MEDIA GUIDEINFORMATION DELO EHF CHAMPIONSFINAL4 2021 LEAGUE 2020/21 GROUP PHASE DRAW 27 June 2019, 18:00 hrs Erste Campus, Vienna

1 TABLE OF CONTENTS

EHF/M & Clubs Media contacts 5 General media information 6 Media time table 8 Map of all participating clubs in the 2020/21 season 9 Playing system diagram 10 DELO EHF FINAL4 Line-up 11 Facts & Figures after the quarter-finals 12 Where to follow 14

Pairings Györi Audi ETO KC vs Brest Bretagne 17 Vipers Kristianstad vs CSKA 37

Potential head-to-heads on Sunday 57 Important regulations - what happens when a match ends in a draw 58 DELO EHF FINAL4 history 59 DELO EHF FINAL4 Facts & Figures 59 DELO EHF FINAL4 Facts & Figures 61 New design for the winners’ trophy 65 Multiple winners 66 Current top scorers 68 All-time club standings 1993-2021 69

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3 4 Media contacts

EHF/M MEDIA CONTACTS MEDIA MATTERS TV & RADIO MATTERS Vlado Brindzak Thomas Schöneich Miguel Mateo Marcellan Media and Communications Director of Media and Communications Director of Media Operations European Handball Federation European Handball Federation EHF Marketing GmbH +43 1 80 151 161 +43 1 80 151 164 +43 1 80 151 224 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

CLUB MEDIA CONTACTS

Vipers Kristiansand (NOR) Györi Audi ETO KC (HUN) Mette Ødegård Solevåg Tamás Szabo +4748 22 81 36 +36 20 505 63 07 [email protected] [email protected]

Brest Bretagne Handball (FRA) CSKA (RUS) Nicolas Roué Nikita Kotov +33 662 3250 91 +79162626118 [email protected] [email protected]

5 Media info GENERAL MEDIA INFORMATION

Welcome to the 7th DELO EHF FINAL4 in Budapest. Through the media information services we will keep you up to date with all news and provide resources for your coverage including the access to virtual media call, mixed zone and press conference.

General media information

Accreditations – You can pick up your accreditation in the Danubius Hotel Arena (Ifjúság útja 1-3, 1148 Budapest; next to the Papp László Budapest Sportaréna). Opening hours of the accreditation centre are: • Friday, 28 May 2021: 10:00-19:00 • Saturday, 29 May 2021: 10:00-19:00 • Sunday, 30 May 2021: 10:00-18:00

At the accreditation pick-up you must provide: • the “health declaration form”. This document you received with your accreditation confirmation email. Please complete it and bring it with you. • a copy of the confirmation email and a valid photographic ID (e.g. passport or driving licence) in order to collect your accreditation.

Daily accreditations – all photographers will have daily accreditations which they will have to pick up in the accreditation centre every day. Before picking up the first accreditation, you must send the PCR test results (not older than 48 hrs) to the Hungarian Handball Federation COVID-Officer (Dr. Balazs, Mate – balazs.mate@ mksz.hu) in advance (Please put the following into the subject line: ‘Preliminary PCR test result – Orange Zone Acc. – DELO EHF FINAL4’)

Photographers can receive daily accreditation after they have been tested with a quick Antigen test in the testing centre adjacent to the accreditation centre. We kindly ask all media representatives who will be operating in the orange zone to pick up their daily accreditation at least an hour before they want to start working in the arena.

Testing centre opening hours are as follows: • Saturday, 29 May – 8:30-19:00 • Sunday, 30 May – 8:30-19:00

Media centre – will be open on Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 to 22:30. Media centre will have an info desk, working area and catering area.

6 Media info GENERAL MEDIA INFORMATION

Catering – sandwiches, fruits, snacks, coffee, soft drinks and water will be available in the media centre on Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 – 22:30.

Bibs (photographers) – a small deposit (20€/6000 HUF) will be required on arrival from photographers to ensure the return of bibs after the event.

Media seating – all written media will be provided with one working position in the media tribune. You will keep the same seat for the duration of the event.

Parking – there is no dedicate media parking. Media representatives can make us of the garage in the Papp László Budapest Sportaréna (comes with a parking fee)

Photographer courtside positions – due to the high level of demand for photographer places, a match by match ticketing system for courtside places will be used. Priority for courtside positions will go to photographers from those teams competing and major agencies.

Virtual media operations – media calls, mixed zone and post-match press conferences will be done virtually via MS Teams. All accredited media representatives are added to the DELO EHF FINAL4 2021 Team. Make sure you have the MS Teams app installed on your device or that you have logged to the MS Teams via your browser. Direct links to media calls, mixed zone and press conference will follow on Friday.

Media portal – The EHF Media Portal will offer all media representatives with the media guide, flash quotes after the matches and documents to download. If you do not have an account, you can register here: bit.ly/ehfmediaportal.

7 Schedule MEDIA TIME-TABLE

FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021

Media calls The coaches and the players will be ready to answer your questions both in native languages and in English and the calls will be moderated by the EHF media representative.

11:30 – 12:00: Györi Audi ETO KC 14:00 – 14:30: CSKA 14:30 – 15:00: 18:00 – 18:30:

SATURDAY, 29 MAY 2021

14:00 – Photographers’ briefing 15:15 – Semi-final 1: Györi Audi ETO KC vs Brest Bretagne Handball 18:00 – Semi-final 2: Vipers Kristiansand vs CSKA

SUNDAY, 30 MAY 2021

14:00 – Photographers’ briefing 15:15 – 3/4 placement match 18:00 – Final

8 9 v v v v PLACE MATCH PLACE rd 29.- 30.05.202129.- SEMI-FINALS 3 FINAL EHF FINAL4 Draw required 4 M1 M4 M2 M3 v v v v 10.- 11.04.2021 leg – 10.- leg – 03.- 04.04.2021 st nd 2 1 M7 M8 M5 M6 Quarter-finals No draw required draw No 8 B1 B4 A4 A1 B2 B3 A3 A2 v v v v v v v v A7 B7 B8 B6 B5 A8 A6 A5 leg – 13.- 14.03.2021 06.- 07.03.2021 leg – 06.- st nd 2 1 M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 Play-offs No draw required draw No 16 R8 – 14.- 15.11.2020 R9 – 21.- 22.11.2020 10.01.2021R10 – 09.- 17.01.2021 R11 – 16.- R12 24.01.2021 – 23.- R13 07.02.2021 – 06.- R14 14.02.2021 – 13.- B B7 B8 B1 B4 B2 B3 B5 B6 A A7 A8 A4 A1 A3 A5 A6 A2 Group Phase Draw required DELO EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEASON 2020/21 Updated playing system R1 – 12.- 13.09.2020 20.09.2020 R2 – 19.- 27.09.2020 R3 – 26.- 11.10.2020R4 – 10.- 18.10.2020 – 17.- R5 25.10.2020 – 24.- R6 08.11.2020R7 – 07.-

10 Preview DELO EHF FINAL4 LINEUP

The four participants were confirmed with the completion of the quarter-final with less than seven weeks to go until the DELO EHF FINAL4 in Budapest. The quartet makes for an interesting blend, including two debutants (Brest and CSKA), one team competing for only the second time (Vipers), and the team that have dominated the competition in recent years (Györ).

CSKA, playing in their first EHF Champions League season, came back from a five-goal defeat in the first leg to eliminate CSM Bucuresti on away goals, 51:51.

Brest came victorious out of the all-French clash with , 60:50, following their decisive 10-goal win in the first leg.

Vipers also did the job in the first leg, as they defeated 2019 finalists Rostov-Don by seven goals in the first part of their double-header in Russia and maintained that difference in the second leg, 57:50.

And Györ were the only team to win both legs of the quarter-final, as they defeated Buducnost 54:40 on aggregate to book their place at the pinnacle event for their fifth participation in a total of six EHF FINAL4 events.

11 Facts and figures GOALS, POINTS, RECORDS: STATS BEFORE THE DELO EHF FINAL4 2021

FACTS AND FIGURES: ALL THE NUMBERS YOU NEED TO KNOW AFTER THE QUARTER-FINAL

Four matches are still ahead, 124 have been played: the DELO EHF Champions League 2020/21 has progressed to the semi-final. The 2 draw for the DELO EHF FINAL4 2021, including players can win the sixth CL title Györ, Vipers, Brest and CSKA, will take place of their careers: Anita Görbicz and on Tuesday 13 April at 17:30 CEST in Hungary. (both Györ).

Here are the main facts and figures:

0 times a nation has been represented by two 2 Vipers players can win their fifth CL title: Katrine teams at the women’s EHF FINAL4 (since 2014); Lunde and Nora Mørk, both have won at least two Russia missed the chance this year as Rostov lost titles with Györ. in the quarter-final. 3 of the 4 EHF FINAL4 participants advanced from group B (Györ, CSKA and Brest), one from 1 group A (Vipers). 3 different teams only have won the EHF FINAL4 time Györ failed to qualify (since 2014): Györ, Buducnost, and CSM. for the EHF FINAL4 – in 2015. 4 CSKA players were 2016 Olympic gold medallists with Russia: Anna Sedoykina, Marina Sudakova, Ekaterina Ilina and Darya Dmitrieva. 1 former CL winner is among the participants: Györ (2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019).

1 team arrives unbeaten at the EHF FINAL4: Györ won 12 times and had four draws in 16 matches 4 this season. former CL top scorers have qualified for the EHF FINAL4 2021: Heidi Løke and 1 coach has participated in the EHF FINAL4 with Linn Jorum Sulland (Vipers), two different teams: Vipers coach Ole Gustav Anita Görbicz (Györ), Isabelle Gulldén (Brest). Gjekstad, who previously took part with Larvik in 2015 and with Vipers in 2019.

1 team won both quarter-final legs: Györ. Vipers and Brest both had a draw in the second leg and 5 goals was the deficit CSKA made up in the CSKA lost in the first leg. second quarter-final leg against CSM; no other team that lost the first leg has made it through. 1 quarter-final match included 60 or more goals – Vipers vs Rostov 34:27, raising the total for the 6 times, including in 2021, Györ have been part of season to 25 matches with 60 or more goals. the EHF FINAL4, a record.

2 teams are EHF FINAL4 debutants: CSKA, Brest. 7 times, including in 2021, the Papp László

12 Facts and figures

Aréna in Budapest have been the host to the EHF 32 points from 18 matches so far this CL season FINAL4. have been gained by Györ; followed by CSKA with 27 points, Brest with 24, and Vipers with 23. 9 nations have won the CL: Hungary (6 titles), (6), Austria (4), Montenergo (2), Croatia 40 is the lowest number of goals scored in total (1), Spain (1), (2), North Macedonia (1), by a team in both quarter-final legs, by Buducnost Russia (1), (1), Romania (1). against Györ.

41 is the lowest amount of goals in a CL match this season, when Buducnost beat FTC 22:19 10 in a play-off tie; followed by 43 at CSKA vs CSM (24:19) in the quarter-final. players who won the CL multiple times are part of the EHF FINAL4 2021: six from Györ, four from Vipers. 55 matches in a row is the current 11 goals marked the biggest winning margin in a unbeaten streak from Györ in the CL: quarter-final match, when Györ beat Buducnost 47 wins, 8 draws since a defeat 30:19. to CSM (28:22) in January 2018.

12 clubs from five nations have qualified for the EHF FINAL4 in the past and/or this year: Györ (6 60 is the highest number of goals scored by a times), Vardar (5), Buducnost (4), CSM (3), Rostov team over both quarter-final legs, by Brest against (2), Vipers (2), FC Midtjylland, Larvik, Volgograd, Metz; followed by Vipers’ 57, Györ’s 54 and Metz, CSKA and Brest (all 1). CSKA’s 51.

71 is the highest amount of goals in a single CL match this season, when Odense beat Vipers 15 36:35 in the play-offs.

years in a row, Györ have reached at least the quarter-final; 13 times, 118 including in 2021, they advanced to the semi-final. goals in 18 matches give Brest’s Ana Gros the lead in the top scorer standings, ahead of CSM’s (115) and 15 is the highest number of goals scored by a Buducnost’s Jovanka Radicevic (94). single player in an EHF FINAL4 match, by Isabelle Gulldén for CSM in the 2016 final against Györ. Gulldén is competing again this year, with Brest. 413 goals were scored in the eight quarter-final 18 is the highest number of goals scored by matches, an average of 51.62. a player in the quarter-final, by Grace Zaadi (Rostov); followed by Cristina Neagu (CSM) with 6,799 goals have been scored in the 124 matches 15, and Nora Mørk (Vipers) and Ana Gros (Brest) played during the 2020/21 season, an average of both with 14 goals 54.83 goals per match.

13 Where to follow YOUR VIRTUAL FRONT-ROW SEAT AT THE DELO EHF FINAL4

The elite of European women’s club handball gathers in Budapest this weekend for the DELO EHF FINAL4 2021 – and fans can closely follow all the action on and off the court. Even though only a limited number of spectators can visit the Papp László Sportaréna, all handball fans across the globe will feel like they are sitting in the first row thanks to the extensive online and TV coverage of the competition’s marquee event.

Watch on EHFTV and live TV

The free-to-watch EHFTV platform is where fans, after a one-time registration, will find all four matches of the DELO EHF FINAL4, though geo-restrictions apply in certain regions. The platform is fully adaptable for all devices, whether fans are enjoying the matches at home or catching them on the go on a mobile device. In addition, 28 broadcasters across Europe, Africa, the Americas and Asia will be airing the DELO EHF FINAL4 — an additional seven broadcasters globally from the previous edition in 2019.

14 Where to follow YOUR VIRTUAL FRONT-ROW SEAT AT THE DELO EHF FINAL4

Tune in to Twitch for (p)review shows

Last week the EHF launched its Home of Handball channel on streaming platform Twitch. This weekend, the channel will feature the all-new Remote FAN SHOW with a preview episode hosted by Markus Floth and a bunch of high-profile guests live from Budapest on Friday at 18:00 CEST. Further episodes of the Remote FAN SHOW are scheduled for Saturday and Sunday at 14:00 and 18:00 CEST, respectively, as they look forward and back to each of the four matches. All shows will also be streamed on EHFTV and the Home of Handball YouTube channel.

Live blog guides through all the action

Many fans have become familiar this season to the live blog on eurohandball.com, where EHF media guide fans through every minute of the action. During the DELO EHF FINAL4, fans will find coverage all four matches, live comments as the action unfolds, updates on results, discussion on upcoming games, links for where to watch, a rounded overview of the social media conversation – and much more.

Statistics straight from the arena

Can’t watch the action live? Never fear, the ticker is here.

The eurohandball.com live ticker, available by clicking the match information for each specific game, gives a live rundown of the 60 minutes of thrills with information such as goals, punishments, team and individual scoring rates and more. Thanks to on-site management, the live ticker brings the statistics straight from the playing hall to the fans at home.

Get social

The dedicated EHF Champions League social media channels offer near-to-live clips of the best moments, scores and results, photo galleries, reposting of the clubs’ best content on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Once the final buzzer has sounded, and – on Sunday – the trophy has been handed over to the 2020/21 DELO EHF Champions League winners, fans can read about all what happened in the reviews on the DELO EHF Champions League website.

15 MEDIAPAIRINGS INFORMATION DELO EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2020/21 GROUP PHASE DRAW 27 June 2019, 18:00 hrs Erste Campus, Vienna

16 Semi-final 1

GYÖRI AUDI ETO KC (HUN) VS BREST BRETAGNE HANDBALL (FRA)

Semi-final 1: Saturday, 29 May at 15:15 CEST, Budapest (HUN) Referees: Marta Sa and Vania Sa (POR) Delegates: Carmen Manchado Lopez (ESP, EHF Methods Commission) Janka Stasova (SVK, EHF Delegate)

• Brest have never beaten Györ in an official match, but have come very close multiple times • Györ have won the DELO EHF Champions League five times — once before the EHF FINAL4 format was introduced, in 2012/13, and four times at the pinnacle weekend in Budapest, including the last three trophies available. The Hungarian team have played the semi-finals a further seven times • reaching the DELO EHF FINAL4 is a historic achievement for Brest, as the French club have never contested the semi-finals. Their best result in the DELO EHF Champions League was the quarter-fi- nals in 2019/20 before the competition was halted due to Covid-19 • Györ take the court with a 55-game unbeaten run behind them, stretching back to January 2018 when they lost to CSM Bucuresti • Brest’s Ana Gros will almost certainly claim the season’s top scorer crown. The Slovenian right back enters the DELO EHF FINAL4 with 118 goals, 35 goals clear of her nearest rival still in the com- petition • Györ’s top scorer coming into the DELO EHF FINAL4 is , with 83 goals. She is closely followed by two other backs for the Hungarian side: , with 79 goals, and Stine Oftedal, with 76 • Györ changed coach only weeks out from the DELO EHF FINAL4 following a shock loss to FTC in the Hungarian league. Ambros Martin, who guided the club to four of their five titles, returned early and will lead the side on the final weekend • Brest will farewell coach Laurent Bezeau after this season, following eight years with him at the helm • Brest back Gros will leave Brest for CSKA over the summer, while Györ back Eduarda Amorim will transfer to Rostov-Don. Györ legend Anita Görbicz is set to end her career after this season, as the only player to have passed the 1,000-goal mark in the EHF Champions League • the only absence due to injury from the squads in this clash will be Brest back Kalidiatou Niakate. Fellow Brest back Monika Kobylinska returned to the team in May after a seven-month absence

PREVIOUS EC ENCOUNTERS Györi Audi ETO KC vs Brest Bretagne Handball 3-3-0 (160:147) 9:3

15.10.2017 Brest Bretagne Handball vs Györi Audi ETO KC, EHF Champions League – Group B 23:26 (10:13) 18.11.2017 Györi Audi ETO KC vs Brest Bretagne Handball, EHF Champions League – Group B 26:17 (13:7) 26.01.2020 Györi Audi ETO KC vs Brest Bretagne Handball, DELO EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 2 27:27 (15:17) 23.02.2020 Brest Bretagne Handball vs Györi Audi ETO KC, DELO EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 2 28:29 (15:14) 27.09.2020 Brest Bretagne Handball vs Györi Audi ETO KC, DELO EHF Champions League – Group B 25:25 (12:12) 23.01.2021 Györi Audi ETO KC vs Brest Bretagne Handball, DELO EHF Champions League – Group B 27:27 (15:15)

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DELO EHF FINAL4 GYÖRI AUDI ETO KC

ROAD TO THE DELO EHF FINAL4 CURRENT TOP SCORERS GROUP PHASE: AFTER QUARTER-FINALS: @ Brest Bretagne Handball D25:25 (12:12) 1. Veronica Kristiansen (NOR) 83 Club contact vs SCM Ramnicu Valcea W38:31 (15:17) 2. Estelle Nze Minko (FRA) 79 Club Address vs Buducnost W34:29 (18:16) 3. Stine Oftedal (NOR) 76 Györi Audi ETO KC @ Buducnost W21:26 (8:14) 4. Viktória Lukács (HUN) 66 Kiskut liget 9027 Györ vs Brest Bretagne Handball D27:27 (15:15) 5. Eduarda Amorim (BRA) 54 Hungary @ BV Borussia 09 Dortmund W24:34 (11:19) @ HC Podravka Vegeta W15:33 (8:13) Media contact Tamas Szabo vs HC Podravka Vegeta W43:28 (17:16) +36 20 505 63 07 @ CSKA D27:27 (14:14) [email protected] vs Odense Håndbold W32:25 (16:11) @ SCM Ramnicu Valcea W20:37 (12:19) www.gyorietokc.hu @ Odense Håndbold D32:32 (18:17) Györi-Audi-ETO-KC vs BV Borussia 09 Dortmund W38:25 (19:11) vs CSKA W31:24 (14:13) Györi Audi ETO KC PLAY-OFFS: @gyoriaudietokc_official @ SG BBM Bietigheim W20:37 (8:18) vs SG BBM Bietigheim W32:28 (19:16) Kit colours QUARTER-FINALS Light @ Buducnost W19:30 (11:16) Player shirt: white Player short: white vs Buducnost W24:21 (10:11) GK shirt: red Dark FINAL RANKING GROUP B Player shirt: green Player short: green MP W D L GF:GA GD P GK shirt: blue, black 1. Györi Audi ETO KC 14 10 4 0 457:353 (104) 24 2. CSKA 14 11 1 2 404:350 (54) 23 3. Brest Bretagne Handball 14 6 5 3 384:349 (35) 17 4. Odense Håndbold 14 6 1 7 384:370 (14) 13 5. Buducnost 14 5 2 7 363:377 (-14) 12 6. SCM Ramnicu Valcea 14 5 0 9 263:319 (-56) 10 7. BV Borussia 09 Dortmund 14 4 1 9 347:391 (-44) 9 8. HC Podravka Vegeta 14 2 0 12 326:419 (-93) 4

Past achievements EHF Champions League Participations (including 2020/21 season): 18 Playing hall Winners (5): 2012/13, 2013/14, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19 AUDI Arena Györ Runners-up (3): 2008/09, 2011/12, 2015/16 Toth Laszlo utca 1 Semi-finals (4): 2006/07, 2007/08, 2009/10, 2010/11 9027 Györ Quarter-finals (3): 2014/15, 2019/20, 2019/20 Hungary Group Matches (2): 2000/01, 2005/06 Capacity: 5,500 Qualification (1): 2004/05

Other Cup Winners’ Cup: Runners-up 2005/06, Semi-final 2002/03 EHF Cup: Runners-up 1998/99, 2001/02, 2003/04, 2004/05

Hungarian league: 15 titles (1957, 1959, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) Hungarian cup: 14 titles

18 Györi Audi ETO KC EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE CLUB RECORDS

Biggest win 21:46 (13:23) v DHK Banik Most CZE (a), 13.10.2019 Biggest defeat 39:28 (20:12) v Spartak Kiev UKR (a), 17.02.2001 Longest winning run 16 matches (05.02.2018 – 26.01.2019) Longest unbeaten run 55 matches (since 05.02.2018) MATCHES Longest losing run 3 matches (11.02.2001 – 07.01.2006) Longest Longest run without win 4 matches (28.01.2001 – 07.01.2006) winning run 16 4 matches (20.03.2011 – 02.10.2011) MATCHES Most goals 46 v DHK Banik Most CZE 21:46W (a), 13.10.2019 Longest Most goals opponent 39 v Spartak Kiev UKR 39:28L (a), 17.02.2001 unbeaten run 55 Most goals both teams 73 v HC Podravka Vegeta CRO 33:40W (a), 13.01.2008 Fewest goals 18 v Larvik NOR 18:24L (h), 20.03.2011 GOALS 18 v WHC Vardar SCBT 24:18L (a), 04.04.2015 Most goals Fewest goals opponent 14 v SD Itxako ESP 14:20W (a), 14.11.2009 46 Fewest goals both teams 34 v SD Itxako ESP 14:20W (a), 14.11.2009

EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RECORD MP W T L GF GA GD PTS Stage 2000/01 Györi Graboplast ETO HUN 6 1 2 3 156:168 –12 4:8 4th Gr. D 2005/06 Györi ETO Kezilabda Club HUN 6 3 0 3 154:169 -15 6:6 3rd Gr. D 2006/07 Györi Audi ETO KC HUN 10 6 0 4 291:267 +24 12:8 Semi-final 2007/08 Györi Audi ETO HUN 14 11 0 3 415:366 +49 22:6 Semi-final 2008/09 Györi Audi ETO KC HUN 16 11 1 4 454:415 +39 23:9 Runner-up 2009/10 Györi AUDI ETO KC HUN 14 8 2 4 355:337 +18 18:10 Semi-final 2010/11 Györi AUDI ETO KC HUN 14 10 1 3 387:334 +53 21:7 Semi-final 2011/12 Györi AUDI ETO KC HUN 16 10 1 5 472:422 +50 21:11 Runner-up 2012/13 Györi Audi ETO KC HUN 16 15 0 1 435:346 +89 30:2 Winner 2013/14 Györi Audi ETO KC HUN 14 12 2 0 408:337 +71 26:2 Winner 2014/15 Györi Audi ETO KC HUN 14 10 1 3 385:313 +72 21:7 Quarter-final 2015/16 Győri Audi ETO KC HUN 16 12 1 3 436:357 +79 25:7 Runner-up 2016/17 Györi Audi ETO KC HUN 16 13 1 2 481:390 +91 27:5 Winner 2017/18 Györi Audi ETO KC HUN 16 14 0 2 442:365 +77 28:4 Winner 2018/19 Györi Audi ETO KC HUN 16 14 2 0 521:406 +115 30:2 Winner 2019/20 Győri Audi ETO KC HUN 12 11 1 0 390:302 +88 23:1 Quarter-final* 2020/21 Győri Audi ETO KC HUN 18 14 4 0 580:441 +139 32:4 DELO EHF FINAL4 Total: 234 175 19 40 6762:5735 +1027 369:99

* Quarter-finals and DELO WOMEN’S EHF FINAL4 cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic.

19 Györi Audi ETO KC

Ambros Martin Coach

• former left wing won the CL with Portland San Antonio in 2001, the Super Cup and the Cup Winners’ Cup in 2000 • moved to coaching in 2003, was on Itxako’s bench between 2004 and 2012, then moved to Györ, where he coached between 2012 and 2018, winning four CL trophies • named the best coach in the CL between 2015 and 2018, has also coached the Romanian and Russian women’s national teams, winning the bronze medal at the WCh in 2019 • left Rostov-Don after a two-year stint and re-joined Gyor in May 2021

EC trophies: CL 2001 (as player) 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018 (as coach), Cup Winners’ Cup 2000 (as player), EHF Cup (as coach) WCh: B 2019 (as coach)

Left during the season

Amanda Kurtovic (NOR) for Kastamonu (TUR)

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TEAM ROSTER

No. First name Surname Nat. Position Date of birth Place of birth cm g

1 FRA Goalkeeper 20.08.1993 Besancon, FRA 178 2 Beatrice Edwige FRA Line Player 03.10.1988 Paris, FRA 182 24 3 Eszter Lengyel SVK Left Wing 11.07.2002 Bratislava, SVK 169 4 Eszter Ogonovszky HUN Left Back 14.07.2003 Komárom, HUN 178 1 5 Laura Kürthi HUN Right Back 16.03.2002 Gyor, HUN 180 1 6 Krisztina Toth HUN Centre Back 27.03.2002 Marosvásárhely, ROU 170 7 NOR Line Player 15.02.1991 Fredrikstad, NOR 183 47 8 DEN Left Back 25.08.1994 Glostrup, DEN 177 30 11 Zsuzsanna Nemeth HUN Goalkeeper 10.08.2002 Szombathely, HUN 172 12 FRA Goalkeeper 02.05.1986 Aubenas, FRA 178 2 C 13 Anita Görbicz HUN Centre Back 13.05.1983 Veszprem, HUN 174 52 14 Brigitta Dora Cseko HUN Left Wing 01.07.2002 Gyor, HUN 174 15 NOR Centre Back 25.09.1991 , NOR 168 76 16 NOR Goalkeeper 16.06.1990 Bærum, NOR 178 18 Eduarda Amorim Taleska BRA Left Back 23.09.1986 Blumenau, BRA 186 54 19 Diána Világos HUN Line Player 01.03.2002 Gyor, HUN 169 21 Veronica Kristiansen NOR Left Back 10.07.1990 Stavanger, NOR 175 83 22 Viktória Lukács HUN Right Wing 31.10.1995 Budapest, HUN 165 66 23 Csenge Réka Fodor HUN Left Wing 23.04.1999 Keszthely, HUN 174 27 24 Amanda Kurtovic NOR Right Back 25.07.1991 Karlskrona, SWE 176 13 27 Estelle Nze Minko FRA Centre Back 11.08.1991 St-Sébastien-sur-L., FRA 176 79 48 Dorottya Faluvégi HUN Right Wing 31.03.1998 Budapest, HUN 170 25 57 Szidónia Puhalák HUN Left Wing 05.07.1996 Szeged, HUN 177

21 Györi Audi ETO KC

Amandine Leynaud @doudoud86 Goalkeeper • joined Györ from Vardar in summer of 2018

• was one of the crucial players for Vardar in five seasons since 2013

• CL All-star Team nominee in 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017/18

• before winning the CL with Györ in 2019, she had finished runners-up twice and placed third three times with Vardar

EC trophies: CL 2019 OG: S 2016; WCh: G 2017, S 2009, S 2011; EURO: G 2018, S 2020, B 2016

Csenge Fodor @csenge.23 Left wing • product of the Hungarian federation’s talent hatchery in Balatonboglár

• part of the Hungarian team which won bronze at the W17 EHF EURO 2015 and gold at the Junior World Championship in 2018

• joined Györ in 2017, since then she won the CL twice

• nominated for the CL All-star Young player in 2019/20 after scoring 26 goals

EC trophies: CL 2018, 2019

Eduarda Amorim Taleska @duda18amorim Left back • World Player of the Year in 2014; All-star left back at WCh 2013 and CL 2013/14, and All-star defender in CL 2015/16, 2016/17, 2018/19 and 2019/20

• first arrived in Europe from her native Brazil in 2006, joining Kometal Skopje • moved to Györ in 2009, became one of the leaders in the defence

EC trophies: CL 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019 WCh: G 2013; Pan-American Games: G 2003, 2007, 2011, 2019

Stine Oftedal @stineoftedal Centre back • has won three EHF EUROs and two WChs since making her debut for Norway in 2010 • playing her third season for Györ, after spending four with Issy Paris Hand • individual accolades include MVP of the World Championship 2017 and French league MVP in 2014, in addition to various other recognitions

• younger sister Hanna was also a right back, but retired in 2019, due to injuries

EC trophies: CL 2018, 2019 EURO: G 2010, 2014, 2016, 2020, S 2012; WCh: G 2011, 2015, S 2017; OG: B 2016

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Kari Dale Brattset @kbrattset Line player • joined from Vipers in summer of 2018; previously played for other Norwegian clubs Sarpsborg IL, Fredrikstad and Glassverket • part of Norwegian team that won silver at WCh 2017 • physically strong and efficient line player, also good in defence • All-star line player, Best Player and ‘Fan’s Favourite’ of Norwegian league in 2018

EC trophies: CL 2019 EURO: G 2020, WCh: S 2017

Veronica Kristiansen Left back • has played for Norwegian clubs before moving to FCM Handbold in 2015, before signing for Györ in 2018

• her younger sister, Jeanett, is also a handball player, currently playing for Norwegian club Storhamar, after leaving Vipers Kristiansand

• was the MVP of the Danish League in the 2017/18 season and the best centre back in the DELO EHF Champions League in 2018

• her tattoo on her right hand states that “The strength of the mind beats the strength of the body every time”

EC trophies: CL 2019 EURO: G 2014, G 2016, G 2020, WCH: G 2015, S 2017, OG: B 2016

Viktória Lukács @lukacsviki Right wing • Budapest-born talented player, raised by local team Spartacus • only 23, but already entering her eight European campaign • joined in the summer of 2020 from arch rivals Ferencváros • had a breakthrough season in 2016/17 as she scored her personal best of 42 goals

Anita Görbicz @gorbe13 Right wing • passed 800-goal milestone in the CL in 2016/17 • World Handball Player of Year in 2005, but won first CL title only eight years later • top scorer in CL in 2011/12, voted best centre back at three WCh in a row (2003-07) • missed most of 2014/15 due to maternity leave, returned strongly in 2016/17 and was leading player in Györ run to their third CL title in five years

EC trophies: CL 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019 WCh: S 2003, B 2005; EHF EURO: B 2004, 2012

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Silje Solberg @siljemso Goalkeeper • arrived in Györ in 2020 after two seasons at another Hungarian club, Siófok

• left Norway in 2014, also played for TTH Holstebro and Issy Paris

• her twin sister, Sanna, plays as left wing at CL side in Denmark

• Silje and Sanna Solberg won EHF EURO titles together in 2014, 2016 and 2020

EC trophies: EHF Cup 2019 EURO: G 2014, 2016, 2020, S 2012; WCh: G 2015, S 2017

Estelle Nze Minko @estellenzeminko Left back • played in France for Toulouse, Mios Biganos, Nantes, Nimes and Fleury before moving to Hungary and first signing for Siófok in 2016 and for Györ three years later

• intelligent and strong left back, became MVP of EHF EURO 2020

• started playing handball at age 12, made her debut in the national team in 2014

• she is of Franco-Gabonese origin and her nickname is Minkovic

EC trophies: EHF Cup 2019 EURO: G 2018, S 2020, B2016 WCh: G 2017, OG: S 2016

Laura Glauser @lauraglauser Goalkeeper • spent 10 years at Metz, before joining Györ in 2020 and soon becoming a fan favourite • the All-star goalkeeper of Junior WCh 2012, best goalkeeper in French League in 2016 • gave birth to a daughter in 2018, returned to the court three months later • loves to be in control, taking care of every aspect of her life

OG: S 2016; EURO: G 2018, S 2020, B 2016

Béatrice Edwige @edwige_beatrice Line player • born in Paris, moved to Mana, in Guyana, but returned to France at age 11

• nicknamed Bea, she left France after 15 seasons spent at Cercle Dijon, OGC Nice and Metz Handball in the summer of 2019 to join Györ

• first ever Guyanese player to take part in Olympics, best defender at EHF EURO 2016

• first majored in athletics before settling for handball

OG: S 2016; EURO: G 2018, S 2020, B 2016; WCh: G 2017

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Anne Mette Hansen @ a_to_the_m Left back • started handball at age 9, spent junior years at Ajax Kobenhavn, then moved to Kobenhavn Handbold in 2014 • missed WCh 2017 and following season with knee injury in first season with Györ • All-star left back of DELO EHF Champions League in 2019, when she won her second tropy with Györ

EC trophies: CL 2018, 2019 WCh: B2013

Dorottya Faluvégi Right wing • played for rivals FTC since 2014 until joining Györ in 2019 • her brother, Rudolf, is a towering left back who also plays for the national team • completed the undergraduate studies at the Faculty of Economics and Management of the Faculty of Economics of the Budapest University of Technology in 2020

• was All-star right wing at Junior WCh 2018, where she won gold with Hungary

Laura Kürthi Right back • talented and polyvalent player, who can play as right wing and right back • born and bred in Györ, she has always played for the local team since she started playing handball • will leave Györ on loan to MTK Budapest in the summer of 2021 • All-star Team member at W19 EHF EURO 2019, where she won gold with Hungary

Szidónia Puhalák Left wing • born in Szeged, started to play handball when she was only nine • joined Györ in 2015, since then she has won the CL three-times • debuted in the Hungarian national team in 2018 against Netherlands • the 176cm tall left back shares the playing time with Anita Görbicz

25 Györ Game log

PLAYERS’ EHF FINAL4 GAME LOG

AMORIM TALESKA, Eduarda Idalina BRA 10/45 03.05.2014 SF Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs FC Midtjylland DEN W 29:26 5 2’ 04.05.2014 F Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs Buducnost MNE W 27:21 4 2’ 07.05.2016 SF Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs Buducnost MNE W 21:20 3 4’ 08.05.2016 F Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs CSM Bucuresti ROU L 26:29a7m 5 4’ 06.05.2017 SF Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs Buducnost MNE W 26:20 4 2’ 07.05.2017 F Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs HC Vardar MKD W 31:30aet 3 4’ 12.05.2018 SF Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs CSM Bucuresti ROU W 26:20 4 0 13.05.2018 F Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs HC Vardar MKD W 27:26aet 6 4’ 11.05.2019 SF Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs Vipers Kristiansand NOR W 31:22 4 0 12.05.2019 F Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs Rostov-Don RUS W 25:24 7 6’ (D)

DALE, Kari Brattset NOR 2/11 11.05.2019 SF Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs Vipers Kristiansand NOR W 31:22 8 0 12.05.2019 F Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs Rostov-Don RUS W 25:24 3 0

EDWIGE, Beatrice FRA 2/2 11.05.2019 SF Metz Handball FRA vs Rostov-Don RUS L 25:27 0 0 12.05.2019 3/4 Metz Handball FRA vs Vipers Kristiansand NOR L 30:31 2 0

FODOR, Csenge Réka HUN 4/1 12.05.2018 SF Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs CSM Bucuresti ROU W 26:20 0 0 13.05.2018 F Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs HC Vardar MKD W 27:26aet 0 0 11.05.2019 SF Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs Vipers Kristiansand NOR W 31:22 1 0 12.05.2019 F Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs Rostov-Don RUS W 25:24 0 0

GLAUSER, Laura FRA 2/0 11.05.2019 SF Metz Handball FRA vs Rostov-Don RUS L 25:27 0 0 12.05.2019 3/4 Metz Handball FRA vs Vipers Kristiansand NOR L 30:31 0 0

GÖRBICZ, Anita HUN 10/52 03.05.2014 SF Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs FC Midtjylland DEN W 29:26 7 0 04.05.2014 F Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs Buducnost MNE W 27:21 7 0 07.05.2016 SF Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs Buducnost MNE W 21:20 1 0 08.05.2016 F Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs CSM Bucuresti ROU L 26:29a7m 1 0 06.05.2017 SF Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs Buducnost MNE W 26:20 9 0 07.05.2017 F Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs HC Vardar MKD W 31:30aet 7 0 12.05.2018 SF Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs CSM Bucuresti ROU W 26:20 5 0 13.05.2018 F Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs HC Vardar MKD W 27:26aet 3 2’ 11.05.2019 SF Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs Vipers Kristiansand NOR W 31:22 6 0 12.05.2019 F Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs Rostov-Don RUS W 25:24 6 2’

HANSEN, Anne Mette DEN 4/5 12.05.2018 SF Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs CSM Bucuresti ROU W 26:20 0 0 13.05.2018 F Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs HC Vardar MKD W 27:26aet 3 0 11.05.2019 SF Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs Vipers Kristiansand NOR W 31:22 1 0 12.05.2019 F Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs Rostov-Don RUS W 25:24 1 2’

KRISTIANSEN, Veronica Egebakken NOR 2/2 11.05.2019 SF Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs Vipers Kristiansand NOR W 31:22 1 0 12.05.2019 F Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs Rostov-Don RUS W 25:24 1 0

26 Györ Game log

PLAYERS’ EHF FINAL4 GAME LOG

LEYNAUD, Amandine FRA 11/0

03.05.2014 SF WHC Vardar SCBT MKD vs Buducnost MNE L 20:22aet 0 0 09.05.2015 SF WHC Vardar SCBT MKD vs Buducnost MNE L 17:27 0 0 10.05.2015 3/4 WHC Vardar SCBT MKD vs Dinamo-Sinara RUS W 28:26 0 0 07.05.2016 SF HC Vardar MKD vs CSM Bucuresti ROU L 21:27 0 0 08.05.2016 3/4 HC Vardar MKD vs Buducnost MNE W 30:28 0 0 06.05.2017 SF HC Vardar MKD vs CSM Bucuresti ROU W 38:33 0 0 07.05.2017 F HC Vardar MKD vs Györi Audi ETO KC HUN L 30:31aet 0 0 12.05.2018 SF HC Vardar MKD vs Rostov-Don RUS W 25:19 0 0 13.05.2018 F HC Vardar MKD vs Györi Audi ETO KC HUN L 26:27aet 0 0 11.05.2019 SF Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs Vipers Kristiansand NOR W 31:22 0 0 12.05.2019 F Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs Rostov-Don RUS W 25:24 0 0

OFTEDAL, Stine Bredal NOR 4/10

12.05.2018 SF Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs CSM Bucuresti ROU W 26:20 5 0 13.05.2018 F Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs HC Vardar MKD W 27:26aet 1 0 11.05.2019 SF Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs Vipers Kristiansand NOR W 31:22 1 0 12.05.2019 F Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs Rostov-Don RUS W 25:24 3 0

PUHALÁK, Szidónia HUN 5/0

06.05.2017 SF Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs Buducnost MNE W 26:20 0 0 07.05.2017 F Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs HC Vardar MKD W 31:30aet 0 0 12.05.2018 SF Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs CSM Bucuresti ROU W 26:20 0 0 13.05.2018 F Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs HC Vardar MKD W 27:26aet 0 0 12.05.2019 F Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs Rostov-Don RUS W 25:24 0 0

NOT PLAYED YET FALUVÉGI, Dorottya HUN N/A

KÜRTHI, Laura HUN N/A

LUKÁCS, Viktória HUN N/A

NZE MINKO. Estelle FRA N/A

SOLBERG, Silje Margaretha NOR N/A

27 Brest Bretagne Handball

DELO EHF FINAL4 BREST BRETAGNE HANDBALL ROAD TO THE DELO EHF FINAL4 CURRENT TOP SCORERS Club contact GROUP PHASE: AFTER QUARTER-FINALS: vs Odense Håndbold W32:21 (15:13) 1. Ana Gros (SLO) 118 Club Address vs Györi Audi ETO KC D25:25 (12:12) 2. (FRA) 55 Brest Bretagne Handball ARENA 140 Boulevard de @ BV Borussia 09 Dortmund W29:41 (13:23) 3. Djurdjina Jaukovic (MNE) 50 Plymouth vs Buducnost D28:28 (11:18) 4. Isabelle Gulldén (SWE) 48 29200 Brest France @ Buducnost D22:22 (12:12) 5. Paulette Foppa (FRA) 43 @ Györi Audi ETO KC D27:27 (15:15) Sladjana Pop-Lazic (SRB) 43 Media contact @ HC Podravka Vegeta W29:33 (14:16) Nicolas Roué +33 6 62 32 50 91 vs SCM Ramnicu Valcea W28:21 (12:12) [email protected] @ Odense Håndbold W24:31 (12:16) vs BV Borussia 09 Dortmund D33:33 (17:20) brest-bretagnehandball.fr vs HC Podravka Vegeta W32:25 (15:12) BrestBretagneHandballOfficiel @ CSKA L25:24 (12:12)

@BBH_Officiel vs CSKA L28:30 (13:17) @ SCM Ramnicu Valcea L10:0 (0:0) @bbh_officiel PLAY-OFFS: Kit colours @ Team Esbjerg W27:33 (16:17) vs Team Esbjerg W30:27 (19:11) Light Player shirt: pink QUARTER-FINALS: Player short: black vs Metz Handball W34:24 (16:11) GK shirt: white @ Metz Handball D26:26 (14:17) Dark Player shirt: black Player short: black FINAL RANKING GROUP B GK shirt: blue MP W D L GF:GA GD P 1. Györi Audi ETO KC 14 10 4 0 457:353 (104) 24 2. CSKA 14 11 1 2 404:350 (54) 23 3. Brest Bretagne Handball 14 6 5 3 384:349 (35) 17 4. Odense Håndbold 14 6 1 7 384:370 (14) 13 5. Buducnost 14 5 2 7 363:377 (-14) 12 6. SCM Ramnicu Valcea 14 5 0 9 263:319 (-56) 10 7. BV Borussia 09 Dortmund 14 4 1 9 347:391 (-44) 9 8. HC Podravka Vegeta 14 2 0 12 326:419 (-93) 4

Past achievements Playing hall EHF Champions League Arena Brest Participations (including 2020/21 season): 4 140 Boulevard de Quarter-final (1): 2019/20 Plymouth Main Round (1): 2018/19 29200 Brest Group Matches (1): 2017/18 France Capacity: 4,077 Other EHF Cup: quarter-finals 2016/17 and 2017/18

French league: 1 title (2012) French cup: 2 titles (2016, 2018)

28 Brest Bretagne Handball EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE CLUB RECORDS

Biggest win 37:24 (22:9) v SCM Ramnicu Valcea ROU (h), 12.10.2019 Biggest defeat 39:26 (17:13) v Metz Handball FRA (a), 03.03.2019 Longest winning run 6 matches (05.10.2019 – 16.11.2019) Longest unbeaten run 10 matches (10.03.2019 – 09.02.2020) Longest losing run 7 matches (07.10.2017 - 06.10.2018) MATCHES Longest run without win 8 matches (07.10.2017 - 13.10.2018) Longest 10 unbeaten run 8 matches (10.11.2018 – 10.03.2019) Most goals 39 v IK Sävehof SWE 27:39W (a), 21.10.2018 GOALS Most goals opponent 39 v Metz Handball FRA 39:26L (a), 03.03.2019 39 Most goals Most goals both teams 67 v Buducnost MNE 32:35W (a), 05.10.2019 67 v SG BBM Bietigheim GER 32:35W (a), 19.10.2019 GOALS Fewest goals 17 v Györi Audi ETO KC HUN 26:17L (a), 18.11.2017 Most goals 67 both teams Fewest goals opponent 17 v IK Sävehof SWE 17:29W (a), 08.03.2020 Fewest goals both teams 44 v Buducnost MNE 22:22D (h), 10.03.2019

EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RECORD

MP W T L GF GA GD PTS Stage 2017/18 Brest Bretagne Handball FRA 6 0 0 6 132:157 –25 0:12 4th Gr. B 2018/19 Brest Bretagne Handball FRA 12 2 3 7 326:350 –24 7:17 6th MR Gr. 1 2019/20 Brest Bretagne Handball FRA 12 10 1 1 382:315 +67 21:3 Quarter-final* 2020/21 Brest Bretagne Handball 18 9 6 3 507:453 +54 24:12 Total: 48 21 10 17 1347:1275 +72 52:44

* Quarter-finals and DELO WOMEN’S EHF FINAL4 cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic.

29 Brest Bretagne Handball

Laurent Bezeau Coach

• helped Brest turn into the first ever club to win the French cup while playing in the second league • has been a long term Brest coach, arrived in 2009, he left in 2012 to coach the Tunisian national team, only to come back one season later • ask a player or the president, they’ll probably answer that Laurent Bezeau has been key in the club’s success • confesses he usually doesn’t sleep the night before games, having too many questions in his head that he can’t answer

30 Brest Bretagne Handball

TEAM ROSTER No. First name Surname Nat. Position Date of birth Place of birth cm g

1 Agathe Quiniou FRA Goalkeeper 31.10.2000 Brest, FRA 178 2 Constance Mauny FRA Left Wing 17.12.1998 Chambray les Tours, FRA 172 21 3 Alicia Toublanc FRA Right Wing 03.05.1996 Saint-Brieuc, FRA 169 26 4 Amandine Tissier FRA Centre Back 10.09.1993 Sable-Sur-Sarthe, FRA 179 8 6 Ana Gros SLO Right Back 21.01.1991 Ljubljana, SLO 186 118 8 Monika Kobylinska POL Right Back 09.04.1995 Zary, POL 177 5 9 Isabelle Gulldén SWE Centre Back 29.06.1989 Sävedalen, SWE 178 48 9 Djurdjina Jaukovic MNE Left Back 24.02.1997 Niksic, MNE 185 55 C 10 Coralie Lassource FRA Left Wing 01.09.1992 Maisons-Laffitte, FRA 183 50 11 Amandine Lagattu FRA Left Wing 10.02.1999 Brest, FRA 168 15 Kalidiatou Niakate FRA Left Back 15.03.1995 Aubervilliers, FRA 177 42 16 Cleopatre Darleux FRA Goalkeeper 01.07.1989 Mulhouse, FRA 176 19 Laurene Catani FRA Centre Back 08.04.1991 Marseille, FRA 166 20 Sladjana Pop-Lazic SRB Line Player 26.07.1988 Belgrade, SRB 178 43 22 FRA Line Player 22.12.2000 Amilly, FRA 179 43 25 Tonje Løseth NOR Left Back 01.01.1991 Bergen, NOR 183 6 28 Namizata Fofana CIV Right Wing 01.01.2000 Daloa, MLI 170 1 30 Klervi Le Scanf FRA Left Back 29.11.2001 Brest, FRA 186 35 Petra Marinovic CRO Goalkeeper 29.06.2001 Split, CRO 178 55 FRA Right Wing 06.07.1993 Saint-Renan, FRA 165 39 63 Eva Jarrige FRA Right Back 17.02.2000 Clermont Ferrand, FRA 182 78 Sandra Pouchart FRA Goalkeeper 29.11.1978 Landivisiau, FRA 180 89 DEN Goalkeeper 18.10.1989 Gribskov, DEN 177 2

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Sandra Toft @sandratoft89 Goalkeeper • her 25th birthday on 18 October 2014 marked her debut in the CL , against Metz

• reached CL final in 2015 with Larvik

• joined Brest in summer of 2019 after two seasons with Team Esbjerg

• played EHF Cup final in 2019, losing to Hungarian side Siófok

• broke neck and back in car accident in 2009 but returned to the courts within six months

EC trophies: EHF Cup 2013

Coralie Lassource @lassourcecoralie Left wing • started playing handball in Issy-Paris, a club her younger sister Deborah plays for

• returned to France after two seasons with Erd in Hungary

• known for her defensive abilities on the backcourt position

• once a regular fixture in the French team but not called up in recent years

• was set to play the 2016 Olympics but got injured just before the start

EURO: S 2020 Djurdjina Jaukovic Left back • started with handball aged nine in her home town Niksic, thanks to her father Jovo, former president of Sutjeska

• joined Buducnost in 2013 aged 15, was on loan in Danilovgrad for two years, and will move to Brest in summer of 2020

• named best young player in Montenegro twice (2014, 2015) • scored four goals on her CL debut against Sävehof in 2015/16 • top scorer (71) and MVP of W19 EHF EURO 2015, scored 31 goals in nine games at her first WCh, in 2015 in Denmark

Isabelle Gullden @bellagullden Centre back • joined Brest in 2018, the fourth club in her career after Savehof, Viborg and CSM • her uncle, Christer, was an Olympic wrestler; her partner, Swedish goalkeeper Linus Persson, is Brest’s goalkeepers’ coach

• scored all 27 goals from as many penalty throws at EHF EURO 2014 • MVP and top scorer (58 goals) of EHF EURO 2014; top scorer of CL 2015/16 (108) • gave birth to her son in July 2019, returned during group matches of 2019/20 season

EC trophies: CL 2016; Cup Winners’ Cup 2014 EURO: S 2010, B 2014

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Sladjana Pop-Lazic @sladjanapoplazic Line player • Serbian international who joined Brest in 2017 • first arrived in France in 2012, played in Besançon for three seasons before joining Metz in 2015 • had CL debut in 2016/17 with Metz, scoring 39 goals in her first season • netted a personal best 46 times for Brest in the CL 2018/19 season

Ana Gros @anagros6 Right back • after playing for Györ, Krim, THC and Metz, joined Brest in summer of 2018 • reached CL final with Györ in 2012 and CL quarter-final with Metz twice • scored personal best 84 goals for Krim in CL season 2016/17; scored 76 goals for Brest in 2017/18 despite elimination in main round

• CL All-star right back in 2017/18

Pauline Coatanea @pcoatanea_55 Right wing • joined Brest from Nantes in summer of 2017, alongside Jovana Stoiljkovic • born in Brest, moved to Nantes in 2012 before returning to her hometown, where her family lives • elected best right wing of the Junior WCh 2012, made senior national team debut in March 2017

EURO: G 2018, S 2020

Cleopatre Darleux @cleopatredarleux Goalkeeper • played for one season in Brest in 2011/2012, before moving to Viborg and Nice and eventually coming back to Brest in 2016

• part of the France team which won the gold medal at the 2017 WCh

• gave birth to her first daughter in November 2019

• the goal she scored against Norway in a friendly game with France in 2016 is probably the most-known action she has ever played

EC trophies: Cup Winners’ Cup 2014 EURO: S 2020, WCh: G 2017, S 2009, 2011

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Constance Mauny @constancemauny Left wing • arrived at Brest in 2018, aged 19, coming from Chambray

• played her first match for the French national team in November 2018, one month before turning 20

• won the W19 EHF EURO 2017 in Slovenia with France

Monika Kobylinska @monika.kobylinska8 Right back • Polish international, who arrived in Brest in summer of 2019 after two seasons in the German Bundesliga with TuS Metzingen

• started career at Gdynia in her native Poland, has scored more than 150 goals for the Polish national team

• returned to the courts near the end of the 2020/21 season after tearing a knee ligament in October 2020

Laurène Catani Centre back • joined Brest in summer of 2020 after nine seasons at Toulon • will move to another French side, Mérignac, for the 2021/22 season • at 166 cm, one of the shortest players in the CL; her height and playing style have been compared by some to PSG playmaker Luc Stein’s

• also a strong beach handball player, competed with French national team at various World and European Championships since 2017

Alicia Toublanc @blantouu Right wing • born in Saint-Brieuc, some 130 km from Brest, she joined Brest as a youth player in 2014 and made her debut for the club’s senior team the following year

• had to come back from severe knee injuries twice, in 2015 and 2017 • first invited to the French national team in 2019

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Amandine Tissier @amandinetissier4 Centre back • playing for Brest since 2015, when the club was still competing in the second division • set to join EHF European League champions Nantes Atlantique in summer of 2021 • diognosed with multiple sclerosis in December 2018, returned after two-month break • won Challenge Cup in 2012 with her former club Le Havre

EC trophies: Challenge Cup 2012

Tonje Løseth @tloseth Left back • joined Brest in summer of 2020, after three seasons with Herning-Ikast in Denmark • her first club abroad was TuS Metzingen in Germany, where she played in 2015-17 • has qualities on both sides of the court but mostly used in defence • speaks several languages fluently: Norwegian, Danish, German, English, and French

Kalidiatou Niakate Left back • French international, who started pro career at Issy Paris, where she played together with current Brest teammate Coralie Lassource for three seasons • joined Brest from French league rivals Nantes in summer of 2019 • once mainly used in defence but developed into all-round player at Nantes • recovered from tearing Achilles’ tendon in February 2020

EURO: G 2018, S 2020; WCh: G 2017

Pauletta Foppa @ pauletta.sorea Line player • joined Brest from Fleury Loiret in summer of 2018

• at 17, she was one of youngest players to make her debut in the French national team, in November 2018, playing against Denmark just weeks before the EHF EURO 2018

• at age 20, one of France’s biggest prospects and first choice on line player position

EURO: G 2018, S 2020

35 Brest Game log

PLAYERS’ EHF FINAL4 GAME LOG

GULLDÉN, Isabelle SWE 6/39 07.05.2016 SF CSM Bucuresti ROU vs HC Vardar MKD W 27:21 4 0 08.05.2016 F CSM Bucuresti ROU vs Györi Audi ETO KC HUN W 29:26a7m 15 0 06.05.2017 SF CSM Bucuresti ROU vs HC Vardar MKD L 33:38 4 0 07.05.2017 3/4 CSM Bucuresti ROU vs Buducnost MNE W 26:20 9 0 12.05.2018 SF CSM Bucuresti ROU vs Györi Audi ETO KC HUN L 20:26 1 0 13.05.2018 3/4 CSM Bucuresti ROU vs Rostov-Don RUS W 31:30 6 0

JAUKOVIC, Djurdjina MNE 4/6 07.05.2016 SF Buducnost MNE vs Györi Audi ETO KC HUN L 20:21 1 0 08.05.2016 3/4 Buducnost MNE vs HC Vardar MKD L 28:30 2 2’ 06.05.2017 SF Buducnost MNE vs Györi Audi ETO KC HUN L 20:26 2 0 07.05.2017 3/4 Buducnost MNE vs CSM Bucuresti ROU L 20:26 1 2’

TOFT, Sandra DEN 2/0 09.05.2015 SF Larvik NOR vs Dinamo-Sinara RUS W 31:22 0 0 10.05.2015 F Larvik NOR vs Buducnost MNE L 22:26 0 0

NOT PLAYED YET CATANI, Laurène FRA N/A COATANEA, Pauline FRA N/A DARLEUX, Cleopatre FRA N/A FOFANA, Namizata-Nami CIV N/A FOPPA, Pauletta FRA N/A GROS, Ana SLO N/A JARRIGE, Eva FRA N/A KOBYLINSKA, Monika POL N/A LAGATTU, Amandine FRA N/A LASSOURCE, Coralie Gladys FRA N/A LE SCANF, Klervi FRA N/A LØSETH, Tonje NOR N/A MARINOVIC, Petra CRO N/A MAUNY, Constance FRA N/A NIAKATE, Kalidiatou FRA N/A POP-LAZIC, Sladjana SRB N/A POUCHART, Sandra FRA N/A QUINIOU, Agathe FRA N/A TISSIER, Amandine FRA N/A TOUBLANC, Alicia FRA N/A

36 Semi-final 1

VIPERS KRISTIANSTAD (NOR) VS HC CSKA (RUS)

Semi-final 2: Saturday, 29 May at 18:00 CEST, Budapest (HUN) Referees: Vanja Antic Jelena Jakovljevic (SRB) Delegates: Jutta Ehrmann-Wolf (GER, EHF Delegate) Arijana Vojic (BIH, EHF Delegate)

• it is the second DELO EHF FINAL4 participation for Vipers, who reached the 2019 edition and ranked third after defeating Metz in the 3/4 placement match • CSKA are playing not only their first CL season, but their first ever international competition. The club’s women’s handball team was formed in 2019 • for Vipers, it is the fourth season in the top flight and the ninth year overall in Europe • CSKA played the regular season in group B alongside Györ and Brest, placing second with 23 points — just one behind Györ — following 11 wins, one draw and two defeats. They started the sea- son with an attention-grabbing draw versus the Hungarian side • Vipers were the only DELO EHF FINAL4 participants in group A, where a fifth-place ranking was enough to see them through to the play-offs. The Norwegian team earned 16 points following seven wins, two draws and five losses (including three assessed results) • in 2019/20, Vipers’ campaign ended in the main round on the back of their semi-final success the previous season • CSKA were the only team to turn a first-leg quarter-final loss around to clinch the DELO EHF -FI NAL4 ticket, defeating CSM Bucuresti based on more goals scored away. They also lost the first leg in the play-offs, before beating Krim in the return fixture to proceed • Vipers eliminated another Russian side, Rostov-Don, in the quarter-finals, despite playing both legs away with spectators supporting their rivals. In the play-offs, they knocked Odense out of the competition • alongside Györ, Vipers is the only other team at the DELO EHF FINAL4 to count past title winners in their squad — Heidi Løke, Nora Mørk, , Linn Jorum Sulland and Jana Knedlikova • Sulland was the top scorer of the last full season of the CL, with 89 goals • both sides are led by centre backs as their top scorers in 2020/21, with Henny Ella Reistad first for Vipers with 66 goals and Ekaterina Ilina on top for CSKA with 67 • CSKA changed coach after the Champions League play-offs, with Jan Leslie replaced by his former assistant, 2016 Olympic gold medallist Olga Akopian • in terms of injuries, CSKA left back Elena Mikhaylichenko, who ruptured a ligament in November, has recently returned but was back on court only to shoot penalties in the final stage of the domestic league

PREVIOUS EC ENCOUNTERS Vipers Kristianstad vs CSKA

No previous encounters

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DELO EHF FINAL4 VIPERS KRISTIANSAND ROAD TO THE DELO EHF FINAL4 CURRENT TOP SCORERS Club contact GROUP PHASE: AFTER QUARTER-FINALS:

Club Address vs Metz Handball L0:10 (0:0) 1. Henny Reistad (NOR) 66 Vipers Kristiansand @ SG BBM Bietigheim W29:33 (14:15) 2. Nora Mørk (NOR) 65 Tangen 8 vs Team Esbjerg D28:28 (16:14) 3. Linn Jorum Sulland (NOR) 47 4608 Kristiansand Norway @ Rostov-Don L10:0 (0:0) 4. Jana Knedlikova (CZE) 45 vs Rostov-Don L23:24 (16:15) 5. Emilie Arntzen (NOR) 38 Media contact Mette Ødegård Solevåg @ CSM Bucuresti W22:29 (9:14) +4748 22 81 36 vs SG BBM Bietigheim W10:0 (0:0) [email protected] @ Metz Handball W28:29 (11:13) @ RK Krim Mercator W26:27 (9:14) www.vipers.no @ FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria L30:28 (14:11) VipersKristiansand vs CSM Bucuresti W30:25 (14:12)

@VipersKrSand vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria L26:31 (11:15) @ Team Esbjerg D27:27 (12:12) @VipersKristiansand vs RK Krim Mercator W37:30 (16:15) PLAY-OFFS: Kit colours vs Odense Håndbold L35:36 (16:17) Light @ Odense Håndbold W26:30 (14:19) Player shirt: white QUARTER-FINALS Player short: black GK shirt: blue vs Rostov-Don W34:27 (19:12) @ Rostov-Don D23:23 (11:12) Dark Player shirt: pink Player short: black FINAL RANKING GROUP A GK shirt: black MP W D L GF:GA GD P 1. Rostov-Don 14 10 1 3 331:308 (23) 21 2. Metz Handball 14 10 0 4 389:354 (35) 20 3. CSM Bucuresti 14 8 1 5 331:309 (22) 17 4. FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 14 8 0 6 386:378 (8) 16 5. Vipers Kristiansand 14 7 2 5 327:320 (7) 16 6. Team Esbjerg 14 5 2 7 374:351 (23) 12 7. RK Krim Mercator 14 2 3 9 325:375 (-50) 7 8. SG BBM Bietigheim 14 1 1 12 318:386 (-68) 3

Past achievements Playing hall Aquarama Kristiansand EHF Champions League Tangen 8 Participations (including 2020/21 season): 4 4608 Kristiansand Semi-final (1): 2018/19 Norway Main round (1): 2019/20 Capacity: 2,200 Group matches (1): 2017/18

Other Cup Winners‘ Cup: Quarter-finals: 2015/16 EHF Cup: Final: 2017/18; Semi-final: 2003/04; Last 16: 2004/05

Norwegian league: 3 titles (2018, 2019, 2020) Norwegian cup: 3 titles (2017, 2018, 2019)

38 Vipers Kristiansand EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE CLUB RECORDS

Biggest win 29:19 (15:11) v Buducnost MNE (h), 14.10.2017 Biggest defeat 22:31 (8:18) v Györi Audi ETO KC HUN (a), 11.05.2019 26:17 (12:10) v Metz Handball FRA (a), 03.11.2019 Longest winning run 5 matches (04.11.2018 – 02.02.2019) Longest unbeaten run 5 matches (04.11.2018 – 02.02.2019) MATCHES Longest losing run 7 matches (25.01.2020 – 07.03.2020) Longest 5 winning run Longest run without win 7 matches (22.10.2017 – 20.10.2018) 7 matches (25.01.2020 – 07.03.2020) 38 v Metz Handball FRA 38:38D (h), 20.10.2019 GOALS Most goals 38 Most goals Most goals opponent 38 v Metz Handball FRA 38:38D (h), 20.10.2019 Most goals both teams 76 v Metz Handball FRA 38:38D (h), 20.10.2019 GOALS Fewest goals 17 v Metz Handball FRA 26:17L (a), 03.11.2019 Most goals Fewest goals opponent 18 v Buducnost MNE 25:18W (h), 13.04.2019 both teams 76 Fewest goals both teams 43 v Buducnost MNE 19:24W (a), 07.04.2019 43 v Buducnost MNE 25:18W (h), 13.04.2019 43 v Metz Handball FRA 26:17L (a), 03.11.2019

EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RECORD

MP W T L GF GA GD PTS Stage 2017/18 Vipers Kristiansand NOR 6 1 0 5 144:154 –10 2:10 4th Gr. D 2018/19 Vipers Kristiansand NOR 16 10 1 5 451:416 +35 21:11 Third Place 2019/20 Vipers Kristiansand NOR 12 3 1 8 339:356 –17 7:17 5th MR Gr. 1 2020/21 Vipers Kristiansand NOR 18 9 3 6 449:432 +17 21:15 Total: 52 23 5 24 1383:1358 +25 51:53

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Ole Gustav Gjekstad Coach

• joined Vipers in 2018 and led the team to the DELO WOMEN’S EHF FINAL4 in his first season in charge • worked at Larvik until 2015, after an earlier stint with that club between 1999 and 2005 • replaced Kenneth Gabrielsen, who led Vipers in their maiden CL season in 2017/18 • as a player, scored 548 goals in 149 games for the Norwegian national team

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TEAM ROSTER

No. First name Surname Nat. Position Date of birth Place of birth cm g

1 Andrea Austmo Pedersen NOR Goalkeeper 19.04.1994 , NOR 180 2 Karoline Olsen NOR Left Wing 16.06.1998 Kristiansand, NOR 171 3 NOR Left Back 01.01.1994 Skien, NOR 183 38 4 Tonje Refsnes NOR Centre Back 13.11.1994 Kristiansand, NOR 170 5 6 Malin Larsen Aune NOR Right Wing 04.03.1995 Ranheim, NOR 165 18 7 Carolina Miranda Morais ANG Right Wing 13.04.1986 Luanda, ANG 164 8 Karine Emilie Dahlum NOR Right Back 16.12.1999 Kristiansand, NOR 175 7 9 Nora Mørk NOR Right Back 05.04.1991 Oslo, NOR 167 65 10 Vilde Kaurin Jonassen NOR Left Wing 01.09.1992 Kristiansand, NOR 165 28 11 Silje Katrine Waade NOR Right Back 20.03.1994 Stjørdal, NOR 183 3 12 Evelina Ericsson SWE Goalkeeper 20.08.1996 Østerhaninge, SWE 185 15 Linn Jorum Sulland NOR Right Back 15.07.1984 Oslo, NOR 178 47 C 16 Katrine Lunde NOR Goalkeeper 30.03.1980 Kristiansand, NOR 181 18 Kristine Hartveit Thomassen NOR Left Back 06.02.2001 Kristiansand, NOR 178 19 June Andenaes NOR Line Player 09.06.1983 Gloppen, NOR 176 6 20 NOR Left Back 24.12.1992 Stavanger, NOR 179 2 21 Ragnhild Valle Dahl NOR Left Back 02.01.1998 Molde, NOR 178 19 22 NOR Centre Back 20.09.1990 Trondheim, NOR 179 17 24 Hanna Maria Yttereng NOR Line Player 20.02.1991 Trondheim, NOR 184 31 25 Henny Ella Reistad NOR Centre Back 09.02.1999 Oslo, NOR 180 66 27 Sunniva Naes Andersen NOR Left Wing 12.11.1996 Skien, NOR 175 20 37 Jana Knedlikova CZE Right Wing 22.06.1989 Prague, CZE 168 45 55 Heidi Løke NOR Line Player 12.12.1982 Tonsberg, NOR 177 22

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Katrine Lunde @katrinelundenor Goalkeeper • back in action in the 2020/21 season after an ACL tear at the EHF FINAL4 in 2019 kept her sidelined for a year

• Lunde’s return is a huge boost for Vipers, who struggled with conceding too many goals last season

• still considered a top-class keeper at the age of 40, with a storied career behind her including spells with Viborg, Györ and Rostov-Don

• the 2019 CL All-star goalkeeper played for her hometown club Vipers until 2004, alongside twin sister Kristine, before they moved together to Aalborg, then Viborg until 2010

EC trophies: CL 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, EHF Cup 2017 EURO: G 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2020, S 2002, 2012; OG: G 2008, 2012, B 2016; WCh: G2011, S 2007, 2017, B 2009

Vilde Jonassen @vildekaurin Left wing • a Kristiansand girl born and raised, has been with Vipers since the age of 19

• longest-serving player in the squad, having been with the team when they languished in the mid-to-lower part of the Norwegian league

• at 27, she has developed into the club’s first choice on the left wing

• enjoyed a breakthrough season in 2019/20, scoring 33 goals in Europe and ending the season with her first national team training camp

Emilie Hegh Arntzen @emiliehegh Left back • joined Vipers from league rivals Byasen ahead of the 2017/18 season • contributed 52 goals to Vipers’ CL success in 2018/19 • daughter of former Norwegian international and former assistant coach of Norway’s female national team, Ketil Arntzen

• started playing handball at age eight and started her senior career in Gjerpen, the club she reached the Norwegian top flight with

OG: B 2016; EURO: G 2014, 2016, 2020; WCh: S 2017

Henny Reistad @hennyreistad Centre back • in her second season with Vipers after joining from Stabæk IF in 2018 • became first-choice playmaker in her first season with the club, despite being just 19 • also played a key role for Norway at EHF EURO 2018 • at young age, has made step from promising talent to established playmaker

EURO: G 2020

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Hanna Yttereng Line player • changed ten teams in her career, came back to Norway in 2017, after stints in Germany for SG BBM Bietigheim and in Hungary for Siofok KC • signed for Vipers in 2018, after her third stint for Byasen • has played nine games for the Norwegian women’s national team, but has never featured since 2014 • two-time Norwegian championship winner, has never won an European title, coming the closest in 2017, when she played the Women’s EHF Cuo final with Siofok

Nora Mørk @noramrk_9 Right back • the 29-year-old’s move to Vipers was the most spectacular news of the summer • arguably the best right back in the world, with three All-star Team awards in the CL among many individual accolades

• with over 100 caps for Norway, she has won medals at every major championship, only lacking a gold in the Olympics

• hampered by terrible luck with injuries throughout her career, with surgeries hitting the double digits, Mørk hoping to put a frustrating time behind her and start fresh

EC trophies: CL 2011, 2017, 2018, 2019 EURO: G 2010, 2014, 2016, 2020; OG: B 2016; WCh: G 2015, S 2017

Linn Jorum Sulland @sulland15 Right back • arrived from Györ in 2016; earlier played six seasons for Larvik • scored 89 goals, including 10 in the third-place match against Metz, as she massively contributed to Vipers’ successful CL campaign in 2018/19 • top scorer of the 2018/19 CL season with 89 goals

EC trophies: CL 2011 OG: G 2012; WC: G 2011, 2015, S 2017; EURO: G 2008, 2010, S 2012

Malin Aune @malinaune Right wing • in her third season with Vipers after joining from Oppsal IF in the summer of 2017 • played important part in Vipers’ CL success in 2018/19 with 47 goals • only 1.65 m tall, but her speed, technical skills and willpower compensate • came back stronger than before from an injury in mid-season 2018/19

EURO: G 2016, 2020

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Evelina Ericsson @evelinaericsson Goalkeeper • joined Vipers in the summer of 2020 from Swedish Skuru • started the career in her motherclub Haninge HK • one of only three foreigners in Vipers alongside Czech Knedlikova and Angolan Morais • was close to a debut for the Swedish national team at the EHF EURO 2020 but did not make the final cut

Sunniva Næs Andersen @sunnivaandersen Left wing • joined from Gjerpen IF in the summer of 2017 • replaced Jeanett Kristiansen, who has left for Danish club Herning-Ikast Handball • got her first taste of the CL in her first season with the club, and gained more experience and scored 14 goals in 2018/19

• fast and technically skilled wing with plenty of time to further develop

Ragnhild Valle Dahl @ragnhildvd Left back • part of the preliminary squads of Norway for the WCh 2019 and EHF EURO 2020 • top scorer (148 goals) and All-star left back of the Norwegian Elitserien 2018/19 with Molde HK • transferred from Molde to Kristiansand in the summer of 2019 • W20 EHF EURO silver medallist from 2018

Marta Tomac @martatomac Centre back • joined Vipers from Byasen in 2015; played for Danish side SK Aarhus in 2010/11 • born in Zagreb, Croatia, and represented Croatia before playing for Norway • good at both ends of the court, and her ability to read the game, as well as her eye

EURO: G 2016, 2020, WCh: G 2015

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Tonje Refsnes @tonjehr Centre back • has played all seven years of her senior career for Vipers • has appeared in the Norwegian national junior team five times • versatile player who can actually play all positions in the back-court line

Heidi Løke @heidiloeke Line player • joined Vipers from league runners-up Storhamar Elite in the summer of 2019 • would join Larvik but that move was cancelled due to financial issues at that club • Vipers said they had been trying to sign Løke since 2013 • one of the all-time greats of women’s handball, still producing the goods at age 38

EC trophies: CL 2011, 2017, 2018, 2019 EURO: G 2008, 2010, 2014, 2020, S 2012; OG: G 2012, B 2016; WCh: G 2011, 2015, S 2017, B 2009

Karine Dahlum @karinedahlum Right back • daughter of former international footballer Tore André Dahlum • started with handball at the age of nine, came through the ranks of IK Våg • despite her young age one of the longest serving players of Vipers with her joining back in 2016, while playing mostly on the right wing • won four titles each in the Norwegian league and the Norwegian Cup • scored her first CL goals only in the 2020/21 season

Jana Knedlikova @jana_knedlikova Right wing • Czech winger moved to Vipers after five years with Györ, played for Mosonmagyaróvár and Slavia Prague before • won twice Czecho-Slovakian WHIL with Slavia Prague in 2010 and 2011 • used to do ice skating and ballet as a child • set her new personal best in European competitions in 2020/21 season scoring 45 goals already before the final tournament

EC trophies: CL 2017, 2018, 2019

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PLAYERS’ EHF FINAL4 GAME LOG

ANDERSEN, Sunniva Amalie Naes NOR 2/0 11.05.2019 SF Vipers Kristiansand NOR vs Györi Audi ETO KC HUN L 22:31 0 0 12.05.2019 3/4 Vipers Kristiansand NOR vs Metz Handball FRA W 31:30 0 0

ARNTZEN, Emilie Hegh NOR 2/9 11.05.2019 SF Vipers Kristiansand NOR vs Györi Audi ETO KC HUN L 22:31 5 2’ 12.05.2019 3/4 Vipers Kristiansand NOR vs Metz Handball FRA W 31:30 4 0

JONASSEN, Vilde Kaurin NOR 2/0 11.05.2019 SF Vipers Kristiansand NOR vs Györi Audi ETO KC HUN L 22:31 0 0 12.05.2019 3/4 Vipers Kristiansand NOR vs Metz Handball FRA W 31:30 0 0

KNEDLIKOVA, Jana CZE 5/5 07.05.2016 SF Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs Buducnost MNE W 21:20 1 0 08.05.2016 F Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs CSM Bucuresti ROU L 26:29a7m 1 0 06.05.2017 SF Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs Buducnost MNE W 26:20 0 0 07.05.2017 F Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs HC Vardar MKD W 31:30aet 2 0 11.05.2019 SF Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs Vipers Kristiansand NOR W 31:22 1 0

KRISTIANSEN, Jeanett NOR 2/0 11.05.2019 SF Vipers Kristiansand NOR vs Györi Audi ETO KC HUN L 22:31 0 2’ 12.05.2019 3/4 Vipers Kristiansand NOR vs Metz Handball FRA W 31:30 0 0

LARSEN AUNE, Malin NOR 2/6 11.05.2019 SF Vipers Kristiansand NOR vs Györi Audi ETO KC HUN L 22:31 2 0 12.05.2019 3/4 Vipers Kristiansand NOR vs Metz Handball FRA W 31:30 4 0

LØKE, Heidi NOR 4/19 03.05.2014 SF Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs FC Midtjylland DEN W 29:26 3 0 04.05.2014 F Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs Buducnost MNE W 27:21 4 2’ 07.05.2016 SF Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs Buducnost MNE W 21:20 4 0 08.05.2016 F Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs CSM Bucuresti ROU L 26:29a7m 8 0

LUNDE, Katrine NOR 4/0 03.05.2014 SF Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs FC Midtjylland DEN W 29:26 0 0 04.05.2014 F Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs Buducnost MNE W 27:21 0 0 11.05.2019 SF Vipers Kristiansand NOR vs Györi Audi ETO KC HUN L 22:31 0 0 12.05.2019 3/4 Vipers Kristiansand NOR vs Metz Handball FRA W 31:30 0 0

MORAIS, Carolina Martene Miranda ANG 2/0 11.05.2019 SF Vipers Kristiansand NOR vs Györi Audi ETO KC HUN L 22:31 0 0 12.05.2019 3/4 Vipers Kristiansand NOR vs Metz Handball FRA W 31:30 0 0

MØRK, Nora NOR 8/22 09.05.2015 SF Larvik NOR vs Dinamo-Sinara RUS W 31:22 4 0 10.05.2015 F Larvik NOR vs Buducnost MNE L 22:26 10 2’ 06.05.2017 SF Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs Buducnost MNE W 26:20 1 0 07.05.2017 F Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs HC Vardar MKD W 31:30aet 6 0 12.05.2018 SF Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs CSM Bucuresti ROU W 26:20 0 0 13.05.2018 F Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs HC Vardar MKD W 27:26aet 0 0 11.05.2019 SF Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs Vipers Kristiansand NOR W 31:22 1 0 12.05.2019 F Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs Rostov-Don RUS W 25:24 0 0

OLSEN, Karoline NOR 2/0 1.05.2019 SF Vipers Kristiansand NOR vs Györi Audi ETO KC HUN L 22:31 0 0 12.05.2019 3/4 Vipers Kristiansand NOR vs Metz Handball FRA W 31:30 0 0

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PLAYERS’ EHF FINAL4 GAME LOG

REFSNES, Tonje NOR 2/1 11.05.2019 SF Vipers Kristiansand NOR vs Györi Audi ETO KC HUN L 22:31 1 0 12.05.2019 3/4 Vipers Kristiansand NOR vs Metz Handball FRA W 31:30 0 0

REISTAD, Henny Ella NOR 2/8 11.05.2019 SF Vipers Kristiansand NOR vs Györi Audi ETO KC HUN L 22:31 3 0 12.05.2019 3/4 Vipers Kristiansand NOR vs Metz Handball FRA W 31:30 5 0

SULLAND, Linn Jorum NOR 6/23 09.05.2015 SF Larvik NOR vs Dinamo-Sinara RUS W 31:22 2 0 10.05.2015 F Larvik NOR vs Buducnost MNE L 22:26 1 0 07.05.2016 SF Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs Buducnost MNE W 21:20 4 0 08.05.2016 F Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs CSM Bucuresti ROU L 26:29a7m 3 0 11.05.2019 SF Vipers Kristiansand NOR vs Györi Audi ETO KC HUN L 22:31 3 0 12.05.2019 3/4 Vipers Kristiansand NOR vs Metz Handball FRA W 31:30 10 0

TOMAC, Marta NOR 2/3 11.05.2019 SF Vipers Kristiansand NOR vs Györi Audi ETO KC HUN L 22:31 2 2’ 12.05.2019 3/4 Vipers Kristiansand NOR vs Metz Handball FRA W 31:30 1 2’

WAADE, Silje Katrine NOR 2/5 11.05.2019 SF Vipers Kristiansand NOR vs Györi Audi ETO KC HUN L 22:31 3 0 12.05.2019 3/4 Vipers Kristiansand NOR vs Metz Handball FRA W 31:30 2 2’

YTTERENG, Hanna Maria NOR 1/2 11.05.2019 SF Vipers Kristiansand NOR vs Györi Audi ETO KC HUN L 22:31 2 2’

NOT PLAYED YET ANDENAES, June NOR N/A DAHL, Ragnhild Valle NOR N/A DAHLUM, Karine Emilie NOR N/A ERICSSON, Evelina SWE N/A HÅRTEVIT THOMASSEN, Kristine NOR N/A PEDERSEN, Andrea Austmo NOR N/A

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DELO EHF FINAL4 CSKA

ROAD TO THE DELO EHF FINAL4 CURRENT TOP SCORERS Club contact GROUP PHASE: AFTER QUARTER-FINALS: @ Odense Håndbold L26:25 (12:11) 1. Ekaterina Ilina (RUS) 67 Club Address vs Buducnost W27:23 (12:10) 2. Darya Dmitrieva (RUS) 64 CSKA Mosocw Donskaya 15 vs HC Podravka Vegeta W30:26 (18:16) 3. Polina Vedekhina (RUS) 57 119049 Moscow @ SCM Ramnicu Valcea W24:34 (9:17) Polina Gorshkova (RUS) 57 Russia vs Odense Håndbold W27:23 (14:11) 5. Antonina Skorobogatchenko (RUS) 54 Media contact vs Györi Audi ETO KC D27:27 (14:14) Nikita Kotov vs BV Borussia 09 Dortmund W35:28 (19:12) +79162626118 [email protected] @ BV Borussia 09 Dortmund W28:29 (15:11) @ Buducnost W22:25 (13:13) whccska.ru @ Györi Audi ETO KC W31:24 (14:13) vs Brest Bretagne Handball W25:24 (12:12) whccska @ HC Podravka Vegeta W20:36 (10:16) whccska @ Brest Bretagne Handball W28:30 (13:17) vs SCM Ramnicu Valcea W30:20 (14:11) whccska PLAY-OFFS: Kit colours @ RK Krim Mercator L30:25 (12:11) vs RK Krim Mercator W27:21 (14:11) Light Player shirt: red QUARTER-FINALS: Player short: blue @ CSM Bucuresti L32:27 (20:12) GK shirt: yellow vs CSM Bucuresti W24:19 (12:11) Dark Player shirt: white Player short: white FINAL RANKING GROUP B GK shirt: black MP W D L GF:GA GD P 1. Györi Audi ETO KC 14 10 4 0 457:353 (104) 24 2. CSKA 14 11 1 2 404:350 (54) 23 3. Brest Bretagne Handball 14 6 5 3 384:349 (35) 17 4. Odense Håndbold 14 6 1 7 384:370 (14) 13 5. Buducnost 14 5 2 7 363:377 (-14) 12 6. SCM Ramnicu Valcea 14 5 0 9 263:319 (-56) 10 7. BV Borussia 09 Dortmund 14 4 1 9 347:391 (-44) 9 8. HC Podravka Vegeta 14 2 0 12 326:419 (-93) 4

Playing hall Dynamo Sports Palace Lavochkina street 32 125581 Moscow Past achievements Russia EHF Champions League Capacity: 5,000 Participations (including 2020/21 season): 1

Other Russian league: 3rd place (2020)

48 CSKA EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE CLUB RECORDS

Biggest win 36:20 (16:10) v HC Podravka CRO (h), 01.02.2021 Biggest defeat 31:24 (14:13) v Györi Audi ETO KC HUN (a), 13.02.2021 Longest winning run 6 matches (09.01.2021 - 07.02.2021) Longest unbeaten run 6 matches (09.01.2021 - 07.02.2021) 6 matches (12.09.2020 - 08.11.2020) MATCHES Longest losing run 1 match (07.03.2021) Longest 6 winning run 1 match (13.02.2021) 1 match (15.11.2020) GOALS Longest run without win 1 match (07.03.2021) 36 Most goals 1 match (13.02.2021) 1 match (15.11.2020) GOALS Most goals 36 v HC Podravka CRO 36:20W (h), 01.02.2021 Most goals 63 both teams Most goals opponent 31 v Györi Audi ETO KC HUN 31:24L (a), 13.02.2021 Most goals both teams 63 v BV Borussia Dortmund GER 35:28W (h), 16.01.2021 Fewest goals 24 v Györi Audi ETO KC HUN 24:31L (a), 13.02.2021 Fewest goals opponent 20 v HC Podravka CRO 36:20W (h), 01.02.2021 20 v SCM Ramnicu Valcea ROU 30:20W (h), 26.09.2020 Fewest goals both teams 47 v Buducnost MNE 22:25W (a), 19.09.2020

EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RECORD

MP W T L GF GA GD PTS Stage 2020/21 CSKA RUS 18 13 1 4 502:447 55 27:9 Total: 18 13 1 4 502:447 55 27:9

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Olga Akopian Coach

• took over as interim coach after Jan Lesli was fired in March and led CSKA to their first ever championship title in Russia • before that, was assistant to Leslie; also is assistant to Alexey Alekseev in Russia national team • known also as Olga Levina, was player of Dinamo Volgograd, Lada Togliatti and Russia national team in the past • finished playing career after winning gold at 2016 Olympics • married to Eduard Akopyan, CSKA’s general director

EC trophies: EHF Cup 2008 OG: G 2016 WCh: G 2007, 2009 EURO: S 2006, B 2008 (as player)

Arrived during the season Left during the season

Polina Kaplina (RUS) from Zvezda Ekaterina Bobina (RUS) for Kuban (RUS) Ema Demidovich (RUS) Elena Utkina (RUS) for Kuban (RUS) Iana Zhilinskaite (RUS) for HC Lada (RUS)

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TEAM ROSTER

No. First name Surname Nat. Position Date of birth Place of birth cm g

1 Chana Masson BRA Goalkeeper 18.12.1978 Capinzal, BRA 182 1 3 Polina Gorshkova RUS Left Wing 22.11.1989 Togliatti, RUS 172 57 4 Iana Zhilinskaite RUS Line Player 06.03.1989 Uray, RUS 185 7 Anastasia Mochalova RUS Right Wing 15.11.2002 Moscow, RUS 166 8 Elena Mikhaylichenko RUS Left Back 14.09.2001 Togliatti, RUS 177 32 9 Olga Gorshenina RUS Right Back 09.11.1990 Togliatti, RUS 179 19 10 Viktoriia Kipen RUS Left Wing 14.05.2003 Togliatti, RUS 169 C 11 Darya Dmitrieva RUS Centre Back 09.08.1995 Togliatti, RUS 178 64 14 Polina Vedekhina RUS Left Back 06.01.1994 Volgograd, RUS 176 57 15 Marina Sudakova RUS Right Wing 17.02.1989 Volgograd, RUS 164 31 19 Yuliia Markova RUS Right Wing 10.08.1996 Volgograd, RUS 170 14 21 Anna Sedoykina RUS Goalkeeper 01.08.1984 Volgograd, RUS 184 23 Natalia Chigirinova RUS Centre Back 20.07.1993 Togliatti, RUS 171 13 27 Sabina Jacobsen SWE Line Player 24.03.1989 Lund, SWE 181 2 29 Elena Utkina RUS Goalkeeper 29.05.1990 Volgograd, RUS 180 31 Ekaterina Bobina RUS Right Back 11.07.1996 Ufa, RUS 175 33 Ekaterina Ilina RUS Centre Back 07.03.1991 Togliatti, RUS 175 67 36 DEN Line Player 26.03.1992 Rudersdal, DEN 185 30 39 Antonina Skorobogatchenko RUS Right Back 14.02.1999 Volgograd, RUS 181 54 50 Eva Demidovich RUS Right Wing 23.01.2001 Togliatti, RUS 174 67 Anastasiia Illarionova RUS Line Player 28.03.1999 Istra, Moscow r. RUS 179 11 83 Elena Rabazulkina RUS Left Wing 03.12.2001 Moscow, RUS 177 1 91 Sara Ristovska MKD Right Wing 09.09.1996 Skopje, MKD 169 49 99 Polina Kaplina RUS Goalkeeper 16.08.1999 Irkutsk, RUS 181

51 CSKA

Chana Masson @massonchanaoficial Goalkeeper • the 41-year-old Brazilian veteran starts her second season at CSKA

• played for various clubs in Spain, Germany, Denmark and Norway in the past

• at Randers, worked four years with current CSKA coach Jan Leslie

• took part in four (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)

EC trophies: EHF Cup 2000, 2010

Yuliia Markova @markovayulia96 Left wing • born in Volgograd and started career at local club Dinamo

• became Russian champion in 2014 at the age of 18

• later became Dinamo’s key player before moving to CSKA in 2019

• made her debut in Russian national team in 2017

Polina Vedekhina Left back • joined CSKA from Lada Togliatti in 2019 • born in Volgograd and played at local team Dinamo-Sinara before moving to Lada in 2017

• played for Russia at World Championships 2015 and 2017 as well as EHF EURO 2020, and the team finished fifth each time

• her big goal in handball is to play at the Olympics and win a gold medal there • studied at musical school as a kid and could become a musician, but chose handball in the end

Darya Dmitrieva @dashikdmitrieva07 Centre back • captains not only CSKA but also Russia’s national team • moved to CSKA in 2019 from Lada but missed the entire 2019/20 season due to severe Achilles tendon injury

• born in Toliatti, but started her career at Dinamo Volgograd before moving home to Lada in 2015

• her father Evgenii was an player; her husband Igor is a water polo player

OG: G 2016; EURO: S 2018

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Kathrine Heindahl @heindahl Line player • this is the first season in a foreign club for a 27-year-old Dane • moved to CSKA from Odense where she had played since 2017, and earlier also in 2010/11 • worked with CSKA’s coach Jan Leslie at Randers; also played for GOG and Holstebro • since 2016, played for Danish national team in every EURO and WCh

EC trophies: EHF Cup 2013

Antonina Skorobogatchenko Right back • talented left-hander joined CSKA from Kuban midway through 2019/20 season • born in Volgograd and started her career at local side Dinamo • player of Russia national team, she missed 2019 WCh due to knee injury • All-star right back at YAC events in 2015 and 2016

EURO: S 2018

Sara Ristovska @sararistovska91 Right wing • moved to CSKA in 2019 after one season at Krim • before that, played for Metalurg and Vardar in her native North Macedonia • played football as a kid and is still a fan of Inter Milan • was among winners of North Macedonian “Woman of the Year “awards in 2019

Ekaterina Ilina @katyailina33 Left back • the 2016 Olympic champion heads into her second season at CSKA • played for Kuban, Lada and Rostov-Don in the past • in 2018, suspended her career because of health issues, but returned to handball in 2019 • playmaker, but also can perform as left back

OG: G 2016

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Anna Sedoykina Goalkeeper • experienced goalkeeper, arrived in summer of 2020 from domestic rivals Rostov-Don

• spent most of her career at her local club Dinamo Volvograd, joined Rostov in 2015

• 10-time Russian champion, won domestic title with all three clubs she played for

• made debut in Russian national team in 2004, part of many of the team’s successes since, including winning the world title in 2009 and Olympic gold in 2016

OG: G 2016, WCh: G 2009, B 2019, EURO: B 2008, S 2018

Polina Kaplina Goalkeeper • team’s youngest goalkeeper, wears jersey No. 99 as she was born in 1999

• born in Irkutsk but grew up in Orenburg; started to play handball at the age of 13

• started career at Kuban but moved to CSKA in 2019

• moved to HC Zvezda on loan at start of 2020/21 season, but came back in October when both Masson and Sedoykina were injuried

Polina Gorshkova Left wing • born in Togliatti, she started to play handball at the age of 10 • spent more than a decade at local club Lada before joining CSKA in 2019 • became Russian champion in 2008 with Lada and in 2021 with CSKA • with Russia, won the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju

EC trophies: EHF Cup 2012, 2014

Elena Mikhaylichenko Left back • 19-year-old rising star of Russian and European handball, was MVP at Youth WCh 2018 and W19 EHF EURO 2019

• born in Togliatti and started career at local side Lada; moved to CSKA in 2020 • started her debut CL season exceptionally, scoring 32 goals in five matches • tore knee ligaments in November and was out for six months, returned to the court for the Russian league play-off final against Rostov in May

WCh: B 2019

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Marina Sudakova @marinasudakova15 Right wing • joined CSKA from domestic rivals Rostov-Don in 2020 • had played entire career at Rostov, except for one season at Kuban (2016/17) • was engaged in folk songs as a child, but eventually switched to handball • her first coach was Viktor Vyakhirev, father of fellow Russian internationals Anna Vyakhireva and Polina Kuznetsova

OG: G 2016, WCh: G 2009; EURO: S 2008, B 2018

Anastasia Illarionova Line player • born in Istra, close to Moscow, started her career at Zvezda Zvenigorod before moving to CSKA in 2020

• playing her debut season in the DELO EHF Champions League • Russian national player since 2019, played at WCh 2019 and EHF EURO 2020

WCh: B 2019

Sabina Jacobsen @sabinajacobsen Left back • Swedish defence specialist, joined CSKA from CSM Bucuresti in 2019 • born in Lund, started career at domestic club Lugi HF; was top scorer of the Swedish league in 2007, 2008 and 2009 • also had a spell in Denmark, at Randers HK and Midtjylland Håndbold • best defender of EHF EURO 2014; Swedish Female Handball Player of the Year • will move to HC Dunarea Braila in Romania in the summer 2021

EC trophies: CWC 2015

Natalia Chigirinova Centre back • born in Togliatti and started career at local side Lada • played two years at Astrakhanochka and one at Podravka in Croatioa before joining CSKA in 2019 • together with teammate Polina Gorshkova, won the 2015 Universiade in Gwangju • loves watching , calls Stephen Curry her favourite player

EC trophies: EHF Cup 2014

55 CSKA Game log

PLAYERS’ EHF FINAL4 GAME LOG

DMITRIEVA, Darya RUS 2/11 09.05.2015 SF Dinamo-Sinara RUS vs Larvik NOR L 22:31 7 2’ 10.05.2015 3/4 Dinamo-Sinara RUS vs WHC Vardar SCBT MKD L 26:28 4 2’

ILINA, Ekaterina RUS 2/8 12.05.2018 SF Rostov-Don RUS vs HC Vardar MKD L 19:25 5 0 13.05.2018 3/4 Rostov-Don RUS vs CSM Bucuresti ROU L 30:31 3 0

RISTOVSKA, Sara MKD 6/3 07.05.2016 SF HC Vardar MKD vs CSM Bucuresti ROU L 21:27 0 0 08.05.2016 3/4 HC Vardar MKD vs Buducnost MNE W 30:28 0 0 06.05.2017 SF HC Vardar MKD vs CSM Bucuresti ROU W 38:33 0 0 07.05.2017 F HC Vardar MKD vs Györi Audi ETO KC HUN L 30:31aet 0 0 12.05.2018 SF HC Vardar MKD vs Rostov-Don RUS W 25:19 1 0 13.05.2018 F HC Vardar MKD vs Györi Audi ETO KC HUN L 26:27aet 2 0

ROSENGREN JACOBSEN, Sabina Detloff SWE 2/1 12.05.2018 SF CSM Bucuresti ROU vs Györi Audi ETO KC HUN L 20:26 0 0 13.05.2018 3/4 CSM Bucuresti ROU vs Rostov-Don RUS W 31:30 1 0

SEDOYKINA, Anna RUS 5/0 09.05.2015 SF Dinamo-Sinara RUS vs Larvik NOR L 22:31 0 0 10.05.2015 3/4 Dinamo-Sinara RUS vs WHC Vardar SCBT MKD L 26:28 0 0 12.05.2018 SF Rostov-Don RUS vs HC Vardar MKD L 19:25 0 0 11.05.2019 SF Rostov-Don RUS vs Metz Handball FRA W 27:25 0 0 12.05.2019 F Rostov-Don RUS vs Györi Audi ETO KC HUN L 24:25 0 0

SUDAKOVA, Marina RUS 2/5 12.05.2018 SF Rostov-Don RUS vs HC Vardar MKD L 19:25 0 0 13.05.2018 3/4 Rostov-Don RUS vs CSM Bucuresti ROU L 30:31 5 0

VEDEKHINA, Polina RUS 2/2 09.05.2015 SF Dinamo-Sinara RUS vs Larvik NOR L 22:31 2 0 10.05.2015 3/4 Dinamo-Sinara RUS vs WHC Vardar SCBT MKD L 26:28 0 0

NOT PLAYED YET CHIGIRINOVA, Natalia RUS N/A GORSHENINA, Olga RUS N/A GORSHKOVA, Polina RUS N/A HEINDAHL, Kathrine Brothmann DEN N/A ILLARIONOVA, Anastasiia RUS N/A KAPLINA, Polina RUS N/A KIPEN, Viktoria RUS N/A MARKOVA, Yuliia RUS N/A MASSON DE SOUZA, Chana Franciela BRA N/A MIKHAYLICHENKO, Elena RUS N/A MOCHALOVA, Anastasia RUS N/A RABAZULKINA, Elena RUS N/A SKOROBOGATCHENKO, Antonina RUS N/A

56 Head-to-heads

POTENTIAL HEAD-TO-HEADS ON SUNDAY SUNDAY SCHEDULE

3/4 placement match, Sunday 30 May at 15:15 CEST: Loser Györi Audi ETO KC/Brest Bretagne Handball vs Loser Vipers Kristansand/CSKA Referees: Ioanna Christidi and Ioanna Papamattheou (Greece)

Final, Sunday 30 May at 18:00 CEST: Winner Györi Audi ETO KC/Brest Bretagne Handball vs Winner Vipers Kristansand/CSKA Referees: Cristina Nastase and Simona Raluca Stancu (Romania)

PREVIOUS EC ENCOUNTERS OF THE DELO EHF FINAL4 TEAMS

Brest Bretagne Handball vs Vipers Kristiansand 1-0-1 (51:55) 2:2

03.03.2018 Vipers Kristiansand vs Brest Bretagne Handball, EHF Cup – Quarter-final 26:17 (12:10) 10.03.2018 Brest Bretagne Handball vs Vipers Kristiansand, EHF Cup – Quarter-final 34:29 (18:17)

Brest Bretagne Handball vs CSKA 0-0-2 (52:55) 0:4

18.10.2020 Brest Bretagne Handball vs CSKA, DELO EHF Champions League – Group B 28:30 (13:17) 09.01.2021 CSKA vs Brest Bretagne Handball, DELO EHF Champions League – Group B 25:24 (12:12)

Györi Audi ETO KC vs Vipers Kristiansand 6-0-1 (223:179) 12:2

18.04.2004 Györi Graboplast ETO vs Vag HK, EHF Cup – Semi-final 29:20 (18:10) 24.04.2004 Vag HK vs Györi Graboplast ETO, EHF Cup – Semi-final 29:26 (13:9) 12.02.2005 Györi ETO Kezilabda Club vs Vag Vipers HK, EHF Cup – Last 16 33:25 (19:12) 13.02.2005 Györi ETO Kezilabda Club vs Vag Vipers HK, EHF Cup – Last 16 38:28 (18:14) 09.02.2019 Györi Audi ETO KC vs Vipers Kristiansand, EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 2 33:29 ((19:14) 09.03.2019 Vipers Kristiansand vs Györi Audi ETO KC, EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 2 26:33 (17:17) 11.05.2019 Vipers Kristiansand vs Györi Audi ETO KC, DELO EHF FINAL4 – Semi-final 22:31 (8:18)

Györi Audi ETO KC vs CSKA 1-1-0 (58:51) 3:1

12.09.2020 CSKA vs Györi Audi ETO KC, DELO EHF Champions League – Group B 27:27 (14:14) 13.02.2021 Györi Audi ETO KC vs CSKA, DELO EHF Champions League – Group B 31:24 (14:13)

57 Important regulations IMPORTANT REGULATIONS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN TWO OR MORE TEAMS HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF POINTS

All matches of the DELO EHF FINAL4 shall be played in 2 • In the second round, a decision is reached when a goal x 30 minutes with a half-time break of 15 mins. difference arises after both teams have taken one throw each. If a Semi-final match or the Final (place 1/2) ends in a draw, there will be a five minutes break followed by one • Eligible players are players entered in the match report extra time of 2 x 5 minutes, there will be a one minute that have not been disqualified or suspended at the time half-time break at half-time for the changeover of teams. of the final whistle. If the placement match 3/4 ends in a draw, there shall • Serious infractions committed during penalty throws be no extra time, the match will be decided directly by shall be sanctioned by disqualification. If a thrower is penalty throws. disqualified or suffers an injury, an eligible substitute player shall be supplementary named. If penalty throws are needed to decide the match, the procedure is as follows: • While the throws are being taken, only the player taking the throw, the current goalkeeper and the referees may • Prior to the penalty throws, each team shall name five enter the respective half of the playing court. players eligible to play at the end of the match by handing the referees a list of numbers. These players shall then • If the number of eligible players falls below five, take one throw each, alternating with their opponents. players may be named to take a second throw in the Each team is free to determine the sequence in which same round. throwers will take their throws. • The goalkeepers may be freely selected from the match report and exchanged in accordance with the Rules of the Game. Goalkeepers may take throws and throwers may perform as goalkeepers. • At the Technical Meeting the teams will be informed at which goal the penalty throws will be taken. The team taking the first penalty throw shall be determined by the referees by drawing lots. The team winning the draw may choose whether it wishes to throw first or last. • If the scores are equal after the first round of penalty throws, it shall be continued until a decision is reached. In the second round, the other team shall start. Again five players shall be named who are eligible to play (the players named before may be named once again).

58 DELO EHF FINAL4 counts down

DELO EHF FINAL4 COUNTS DOWN TO ITS NEW EDITION The DELO EHF FINAL4 is the culmination of the is not just four games played over two days but women European club handball season. The a true entertainment event. To little surprise two-day event sees the best four teams in Europe the DELO WOMEN’S EHF FINAL4 2019 was the playing to decide the ultimate winner of the DELO season’s highlight in European handball as nearly EHF Champions League. 25,000 spectators in the Budapest Papp Lászl Sportarena and millions of fans at home watched Due to the Covid-19 pandemic the previous four unforgettable handball games, unique edition in 2020 had to be called off but the whole entertainment shows and how Györi Audi ETO KC handball world witness now how the highlight were crowned the champions for the fifth time. event returns back in all its glamour on 29/30 May 2021. Introduced in the 2013/14 season and The success of the DELO EHF FINAL4 is also to be played until at least 2024 in Budapest, the thanks to the commitment of a great number of decision to follow the format of the men’s version volunteers who have been active on the weekend of the competition and create a tournament for of the event. the final phase was seen as crucial for the growth of women’s handball across Europe. The aim Full information at: www.EHFFINAL4.com was to create a flagship event, one that could compete on the international sports market and make Europe’s leading club competition even more attractive to fans, partners and sponsors.

The success of all previous editions of the EHF FINAL4 up to date showed that this format has been the right strategy. It has set new standards in organisation and entertainment; it NUMBERS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS OF THE SPECTACLE IN BUDAPEST FACTS AND FIGURES FROM THE PAST EDITIONS 15 goals by Isabella Gullden in a single match, 57 different clubs: Katarina Bulatovic (2014 with overall strikes by , five participations Györ, 2015 with Buducnost) - she was also the of Györ, three different winners in the last seven first player in the EHF FINAL4 history to defend years and 1,254 goals scored so far – this is what the title. you need to know from the previous six editions of the EHF FINAL4 in Budapest before the start of 1 player - again Bulatovic - was part of the the 2020/21 season. FINAL4 with three different clubs: Buducnost, Györ and Rostov.

1 1 time - in the 2017 edition - all four participants in contrast to the EHF FINAL4 in Cologne were the same as in the previous year: Györ, where the number is still zero - Györ had Vardar, Bucuresti and Buducnost. defended the title in Budapest, and even made it a hat-trick (2017, 2018 and 2019). 1 match in the history of the EHF FINAL4 in Budapest - the 2016 final CSM Bucuresti vs Györ (29:26) - needed to be decided in penalty shoot- 1 club - again Györ - won the DELO EHF FINAL4 out after extra-time, with the happy end for the four times (2014, 2017, 2018, 2019). Romanian side. 1 player has won the EHF FINAL4 with two

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2 countries were represented by two different 8 different nations were part of the six EHF clubs so far: Russia (Dinamo/2015 and FINAL4 events in Budapest: Hungary, Russia, Rostov/2018 and 2019) and Norway (Larvik/2015 North Macedonia, Romania, Montenegro, and Vipers/2019) Denmark, France and Norway.

2 more matches - the 2017 and 2018 finals Györ 10 goals was the biggest gap in any EHF FINAL4 vs. Vardar - needed to be decided in extra-time, match, when Buducnost beat Vardar in the 2015 and the winners were Györ twice.1 VELUX EHF semi-final 27:17 - ahead of the 2019 semi-final FINAL4 final needed to be decided by a penalty Györ vs Vipers (31:22). shootout: The 2016 edition of Kielce vs Veszprém (39:38) 15 goals by Isabelle Gullden (Bucuresti) are the high score of one player in a single match. 2 20 goals by Nycke Groot (Midtjylland) are the EHF Champions League debutants high score of an individual player at one FINAL4 made it to Budapest in their first ever tournament (2014), in 2018, Groot scored in total CL seasons: Vardar (2014) and CSM 16 goals for Györ. Bucuresti (2016) 41 goals was the lowest ever score in an EHF FINAL4 match, when Györ beat Buducnost 2 times - in 2017 and 2018 - the final was 21:20 in the 2016 semi-final, followed by 42 composed by the same teams: Györ vs Vardar. goals of the 2014 semi of Buducnost vs Vardar (22:20) and 46 in the 2018 semi Vardar vs Rostov 3 players - Anita Görbicz, Eduarda Amorim and (25:19). Bernadett Bodi were part of the Györ squad at all four EHF FINAL4 triumphs, Görbicz and Amorim 57 goals were scored by Nycke Groot are even five-times Champions League winners - (Midtjylland/Györ) to be all-time top scorer of and aim for their sixth trophy in the new season. the EHF FINAL4 events, the Dutch (now playing for Odense) is one goal ahead of Cristina Neagu 3 countries were represented by the six FINAL4 (Bucuresti/56). winners so far: Hungary (4), Montenegro and Romania. 61 61 goals were the high-score in a final so far, 10 when Györ beat Vardar 31:30 after extra-time. different clubs were part of the six EHF FINAL4 events: Vardar/5 times), Györ 71 goals was the biggest score in a Women’s EHF (5 times), Buducnost (4), Bucuresti FINAL match, when Vardar beat Bucuresti in the (3), Rostov (2), Midtjylland, Volgograd, 2017 semi-final 38:31. Larvik, Metz and Kristiansand (each once). 224 was the highest overall number of goals in a Women’s EHF FINAL4 so far - at the 2017 edition. 4 times goalkeepers were awarded Most Second ranked is the 2019 edition by 215 goals, Valuable Players of the FINAL4 - three of ahead of 210 goals in 2014, 204 in 2018, 202 in them played for the respective winners: Clara 2016 and the low score of 199 in 2015. Woltering (Buducnost/2015), Jelena Grubisic (Bucuresti/2016) and Kari Grimsbö (Györ/2019), while Amandine Leynaud (Vardar) lost the final 1,254 in 2018. goals have been scored so far at the EHF FINAL4s in Budapest 6 which means all - times, the Papp Laszlo Arena was the venue of the DELO Women’s EHF FINAL4. The contract with the arena located in Budapest 170,000+ fans visited the venue of all previous lasts until 2024. editions - the Budapest Papp Laszlo Sportarena.

60 All-time stats

ALL-TIME EHF FINAL4 STATISTICS

All-time ranking DELO EHF FINAL4: 1. Györi Audi ETO KC HUN 10 9 0 1 269:238 +31 18:2 2. HC Vardar SCBT 10 5 0 5 269:271 -2 10:10 3. CSM Bucuresti ROU 6 4 0 2 166:161 +5 8:4 4. Buducnost MNE 8 3 0 5 184:189 -5 6:10 5. Larvik NOR 2 1 0 1 53:48 +5 2:2 6. Vipers Kristiansand NOR 2 1 0 1 53:61 -8 2:2 7. Rostov-Don 4 1 0 3 100:106 -6 2:6 8. Metz Handball FRA 2 0 0 2 55:58 -3 0:4 9. FC Midtjylland DEN 2 0 0 2 57:63 -6 0:4 10. Dinamo-Sinara RUS 2 0 0 2 48:59 -11 0:4

Matches Played DELO EHF FINAL4 (8 and more) Amandine Suzanne Monique Leynaud (Vardar, Györi) 11 Eduarda Idalina Amorim Taleska (Györi) 10 Katarina Bulatovic (Györi, Buducnost, Rostov) 10 Dragana Cvijic (Buducnost, Vardar) 10 Anita Görbicz (Györi) 10 Cornelia Nycke Groot (Midtjylland, Györi) 10 Tatiana Khmyrova (Vardar) 10 Andrea Klikovac (Vardar) 10 Andrea Lekic (Vardar) 10 Majda Mehmedovic (Buducnost, Bucuresti) 10 Cristina Georgiana Neagu (Buducnost, Bucuresti) 10 Jovanka Radicevic (Vardar) 10 Inna Suslina (Vardar) 10 Kinga Achruk [Byzdra] (Buducnost) 8 Anja Althaus (Vardar, Györi) 8 Marta Batinovic [Zderic] (Buducnost) 8 Bernadett Bodi [Bognar] (Györi) 8 Mayssa Raquel De Oliveira Pessoa (Bucuresti, Vardar, Rostov) 8 Siraba Dembele (Vardar, Rostov) 8 Kari Aalvik Grimsbø (Györi) 8 Eva Kiss (Györi) 8 Barbara Lazovic [Varlec] (Vardar) 8 Nora Mørk (Larvik, Györi) 8 Biljana Novovic [Pavicevic] (Buducnost] 8 Andrea Penezic (Vardar) 8

61 All-time stats ALL-TIME EHF FINAL4 STATISTICS

Topscorers DELO EHF FINAL4 (15 goals and more) Games Played, Goals Cornelia Nycke Groot (Midtjylland, Györi) 10 57 Cristina Georgiana Neagu (Buducnost, Bucuresti) 10 56 Anita Görbicz (Györi) 10 52 Andrea Lekic (Vardar) 10 47 Eduarda Idalina Amorim Taleska (Györi) 10 45 Andrea Penezic (Vardar) 8 42 Katarina Bulatovic (Györi, Buducnost, Rostov) 10 42 Jovanka Radicevic (Vardar) 10 40 Isabelle Gulldén (Bucuresti) 6 39 Majda Mehmedovic (Buducnost, Bucuresti) 10 29 Linn Jorum Sulland (Larvik, Györi, Kristiansand) 6 23 Nora Mørk (Larvik, Györi) 8 22 Bernadett Bodi [Bognar] (Györi) 8 21 Dragana Cvijic (Buducnost, Vardar) 10 20 Heidi Loke (Györi) 4 19 (Bucuresti, Metz) 6 18 Radmila Petrovic (Buducnost) 6 18 Siraba Dembele (Vardar, Rostov) 8 18 Oana Andreea Manea (Bucuresti) 6 17 Alexandra Lacrabere (Vardar) 4 16 Milena Raicevic [Knezevic] (Buducnost) 5 16 Barbara Lazovic [Varlec] (Vardar) 8 16 Grace Zaadi Deuna (Metz) 2 15 Line Anna Ryborg Jörgensen (Midtjylland, Bucuresti) 6 15

Most penalty minutes DELO EHF FINAL4 (Games Played, PIM): Eduarda Idalina Amorim Taleska (Györi) 10 28’ (D) Dragana Cvijic (Buducnost, Vardar) 10 22’ (Györi) 6 12’ Cornelia Nycke Groot (Midtjylland, Györi) 10 12’ (D) Zsuzsanna Tomori (Györi) 4 10’ (D) Kinga Achruk [Byzdra] (Buducnost) 8 10’ Anja Althaus (Vardar, Györi) 8 10’ Andrea Klikovac (Vardar) 10 10’ Evgeniya Petrova (Dinamo-Sinara) 2 8’ Kseniya Makeeva (Rostov) 4 8’ (D) Milena Raicevic [Knezevic] (Buducnost) 5 8’ Andrea Canadija [Covic] (Vardar) 6 8’ Siraba Dembele (Vardar, Rostov) 8 8’ Katarina Bulatovic (Györi, Buducnost, Rostov) 10 8’

Most Goals in one game DELO EHF FINAL4: Isabelle Gulldén 15 08.05.2016 CSM Bucuresti-Györi Audi ETO KC 29:26 Cornelia Nycke Groot 11 04.05.2014 WHC Vardar SCBT-FC Midtjylland 34:31 Nora Mørk 10 10.05.2015 Larvik-Buducnost 22:26 Linn Jorum Sulland 10 12.05.2019 Metz Handball-Vipers Kristiansand 30:31 Cornelia Nycke Groot 9 03.05.2014 Györi Audi ETO KC-FC Midtjylland 29:26 Linn-K. Koren Riegelhuth 9 09.05.2015 Larvik-Dinamo-Sinara 31:22 Andrea Penezic 9 10.05.2015 Dinamo-Sinara-WHC Vardar SCBT 26:28 Anita Görbicz 9 06.05.2017 Buducnost-Györi Audi ETO KC 20:26 Isabelle Gulldén 9 07.05.2017 Buducnost-CSM Bucuresti 20:26 Cornelia Nycke Groot 9 13.05.2018 Györi Audi ETO KC-HC Vardar 27:26 Grace Zaadi Deuna 9 11.05.2019 Metz Handball-Rostov-Don 25:27

62 All-time stats

ALL-TIME EHF FINAL4 STATISTICS

Most goals in EHF Champions League Final (10 goals and more): Natalia Morskova 17 03.05.1997 Mar Valencia-Viborg HK 35:26 Isabelle Gulldén 15 08.05.2016 CSM Bucuresti-Györi Audi ETO KC 29:26 14 19.05.2000 Hypo Niederösterreich-Kometal DP Skopje 32:23 Bojana Popovic 14 05.05.2012 Györi AUDI ETO KC-Buducnost 29:27 Bojana Popovic 13 13.05.2007 HC ‘Lada Togliatti’-Slagelse DT 29:29

Most participations at DELO EHF FINAL4 (including this year): 6 Györi Audi ETO KC 5 HC Vardar 4 Buducnost 3 CSM Bucuresti 2 Rostov-Don 2 Vipers Kristiansand 1 FC Midtjylland 1 Larvik 1 Dinamo-Sinara 1 Metz Handball 1 Brest Bretagne Handball 1 CSKA

Most goals in one match at DELO EHF FINAL4: 38 HC Vardar 06.05.2017 CSM Bucuresti-HC Vardar 33:38

Most goals in one match both teams at DELO EHF FINAL4: 71 06.05.2017 CSM Bucuresti-HC Vardar 33:38

Least goals in one match at DELO EHF FINAL4: 17 WHC Vardar SCBT 09.05.2015 WHC Vardar SCBT-Buducnost 17:27

WHC Vardar and Buducnost scored both 16 goals on 3 May 2014 in the regular playing time of the Semi-final game WHC Vardar SCBT-Buducnost 20:22 (6:11, 16:16)

Least goals in one match both teams at DELO EHF FINAL4: 41 07.05.2016 Buducnost-Györi Audi ETO KC 20:21

Biggest win at DELO EHF FINAL4: +10 Buducnost 09.05.2015 WHC Vardar SCBT-Buducnost 17:27

Most goals at half-time at DELO EHF FINAL4: 21 HC Vardar 06.05.2017 CSM Bucuresti-HC Vardar (13:21)

Most goals at half-time both teams at DELO EHF FINAL4: 34 06.05.2017 CSM Bucuresti-HC Vardar (13:21)

Least goals at half-time at DELO EHF FINAL4: 6 WHC Vardar SCBT 03.05.2014 WHC Vardar SCBT-Buducnost (6:11)

Least goals at half-time both teams at DELO EHF FINAL4: 17 03.05.2014 WHC Vardar SCBT-Buducnost (6:11)

Biggest gap at half-time at DELO EHF FINAL4: +10 Györi Audi ETO KC 11.05.2019 Vipers Kristiansand-Györi Audi ETO KC (8:18)

Biggest change from half-time score to full-time score at DELO EHF FINAL4: 4 08.05.2016 HC Vardar-Buducnost 30:28 (14:16)

63 All-time stats

ALL-TIME EHF FINAL4 STATISTICS Most penalty minutes at DELO EHF FINAL4: 16’ Buducnost 03.05.2014 WHC Vardar SCBT-Buducnost 20:22 16’ WHC Vardar SCBT 04.05.2014 WHC Vardar SCBT-FC Midtjylland 34:31 Most penalty minutes both teams at DELO EHF FINAL4: 26’ 12.05.2019 Rostov-Don-Györi Audi ETO KC 24:25 Least penalty minutes at DELO EHF FINAL4: 0 Metz Handball 12.05.2019 Metz Handball-Vipers Kristiansand 30:31 Least penalty minutes both teams at DELO EHF FINAL4: 8’ 09.05.2015 WHC Vardar SCBT-Buducnost 17:27 8’ 12.05.2019 Metz Handball-Vipers Kristiansand 30:31 Most 7m throws at DELO EHF FINAL 4: 12 CSM Bucuresti 08.05.2016 CSM Bucuresti-Györi Audi ETO KC 29:26 Most 7m throws both teams at DELO EHF FINAL 4: 19 08.05.2016 CSM Bucuresti-Györi Audi ETO KC 29:26 Least 7m throws at DELO EHF FINAL 4: 1 Buducnost 04.05.2014 Buducnost-Györi Audi ETO KC 21:27 1 HC Vardar 08.05.2016 HC Vardar-Buducnost 30:28 1 Buducnost 07.05.2017 Buducnost-CSM Bucuresti 20:26 Least 7m throws both teams at DELO EHF FINAL 4: 3 04.05.2014 Buducnost-Györi Audi ETO KC 21:27 3 08.05.2016 HC Vardar-Buducnost 30:28 Most 7m throws scored at DELO EHF FINAL 4: 12 CSM Bucuresti 08.05.2016 CSM Bucuresti-Györi Audi ETO KC 29:26 Most 7m throws scored both teams at DELO EHF FINAL 4: 17 08.05.2016 CSM Bucuresti-Györi Audi ETO KC 29:26 Least 7m throws scored at DELO EHF FINAL 4: 0 HC Vardar 06.05.2017 CSM Bucuresti-HC Vardar 33:38 Least 7m throws scored both teams at DELO EHF FINAL 4: 3 04.05.2014 Buducnost-Györi Audi ETO KC 21:27 3 10.05.2015 Dinamo-Sinara-WHC Vardar SCBT 26:28 3 08.05.2016 HC Vardar-Buducnost 30:28

Disqualifications at DELO EHF FINAL4: Aniko Kovacsics (Györi Audi ETO KC) 04.05.2014 Buducnost-Györi Audi ETO KC 21:27 Olga Akopian (Dinamo-Sinara) 10.05.2015 Dinamo-Sinara-WHC Vardar SCBT 26:28 Zsuzsanna Tomori (Györi Audi ETO KC) 06.05.2017 Buducnost-Györi Audi ETO KC 20:26 Tatiana Khmyrova (HC Vardar) 06.05.2017 CSM Bucuresti-HC Vardar 33:38 Kseniya Makeeva (Rostov-Don) 11.05.2019 Metz Handball-Rostov-Don 25:27 Nycke Groot (Györi Audi ETO KC) 12.05.2019 Rostov-Don-Györi Audi ETO KC 24:25 Eduarda Amorum Taleska (Györi Audi ETO KC) 12.05.2019 Rostov-Don-Györi Audi ETO KC 24:25 Referees: Brkic/Jusufhodzic AUT 2016 SF2 Vranes/Wenninger AUT 2017 3/4 Jurinovic/Mrvica CRO 2015 SF2 2018 SF1 Christiansen/Hansen DEN 2016 3/4 2017 F Poulsen/Mortensen DEN 2015 SF1 Bonaventura/Bonaventura FRA 2014 F 2018 F Merz/Schilha GER 2019 3/4 Horváth/Marton HUN 2015 F Mitrovic/Kazanegra MNE 2018 3/4 Arntsen/Röen NOR 2014 SF1 2016 F Brehmer/Skowronek POL 2016 SF1 2019 F Florescu/Stoia ROU 2014 SF2 2018 SF2 Nastase/Stancu ROU 2017 SF1 Alpaidze/Berezkina RUS 2014 3/4 2017 SF2 2019 SF2 Brunovsky/Canda SVK 2015 3/4 Erdogan/Özdeniz TUR 2019 SF1

64 Both competitions get new winners’ trophy

NEW DESIGN FOR THE WINNERS’ TROPHY The new ultimate prize for Europe’s elite handball clubs has been revealed on the fringes of the start of 2020/21 season. One design has emerged from 27 submissions across 12 European nations to become the new EHF Champions League trophy.

With a new era of European handball on the horizon, EHF Marketing launched a public tender with the goal of finding the best possible new trophy design for the EHF Champions League. During this process, a total of 27 designs were received from companies and artists in 12 countries, making it a truly European competition. The new trophies have been created in accordance with the new brand guidelines. The winning agency was Sustain Awards by Oiko Design Office, a Spanish agency based in Barcelona, specialising in the design and production of environmentally responsible trophies.

The core idea of the trophy was to represent a goal as the main objective of the sport, to reflect the dynamic movement of a ball hitting the target and to transmit handball as a team sport by forming the net in the shape of a shield. The net itself symbolises the needed connection within a team - all for one and one for all.

For the first time, the design is the same for both men’s and women’s competitions and every element from the font to the logo fits the new competition identity. The materials of which the trophies consist of are aluminium cast (30% recycled aluminium) for the body and base, and recycled balls used for the sculptural ball which hits the net. A golden bath covers the trophies, making sure they are in line with the new brand image, giving them the premium touch that all trophies need. The sustainability of the materials has been a key element in the choice of the winning design. The trophies are each 80 cm high, 57 cm wide and weigh 10 kg.

65 Multiple winners

GYÖR DUO AIM FOR THE SIXTH TROPHY They were both part of all Champions League titles with Audi ETO Györ, now Eduarda Amorim Taleska and Anita Görbicz aim for the record number of six trophies in this competition in their last international match for Györ. Görbicz will end her career and take over a new function in the club, while Amorim Taleska will join Rostov.

Only Ausra Fridrikas and Bojana Popovic have won the EHF Champions League six times so far. The three Norwegians Katrine Lunde, Heidi Løke and Nora Mørk, all teammates at Vipers now, are below Amorim and Görbicz, with four trophies each - and might face them on Sunday in the final.

Multiple DELO EHF Women’s Champions League winners: Six titles with two clubs: Four titles with three clubs:

Ausra Fridrikas (Hypo 1993/94, Hypo 1994/95, Katarina Bulatovic (Slagelse 2006/07, Buducnost Hypo 1997/98, Hypo 1999/2000, Slagelse 2011/12, Györ 2013/14, Buducnost 2014/15) 2003/04, Slagelse 2004/05) Three titles with one club: Six titles with three clubs: Adrienn Orban (Györ 2012/13, Györ 2013/14, Bojana Popovic (Slagelse 2003/04, Slagelse Györ 2016/17) 2004/05, Slagelse 2006/07, Viborg 2008/09, Viborg 2009/10, Podgorica 2011/12) Chao Zhai (Viborg 2005/06, Viborg 2008/09, Viborg 2009/10) Five titles: Grit Jurack (Viborg 2005/06, Viborg 2008/09, Eduarda Amorim (Györ 2012/13, Györ 2013/14, Viborg 2009/10) Györ 2016/17, Györ 2017/18, Györ 2018/19) Lene Lund-Nielsen (Viborg 2005/06, Viborg Anita Görbicz (Györ 2012/13, Györ 2013/14, 2008/09, Viborg 2009/10) Györ 2016/17, Györ 2017/18, Györ 2018/19) (Viborg 2005/06, Viborg 2008/09, Four titles with one club: Viborg 2009/10)

Rima Sypkus (Hypo 1993/94, Hypo 1994/95, Louise Bager-Norgaard (Viborg 2005/06, Viborg Hypo 1997/98, Hypo 1999/2000) 2008/09, Viborg 2009/10)

Tanja Dshandshagava (Hypo 1993/94, Hypo Iris Morhammer (Hypo 1993/94, Hypo 1994/95, 1994/95, Hypo 1997/98, Hypo 1999/2000) Hypo 1999/2000)

Four titles with two clubs: Stanca Bozovic (Hypo 1994/95, Hypo 1997/98, Hypo 1999/2000) Katrine Lunde (Viborg 2008/09, Viborg 2009/10, Györ 2012/13, Györ 2013/14) (Slagelse 2003/04, Slagelse 2004/05, Slagelse 2006/07) Cristina Varzaru (Viborg 2005/06, Viborg 2008/09, Viborg 2009/10, Bucuresti 2015/16) Sara Afentaler (Györ 2016/17, Györ 2017/18, Györ 2018/19) Nora Mörk (Larvik 2010/11, Györ 2016/17; Györ 2017/18, Györ 2018/19) Bernadett Bodi (Györ 2016/17, Györ 2017/18, Györ 2018/19) Heidi Löke (Larvik 2010/11, Györ 2012/13, Györ 2013/14) Kari Grimsbö (Györ 2016/17, Györ 2017/18, Györ 2018/19) 66 Multiple winners

Nycke Groot (Györ 2016/17, Györ 2017/18, Janne Pedersen (Viborg 2008/09, Viborg Györ 2018/19) 2009/10)

Eva Kiss (Györ 2016/17, Györ 2017/18, Györ Kristine Lunde (Viborg 2008/09, Viborg 2018/19) 2009/10)

Jana Knedlikova (Györ 2016/17, Györ 2017/18, Monika Kovacsicz (Viborg 2008/09, Viborg Györ 2018/19) 2009/10)

Tamara Pal (Györ 2016/17, Györ 2017/18, Györ Nora Reiche (Viborg 2008/09, Viborg 2009/10) 2018/19) Anne Loft (Slagelse 2003/04, Slagelse Sidonia Puhalak (Györ 2016/17, Györ 2017/18, 2006/07) Györ 2018/19) Carmen Lungu (Slagelse 2004/05, Slagelse Zszuanna Tomori (Györ 2016/17, Györ 2006/07) 2017/18, Györ 2018/19) Line Hougaard (Slagelse 2004/05, Slagelse Three titles with two clubs: 2006/07)

Anja Freser (Krim 2000/01, Krim 2002/03, Rikke Schmidt (Slagelse 2003/04, Slagelse Slagelse 2003/04) 2004/05)

Luminita Hutupan (Dinu) (Krim 2000/01, Skopje Stina Madsen (Slagelse 2003/04, Slagelse 2001/02, Krim 2002/03) 2004/05)

Cecilie Leganger (Slagelse 2004/05, Slagelse Valentina Radulovic (Slagelse 2003/04, 2006/07, Larvik 2010/11) Slagelse 2004/05)

Maja Savic (Slagelse 2004/05, Slagelse Barbara Strass (Hypo 1993/94, Hypo 1994/95) 2006/07, Podgorica 2011/12) Beatrice Wagner (Hypo 1993/94, Hypo Anja Althaus (Viborg 2008/09, Viborg 2009/10, 1994/95) Györ 2017/18) Bozena Karkut (Hypo 1997/98, Hypo Two titles with one club: 1999/2000)

Agnieszka Matuszewska (Krim 2000/01, Krim Edit Matei (Hypo 1993/94, Hypo 1994/95) 2002/03) Laura Fritz (Hypo 1997/98, Hypo 1999/2000) Branka Mijatovic (Krim 2000/01, Krim 2002/03) Marianne Racz (Hypo 1993/94, Hypo 1994/95) Deja Doler (Krim 2000/01, Krim 2002/03) Mia Hermansson-Hogdahl (Hypo 1993/94, Natalia Derepasko (Krim 2000/01, Krim Hypo 1994/95) 2002/03) Renata Cieloch (Hypo 1997/98, Hypo Tatjana Oder (Krim 2000/01, Krim 2002/03) 1999/2000)

Gitte Aaen (Viborg 2008/09, Viborg 2009/10) Tanja Logvin (Hypo 1997/98, Hypo 1999/2000)

Heidi Astrup (Viborg 2005/06, Viborg 2009/10) Orsolya Herr (Györ 2012/13, Györ 2013/14)

Henriette Mikkelsen (Viborg 2008/09, Viborg Agnes Hornyak (Györ 2012/13, Györ 2013/14) 2009/10) Dora Hornyak (Györ 2012/13, Györ 2013/14)

67 Current top scorers CURRENT TOP SCORERS

Rank Player Club Goals

1 Gros Ana (SLO) Brest Bretagne Handball (FRA) 118 2 Neagu Cristina (ROU) CSM Bucuresti (ROU) 115 3 Radicevic Jovanka (MNE) Buducnost (MNE) 94 4 Milosavljevic Dejana (CRO) HC Podravka Vegeta (CRO) 88 5 Abbingh Lois (NED) Odense Håndbold (DEN) 84 118 goals 6 Kristiansen Veronica (NOR) Györi Audi ETO KC (HUN) 83 7 Nze Minko Estelle (FRA) Györi Audi ETO KC (HUN) 79 Ana Gros Brest Bretagne Handball 8 Tranborg Mette (DEN) Team Esbjerg (DEN) 77 9 Oftedal Stine (NOR) Györi Audi ETO KC (HUN) 76 10 Managarova Iuliia (RUS) Rostov-Don (RUS) 71 11 Pineau Allison (FRA) Buducnost (MNE) 70 12 Malestein Antje (NED) FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria (HUN) 69 13 Klujber Katrin (HUN) FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria (HUN) 68 Lazovic Barbara (SLO) CSM Bucuresti (ROU) 68 15 Da Silva Vieira Samara (BRA) RK Krim Mercator (SLO) 67 Ilina Ekaterina (RUS) CSKA (RUS) 67 17 Lukács Viktória (HUN) Györi Audi ETO KC (HUN) 66 Reistad Henny (NOR) Vipers Kristiansand (NOR) 66 19 Mørk Nora (NOR) Vipers Kristiansand (NOR) 65 Sercien Ugolin Oceane (FRA) RK Krim Mercator (SLO) 65

68 All-time club standings 1993-2021

ALL-TIME CLUB STANDINGS 1993-2021

TR Name of the club MP W D L GF:FA GD P NP %

1 Györi Audi ETO KC HUN 234 175 19 40 6762:5735 +1027 369:99 (17) 78,85%

2 Buducnost MNE 276 149 24 103 7299:6982 +317 322:230 (25) 58,33%

3 RK Krim Mercator SLO 266 119 17 130 7057:7140 -83 255:277 (25) 47,93%

4 Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 198 124 5 69 5285:5002 +283 252:144* (23) 63,64%

5 Larvik HK NOR 202 115 10 77 5424:5072 +352 240:164 (20) 59,41%

6 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria HUN 188 96 14 78 5179:5058 +121 206:170 (19) 54,79%

7 Viborg HK DEN 164 87 12 65 4565:4323 +242 186:142 (17) 56,71%

8 SCM Ramnicu Valcea ROU 146 72 9 65 3769:3688 +81 153:139 (13) 52,40%

9 Metz Handball FRA 140 66 11 63 3641:3562 +79 143:137 (14) 51,07%

10 HC Vardar MKD 78 55 6 17 2272:1959 +313 116:40 (5) 74,36%

11 Rostov-Don RUS 82 55 6 21 2208:1987 +221 116:48 (6) 70,73%

12 HC Podravka Vegeta CRO 152 54 8 90 3797:4127 -330 116:188 (21) 38,16%

13 CSM Bucuresti ROU 92 53 6 33 2448:2278 +170 112:72 (6) 60,87%

14 CBM Astroc Sagunto ESP 100 52 3 45 2658:2582 +76 107:93 (12) 53,50%

15 FC Midtjylland DEN 110 48 8 54 2794:2828 -34 104:116 (10) 47,27%

16 Kometal Gjorce Petrov MKD 98 47 6 45 2460:2410 +50 100:96 (12) 51,02%

17 Dinamo-Sinara RUS 94 38 9 47 2473:2520 -47 85:103 (11) 45,21%

18 Slagelse DT DEN 56 38 2 16 1514:1400 +114 78:34 (5) 69,64%

19 HC Lada RUS 62 33 2 27 1729:1737 -8 68:56 (7) 54,84%

20 Dunaferr NK HUN 52 29 4 19 1395:1285 +110 62:42 (6) 59,62%

21 Thüringer HC GER 86 25 7 54 2204:2360 -156 57:115 (8) 33,14%

22 Brest Bretagne Handball FRA 48 21 10 17 1347:1275 +72 52:44 (4) 54,17%

23 Vipers Kristiansand NOR 52 23 5 24 1383:1358 +25 51:53 (4) 49,04%

24 Zvezda Zvenigorod RUS 46 21 3 22 1294:1297 -3 45:47 (5) 48,91%

25 HC Leipzig GER 72 20 3 49 1792:2025 –233 43:101 (9) 29,86%

28 Team Esbjerg DEN 40 17 3 20 1085:1070 +15 37:43 (3) 46,25%

32 CSKA RUS 18 13 1 4 502:447 +55 27:9 (1) 75,00%

33 Odense Håndbold DEN 30 12 3 15 801:812 -11 27:33 (2) 45,00%

40 SG BBM Bietigheim GER 40 7 2 31 995:1176 -181 16:64 (4) 20,00%

49 BV Borussia 09 Dortmund GER 16 4 1 11 347:411 -64 9:23 (1) 28,13%

teams in bold = participating in DELO EHF Champions League 2020/21 TR - total ranking NP - number of participations incl. this season % = winning percentage * = Hypo Niederösterreich had one point deducted by official decision

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