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MEDIA INFORMATIONGUIDE 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 Handball 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 2 2 Title Partner Suppliers 1 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: Vipers Kristiansand 18:00 – 18:30: Brest Bretagne Handball 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 DELO EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2020/21 SEASON Updated playing system Group Phase Play-offs Quarter-finals EHF FINAL4 Draw required No draw required No draw required Draw required A B A1 B1 M1 A8 v B1 SEMI-FINALS A2 B2 M2 B8 v A1 M8 v M1 v A3 B3 M3 A7 v B2 v v v M7 M2 10 A4 B4 M4 B7 A2 16 8 4 3rd PLACE MATCH M5 A6 v B3 A5 B5 M6 v M3 v A6 B6 M6 B6 v A3 FINAL M5 v M4 A7 B7 M7 A5 v B4 v A8 B8 M8 B5 v A4 R1 – 12.- 13.09.2020 R8 – 14.- 15.11.2020 1st leg – 06.- 07.03.2021 1st leg – 03.- 04.04.2021 29.- 30.05.2021 R2 – 19.- 20.09.2020 R9 – 21.- 22.11.2020 R3 – 26.- 27.09.2020 R10 – 09.- 10.01.2021 2nd leg – 13.- 14.03.2021 2nd leg – 10.- 11.04.2021 R4 – 10.- 11.10.2020 R11 – 16.- 17.01.2021 R5 – 17.- 18.10.2020 R12 – 23.- 24.01.2021 R6 – 24.- 25.10.2020 R13 – 06.- 07.02.2021 R7 – 07.- 08.11.2020 R14 – 13.- 14.02.2021 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 Metz Handball, 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. Eduarda Amorim (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.