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OFFICIAL PROGRAMME VELUX EHF Champions League 2018/2019 Title sponsor Premium sponsor Regional premium sponsors Partners Charity partner 1 2 TEAMWORK, FAIRNESS & RESPECT Nord Stream 2 is a European project that contributes to a secure energy supply for all European countries. Our excellence is the result of effi cient cooperation among a large team of experts from more than 20 countries. Respect for the environment and team spirit are at the core of our values, fuelling our delivery of a sustainable solution to help the EU meet future energy needs and achieve climate goals. powered by Proud supporter of the VELUX EHF Champions League ©EHF/Walch www.nord-stream2.com 3 Table of contents Table of contents Foreword 6 Media contacts 7 Map of participating clubs 8-9 Playing system diagram 10-11 Official informations 13 List of TV stations 15 MOTW - increasing engagement 16 VELUX EHF FINAL4 countdown/anniversary 18-19 VELUX EHF FINAL4 facts & figures 20 Important regulations 23 Facts & Figures 24-27 GROUP A Preview 30-31 Head-to-heads in the EC 32-35 HC Vadar 36-41 PGE Vive Kielce 42-47 Barça Lassa 48-53 HC Meshkov Brest 54-59 Telekom Veszprém HC 60-65 Montpellier HB 66-71 IFK Kristianstad 72-77 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 78-83 GROUP B Preview 84-85 Head-to-heads in the EC 86-89 Paris Saint-Germain Handball 90-95 MOL-Pick Szeged 96-101 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 102-107 Skjern Handbold 108-113 4 Table of contents HC PPD Zagreb 114-119 HC Motor Zaporozhye 120-125 RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko 126-131 HBC Nantes 132-137 GROUP C Preview 138-139 Head-to-heads in the EC 140-141 HC Metalurg 142-147 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 148-153 Sporting CP 154-159 Besiktas Mogaz HT 160-165 Chekhovskie Medvedi 166-171 Tatran Presov 172-177 GROUP D Preview 178-179 Head-to-heads in the EC 180 Orlen Wisla Plock 182-187 Abanca Ademar Leon 188-193 Elverum Handball 194-199 Wacker Thun 200-205 Dinamo Bucuresti 206-211 Riihimäen Cocks 212-217 HISTORY 20017/18 Top scorers 218 All-stars team 2017/18 219 Past winners 221 Timeline 222-223 Summary 224-227 All-time stats 228 All-time club standings 229 5 Foreword Foreword Dear handball friends, Welcome to a new season of the VELUX EHF Champions League and to the latest edition of the competition’s media guide. With extensive background information, key contacts and historical statistics in addition to team and player profiles, this is your essential guide to the 2018/19 group phase. Further updates and additional media information packs for each ‘Match of the Week’ will also be published throughout the season and will be available for download via the EHF Media Portal. Last season we celebrated the 25th anniversary of Europe’s premier club handball competition and 2018/19 marks another milestone in the competition’s history with the 10th edition of the VELUX EHF FINAL4 to be played in the LANXESS arena. There is a long road ahead of us, but the event promises to be something very special and we are already looking forward to welcoming media colleagues from around the world to Cologne on 1/2 June 2019. We finished the 2017/18 season on a real high, with Montpellier HB returning to the throne in stunning fashion after 15 long years of waiting. Their success underlines the strengths of the competition’s playing format, with just about any team capable of picking up that coveted trophy regardless of which group they start the competition in. Standing in Montpellier’s way this season in Group A is a formidable line-up of teams including the eight-time champions from Barça Lassa, the 2017 winners HC Vardar and the 2016 trophy holders PGE Vive Kielce. In Group B, the challenge is no less daunting with two previous winners of the EHF Champions League SG Flensburg-Handewitt and Celje Pivovarna Lasko competing alongside last season’s runners-up HBC Nantes and semi-finalists Paris Saint-Germain Handball as well as the brand new Hungarian champions MOL-PICK Szeged. Everything is wide open in Groups C/D as all of the 12 teams including eight national champions have a good chance of reaching the knock-out stages and following Montpellier’s example from the previous season. While Tatran Presov from Slovakia and Wacker Thun from Switzerland return to the VELUX EHF Champions League after some years, there is also a first for the competition with the addition of the Finnish champions Riihimäen Cocks to Europe’s elite. We pride ourselves at the EHF and EHF Marketing on our positive and cooperative relationship with our colleagues from the press and media and we are sure that this will continue to develop in the future. Should you require any information, help or assistance during the course of the season, please do not hesitate to get in contact with us at the EHF Office in Vienna, and we will be more than happy to assist you with any questions you might have. We look forward to working with you during the 2018/19 season! EHF Media & Communications Team 6 Media contacts 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 A Group B HC Vardar (MKD) PGE Vive Kielce (POL) Paris Saint-Germain MOL-Pick Szeged (HUN) Biljana Crvenkoska Magda Pluszewska Handball (FRA) Levente Juhasz +38971247214 +48 604 692 276 Matthieu Brelle-Andrade +36 70 543 0979 [email protected] m.pluszewska@ +33 6 52 53 74 13 levente.juhasz@pickhandball. kielcehandball.pl [email protected] hu Barça Lassa (ESP) HC Meshkov Brest (BLR) SG Flensburg-Handewitt (GER) Skjern Handbold (DEN) Pau Campana Aleksandr Kulbaka Isabel Hofmann Henning Kjaergaard Christensen +34 683 567251 +375 162 55 01 40 +49 4611609625 +45 20 669374 [email protected] [email protected] i.hofmann [email protected] sg-flensburg-handewitt.de Montpellier HB (FRA) HC PPD Zagreb (CRO) Telekom Veszprém HC (HUN) Suzy De Monte Goran Roknić HC Motor Zaporozhye (UKR) Zsolt Sevinger +33 499 610 358 +385 95 9999 334 Yuriy Chorny +36 305024547 s.demonte@ glasnogovornik@ +380 50 5946878 [email protected] montpellierhandball.com rk-zagreb.hr [email protected] IFK Kristianstad (SWE) Rhein-Neckar Löwen (GER) RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko (SLO) HBC Nantes (FRA) Sebastian Rosenberg Christopher Monz Miha Pantelic Kevin Morin +46 768 506651 +491744288849 +386 51 427 590 +33 664865046 sebastian.rosenberg@ monz@ [email protected] [email protected] ifkkristianstad.se rhein-neckar-loewen.de Group C Group D HC Metalurg (MKD) Bjerringbro-Silkeborg (DEN) Orlen Wisła Płock (POL) Abanca Ademar Leon (ESP) Zorica B. Molkoska Anne Kildegaard Tomasz Bauman Pablo Castro Alvarez +389 78 576785 +45 8668 0560 +48 882 975 087 +34 699 948 179 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Sporting CP (POR) Besiktas Mogaz (TUR) Elverum Handball (NOR) Wacker Thun (SUI) Andre Leitao Berk Karahan Kalle Bjørkman Marc Santschi +351 914665 572 +90 551 7075858 +47 904 77605 +41 79 310 25 12 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Chekhovskie Medvedi (RUS) Tatran Presov (SVK) Dinamo Bucuresti (ROU) Riihimäen Cocks (FIN) Olga Belysheva Richard Fech Alexandru Enciu Jari Viita +7 909 6391 839 +421 903 662 215 +40 754 929 106 +358 500 480744 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 7 SEASON 2018/19 SG Flensburg- Handewitt, GER Elverum Groups A+B teams NOR Groups C+D teams Bjerringbro- Silkeborg, DEN Skjern Handbold, DEN VELUX EHF FINAL4 Cologne, GER Rhein-Neckar Löwen, GER Paris Saint-Germain Handball, FRA HBC Nantes FRA Abanca Ademar Leon, ESP Sporting Lisbon, POR Montpellier Handball, FRA Barca Wacker RK Celje Pivovarna Lassa, ESP Thun, SUI Lasko, SLO IFK Kristianstad SWE powered by Orlen Wisla Plock, POL Riihimäen HC Meshkov Cocks, FIN Brest, BLR PGE Vive Kielce, POL Chekhovskie Medvedi, RUS Tatran Presov, SVK HC Motor Zaporozhye, UKR Telekom Veszprém HC, HUN MOL-Pick Szeged, HUN Dinamo Bucuresti, ROU Besiktas Mogaz, TUR HC Vardar MKD HC PPD HC Metalurg Zagreb, CRO MKD Last 16 FINAL4 Group Phase Quarter-finals A1 B1 Place 1 directly to Quarter-finals A2 B2 Place 2 - 6 to Last 16 A3 B3 A4 B4 A5 B5 A6 B6 M1 K1 A2 A7 B7 M2 K2 B2 6 M6 A1 4 winners winners FINAL A8 B8 M3 B6 A3 M5 B1 WINNER Group A&B (draw) 2 winners M4 A6 B3 M4 M1 C1 D1 K1 C2 D1 M5 B5 A4 M3 M2 Semi-finals C2 D2 (draw) K2 D2 C1 M6 A5 B4 (no draw) 3rd place C3 D3 match KO Matches (no draw) (no draw) C4 D4 C5 D5 C6 D6 Group C & D (draw) Season 2018/19 Group phase Last 16 Quarter-finals FINAL4 R1 12.-16.09.2018 R9 21.-25.11.2018 R2 19.-23.09.2018 R10 28.11.-02.12.2018 1st leg 1st leg 01.-02.06.2019 R3 26.-30.09.2018 R11 06.-10.02.2019 Group A&B only 20.-24.03.2019 24.-28.04.2019 R4 03.-07.10.2018 R12 13.-17.02.2019 Group A&B only R5 10.-14.10.2018 R13 20.-24.02.2019 Group A&B and 2nd leg 2nd leg R6 03.-04.11.2018 KO Group C&D 27.-31.03.2019 01.-05.05.2019 R7 07.-11.11.2018 R14 27.02.-02.03.2019 Group A&B and R8 14.-18.11.2018 KO Group C&D Last 16 FINAL4 Group Phase Quarter-finals powered by A1 B1 Place 1 directly to Quarter-finals A2 B2 Place 2 - 6 to Last 16 A3 B3 A4 B4 A5 B5 A6 B6 M1 K1 A2 A7 B7 M2 K2 B2 6 M6 A1 4 winners winners FINAL A8 B8 M3 B6 A3 M5 B1 WINNER Group A&B (draw) 2 winners M4 A6 B3 M4 M1 C1 D1 K1 C2 D1 M5 B5 A4 M3 M2 Semi-finals C2 D2 (draw) K2 D2 C1 M6 A5 B4 (no draw) 3rd place C3 D3 match KO Matches (no draw) (no draw) C4 D4 C5 D5 C6 D6 Group C & D (draw) Season 2018/19 Group phase Last