THW Kiel GER-SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER European Championship for Club Teams – Place 3/4 33:31 (17:14) 28.02.2006 THW Kiel GER-SG Flensburg Handewitt GER EHF Champions League – 1/4-finals 28:32 (13:12) 04.03.2006 SG Flensburg Handewitt GER-THW Kiel GER EHF Champions League – 1/4-finals 32:34 (16:17) 22.04.2007 SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER-THW Kiel GER EHF Champions League – finals 28:28 (10:12) 29.04.2007 THW Kiel GER-SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER EHF Champions League – finals 29:27 (15:10)
THW Kiel vs HC Metalurg 02.10.2008 THW Kiel GER-HC Metalurg MKD EHF Champions League – Group C 37:29 (18:15) 13.11.2008 HC Metalurg MKD-THW Kiel GER EHF Champions League – Group C 25:30 (12:15)
THW Kiel vs Rhein-Neckar Löwen 26.04.2009 THW Kiel GER-Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER EHF Champions League – 1/2-finals 37:23 (20:08) 30.04.2009 Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER-THW Kiel GER EHF Champions League – 1/2-finals 31:30 (16:18) 25.04.2010 Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER-THW Kiel GER EHF Champions League – 1/4-finals 28:29 (13:15) 02.05.2010 THW Kiel GER-Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER EHF Champions League – 1/4-finals 31:30 (12:13) 21.11.2010 THW Kiel GER-Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER EHF Champions League – Group A 30:27 (17:09) 26.11.2010 Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER-THW Kiel GER EHF Champions League – Group A 30:30 (17:14)
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MKB-MVM Veszprém vs PSG Handball No previous encounters
MKB-MVM Veszprém vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt 24.02.2001 SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER-Fotex KC Veszprém HUN Cup Winners’ Cup – 1/4-finals 31:22 (13:12) 03.03.2001 Fotex KC Veszprém HUN-SG Flensburg-Handewitt HUN Cup Winners’ Cup – 1/4-finals 20:22 (09:10) 05.10.2008 MKB Veszprém KC HUN-SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER EHF Champions League – Group F 29:28 (14:14) 16.11.2008 SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER-MKB Veszprém KC HUN EHF Champions League – Group F 32:29 (15:15)
MKB-MVM Veszprém vs HC Metalurg No previous encounters
MKB-MVM Veszprém vs Rhein-Neckar Löwen 03.05.2008 MKB Veszprém KC HUN-Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER Cup Winners’ Cup – finals 37:32 (20:20) 10.05.2008 Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER-MKB Veszprém KC HUN Cup Winners’ Cup – finals 28:28 (14:14) 04.10.2009 Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER-MKB Veszprém KC HUN EHF Champions League – Group B 32:29 (17:14) 21.02.2010 MKB Veszprém KC HUN-Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER EHF Champions League – Group B 34:30 (17:12) 29.09.2013 MKB-MVM Veszprém HUN-Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER EHF Champions League – Group A 30:29 (17:14) 09.02.2014 Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER-MKB-MVM Veszprém HUN EHF Champions League – Group A 25:25 (12:13)
HC Vardar - Skopje vs PSG Handball 13.10.2013 HC Vardar – Skopje MKD-PSG Handball FRA EHF Champions League – Group C 24:24 (09:12) 22.02.2014 PSG Handball FRA-HC Vardar – Skopje MKD EHF Champions League – Group C 35:25 (15:12)
HC Vardar - Skopje vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt No previous encounters
HC Vardar - Skopje vs HC Metalurg 14.11.2013 HC Metalurg MKD-HC Vardar – Skopje MKD EHF Champions League – Group C 22:27 (09:14) 24.11.2013 HC Vardar – Skopje MKD-HC Metalurg MKD EHF Champions League – Group C 18:26 (12:10)
HC Vardar - Skopje vs Rhein-Neckar Löwen No previous encounters
All stats by Roy Knoppert
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VELUX EHF FINAL4 countdown
The VELUX EHF FINAL4 is the culmination of the European club It is undeniable that the 2013 VELUX EHF FINAL4 was the season’s handball season. The two-day event sees the best four men’s teams highlight in European handball – 20,000 spectators in the LANXESS in Europe playing to decide the ultimate winner of the VELUX EHF arena and millions of fans at home watched four unforgettable Champions League. handball games and a unique entertainment show.
Introduced in the 2009/10 season and to be played until at least 2014 Tickets for the 2014 edition of the VELUX EHF FINAL4 went on sale on in the LANXESS arena, Cologne, the decision to create a new format the opening day of the VELUX EHF FINAL4 2013. Now, eight months for the final phase of the VELUX EHF Champions League was seen as before the participating teams are known, more than 11.000 of the crucial for the growth of handball across Europe. 19.750 tickets have already been sold.
The aim was to create a flagship event, one that could compete on The success of the VELUX EHF FINAL4 is also thanks to the the international sports market and make the Europe´s leading club commitment of a great number of volunteers who have been active competition even more attractive to fans, partners and sponsors. on the weekend of the event. The application procedure for next edition has already started and applications are invited also in the The success of the first four editions of the VELUX EHF FINAL4 showed area of media. that this new format was the right strategy. It has set new standards in organisation and entertainment: it is not just four games played Full information at: www.ehfFINAL4.com over two days but a true entertainment event. The engagement of a top international act such as EUROPE was a sign too of the direction the event is taking.
24 Media accreditation for VELUX EHF FINAL4 opens
With 10 weeks to go before the start of VELUX EHF FINAL4, the final round of the VELUX EHF Champions League, accreditation requests from media representatives are now being accepted.
For the fifth time the top event of the club season will take place in the LANXESS arena, Cologne on 31 May and 1 June 2014 and will see the continent’s best four teams battling it out over two days to lift the coveted VELUX EHF Champions League trophy.
Journalists, photographers, TV and radio representatives can now submit their request for accreditation via an online form at www.ehfFINAL4.com, the event’s official website. Requests can only be made online.
Requests for media accreditation should be made by Friday 9 May at 15.00, almost two weeks after the completion of the quarter-final matches.
Media accreditation is only open to professional media representatives working at the event. Freelance media representatives may be asked to provide additional evidence of their work. There are limited places and it may not be possible to accept all requests for an accreditation.
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VELUX EHF Champions League Current Top Scorers
No. Player Club Goals 1 Renato Vugrinec (SLO) HC Metalurg (MKD) 85 2 Gasper Marguc (SLO) Celje Pivovarna Lasko (SLO) 79 3 Momir Ilic (SRB) MKB-MVM Veszprém (HUN) 77 4 Stas Skube (SLO) RK Gorenje Velenje (SLO) 72 5 Petar Nenadic (SRB) Orlen Wisla Plock (POL) 69 6 Magnus Persson (SWE) HK DROTT Halmstad (SWE) 67 Marko Vujin (SRB) THW Kiel (GER) 67 8 Timur Dibirov (RUS) HC Vardar - Skopje (MKD) 66 9 Albert Comas Rocas (ESP) KIF Kolding Kobenhavn (DEN) 64 10 Filip Jicha (CZE) THW Kiel (GER) 62 11 Uwe Gensheimer (GER) Rhein-Neckar Löwen (GER) 61 12 Sergiy Onufryienko (UKR) HC Motor Zaporozhye (UKR) 60 13 Kiril Lazarov (MKD) FC Barcelona (ESP) 59 Havard Tvedten (NOR) Aalborg Handball (DEN) 59 Nemanja Zelenovic (SRB) Celje Pivovarna Lasko (SLO) 59 16 Igor Karacic (CRO) HC Vardar - Skopje (MKD) 58 Mads Mensah Larsen (DEN) Aalborg Handball (DEN) 58 Stefan Schröder (GER) HSV Hamburg (GER) 58 Michal Jurecki (POL) Vive Targi Kielce (POL) 58 20 Gilberto Duarte (POR) FC Porto Vitalis (POR) 56 Morten Andreas Slundt (DEN) Aalborg Handball (DEN) 56
Bold text indicates players of teams qualified for the Last 16
27 EHF Men’s Champions League Past Winners
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)
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