Media Information Men’S EHF Cup 2017/18 Group Phase Draw Thursday, 30 November 2017, 11:00 Hrs Vienna Media Information
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M Media Information Men’s EHF Cup 2017/18 Group Phase Draw Thursday, 30 November 2017, 11:00 hrs Vienna Media information Dear Media Representative, Men’s EHF Cup Welcome to the new season of the Men’s EHF Cup. Five years ago the Cup Winners’s Cup Media Contacts has merged with the Men’s EHF Cup into one competition - the new Men’s EHF Cup. Since then the competition includes the group phase preceded by qualification rounds and EHF Media and Communications followed by quarter-finals. The semi-finals and the final is played in a final tournament. Vlado Brindzak [email protected] In the following media information you will find the essential facts you will require for the +43 1 80 151 161 upcoming season and the participating teams. Additional information can be found on the Twitter: @EHF eurohandball.com website. 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For further information or assistance, please do not hesitate to contact the EHF Media and Communications Department and we will be happy to help you with any information you may require. 2 2017/2018 MEN'S EHF CUP Qualification Qualification Qualification Group Quarter Final Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Phase finals Tournament 30 teams 32 teams 32 teams 16 teams 8 teams 4 teams 02/03.09.2017 07/08.10.2017 18/19.11.2017 R1: 10/11.02.2018 21/22.04.18 19/20.05.2018 first leg first leg first leg R2: 17/18.02.2018 first leg Tournament R3: 24/25.02.2018 09/10.09.2017 14/15.10.2017 25/26.11.2017 R4: 03/04.03.2018 28/29.04.18 NATION second leg second leg second leg R5:24/25.03.2018 second leg R6:31.03./01.04.18 DRAWS: 18.07.2017 18.07.2017 17.10.2017 30.11.2017 03.04.2018 01.05.2018 1 Def. Champ. Frisch Auf Göppingen/GER 2 HUN Grundfos Tatabanya KC 3 GER Füchse Berlin 4 ESP BM Logrono La Rioja 5 DEN Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 6 SLO RK Riko Ribnica 7 HUN CYEB Budakalasz 8 POL KS Azoty-Pulawy SA 9 GER SC Magdeburg 10 ESP Frainkin BM Granollers 11 FRA St. Raphael var Handball 12 DEN Ribe-Esbjerg HH 13 SLO RD Koper 14 SWE Lugi HF 15 2nd CL QT 2nd CL QT 16 3rd CL QT 3rd CL QT 17 4th CL QT 4th CL QT 18 NED OCI/Lions 19 HUN Csurgoi KK 20 SUI Wacker Thun 21 ROU Dobrogea Sud Constanta 22 BLR HC SKA Minsk 23 CRO RK Nexe 24 POR FC Porto 25 RUS St. Petersburg HC 26 POL Gwardia Opole 27 ESP Helvetia Anaitasuna 28 FRA Chambery Savoie MB HB 29 DEN TTH Holstebro 30 HUN Balatonfüredi KSE 31 SWE HK Malmö 32 SUI Pfadi Winterthur 33 ROU CSM Bucuresti 34 CRO RK Dubrava 35 POR S.L. Benfica 36 NOR BSK Handball Elite 37 UKR ZTR Zaporozhye 4 Winners4 of Quarterfinals 38 CZE Dukla Praha 39 ISL Valur FC 16 Winners16 of Qualification Round 3 40 ISR Maccabi S. Rishon Lezion 41 AUT Insignis HB West Wien 42 BEL Achilles Bocholt 43 SRB HC Vojvodina 44 GRE IEK XYNI Dikeas 45 KOS KH Besa Fam Gas Phase Group the of group each of teams placed 2nd and 1st 46 NED HV Kras/Volendam 47 LUX HB Esch 2 Round of Qualification 16 Winners 48 EST Pölva Serviti 49 TUR Beykoz BLD SK 50 ITA SSV Bozen Loacker 51 MDA HC Olimpus-85 USEFS 52 MNE RK Partizan 1949 Tivat 53 LTU Dragunas Klaipeda 54 CZE Talent Robstav MAT Plzen 55 ISL Afturelding 56 SRB RK Dinamo Pancevo 57 GRE AC Doukas 15 Winners of Qualification Round 1 Round of Qualification 15 Winners 58 MKD HC Ohrid 2013 59 SUI HC Kriens-Luzern 60 CRO HRK Gorica 61 NOR OIF Arendal 62 ISL FH Hafnarfjordur 63 AUT Bregenz Handball published version, 10.07.2017 3 Men’s EHF Cup 2017/18 playing system Qualication Round 1 Qualication Round 3 Group Phase Quarter-nals EHF Cup Finals vs. vs. Semi-nals 2 vs. 1 vs. 15 vs.15 16 vs.16 vs. vs. 15 16 16 8 4 4 winners winners winners teams vs. winners 3rd Place Match vs. Qualication Round 2 vs. vs. Final Home Matches 3 16 vs. 16 Away Matches 3 vs. Season 2017/18 playing dates Qualication Round 1 Qualication Round 3 Group Phase Quarter-nals EHF Cup Finals first leg - 02/03.09.2017 first leg 10/11.02.2018 03/04.03.2018 first leg 19/20.05.2018 second leg - 09/10.09.2017 18/19.11.2017 17/18.02.2018 24/25.03.2018 21/22.04.18 Qualication Round 2 second leg 24/25.02.2018 31.03./01.04.18 second leg first leg - 07/08.10.2017 25/26.11.2017 28/29.04.18 second leg - 14/15.10.2017 EHF Cup Group Phase Draw Preview Following the last weekend’s Qualification Round 3 matches in the Men’s EHF Cup all is set for the group phase draw of the sixth edition since its merging with the Cup Winners’ Cup. The only question mark to survive the draw is the name of the last participant as the second leg of the third qualification round between FH Hafnarfjordur and Tatran Presov will only be played on Saturday 2 December. However, the draw will go ahead as planned and will take place at the EHF headquarters in Vienna on Thursday 30 November at 11:00 hrs local time and will be streamed live on ehfTV’s youtube channel and EHF’s facebook page. In addition the draw will be covered with a live ticker and reports on eurohandball.com as well as live tweets on @ehf_live. According to the regulations the teams from the same country cannot play in the same group. There will be 12 countries represented by their teams in the group phase with Germany leading with three teams followed by France and Spain with two clubs each. The defending champions Frisch Auf Göppingen are seeded in Pot 1 together with their bundesliga rivals and last season runners-up Füchse Berlin, Chambery Savoie Mont Blanc Handball from France and Belarusian SKA Minsk. The first round of the group phase is scheduled for 10/11 February and the last round will take place on 31 March/1 April. 5 Pot 1 SKA Minsk (BLR) Chambery Savoie Mont Blanc Handball (FRA) Road to the Group Phase Road to the Group Phase EHF Cup, Qualification Round 3 EHF Cup, Qualification Round 3 1st leg: vs CBM La Rioja (ESP) W36:28 (14:9) 1st leg: @ Grundfos Tatabanya KC (HUN) L25:24 (12:11) 2nd leg: @ CBM La Rioja (ESP) L35:30 (16:15) 2nd leg: vs Grundfos Tatabanya KC (HUN) W23:21 (9:8) Aggregate score: 66:63 Aggregate score: 47:46 EHF Cup, Qualification Round 2 EHF Cup, Qualification Round 2 1st leg: @ CSM Bucuresti (ROU) W26:30 (14:14) 1st leg: @ Maccabi Srugo Rishon Lezion (ISR) W24:29 (12:15) 2nd leg: vs CSM Bucuresti (ROU) W33:30 (16:14) 2nd leg: vs Maccabi Srugo Rishon Lezion (ISR) W31:27 (14:12) Aggregate score: 63:56 Aggregate score: 60:51 Past achievements Past achievements EHF Cup: EHF Cup: Round 3 (3): 2000/01, 2009/10, 2014/15 EHF Cup Finals - 4th place (1): 2015/16 Round 2 (6): 2001/02, 2002/03, 2004/05, 2005/06, Quarter-final (1): 2007/08 2008/09, 2011/12 Group Phase (1): 2013/14 Last 16 (1): 1998/99 Other Round 3 (2): 1999/00, 2000/01 EHF Champions League: 1996/97, 1998/99 group stage, 1993/94, 1995/96 Last 16 Other EHF Champions League: 2004/04, 2006/07, 2010/11 Last European Champions’ Cup: Winners 1987, 1989, 1990 16, 2008/09 main round IHF Cup Winners‘ Cup: Winners 1983, 1988 Cup Winners’ Cup: Quarter-final 2002/03, Last 16 2005/06 IHF Supercup: Winners 1989 Challenge Cup: Winners 2013 French league: 1 title (2001) French Champions Trophy: 2014 Soviet Union league: 6 titles (1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989) Soviet Union cup: 3 titles (1980, 1981, 1982) Belarusian league: 10 titles (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002) Belarusian cup: 6 titles (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2012) 6 Pot 1 Frisch Auf Göppingen (GER) Füchse Berlin (GER) Road to the Group Phase Road to the Group Phase EHF Cup, Qualification Round 3 EHF Cup, Qualification Round 3 1st leg: vs OIF Arendal (NOR) D27:27 (14:15) 1st leg: @ Futebol Clube do Porto (POR) W27:30 (12:14) 2nd leg: @ OIF Arendal (NOR) W21:31 (9:15) 2nd leg: vs Futebol Clube do Porto (POR) W33:25 (17:12) Aggregate score: 58:48 Aggregate score: 63:52 Past achievements Past achievements EHF Cup EHF Cup Winners (4): 2010/11, 2011/12, 2015/16, 2016/17 Winners (1): 2014/15 Runners-up (1): 2005/06 EHF Cup Finals (3): runners-up 2016/17, third place 2013/14, EHF Cup Finals (3): fourth ranked 2013 winners 2014/15 Quarter-final (1): 2009/10 Qualification Round 3 (1): 2015/16 Other Other German league: 11 titles (outdoor 1954, 1957, indoor 1954, VELUX EHF Champions League: 2011/12 VELUX EHF FINAL4 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1970, 1972) - fourth place, 2012/13 Last 16 IHF Super Globe: winners 2015, 2016 German cup: 1 title (2014) 7 Pot 2 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg (DEN) Helvetia Anaitasuna (ESP) Road to the Group Phase Road to the Group Phase EHF Cup, Qualification Round 3 EHF Cup, Qualification Round 3 1st leg: @ HK Malmö (SWE) L25:23 (14:13) 1st leg: @ CYEB Budakalasz (HUN) W27:35 (11:14) 2nd leg: vs HK Malmö (SWE) W36:25 (17:12) 2nd leg: vs CYEB Budakalasz (HUN) W26:21 (12:12) Aggregate score: 59:50 Aggregate score: 61:48 EHF Cup, Qualification Round 2 1st leg: vs Talent Robstav M.A.T.