Media Guide Women’S EHF Champions League Season 2014/15 Qualification Tournaments Table of Contents
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Media Guide Women’s EHF Champions League Season 2014/15 Qualification Tournaments Table of contents Foreword 3 Media contacts - EHF/M, clubs contacts 4 Maps of participating clubs 5 Playing system diagram - stages and dates 6 Women’s EHF FINAL4 to stay in Budapest until 2016 8 Important regulations - extra-time and penalty throws 8 Draw overview - who qualifies to which group 9 Group 1 Preview, head-to-heads, venue information 10 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 11 HC Leipzig 14 BNTU BelAZ Minsk Region 17 SERCODAK Dalfsen 19 Group 2 Preview, head-to-heads, venue information 21 FC Midtjylland 22 Byasen Trondheim 25 HC Podravka Vegeta 28 WHC Radnicki Kragujevac 31 Past winners 33 2 Foreword Dear media representative, Welcome to a new season in the Women’s EHF Champions League and to the official media guide for qualification tournaments. In mid-September 2014, the eight matches that will determine the final fixtures of the 2014/15 Women’s EHF Champions League will throw-off in venues across Europe. The two qualification tournaments are the last hurdle standing between eight teams and the remaining two places in the second stage of the competition, the Main Round. With a new playing system this season, there is much excitement surrounding the two knockout events. For the teams, there is only one objective and that is to be in first place at the end of the weekend; for them, winning is everything. Playing for the final spot in Group A, the teams in Group 1 are Champions League tested veterans. FTC Rail Cargo Hungaria is back for their 15th season. Joining them is HC Leipzig of Germany and BNTU-BelAZ Minsk Reg. of Belarus; both teams have 27 Champions League seasons worth of experience combined. SERCODAK Dalfsen of the Netherlands is also a returning contender. However, with many Champions League rounds behind them, none of the teams in this group has ever won the title; will this be their lucky season? Group B awaits the winner of the qualification Group 2. Former Champions League finalists, FC Midtjylland of Denmark, will join the Norwegians from Byasen Trondheim, who are gearing up for their 12th participation in this elite competition. HC Podravka Vegeta hailing from Croatia is the only team in the qualification tournaments who has won the coveted trophy and have been part of Champions League for over 20 years. Finally, we welcome Women’s EHF Champions League debutants WHC Radnicki Kragujevac from Serbia. There are exciting matches ahead for all. We pride ourselves on our positive and cooperative relationship with the press and media and I am sure this will continue and develop in the future. Should you require any information, help or assistance during the course of the season, your first point of contact is the EHF Media and Communications Department based in our office in Vienna. They will be more than happy to assist you with any questions you might have. We look forward to working with you in the upcoming season! Jean Brihault EHF President 3 EHF/M Media contacts Media matters TV and Radio Vlado Brindzak Miguel Mateo Marcellan Media and Communications Media Manager European Handball Federation EHF Marketing GmbH +43 1 80 151 161 +43 1 80 151 224 [email protected] [email protected] Clubs – Media contacts Group 1 Group 2 FTC Rail Cargo Hungaria FC Midtjylland Andrea Pordán Torben Kolbaek +36 20 365 8263 +45 25 600080 [email protected] [email protected] HC Leipzig Byasen Trondheim Kay-Sven Hähner Mari Grande +49 172 1399882 +47 928 39 425 [email protected] [email protected] HC BNTU-BelAz Minsk HC Podravka Vegeta Artiom Hluboki Ljerka Vresk +375 29 681 86 25 +385 98 325 075 [email protected] [email protected] SERCODAK/Dalfsen ZRK Radnicki Kragujevac Rene Cloo Goran Stanisic +31 624 86 7951 +381 60 3388031 [email protected] [email protected] 4 HC Leipzig, Györi Audi WOMEN‘S EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE IK Sävehof, GER ETO KC, HUN SWE Season 2014/15 Byasen Teams in the Qualification Trondheim, NOR Teams directly seeded for Larvik HK, the Group Matches NOR Venue of the Women‘s EHF FINAL4 Viborg HK A/S, DEN BNTU BelAZ Minsk Reg., BLR FC Midtjylland, DEN MKS Selgros Lublin, POL SERCODAK Dalfsen, NED 5 Thüringer HC, Dinamo GER Sinara , RUS Metz Handball, HCM Baia Mare, FRA ROU WOMEN‘S EHF FINAL4 Hypo Host City Budapest, HUN Niederösterreich, AUT RK Krim Mercator, SLO FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria, HUN HC Lokomotiva Zagreb, CRO WHC Radnicki Kragujevac, SRB HC Podravka Buducnost, WHC Vardar Vegeta, CRO MNE SCBT, MKD Women’s EHF Champions League 2014/15 playing system Qualication Group Matches Main Round Quarter-nals FINAL4 Semi-nals 4 vs. 1 vs. 3 vs. 2 vs. rd vs. 3 Place Match vs. vs. 6 Final Home matches 3 3 1 Total matches 6 6 2 vs. Season 2014/15 playing dates Qualication Group Matches Main Round Quarter-nals FINAL4 8 teams 17. - 19.10.2014 30.01. - 01.02.2015 rst leg 09. / 10.05.2015 24. - 26.10.2014 06. - 08.02.2015 04. - 05.04.2015 2 tournaments with 31.10. - 02.11.2014 13. - 15.02.2015 semi-nals and nals 07. - 09.11.2014 27.02. - 01.03.2015 second leg 14. - 16.11.2014 06. - 08.03.2015 11. - 12.04.2015 20/21.09.2014 21. - 23.11.2014 13. - 15.03.2015 WOMEN'S EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2014/15 Qualification Tournaments Group Matches Main Round Quarterfinals FINAL4 Tournaments 4 groups with 4 teams 12 teams 8 teams 4 teams 17.‐19.10.2014 (1) 30.01‐01.02.2015 (1) 20./21.09.2014 24.‐26.10.2014 (2) 06.‐08.02.2015 (2) 03.‐05.04.2015 09./10.05.2015 tournaments 31.10.‐02.11.2014 (3) 13.‐15.02.2015 (3) first leg tournament played in semi finals 07.‐09.11.2014 (4) 27.02.‐01.03.2015 (4) and finals 14.‐16.11.2014 (5) 06.‐08.03.2015 (5) 10.‐12.04.2015 NATION 21.‐23.11.2014 (6) 13.‐15.03.2015 (6) second leg DRAWS: 26 June 2014 in Vienna 27 June 2014 in Vienna no draw no draw 14 April 2015 1 HUN 1 Györi Audi ETO KC 2 MNE 1 WHC Buducnost 3 NOR 1 Larvik HK 4 SLO 1 RK Krim Ljubljana 5 DEN 1 Viborg HK Quarterfinals group Round the 6 ROU 1 HCM Baia Mare of 7 GER 1 Thüringer HC each Main 8 RUS 1 Dinamo‐Sinara Volgograd League team 9 MKD 1 WHC Vardar SCBT from 10 FRA 1 Metz Handball League placed team 11 AUT 1 Hypo Niederösterreich 12 CRO 1 RK Lokomotiva‐Zagreb Champions 4th 13 SWE 1 IK Sävehof placed EHF and 14 POL 1 MKS Selgros Lublin Champions 3rd 15 HUN 2 FTC Rail Cargo Hungaria 3rd EHF 16 DEN 2 FC Midtjylland 2 and 2nd, 17 NOR 2 Byasen Trondheim WOMEN'S the 2nd of 1st, of 18 GER 2 HC Leipzig 1st, 19 CRO 2 HC Podravka Vegeta WOMEN'S Qualification 20 BLR 1 HC BNTU‐BELAz Minsk tournaments Winners Winners 21 NED 1 Sercodak/Dalfsen 4 22 SRB 1 ZRK Radnicki Kragujevac 2 groups with 4 teams 4th placed teams of CL Qualification Tournaments go to the Cup Winners' Cup Rd 2, 2nd and 3rd placed teams of CL Qualification Tournaments go to the Cup Winners' Cup Rd 3 status: 23.06.2014 Women’s EHF FINAL4 goes to Budapest until 2016 Following its successful premiere in Budapest last year, the Women’s EHF FINAL4 will stay for another two years in the Hungarian capital the EHF Executive Committee confirmed on Thursday 18 September, on the eve of the EHF Congress in Dublin. Hungarian side Györi Audi ETO KC won the competition in May 2014 in front of 10,000 frenetic fans and will now have the potential chance to defend their title on home soil, should they make it to the final weekend once again. The agreement which was reached with the Hungarian Handball Federation as organisers sees the event being played in Budapest’s Papp Laszlo Sportarena in 2015 and 2016. Last year marked the first time that the Women’s EHF Champions League culminated in a FINAL4 tournament. The men’s counterpart, the VELUX EHF FINAL4, has been taking place in Cologne’s 20,000-capacity LANXESS arena since 2010 with the current contract also running until the 2016 season. Important regulations Extra-time and penalty throws If a semi-final match or the final (place 1/2) ends in a draw, there will Rules for execution of penalty throws be a five minutes break followed by one extra time of 2 x 5 minutes, there will be a one minute half-time break at the half time for the Prior to penalty throwing, each team shall name five players eligible changeover of teams. If the placement match (place 3/4) ends in a to play at the end of the match by handing the referees a list of draw, there shall be no extra time, the match will be decided directly numbers. These players shall then take one throw each, alternating by penalty throws. with their opponents. Each team is free to determine the sequence in which throwers will take their throws. In the semi-finals and/or final (place 1/2), if there is no winner after the extra time, the match will be decided by penalty throws. The goalkeepers may be freely selected from the match report and exchanged in accordance with the Rules of the game.