VCL Media Guide Qualification 13-14.Indd
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Table of contents Foreword – Jean Brihault 3 EHF/M media & club media contacts 4 VELUX EHF Champions League club map 5 Season overview diagram 6 Draw results overview – who quali es to which group 7 Quali cation 1 8 Quali cation Tournament 2 11 Quali cation Tournament 3 16 Quali cation Tournament 4 21 Wild Card 1 26 Wild Card 2 29 Wild Card 3 32 Important regulations 35 Past winners 36 Past top scorers 37 Last season’s top scorers 38 2 Foreword Welcome to the quali cation of the VELUX EHF Champions League 2013/14 As we stand on the eve of the qualifi cati on to the 2013/14 VELUX EHF Champions League, there is just one fi nal hurdle for twenty European teams vying for the fi nal seven spots in the group phase. From 21 August to 1 September 2013, the twenty teams will play a total of twenty matches in various constellati ons. In the Wild Card knockout matches there are a total of six teams vying for three places in the group phase – and the spotlight is on all of them: Montpellier Agglomerati on HB, winners of the EHF Champions League in 2003, takes on strong Polish side Orlen Wisla Płock. In FYR Macedonia and Hungary, HC Metalurg, quarter-fi nalists in the previous season, face Pick Szeged in what are prone to be two more than exciti ng matches. The sextet is completed by defending champions, HSV Hamburg, and Füchse Berlin – this all-German encounter at this very early stage of the competi ti on is set to be unforgett able! Once the winner of this match has been determined, Handball Esch of Luxembourg take on HK Drott Halmstad of Sweden in a Qualifi cati on Knockout Match on 24 August. The Centre sporti f Nati onal d’COQUE in Luxembourg will be the setti ng for the fi rst match; just one week later on 31 August, the venue will be Halmstad Arena, home of HK Drott . Both teams have been here before; Handball Esch will start in the qualifi cati on phase of the EHF Champions League for the third ti me in the history of the club, and for HK Drott , this will be its fourth parti cipati on; and both teams want to be the one to take the fi ft h spot in Group D. The main qualifi cati on weekend will then throw off on 31 August. Over two days the VELUX EHF Champions League will present twelve teams from across Europe drawn into three groups who will play for three specifi c spots in the Group Phase. For the teams, there is only one objecti ve and that is to be in fi rst place at the end; it is all or nothing. Playing for a spot in Group C are HC Dinamo Minsk, who made it the Last 16 in the previous season; TATRAN Prešov, Besiktas JK, and A.E.K. Athens, teams which have all parti cipated in EHF Champions League Qualifi cati on Tournaments in previous seasons. In tournament 3, RK Borac m:tel Banja Luka, RK Vojvodina, Alpla HC Hard and HC Motor Zaporozhye are the teams playing for a place in Group A. In this tournament group, the teams are relati vely new to the EHF Champions League, with two teams joining the qualifi cati on for the fi rst ti me, one team returning for its second qualifi cati on experience, and one team eager to get back to the group phase. In the last Qualifi cati on Tournament, the four teams playing for Group B are HCM Constanta, who have the most EHF Champions League experience of the group; FC Porto Vitalis, Elverum Handball Herrer, and HV KRAS/Volendam are looking to take their parti cipati on to the next level. To the fans, I welcome you all to the qualifi cati on events; get ready for exciti ng sporti ng entertainment! To the teams, I wish them all the very best of luck! Jean Brihault EHF President 3 EHF/M Media contacts Media matters TV and Radio Vlado Brindzak Akos Moczan Media and Communicati ons Media Manager European Handball Federati on EHF Marketi ng GmbH +43 1 80 151 161 +43 1 80 151 226 [email protected] moczan@ehfmarketi ng.com Clubs – Media contacts Quali cation 1 Quali cation Tournament 3 Quali cation Tournament 4 Wild Card KO Match 1 HK DROTT Halmstad Borac m:tel Banja Luka HCM Constanta SPR Wisła Płock Ole Hagström N/A Sorin Cealera Piotr Raczkowski +46-705-437-020 +387-51-212620 +40-722-293-344 +48-691-99881 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Handball Esch HC Motor Zaporozhye KRAS/Volendam Montpellier Agglomerati on HB Marc Fancelli Dmitriy Karpushchenko Matt hijs Vink Suzy Demonte +352-40-141-2467 +380-50-558-1181 +31-655-132-815 +33-499-610-358 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] suzy.demonte@montpellier- handball.com RK Vojvodina FC Porto Vitalis Quali cation Tournament 2 Nemanja Proti c Joana Moreira +381-63-10-66-013 +351 22 508 32 68 Wild Card KO Match 2 HC Dinamo Minsk [email protected] [email protected] Maxim Koshkalda Pick Szeged +375-296-477910 Alpla HC Hard Elverum HH Róbert Süli [email protected] Hansjörg Füssinger Erik Henriksen +36-30-682-8796 +43 664 342 82 12 +47-911-94-997 [email protected] Tatran Prešov [email protected] [email protected] Branko Benko HC Metalurg +421-911-620-435 Zoran Cvetanovski [email protected] +389-782-23505 [email protected] Besiktas JK Istanbul Berk Karahan +90-535-358-8747 Wild Card KO Match 3 [email protected] HSV Hamburg AEK Athens Oliver Junggeburth N/A +49-409-098-7679 +30-210-258-4583 [email protected] pressoffi [email protected] Füchse Berlin André Tzschaschel +49-172-318-8441 [email protected] 4 VELUX EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Elverum KIF Kolding HB Herrer, NOR Kobenhavn, DEN HK Drott Füchse Berlin, Season 2013/14 Halmstad, SWE GER Aalborg Handbold, DEN Teams qualified for the Group Phase St. Petersburg HC, RUS Teams participating in qualification THW Kiel, HC Dinamo matches GER Minsk, BLR SG Flensburg- Handewitt, GER Orlen Wisla Plock, POL HV KRAS Volendam, NDL HSV Hamburg, GER KS Vive Targi Kielce, POL VELUX EHF FINAL4 Host City Cologne, GER Tatran Presov, SVK 5 Dunkerque HB HC Motor G. Littoral, FRA Zaporozhye, UKR Rhein-Neckar Löwen, GER MKB Veszprem, HUN Handball ESCH, LUX Pick Szeged, HUN PSG Handball, FRA HCM Constanta, ROU FC Porto Vitalis, POR RK Vojvodina Novi Sad, SRB Wacker Thun, SUI Besiktas JK, Alpla HC Hard, TUR AUT HC Croatia O. Zagreb,CRO RK Borac m:tel Banja Luka, BIH F.C. Barcelona, RK Celje Pivo. HC Vardar Pro ESP Lasko, SLO Skopje, MKD Naturhouse Montpellier RK Gorenje A.E.K. Athens, HC Metalurg, La Rioja, ESP Agglom. HB, FRA Velenje, SLO GRE MKD VELUX EHF Champions League 2013/14 playing system Qualication Group Phase Last 16 Quarter-nals FINAL4 Tournaments Semi-nals 4 vs. 1 3 vs. 2 2 vs. 1 vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. vs. 6 3rd Place Match vs. vs. vs. Qualication/ vs. Wild Card Matches vs. vs. Final Home Matches 5 1 1 vs. vs. Total Matches 10 2 2 vs. Season 2013/14 playing dates Qualication Tournaments Group Phase Last 16 Quarter-nals FINAL4 31.08. - 01.09.2013 18. - 22.09.2013 20. - 24.11.2013 rst leg rst leg 31.05 /1.06.2014 25. - 29.09.2013 27.11 - 01.12.2013 19.03. - 23.03.2014 16.04. - 20.04.2014 Qualication 09. - 13.10.2013 05. - 09.02.2014 and Wild Card Matches 16. - 20.10.2013 12. - 16.02.2014 second leg second leg 13. - 17.11.2013 19. - 23.02.2014 26.03. - 30.03.2014 23.04. - 27.04.2014 21.08. - 01.09.2013 Draw results overview – who quali es to which group Quali cation Group Phase Qualifi cati on Tournament 3 Group A Borac m:tel Banja Luka (BIH) MKB Veszprém KC (HUN) HC Motor Zaporozhye (UKR) HC Croati a Osiguranje Zagreb (CRO) RK Vojvodina (SRB) St. Petersburg (RUS) Alpla HC Hard (AUT) Rhein-Neckar Löwen (GER) Celje Pivovarna Laško (SLO) 1./3 QT Wild Card KO Match 1 Wisła Płock (POL) Group B MAHB Montpellier (FRA) THW Kiel (GER) KS Vive Targi Kielce (POL) Qualifi cati on Tournament 4 Winner WC 1 HCM Constanta (ROU) KIF Kolding København (DEN) KRAS/Volendam (NED) Dunkerque HB Grand Litt oral (FRA) FC Porto Vitalis (POR) 1./4 QT Elverum HH (NOR) Qualifi cati on Tournament 2 Group C Dinamo Minsk (BLR) FC Barcelona (ESP) A.E.K. Athens (GRE) PSG Handball (FRA) Tatran Prešov (SVK) HC Vardar PRO Skopje (MKD) Besiktas JK (TUR) Wacker Thun (SUI) 1./2 QT Wild Card KO Match 2 Winner WC 2 Pick Szeged (HUN) HC Metalurg (MKD) Qualifi cati on 1 – KO Matches Group D HK DROTT Halmstad (SWE) Aalborg Handball (DEN) Handball Esch (LUX) RK Gorenje Velenje (SLO) SG Flensburg-Handewitt (GER) Naturhouse La Rioja (ESP) Wild Card KO Match 3 Winner Q1 HSV Hamburg (GER) Winner WC 3 Füchse Berlin (GER) 7 Quali cation 1 – KO Matches Qualifi cati on 1 – KO Matches Group D HK DROTT Halmstad (SWE) Aalborg Handball (DEN) Handball Esch (LUX) RK Gorenje Velenje (SLO) SG Flensburg-Handewitt (GER) Naturhouse La Rioja (ESP) Winner Q1 Winner WC 3 Match schedule (all times local) Match schedule (all times local) 1st leg 2nd leg Saturday, 24 August 2013, 18:00 hrs Saturday, 31 August 2013, 16:00 hrs Handball Esch vs.