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Media Information VELUX EHF FINAL4 Draw Season 2015/16 The View, Cologne Tuesday, 3 May 2016, 12:00 VELUX EHF Champions League 2015/2016 OFFICIAL PROGRAMME Title sponsor Premium sponsor Regional Premium sponsor Partners VELUX EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SPONSORS Table of contents VELUX EHF FINAL4 information update 5 VELUX EHF FINAL4 media events 6 EHF/M Media contacts 6 Media accreditation for the VELUX EHF FINAL4 7 Participating teams’ media contacts 7 Map of participating clubs 8 Facts & Figures after quarter-finals 9 Road to the VELUX EHF FINAL4 - diagram 11 VELUX EHF FINAL4 draw information 12 Potential head-to-head stats 13 Paris Saint-Germain Handball 15 THW Kiel 18 MVM Veszprem 21 Vive Tauron Kielce 24 All-star team vote 27 Current top scorers 28 Past winners 29 3 VELUX EHF FINAL4 2016 28 / 29 May 2016 LANXESS arena Cologne @ehfcl und #EHFFINAL4 www.facebook.com/ehf.champions.league www.ehfFINAL4.com VELUX EHF FINAL4 Draw The View, Cologne, 3 May 2016 Playing Times confirmed #HelloCologne at the VELUX EHF FINAL4 The official playing times for the 2016 edition of the VELUX EHF Official hashtags for the 2015 event are #HelloCologne and #ehffinal4. FINAL4 have been confirmed. The matches will be played as in Join in the conversation in the run up to the event and follow us on previous years at 15:15 and 18:00 hrs on both Saturday and Sunday. Twitter, Facebook and Instagram - @EHFCL. The playing order of the semi-final matches will be confirmed only after the draw event. Official merchandising range launches Roughly 2,000 tickets available for four clubs The new official merchandising range for the VELUX EHF FINAL4 in Fans of the four teams qualified for the VELUX EHF FINAL4 each have Cologne will be launched together with leading high street retailer, 530 tickets reserved for them in across price categories 1-3. Tickets Jack & Jones at the VELUX EHF FINAL4 draw event. The draw for the will only be available to purchase direct from the club itself. VELUX EHF FINAL4 in Cologne on Tuesday, 3 May will also see the launch for the new clothing range, which will be available to fans to Tickets still available for Opening Party purchase on site at the LANXESS arena on 27, 28 and 29 May 2016. Thousands of fans will gather around the arena for the Opening Party on Friday night on 27 May. With up to 7,000 people and The new offering has been developed with the VELUX EHF Champions entertainment from local band ‘Bläck Fööss’, fans will also get the League premium sponsor Jack & Jones, the leading clothing and chance to meet their heroes, the players of the VELUX EHF FINAL4. fashion brand. Available to purchase exclusively at the LANXESS Also Rob Fowler and the band Luminize Hosts will perform at the arena during the VELUX EHF FINAL4 event, the range includes t-shirts, opening party. Anett Sattler, Edit Szalay and Markus Floth will present hoodies in both men’s and women’s styles as well as sports towels the show, which will culminate in a huge fireworks display. The merchandising range incorporates the key design elements of the VELUX EHF Champions League as well as the official event hashtag: Tickets are available at ehfFINAL4.com or via +49 (0)221 280 288 for #HelloCologne. €7.00 inclusive a free drink (€5.00 for kids). VELUX EHF FINAL4 App is back Unique fan engagement in opening shows Handball fans will once again be able to keep completely up-to-date Fans were encouraged to send their #HelloCologne greeting from with the latest news, results and video from the VELUX EHF FINAL4 anywhere in the world and it will be used in front of 19,750 fans App as it re-launches ahead of the final weekend. Fans will be able to before the 3/4 placement match on Sunday 29 May. Fans simply stream the event from their mobile device and follow all the latest recorded a video with #HelloCologne including where they were from video news from ehfTV.com. The App will be available for iOS and and favourite thing about the VELUX EHF FINAL4. The videos were Android. sent to the EHF Champions League Facebook page. As well as being included in the opening show and an interactive map (launched 20 Tickets sale to start for the VELUX EHF FINAL4 in 2017 April) alongside other fans, the most creative and entertaining entry The sale of tickets for the VELUX EHF FINAL4 in 2017 will start during has won two tickets for LANXESS arena on 28/29 May. the final weekend, from the ticket shop in the LANXESS arena. Online ticket sales will then begin on Monday, 30 May 2016. In 2015 a total Eurovision winner to take the stage at VELUX EHF FINAL4 of 8,000 tickets were sold during the final weekend to fans eager to This year’s entertainment programme at the VELUX EHF FINAL4 will secure their place in the LANXESS arena. reach a new dimension after EHF Marketing GmbH has revealed that Måns Zelmerlöw will take the stage at the world’s most prestigious All-star team to be announced during VELUX EHF FINAL4 event in club handball on the last weekend of May. Handball fans are busy voting for their star selection of Europe’s top-flight. The final selection will be announced during the VELUX EHF The Swedish pop star and the reigning Eurovision song contest winner FINAL4 in Cologne and fans have until Tuesday 24 May 2016 to make has chosen the LANXESS arena in Cologne to become the venue of his their selection. premiere performance on German soil. Play for Change returns as a charity partner The charitable foundation Play for Change teams up with the VELUX EHF FINAL4 organisers again as a charity partner of the event. Play for Change, an organisation set up to enhance the lives of children and young people around the world by providing access to sports and education, has already been present on the shirts of top EHF referees from the start of the 2014/15 season and made their premiere at the VELUX EHF FINAL4 last year. 5 Friday Media Events Afternoon Teaming training: first 15 mins open Various venues in Cologne to the media for filming/photos Afternoon Media call: each team with 5 Hotel RadissonBLU, players and coach/manager for Messe Kreisel 3 30 mins for interviews 18:00 Opening Party: all participating LANXESS arena teams & handball legends attending, trophy photo opportunities Saturday 15:15 Semi-final 1 LANXESS arena 15 minutes after match Post-match press conference: LANXESS arena Media Centre head coach and one player 18:00 Semi-final 2 LANXESS arena 15 minutes after match Post-match press conference: LANXESS arena Media Centre head coach and one player 20:00 Media Get Together Brewery, Cologne ‘Altstadt’ Sunday TBC Closing press conference LANXESS arena Media Centre 15:15 Match 3/4 Place LANXESS arena 15 minutes after match Post-match press conference: LANXESS arena Media Centre head coach and one player 18:00 Final LANXESS arena 15 minutes after winners’ ceremony Post-match press conference: LANXESS arena Media Centre head coach and one player Media Contacts All media and accreditation Vladislav Brindzak questions EHF Media and Communications – club competitions Tel: +43 1 80151 161 Email: [email protected] Media Management JJ Rowland Head of EHF Media and Communications Tel. +43 1 80151 167 Mob: +43 664 887 365 594 E-Mail: [email protected] TV/radio Management Miguel Mateo Marcellan EHF Marketing GmbH Tel: +43 1 80151 224 E-Mail: [email protected] Local Organisation Thomas Krämer Stadionwelt e-mail: [email protected] Tel.: +49 2232 577222 Mobile: +49 151 401 45 202 6 Friday, 27 May 2016 Opening Party 18.00 hrs. Infront of the LANXESS arena Presentation of the teams and autograph session VELUX EHF Pictures with the trophy Fulminant fireworks display FINAL4 2016 Liveacts: LANXESS Entrance fee: arena Cologne € 7,00 incl. drink 0,3 ltr. € 5,00 for kids and youngster (under 18 years) incl. drink 0,3 ltr. Tickets: via telephone, online or in the ticket shops of koelnticket.de, + 49 221 80 20, www.ehfFINAL4.com @ehfcl and #EHFFINAL4 7 www.facebook.com/ehf.champions.league www.ehfFINAL4.com Media Accreditation for the VELUX EHF FINAL4 With 15 weeks to go before the start of VELUX EHF FINAL4, the final Media accreditation is only open to professional media round of the VELUX EHF Champions League, the media accreditation representatives working at the event. Freelance media started. representatives may be asked to provide additional evidence of their work. There are limited places and it may not be possible to accept all The event will take place for the seventh time in the LANXESS arena, requests for accreditations. Cologne on 28/29 May 2016 and will see the continent’s top four teams battling it out over two days to lift the coveted VELUX EHF By applying for a media accreditation, media representatives also Champions League trophy. agree to the Media Terms and Conditions (EHF Events). Please read them carefully before making your application Journalists, photographers, TV and radio representatives can now submit their request for accreditation via an online form at Click here to enter the media accreditation page ehfFINAL4.com, the event’s official website. Requests can only be made online. Requests for media accreditation should be made by Friday 6 May 2016, almost one week after the completion of quarter-final matches. Clubs – Media contacts THW Kiel (GER) Paris Saint-Germain Handball (FRA) Christian Robohm Louise Cosnard +49 1635306300 +33 675 591 939 [email protected] [email protected] KS Vive Tauron Kielce (POL) MVM Veszprém (HUN) Sebastian Kozubek Zsolt Sevinger +48 505031244 +36 305024547 [email protected] [email protected]