OFFICIAL PROGRAMME EHF Champions League Men 2020/21

HBC NANTES vs BARÇA H Arena Oct 1st 2020 Nantes

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Foreword EHF President

Dear friends,

Welcome to the 2020/21 season of the EHF Champions League Men and the start of its new WE ARE era. As most of the sport competitions across the globe in the previous season, the EHF Champions League did not finish as we all hoped due to the Covid-19 outbreak. However, A TEAM FOR the EHF and EHF Marketing invested time during the break to prepare for the forthcoming season with the aim of developing the competition as the benchmark event in the indoor sports market. EUROPE The 28th season of the European top-flight in 2020/21 will open a new chapter, when the new partnership with Infront and DAZN comes into effect and, from the fans’ point of view, there are two major developments:

The EHF Champions League Men will be played in a new system with just 16 elite teams in two groups of eight, starting directly at the group phase played in a round-robin league format. There will be no qualification rounds or tournaments before. The top four teams in each group will then qualify directly for the quarter-finals with teams finishing in seventh and eighth place eliminated. The four remaining teams from each group (3rd-6th) will qualify for a play-off round, before progressing to the quarter-finals and then the EHF FINAL4.

In addition, from the start of this season, fans will have an ‘appointment to view’ each week, and with no overlap of men’s and women’s top competitions. EHF Champions League Men games will be played on Wednesday and Thursday evenings (18:45 and 20:45 CEST/CET), with the weekends set-aside for DELO EHF Champions League games. Nord Stream 2 is a European project that contributes to a secure energy supply for all After a long break, all 16 teams will be eager to be back playing at the highest level of European countries. Our excellence is the European handball with the beginning of an exciting journey with a brand-new winners’ result of effic ient cooperation among a large trophy as the prize at the competition’s conclusion. The line-up in both groups speak team of experts from more than 20 countries. volumes about the quality of all squads and, even though there might be some favourites Respect for the environment and team spirit and underdogs on the paper, this competition’s history has already proven many times that are at the core of our values, therefore we are surprising results can be expected on a daily basis. a proud partner of this sport and sponsorship. Official Partner of the Even in this difficult time with necessary restrictions on the events, we, together with clubs EHF Champions League Men and our partners, will make sure that the EHF Champions League Men will be seen, followed, heard and talked about as much as in the past years – if not even more. On behalf of the EHF and EHF Marketing I wish you many unforgettable and thrilling moments.

Yours in sport,

Michael Wiederer

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# NAME SURNAME YEAR HEIGHT (CM) WEIGHT (KG) POS. NATIONALITY SELECTION

Gonzalo 1991 190 93 GK Spanish Spain A # NAME SURNAME YEAR HEIGHT (CM) WEIGHT (KG) POS. NATIONALITY SELECTION 1 PEREZ DE VARGAS 6 MORTENSEN Casper 1989 190 93 LW Danish Denmark A 1 DUMOULIN Cyril 1984 200 100 GK French France A

9 ENTRERRÍOS © Raul 1981 195 89 CB Spanish Spain A 2 DAMATRIN Baptiste 2000 177 81 LW French France Junior

10 SORHAINDO Cédric 1984 192 110 LP French France A 3 BRIET Thibaud 1999 205 95 RB French

11 DOLENEC Jure 1988 191 95 RB Slovenian A 4 OVNIČEK Rok 1995 183 81 CB Slovenian Slovenia A

13 ARIÑO Aitor 1992 187 81 LW Spanish Spain A 5 MILIĆ Milan 1998 198 85 RB Serbian Serbia A

18 JANC Blaz 1996 187 87 RW Slovenian Slovenia A 6 NYOKAS Olivier 1986 187 86 LB French France A

19 N’GUESSAN Timothey 1992 196 105 LB French France A 7 RIVERA Valero 1985 186 83 LW Spanish Spain A

20 GOMEZ Aleix 1997 182 71 RW Spanish Spain A 8 CAVALCANTI Alexandre 1996 203 102 LB Portugese Portugal A

22 GONCALVES Thiagus Petrus 1991 195 100 LB Brasilian Brasil A 9 AUGUSTINUSSEN Sebastian 1996 192 93 RW Danish

24 MEM Dika 1997 194 90 RB French France A 10 PECHMALBEC Dragan 1996 194 94 LP French France A

25 CINDRIC Luka 1993 182 90 CB Croatian Croatia A 11 FIGUERAS Adrià 1988 193 95 LP Spanish Spain A

34 PALMARSSON Aron 1990 193 96 CB Icelandic Iceland A 13 FELIHO © Rock 1982 192 100 DEF French

35 MAKUC Domen 2000 188 82 CB Slovenian Slovenia A 14 BATAILLE Mathieu 1987 195 103 LP French

36 MØLLER Kevin 1989 200 103 GK Danish Denmark A 15 MINNE Aymeric 1997 186 76 CB French France Youth

37 LANGARO Haniel 1995 196 100 LB Brasilian Brasil A 16 NIELSEN Emil 1997 195 120 GB Danish Denmark A

72 FABREGAS Ludovic 1996 198 100 LP French France A 17 LAZAROV Kiril 1980 193 96 RB Macedonian Macedonia A

82 FRADE Luis 1998 194 115 LP Portugese Portugal A 18 GURBINDO Eduardo 1987 195 92 RB Spanish Spain A

19 BALAGUER David 1991 185 91 RW Spanish Spain A REFEREES BRUNNER Arthur / SALAH Morad DELEGUATE CONVERTS Klaus Dieter Club Partners

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