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MEDIA INFORMATIONGUIDE DELO EHF CHAMPIONSFINAL4 2021 LEAGUE DRAW 2020/21 GROUP PHASE DRAW 27 June 2019, 18:00 hrs Erste Campus, Vienna 1 Title Partner Suppliers 1 2 3 Media contacts EHF/M MEDIA CONTACTS MEDIA MATTERS TV & RADIO MATTERS Vlado Brindzak Jelena Bagaric Miguel Mateo Marcellan Media and Communications Media and Communications Director of Media Operations European Handball Federation European Handball Federation EHF Marketing GmbH +43 1 80 151 161 +43 1 80 151 171 +43 1 80 151 224 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] CLUB MEDIA CONTACTS Vipers Kristiansand (NOR) Györi Audi ETO KC (HUN) Mette Ødegård Solevåg Tamás Szabo +4748 22 81 36 +36 20 505 63 07 [email protected] [email protected] Brest Bretagne Handball (FRA) CSKA (RUS) Nicolas Roué Nikita Kotov +33 662 3250 91 +79162626118 [email protected] [email protected] 4 5 DELO EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2020/21 SEASON Updated playing system Group Phase Play-offs Quarter-finals EHF FINAL4 Draw required No draw required No draw required Draw required A B A1 B1 M1 A8 v B1 SEMI-FINALS A2 B2 M2 B8 v A1 M8 v M1 v A3 B3 M3 A7 v B2 v M7 v M2 A4 B4 M4 B7 v A2 6 16 8 4 3rd PLACE MATCH M5 A6 v B3 A5 B5 M6 v M3 v A6 B6 M6 B6 v A3 FINAL M5 v M4 A7 B7 M7 A5 v B4 v A8 B8 M8 B5 v A4 R1 – 12.- 13.09.2020 R8 – 14.- 15.11.2020 1st leg – 06.- 07.03.2021 1st leg – 03.- 04.04.2021 29.- 30.05.2021 R2 – 19.- 20.09.2020 R9 – 21.- 22.11.2020 R3 – 26.- 27.09.2020 R10 – 09.- 10.01.2021 2nd leg – 13.- 14.03.2021 2nd leg – 10.- 11.04.2021 R4 – 10.- 11.10.2020 R11 – 16.- 17.01.2021 R5 – 17.- 18.10.2020 R12 – 23.- 24.01.2021 R6 – 24.- 25.10.2020 R13 – 06.- 07.02.2021 R7 – 07.- 08.11.2020 R14 – 13.- 14.02.2021 Preview DELO EHF FINAL4 LINEUP CONFIRMED With less than seven weeks to go until the DELO EHF FINAL4 in Budapest, the four participants were confirmed with the completion of the quarter-final last weekend. The quartet makes for an interesting blend, including two debutants (Brest and CSKA), one team competing for only the second time (Vipers), and the team that have dominated the competition in recent years (Györ). CSKA, playing in their first EHF Champions League season, came back from a five-goal defeat in the first leg to eliminate CSM Bucuresti on away goals, 51:51. Brest came victorious out of the all-French clash with Metz Handball, 60:50, following their decisive 10-goal win in the first leg. Vipers also did the job in the first leg, as they defeated 2019 finalists Rostov-Don by seven goals in the first part of their double-header in Russia and maintained that difference in the second leg, 57:50. And Györ were the only team to win both legs of the quarter-final, as they defeated Buducnost 54:40 on aggregate to book their place at the pinnacle event for their fifth participation in a total of six EHF FINAL4 events. 7 Preview SEMI-FINALS PAIRINGS TO BE DETERMINED IN BUDAPEST The DELO EHF Champions League 2020/21 started with 16 teams. Only four of them are still in the race for the title: Brest Bretagne Handball, CSKA, Györi Audi ETO KC, and Vipers Kristiansand. These four semi-finalists, who will be competing at the DELO EHF FINAL4 2021 on 29/30 May in Budapest, were confirmed in the decisive quarter-final matches last weekend. DELO EHF FINAL4 playing times confirmed The playing times for the DELO EHF FINAL4 2021 have not changed compared to previous editions of the marquee event in the Papp Lászlo Budapest Sportaréna: Saturday 29 May: semi-finals at 15:15 CEST and 18:00 CEST Sunday 30 May: 3/4 placement match at 15:15 CEST; final at 18:00 CEST The DELO EHF FINAL4 2021 draw will determine who will face who in the battle for places in the trophy match in Budapest. The draw will take place in the Sport TV studio in the Hungarian capital on Tuesday 13 April at 17:30 CEST. One player from each team will join the draw virtually: CSKA’s Chana Masson, Györi’s Kari Brattset Dale, Brest’s Sandra Toft, and Vipers’ Katrine Lunde. The draw will be streamed live on EHFTV, the EHF Champions League Facebook page and Home of Handball YouTube channel, with possible geo-blocking restrictions. TV stations across and outside Europe are broadcasting the draw live (see overview). The draw will also be covered with live tweets on the official Twitter channel, @ehfcl. TV stations broadcasting DELO EHF FINAL4 draw 8 Facts and figures GOALS, POINTS, RECORDS: STATS BEFORE THE DELO EHF FINAL4 2021 FACTS AND FIGURES: ALL THE NUMBERS YOU NEED TO KNOW AFTER THE QUARTER-FINAL Four matches are still ahead, 124 have been played: the DELO EHF Champions League 2020/21 has progressed to the semi-final. The 2 draw for the DELO EHF FINAL4 2021, including players can win the sixth CL title Györ, Vipers, Brest and CSKA, will take place of their careers: Anita Görbicz and on Tuesday 13 April at 17:30 CEST in Hungary. Eduarda Amorim (both Györ). Here are the main facts and figures: 0 times a nation has been represented by two 2 Vipers players can win their fifth CL title: Katrine teams at the women’s EHF FINAL4 (since 2014); Lunde and Nora Mørk, both have won at least two Russia missed the chance this year as Rostov lost titles with Györ. in the quarter-final. 3 of the 4 EHF FINAL4 participants advanced from group B (Györ, CSKA and Brest), one from 1 group A (Vipers). 3 different teams only have won the EHF FINAL4 time Györ failed to qualify (since 2014): Györ, Buducnost, and CSM. for the EHF FINAL4 – in 2015. 4 CSKA players were 2016 Olympic gold medallists with Russia: Anna Sedoykina, Marina Sudakova, Ekaterina Ilina and Darya Dmitrieva. 1 former CL winner is among the participants: Györ (2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019). 1 team arrives unbeaten at the EHF FINAL4: Györ won 12 times and had four draws in 16 matches 4 this season. former CL top scorers have qualified for the EHF FINAL4 2021: Heidi Løke and 1 coach has participated in the EHF FINAL4 with Linn Jorum Sulland (Vipers), two different teams: Vipers coach Ole Gustav Anita Görbicz (Györ), Isabelle Gulldén (Brest). Gjekstad, who previously took part with Larvik in 2015 and with Vipers in 2019. 1 team won both quarter-final legs: Györ. Vipers and Brest both had a draw in the second leg and 5 goals was the deficit CSKA made up in the CSKA lost in the first leg. second quarter-final leg against CSM; no other team that lost the first leg has made it through. 1 quarter-final match included 60 or more goals – Vipers vs Rostov 34:27, raising the total for the 6 times, including in 2021, Györ have been part of season to 25 matches with 60 or more goals. the EHF FINAL4, a record. 2 teams are EHF FINAL4 debutants: CSKA, Brest. 7 times, including in 2021, the Papp László 9 Facts and figures Aréna in Budapest have been the host to the EHF 32 points from 18 matches so far this CL season FINAL4. have been gained by Györ; followed by CSKA with 27 points, Brest with 24, and Vipers with 23. 9 nations have won the CL: Hungary (6 titles), Denmark (6), Austria (4), Montenergo (2), Croatia 40 is the lowest number of goals scored in total (1), Spain (1), Slovenia (2), North Macedonia (1), by a team in both quarter-final legs, by Buducnost Russia (1), Norway (1), Romania (1). against Györ. 41 is the lowest amount of goals in a CL match this season, when Buducnost beat FTC 22:19 10 in a play-off tie; followed by 43 at CSKA vs CSM (24:19) in the quarter-final. players who won the CL multiple times are part of the EHF FINAL4 2021: six from Györ, four from Vipers. 55 matches in a row is the current 11 goals marked the biggest winning margin in a unbeaten streak from Györ in the CL: quarter-final match, when Györ beat Buducnost 47 wins, 8 draws since a defeat 30:19. to CSM (28:22) in January 2018. 12 clubs from five nations have qualified for the EHF FINAL4 in the past and/or this year: Györ (6 60 is the highest number of goals scored by a times), Vardar (5), Buducnost (4), CSM (3), Rostov team over both quarter-final legs, by Brest against (2), Vipers (2), FC Midtjylland, Larvik, Volgograd, Metz; followed by Vipers’ 57, Györ’s 54 and Metz, CSKA and Brest (all 1). CSKA’s 51. 71 is the highest amount of goals in a single CL match this season, when Odense beat Vipers 15 36:35 in the play-offs. years in a row, Györ have reached at least the quarter-final; 13 times, 118 including in 2021, they advanced to the semi-final. goals in 18 matches give Brest’s Ana Gros the lead in the top scorer standings, ahead of CSM’s Cristina Neagu (115) and 15 is the highest number of goals scored by a Buducnost’s Jovanka Radicevic (94).