Media Information VELUX EHF Champions League Season 2017/18
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Media Information VELUX EHF Champions League Season 2017/18 Qualification Tournament Group 1 - Presov, SVK 2-3 September 2017 1 Table of contents BE A LEGEND GET FREE HANDBALLS Know a local youth handball team from 8-14 years old that could use some high-quality handballs? Apply for a whole bag of them from the official VELUX EHF Champions League supplier SELECT. Anyone can apply, whether a player on a youth team or a parent, friend or local supporter. Apply at veluxhandball.com, surprise your team and be a legend among them. veluxhandball.com 2 V11944-045_EHF-FINAL-4-official-magazine-148x210mm.indd 1 22/08/2017 15:41:34 Table of contents Map of participating clubs 4 Foreword - Michael Wiederer, EHF President 5 Media contacts 6 Playing system diagram - stages and dates 8 Seeding list 10 Important regulations 11 GROUP 1 Facts, preview and head-to-head stats 12 Sporting CP 14 Tatran Presov 20 Alpla HC Hard 26 Cocks 32 Past winners 39 2016/17 Top scorers 40 BE A LEGEND All-time clubs standings 41 GET FREE HANDBALLS Know a local youth handball team from 8-14 years old that could use some high-quality handballs? Apply for a whole bag of them from the official VELUX EHF Champions League supplier SELECT. Anyone can apply, whether a player on a youth team or a parent, friend or local supporter. Apply at veluxhandball.com, surprise your team and be a legend among them. veluxhandball.com 3 V11944-045_EHF-FINAL-4-official-magazine-148x210mm.indd 1 22/08/2017 15:41:34 VELUX EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SG Flensburg- Cocks THW Kiel Season 2017/18 IFK Kristianstad GER Handewitt GER FIN Orlen Wisla SWE Groups A+B teams Plock, POL Elverum HH NOR Groups C+D teams Aalborg Handball, DEN HC Meshkov Brest Qualification teams BLR Skjern Handball, DEN KS Vive Tauron Kielce POL VELUX EHF FINAL4 Chekhovskie Medvedi Host City Cologne, GER RUS Tatran Presov SVK 4 Rhein-Neckar Löwen HC MotorZaporozhye GER UKR Paris Saint-Germain Handball, FRA Telekom Veszprém, HUN HBC Nantes FRA MOL-PickSzeged HUN ABANCA Ademar Leon, ESP Dinamo Sporting Bucuresti, ROU CL, POR Besiktas Alpla HC RK Gorenje MOGAZ HT, TUR Montpellier Hard, AUT Velenje, SLO Handball, FRA HC Vardar RUKOMETNI KLUB PRVO PLINARSKO DRUŠTVO ZAGREB MKD FC Barcelona Kadetten RK Celje Pivovarna HC PPD HC Metalurg Lassa ESP Schaffhausen SUI Lasko, SLO Zagreb, CRO MKD Foreword Alpla HC Hard have very old records among the European elite as their sole season dates back to 2003/04 and in addition the Austrian side has yet to gain their premiere point as they lost all six matches in the past. Sporting CP from Lisbon have even older memories from 16 years ago, but they managed to snatch two victories out of their six matches in 2001/02. Their quest for the long-awaited return will start against Cocks, the Finnish club who are striving to enter the highest level of the European Cup hierarchy Dear media representatives, for the first time. Interestingly enough Cocks Welcome to the qualification tournament for played their first qualification tournament last the VELUX EHF Champions League 2017/18. year, also in Presov, and they put up a great Your long wait for VELUX EHF Champions fight against the Slovenian runners-up from League handball is over and I welcome you Gorenje Velenje before clinching the third rank on board for a new season and the beginning a day later. Handball pundits may tout Tatran of another exciting story. The tradition of and Sporting for the tournament’s final but Europe’s premier club competition enters our sport has never lacked stunning surprises, its 25th season under the EHF umbrella, and shocking defeats, unexpected falls of which gives both the competition and this favourites or sudden rises of dark horses. qualification tournament in Presov, Slovakia Thus, the upcoming 240 minutes or more a special flavour. The new story will start to of handball guarantee pure entertainment unfold in the local City Hall, which will see the with all four teams in possession of the same first action and first goals of the anniversary chances on the starting grid. season and will propel the winning team to the group phase where 27 other teams await, We pride ourselves on our positive and including defending champions HC Vardar. cooperative relationship with the press and media and I am sure this will continue and Out of the four teams listed for the first round develop in the future. Should you require of elimination, only the group winners will be any information, help or assistance during honoured to turn their 2017/18 season into the course of the season, your first point of a proper Champions League adventure. In contact is the EHF Media and Communications the qualification tournament, we welcome a Department based in our office in Vienna. variety of clubs, from the group phase regulars They will be more than happy to assist you vying for their return to the continental with any questions you might have. top flight to the absolute newcomers. Only We look forward to working with you in the the tournament’s hosts Tatran can boast a upcoming season! reasonable EHF Champions League history with seven seasons in the continental top flight Michael Wiederer under their belts. Their semi-final opponents EHF President 5 EHF/M Media contacts Media matters TV and Radio Vlado Brindzak Miguel Mateo Marcellan Media and Communications Media Manager European Handball Federation EHF Marketing GmbH +43 1 80 151 161 +43 1 80 151 224 Twitter:@ehf [email protected] [email protected] Qualification Clubs – Media contacts GROUP 1 Sporting CP Alpla HC Hard Andre Leitao Harald Armellini +351 914665 572 +43 664 88931586 [email protected] [email protected] Cocks Tatran Presov Jari Viita Miroslav Benicky +358 500 480744 +421 948 196 385 [email protected] [email protected] VELUX EHF Champions League 2017/18 Qualification Media Information by EHF Media & Communications, 01/09/2017 Contributors: Björn Pazen, Peter Bruun, Filipa Sousa, Tomas Cuncik, all stats by Roy Knoppert 6 ULTIMATE Completely controlled bounce. Extreme durability. Optimal roundness. Perfect grip and soft feel. Official match ball of the VELUX EHF Champions League. select-sport.com 7 Group Phase Last 16 Quarter-nals VELUX EHF FINAL4 Group A B (draw) (no draw) (no draw) Semi-nals Season 2017/18 A1 B1 M1 K1 vs A2 M6 vs A1 (draw) playing system A2 B2 M2 K2 vs B2 M5 vs B1 vs A3 B3 M3 B6 vs A3 M4 vs M1 vs A4 B4 M4 A6 vs B3 M3 vs M2 3rd place match A5 B5 M5 B5 vs A4 vs A6 B6 M6 A5 vs B4 A7 B7 Final vs A8 B8 Group Phase Group Phase Group (draw) K Matche (no draw) C1 D1 K1 C2 vs D1 C2 D2 K2 D2 vs C1 C3 D3 Qualication Tournaments (draw) C4 D4 C5 D5 C6 D6 Season 2017/18 playing schedule Qualication Tournaments Group Phase Last 16 Quarter-nals VELUX EHF FINAL4 01.-03.09.2017 1.17.0.2017 22.2.11.2017 first leg first leg 26./27.05.2018 20.2.0.2017 2.11..12.2017 21.-25.03.2018 18.-22.04.2018 27.0.01.10.17 07.11.02.18 Group A & B only 0.08.10.17 1.18.02.18 Group A & B only 11.15.10.2017 21.25.02.2018 Group A & B and second leg second leg 01.05.11.2017 KO Group C & D 28.0.-01.04.2018 25.-2.04.2018 08.12.11.2017 28.2.0.0.18 Group A & B and 15.1.11.2017 KO Group C & D The best of European HANDBALL LIVE and on demand! 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VELUX EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2017/18 Qualification Tournament Group Phase Last 16 Quarterfinals FINAL4 13.-17.09.2017 (1); 20.-24.09.2017 (2); 01.-03.09.2017 27.09.-01.10.17 (3); 04.-08.10.17 (4) 21.-25.03.2018 18.-22.04.2018 26./27.05.2018 tournament 11.-15.10.2017 (5); 01.-05.11.2017 (6) first leg first leg tournament 08.-12.11.2017 (7); 15.-19.11.2017 (8) played in semi finals and finals 22.-26.11.2017 (9); 29.11.-3.12.2017 (10) 28.03.-01.04.2018 25.-29.04.2018 played in in one venue 07.-11.02.18 (11-A/B); 14.-18.02.18 (12-A/B) second leg second leg semi finals and finals 21.-25.02.2018 (13); 28.2.-04.03.18 (14) DRAWS: 29 June 2017 in Vienna/AUT 30 June 2017 in Ljubljana/SLO no draw no draw 01.05.2018 Group A and B (16 teams) 4 teams 12 teams 8 teams 4 teams 2 groups with 8 teams 1 HUN 1 Telekom Veszprem HC 2 ESP 1 FC Barcelona Lassa 3 POL 1 KS Vive Tauron Kielce 4 MKD 1 HC Vardar 5 FRA 1 Paris Saint-Germain Handball 6 GER 1 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 7 CRO 1 HC PPD Zagreb 8 DEN 1 Aalborg Handball 9 BLR 1 HC Meshkov Brest 10 POL 2 Orlen Wisla Plock 11 SLO 1 RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko 12 HUN 2 MOL-Pick Szeged 13 SWE 1 IFK Kristianstad 14 GER 2 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 15 FRA 2 HBC Nantes 16 GER 3 THW Kiel Group C and D (12 teams) 2 groups with 6 teams 17 ESP 2 Abanca Ademar Leon 18 MKD 2 HC Metalurg 19 DEN 2 Skjern Handball 20 UKR 1 HC Motor Zaporozhye 21 SLO 2 RK Gorenje Velenje 22 FRA 3 Montpellier Handball KO matches from C Group D and qualify for the Last 16 23 SUI 1 Kadetten Schaffhausen 16 Last League Champions EHF VELUX of Winners 6 24 TUR 1 Besiktas Mogaz HT 4 Winners of VELUX EHF Champions League Quarterfinals League Champions EHF VELUX of Winners 4 25 RUS 1 Chekhovskie medvedi 26 ROU 1 Dinamo Bucuresti 1st placed team of qualify B Group A and directly for the Quarterfinals; 27 NOR 1 Elverum Handball 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th 6th and placed well team as B and of A Group winners as of 28 POR 1 Sporting CP 29 SVK 1 Tatran Presov 30 AUT 1 ALPLA HC Hard the Winner of tournament 31 FIN 1 Cocks Qualification 1 groups with 4 teams 4th placed team of CL Qualification Tournament goes to the 1st and 2nd placed teams of CL Group Phase Group C EHF Cup Qualification Rd 2, 2nd and 3rd placed team of CL and D play Group KO matches.