Media Guide VELUX EHF Champions League Season 2014/15 Qualification Table of Contents
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Media Guide VELUX EHF Champions League Season 2014/15 Qualification Table of contents Foreword 3 Media Contacts 4 Playing system diagram - stages and dates 5 Season Overview 6 Draw results overview - who qualifies to which group 7 Qualification Tournament 1 8 HC Brest Meshkov 9 HC Vojvodina 12 Tatran Presov 14 Targos HC Bevo 17 Qualification Tournament 2 19 HC Motor Zaporozhye 20 FC Porto 23 Alpla HC Hard 26 Junior Fasano 29 Qualification Tournament 3 31 HCM Constanta 32 Haslum HK 35 Besiktas MOGAZ HT 37 Hubo Initia Hasselt 39 Important regulations - extra-time and penalty throws 42 Past winners 43 2 Foreword Welcome to the qualification of the VELUX EHF Champions League 2013/14 On the first weekend of September 2014, the 12 matches that will determine the final fixtures of the 2014/15 VELUX EHF Champions League will be played in venues across Europe. These qualification tournaments are the last challenge standing between twelve teams and the remaining three places in the group phase. With no wildcard tournament, there is much excitement surrounding the three events organised in a semi-final format. For the teams, there is only one objective and that is to be in first place at the end of the Qualification Tournament; it is all or nothing. Playing for the final spot in Group A, HC Meshkov Brest of Belarus is back in the EHF Champions League for the first time in six years. The players from HC Vojvodina of Serbia are hoping that it will be third time lucky as they return to the qualification. The Slovakian titans, TATRAN Presov, are the veterans of this group with this season marking their 11th participation in the competition. Finally, to this group, we welcome VELUX EHF Champions League newcomers, Targos Bevo HV from the Netherlands. Group D awaits the winner of the second qualification tournament. HC Motor Zaporozhye from Ukraine was drawn into Group 2 on the top spot; this is the second Champions League appearance for the team having reached the Last 16 in the previous season. Having made it to the Group Phase of the competition last season, the players of Futebol Clube de Porto from Portugal hope to extend their stay in the competition once again. It has been many years since the Austrians from Alpla HC Hard felt the demands of the group phase, but they are back and ready for the challenge. The second, and final, debutant of the EHF Champions League is the team of Junior Fasano of Italy. The third and final qualification tournament has a place reserved for the winner in Group B in the next stage of the VELUX EHF Champions League. All the teams in qualification group three have varying levels of Champions League experience. There is the veteran, HCM Constanta of Romania who made it to the Last 16 of the competition in the previous season. Haslum Handballklubb of Norway enters the qualification stage for the third time. Besiktas from Turkey are, once again, hoping to make it past the qualification stage, and team Hubo Initia Hasselt (BEL) are back in the EHF Champions League after a fifteen year hiatus. There are exciting matches ahead for all. To the fans, I welcome you all to the 2014/15 VELUX EHF Champions League Qualification Tournaments; to the teams, I wish you all the very best of luck! Jean Brihault EHF President 3 EHF/M Media contacts Media matters TV and Radio Vlado Brindzak Miguel Mateo Marcellán Media and Communications Media Manager European Handball Federation EHF Marketing GmbH +43 1 80 151 161 +43 1 80 151 224 [email protected] [email protected] Clubs – Media contacts GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 HC Meshkov Brest (BLR) HC Motor Zaporozhye (UKR) HCM Constanta (ROU) Alexandr Kulbaka Dmitriy Karpushchenko Ali Nurhan +375 293 50 74 79 +380 50 5581181 +40 724 341014 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] RK Vojvodina (SRB) FC Porto (POR) Haslum HK (NOR) Nemanja Protic Joana Moreira Knut Guldbrandsen +381 63 10 66 013 +351 22 508 32 68 +47 99 169014 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Tatran Presov (SVK) Alpla HC Hard (AUT) Besiktas JK (TUR) Branko Benko Dominik Faigle Berk Karahan +421 911 620435 +43 664 311 20 26 +90-535-358-8747 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Targos Bevo HC (NED) Junior Fasano (ITA) Initia Hasselt (BEL) Inne Linssen Francesco Ancona Frank Van Roost +31 6 53890836 +39 335 453388 +32 478 888 050 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 4 VELUX EHF Champions League 2014/15 playing system Qualication Tournaments Group Phase Last 16 Quarter-nals FINAL4 Semi-nals 4 vs. 1 3 vs. 2 2 vs. 1 vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. 3rd Place Match vs. vs. vs. vs. 5 Final Home Matches 5 1 1 Total Matches 10 2 2 vs. Season 2014/15 playing dates Qualication Tournaments Group Phase Last 16 Quarter-nals FINAL4 12 teams 4 groups with 6 teams each 16 teams 8 teams 4 teams 24. - 28.09.2014 19. - 23.11.2014 rst leg rst leg 30/31.05.2015 3 tournaments with semi-nals 01. - 05.10.2014 26. - 30.11.2014 11.03. - 15.03.2015 08.04. - 12.04.2015 and nals 08. - 12.10.2014 03. - 06.12.2014 15. - 19.10.2014 11. - 15.02.2015 second leg second leg 06. - 07.09.2014 12. - 16.11.2014 18. - 22.02.2015 18.03. - 22.03.2015 15.04. - 19.04.2015 VELUX EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2014/15 Qualification Tournaments Group Phase Last 16 Quarterfinals FINAL4 4 groups with 6 teams 16 teams 8 teams 4 teams 24.‐28.09.2014 (1) 06./07.09.2014 01.‐05.10.2014 (2) 11.‐15.03.2015 08.‐12.04.2015 30./31.05.2015 tournaments 08.‐12.10.2014 (3) first leg first leg tournament 15.‐19.10.2014 (4) NATION 12.‐16.11.2014 (5) played in semi finals and 19.‐23.11.2014 (6) finals 26.‐30.12.2014 (7) 03.‐06.12.2014 (8) 18.‐22.03.2015 15.‐19.04.2015 11.‐15.02.2015 (9) second leg second leg 18.‐22.02.2015 (10) DRAWS: 26 June 2014 in Vienna 27 June 2014 in Vienna 24 February 2015 24 March 2015 21 April 2015 1 GER 1 THW Kiel 2 ESP 1 FC Barcelona 3 HUN 1 MKB‐MVM Veszprem 4 POL 1 KS VIVE Targi Kielce 5 DEN 1 KIF Kolding 6 MKD 1 HC Metalurg 7 SLO 1 RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko 8 FRA 1 Dunkerque Grand Littoral 9 CRO 1 RK Zagreb 16 10 RUS 1 Chekhovskie Medvedi group Last 11 SUI 1 Kadetten Schaffhausen Quarterfinals 12 SWE 1 Alingsas HK each 13 GER 2 Rhein‐Neckar Löwen League 14 ESP 2 Naturhouse La Rioja from League 15 HUN 2 Pick Szeged team 16 POL 2 Orlen Wisla Plock S.A. 17 GER 3 SG Flensburg‐Handewitt Champions 18 DEN 2 Aalborg Handbold Champions placed EHF 19 MKD 2 HC Vardar 4th EHF 20 FRA 2 PSG HB VELUX 21 FRA 3 Montpellier AH and of VELUX 22 UKR 1 HC Motor Zaporozhye 3rd of 23 BLR 1 HC Meshkov Brest 2nd, 24 ROU 1 HCM Constanta Winners 25 SRB 1 RK Vojvodina 1st, 8 Winners 26 POR 1 FC Porto 4 27 NOR 1 Haslum HK Qualification 3 28 SVK 1 Tatran Presov the 29 AUT 1 Alpla HC Hard of tournaments 30 TUR 1 Besiktas JK 31 NED 1 Targos Bevo HC 32 BEL 1 Initia Hasselt Winners 33 ITA 1 Junior Fasano 3 groups with 4 teams 4th placed teams of CL Qualification Tournaments go to the EHF Cup Qualification Rd 2, 2nd and 3rd placed teams of CL Qualification Tornaments go to the EHF Cup Qualification Rd 3 status: 23.06.2014 Draw results overview - who qualifies to which group QUALIFICATION TOURNAMENTS GROUP PHASE Group 1 Group A Brest Meshkov (BLR) THW Kiel (GER) vs HC Metalurg (MKD) Targos Bevo HC (NED) HC First Gas Company Zagreb (CRO) HC Vojvodina Novi Sad (SRB) Naturhouse La Rioja (ESP) vs PSG HB (FRA) Tatran Presov (SVK) Winner Qualification Group 1 Group 3 Group B HCM Constanta (ROU) FC Barcelona (ESP) vs KIF Kolding (DEN) Hubo Initia Hasselt (BEL) Alingsas HK (SWE) Haslum HK (NOR) Orlen Wisla Plock (POL) vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt (GER) Besiktas JK (TUR) Winner Qualification Group 3 Group C MKB-MVM Veszprem (HUN) RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko (SLO) Chekhovskie Medvedi (RUS) Rhein-Neckar Löwen (GER) HC Vardar (MKD) Montpellier AH (FRA) Group 2 Group D HC Motor Zaporozhye (UKR) KS Vive Targi Kielce (POL) vs Dunkerque Grand Littoral (FRA) Junior Fasano (ITA) Kadetten Schaffhausen (SUI) FC Porto (POR) Pick Szeged (HUN) vs Aalborg Handbold (DEN) Alpla HC Hard (AUT) Winner Qualification Group 2 7 Qualification Tournament 1 Brest, Belarus Group A Qualification Tournament 1 THW Kiel (GER) HC Meshkov Brest (BLR) HC Metalurg (MKD) Targos Bevo HC (NED) HC First Gas Company Zagreb (CRO) HC Vojvodina (SRB Naturhouse La Rioja (ESP) Tatran Presov (SVK) Paris Saint-Germain Handball (FRA) 1./1 QT 2nd ranked team - EHF Cup, Qualification Round 3 3rd ranked team - EHF Cup, Qualification Round 3 4th ranked team - EHF Cup, Qualification Round 2 vs Winner HV KRAS Volendam (NED)/HK Topolcany (SVK) Match schedule (all times local) Saturday, 6 September 2014: Semi-finals 1 16:00 HC Vojvodina vs TATRAN Presov 2 18:30 HC Meshkov Brest vs Targos Bevo HC Sunday, 7 September 2014: Third place match 16:00 Loser Semi-final 1 vs Loser Semi-final 2 Playing hall Final Sportshall Victoria 18:30 Winner Semi-final 1 vs Winner Semi-final 2 Leningradskaya 4 224028 Brest Belarus Capacity: 3,500 Preview: Having failed to qualify for the Champions League three years in a row will have sharpened the appetite The national champions of Belarus, Serbia, Slovakia and for something better by the Slovakian title holders.