M Women’s EHF Cup 2016/17 Media Information Final, 2nd leg: Rostov-Don vs SG BBM Bietigheim Media information Dear Media Representative, Women’s EHF Cup Welcome to the final of the Women’s EHF first season in the new format. Before this season Media Contacts the Cup Winners’s Cup has merged with the Women’s EHF Cup into one competition - the new Women’s EHF Cup. Just like in the men’s version of the EHF Cup, the new competition EHF Media and Communications also included the group phase preceded by qualification rounds and followed by quarter- Vlado Brindzak finals. The semi-finals and the final is played in a home and away games format. [email protected] +43 1 80 151 161 In the following media information you will find the essential facts you will require for the Twitter: @EHF final two games and the participating teams. Additional information can be found on the eurohandball.com website. 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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. 2 WOMEN’S EHF CUP TEAMS 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 Vipers Kristiansand 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 4 published version, 13.07.2016 Women’s EHF Cup 2016/17 playing system Qualication R1 Qualication R3 Group Matches Quarter-nals Semi-nals Finals vs. vs. 2 vs. 1 vs. vs. 21 vs.21 12 vs.12 vs. vs. 4 2 21 16 12 8 5 vs. teams teams teams teams teams teams vs. Qualication R2 vs. WEHFC Group Matches includes 4 fourth ranked teams 16 vs. 16 of the WCL Group Matches Season 2016/17 playing dates Qualication Round 1 Qualication Round 3 Group Matches Quarter-nals Semi-nals Finals rst leg - 10/11.09.2016 rst leg R1 07/08.01.2017 rst leg rst leg rst leg second leg - 17/18.09.2016 12 /13.11. 2016 R2 14/15.01.2017 04/05.03.2017 08/09.04.2017 06/07.05.2017 R3 21/22.01.2017 Qualication Round 2 second leg R4 28/29.01.2017 second leg second leg second leg rst leg - 15/16.10.2016 19/20.11.2016 R5 04/05.02.2017 11/12.03.2017 15/16.04.2017 13/14.05.2017 second leg - 22/23.10.2016 R6 11/12.02.2017 Rostov-Don (RUS) vs SG BBM Bietigheim (GER) 1st leg: Sun 7 May, 17:00 hrs* 28:25 (14:16) 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 Palace of Sport “ Rostov Don” Bietigheim then, and are now considered favourites to win MHP Arena Ludwigsburg St. Khalturinsky str. 103 the trophy, with the first leg taking place on Sunday. Schwieberdinger Straße 30 344011 Rostov-Don, Russia 71636 Ludwigsburg, Germany Capacity: 3,500 For Bietigheim, one dream has already come true. In their Capacity: 4,185 game against TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen on Wednesday, Past achievements: they claimed their 24th win in as many Bundesliga EHF Cup: runners-up 2014/15, quarter- matches - and with two games remaining, the team of finals 2009/10 Martin Albertsen were crowned German champions Past achievements: Champions League: 2015/16 quarter- for the first time in history.