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powered by VELUX EHF Champions League 2019/20 Group Phase Media Guide TEAMWORK, FAIRNESS & RESPECT Nord Stream 2 is a European project that contributes to a secure energy supply for all European countries. Our excellence is the result of effi cient cooperation among a large team of experts from more than 20 countries. Respect for the environment and team spirit are at the core of our values, fuelling our delivery of a sustainable solution to help the EU meet future energy needs and achieve climate goals. poweereredd b yby Proud supporter of the VELUX EHF Champions League ©EHF/Walch www.nord-stream2.com Title sponsor Premium sponsor Regional premium sponsors Partners Charity partner Table of contents COMPETITION INFORMATION Foreword 6 Media contacts 7 Map of participating clubs 8-9 Playing system diagram 10-11 Official informations 13 List of TV stations 15 MOTW - increasing engagement 16 Facts & Figures 17-21 GROUP A Preview 22-23 Head-to-heads in the EC 24-28 Paris Saint-Germain Handball 30-35 Barça 36-41 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 42-47 Aalborg Handbold 48-53 MOL-Pick Szeged 54-59 HC PPD Zagreb 60-65 Elverum Handball 66-71 RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko 72-77 GROUP B Preview 78-79 Head-to-heads in the EC 80-84 HC Vardar 86-91 Telekom Veszprém HC 92-97 PGE VIVE Kielce 98-103 HC Meshkov Brest 104-109 HC Motor Zaporozhye 110-115 Montpellier HB 116-121 4 FC Porto Sofarma 122-127 THW Kiel 128-133 GROUP C Preview 134-135 Head-to-heads in the EC 136 IK Sävehof 138-143 Tatran Presov 144-149 Cocks 150-155 HC Eurofarm Rabotnik 156-161 Bidasoa Irun 162-167 Sporting CP 168-173 GROUP D Preview 174-175 Head-to-heads in the EC 176 Dinamo Bucuresti 178-183 Chekhovskie Medvedi 184-189 Kadetten Schaffhausen 190-195 IFK Kristianstad 196-201 Orlen Wisla Plock 202-207 GOG 208-213 HISTORY 2018/19 Top scorers 214 All-stars team 2018/19 215 Past winners 217 Timeline 218-219 Summary 220-223 All-time stats 224-225 All-time club standings 226 VELUX EHF FINAL4 227-230 FUTURE OF THE EHF CLUB COMPETITIONS 231 5 Foreword Foreword Dear media representatives, Welcome to a new season of the VELUX EHF Champions League and to the latest edition of the competition’s media guide. With extensive background information, key contacts and historical statistics in addition to team and player profiles, this is your essential guide to the 2019/20 group phase. Further updates and additional media information packs for each ‘Match of the Week’ will also be published throughout the season and will be available for download via the EHF Media Portal. While we celebrated the 10th anniversary of the VELUX EHF FINAL4 last season, in 2019/20 we will witness the last edition before the playing format changes. From 2020/21 onwards, only 16 elite clubs will play in the EHF Champions League, while the second-tier European Handball League will consist of 24 teams. We finished the 2018/19 season on a real high, with HC Vardar returning to the throne in stunning fashion after two years. Their success underlines the reputation of this competition, with just about any team capable of picking up that coveted trophy regardless of the pre-season odds. Standing in Vardar’s way this year in Group B is a formidable line-up of teams including their rivals from the final game of last season, Telekom Veszprém HC, 2016 champions PGE VIVE Kielce, 2003 and 2018 trophy holders Montpellier HB and three-time winners THW Kiel, who are returning to Europe’s prime competition after dominating the MEN’S EHF Cup last season. Also, the remaining three teams FC Porto Sofarma, HC Meshkov Brest and HC Motor Zaporozhye can put up a stern fight against any of the group’s heavyweights. The abundance of thrilling encounters is also guaranteed and the challenge is no less daunting in Group A. Three previous winners of the EHF Champions League - SG Flensburg-Handewitt, RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko and record title holders Barça - compete alongside Paris Saint-Germain HB as well as the ever-ambitious Hungarian runners-up MOL-Pick Szeged. In addition, Aalborg Handbold, HC PPD Zagreb and Elverum Handball will be certainly shuffling the cards in the group. Everything is wide open in Groups C/D as all of the 12 teams, including six national champions, have a good chance of reaching the knock-out stages and following Montpellier’s example from the 2017/18 season, when the French team went all the way from the C/D branch to the title. While Kadetten Schaffhausen from Switzerland return to the VELUX EHF Champions League following a one-year absence, it has been a much longer drought for GOG and Bidasoa Irun. It has been more than 10 years since the former played amongst the continent’s best and even more for the latter, who are making a comeback exactly 25 years after they won the second edition in 1995. Ahead of teams, players, officials, fans, media and other stakeholders there is a long and demanding road to the VELUX EHF FINAL4 on 30/31 May 2020 and on behalf of the European Handball Federation we wish all the teams the best of luck. We pride ourselves at the EHF and EHF Marketing on our positive and cooperative relationship with our colleagues from the press and media and we are sure that this will continue to develop in the future. Should you require any information, help or assistance during the course of the season, please do not hesitate to get in contact with us at the EHF Office in Vienna, and we will be more than happy to assist you with any questions you might have. We look forward to working with you during the 2019/20 season! EHF Media & Communications Team 6 Media contacts EHF/M media contacts Media matters TV and Radio Vlado Brindzak Miguel Mateo Marcellan Media and Communications Head of TV & Media European Handball Federation EHF Marketing GmbH +43 1 80 151 161 +43 1 80 151 224 [email protected] [email protected] Clubs media contacts Group A Group B PSG Handball (FRA) MOL-Pick Szeged (HUN) HC Vardar (MKD) Levente Juhasz HC Motor Zaporozhye (UKR) Matthieu Brelle-Andrade +36 70 543 0979 Ana Stojkov Yuriy Chorny +336 52 537 413 levente.juhasz@ +389 76 487 779 +380 50 5946878 [email protected] pickhandball.hu [email protected] [email protected] Barça (ESP) HC PPD Zagreb (CRO) Telekom Veszprém HC (HUN) Montpellier HB (FRA) Pau Campana Jelena Matesic István Deres Suzy De Monte +346 83 567 251 +385 911 99 93 51 +36 30 557 9865 +33 (0)6 87 73 58 42 [email protected] [email protected] istvan.deres@ s.demonte@ handballVeszprém.hu montpellierhandball.com SG Flensburg-Handewitt (GER) PGE VIVE Kielce (POL) Elverum Handball (NOR) FC Porto Sofarma (POR) Isabel Hofmann Magda Pluszewska Kalle Bjørkman Joana Moreira +494 611 609 625 +48 604 692 276 +47 904 77 605 +351 918 976 756 i.hofmann@ m.pluszewska@ [email protected] sg-flensburg-handewitt.de [email protected] kielcehandball.pl HC Meshkov Brest (BLR) THW Kiel (GER) Aalborg Handbold (DEN) RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko (SLO) Christian Robohm Sebastian Rosenberg Miha Pantelic Artur Zhol +467 68 506 651 +386 51 427 590 +375 293 74 08 43 +49 1635306300 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] christian.robohm@ thw-handball.de Group C Group D IK Sävehof (SWE) HC Eurofarm Rabotnik (MKD) Dinamo Bucuresti (ROU) IFK Kristianstad (SWE) Frederik Sahlin Dimitar Mitrevski Alexandru Enciu Sebastian Rosenberg +46 (0) 701 477 370 +389 71 231461 +40 754 929 106 +46 768 506651 [email protected] rkeurofarmrabotnik@yahoo. [email protected] sebastian.rosenberg@ com ifkkristianstad.se Tatran Presov (SVK) Bidasoa Irun (ESP) Chekhovskie Medvedi (RUS) Orlen Wisla Plock (POL) Ivan Krissak Garikoitz Garagarza Olga Belysheva Tomasz Bauman +421 905 478 115 +34605765533 +7 909 6391 839 +48 882 975 087 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Cocks (FIN) Sporting CP (ESP) Kadetten Schaffhausen (SUI) GOG (DEN) Sanna Myllärinen Andre Leitao Barbara Imobersteg Torsten Laen +358 415 463 046 +351 914665 572 +41787203247 +4523238464 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 7 SEASON 2019/20 IK Sävehof SWE IFK Kristianstad Groups A+B teams SWE powered by Elverum NOR Groups C+D teams Riihimäen Cocks, FIN Aalborg Handbold, DEN Orlen Wisla HC Meshkov Plock, POL Brest, BLR GOG DEN PGE Vive Kielce, POL SG Flensburg- Handewitt, GER Chekhovskie THW Kiel Medvedi, RUS GER VELUX EHF FINAL4 Tatran Cologne, GER Presov, SVK Paris Saint-Germain Handball, FRA HC Motor Zaporozhye, UKR Bidasoa Irun, ESP Telekom Veszprém HC, HUN FC Porto POR MOL-Pick Szeged, HUN Sporting CP, POR Dinamo Bucuresti, ROU Montpellier HB, FRA RUKOMETNI KLUB PRVO PLINARSKO DRUŠTVO ZAGREB HC Vardar HC Eurofarm MKD Barca Kadetten RK Celje Pivovarna HC PPD Rabotnik, MKD Lassa, ESP Scha ausen, SUI Lasko, SLO Zagreb, CRO SEASON 2019/20 IK Sävehof SWE IFK Kristianstad Groups A+B teams SWE powered by Elverum NOR Groups C+D teams Riihimäen Cocks, FIN Aalborg Handbold, DEN Orlen Wisla HC Meshkov Plock, POL Brest, BLR GOG DEN PGE Vive Kielce, POL SG Flensburg- Handewitt, GER Chekhovskie THW Kiel Medvedi, RUS GER VELUX EHF FINAL4 Tatran Cologne, GER Presov, SVK Paris Saint-Germain Handball, FRA HC Motor Zaporozhye, UKR Bidasoa Irun, ESP Telekom Veszprém HC, HUN FC Porto POR MOL-Pick Szeged, HUN Sporting CP, POR Dinamo Bucuresti, ROU Montpellier HB, FRA RUKOMETNI KLUB PRVO PLINARSKO DRUŠTVO ZAGREB HC Vardar HC Eurofarm MKD Barca Kadetten RK Celje Pivovarna HC PPD Rabotnik, MKD Lassa, ESP Scha ausen, SUI Lasko, SLO Zagreb, CRO Group Phase Place 1 directly A1 B1 Last 16 to Quarter-finals powered by A2 B2 Place 2 - 6 Quarter-finals