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SPORT REPORT 2015/16

A season of champions

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www.infrontsports.com Twitter @infrontsports EHF Sport Report 2016 From the President

Dear handball friends, As you read these lines and the following pages, the 2016/17 season will have left its starting blocks. Younger age category events such as the Men’s 20 EHF EURO in Denmark, the Men’s 18 EHF EURO in Croatia, the corresponding EHF Championships in Georgia, Lithuania and Bulgaria as well as the Women’s 18 European Open in Sweden have been played. Qualification tournaments for the VELUX EHF and the Women’s EHF Champions League will throw off soon. So the question is: What remains of the 2015/16 season, the season that only just passed, but on the other hand is already a part of the EHF’s rich history? While this question is impossible for me to answer for each of you individually, as you all probably have different memories – depending on your nationality or your allegiance to a certain club – I can tell you what I hope will remain. We have created an incredible amount of “I was there” moments over the past 12 months. Who would have thought that in January at the EHF EURO, Croatia would beat Poland by 14 goals to squeeze past the tournament hosts as well as past defending champions France and qualify for the semi-final? Not to mention that only a few days Jean Brihault later Germany, severely hit by several injuries to key players throughout the tournament, topped the podium. EHF President Who would have thought around the 45th minute in the final of the VELUX EHF Champions League that KS Vive Tauron Kielce could turn the game against MVM Veszprém around and even win? Who could have guessed that this final and also the final in the Women’s EHF Champions League would only be decided after penalties? In my eyes all these games have created an “I was there” moment. A moment in the mind of a fan, who watched the game live in the arena or on television, that will last for many years, maybe even forever. And it is these moments which are part of the reason that makes our sport so great! Where else other than in handball can these amazing turnarounds happen, where else other than in handball do we see so much tension packed into just 60 minutes? I hope that in the seasons and years to come we will witness many more matches like the ones just mentioned. But stop! This season was not just about the EHF EURO or the EHF Champions League. It was so much more, starting with the women’s younger age category events last summer all the way to the Women’s Trophy in March and the ebt Finals in May. And let us not forget the EHF’s European Cup competitions. For all of them we have created this Sport Report, covering the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016, which enables you to re-enjoy the highlights of the 2015/16 season. We hope that the memories of these thrilling handball months stay with you forever.

Contents

A season of champions 4 Hitting the beach 28 Men’s EHF EURO 2016 10 EHF Beach Handball Champions Cup 30 VELUX EHF Champions League 12 ebt Finals 31 Women’s EHF Champions League 14 Meet the All-stars 32 Let’s go clubbing 16 Season 2016/17 calendar 38 Men’s EHF Cup 18 EHF European Cups 20 Competition results 40 Handball – a passion that never stops 62 A summer of youth 22 W17 EHF EURO 24 W19 EHF EURO 25 European Youth Olympic Fesitval 26 Women’s Trophy 27

3 EHF Sport Report 2016 Germany win the EHF EURO 2016

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5 EHF Sport Report 2016 KS Vive Tauron Kielce win the VELUX EHF Champions League

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7 EHF Sport Report 2016 CSM Bucuresti win the Women’s EHF Champions League

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9 EHF Sport Report 2016 Top marks for hosts as Germany win gold

The EHF and its exclusive media and marketing partner, Infront Sports & Media, released record figures after the Men’s EHF EURO 2016

Expectations were high ahead of the Men’s EHF EURO 2016 in Poland in January as the country staged its first major international handball championship. The event and its host, the Polish Handball Federation, promised much and delivered in spades, receiving all-round praise for the organisation of the championship in the cities of Krakow, Katowice, Wroclaw and Gdansk. Europe’s top 16 national teams thrilled record number of spectators and TV viewers in a tournament that saw underdogs prevail and favourites, including the defending champions France, crumble. The title was ultimately to go to Germany, something which prior to the tournament few people would have predicted. Their win, the nation’s second in the history of the competition, was nothing short of a sensation, also back home in Germany where 13 million people followed the final match against Spain on television. Missing many of their top stars, the young German side grew as a team throughout the championship and was inspired by the outstanding performance of their goalkeeper, Andreas Wolff.

Spectator record in sport-loving Poland Speaking at the closing press conference, the EHF President, Jean Brihault, described the tournament as a resounding success, saying: “The EHF EURO 2016 has been the biggest and one of the best to date. In sport-loving Poland our event received huge support. This explains FACTS & FIGURES the new spectator record for an EHF EURO with over 400,000 spectators across all four venues.” The President of the Polish Handball Federation, Andrzej Krasnicki, said: “It has been a big success for Poland, for our sport and handball. We worked with fantastic people and had fantastic time. We want to thank all stakeholders including volunteers. We have one winner and the 1.65 billion 400,622 winner was handball.” global TV spectators audience Media coverage worldwide A huge global audience followed the action and the latest news live from #ehfeuro2016 Poland, with almost 1,200 media representatives on site and TV coverage by 75 TV stations in more than 165 countries and territories. 1 billion 60 million The official website ehf-euro.com broke all records with more than one impressions digital reach million visitors and 10 million page impressions and more than 1.5 million live streams were watched on the federation’s video platform, ehfTV.com. Social media also played an important role in the EHF’s coverage with content distributed across a wide range of social media channels. Fans could follow the event on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. In a sold-out TAURON Arena in Krakow the Germans defeated Spain 24:17 A Whatsapp service was introduced for the first time and the federation’s (10:6) to take the trophy and further extended the Spanish losing streak in team of mobile reporters were active throughout the event providing live EHF EURO finals, which includes losing to Sweden in 1996, Russia in 1998 coverage on a new Snapchat channel ehf_live. and France in 2006. With this win Germany received the jackpot, taking home not just the championship plate but also a direct ticket to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio and, together with Spain and third-placed Croatia, direct qualification to the World Championship in France in January 2017. See the full competition results on pages 40 and 41

10 EHF Sport Report 2016 Sporting sensations, great atmosphere

EHF Secretary General Michael Wiederer discusses what impressed him most at the EHF EURO 2016

EHF Secretary General, Michael Wiederer, provides his conclusions on the EHF: From a sporting viewpoint, do you agree that it was a ‘tournament Men’s EHF EURO 2016 from an organisational and sporting angle, as he of surprises?’ begins to look ahead to Croatia 2018. Michael Wiederer: To be honest, I did not expect those semi-finalists, except for Spain, as they belonged to the previous medal contenders. EHF: After two great weeks of handball in Poland, how do you rate the For the development and the promotion of handball, it is great that new cooperation of the EHF with the Polish Organising Committee? nations, or nations that had been out of the spotlight for several years, are on the stage and back in the focus. Michael Wiederer: The cooperation with the Polish organisers was very fruitful and demonstrated at the highest level. Both expectations The EURO has proved the depth of top European handball, not only by were satisfied. As well as the Polish OC, the EURO department from the looking upon the semi-finalists, but even those who missed the main European Handball Federation did a great job. The stakes are high for all round, such as Iceland or Slovenia, or those teams that missed the EURO upcoming EURO organisers. all-together. Therefore, the extension to 24 teams at the EURO 2020 is the right step for European handball. In general, a large number of nations have rejuvenated their squads and we have seen a lot of young EHF: Are you content with the number of spectators? faces at the EURO. Michael Wiederer: Overall, the 400,000 spectators exceeded all expectations from the EHF and the Organising Committee. It was not only EHF: What can future organisers and the EHF learn from the 2016 EURO the record number of fans which will last, but the great atmosphere in the in Poland? arenas that fans will remember. Michael Wiederer: We saw that it obviously makes sense to invest in Since Austria 2010, it is clearly recognisable that all measures to create a the arenas. It is an investment in comfort, satisfaction and atmosphere. memorable atmosphere has been achieved in all host countries. This time Which pays off for all groups, but mainly the spectators. The better the in Poland, it was not only the amazing atmosphere in Krakow, but the arena, the better the atmosphere. energy throughout the country, even in those matches without the Polish team in action, that will remain with the fans. Another really impressive conclusion of this EURO is the huge increase in TV interest across Europe. Only national teams can cause such numbers and it was really extraordinary.

EHF: Croatia is the next Men’s EURO organiser in 2018. What do you expect from them? Michael Wiederer: The 13th Men’s EURO will be the first tournament in history showcased by a nation which has also previously hosted. But times and things have changed completely since Croatia hosted the EURO 18 years ago. The next organiser knows what homework they need to do, mainly in terms of the venues, so their work begins now.

11 EHF Sport Report 2016 “You cannot compare the two titles”

Following the surprising EHF EURO 2016 gold medal he won with Germany, Vive Tauron Kielce right wing Tobias Reichmann also won – even less expected – the VELUX EHF Champions League at the end of May

At the EHF EURO 2016 in Poland, Tobias Reichmann was Germany’s top scorer and gained a nomination to the tournament’s All-star team. Four months later he was again at the very top of European handball when he won the VELUX EHF Champions League with Vive Tauron Kielce at the end of May. Reichmann scored nine times in the final and played a huge part in his team’s incredible comeback and eventual 39:38 win against MVM Veszprém after penalties. They had been trailing by nine goals with 15 minutes left on the clock during regular time. For the 28-year-old, who transferred to Kielce in 2014, it was his third EHF Champions League trophy. He had won the competition already with THW Kiel in 2010 and 2012.

EHF: Looking back at the final, what went through your mind when Kielce were trailing by nine with only 15 minutes left to play? Tobias Reichmann: We were out, we were down, we were beaten – and every ten seconds I looked at the scoreboard, hoping the match would end soon. But then we suddenly felt this momentum; it was not a single action, maybe Szmal’s two or three consecutive saves. From that moment on, everything was going the right way, and Veszprem were completely off path. We just kept rolling.

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FACTS & FIGURES

23 countries 850,000 15,864 34 teams spectators broadcast 204 matches live in the arenas hours

383 million 380,000 more than people watching social media 12,000 MINUTES on TV worldwide fans of exciting match action

EHF: Have you ever caught up from a deficit of nine goals in your handball career before? Tobias Reichmann: Yes, last season in the Champions League we were down by eleven at the start of the second half, but it was a group match without any significance, not a final against a team like Veszprém.

EHF: If someone on New Year’s Eve had told you that you would win the EHF EURO as well in the VELUX EHF Champions League in 2016, what would you have responded? Tobias Reichmann: That he or she must be completely crazy. I would have shaken my head and would have walked away.

EHF: When you compare the two, which title is the better one? Tobias Reichmann: You simply cannot compare them. A victory with the national team is different to a victory with your club. But what I know for sure is that both celebrations are historic.

EHF: What does this EHF Champions League title mean for Polish handball, in particular after the national team failed to reach the semi- finals at the EHF EURO? Tobias Reichmann: We all have shown and proven to everybody what we capable of achieving. A lot of people had said before that our team is too old and so on. Now we have produced the biggest ever result for Polish handball.

Sensational comeback for Kielce The VELUX EHF Champions League played its final weekend – the VELUX EHF FINAL4 – in Cologne’s LANXESS arena on 28/29 May, where a capacity crowd of 20,000 witnessed one of the sport’s biggest ever comebacks. With 45 minutes of the final played, Poland’s KS Vive Tauron Kielce were down and out, trailing by nine goals to MVM Veszprém and the trophy seemed to be on its way to Hungary. Then the impossible happened. Veszprém lost their rhythm and their confidence, scoring only once in the final 15 minutes of the second half. The Polish side equalised in the dying seconds of the match (29:29) to take the match to extra time (35:35) and then penalties, sensationally winning their first VELUX EHF Champions league title (39:38). In their first appearance at Cologne, French Champions Paris Saint-Germain See the full competition results on pages 42 and 43 Handball came third with a 29:27 (15:11) win against THW Kiel.

13 EHF Sport Report 2016 “This is the pinnacle of my career”

The MVP of the Women’s EHF FINAL4 2016, Jelena Grubisic, overcame injuries and a tough season to play a key role in CSM Bucuresti’s first European title win

CSM Bucuresti shook the world of women’s handball in May 2016 when “We’ve had a crazy season, and this a marvellous feeling. It looks like they lifted the elusive trophy at their maiden Women’s EHF FINAL4. we’ve surprised everyone – although I have to admit that we haven’t After Clara Woltering claimed the award playing for title winners surprised ourselves,” says the 29-year-old. “We have already won Buducnost in 2015, another magnificent goalkeeper was named MVP. trophies as a team, and our players are top class. However, everything With a staggering 20 saves in the semi-final and 18 in the final, CSM came together in these two days resulting in us showing the handball Bucuresti keeper Jelena Grubisic was the unsurpassable barrier as she world we’re able to play. CSM’s road to the trophy epitomises Grubisic’s wrote the final chapters of CSM’s fairy tale in Budapest. With a huge career, as the goalkeeper endured very difficult times due to recurring smile on her face, Grubisic fought emotions while reflecting on the injuries in past seasons. After her Women’s EHF FINAL4 performance, it is amazing season. clear Grubisic’s injury woes are well and truly gone.

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“I came to Bucharest in a difficult stage of my career; at a new club, recovering from a difficult injury. It took a lot of work, support and patience Champions in first season to overcome everything, and I owe it all to this team,” she says. “I did not Playing their first season among Europe’s top flight and with two- know how it would turn out, but our goalkeeping coach was extremely time Champions League winners Buducnost and Györi Audi ETO KC supportive and contributed a lot to my form this season. I’m the one to also competing at the Women’s EHF FINAL4 in Budapest on 7/8 May, take the individual award, but it actually belongs to the entire team.” Romania’s CSM Bucuresti were always going to be one of the least To complicate Grubisic’s individual challenges, the Romanian champions favoured teams going in to the event. However, the Romanians played took the hardest path to the FINAL4, having to overcome turmoil within two almost perfect matches in the city’s Papp László Sportaréna, the club and facing top contenders Rostov-Don in the quarter-finals, after beating HC Vardar in their semi-final 27:21 (14:9) and going on to finishing fourth in the group at the end of the main round. That was when beat Györi Audi ETO KC 29:26 (25:25, 22:22, 13:12) in the final in front everything changed for the newly-crowned champions, who defeated of 12,000 spectators. CSM provided both the tournament’s MVP, three-time FINAL4 participants HC Vardar and two-time EHF Champions goalkeeper Jelena Grubisic, and also the competition’s overall top League winners Györi Audi ETO KC to claim their first European title. scorer Isabelle Gulldén, who scored 15 goals in the final alone and 108 during the season. “This is truly a dream come true and a pinnacle of my career. I am overjoyed and thankful to everyone at the club for being able to be here and achieve this,” says Grubisic. See the full competition results on pages 44 and 45

FACTS & FIGURES

20 countries 250,000 4,528 25 teams spectators broadcast live in the arenas hours

184 million 103 people watching TV channels on TV worldwide

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Winners Frisch Auf Göppingen (GER)

Winners Dunaujvarosi KKA (HUN)

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Winners Team Tvis Holstebro (DEN)

Winners ABC/UMinho (POR)

Winners Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE (ESP)

17 EHF Sport Report 2016 Göppingen underline EHF Cup supremacy

Only three times in the past 20 years has a non-German club lifted the trophy in the Men’s EHF Cup – and in May 2016, again a German squad topped the podium

With a 32:26 win against HBC Nantes, Frisch Auf Göppingen became Only one weak half the latest German team to win the Men’s EHF Cup. They won in the final At half-time of Göppingen’s semi-final match against Chambery, not in May 2016, continuing an impressive streak that saw only three non- many believed the German team would go all the way, as they were German clubs lift the trophy over the past 20 years. For Göppingen, it was trailing by five goals with a score of 14:9. However, during the break, they the third time they won the competition after their back-to-back titles in regrouped and in the second half, Göppingen produced a performance 2011 and 2012. that was nothing short of full focus and passion. With their third trophy, Göppingen caught up to two Bundesliga rivals, Göppingen’s players were on a high after their incredible turnaround in THW Kiel and SC Magdeburg; the only other three-time victors in the EHF the semi-final match. Having been able to recover from a bad start to the Cup’s history. In addition, Göppingen claimed a place in the competition game had give the team a boost of confidence - and a confident squad was for the 2016/17 season. exactly what the 4,500 spectators in the Salle Sportive de la Trocardiere saw on the court for the final’s 60 minutes. The German team, without a true superstar in their ranks, played strongly in defence, counting on team spirit, rather than on individual strength to exploit the opponent’s mistakes. Zarko Sesum, later announced as the tournament’s MVP, and Adrian Pfahl were Göppingen’s key players in the decisive moments of the game. “To win here against the home team is madness, but I think that the turning point of our weekend came yesterday at half-time. We realised that we could not let this chance slip and that we had to end the weekend without regret,” said Sesum.

One top scorer One trophy eluded the German side though. In order to overtake Granollers’ Ferran Sole Sala, Göppingen’s Marcel Schiller would have had to score eight goals in the final. Unfortunately, Schiller only netted seven times, allowing the Fraikin BM Granollers player to be crowned top scorer with 70 goals scored from twelve games. “I’m very happy about it, especially when you see the list of the players I was competing with; it’s a great honour,” Sala said. The ten goals he scored in his team’s last match led them to take third place with a 25:21 win against Chambery Savoie Handball.

18 EHF Sport Report 2016 “The EHF Cup has found its own identity”

EHF President Jean Brihault discusses the growth of the Men’s EHF Cup Finals and how the event has changed since its inauguration in 2013

After its first visit in 2013, the EHF Cup Finals came back to Nantes this season and looking back, it can be said it was a success both in terms of on-court play and organisation. EHF President, Jean Brihault, noticed that clear progress has been made since the first event three years ago. “The organisation has been splendid. We are very happy about the great partnership we have with the club, HBC Nantes. Our method of working this year was a little bit different than from three years ago. Back then, it was the first time the EHF Cup Finals were organised and everyone had to learn the processes. Now, it has been more of cooperation between Nantes and the EHF,” he said. “The club makes suggestions and therefore, feels more involved. There has definitely been progress made since the first event in 2013.” Off the court, Jean Brihault was also pleased with the brand-new La Trocardière arena, where the event took place. “This is the kind of venue we were aiming for in the future. Nice surroundings, functional and with ease of use. Beaulieu was nice, but it was becoming outdated, while this new arena is the perfect place to hold the EHF Cup Finals.”

In fact, the EHF Cup system implemented in 2012/13 has been such a success that the Women’s EHF Cup and Cup Winners’ Cup will amalgamate into a single EHF Cup competition next season as well. “It felt natural for us to start experimenting with men’s handball, because the clubs are more evenly spread,” Brihault said. “The new competition has now found its own place on the handball landscape; it now has its own identity, its own place next to the VELUX EHF Champions League. Having seen its success, it now feels natural to apply the formula to the women’s competition.” After taking into consideration the organisational aspects, no one could ignore what was happening in the matches themselves. “Finals are rarely of a top technical level, but in terms of intensity and motivation, I think the level of play has increased annually. It seems like we almost have the EHF Cup on par with the Champions League; it is not a minor competition and we have the ambition to help it to further develop,” concluded Brihault.

See the full competition results on pages 46 and 47

19 EHF Sport Report 2016 Dunaujvaros end 17 years of hurt

Dunaujvarosi Kohasz Kezilabda Akademia won the last edition of the Women’s EHF Cup, before the competition will merge with the Cup Winners’ Cup beginning next season; a format already followed by the Men’s EHF Cup. With a 29:21 win at home against TuS Metzingen in the final, after the German team won the first leg 28:26, the Hungarian side left no doubt about who would eventually lift the trophy. During the return match in the Veszprém Arena, it took Dunaujvaros less than one half to catch up with the narrow deficit they had to chase after the first leg. At the break, the Hungarian side had already turned their shortfall into a two-goal cushion on aggregate, leading 18:14. Eventually, Dunaujvaros and their home fans celebrated the club’s fourth European title overall and the first in 17 years. In 1995, they had won the Cup Winners’ Cup, followed by the EHF Cup in 1998. One year later in 1999, Dunaujvarosi captured the most coveted trophy in club handball, the EHF Champions League. With 57 goals each, three players dominated this season’s ranking of top scorers: Metzingen’s Anna Lörper, Dunaujvarosi’s Krisztina Triscsuk and Florina Zamfir from Corona Brasov all shared the honour.

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Holstebro win third title in four years

Team Tvis Holstebro go down in history as the victors of the last edition of the Women’s Cup Winners’ Cup before the the competition merges with the EHF Cup in the 2016/17 season. The Danish side came from behind in the first leg of the final to beat HC Lada Togliatti at home (31:27). In the second leg, they won in Russia 30:25 to celebrate their third European Cup trophy in the past four years. Lada Togliatti had reasons to believe that their home court advantage in the first leg might help them to win the trophy and in the first quarter of the game, their game plan seemed to be accurate. The hosts forged ahead right from the start and even though Holstebro’s goalkeeper, Silje Solberg, made some great saves, Lada’s advantage gradually grew to six goals. The Danish side continued to weather the storm and then suddenly found the strength to take control of the match, resulting in their 31:27 win. Apart from the eventual winners, both games of the final had a common denominator: Holstebro’s Nathalie Hagman was the top scorer, scoring 10 goals in the first leg and 13 goals in the second leg. As a result, it did not come as a surprise that the unstoppable Swedish left back became the top scorer of the competition with 75 goals. In the past four years, Lada and Holstebro had been taking turns at the top of the EHF Cup podium. While Lada had won the title in even years (2012, 2014), the Danish side had done the same in odd years (2013, 2015). This year, when both teams met in the Cup Winners’ Cup Final, Holstebro broke with the ‘tradition’ and took the even-year title.

20 EHF Sport Report 2016 ABC/Uminho end season on a high

For the first time in the EHF’s history, the final of a European Cup competition had become an entirely Portuguese affair, when S.L. Benfica and ABC/UMinho faced each other in the last two games of the Men’s Challenge Cup. ABC laid the foundations for the eventual victory in the first leg, which they won away in Lisbon 28:22. Even though ABC then lost the second leg 29:25 at home, their first defeat of the season did not prevent the team from claiming their club’s first European trophy. “I’m very happy with this trophy and the result of my players’ sacrifice. We know the importance of this trophy and I’m very emotional. The support of our fans and the energy we received from them was incredible,” said ABC/UMinho’s head coach, Carlos Resende. The Braga-based club became the second club from Portugal to win the Challenge Cup, after Sporting Lisbon accomplished this feat six years ago. ABC also ended their own ‘finals curse,’ as they had lost all three of their previous European Cup finals. Back then, ‘Sporting Braga’ as they were called, missed the first EHF Champions League trophy in the 1993/94 season, after a narrow two-goal defeat to TEKA Santander in the final. Furthermore, their two other final appearances, in the Challenge Cup in 2004/05 against Wacker Thun and in 2014/15 against HC Odorhei, also ended in defeat. ABC seemed unstoppable and remained undefeated until the last game of the season. They were even able to eliminate Odorhei in Round 3 and Wacker Thun in the quarter-finals en route to the final. In addition, ABC’s left winger, Fabio Antunes and right back, Pedro Spinola, shared the season’s top scorer honour, each with 53 goals. A trophy for the whole island

There was a European Cup first when the Challenge Cup trophy was claimed by a club that does not originate from Europe’s mainland. Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE from the Canary Islands celebrated their first European title after two four-goal victories against Turkish Kastamonu B. Genclik SK. A 29:25 away win in the first leg was followed by a 33:29 victory at home. In the second leg, and in front of 2,350 enthusiastic spectators, Rocasa were leading 16:11 already at half-time and any doubt there might have been about the final outcome had vanished by this point. Similar to the first match, when she scored eight times, Rocasa playmaker, Maria Lujan Suarez, was the player that made a difference for her team, scoring 10 times. However, the season’s top scorer went to Kastamonu’s, Serpil Iskenderoglu, who scored 60 times in eight matches. Rocasa’s achievement ended a seven year trophy drought for all Spanish women’s clubs in the EHF European Cup competitions. The last championship had been won by Itxako Navarra, who won the EHF Cup in 2009. Coincidently, in both victories, inspirational Spanish international, Silvia Navarro, was the winning team’s goalkeeper.

See the full competition results on pages 50 and 51

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W17 Winners DENMARK

W19 Winners DENMARK

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EYOF Men’s Winners FRANCE

EYOF Women’s Winners RUSSIA

Women’s Trophy Winners FAROE ISLANDS

23 EHF Sport Report 2016 Danes secure title at W17 EHF EURO

A narrow win against Russia granted Denmark the win in the Women’s 17 EHF EURO 2015 Final

The future seems to be particularly bright for women’s handball in Unusual preparation Denmark. Earlier in the summer of 2015, the country won the Women’s The Danes had carried out their morning training on the day of the 19 EHF EURO, defeating Russia in the final. Just weeks later, on 23 August final in an untraditional way – outdoor on asphalt in 25 degree heat. 2015, the U17 team emulated this achievement by becoming the European At the beginning of the final, this did not appear to have been a particularly champions and again, Russia were the beaten opponents. good idea, as Russia opened the match with a 4:1 lead. Five Danish goals However, the Danish girls could not be certain they would be the team to in succession rapidly changed this development and the rest of the first lift the trophy, as the leader of the match continued to change in the Jane half was dominated by the Danes to take a 14:10 half-time lead. Sandanski Arena in Skopje. At the end, only one goal separated the two The 1,800 spectators witnessed a Danish team who continued to be in sides when the scoreboard read 25:24 in favour of Denmark. control of the match from the start of the second half, as they increased their “A big compliment goes to our aggressive 6-0 defence, which won the lead to 16:11. With five minutes left, Denmark still led by three goals, 24:21. match for us. Also, it was important that we were able to hold on to the Thanks to an extremely aggressive defence, the Russians were able to ball for so long on our last attack. The Russians reduced the score to reduce the score to one goal and finish the game on a positive note. 25:24 with one minute left in the game, so the ability to maintain ball But unfortunately for the Russian side, their comeback came too late and control and the experience levels of these young players were tested.” the outcome of the match had been decided. said Denmark coach, Heine Eriksen. Russia’s head coach, Daniil Shmaevskyi said, ‘’It was a very good final with a lot of emotions, but also with a lot of mistakes. Russia made more mistakes See the full competition results on pages 52 and 53 and that is one of the reasons why we won the silver and not gold.’’

24 EHF Sport Report 2016 Denmark’s new ‘golden generation’

The Danish national team took home the gold at the Women’s 19 EHF EURO 2015, defeating Russia 29:26 in the final in Valencia

There is good chance that a new generation of successful women’s handball players is surfacing in Denmark these days. The first signs appeared at the Women’s 19 EHF EURO 2015 in the Spanish city of Valencia in early August, where the national team won gold after beating Russia 29:26 in the tournament’s final. “Even in the second half, when the Russians came back again, we stayed cool and stuck to our game. We saw both goalkeepers perform at a high level; I can only praise the team’s depth and quality,” said Danish coach Dan Larsen after the final. Russia, who went into the final with a psychological advantage, having defeated the Danes 25:22 in the main round, took control of the match early, but were unable to prevent the Danes from pulling away to a three- goal lead at half-time at 13:10. The Russians staged a comeback in the second half, but it was not enough to enable them to defend their title from 2013, while Denmark upgraded the bronze medal they had won two years earlier at home to gold. The third place was claimed by Sweden, who beat Hungary 25:24 (11:11) in the bronze medal game. Altogether the three medallists accounted for five of the eight players in the event’s All-star team. From the gold medal squad, Denmark’s line player, Sara Trier Hald and right back, Celine Lundbye Kristiansen, were featured among the All-stars. From Russia, there were left winger Marianna Egorova and centre back Yaroslava Frolova, while Sweden had Sofia Hvenfelt as the best defender. The three remaining spots in the All-star team went to Tonje Haug Lerstad from Norway (goalkeeper), Germany’s Emily Bölk (left back) and Spain’s Maitane Etxeberria (right wing). Denmark, Sweden and Hungary also claimed the direct qualification to the 2016 Women’s Junior World Championship in Russia from 3 to 17 July. Therefore, the Women’s 19 EHF EURO silver medallists Russia directly qualified as the hosts and this presented another opportunity for Denmark to prove there is a new ‘golden generation’ in the making.

See the full competition results on pages 54 and 55

25 EHF Sport Report 2016 Youth Olympic titles for France and Russia

The 2015 European Youth Olympic Fesitval for U17 men’s and women’s national teams took place in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi

From 27 July to 1 August 2015, Europe’s top sixteen men’s and women’s under 17 national teams were competing for the Youth Olympic titles. In 2013, Slovenia won the men’s competition and Denmark took home the gold for the women at the previous festival in Utrecht. The event’s programme was comprised of nine sports: judo, tennis, artistic gymnastics, cycling, athletics, swimming, volleyball, basketball and handball. Over 3,800 athletes from 50 European countries competed in the Youth Olympic Festival. In the men’s handball competition, it was France who took the title in a thrilling fashion, but Slovenia pushed right to the final whistle of the championship. A goal in the last seconds from France’s Kyllian Villeminot, the match’s top goal scorer with 13 goals, made the title certain and the France team were able to celebrate after their 30:28 (12:16) win. Germany took third place with a convincing win over Norway 31:19 (13:10) in the bronze medal match. Russia captured the gold medal in the women’s competition. In a repeat of the 2013 final against Denmark, this time it was the Russians who prevailed, winning 21:20 in extra time, after the match was tied 18:18 after full-time. Norway improved on their seventh place finish in 2013, defeating the Czech Republic 37:23 to take the bronze medal.

2017 European Olympic Festival in Hungary The next edition of the European Olympic Festival will take place in a city very familiar to fans of women’s handball. The Hungarian city of Györ, home to the Women’s EHF Champions League team, Györi Audi ETO KC, will play host to the event from 22 to 30 July 2017.

26 EHF Sport Report 2016 Faroe Islands win Women’s Trophy

THE IHF/EHF’s tournament for emerging handball nations saw Faroe Islands topping the podium ahead of Georgia and Belgium

It had been a long time coming for the Faroe Islands. The team had reached the final of the IHF/EHF Trophy, formerly the Challenge Trophy, on four separate occasions before they could finally celebrate. In 2012, Faroe Island lost to Bulgaria, in 2008 to Finland, in 2006 to Bosnia-Herzegovina and in 2004 to Italy. However, in March 2016, the Faroe Islands dominated the final in Tbilisi, Georgia and took a 28:14 win. Earlier on the same day, Latvia won the bronze medal, after beating Belgium 30:21. Estonia came fifth following their 33:23 victory against Cyprus and Armenia placed seventh with a 29:5 win versus Albania. Maria Halsdottir Weyhe was Faroe Islands’ best player and much due to her shooting efficiency, as she scored nine goals in the match, her team had already carved out a 11:6 lead at the break. Georgia were not able to bounce back in the second half and Faroe Islands increased their lead goal-by-goal to eventually celebrate a deserved win. Nevertheless, it was a special moment for the hosts, as they had returned to the competition for the first time since their last appearance in 2006, when they made it to the semi-finals in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Proving significance The Women’s Trophy is designed to further develop handball, especially in emerging nations and to improve the presence of the sport in general. In addition, also ensuring the highest competition challenge for the participating nations and good infrastructure for all parties involved. In 2014, at the eighth Trophy event in Larissa, Greece, Bulgaria topped the podium ahead of Israel and the Greek hosts. The fact that about a year later Bulgaria won the first qualification phase for the Women’s EHF EURO 2016 shows the Trophy’s significance for the development of handball.

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Champions Cup Men’s Winners BHC SKKM-EKATERINODAR (RUS)

Champions Cup Women’s Winners Multichem Szentendrei NKE (HUN)

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ebt Women’s Winners Agenta Girls (HUN)

ebt Men’s Winners G.A.S. Kilkis Akropolis (GRE)

29 EHF Sport Report 2016 “I’m not superman”

At the beginning of November 2015, Russian club Ekaterinodar won the EHF Beach Handball Champions Cup for the second year in a row

EHF correspondent Filipp Kolotushkin had the chance to talk to Roman EHF: Let’s turn to you. You became the best scorer with 143 goals in 8 Kalashnikov, the best goal scorer of the tournament in Gran Canaria, matches. What do you need to achieve such results? captain of the team and the Russian national team and one of this Roman Kalashnikov: The success that I have in beach handball all comes season’s outstanding players. thanks to the team. A lot depends on if the team trusts you and gives EHF: Roman, in hindsight, how tough was this title defence for you? you the opportunity to finish the attack. Perhaps it also helps that I’m Roman Kalashnikov: For me it was more difficult this year, primarily one of the first right-handers in beach handball who plays on the right because of my poor physical fitness, and I also thought that this year wing, which might make it harder to defend against me. The rest is our rivals were well prepared. They definitely have been approaching the experience and practice. I do not have unique physical abilities to throw Champions Cup more seriously. the ball stronger than anyone else, jump higher than anyone else. I’m not superman. EHF: Nevertheless, no team was able to defeat you. You lost just one set... EHF: When did you start beach handball? Roman Kalashnikov: Each match was unique. I cannot say we completely smashed any opponent. There were games where we were trying to work Roman Kalashnikov: I played indoor handball in school and it was only at out some new combinations or prepare for the next match. university that I started playing beach handball. I want to say thanks to my father, Vladimir Kalashnikov, because he is the founder of Ekaterinodar in EHF: Ekaterinodar was the team who had the least amount of penalties 2009 and he gave us the opportunity to play in the European Beach Tour. and therefore you received the fair play award. How important is it for you to follow the fair play principles of beach handball? EHF: Do you think you will be able to win the Champions Cup for the third time next year? Roman Kalashnikov: I would say that fair play is the main feature of our game; it is the reason why we can play a perfect game in defence. Evgeny Roman Kalashnikov: Sure, he doesn’t dream of becoming a general, is Svestula was probably the best defender at this tournament. His blocking a bad soldier. We involve young players and we hope that the club will is almost always clean. In matches that we were quite sure to win, we set have the proper financial backing to continue. We will try to find same the goal to not get any suspensions. If anyone earned a suspension, he crazy handball fans like us and they will give their very best for the game. had to do push-ups or some sprints as a punishment. I don’t want to lose the history that we have started creating for Ekaterinodar.

See the full competition results on page 56

ALL-STAR TEAM – MEN ALL-STAR TEAM – WOMEN Top scorer: Roman Kalashnikov (143 points), BHC-SKKM Ekaterinodar (RUS) Top scorer: Ingvild Bakkerud (135 points), Skrim Kongsberg (NOR) Best goalkeeper: Roman Valyakin, BHC-SKKM Ekaterinodar (RUS) Best goalkeeper: Agnes Györi, Multichem Szentendrei NKE (HUN) MVP: Jesper Knutsson, Team Sweden (SWE) MVP: Marta Lyszczyk, BHT Piotrkowianin Juko Piotrków Trybunalski (POL) Fair play award: BHC-SKKM Ekaterinodar (RUS) Fair play award: Beachqueens (SUI)

30 EHF Sport Report 2016 Agenta Girls and G.A.S. Kilkis Akropolis win

At the ebt Finals 2016 in Thessaloniki, Hungarian women’s beach handball side Agenta Girls defended their title, while local Greek side G.A.S. Kilkis Akropolis topped the podium for the first time

There was a chance for a double-Greek victory as AC Spartacus Goalbet reached the women’s final, however winning the second set 22:20 was not enough, as Agenta Girls showed nerves of steel in the shoot-out to win 7:4 and eventually take a 2:1 victory. A shoot-out was also needed in the men’s finals in which Kilkis Akropolis had won the first set against 2015 EHF Champions Cup winners BHC SKKM-EKATERINODAR 12:10, but lost the second 18:20. The shoot-out was equally close, with Kilkis Akropolis eventually winning the third set - and hence the game overall - 7:6. Just ahead of the finals in both events defending men’s champions Detono Zagreb claimed third place with 2:0 win against Paksoft Camelot. In the morning, the ‘Detonators’ had lost their semi-final against G.A.S. Kilkis Akropolis 0:2, forfeiting the chance to win the ebt Finals for the fourth time in a row and the seventh time overall. In the women’s event, Paksoft Camelot won bronze, winning 2:0 against Westsite in an all-Dutch match for third place. For Agenta Girls the unbeaten run at the ebt Finals continues. After they had qualified for the 2015 event courtesy only of a wildcard, they topped the podium in unbeaten fashion and went all the to the top without losing a game in 2016 as well.

See the full competition results on page 57

ALL-STAR TEAM – MEN ALL-STAR TEAM – WOMEN Top scorer: Ignacio O. Ballester (82 points), Club BM Playa Algeciras (ESP) Top scorer: Katja Herakovic (70 points), Detono Zagreb (CRO) Best goalkeeper: Robbert Krujine, Paksoft Camelot (NED) Best goalkeeper: Magdalini Kepesidou, A.C. Spartacus Goalbet (GRE) MVP: Nailson de Sousa do Amaral, G.A.S. Kilkis Akropolis (GRE) MVP: Viktoria Vigh, Agenta Girls (HUN) Fair play award: BHC Sesvete (CRO) Fair play award: Westsite (NED)

31 EHF Sport Report 2016 Men’s EHF EURO 2016 All-star team

The All-star team of the European Championship featured famous names as well as new players that demanded attention with their performance at Poland 2016

GOALKEEPER LEFT WING LEFT BACK CENTRE BACK

Andreas Wolff Manuel Strlek Michal Jurecki Sander Sagosen

Andreas Wolff entered the EHF The speedy Croatian wing is one of Michal Jurecki was the hero of the Twenty-year-old Sander Sagosen is EURO 2016 as the second-choice the top scorers of the championship, Polish team even before the first the youngest player on the All-star goalkeeper, but quickly earned his hitting the back of the net 39 times whistle at the EHF EURO 2016. team, but there is no lack of skill spot starting between the posts for in seven matches. Not only has his The 31-year-old, who plays for top from few years played. The Aalborg Germany. His performance against contribution helped Croatia top the Polish club KS Vive Tauron Kielce Handball centre back is a crucial Sweden in their second group phase list of high-scoring teams, but he (alongside Strlek), was a clear leader part of Norway’s attack, scoring match made him one of the talking also shot at an incredible 83% for the team in both attack and 24 of the Scandinavian side’s goals points of the championship and he success rate, missing only eight defence, ranking second on the list of and completing 34 assists and he continued his form to help Germany shots in the tournament. goals and assists with 61 (34 goals, usually comes into the game as an qualify for the final. 27 assists) before the final matches. impact player.

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LINE PLAYER RIGHT BACK RIGHT WING DEFENDER

Julen Aguinagalde Johan Jakobsson Tobias Reichmann Henrik Mollgaard

The Kielce line player is a long-time Johan Jakobsson is one of the most The only player to match Strlek’s Although Denmark did not stand on favourite of All-star teams, and for dangerous men with the ball, as he precision is found on the opposite the podium this year, Henrik Mollgaard a good reason. Julen Aguinagalde’s is able to score long-range shots wing. Tobias Reichmann has scored has proven to be a key to the partnership with centre back with lethal precision. Sweden’s EHF 43 goals ahead of the final at 83%, Scandinavian team’s defence, causing Raul Entrerrios is a formidable EURO campaign ended with the SG including 26 out of 27 of Germany’s their opponents big trouble from the combination, not to mention the fact Flensburg-Handewitt shooter sitting penalty shots. He was a crucial part middle of their traditional 6-0. that he has scored some of the most at 11th on the top scorer rank with 32 of Germany’s win in the semi- stylish goals of the EHF EURO 2016. goals, while he is third on the list of final against Norway, tallying an goals and assists with a combined incredible 10 goals from 10 shots. total of 60.

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER

With 19 goals and 28 assists before the final match, Raul Entrerrios led Spain through a steady EHF EURO campaign from his position at centre back to reach the final.

Raul Entrerrios

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80,000 fans voted for the All-stars of the 2015/16 season and these are the players they chose

GOALKEEPER LEFT WING LEFT BACK CENTRE BACK

Niklas Landin Manuel Strlek Momir Ilic Dean Bombac

Niklas Landin joined THW Kiel at the Since he joined the team in 2012, For two seasons in a row, Momir Ilic Dean Bombac passed the “100 goals beginning of the 2015/16 season. Manuel Strlek played his most was the top scorer of the VELUX in the EHF Champions League” mark He is definitely no stranger to successful season for KS Vive EHF Champions League with 103 for the first time in his career this All-star teams, having already been Tauron Kielce, scoring 53 times. goals in 2013/14 and 114 in 2014/15. past season. Stunning performances named the best goalkeeper at the He was also named best left wing at This season, he scored 120 times (to for his club came in rounds 1 and World Championship 2013, the EHF the EHF EURO 2010 and 2016. come second behind Mikkel Hansen) 10 when he scored 11 goals in each EURO 2014 and the VELUX EHF and played a considerable part in game; first against Kielce and then Champions League 2013/14. MVM Veszprém reaching Cologne. versus Rhein-Neckar Löwen.

YOUNG PLAYER

In a tough season for Besiktas Jimnastik Kulubu, 21-year-old Darko Djukic has been the standout star. The right wing scored 87 goals in 14 games. His talent for handball was already visible early; Djukic was only Darko Djukic 17 when he was first nominated for the Serbian national team.

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LINE PLAYER RIGHT BACK RIGHT WING DEFENDER

Rastko Stojkovic Kiril Lazarov Gasper Marguc Istvan Timuzsin Schuch

Even though HC Meshkov Brest Kiril Lazarov is the only player who Twenty-five-year-old Gasper Marguc After a ‘one-year break,’ when bowed out in the Last 16 against is back in this season’s All-star enjoyed an excellent season. THW Kiel’s Rene Toft Hansen was Rastko Stojkovic’s former club KS team, after a majority of fans voted Being topped only by Momir Ilic, he voted the best defender in the Vive Tauron Kielce, the Serbian line for him in 2015. Once again, the is the second most prolific scorer in 2014/2015 season, Istvan Timuzsin player still played an impressive Macedonian was FC Barcelona’s top his second season playing for the Schuch is back in the VELUX EHF season, scoring 89 goals and scorer for the season, netting 109 Hungarian champions. Champions League All-star team. deservedly earning his place in this times overall. He is destined for greatness, as his season’s All-star team. name is a combination of István, the name of the first Hungarian king and Timuzsin, the birth name of Mongolian emperor Genghis Khan. COACH

When the season started, Javier Sabate probably did not guess that he would be MVM Veszprém’s head coach at some point. However, when the club parted ways with Antonio Carlos Ortega, assistant coach Sabate took over. He paid back the Javier Sabate trust by leading Veszprém to their third consecutive VELUX EHF FINAL4.

35 EHF Sport Report 2016 All-star team

A record number of 28,130 handball fans voted for the 2015/16 All-star team of the Women’s EHF Champions League, creating a selection of Europe’s finest players

GOALKEEPER LEFT WING LEFT BACK CENTRE BACK

Kari Grimsbø Aniko Kovacsics Cristina Neagu Nycke Groot

Kari Grimsbø joined Györ during Aniko Kovacsics was the Cristina Neagu successfully In her first season with the 2014/15 season. In her second replacement of choice when Györ’s defended her All-star team Hungarian champions Györ, Dutch year with the Hungarian champions, number one playmaker Anita nomination as the best left back international Nycke Groot quickly Grimsbo’s saves were instrumental Görbicz became pregnant in the which she had already gained in the turned into one of the team’s key in leading the club all the way 2014/2015 season. Even though she 2014/15 season. The Buducnost left players. And that, despite the fact to the final of the Women’s EHF usually played on the left wing, just back was not only her team’s most that she shared her position with no Champions League. like for the national team at the EHF dangerous player (94 goals), but one less than Anita Görbicz. EURO 2014, the 24-year-old played also played a huge role in Romania’s an excellent season, scoring 45 bronze medal performance at the goals along the way. World Championship 2015.

YOUNG PLAYER

At just 21 years of age, the right back quickly made a name for herself this season as FTC’s first choice for penalties. Even though she did not get much playing time apart from this role, she scored 53 Luca Szekerczes goals and is now hungry to achieve even more in the coming season.

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LINE PLAYER RIGHT BACK RIGHT WING DEFENDER

Heidi Løke Nora Mørk Jovanka Radicevic Eduarda Amorim

On the line, Heidi Loke was once more Although Larvik HK did not make the Following a ‘one-year break,’ as The 29-year-old was a cornerstone the fan favourite, having gained a Women’s EHF FINAL4 in 2016, Nora Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren was of Györ’s defence in the 2015/16 place in the respective teams, having Mørk was still one of the season’s the All-star right back in 2014/15, season; however, the left back gained a place in the respective standout players, with her 93 goals Jovanka Radicevic staged her continued to be a threat to reckon teams at the EHF EURO events in firmly placing her among the top five All-star comeback this season. with in attack. She scored 60 goals 2010, 2012 and 2014, the World scorers in 2015/16. The Norwegian However, despite the Montenegrin overall, her third best tally since she Championship 2011, the Olympic international will surely have international’s best efforts, the third joined Györ in 2009. Games 2012 and the Women’s EHF another shot at the Women’s EHF consecutive third place finish at the Champions League 2014/15. Champions League trophy when she Women’s EHF FINAL4 was again the joins Györ next season. final result for HC Vardar.

COACH

For the second season in a row, Ambros Martin claimed the All-star coach award. The Spaniard has been the brain behind Györ most recent Ambros Martin successes, leading the team to back-to-back titles in 2013 and 2014.

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Men’s EHF EURO 2020 Women’s EHF Cup Men’s EHF EURO 2020 Women’s EHF Champions League The 2016/17 season is coming Quali ication Group Matches start Quali ication Main Round starts (Rounds 3 & 4) (6 Rounds) (Rounds 5 & 6) Men’s World Championship 2017 (6 Rounds)

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VELUX EHF Champions League Women’s EHF Cup & Men’s Challenge Cup VELUX EHF Champions League Groups C/D knockout Women’s Challenge Cup Women’s 19 EHF EURO Quarter- inals Last 16 Quarter- inals 2017 Quali ication Women’s EHF Champions League Women’s WCh 2017 Men’s EHF Cup Group Matches start Women’s EHF Cup & 2. APR Quali ication (Round 2) (6 Rounds) Women’s Challenge Cup (Round 1 & 2) (Round 2) 2. APR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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Women’s EHF EURO 2016 Men’s EHF EURO 2018 Sweden Women’s WCh 2017 Quali ication VELUX EHF FINAL4 Play-os (Rounds 5 & 6) European IHF Trophy

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Men’s EHF EURO 2020 Women’s EHF Cup Men’s EHF EURO 2020 Women’s EHF Champions League Quali ication Group Matches start Quali ication Main Round starts (Rounds 3 & 4) (6 Rounds) (Rounds 5 & 6) Men’s World Championship 2017 (6 Rounds)

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39 EHF Sport Report 2016 Men’s EHF EURO 2016 results

PRELIMINARY ROUND PRELIMINARY ROUND TABLES

GROUP A P W D L Goals Diff Pts France vs FYR Macedonia 30 : 23 Poland 3 3 0 0 84:76 8 6 Poland vs Serbia 29 : 28 France 3 2 0 1 91:80 11 4 Serbia vs France 26 : 36 FYR Macedonia 3 0 1 2 73:81 -8 1 FYR Macedonia vs Poland 23 : 24 Serbia 3 0 1 2 81:92 -11 1 FYR Macedonia vs Serbia 27 : 27 France vs Poland 25 : 31

GROUP B P W D L Goals Diff Pts Croatia vs Belarus 27 : 21 Norway 3 2 0 1 88:84 4 4 Iceland vs Norway 26 : 25 Croatia 3 2 0 1 95:83 12 4 Belarus vs Iceland 39 : 38 Belarus 3 1 0 2 87:94 -7 2 Norway vs Croatia 34 : 31 Iceland 3 1 0 2 92:101 -9 2 Belarus vs Norway 27 : 29 Croatia vs Iceland 37 : 28

GROUP C P W D L Goals Diff Pts Spain vs Germany 32 : 29 Spain 3 2 1 0 80:75 5 5 Sweden vs Slovenia 23 : 21 Germany 3 2 0 1 81:79 2 4 Slovenia vs Spain 24 : 24 Sweden 3 1 0 2 71:72 -1 2 Germany vs Sweden 27 : 26 Slovenia 3 0 1 2 66:72 -6 1 Germany vs Slovenia 25 : 21 Spain vs Sweden 24 : 22

GROUP D P W D L Goals Diff Pts Hungary vs Montenegro 32 : 27 Denmark 3 3 0 0 91:75 16 6 Denmark vs Russia 31 : 25 Russia 3 2 0 1 80:78 2 4 Russia vs Hungary 27 : 26 Hungary 3 1 0 2 80:84 -4 2 Montenegro vs Denmark 28 : 30 Montenegro 3 0 0 3 76:90 -14 0 Russia vs Montenegro 28 : 21 Denmark vs Hungary 30 : 22

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MAIN ROUND MAIN ROUND TABLES

GROUP I GROUP I P W D L Goals Diff Pts Croatia vs Belarus 27 : 21 Norway 5 4 1 0 153:141 12 9 France vs FYR Macedonia 30 : 23 Croatia 5 3 0 2 153:134 19 6 Norway vs Croatia 34 : 31 France 5 3 0 2 145:130 15 6 Poland vs FYR Macedonia 24 : 23 Poland 5 3 0 2 138:142 -4 6 Norway vs Belarus 29 : 27 Belarus 5 1 0 4 128:151 -23 2 Poland vs France 31 : 25 FYR Macedonia 5 0 1 4 130:149 -19 1 France vs Belarus 34 : 23 FYR Macedonia vs Croatia 24 : 34 GROUP II P W D L Goals Diff Pts France vs Croatia 32 : 24 Spain 5 4 0 1 135:130 5 8 Poland vs Norway 28 : 30 Germany 5 4 0 1 140:129 11 8 FYR Macedonia vs Norway 31 : 31 Denmark 5 3 1 1 139:123 16 7 Poland vs Belarus 32 : 27 Sweden 5 1 2 2 126:121 5 4 FYR Macedonia vs Belarus 29 : 30 Russia 5 1 1 3 132:140 -8 3 France vs Norway 24 : 29 Hungary 5 0 0 5 110:139 -29 0 Poland vs Croatia 23 : 37

GROUP II MATCH FOR 7/8 PLACE Denmark vs Russia 31 : 25 Poland vs Sweden 26 : 24 Russia vs Hungary 27 : 26 Germany vs Sweden 27 : 26 MATCH FOR 5/6 PLACE Spain vs Sweden 24 : 22 France vs Denmark 29 : 26 Denmark vs Hungary 30 : 22 Germany vs Hungary 29 : 19 SEMI-FINALS Sweden vs Russia 28 : 28 Norway vs Germany 33 : 34 Germany vs Russia 30 : 29 Spain vs Croatia 33 : 29 Spain vs Denmark 23 : 27 Spain vs Hungary 31 : 29 Sweden vs Denmark 28 : 28 FINALS Sweden vs Hungary 22 : 14 Match for 3/4 place Norway vs Croatia 24 : 31 Germany vs Denmark 25 : 23 Spain vs Russia 25 : 23 Final Poland vs Croatia 23 : 37 Germany vs Spain 24 : 17

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QUALIFICATION GROUP PHASE

Elverum Handball Herrer vs OCI-LIONS 35:30 GROUP B

Alpla HC Hard vs RK Borac m:tel 35:33 MOL-Pick Szeged vs KS Vive Tauron Kielce 31:30 26:27 Rhein-Neckar Löwen vs FC Barcelona Lassa 22:21 20:26 OCI-LIONS vs RK Borac m:tel 33:29 IFK Kristianstad vs KIF Kolding Kobenhavn 33:26 30:21 Elverum Handball Herrer vs Alpla HC Hard 28:25 Montpellier HB vs HC Vardar 25:30 26:34

FC Barcelona Lassa vs IFK Kristianstad 34:32 31:24

GROUP PHASE KS Vive Tauron Kielce vs Montpellier HB 30:23 32:27

GROUP A HC Vardar vs MOL-Pick Szeged 27:23 31:29 KIF Kolding Kobenhavn vs Rhein-Neckar Löwen 18:30 20:24 Orlen Wisla Plock vs MVM Veszprém 27:27 25:27 MOL-Pick Szeged vs FC Barcelona Lassa 28:30 25:30 HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb vs THW Kiel 29:22 29:31 Rhein-Neckar Löwen vs KS Vive Tauron Kielce 32:32 27:28 Besiktas Jimnastik Kulubu vs RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko 24:30 29:43 IFK Kristianstad vs HC Vardar 25:30 36:38 SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball 39:32 32:35 Montpellier HB vs KIF Kolding Kobenhavn 30:25 26:27 THW Kiel vs Besiktas Jimnastik Kulubu 32:21 32:27 FC Barcelona Lassa vs Montpellier HB 37:27 31:23 MVM Veszprém vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt 28:24 29:28 KS Vive Tauron Kielce vs IFK Kristianstad 35:27 35:35 Paris Saint-Germain Handball vs Orlen Wisla Plock 29:24 27:22 HC Vardar vs Rhein-Neckar Löwen 25:19 27:28 RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko vs HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb 20:21 23:24 KIF Kolding Kobenhavn vs MOL-Pick Szeged 22:27 23:34 Orlen Wisla Plock vs THW Kiel 23:37 24:26 KS Vive Tauron Kielce vs FC Barcelona Lassa 30:30 33:31 HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb vs MVM Veszprém 20:21 25:27 KIF Kolding Kobenhavn vs HC Vardar 33:31 24:34 Besiktas Jimnastik Kulubu vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball 30:40 28:40 Rhein-Neckar Löwen vs MOL-Pick Szeged 30:25 24:30 SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko 30:20 30:26 Montpellier HB vs IFK Kristianstad 30:26 30:29 THW Kiel vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt 27:23 27:37 FC Barcelona Lassa vs KIF Kolding Kobenhavn 28:25 36:28 MVM Veszprém vs Besiktas Jimnastik Kulubu 33:25 38:34 HC Vardar vs KS Vive Tauron Kielce 34:24 20:23 Paris Saint-Germain Handball vs HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb 34:23 25:23 MOL-Pick Szeged vs Montpellier HB 28:27 29:29 RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko vs Orlen Wisla Plock 25:28 31:26 IFK Kristianstad vs Rhein-Neckar Löwen 32:29 20:29 MVM Veszprém vs THW Kiel 29:27 24:25 FC Barcelona Lassa vs HC Vardar 31:30 27:25 RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball 30:32 27:32 KIF Kolding Kobenhavn vs KS Vive Tauron Kielce 25:33 31:33 HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb vs Orlen Wisla Plock 29:25 23:23 MOL-Pick Szeged vs IFK Kristianstad 35:28 34:32 SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs Besiktas Jimnastik Kulubu 33:25 34:36 Montpellier HB vs Rhein-Neckar Löwen 28:30 21:25 THW Kiel vs RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko 35:32 23:23

Paris Saint-Germain Handball vs MVM Veszprém 29:27 20:28 GROUP B P W D L Goals Diff Pts Orlen Wisla Plock vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt 30:34 25:27 FC Barcelona Lassa 14 11 1 2 423:372 51 23 Besiktas Jimnastik Kulubu vs HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb 32:30 26:32 KS Vive Tauron Kielce 14 9 3 2 425:399 26 21 THW Kiel vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball 26:30 30:37 HC Vardar 14 9 0 5 416:373 43 18 RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko vs MVM Veszprém 27:30 28:34 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 14 8 1 5 369:353 16 17 Orlen Wisla Plock vs Besiktas Jimnastik Kulubu 32:26 38:29 MOL-Pick Szeged 14 7 1 6 404:390 14 15 SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb 28:27 30:23 Montpellier HB 14 3 1 10 372:413 -41 7

GROUP A P W D L Goals Diff Pts IFK Kristianstad 14 3 1 10 409:437 -28 7 KIF Kolding Kobenhavn 14 2 0 12 348:429 -81 4 Paris Saint-Germain Handball 14 12 0 2 442:389 53 24

MVM Veszprém 14 11 1 2 402:364 38 23

SG Flensburg-Handewitt 14 10 0 4 429:380 49 20

THW Kiel 14 8 1 5 400:388 12 17

HC PPD Zagreb 14 5 1 8 358:367 -9 11

Orlen Wisla Plock 14 3 2 9 372:397 -25 8

RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko 14 3 1 10 385:398 -13 7

Besiktas Jimnastik Kulubu 14 1 0 13 382:487 -105 2

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GROUP PHASE ELIMINATION ROUND C + D

GROUP C M1 M2 HC Meshkov Brest vs Vojvodina 34:22 35:26 Naturhouse La Rioja vs HC Motor Zaporozhye 30:31 37:39 Chekhovskie Medvedi vs Naturhouse La Rioja 27:26 26:30 Skjern Handbold vs HC Meshkov Brest 31:31 23:27 Futebol Clube do Porto vs TATRAN Presov 33:23 25:24

Naturhouse La Rioja vs Futebol Clube do Porto 30:23 31:35

TATRAN Presov vs HC Meshkov Brest 20:30 26:32 LAST 16 Vojvodina vs Chekhovskie Medvedi 26:24 30:34 Naturhouse La Rioja vs TATRAN Presov 37:29 21:19 M1 M2 Chekhovskie Medvedi vs HC Meshkov Brest 27:33 26:32 HC Motor Zaporozhye vs MVM Veszprém 24:29 28:41 Vojvodina vs Futebol Clube do Porto 23:27 15:37 HC Meshkov Brest vs KS Vive Tauron Kielce 28:32 30:33 TATRAN Presov vs Vojvodina 19:27 25:24

Futebol Clube do Porto vs Chekhovskie Medvedi 31:27 29:30 Montpellier HB vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt 27:28 30:31

HC Meshkov Brest vs Naturhouse La Rioja 31:33 32:28 Orlen Wisla Plock vs HC Vardar 30:30 24:25 Futebol Clube do Porto vs HC Meshkov Brest 29:28 27:34 MOL-Pick Szeged vs THW Kiel 33:29 29:36 Vojvodina vs Naturhouse La Rioja 26:31 22:31 HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb vs Rhein-Neckar Löwen 23:24 31:29 TATRAN Presov vs Chekhovskie Medvedi 27:21 28:29

GROUP C P W D L Goals Diff Pts HC Meshkov Brest 10 8 0 2 321:264 57 16 QUARTER-FINALS

Natruhouse La Rioja 10 7 0 3 298:270 28 14 M1 M2 Futebol Clube do Porto 10 7 0 3 296:265 31 14 HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb vs 20:28 32:32 Chekhovskie Medvedi 10 4 0 6 271:292 -21 8 Paris Saint-Germain Handball Vojvodina 10 2 0 8 241:297 -56 4 THW Kiel vs FC Barcelona Lassa 29:24 30:33 TATRAN Presov 10 2 0 8 240:279 -39 4 HC Vardar vs MVM Veszprém 26:29 30:30 SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs KS Vive Tauron Kielce 28:28 28:29 GROUP D Skjern Handbold vs HCM Baia Mare 32:28 28:28

HC Motor Zaporozhye vs HC Metalurg 30:24 23:21

Kadetten Schaffhausen vs Elverum Handball Herrer 30:31 28:27 VELUX EHF FINAL4 HC Metalurg vs Kadetten Schaffhausen 28:24 17:27 SEMI-FINALS Elverum Handball Herrer vs Skjern Handbold 23:37 29:34 KS Vive Tauron Kielce vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball 28:26 HCM Baia Mare vs HC Motor Zaporozhye 35:30 23:25 THW Kiel vs MVM Veszprém 28:31 HC Metalurg vs Elverum Handball Herrer 22:19 23:29

HC Motor Zaporozhye vs Skjern Handbold 31:26 36:36 MATCH FOR 3RD PLACE HCM Baia Mare vs Kadetten Schaffhausen 31:31 23:24 Paris Saint-Germain Handball vs THW Kiel 29:27 Elverum Handball Herrer vs HCM Baia Mare 28:28 29:24

Kadetten Schaffhausen vs HC Motor Zaporozhye 30:27 23:31 FINAL Skjern Handbold vs HC Metalurg 20:19 25:24 KS Vive Tauron Kielce vs MVM Veszprém 39:38 Kadetten Schaffhausen vs Skjern Handbold 24:30 29:25

HCM Baia Mare vs HC Metalurg 21:20 23:21

Elverum Handball Herrer vs HC Motor Zaporozhye 29:30 30:33

GROUP D P W D L Goals Diff Pts HC Motor Zaporozhye 10 7 1 2 296:277 19 15

Skjern Handbold 10 6 2 2 293:271 22 14

Kadetten Schaffhausen 10 5 1 4 270:270 0 11

HCM Baia Mare 10 3 3 4 264:268 -4 9

Elverum Handball Herrer 10 3 1 6 274:289 -15 7

HC Metalurg 10 2 0 8 219:241 -22 4

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QUALIFICATION GROUP MATCHES

GROUP 1 GROUP C Györi Audi ETO KC vs WHC Radnicki Kragujevac 42:13 FC Midtjylland vs Hypo Niederösterreich 33:21 Glassverket vs SERCODAK Dalfsen 26:21 HC Vardar vs Györi Audi ETO KC 22:27 WHC Radnicki Kragujevac vs SERCODAK Dalfsen 17:23 Györi Audi ETO KC vs FC Midtjylland 21:26 Györi Audi ETO KC vs Glassverket 30:21 Hypo Niederösterreich vs HC Vardar 25:38 HC Vardar vs FC Midtjylland 33:24 GROUP 2 Györi Audi ETO KC vs Hypo Niederösterreich 37:16 Team Esbjerg vs Ankara Yenimahalle BSK 32:28 FC Midtjylland vs HC Vardar 15:25 HCM Baia Mare vs BNTU-BelAZ Minsk Reg. 31:21 Hypo Niederösterreich vs Györi Audi ETO KC 21:29 Ankara Yenimahalle BSK vs BNTU-BelAZ Minsk Reg. 27:31 Hypo Niederösterreich vs FC Midtjylland 27:33 Team Esbjerg vs HCM Baia Mare 21:32 Györi Audi ETO KC vs HC Vardar 28:27 FC Midtjylland vs Györi Audi ETO KC 22:22 GROUP MATCHES HC Vardar vs Hypo Niederösterreich 37:25 GROUP A Larvik vs Rostov-Don 21:27 GROUP D RK Krim Mercator vs HCM Baia Mare 27:33 Buducnost vs IK Sävehof 33:20 HCM Baia Mare vs Larvik 29:31 CSM Bucuresti vs MKS Selgros Lublin 33:21 Rostov-Don vs RK Krim Mercator 35:25 MKS Selgros Lublin vs Buducnost 23:31 RK Krim Mercator vs Larvik 21:37 IK Sävehof vs CSM Bucuresti 17:28 HCM Baia Mare vs Rostov-Don 20:22 CSM Bucuresti vs Buducnost 22:28 Larvik vs RK Krim Mercator 32:28 MKS Selgros Lublin vs IK Sävehof 21:34 Rostov-Don vs HCM Baia Mare 27:26 Buducnost vs CSM Bucuresti 23:23 Rostov-Don vs Larvik 26:25 IK Sävehof vs MKS Selgros Lublin 27:24 HCM Baia Mare vs RK Krim Mercator 35:28 IK Sävehof vs Buducnost 18:25 Larvik vs HCM Baia Mare 27:22 MKS Selgros Lublin vs CSM Bucuresti 27:30 RK Krim Mercator vs Rostov-Don 31:36 Buducnost vs MKS Selgros Lublin 29:25 CSM Bucuresti vs IK Sävehof 27:22 GROUP B FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria vs HC Podravka Vegeta 28:16 GROUP MATCHES TABLES Thüringer HC vs Fleury Loiret Handball 27:27 GROUP A P W D L Goals Diff Pts Fleury Loiret Handball vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 28:28 Rostov-Don 6 6 0 0 173:148 25 12 HC Podravka Vegeta vs Thüringer HC 21:27 Larvik 6 4 0 2 173:153 20 8 Thüringer HC vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 27:30 HCM Baia Mare 6 2 0 4 165:162 3 4 Fleury Loiret Handball vs HC Podravka Vegeta 19:17 RK Krim Mercator 6 0 0 6 160:208 -48 0 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria vs Thüringer HC 32:28 HC Podravka Vegeta vs Fleury Loiret Handball 20:20 GROUP B P W D L Goals Diff Pts HC Podravka Vegeta vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 24:27 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 6 5 1 0 181:146 35 11 Fleury Loiret Handball vs Thüringer HC 27:21 Fleury Loiret Handball 6 2 3 1 144:149 -5 7 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria vs Fleury Loiret Handball 36:23 Thüringer HC 6 2 1 3 159:156 3 5 Thüringer HC vs HC Podravka Vegeta 29:19 HC Podravka Vegeta 6 0 1 5 117:150 -33 1

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GROUP MATCHES TABLES MAIN ROUND TABLES

GROUP C P W D L Goals Diff Pts GROUP 1 P W D L Goals Diff Pts Györi Audi ETO KC 6 4 1 1 164:134 30 9 Rostov-Don 10 9 1 0 281:237 44 19 HC Vardar 6 4 0 2 182:144 38 8 Larvik 10 6 0 4 281:263 18 12 FC Midtjylland 6 3 1 2 153:149 4 7 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 10 5 2 3 282:272 10 12 Hypo Niederösterreich 6 0 0 6 135:207 -72 0 HCM Baia Mare 10 5 0 5 259:247 12 10 Fleury Loiret Handball 10 2 2 6 252:283 -31 6 GROUP D P W D L Goals Diff Pts Thüringer HC 10 0 1 9 244:297 -53 1 Buducnost 6 5 1 0 169:131 38 11 CSM Bucuresti 6 4 1 1 163:138 25 9 GROUP 2 P W D L Goals Diff Pts IK Sävehof 6 2 0 4 138:158 -20 4 Buducnost 10 7 1 2 264:211 53 15 MKS Selgros Lublin 6 0 0 6 141:184 -43 0 Györi Audi ETO KC 10 7 1 2 252:230 22 15 HC Vardar 10 7 0 3 270:246 34 14 MAIN ROUND CSM Bucuresti 10 4 1 5 242:239 3 9 FC Midtjylland 10 2 1 7 220:261 -41 5 GROUP 1 IK Sävehof 10 1 0 9 225:286 -61 2 Rostov-Don vs HCM Baia Mare 27:26 22:20 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria vs Fleury Loiret Handball 36:23 28:28 HCM Baia Mare vs Larvik 29:31 22:27 QUARTER-FINALS Fleury Loiret Handball vs Thüringer HC 27:21 27:27 Larvik vs Rostov-Don 21:27 25:26 M1 M2 Thüringer HC vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 27:30 28:32 CSM Bucuresti vs Rostov-Don 26:25 29:28 Rostov-Don vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 23:21 29:29 HCM Baia Mare vs Buducnost 24:29 25:32 Larvik vs Thüringer HC 28:19 28:20 HC Vardar vs Larvik 34:20 26:28 HCM Baia Mare vs Fleury Loiret Handball 31:28 18:17 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria vs Györi Audi ETO KC 18:31 23:40 Fleury Loiret Handball vs Rostov-Don 22:27 21:38 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria vs Larvik 30:27 31:37 Thüringer HC vs HCM Baia Mare 23:25 27:38 WOMEN’S EHF FINAL4 Rostov-Don vs Thüringer HC 30:24 32:28 SEMI-FINALS Larvik vs Fleury Loiret Handball 26:31 31:28 CSM Bucuresti vs HC Vardar 27:21 HCM Baia Mare vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 32:24 18:21 Buducnost vs Györi Audi ETO KC 20:21 GROUP 2 Györi Audi ETO KC vs FC Midtjylland 21:26 22:22 MATCH FOR 3RD PLACE Buducnost vs IK Sävehof 33:20 25:18 HC Vardar vs Buducnost 30:28 FC Midtjylland vs HC Vardar 15:25 24:33 IK Sävehof vs CSM Bucuresti 17:28 22:27 FINAL HC Vardar vs Györi Audi ETO KC 22:27 27:28 CSM Bucuresti vs Györi Audi ETO KC 29:26 CSM Bucuresti vs Buducnost 22:28 23:23

Györi Audi ETO KC vs Buducnost 22:20 22:25 HC Vardar vs CSM Bucuresti 22:21 30:25 FC Midtjylland vs IK Sävehof 25:21 24:32 IK Sävehof vs Györi Audi ETO KC 18:26 26:32 Buducnost vs HC Vardar 31:19 24:26 CSM Bucuresti vs FC Midtjylland 24:22 28:23 Györi Audi ETO KC vs CSM Bucuresti 28:22 24:22 HC Vardar vs IK Sävehof 37:25 29:26 FC Midtjylland vs Buducnost 18:28 21:27

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QUALIFICATION ROUND 1 QUALIFICATION ROUND 3

M1 M2 M1 M2 Dinamo Bucuresti vs Energia Targu Jiu 38:24 24:24 Pfadi Winterthur vs KS Azoty-Pulawy 29:25 30:23 Hubo Initia Hasselt vs Merzifon Belediye Hentbol SK 37:21 33:24 Ystads IF vs Grundfos Tatabanya KC 28:28 31:20 RK Porec vs Maccabi Rishon Lezion 20:18 26:24 RK Maribor Branik vs Dinamo Bucuresti 27:26 25:31 HC Fregata-Burgas vs KH BESA Famiglia 18:24 20:30 Alpla HC Hard vs SKA Minsk 23:33 23:35 GRK Varazdin 1930 vs A.S.D. Romagna Handball 26:16 21:20 Rk Gorenje Velenje vs Team Tvis Holstebro 25:29 27:32 PGU-Kartina TV Tiraspol vs Górnik Zabrze 25:40 25:36 Aalborg Handball vs TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen 30:20 32:28 Pölva Serviti vs Klaipeda Dragunas 29:26 24:23 Hubo Initia Hasselt vs Helvetia Anaitasuna 20:28 26:24 Ystad IF HF vs Handball Kaerjeng 41:28 35:20 RK Borac m:tel vs OCI-LIONS 29:31 23:27 HB Dudelange vs Haslum Handballklubb 27:34 23:34 Talent M.A.T. Plzen vs Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 28:31 23:35 HV. KRAS/Volendam vs HC Lovcen 34:23 30:18 RK Nexe vs HBC Nantes 26:26 18:22 TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen vs Riihimäki Cocks 34:24 33:31 Füchse Berlin vs Chambery Savoie Handball 31:31 30:34 SSV Bozen Loacker vs Haukar 30:24 20:26 Górnik Zabrze vs Frisch Auf Göppingen 29:39 29:38 CSM Bucuresti vs Frigorificos Morrazo 31:24 29:29 QUALIFICATION ROUND 2 SC Magdeburg vs Csurgói KK 42:37 23:24 M1 M2 Haukar vs Saint-Raphael Var Handball 28:29 18:30 Fraikin BM. Granollers vs OIF Arendal 29:21 26:28 A.C. Diomidis Argous vs Dinamo Bucuresti 21:26 20:35 Csurgói KK vs Pogon Szczecin 29:19 30:27 GROUP PHASE OIF Arendal vs KH BESA Famiglia 34:18 31:25 Talent M.A.T. Plzen vs RK Porec 27:24 27:25 GROUP A Pfadi Winterthur vs Pölva Serviti 31:24 21:20 Fraikin BM. Granollers vs Dinamo Bucuresti 28:29 Hubo Initia Hasselt vs RK Spartak Vojput 27:20 21:23 SC Magdeburg vs Aalborg Handball 25:19 Permskie medvedi vs Ystads IF 30:28 24:27 Aalborg Handball vs Fraikin BM. Granollers 25:31 CSM Bucuresti vs Bregenz Handball 28:24 22:23 Dinamo Bucuresti vs SC Magdeburg 33:34 TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen vs Alingsas HK 27:25 26:27 SC Magdeburg vs Fraikin BM. Granollers 32:28 RK Nexe vs GRK Varazdin 1930 30:20 32:21 Haukar vs HC Zomimak-M 34:20 29:24 Aalborg Handball vs Dinamo Bucuresti 28:28 Team Tvis Holstebro vs Sporting CP 36:31 28:32 Fraikin BM. Granollers vs SC Magdeburg 34:29 Górnik Zabrze vs ZTR Zaporozhye 28:25 26:27 Dinamo Bucuresti vs Aalborg Handball 28:25 Haslum Handballklubb vs RK Borac m:tel 28:29 25:31 Dinamo Bucuresti vs Fraikin BM. Granollers 26:27 HV KRAS/Volendam vs SKA Minsk 25:32 30:32 Aalborg Handball vs SC Magdeburg 26:25 Chambery Savoie Handball vs HC Sporta Hlohovec 35:12 31:28 Fraikin BM. Granollers vs Aalborg Handball 24:24 SC Magdeburg vs Dinamo Bucuresti 39:22

GROUP A P W D L Goals Diff Pts SC Magdeburg 6 4 0 2 184:162 22 8 Fraikin BM. Granollers 6 3 1 2 172:165 7 7 Dinamo Bucuresti 6 2 1 3 166:181 -15 5 Aalborg Handball 6 1 2 3 147:161 -14 4

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GROUP PHASE GROUP PHASE

GROUP B GROUP D OCI-LIONS vs HBC Nantes 26:33 Chambery Savoie Handball vs Ystads IF 32:22 Team Tvis Holstebro vs Frisch Auf Göppingen 34:31 Helvetia Anaitasuna vs CSM Bucuresti 28:22 Frisch Auf Göppingen vs OCI-LIONS 40:20 CSM Bucuresti vs Chambery Savoie Handball 25:25 HBC Nantes vs Team Tvis Holstebro 32:23 Ystads IF vs Helvetia Anaitasuna 32:31 Team Tvis Holstebro vs OCI-LIONS 29:24 Helvetia Anaitasuna vs Chambery Savoie Handball 22:28 Frisch Auf Göppingen vs HBC Nantes 27:26 CSM Bucuresti vs Ystads IF 27:27 OCI-LIONS vs Team Tvis Holstebro 29:31 Chambery Savoie Handball vs Helvetia Anaitasuna 26:23 HBC Nantes vs Frisch Auf Göppingen 27:24 Ystads IF vs CSM Bucuresti 29:28 HBC Nantes vs OCI-LIONS 30:24 Ystads IF vs Chambery Savoie Handball 26:27 Frisch Auf Göppingen vs Team Tvis Holstebro 36:23 CSM Bucuresti vs Helvetia Anaitasuna 27:24 OCI-LIONS vs Frisch Auf Göppingen 31:40 Chambery Savoie Handball vs CSM Bucuresti 23:23 Team Tvis Holstebro vs HBC Nantes 27:28 Helvetia Anaitasuna vs Ystads IF 22:23

GROUP B P W D L Goals Diff Pts GROUP D P W D L Goals Diff Pts HBC Nantes 6 5 0 1 176:151 25 10 Chambery Savoie Handball 6 4 2 0 161:141 20 10 Frisch Auf Göppingen 6 4 0 2 198:161 37 8 Ystads IF 6 3 1 2 159:167 -8 7 Team Tvis Holstebro 6 3 0 3 167:180 -13 6 CSM Bucuresti 6 1 3 2 152:156 -4 5 4. OCI-IONS 6 0 0 6 154:203 -49 0 Helvetia Anaitasuna 6 1 0 5 150:158 -8 2

GROUP C SKA Minsk vs Pfadi Winterthur 31:27 QUARTER-FINALS

Bjerringbro-Silkeborg vs Saint-Raphael Var Handball 31:26 M1 M2 Saint-Raphael Var Handball vs SKA Minsk 31:29 Fraikin BM. Granollers vs Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 30:24 26:32 Pfadi Winterthur vs Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 25:28 Saint-Raphael Var Handball vs Chambery Savoie Handball 30:25 22:29 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg vs SKA Minsk 32:26 Frisch Auf Göppingen vs SC Magdeburg 31:25 27:29 Saint-Raphael Var Handball vs Pfadi Winterthur 28:28 SKA Minsk vs Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 28:25 Pfadi Winterthur vs Saint-Raphael Var Handball 21:24 MEN’S EHF CUP FINALS Pfadi Winterthur vs SKA Minsk 32:24 SEMI-FINALS Saint-Raphael Var Handball vs Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 23:25 Chambery Savoie Handball vs Frisch Auf Göppingen 25:28 SKA Minsk vs Saint-Raphael Var Handball 31:33 Fraikin BM. Granollers vs HBC Nantes 26:27 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg vs Pfadi Winterthur 27:27 MATCH FOR 3RD PLACE GROUP C P W D L Goals Diff Pts Chambery Savoie Handball vs Fraikin BM. Granollers 21:25 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 6 4 1 1 168:155 13 9 Saint-Raphael Var Handball 6 3 1 2 165:165 0 7 FINAL Pfadi Winterthur 6 1 2 3 160:162 -2 4 Frisch Auf Göppingen vs HBC Nantes 32:26 SKA Minsk 6 2 0 4 169:180 -11 4

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ROUND 2 LAST 16

M1 M2 M 1 M2 London GD Handball Club vs O.F.N. Ionias 11:35 17:27 TuS Metzingen vs IUVENTA Michalovce 30:26 26:22 HZRK Grude Autoherc vs Fram 22:38 27:28 Tertnes Bergen vs HC Odense 21:22 25:28 RK Zagorje vs A.C. Latsia Nicosia 47:12 46:14 H.C.M. Roman vs ASC Corona 2010 Brasov 22:21 21:26 H.C. Holon vs Indeco Conversano 27:32 19:30 HBC Nimes vs Randers HK 27:27 21:33 DHK Banik Most vs Cassano Magnago 30:17 27:20 Dunaujvarosi KKA vs Siófok KC 24:19 23:28 Pogon Baltica Szczecin vs LC Brühl Handball 31:23 28:19 HC Leipzig vs Muratpasa Belediyesi SK 33:26 26:25 IUVENTA Michalovce vs HC Standard 48:15 47:10 Astrakhanochka vs Dinamo-Sinara 31:26 23:19 SPONO Eagles vs ACME-Zalgiris Kaunas 38:27 25:35 H 65 Höörs Handbollsklubb vs Silkeborg-Voel KFUM 22:26 28:24 KHF Kastrioti vs Hubo Initia Hasselt 23:32 28:27

ZRK Ilidza vs Alavarium / Love Tiles 21:25 15:30 QUARTER-FINALS HB Dudelange vs WHC Zamet 16:39 18:35 M1 M2 ZRK Naisa Nis vs A.C. Loux Patras 27:14 38:8 HC Odense vs ASC Corona 2010 Brasov 21:29 21:21 Galytchanka vs KHF Prishtina 26:17 26:14 Astrakhanochka vs Dunaujvarosi KKA 26:23 20:25 Femina Vise vs Succes Schoonmaak / VOC Amsterdam 20:34 22:38 Randers HK vs H 65 Höörs Handbollsklubb 30:27 27:22 TuS Metzingen vs HC Leipzig 25:24 27:25 ROUND 3

M1 M2 SEMI-FINALS Randers HK vs Succes Schoonmaak / VOC Amsterdam 36:25 29:18 Muratpasa Belediye SK vs Galytchanka 28:22 30:30 M1 M2 Randers HK vs Dunaujvarosi KKA 27 : 29 25:23 Siófok KC vs Alavarium / Love Tiles 40:25 39:21 ASC Corona 2010 Brasov vs TuS Metzingen 22 : 26 23:30 IUVENTA Michalovce vs Balonmano Bera Bera 34:29 24:24 RK Zagorje vs HC Leipzig 17:26 25:34 Astrakhanochka vs O.F.N. Ionias 42:28 39:15 FINAL

WHC Zamet vs HC Odense 23:28 21:30 M1 M2 HBC Nimes vs Hubo Initia Hasselt 39:18 28:26 TuS Metzingen vs Dunaujvarosi KKA 28:26 21:29 ZRK Naisa Nis vs TuS Metzingen 29:38 21:50 H.C.M. Roman vs Fram 29:25 27:22 SPONO Eagles vs Silkeborg-Voel KFUM 20:33 22:34 Dinamo-Sinara vs DHK Banik Most 31:31 30:27 Tertnes Bergen vs Union Mios Biganos-Begles 10:0 10:0 Dunaujvarosi KKA vsIndeco Conversano 37:25 31:24

Nantes Loire Atlantique HB vs H 65 Höörs Handbollsklubb 27:26 27:30 ASC Corona 2010 Brasov vs Pogon Baltica Szczecin 24:24 24:20

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ROUND 2 QUARTER-FINALS

M1 M2 M1 M2 ZRK Umag vs LK Zug Handball 29:27 25:24 Team Tvis Holstebro vs Viborg HK A/S 25:14 25:27 Skuru IK vs Ardesen GSK 30:25 20:32 ÉRD HC vs Issy Paris Hand 29:28 17:18 Bnei Hertzeliya vs Mecalia Atletico Guardes 23:39 26:33 Vipers Kristiansand vs RK Krim Mercator 29:27 20:30 Westfriesland SEW vs WHC Metalurg 23:24 26:33 Zvezda Zvenigorod vs Handball Club Lada 30:43 21:33 Ankara Yenimahalle BSK vs SSV Dornbirn Schoren 36:25 40:14 Jomi Salerno vs WHC Radnicki Kragujevac 22:35 8:26 SEMI-FINALS

M1 M2 ROUND 3 Issy Paris Hand vs Team Tvis Holstebro 24:20 12:29 M1 M2 Handball Club Lada vs RK Krim Mercator 28:24 27:22 Team Esbjerg vs Ardesen GSK 30:26 22:31 Team Tvis Holstebro vs WHC Metalurg 41:20 32:20 FINAL WHC Radnicki Kragujevac vs SC Municipal Craiova 22:28 24:28 M1 M2 SERCODAK Dalfsen vs Vistal Gdynia 20:21 27:26 Team Tvis Holstebro vs Handball Club Lada 31:27 30:25 Vipers Kristiansand vs Halden Damer Elite 25:19 22:20 Ankara Yenimahalle BSK vs BNTU-BelAZ Minsk Reg. 26:20 23:26 Metz Handball vs Viborg HK A/S 26:24 21:28 Glassverket vs ZORK Jagodina 43:14 38:23 Buxtehuder SV vs Issy Paris Hand 26:28 25:28 ZRK Umag vs ÉRD HC 24:36 18:31 Zvezda Zvenigorod vs Mecalia Atletico Guardes 29:25 22:22 Handball Club Lada vs VfL Oldenburg 37:24 30:34

LAST 16

M 1 M2

SC Municipal Craiova vs RK Krim Mercator 30:29 23:27 SERCODAK Dalfsen vs ÉRD HC 15:27 25:27 Ankara Yenimahalle BSK vs Zvezda Zvenigorod 33:26 25:33 Vipers Kristiansand vs MKS Selgros Lublin 28:22 22:25 Glassverket vs Viborg HK A/S 28:29 22:23 Handball Club Lada vs Ardesen GSK 49:28 31:22 Issy Paris Hand vs HC Podravka Vegeta 24:20 17:20 Team Tvis Holstebro vs Hypo Niederösterreich 42:28 35:28

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ROUND 2 LAST 16

M1 M2 M 1 M2 MSK Povazska Bystrica vs HC Vogosca Poljine Hills 29:29 22:22 Handball Esch vs FIQAS Aalsmeer 26:30 22:25 Skuru IK vs Ardesen GSK 30:25 20:32 AO Poseidon Loutrakiou vs KV Sasja HC 23:24 22:22 Bnei Hertzeliya vs Mecalia Atletico Guardes 23:39 26:33 ABC/UMinho vs HC Kehra 40:29 45:14 Westfriesland SEW vs WHC Metalurg 23:24 26:33 Handball Team Celik vs Wacker Thun 27:42 28:41 Ankara Yenimahalle BSK vs SSV Dornbirn Schoren 36:25 40:14 St. Petersburg HC vs B.B. Ankara Spor 30:26 31:23 Jomi Salerno vs WHC Radnicki Kragujevac 22:35 8:26 S.L. Benfica vs A.C. Filippos Verias 34:14 23:26 FyllingenBergen vs HC Radnicki Kragujevac 35:28 33:19 HC Dukla Praha vs HC Vise BM 38:27 30:33 ROUND 3

M1 M2 HC Radnicki Kragujevac vs HC Dobrudja 37:22 29:17 QUARTER-FINALS IBV Vestmannaeyjar vs S.L. Benfica 26:28 26:34 M1 M2 KH Kosova vs B.B. Ankara Spor 28:37 22:35 FyllingenBergen vs FIQAS Aalsmeer 31:20 24:28 RK Metaloplastika Sabac vs HC Vise BM 29:25 22:28 ABC/UMinho vs Wacker Thun 30:23 34:34 HC Prolet 62 vs KV Sasja HC 20:24 22:27 S.L. Benfica vs St. Petersburg HC 24:20 25:27 HC Dukla Praha vs A.S.S. Spes 32:15 26:20 KV Sasja HC vs HC Dukla Praha 27:27 23:29 Handball Esch vs HC Olimpus-85-USEFS 37:30 40:27 AO Poseidon Loutrakiou vs Pallamano Pressano 25:21 23:27 SEMI-FINALS FIQAS Aalsmeer vs Ramat Hashron “vitania” HC 22:22 33:32 M1 M2 A.E.K. Athens vs A.C. Filippos Verias 34:36 22:32 S.L. Benfica vs FyllingenBergen 35:22 29:27 HC Berchem vs FyllingenBergen 32:28 23:30 ABC/UMinho vs HC Dukla Praha 34:33 33:29 HC Vogosca Poljine Hills vs St. Petersburg HC 25:24 22:26 Wacker Thun vs Bursa Nilüfer BK 47:16 32:33 London GD Handball Club vs HC Kehra 16:37 26:43 FINAL Handbal club Odorhei vs ABC/UMinho 24:25 22:25 M1 M2 KH Prishtina vs Handball Team Celik 29:28 21:23 S.L. Benfica vs ABC/UMinho 22:28 29:25

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ROUND 3 QUARTER-FINALS

M1 M2 M1 M2 IBV Vestmannaeyjar vs WHC Knjaz Milos Arandjelovac 28:30 28:31 HC Vardar junior vs HC Karpaty 22:19 17:28 WHC Danilovgrad vs ZRK Mlinotest Ajdovscina 24:30 18:22 EKS Start Elblag vs Izmir BSB SK 29:25 19:21 Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE vs Colegio de Gaia vs HIFK 36:29 32:29 35:25 27:19 ZRK IZVOR BUKOVICKA BANJA-Arandjelovac ZRK Pelister 2012 vs KHF Shqipona 22:38 35:39 Kastamonu B. Genclik SK vs Virto / Quintus 27:23 25:23 Izmir BSB SK vs DHB Rotweiss Thun SPL 1 27:17 27:23

Metraco Zaglebie Lubin vs Maccabi Arazim Ramat gan 41:12 37:17 SEMI-FINALS ABU Baku vs Schuler Afbouwgroep/DOS 19:27 22:29 Yellow Winterthur vs ASD Ariosto Pallamano Ferrara 34:21 25:19 M1 M2 HC Vardar junior vs London Angels HC 27:14 35:17 Kastamonu B. Genclik SK vs HC Karpaty 24:20 30:25 EKS Start Elblag vs Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE 24:25 22:22

LAST 16

M 1 M2 FINAL

Kastamonu B. Genclik SK vs Metraco Zaglebie Lubin 43:39 30:24 M1 M2 Schuler Afbouwgroep/DOS vs Kastamonu B. Genclik SK vs Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE 25:29 29:33 27:33 18:27 ZRK IZVOR BUKOVICKA BANJA-Arandjelovac KHF Shqipona vs Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE 23:38 31:56 Yellow Winterthur vs Virto / Quintus 13:37 16:33 EKS Start Elblag vs ZRK Mlinotest Ajdovscina 28:22 26:22 HC Vardar junior vs ZRK Minaqua Vojvodina Novi Sad 26:24 31:27 DHC Sokol Poruba vs Izmir BSB SK 28:22 17:23 Colegio de Gaia vs HC Karpaty 14:23 21:30

51 EHF Sport Report 2016 Women’s 17 EHF EURO 2015 results

PRELIMINARY ROUND PRELIMINARY ROUND TABLES

GROUP A P W D L Goals Diff Pts Sweden vs FYR Macedonia 32:16 Sweden 3 2 1 0 96:74 22 5 Slovenia vs Czech Republic 39:33 Slovenia 3 2 1 0 99:82 17 5 Czech Republic vs Sweden 29:35 Czech Republic 3 1 0 2 101:97 4 2 FYR Macedonia vs Slovenia 20:31 FYR Macedonia 3 0 0 3 59:102 -43 0 Sweden vs Slovenia 29:29 FYR Macedonia vs Czech Republic 23:39

GROUP B P W D L Goals Diff Pts Russia vs Germany 26:20 Russia 3 3 0 2 89:69 20 6 Romania vs Spain 29:20 Romania 3 1 0 2 83:79 4 2 Spain vs Russia 22:34 Germany 3 1 0 2 76:82 -6 2 Germany vs Romania 30:27 Spain 3 1 0 2 71:89 -18 2 Russia vs Romania 29:27 Germany vs Spain 26:29

GROUP C P W D L Goals Diff Pts Portugal vs France 24:35 Croatia 3 3 0 0 83:75 8 6 Croatia vs Netherlands 24:22 France 3 2 0 1 96:84 12 4 Netherlands vs Portugal 32:20 Netherlands 3 1 0 2 83:79 4 2 France vs Croatia 26:31 Portugal 3 0 0 3 71:95 -24 0 Portugal vs Croatia 27:28 France vs Netherlands 35:29

GROUP D P W D L Goals Diff Pts Denmark vs Hungary 33:30 Denmark 3 3 0 0 101:61 40 6 Norway vs Slovakia 35:27 Hungary 3 2 0 1 101:88 13 4 Slovakia vs Denmark 14:31 Norway 3 1 0 2 81:104 -23 2 Hungary vs Norway 40:29 Slovakia 3 0 0 3 67:97 -30 0 Denmark vs Norway 37:17 Hungary vs Slovakia 31:26

INTERMEDIATE ROUND INTERMEDIATE ROUND TABLE

GROUP I1 Table I1 P W D L Goals Diff Pts FYR Macedonia vs Czech Republic 23:39 Spain 3 3 0 0 102:74 28 6 Germany vs Spain 26:29 Germany 3 2 0 1 106:65 41 4 Macedonia vs Spain 16:35 Czech Republic 3 1 0 2 94:103 -9 2 Czech Republic vs Germany 23:42 FYR Macedonia 3 0 0 3 52:112 -60 0 Spain vs Czech Republic 38:32 Germany vs Macedonia 38:13

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INTERMEDIATE ROUND INTERMEDIATE ROUND TABLE

GROUP I2 Table I2 P W D L Goals Diff Pts Netherlands vs Portugal 32:20 Norway 3 3 0 0 96:77 19 6 Norway vs Slovakia 35:27 Netherlands 3 2 0 1 91:84 7 4 Portugal vs Slovakia 24:27 Slovakia 3 1 0 2 82:92 -10 2 Netherlands vs Norway 26:36 Portugal 3 0 0 3 68:84 -16 0 Slovakia vs Netherlands 28:33 Norway vs Portugal 25:24

MAIN ROUND MAIN ROUND TABLES

GROUP M1 Table M1 P W D L Goals Diff Pts Sweden vs Slovenia 29:29 Russia 3 3 0 0 103:73 30 6 Russia vs Romania 29:27 Romania 3 2 0 1 89:75 14 4 Slovenia vs Romania 25:34 Slovenia 3 0 1 2 81:103 -22 1 Sweden vs Russia 19:34 Sweden 3 0 1 2 69:91 -22 1 Romania vs Sweden 28:21 Russia vs Slovenia 40:27

GROUP M2 Table M2 P W D L Goals Diff Pts France vs Croatia 26:31 Denmark 3 2 0 1 86:82 4 4 Denmark vs Hungary 33:30 Hungary 3 2 0 1 90:86 4 4 France vs Hungary 24:28 Croatia 3 1 0 2 90:91 -1 2 Croatia vs Denmark 30:33 France 3 1 0 2 72:79 -7 2 Hungary vs Croatia 32:29 Denmark vs France 20:22

CROSS MATCHES 13 - 16 PLACE. MATCHES 13 - 16 SEMI-FINALS FINAL RANKING

Czech Republic vs 1. Denmark Czech Republic vs Portugal 22:27 36:22 Russia vs Hungary 33:24 FYR Macedonia 2. Russia Slovakia vs FYR Macedonia 26:17 Denmark vs Romania 31:23 Portugal vs Slovakia 27:24 3. Hungary

CROSS MATCHES 9 - 12 PLACE. MATCHES 9 - 12 MATCH FOR 3RD PLACE 4. Romania 5. Slovenia Spain vs Netherlands 31:27 Netherlands vs Norway 29:39 Hungary vs Romania 34:31 6. Croatia Norway vs Germany 25:26 Spain vs Germany 29:30 7. France 8. Sweden CROSS MATCHES 5 - 8 PLACE. MATCHES 5 - 8 FINAL 9. Germany Slovenia vs France 30:24 France vs Sweden 30:25 Russia vs Denmark 24:25 10. Spain Croatia vs Sweden 25:24 Slovenia vs Croatia 24:22 11. Norway 12. Netherlands 13. Portugal 14. Slovakia 15. Czech Republic 16. FYR Macedonia

53 EHF Sport Report 2016 Women’s 19 EHF EURO 2015 results

PRELIMINARY ROUND PRELIMINARY ROUND TABLES

GROUP A P W D L Goals Diff Pts Denmark vs Montenegro 21:20 Denmark 3 3 0 0 85:59 26 6 Croatia vs Serbia 20:24 Montenegro 3 2 0 1 66:54 12 4 Serbia vs Denmark 18:32 Serbia 3 1 0 2 58:73 -15 2 Montenegro vs Croatia 25:17 Croatia 3 0 0 3 58:81 -23 0 Denmark vs Croatia 32:21 Montenegro vs Serbia 21:16

GROUP B P W D L Goals Diff Pts Russia vs Germany 26:18 Russia 3 2 1 0 93:61 32 5 FYR Macedonia vs Lithuania 31:27 Germany 3 2 0 1 80:66 14 4 Lithuania vs Russia 17:41 FYR Macedonia 3 1 1 1 78:84 -6 3 Germany vs FYR Macedonia 31:21 Lithuania 3 0 0 3 63:103 -40 0 Russia vs FYR Macedonia 26:26 Germany vs Lithuania 31:19

GROUP C P W D L Goals Diff Pts Sweden vs Hungary 24:18 Sweden 3 2 0 1 63:54 9 4 Romania vs France 24:31 Hungary 3 1 1 1 60:62 -2 3 France vs Sweden 15:25 France 3 1 1 1 64:67 -3 3 Hungary vs Romania 24:20 Romania 3 1 0 2 65:69 -4 2 Sweden vs Romania 14:21 Hungary vs France 18:18

GROUP D P W D L Goals Diff Pts Portugal vs Spain 19:23 Norway 3 3 0 0 84:61 23 6 Norway vs Belarus 27:17 Spain 3 2 0 1 74:71 3 4 Belarus vs Portugal 21:32 Portugal 3 1 0 2 75:73 2 2 Spain vs Norway 20:28 Belarus 3 0 0 3 62:90 -28 0 Portugal vs Norway 24:29 Spain vs Belarus 31:24

INTERMEDIATE ROUND INTERMEDIATE ROUND TABLE

GROUP I1 Table I1 P W D L Goals Diff Pts Serbia vs Croatia 24:20 Serbia 3 3 0 0 84:72 12 6 FYR Macedonia vs Lithuania 31:27 Croatia 3 1 0 2 81:80 1 2 Croatia vs Lithuania 31:34 Lithuania 3 1 0 2 92:94 -2 2 Serbia vs FYR Macedonia 28:21 FYR Macedonia 3 1 0 2 74:85 -11 2 Lithuania vs Serbia 31:32 FYR Macedonia vs Croatia 22:30

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INTERMEDIATE ROUND INTERMEDIATE ROUND TABLE

GROUP I2 Table I2 P W D L Goals Diff Pts France vs Romania 31:24 France 3 3 0 0 95:64 31 6 Portugal vs Belarus 32:21 Romania 3 1 1 1 90:84 6 3 Romania vs Belarus 38:25 Portugal 3 1 1 1 79:80 -1 3 France vs Portugal 31:19 Belarus 3 0 0 3 67:103 -36 0 Belarus vs France 21:33 Portugal vs Romania 28:28

MAIN ROUND MAIN ROUND TABLES

GROUP M1 Table M1 P W D L Goals Diff Pts Denmark vs Montenegro 21:20 Russia 3 2 0 1 73:63 10 4 Russia vs Germany 26:18 Denmark 3 2 0 1 72:66 6 4 Montenegro vs Germany 26:29 Germany 3 1 0 2 68:81 -13 2 Denmark vs Russia 22:25 Montenegro 3 1 0 2 69:72 -3 2 Germany vs Denmark 21:29 Russia vs Montenegro 22:23

GROUP M2 Table M2 P W D L Goals Diff Pts Sweden vs Hungary 24:18 Sweden 3 3 0 0 73:56 17 6 Norway vs Spain 28:20 Hungary 3 1 1 1 70:63 7 3 Hungary vs Spain 27:14 Norway 3 1 1 1 77:74 3 3 Sweden vs Norway 29:24 Spain 3 0 0 3 48:75 -27 0 Spain vs Sweden 14:20 Norway vs Hungary 25:25

CROSS MATCHES 13 - 16 PLACE. MATCHES 13 - 16 SEMI-FINALS FINAL RANKING 1. Denmark Lithuania vs Belarus 24:28 Lithuania vs FYR Macedonia 27:29 Russia vs Hungary 28:17 2. Russia Portugal vs FYR Macedonia 27:26 Belarus vs Portugal 31:29 Sweden vs Denmark 20:28 3. Sweden

CROSS MATCHES 9 - 12 PLACE. MATCHES 9 - 12 MATCH FOR 3RD PLACE 4. Hungary 5. Germany Serbia vs Romania 24:29 Serbia vs Croatia 27:26 Hungary vs Sweden 24:25 6. Norway France vs Croatia 30:29 Romania vs France 35:39 7. Montenegro 8. Spain CROSS MATCHES 5 - 8 PLACE. MATCHES 5 - 8 FINAL 9. France Germany vs Spain 26:24 Spain vs Montenegro 33:37 Russia vs Denmark 26:29 10. Romania Norway vs Montenegro 29:27 Germany vs Norway 29:27 11. Serbia 12. Croatia 13. Belarus 14. Portugal 15. FYR Macedonia 16. Lithuania

55 EHF Sport Report 2016 Beach Handball Champions Cup results

MEN’S EVENT WOMEN’S EVENT

PRELIMINARY ROUND GROUP A PRELIMINARY ROUND GROUP B PRELIMINARY ROUND GROUP A PRELIMINARY ROUND GROUP B BHC SKKM-EKATERINODAR vs Detono Zagreb vs Team Sweden 2:0 Detono Zagreb vs Voorwaarts 0:2 2:0 Skrim Kongsberg vs Strandgeflüster Minden 2:0 Lloret Beach Espana Club BM Playa Ciudad de Malaga vs Brüder Ismaning vs 2:0 0:2 Paksoft Camelot vs OS Gordos / Aposta Ganha OVB -Beach Girls® vs BHC Dubrava 2:1 Multichem Szentendrei NKE 0:2 BHT Auto Forum Petra Plock BC Sand Devils Minden e.V. vs Cubas Llopis BM Playa Sevilla vs 2:1 Beachqueens vs 100 Ondas / N. Belchior 0:2 1:2 Pallamano Grosseto vs HEI Skaering 0:2 HIR-SAT Keszthely BHC BHT Piotrkowianin Juko Piotrków Trybunalski BHT Auto Forum Petra Plock vs OS Gordos / Aposta Ganha vs Detono Zagreb 1:2 BHC Dubrava vs Skrim Kongsberg 2:1 Multichem Szentendrei NKE vs 0:2 2:0 BHC SKKM-EKATERINODAR Detono Zagreb Team Sweden vs BC Sand Devils Minden e.V. 2:0 Strandgeflüster Minden vs Beachqueens 0:2 Voorwaarts vs Cubas Llopis BM Playa Sevilla 2:1 Lloret Beach Espana vs Pallamano Grosseto 2:0 HIR-SAT Keszthely BHC vs 0:2 100 Ondas / N. Belchior vs Club BM Playa Ciudad de Malaga 0:2 BHT Piotrkowianin Juko Piotrków Trybunalski HEI Skaering vs Paksoft Camelot 2:0 OVB -Beach Girls® 2:0 vs Brüder Ismaning Detono Zagreb vs HIR-SAT Keszthely BHC 1:2 BHC SKKM-EKATERINODAR vs HEI Skaering 2:0 Skrim Kongsberg vs 100 Ondas / N. Belchior 2:0 Detono Zagreb vs OS Gordos / Aposta Ganha vs Team Sweden 2:0 0:2 BHT Auto Forum Petra Plock vs BHT Piotrkowianin Juko Piotrków Trybunalski 1:2 Lloret Beach Espana Club BM Playa Ciudad de Malaga vs BHC Dubrava vs Strandgeflüster Minden 2:0 2:1 Multichem Szentendrei NKE vs Voorwaarts 2:0 BC Sand Devils Minden e.V. Paksoft Camelot vs Pallamano Grosseto 1:2 OVB -Beach Girls® vs Beachqueens 2:0 Brüder Ismaning vs Detono Zagreb vs BC Sand Devils Minden e.V. 2:0 2:0 BHC SKKM-EKATERINODAR vs Cubas Llopis BM Playa Sevilla 2:0 Club BM Playa Ciudad de Malaga vs Skrim Kongsberg vs Beachqueens 2:0 Pallamano Grosseto 1:2 Detono Zagreb vs Team Sweden 2:1 Paksoft Camelot vs Lloret Beach Espana 1:2 OVB -Beach Girls® vs Cubas Llopis BM Playa Sevilla HIR-SAT Keszthely BHC vs 2:1 1:2 Strandgeflüster Minden Brüder Ismaning vs Voorwaarts 2:1 HEI Skaering vs BHT Auto Forum Petra Plock 2:1 OS Gordos / Aposta Ganha Pallamano Grosseto vs 100 Ondas / N. Belchior vs BHC Dubrava 2:1 BHT Piotrkowianin Juko Piotrków Trybunalski 0:2 BC Sand Devils Minden e.V. vs 2:1 BHT Auto Forum Petra Plock 2:1 vs Multichem Szentendrei NKE OS Gordos / Aposta Ganha Beachqueens vs BHC Dubrava 1:2 Cubas Llopis BM Playa Sevilla vs BHC SKKM-EKATERINODAR vs Detono Zagreb vs 0:2 2:1 1:2 Multichem Szentendrei NKE Paksoft Camelot Club BM Playa Ciudad de Malaga Skrim Kongsberg vs OVB -Beach Girls® 2:0 Detono Zagreb vs Brüder Ismaning 0:2 HEI Skaering vs Lloret Beach Espana 1:2 HIR-SAT Keszthely BHC vs Team Sweden 0:2 100 Ondas / N. Belchior vs 2:0 BHT Piotrkowianin Juko Piotrków Trybunalski Strandgeflüster Minden 1:2 vs Voorwaarts

GROUP A FINAL TABLE P W L Goals Diff Pts GROUP A FINAL TABLE P W L Goals Diff Pts BHC SKKM-EKATERINODAR 5 5 0 140:155 85 10 Skrim Kongsberg 5 4 1 204:131 73 8 Lloret Beach Espana 5 4 1 181:230 -49 8 OVB-Beach Girls 5 4 1 155:133 22 8 HEI Skaering 5 3 2 201:175 26 6 100 Ondas / N.Belchior 5 3 2 115:140 -25 6 BHT Auto Forum Plock 5 2 3 159:213 36 4 BHC Dubrava 5 3 2 161:163 -2 6 Pallamano Grosseto 5 1 4 165:242 -77 2 Beachqueens 5 1 4 125:138 -13 2 Paksoft Camelot 5 0 5 190:221 -31 0 Strandgeflüster Minden 5 0 5 95:150 -55 0

GROUP B FINAL TABLE P W L Goals Diff Pts GROUP B FINAL TABLE P W L Goals Diff Pts Club BM Playa Ciudad de Malaga 5 4 1 243:212 31 8 BHT Piotrkowianin Juko Piotrków Trybunalski 5 4 1 206:154 52 8 Detono Zagreb 5 3 2 226:211 15 6 Multichem Szentendrei NKE 5 4 1 203:133 70 8 Team Sweden 5 3 2 192:215 -23 6 Brüder Ismaning 5 3 2 139:149 -10 6 BC Sand Devils Minden e.V. 5 2 3 220:216 4 4 Voorwaarts 5 3 2 161:184 -23 6 OS Gordos / Aposta Ganha 5 2 3 224:235 -11 4 Detono Zagreb 5 1 4 100:163 -63 2 HIR-SAT Keszthely BHC 5 1 4 233:249 -16 2 Cubas Llopis BM Playa Sevilla 5 0 5 156:182 -26 0

PLACEMENT MATCHES 9-12 CROSS MATCHES 5-8 PLACEMENT MATCHES 9-12 CROSS MATCHES 5-8 Paksoft Camelot vs HIR-SAT Keszthely BHC 0:2 BC Sand Devils Minden e.V. vs HEI Skaering 0:2 Strandgeflüster Minden vs Voorwaarts vs 100 Ondas / N. Belchior 0:2 0:2 Cubas Llopis BM Playa Sevilla Pallamano Grosseto vs Club BM Playa Ciudad de Malaga vs BHC Dubrava vs Brüder Ismaning 0:2 0:2 2:0 OS Gordos / Aposta Ganha Lloret Beach Espana Beachqueens vs Detono Zagreb 2:0

PLACEMENT MATCHES 5-8 QUARTER-FINALS PLACEMENT MATCHES 5-8 QUARTER-FINALS BC Sand Devils Minden e.V. vs BHC SKKM-EKATERINODAR vs Voorwaarts vs BHC Dubrava 0:2 Skrim Kongsberg vs Voorwaarts 2:0 2:0 2:0 Lloret Beach Espana BC Sand Devils Minden e.V. 100 Ondas / N. Belchior vs Brüder Ismaning 0:2 BHT Piotrkowianin Juko Piotrków Trybunalski 2:1 HEI Skaering vs Club BM Playa Ciudad de Malaga vs vs BHC Dubrava 2:1 1:2 Club BM Playa Ciudad de Malaga BHT Auto Forum Petra Plock OVB -Beach Girls® vs Brüder Ismaning 2:0 Lloret Beach Espana vs Team Sweden 0:2 Multichem Szentendrei NKE vs 2:0 Detono Zagreb vs HEI Skaering 2:0 100 Ondas / N. Belchior

SEMI-FINALS SEMI-FINALS BHC SKKM-EKATERINODAR vs Detono Zagreb 2:0 Skrim Kongsberg vs Multichem Szentendrei NKE 0:2 BHT Auto Forum Petra Plock vs Team Sweden 0:2 BHT Piotrkowianin Juko Piotrków Trybunalski vsOVB -Beach Girls® 2:0

MATCH FOR 3RD PLACE MATCH FOR 3RD PLACE Detono Zagreb vs BHT Auto Forum Petra Plock 1:2 Skrim Kongsberg vs OVB -Beach Girls® 2:0

FINAL FINAL BHC SKKM-EKATERINODAR vs Team Sweden 2:0 Multichem Szentendrei NKE vs BHT Piotrkowianin Juko Piotrków Trybunalski 2:1

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MEN’S EVENT WOMEN’S EVENT

PRELIMINARY ROUND – GROUP A PRELIMINARY ROUND – GROUP A BHC Sesvete vs BHC SKKM-EKATERINODAR 0:2 Detono Zagreb vs Westsite 0:2 BHT Auto Forum Petra Plock vs BHC 2areg 2:0 Beachqueens vs CAIPIranhas 0:2 Detono Zagreb vs BHT Auto Forum Petra Plock 2:1 Agenta Girls vs Beachqueens 2:0 BHC 2areg vs BHC Sesvete 0:2 CAIPIranhas vs Detono Zagreb 1:2 Detono Zagreb vs BHC 2areg 2:0 Agenta Girls vs CAIPIranhas 2:0 BHC SKKM-EKATERINODAR vs BHT Auto Forum Petra Plock 2:0 Westsite vs Beachqueens 2:0 BHC Sesvete vs Detono Zagreb 2:1 Detono Zagreb vs Agenta Girls 1:2 BHC 2areg vs BHC SKKM-EKATERINODAR 2:0 CAIPIranhas vs Westsite 0:2 BHC SKKM-EKATERINODAR vs Detono Zagreb 0:2 Westsite vs Agenta Girls 0:2 BHT Auto Forum Petra Plock vs BHC Sesvete 2:1 Beachqueens vs Detono Zagreb 0:2

GROUP A FINAL TABLE P W L Goals Diff Pts GROUP A FINAL TABLE P W L Goals Diff Pts Detono Zagreb 4 3 1 164:139 25 6 Agenta Girls 4 4 0 150:96 54 8 BHC SKKM-EKATERINODAR 4 2 2 140:136 4 4 Westsite 4 3 1 97:92 5 6 BHT Auto Forum Petra Plock 4 2 2 168:169 -1 4 Detono Zagreb 4 2 2 125:120 5 4 BHS Seveste 4 2 2 175:164 11 4 CAIPIranhas 4 1 3 88:116 -28 2 BHC 2areg 4 1 3 121:160 -39 2 Beachqueens 4 0 4 99:135 -36 0

PRELIMINARY ROUND – GROUP B PRELIMINARY ROUND – GROUP B

V. Gaw / Café Rossio vs Dinamit BHC 2:1 Paksoft Camelot vs OVB -Beach Girls® 2:0 Paksoft Camelot vs G.A.S. Kilkis Akropolis 2:1 Reflex AZS AWF Volkswagen Poznan vs AC Spartacus Goalbet 0:2 Club Balonmano Playa Algeciras vs Paksoft Camelot 2:0 CBP Algeciras vs Reflex AZS AWF Volkswagen Poznan 2:0 G.A.S. Kilkis Akropolis vs V. Gaw / Café Rossio 2:0 AC Spartacus Goalbet vs Paksoft Camelot 2:1 Club Balonmano Playa Algeciras vs G.A.S. Kilkis Akropolis 1:2 CBP Algeciras vs AC Spartacus Goalbet 0:2 Dinamit BHC vs Paksoft Camelot 1:2 OVB -Beach Girls® vs Reflex AZS AWF Volkswagen Poznan 2:1 V. Gaw / Café Rossio vs Club Balonmano Playa Algeciras 2:1 Paksoft Camelot vs CBP Algeciras 2:1 G.A.S. Kilkis Akropolis vs Dinamit BHC 1:2 AC Spartacus Goalbet vs OVB -Beach Girls® 2:1 Dinamit BHC vs Club Balonmano Playa Algeciras 0:2 OVB -Beach Girls® vs CBP Algeciras 1:2 Paksoft Camelot vs V. Gaw / Café Rossio 2:1 Reflex AZS AWF Volkswagen Poznan vs Paksoft Camelot 2:0

GROUP B FINAL TABLE P W L Goals Diff Pts GROUP B FINAL TABLE P W L Goals Diff Pts Paksoft Camelot 4 3 1 161:171 -10 6 AC Spartacus Goalbet 4 4 0 120:80 40 8 G.A.S. Kilkis Akropolis 4 2 2 184:172 12 4 Paksoft Camelot 4 2 2 101:106 -5 4 V. Gaw / Café Rossio 4 2 2 124:152 -28 4 CBP Algeciras 4 2 2 116:105 11 4 Club Balonmano Playa Algeciras 4 2 2 184:139 45 4 OVB-Beach Girls® 4 1 3 99:115 -16 2 Dinamit BHC 4 1 3 138:157 -19 2 Reflex AZS AWF Volkswagen Poznan 4 1 3 91:121 -30 2

SEMI-FINALS SEMI-FINALS Detono Zagreb vs G.A.S. Kilkis Akropolis 0:2 Agenta Girls vs Paksoft Camelot 2:0 Paksoft Camelot vs BHC SKKM-EKATERINODAR 0:2 AC Spartacus Goalbet vs Westsite 2:0

PLACEMENT MATCHES PLACEMENT MATCHES BHC 2areg vs Dinamit BHC 2:1 Beachqueens vs Reflex AZS AWF Volkswagen Poznan 2:1 BHC Sesvete vs Club Balonmano Playa Algeciras 2:1 CAIPIranhas vs OVB -Beach Girls® 1:2 BHT Auto Forum Petra Plock vs V. Gaw / Café Rossio 2:0 Detono Zagreb vs CBP Algeciras 0:2

MATCH FOR 3RD PLACE MATCH FOR 3RD PLACE Detono Zagreb vs Paksoft Camelot 2:0 Paksoft Camelot vs Westsite 2:0

FINAL FINAL G.A.S. Kilkis Akropolis vs BHC SKKM-EKATERINODAR 2:1 Agenta Girls vs AC Spartacus Goalbet 2:1

57 EHF Sport Report 2016 Women’s World Championship 2015 results

PRELIMINARY ROUND

GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C GROUP D Montenegro vs Serbia 28:28 Netherlands vs China 42:21 Argentina vs D.R. Congo 23:15 Romania vs Puerto Rico 47:14

Hungary vs Tunisia 39:20 39:20 Cuba vs Poland 22:27 France vs Germany 30:20 Spain vs Kazakhstan 31:10

Denmark vs Japan 30:21 30:21 Sweden vs Angola 37:23 Brazil vs Korea 24:24 Norway vs Russia 25:26

Japan vs Montenegro 23:29 23:29 China vs Cuba 39:30 D.R. Congo vs Brazil 11:26 Kazakhstan vs Romania 20:36

Serbia vs Hungary 26:32 26:32 Angola vs Netherlands 24:37 Korea vs France 22:22 Russia vs Spain 28:26

Tunisia vs Denmark 20:32 20:32 Poland vs Sweden 30:31 Germany vs Argentina 33:13 Puerto Rico vs Norway 13:39

Japan vs Tunisia 31:21 31:21 Cuba vs Angola 23:38 Korea vs D.R. Congo 35:17 Russia vs Puerto Rico 45:18

Montenegro vs Hungary 32:15 Poland vs China 29:24 France vs Argentina 20:12 Spain vs Romania 26:18

Denmark vs Serbia 29:20 Sweden vs Netherlands 28:28 Brazil vs Germany 24:21 Norway vs Kazakhstan 40:19

Montenegro vs Tunisia 37:26 Cuba vs Netherlands 23:45 Argentina vs Brazil 19:23 Kazakhstan vs Russia 19:42

Serbia vs Japan 27:22 Angola vs Poland 27:29 France vs D.R. Congo 29:16 Spain vs Puerto Rico 39:13

Hungary vs Denmark 29:22 Sweden vs China 47:28 Germany vs Korea 40:28 Romania vs Norway 22:26

Hungary vs Japan 31:21 China vs Angola 29:32 Argentina vs Korea 22:29 Puerto Rico vs Kazakhstan 30:27

Tunisia vs Serbia 21:43 Netherlands vs Poland 31:20 Brazil vs France 21:20 Romania vs Russia 27:30

Denmark vs Montenegro 21:23 Cuba vs Sweden 25:49 D.R. Congo vs Germany 19:37 Norway vs Spain 29:26

GROUP A W D L Gls P GROUP B W D L Gls P GROUP C W D L Gls P GROUP D W D L Gls P Montenegro 4 1 0 149:113 9 Netherlands 4 1 0 183:116 9 Brazil 4 1 0 118:95 9 Russia 5 0 0 171:115 10 Hungary 4 0 1 146:121 8 Sweden 4 1 0 192:134 9 France 3 1 1 121:91 7 Norway 4 0 1 159:106 8 Denmark 3 0 2 134:113 6 Poland 3 0 2 135:135 6 Germany 3 0 2 151:114 6 Spain 3 0 2 148:98 6 Serbia 2 1 2 144:132 5 Angola 2 0 3 144:155 4 Korea 2 2 1 138:125 6 Romania 2 0 3 150:116 4 Japan 1 0 4 118:138 2 China 1 0 4 141:180 2 Argentina 1 0 4 89:120 2 Puerto Rico 1 0 4 88:197 2 Tunisia 0 0 5 108:182 0 Cuba 0 0 5 123:198 0 D.R. Congo 0 0 5 78:150 0 Kazakhstan 0 0 5 95:179 0

EIGHTH-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL RANKING 1. Norway Brazil vs Romania 22:25 Netherlands vs Poland 30:25 2. Netherlands 3. Romania Germany vs Norway 22:28 Norway vs Romania 35:33 4. Poland Denmark vs Sweden 26:19 5. Russia 6. Denmark Netherlands vs Serbia 36:20 7. France 8. Montenegro Spain vs France 21:22 3RD PLACE 9. Sweden Poland vs Hungary 24:23 10. Brazil Poland vs Romania 22:31 Russia vs Korea 30:25 11. Hungary 12. Spain Montenegro vs Angola 38:28 13. Germany 14. Korea QUARTER-FINALS FINAL 15. Serbia 16. Angola 17. China Netherlands vs France 28:25 Netherlands vs Norway 23:31 18. Argentina Poland vs Russia 21:20 19. Japan 20. Puerto Rico Norway vs Montenegro 26:25 21. Tunisia Denmark vs Romania 30:31 22. Kazakhstan 23. Cuba 24. D.R. Congo

EHF Sport Report 2016 Men’s U21 World Championship results

PRELIMINARY ROUND

GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C GROUP D Sweden vs Tunisia 35:27 Spain vs Qatar 26:27 Denmark vs Chile 39:20 Brazil vs Japan 31:30

Netherlands vs Belarus 25:37 Romania vs Portugal 26:26 France vs Algeria 26:25 Germany vs Norway 28:24

Russia vs Paraguay 44:30 Serbia vs Angola 31:14 Argentina vs Korea 18:28 Egypt vs Uruguay 37:20

Tunisia vs Russia 31:28 Qatar vs Romania 31:32 Chile vs France 22:38 Uruguay vs Germany 18:37

Belarus vs Sweden 23:38 Angola vs Spain 21:32 Korea vs Denmark 27:28 Norway vs Brazil 24:37

Paraguay vs Netherlands 18:52 Portugal vs Serbia 27:24 Algeria vs Argentina 19:23 Japan vs Egypt 27:27

Sweden vs Paraguay 52:10 Qatar vs Angola 24:23 Chile vs Korea 22:35 Germany vs Japan 43:24

Russia vs Netherlands 37:25 Spain vs Romania 21:21 France vs Argentina 28:19 Norway vs Uruguay 31:16

Tunisia vs Belarus 23:31 Spain vs Portugal 25:20 Denmark vs Algeria 42:18 Brazil vs Egypt 31:32

Netherlands vs Sweden 20:44 Romania vs Angola 39:29 France vs Korea 39:31 Egypt vs Germany 24:29

Russia vs Belarus 28:41 Serbia vs Spain 21:28 Argentina vs Denmark 24:30 Brazil vs Uruguay 27:16

Paraguay vs Tunisia 21:43 Portugal vs Qatar 20:26 Algeria vs Chile 29:22 Japan vs Norway 26:35

Belarus vs Paraguay 49:16 Angola vs Portugal 26:27 Denmark vs France 26:32 Uruguay vs Japan 19:32

Netherlands vs Tunisia 27:29 Serbia vs Qatar 37:22 Korea vs Algeria 32:26 Egypt vs Norway 31:21

Sweden vs Russia 41:28 Spain vs Romania 23:18 Argentina vs Chile 30:18 Germany vs Brazil 29:29

GROUP A W D L Gls P GROUP B W D L Gls P GROUP C W D L Gls P GROUP D W D L Gls P Sweden 5 0 0 210:108 10 Spain 4 0 1 134:107 8 France 5 0 0 163:123 10 Germany 4 1 0 166:119 9 Belarus 4 0 1 181:130 8 Romania 2 2 1 136:130 6 Denmark 4 0 1 165:121 8 Egypt 3 1 1 151:128 7 Tunisia 3 0 2 153:142 6 Qatar 3 0 2 130:138 6 Korea 3 0 2 153:133 6 Brazil 3 1 1 155:131 7 Russia 2 0 3 165:168 4 Portugal 2 1 2 120:127 5 Argentina 2 0 3 114:123 4 Norway 2 0 3 135:138 4 Netherlands 1 0 4 149:165 2 Serbia 2 1 2 134:112 5 Algeria 1 0 4 117:145 2 Japan 1 1 3 139:155 3 Paraguay 0 0 5 95:240 0 Angola 0 0 5 112:153 0 Chile 0 0 5 104:171 0 Uruguay 0 0 5 89:164 0

EIGHTH-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL RANKING 1. France Spain vs Russia 31:25 Denmark vs Germany 28:26 2. Denmark 3. Germany Korea vs Egypt 36:39 Egypt vs France 30:32 4. Egypt Qatar vs Belarus 35:36 5. Sweden 6. Belarus Sweden vs Portugal 33:30 7. Spain 8. Romania Brazil vs Denmark 31:34 3RD PLACE 9. Qatar Tunisia vs Romania 27:29 10. Brazil Germany vs Egypt 35:34 Germany vs Argentina 27:18 11. Argentina 12. Portugal France vs Norway 24:20 13. Korea 14. Tunisia QUARTER-FINALS FINAL 15. Norway 16. Russia 17. Serbia Spain vs Denmark 21:22 Denmark vs France 24:26 18. Japan Egypt vs Sweden 28:27 19. Netherlands 20. Algeria Belarus vs Germany 37:43 21. Angola Romania vs France 20:30 22. Uruguay 23. Chile 24. Paraguay

60 EHF Sport Report 2016 Men’s U19 World Championship results

PRELIMINARY ROUND

GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C GROUP D Hungary vs Poland 35:26 Spain vs Egypt 30:23 Russia vs Algeria 45:34 France vs Argentina 37:18

Sweden vs Serbia 34:24 Norway vs Venezuela 54:15 Denmark vs Qatar 25:17 Slovenia vs Tunisia 31:18

Korea vs Chile 36:23 Germany vs Iceland 26:34 Switzerland vs Croatia 30:29 Brazil vs Japan 28:23

Poland vs Sweden 23:23 Egypt vs Norway 21:24 Qatar vs Switzerland 29:19 Argentina vs Slovenia 15:29

Chile vs Hungary 13:37 Iceland vs Spain 25:24 Croatia vs Russia 29:30 Japan vs France 18:27

Serbia vs Korea 29:27 Venezuela vs Germany 16:58 Algeria vs Denmark 19:33 Tunisia vs Brazil 23:24

Hungary vs Serbia 42:29 Spain vs Venezuela 47:7 Denmark vs Croatia 37:27 Argentina vs Japan 23:24

Sweden vs Korea 37:25 Norway vs Germany 31:29 Qatar vs Algeria 25:21 Slovenia vs Brazil 34:27

Poland vs Chile 28:16 Egypt vs Iceland 29:31 Switzerland vs Russia 29:26 France vs Tunisia 34:24

Sweden vs Chile 39:17 Norway vs Iceland 29:32 Switzerland vs Algeria 30:21 Slovenia vs Japan 37:23

Korea vs Hungary 31:31 Germany vs Spain 25:23 Russia vs Denmark 29:29 Brazil vs France 23:27

Serbia vs Poland 27:26 Venezuela vs Egypt 28:51 Croatia vs Qatar 25:24 Tunisia vs Argentina 35:29

Chile vs Serbia 19:32 Iceland vs Venezuela 47:19 Algeria vs Croatia 22:32 France vs Slovenia 32:32

Korea vs Poland 33:27 Germany vs Egypt 23:24 Denmark vs Switzerland 34:23 Japan vs Tunisia 26:29

Hungary vs Sweden 26:30 Spain vs Norway 21:19 Russia vs Qatar 33:28 Brazil vs Argentina 29:13

GROUP A W D L Gls P GROUP B W D L Gls P GROUP C W D L Gls P GROUP D W D L Gls P Sweden 4 1 0 163:115 9 Iceland 5 0 0 169:127 10 Denmark 4 1 0 158:115 9 Slovenia 4 1 0 163:115 9 Hungary 3 1 1 171:129 7 Spain 3 0 2 145:99 6 Russia 3 1 1 163:149 7 France 4 1 0 157:115 9 Serbia 3 0 2 141:148 6 Norway 3 0 2 157:118 6 Switzerland 3 0 0 131:139 6 Brazil 3 0 2 131:120 6 Korea 2 1 2 152:147 5 Egypt 2 0 3 148:136 4 Croatia 2 0 3 142:143 4 Tunisia 2 0 3 129:144 4 Poland 1 1 3 130:134 3 Germany 2 0 3 161:128 4 Qatar 2 0 3 123:123 4 Japan 1 0 4 114:144 2 Chile 0 0 5 88:172 0 Venezuela 0 0 5 85:257 0 Algeria 0 0 0 117:165 0 Argentina 0 0 5 98:154 0

EIGHTH-FINALS SEMI-FINALS FINAL RANKING 1. France Iceland vs Korea 34:28 Iceland vs Slovenia 30:31 2. Slovenia 3. Iceland Switzerland vs France 24:29 France vs Spain 34:27 4. Spain Norway vs Hungary 39:33 5. Sweden 6. Norway Sweden vs Egypt 31:26 7. Denmark 8. Brazil Brazil vs Russia 28:26 3RD PLACE 9. Russia Serbia vs Spain 19:25 10. Serbia Iceland vs Spain 26:22 Slovenia vs Croatia 26:23 11. Korea 12. Croatia Denmark vs Tunisia 28:14 13. Egypt 14. Tunisia QUARTER-FINALS FINAL 15. Switzerland 16. Hungary 17. Germany Iceland vs Brazil 32:27 Slovenia vs France 26:33 18. Qatar France vs Sweden 35:28 19. Japan 20. Poland Norway vs Slovenia 29:34 21. Argentina Spain vs Denmark 23:18 22. Venezuela 23. Algeria 24. Chile

61 EHF Sport Report 2016 A passion that never stops

Is there a time when it is necessary to stop playing handball? No, and every year the European Masters prove that participation in the sport is not limited by age. In 2016, 61 teams across five different age categories – women’s +33 and +43 as well as men’s +35, +45 and +50 – participated in the Masters’ 10th edition which took place in Poreč, Croatia from 10 to 12 June. With almost 200 games played across all categories, the team behind this Sport Report decided not to delve too much into the results (for those interested, head to www.ehfmasters.com), but go straight to the heart of things. Something that is valid not only for handball, but beyond – we call it the ‘ultimate formula for success’. So we sat down, looked at games, teams, players, line-ups and eventually found them – the three ingredients that make up the ‘ultimate formula for success’.

The coach Battle-hardened as a former international handball goalkeeper, nothing can surprise him anymore. He knows the tactics to beat every team.

The scorer Super-efficient from line, super-efficient from the backcourt. Wake him up 3am in the morning and he will lead the team to victory regardless.

The fans The eighth man. As important as the team itself – no one can do without them!

Results Masters 2016 Women’s +33 Men’s +35 Men’s +50 10 teams participating 16 teams participating 12 teams participating 1. Angyalok (HUN) 1. Russia (RUS) 1. Odessa (UKR) 2. Grane Arendal (NOR) 2. RK Velika Nedelja Old Bulls (SLO) 2. Roma Handball (ITA) 3. Smile Handball Team (HUN) 3. All Istria Team (CRO) 3. Budapest Old Boys (HUN)

Women’s +43 Men’s +45 11 teams participating 12 teams participating Complete overview at 1. Angyalok (HUN) 1. Budapest Old Boys (HUN) www.ehfmasters.com 2. Byaasen (NOR) 2. Kolding IF (DEN) 3. FIF (DEN) 3. Roma Handball (ITA)

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