Media Information Women’S EHF Champions League Season 2016/17
Media Information Women’s EHF Champions League Season 2016/17 Qualification Tournaments Group 1 - Drammen, NOR Group 2 - San Sebastian, ESP Group 3 - Ljubljana, SLO 9-11 September 2016 OFFICIAL EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MATCH BALL New SELECT Ultimate. Completely controlled bounce. Extreme durability. Optimal roundness. Perfect grip and soft feel. select-sport.com Table of contents Foreword 4 Media contacts - EHF/M, Media contacts 5 Map of participating clubs 6 Playing system diagram - stages and dates 7 Seeding list 8 Important regulations - extra-time and penalty throws 10 GROUP 1 Preview 11 Glassverket 12 HC Podravka Vegeta 15 SERCODAK Dalfsen 18 Ankara Yenimahalle BSK 21 GROUP 2 Preview 24 HC Leipzig 25 Hypo Niederösterreich 28 Super Amara Bera Bera 31 HC Gomel 34 GROUP 3 Preview 37 RK Krim Mercator 38 MKS Selgros Lublin 41 Indeco Conversano 44 IUVENTA Michalovce 47 2015/16 top scorers 50 Past winners 51 All-time club standings 52 3 Foreword Dear media representatives, Welcome to a new season in the Women’s EHF Champions League. Four months after CSM Bucuresti completed their stunning Cinderella story, by claiming their maiden European crown in Budapest after beating Györ in the final’s penalty shootout, we are ready to witness how a new handball fairy tale starts to unravel. As we enter the 24th season of the competition, twelve matches in three qualification tournaments will determine which three teams will earn the remaining berths in the 2016/17 Group Matches. The tournaments will take place in three major countries in women’s handball and I am sure we can look forward to large crowds in the Norwegian city of Drammen San Sebastian, Spain and the capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana.
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