Men’s EHF Cup 2014/15 Quarter-finals Media Guide Table of contents Media contacts - EHF/M, clubs contacts 4 Map of participating clubs 5 2014/15 Playing system diagram - stages & dates 6 Important regulations - penalty throws 7 EHF Cup Finals Draw 7 EHF Cup Finals return to Berlin 8 Facts & Figures of the Group Phase 10 Quarter-final pairings Eskilstuna vs HSV Hamburg 11 Skjern Handbold vs MT Melsungen 18 Gorenje Velenje vs Team Tvis Holstebro 25 Group Phase top scorers 32 Past seasons’ winners 33 2 lighter = faster adizero Counterblast 7 New and improved: the adizero counterblast offers lightweight performance combined with ultimate stability. Surprise your competition with faster moves on a wider forefoot platform and with improved lateral stabilizers. Get your adizero counterblast here and now. www.adidashandball.com EHF/M Media contacts Media matters TV and Radio Vlado Brindzak Miguel Mateo Marcellán Media and Communications Media Manager European Handball EHF Marketing GmbH Federation +43 1 80 151 224 +43 1 80 151 161 [email protected] [email protected] Twitter: @ehfmedia Clubs – Media contacts Füchse Berlin Skjern Handbold Andre Tzschaschel Henning Kjaergaard Christensen +49 172 3188441 +45 20 669374 [email protected] [email protected] Team Tvis Holstebro MT Melsungen Tina Moller Bernd Kaiser +45 24 239039 +49 171 2737835 [email protected] [email protected] HSV Hamburg Eskilstuna Guif Michael Freitag Micke Danielsson +49 172 4001940 +46 16 511520 [email protected] [email protected] Gorenje Velenje Tanija Rednak +386 38986440 [email protected] 4 MEN‘S EHF CUP Haslum HK, Eskilstuna Season 2014/15 NOR Guif, SWE Team Tvis Holstebro, DEN Teams eliminated in the group phase Teams qualified for the quarter-finals St. Petersburg HC, RUS 2015 EHF Cup Finals host Skjern Handbold, DEN Füchse Berlin, GER HSV Hamburg, GER Balatonfüredi KSE, HUN MT Melsungen, GER HCM Constanta, ROU Futebol Clube do Porto, POR BM Fraikin HC Vojvodina Granollers, ESP Novi Sad, SRB Pfadi RK Nexe, Winterthur, SUI Gorenje Velenje, SLO CRO Men’s EHF Cup 2014/15 playing system Quali cation Round 1 Quali cation Round 3 Group Phase Quarter- nals EHF Cup Finals vs. vs. Semi-nals 2 vs. 1 vs. 17 vs.17 16 vs.16 vs. vs. 17 20 16 8 4 6 winners winners winners teams vs. winners 3rd Place Match vs. Quali cation Round 2 vs. vs. Final Home Matches 3 20 vs. 20 Away Matches 3 vs. Season 2014/15 playing dates Quali cation Round 1 Quali cation Round 3 Group Phase Quarter- nals EHF Cup Finals rst leg - 06/07.09.2014 rst leg 14/15.02.2015 07/08.03.2015 rst leg 16 /17.05.2015 second leg - 13/14.09.2014 22/23.11.2014 21/22.02.2015 14/15.03.2015 11/12.04.2015 28.02/1.03.2015 21/22.03.2015 Quali cation Round 2 second leg second leg rst leg - 11/12.10.2014 29/ 30.11. 2014 18/19.04.2015 second leg - 18/19.10.2014 Total number of matches: 166 Important regulations Scoring of the matches and ranking General The team taking the first penalty throw shall be determined by the referees by drawing lots. The team winning the draw may All matches of the Men’s EHF Cup shall be played in 2 x 30 choose whether it wishes to throw first or last. minutes with a half-time break of 10 minutes. The EHF reserves the right to extend the half-time break in special circumstances If the scores are equal after the first round of penalty throws, to 15 minutes. it shall be continued until a decision is reached. In the second round, the other team shall start. Again five players shall be Quarter-finals named who are eligible to play (the players named before may be named once again). If, after completion of the two matches, both clubs have won the same number of points (no extra time will be played), the In the second round, a decision is reached when a goal teams’ standings shall be determined by the following criteria: difference arises after both teams have taken one throw each. a) goal difference Eligible players are players entered in the match report that b) greater number of plus goals scored in away match have not been disqualified or suspended at the time of the final c) penalty throws whistle. Rules for execution of penalty throws Serious infractions committed during penalty throws shall be sanctioned by disqualification. If a thrower is disqualified Prior to the penalty throws, each team shall name five players or suffers an injury, an eligible substitute player shall be eligible to play at the end of the match by handing the referees supplementary named. a list of numbers. These players shall then take one throw each, alternating with their opponents. Each team is free to While the throws are being taken, only the player taking the determine the sequence in which throwers will take their throw, the current goalkeeper and the referees may enter the throws. respective half of the playing court. The goalkeepers may be freely selected from the match report If the number of eligible players falls below five, players may be and exchanged in accordance with the Rules of the Game. named to take a second throw in the same round. Goalkeepers may take throws and throwers may perform as goalkeepers. Find all the Men’s EHF Cup regulations on eurohandball.com The referees shall choose the goal at which throws are taken. EHF Cup Finals Draw The four winners of the quarter-finals will qualify for the EHF Cup Finals. The semi-finals draw of the 2015 EHF Cup Finals will take place just two days after the completion of the quarter-finals. The draw event will be hosted by Füchse Berlin on Tuesday, 21 April 2015 at 18:00 hrs local time in the Max-Schmeling Halle in Berlin. There will be no seeding in the draw and no protection from teams from the same country or the same group phase group. 7 EHF Cup Finals return to Berlin The EHF has confirmed that the third edition of the EHF Cup Bob Hanning, Managing Director of Füchse Berlin, is looking Finals, the final round of the Men’s EHF Cup competition, is to forward to the return of the EHF Cup Finals to Berlin: ”We are be played in the German capital Berlin for the second year in extremely proud that the EHF has placed its trust in us once succession. again and are looking forward to offering the handball world another great event. We are of course hoping to fare better Following a highly successful event in 2014, the German on court this year, though we first have to concentrate on the Bundesliga club Füchse Berlin will once again play host to the group phase.” two-day event on 16/17 May 2015. The Men’s EHF Cup Group Phase throws off on 11 February The contract was signed on the fringes of the final weekend 2015 and features 16 top men’s sides, playing in four groups of the Men’s IHF World Championship in Doha, Qatar by EHF for a place in the quarter-finals and ultimately for a place in the Secretary General, Michael Wiederer, EHF Marketing Managing EHF Cup Finals. Director, Peter Vargo, and Managing Director of Füchse Berlin, Bob Hanning. Website launched, tickets on sale The EHF Cup Finals feature the four top teams in the Men’s Just two days after the European Handball Federation (EHF) EHF Cup, competing over two days for the title with semi-finals had announced that the EHF Cup Finals will return to Berlin played on Saturday (16 May) and final matches on Sunday (17 for the 2015 edition, the tournament’s hosts Füchse Berlin May). launched the official website of the season ending event of the Men’s EHF Cup. Commenting on the awarding of the event, Michael Wiederer, EHF Secretary General, said: “Handball is not only about The www.berlinfinals.de website will provide fans and sporting performance, but also major events such as the EHF media with all essential information about the tournament Cup Finals. We’re pleased to see this event return to Berlin and throughout the group phase and quarter-final stages until the the opportunity that this offers us to once again showcase top four best teams of the competition meet in the German capital class handball in the German capital.” on 16/17 May 2015. Peter Vargo, Managing Director of EHF Marketing GmbH, said: Handball fans across Europe can also purchase their place at “We were extremely happy with the organisation of the EHF the high-profile event through the website. Cup Finals last season, and we are more than confident that Berlin will once again put together a highly attractive sporting The tickets, valid for all four matches, went on sale on Monday and entertainment event in May.” and are available in four categories for 49, 69, 99 and 129 euro. New logo revealed, poster released The logo presentation o the Men’s EHF Cup Finals is made up of two parts; the Men’s EHF Cup logo and the secondary ‘Finals’ logo (see left) which contains the date and place. These two logos can be used together on promotional material but never to be joined together into one logo. Füchse have also already launched a new campaign “Berlin Finals Calling” which will see the promotion of the event through posters all over the city, Berlin’s airports and advertising spots in cinemas.