Men’s EHF Cup 2014/15 Group Phase Media Guide Table of contents
Foreword 4
Map of participating clubs 6
Media contacts - EHF/M, clubs contacts 7
2014/15 Playing system diagram - stages & dates 8
Playing system - organiser Füchse Berlin 9
Important regulations - ranking of teams 9
EHF Cup Finals return to Berlin 10
Facts & Figures 12
Group Phase preview 14
GROUP A
Head-to-head stats 15
HSV Hamburg 16
Haslum Handballklubb 19
Gorenje Velenje 22
Pfadi Winterthur 25
GROUP B
Head-to-head stats 28
HCM Constanta 29
BM Fraikin Granollers 32
St. Petersburg HC 35
Team Tvis Holstebro 38
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GROUP C
Head-to-head stats 41
Futebal Clube do Porto 42
HC Vojvodina 45
Füchse Berlin 48
Skjern Handbold 51
GROUP D
Head-to-head stats 54
MT Melsungen 55
Balatonfüredi KSE 58
Eskilstuna Guif 61
RK Nexe 64
Qualification top scorers 67
Past seasons’ winners 68
Qualification results overview 70
Group Phase fixtures overview 76
3 Foreword
Dear media representative,
Welcome to the Group Phase of the Men’s EHF Cup; the next interesting stage of the competition begins with 16 teams from 13 countries. Germany and Denmark are the only two countries to have more than one team still in the competition. The Group Phase of the Men’s EHF Cup will deliver exciting matches as the teams have everything to play for, and they will be bringing everything they have got to the court. For the 16 teams the elimination process now begins and they know that this is not the time to be complacent - the places available in the quarter-finals are most definitely limited.
In Group A, HSV Hamburg who won the Champions League in 2013 will face Gorenje Velenje (SLO), Haslum Handballklubb (NOR), and Pfadi Winterthur (SUI). St. Petersburg (RUS) and HCM Constanta (ROU) compete against Fraikin BM. Granollers (ESP) and Team Tvis Holstebro (DEN) in Group B. After enjoying the greatest season in the history of the club, FC Porto (POR) enter the Men’s EHF Cup in Group C, their opponents include Füchse Berlin (GER), Skjern Handbold (DEN), and HC Vojvodina (SRB). The only Hungarian team in the competition, Balatonfüredi KSE are aiming to have a great European season hoping to follow in the footsteps of top teams MKB MVM Veszprém and MOL-Pick Szeged. The other teams in Group D are Eskilstuna Guif (SWE), newcomers MT Melsungen (GER), and RK Nexe (CRO).
The Men’s EHF Cup enters its third season and the European Handball Federation continues to revel in the positive development of the competition; especially since the introduction of the Final event that débuted in Nantes. The second edition found its stage in Berlin, where also a new champion will be crowned in 2015 as the previous title holders Rhein-Neckar Löwen (2013) and MOL-Pick Szeged (2014) entered the 2014/15 club handball season in the VELUX EHF Champions League.
We pride ourselves on our positive and cooperative relationship with the press and media and I am sure this will continue and develop in the future. Should you require any information, help or assistance during the course of the season, your first point of contact is the EHF Media and Communications Department based in our office in Vienna. They will be more than happy to assist you with any questions you might have.
We look forward to working with you in the upcoming season!
Jean Brihault EHF President
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Haslum HK, Eskilstuna Season 2014/15 NOR Guif, SWE
Team Tvis Holstebro, DEN
St. Petersburg HC, RUS
Skjern Handbold, DEN
Füchse Berlin, GER
HSV Hamburg, GER
Balatonfüredi KSE, HUN
MT Melsungen, GER
HCM Constanta, ROU
Futebol Clube do Porto, POR
BM Fraikin HC Vojvodina Granollers, ESP Novi Sad, SRB
Pfadi RK Nexe, Winterthur, SUI Gorenje Velenje, SLO CRO EHF/M Media contacts
Media matters TV and Radio
Vlado Brindzak Miguel Mateo Marcellán Media and Communications Media Manager European Handball EHF Marketing GmbH Federation +43 1 80 151 224 +43 1 80 151 161 [email protected] [email protected] Twitter: @ehfmedia
Clubs – Media contacts
GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C GROUP D
HSV Hamburg HCM Constanta Futebol Clube do Porto MT Melsungen Christian Pöhls Ali Nurhan Joana Moreira Bernd Kaiser +49 178 5759694 +40 241 488604 Tel: +351 22 508 32 68 +49 171 2737835 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Haslum HK BM Fraikin Granollers HC Vojvodina Balatonfüredi KSE Britt Thirud-Gjerde Josep Blanchart Dan Fracile Tamás Bene +47 47853403 +34 655 870435 +381 63 8309702 +36 20 9947383 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Gorenje Velenje St. Petersburg HC Füchse Berlin Eskilstuna Guif Tanija Rednak Marina Zhurova Andre Tzschaschel Micke Danielsson +386 38986440 +7 905 2340000 +49 172 3188441 +46 16 511520 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Pfadi Winterthur Team Tvis Holstebro Skjern Handbold RK Nexe Sascha von der Crone Tina Moller Henning Kjaergaard Christensen Vjekoslav Mahovlic +41 79 6391642 +45 24 239039 +45 20 669374 +385 99 2440227 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
7 vs. vs. vs. vs. Place Match Place rd Final Semi- nals 3 16 /17.05.2015 16 EHF Cup Finals EHF Cup EHF Cup Finals EHF Cup 4 winners 1 vs. vs. vs. vs. 2 rst leg rst 11/12.04.2015 second leg 18/19.04.2015 Quarter- nals Quarter- nals 8 teams 07/08.03.2015 14/15.03.2015 21/22.03.2015 Home Matches Home Matches Matches Away 3 3 Group Phase Group 14/15.02.2015 21/22.02.2015 28.02/1.03.2015 Group Phase Group 16 winners Total number of matches: number 166 Total Season 2014/15 playing dates playing Season 2014/15 Men’s EHF Cup 2014/15 playing system playing EHF 2014/15 Cup Men’s vs. 16 vs.16 Quali cation Round 3 Round Quali cation rst leg rst 22/23.11.2014 second leg 29/ 30.11. 2014 Quali cation Round 3 Round Quali cation 20 winners vs. vs. 17 winners 17 vs.17 20 vs. 20 20 vs. Quali cation Round 1 Round Quali cation 2 Round Quali cation rst leg - 11/12.10.2014 second leg - 18/19.10.2014 rst leg - 06/07.09.2014 second leg - 13/14.09.2014 Quali cation Round 1 Round Quali cation 2 Round Quali cation
8 Playing system – organiser Füchse Berlin
Possibility no. 1 Füchse Berlin finish 1st in their group or are one of the three best 2nd ranked teams Füchse Berlin qualifies directly for the EHF Cup Finals and the other six teams play three quarter-finals. The worst second ranked team will be eliminated.
Possibility no. 2 Organiser/Füchse Berlin are the 4th ranked of the 2nd ranked teams Füchse Berlin play the quarter-finals and are qualified for the EHF Cup Finals if they win the quarter-final.
Possibility no. 3 Füchse Berlin are ranked 3rd or 4th in the group and are not qualified for the EHF Cup Finals and all 1st and 2nd ranked teams play the quarter-finals. Important regulations
Scoring of the matches and ranking
General After completion of the Group Phase if three or more teams All matches of the Men’s EHF Cup shall be played in 2 x 30 have scored the same number of points: minutes with a half-time break of 10 minutes. The EHF reserves the right to extend the half-time break in special circumstances a) number of points in matches of all teams directly involved to 15 minutes. b) goal difference in matches of all teams directly involved c) higher number of plus goals in matches of all teams directly The matches shall be scored as follows: a) win = 2 points b) involved draw = 1 point c) loss = 0 points d) goal difference in all matches of the group e) higher number of plus goals in all matches of the group; Teams’ rankings are obtained by adding up the number of points won. If the ranking of one of these teams is determined, the criteria are consecutively followed until the ranking of all teams is Group Phase determined.
If two or more teams have scored the same number of points, If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained the ranking will be determined as follows: by drawing lots. Lots shall be drawn by the EHF, if possible in the presence of a responsible of each club. During the Group Phase: If one of the participating clubs is the organiser of the EHF a) higher goal difference in all matches; Cup Finals the ranking of the 2nd ranked teams of the Group b) greater number of plus goals in all matches; Phase is as follows:
After completion of the Group Phase if two teams have a) number of points in matches against all teams of the group; scored the same number of points: b) goal difference in those matches as mentioned in a); c) greater number of plus goals in those matches as mentioned a) number of points in matches of the two teams directly in a); involved b) goal difference in matches of the two teams directly involved If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained c) higher number of goals scored in the away match by drawing lots. Lots shall be drawn by the EHF, if possible in d) goal difference in all matches of the group the presence of a responsible of each club. e) higher number of plus goals in all matches of the group Find all the Men’s EHF Cup regulations on eurohandball.com
9 EHF Cup Finals return to Berlin
The EHF has confirmed that the third edition of the EHF Cup Bob Hanning, Managing Director of Füchse Berlin, is looking Finals, the final round of the Men’s EHF Cup competition, is to forward to the return of the EHF Cup Finals to Berlin: ”We are be played in the German capital Berlin for the second year in extremely proud that the EHF has placed its trust in us once succession. again and are looking forward to offering the handball world another great event. We are of course hoping to fare better Following a highly successful event in 2014, the German on court this year, though we first have to concentrate on the Bundesliga club Füchse Berlin will once again play host to the group phase.” two-day event on 16/17 May 2015. The Men’s EHF Cup Group Phase throws off on 11 February The contract was signed on the fringes of the final weekend 2015 and features 16 top men’s sides, playing in four groups of the Men’s IHF World Championship in Doha, Qatar by EHF for a place in the quarter-finals and ultimately for a place in the Secretary General, Michael Wiederer, EHF Marketing Managing EHF Cup Finals. Director, Peter Vargo, and Managing Director of Füchse Berlin, Bob Hanning. Website launched, tickets on sale
The EHF Cup Finals feature the four top teams in the Men’s Just two days after the European Handball Federation (EHF) EHF Cup, competing over two days for the title with semi-finals had announced that the EHF Cup Finals will return to Berlin played on Saturday (16 May) and final matches on Sunday (17 for the 2015 edition, the tournament’s hosts Füchse Berlin May). launched the official website of the season ending event of the Men’s EHF Cup. Commenting on the awarding of the event, Michael Wiederer, EHF Secretary General, said: “Handball is not only about The www.berlinfinals.de website will provide fans and sporting performance, but also major events such as the EHF media with all essential information about the tournament Cup Finals. We’re pleased to see this event return to Berlin and throughout the group phase and quarter-final stages until the the opportunity that this offers us to once again showcase top four best teams of the competition meet in the German capital class handball in the German capital.” on 16/17 May 2015.
Peter Vargo, Managing Director of EHF Marketing GmbH, said: Handball fans across Europe can also purchase their place at “We were extremely happy with the organisation of the EHF the high-profile event through the website. Cup Finals last season, and we are more than confident that Berlin will once again put together a highly attractive sporting The tickets, valid for all four matches, went on sale on Monday and entertainment event in May.” and are available in four categories for 49, 69, 99 and 129 euro.
New logo revealed, poster released
The logo presentation o the Men’s EHF Cup Finals is made up of two parts; the Men’s EHF Cup logo and the secondary ‘Finals’ logo (see left) which contains the date and place. These two logos can be used together on promotional material but never to be joined together into one logo.
Füchse have also already launched a new campaign “Berlin Finals Calling” which will see the promotion of the event through posters all over the city, Berlin’s airports and advertising spots in cinemas.
Media Accrediation for the EHF Cup Finals
The accreditation procedure of media representatives for the 2015 EHF Cup Finals will start on 3 March 2015 through the HTML form on the EHF official website. The accreditation procedure will be open to all media professionals and will run until 24 April 2015.
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SPONSOREN: AUSRICHTER: Facts & Figures Before the Group Phase of the Men’s EHF Cup 16 teams from 13 different countries have made it to the group phase of the Men’s EHF Cup after some highly thrilling qualification matches in the Round 3.
0 teams have gone all the way from the first qualification round to the group phase.
0 winners of the “new EHF Cup” (since the 2012/13 season) are in this season’s competition: Rhein Neckar Löwen (winner in 2013) and Pick Szeged (2014) are part of the VELUX EHF Champions League Group Phase.
0 teams from France are part of the group phase – in contrast to three teams in the previous season.
0 teams have been part of all group phases, since the playing system has changed.
1 group phase participant has won the “old version” of the EHF Cup. Granollers won this trophy twice in the 1994/95 and the 1995/96 seasons. HSV Hamburg won the Cup Winners’ Cup in the 2006/07 season.
1 EHF European Cup competitions debutant has made it to the group phase: MT Melsungen from Germany.
1 former winner of the VELUX EHF Champions League is among the 16 teams: HSV Hamburg (Germany, winner in 2013). Thus in every season of the merged EHF Cup one former EHF Champions League winner was part of the group phase: SC Magdeburg (2012/13, CL winner in 2002), Montpellier Agglomeration HB (2013/14, CL winner in 2003).
2 of the 16 teams had been part of the first group phase of the EHF Cup in the 2012/13 season: Holstebro and Guif.
3 teams from Germany are among the 16 group phase participants.
3 teams from last season’s group phase have again made it that far: Füchse Berlin (GER), Skjern Handbold (DEN) and HCM Constanta (ROU).
3 teams are among those 16 which had been part of EHF Cup finals: Team Tvis Holstebro (DEN, 2013), Füchse Berlin (GER) and HCM Constanta (ROU, both in 2014). All three did not make it to the final.
3 teams were lucky to qualify for the group phase thanks to the away goal rule in the qualification: Berlin, Hamburg and Granollers. Their aggregate results were ties, but thanks to scoring the higher number of goals in their away matches, they are part of the group phase now.
3 countries, which had been represented in last season’s group phase, are out in this season: France, Slovakia and FYR Macedonia.
4 countries represent the EHF Cup winners since the original implementation in the 1993/94 season: Germany (15 titles), Spain (4), Croatia and Hungary (each 1).
4 of the 16 teams played in the VELUX EHF Champions League last season: HSV Hamburg (GER), Gorenje Velenje (SLO), St. Petersburg HC (RUS) and FC Porto (POR).
4 current national champions have qualified for the EHF Cup group phase: Haslum (NOR), Vojvodina (SRB), Porto (POR) and Constanta (ROU). Those teams had failed on way to the qualification for the VELUX EHF Champions League group phase and continued in qualification for the EHF Cup.
4 countries are represented for the first time in the group phase of the EHF Cup: Croatia, Russia, Serbia and
12 Switzerland. In addition, clubs from Norway and Slovenia were not part of the group phase last previous season.
4 teams turned an away defeat in the first leg of Round 3 into qualification for the group phase: Haslum, Balatonfüredi, St. Petersburg and Granollers.
7 teams have already played four qualification matches, as they began their campaign in Round 2: Nexe, Balatonfüredi, Skjern, Holstebro, Winterthur, Guíf and Melsungen.
13 different countries are represented by those 16 clubs. While Germany have three group phase participants and Denmark two, Croatia, Spain, Hungary, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Serbia, Switzerland and Sweden are represented by one team each. Seven of those countries (DEN, ESP, GER, HUN, POR, ROU, SWE) were represented in last season’s group phase.
27 goals was the biggest winning margin in qualification round 3: Skjern scored an aggregate result of 72:45 against Oroshazi (HUN).
36 goals were scored by Marcel Hees (Pfadi Winterthur) to sit on top of the scorers list prior to the start of the group phase. Second best scorer of the teams still involved is Balasz Szöllösi (Balatonfüredi), who found the net 29 times.
48 group matches will decide the six or eight teams to proceed to the quarter-finals.
13 New winner has to be found again Group Phase Preview
For the third year in a row, a new winner will have to be found in the Men’s EHF Cup and the lucky team will come from the group phase which starts this week. 2013 winners Rhein-Neckar Löwen are in the VELUX EHF Champions League this season, and this also applies not only to last year’s winners Pick Szeged but also to their opponents in the final Montpellier Agglomeration HB.
However, maybe the winners are still to be found among the four participants in the Finals last season, as both losing semi-finalists from the final weekend in Berlin are to be found in this season’s edition of the tournament. Füchse Berlin and HCM Constanta, who finished third and fourth respectively last year, are both in the group phase and both are in with a chance of not only repeating last season’s semi-final berth, but also going a step further. Füchse may have an advantage in that respect as they will have the home advantage once again should they make it to the final tournament. The Max-Schmeling-Halle will welcome the top four sides on 16/17 May.
Six or eight quarter-final spots at stake
At first sight, the modus of the tournament is quite simple. Number one and two in each of the four groups qualify for the quarter-finals, from which the winners obviously proceed to Berlin. However, some things depend on the way hosts Füchse perform in the group phase. If Füchse win their group or finish among the three best second ranked teams in the group phase, they qualify directly for the EHF Cup Finals. This means that there will only be three quarter- finals instead of four, and that the worst second ranked team will be out of the tournament.
In case Füchse finish second in their group and are also the worst ranked number two in all the groups, they will have to play the quarter-finals, and there will be four quarter-finals.
If Füchse finish third or fourth in their group, they will be out of the tournament, and the quarter-finals will be played between eight teams as usual.
Favourites hard to spot
If they make it all the way to the Finals again, Füchse may be considered to be among the favourites again. However, it is generally difficult to point out really big favourites among the 16 teams in the group phase in what looks like the most even EHF Cup since the current tournament system was introduced in 2012. Of course, it is always natural to look for the German Bundesliga to find favourites, and that is what most coaches in the 16 remaining teams tend to be doing.
A club with proud European traditions like HSV Hamburg will always draw some attention. However, the Northern German team had problems getting past Swedish side IFK Kristianstad in the third and last qualification round for the group phase, and their current 11th place in the Bundesliga does not point towards a favourite either. Other German teams may seem more likely as possible winners. We mentioned Füchse already. The Foxes may only be one step above Hamburg in the current Bundesliga table, but the possible home advantage in the finals speaks in favour of Füchse. Their talented young left back Paul Drux must have returned from the World Championship in Qatar with additional self-confidence, and that may come in useful for Füchse. We also have to mention the third German team in the competition. A lack of European experience may speak against MT Melsungen, but the current number six in the Bundesliga possesses a lot of potential and their group does not look frightening. If we are going to look for possible tournament winners outside of Germany, there are a couple of dark horses to keep an eye on. One of those could be Team Tvis Holstebro, who sprung a surprise two years ago by reaching the Finals and finishing third.
The Danish team’s charismatic coach Klavs Bruun Jørgensen will undoubtedly want to finish his time with Holstebro in style, before taking over as the Denmark women’s national team coach, and what better way to say goodbye after three years than by going all the way in the EHF Cup? Another possible dark horse could be Futebol Clube de Porto, who did quite well in the group phase of the VLUX EHF Champions League last season and have gained a taste for big matches in Europe.
14 Group A head-to-heads Historic encounters of the Group A opponents in the EC
HSV Hamburg vs Gorenje Velenje 26.09.2013 HSV Hamburg vs RK Gorenje Velenje, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group D 41:32 (21:13) 05.02.2014 RK Gorenje Velenje vs HSV Hamburg, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group D 29:36 (13:19)
No previous encounters in European competitions HSV Hamburg vs Haslum Handballklubb HSV Hamburg vs Pfadi Winterthur Haslum Handballklubb vs Gorenje Velenje Haslum Handballklubb vs Pfadi Winterthur Gorenje Velenje vs Pfadi Winterthur
15 GROUP A HSV HAMBURG (GER)
2013 VELUX EHF Champions League winners HSV Hamburg faced tough times in 2014. Due to financial reasons it was even unclear if the club would manage to play in the first German league. The trophy-winning coach Martin Schwalb was sacked and he later also suffered a heart-attack.
A huge number of top stars like Canellas, Duvnjak, Nilsson, Lackovic and Markovic left the club and the new arrivals are from a complete different level than the previous signings. But the club managed to survive, as president and main sponsor Andreas Rudolph stepped in again, also installing a new club management headed by former German national team player Christian Fitzek.
In contrast to previous years - HSV played seven straight times in the VELUX EHF Champions League and made it twice to the VELUX EHF FINAL4 in Cologne - the goals are not the same anymore in the Bundesliga, but on international level Hamburg want to complete their collection of silverware after winning the former Cup Winners’ Cup in 2007.
After eliminating Swedish side Kristianstad in a highly close manner, HSV now will face Playing hall Winterthur, Velenje and Haslum in the group phase. After French Christian Gaudin Sporthalle Hamburg had taken over the coaches’ position from Schwalb in summer 2014, he was already Krochmannstrasse 55 replaced in December by assistant coach Jens Häussler. 22297 Hamburg Germany For team captain and 2007 world champion Pascal Hens “it is always something very Capacity: 4,200 special to compete on international ground. We are looking forward to matches against opponents we did not face that often.” Club Address: HSV Hamburg Road to the Group Phase Hellgrundweg 50 22525 Hamburg EHF Cup, Qualification Round 3 Germany 1st leg: IFK Kristianstad (SWE) vs Hamburg 27:29 2nd leg: Hamburg vs Kristianstad 26:28 Media contact: Aggregate score: 55:55, Hamburg qualified on away goals Christian Pöhls +49 178 5759694 [email protected] Newcomers Past achievements Online information: Kevin Schmidt (HSG Wetzlar) VELUX EHF Champions League Website: www.hsvhandball.com Alexander Feld (DHfK Leipzig) Participations: 7 Facebook: HSVHandball Alexandru Simicu (HCM Constanta) Winners (1): 2012/2013 Twitter: @hsvhandball Richard Hanisch (Hammarby IF HK) Semi-final (3): 2007/2008, 2008/2009, Tim Stefan (youth team) 2010/2011 Quarter-final (1): 2009/2010 Left the club Kit colours Last 16 (1): 2011/2012, 2013/14 Domagoj Duvnjak (THW Kiel) Light Joan Canellas Reixach (THW Kiel) Other Player shirt: white Blazenko Lackovic (HC Vardar Skopje) Cup Winners‘ Cup: Winners 2006/2007 Player short: white Zarko Markovic (Al-Jaish) German champion: 1 title (2011) Goalkeeper shirt: orange/yellow/green Marcus Cleverly (KIF Kolding Kobenhavn) German Cup winner: twice Dark Andreas Nilsson (MKB-MVM Veszprem) German Super-Cup winner: four times Player shirt: red Oscar Carlén (end of career) Player short: white Marcel Schliedermann (ThSV Eisenach) Goalkeeper shirt: orange/yellow/green Robert Schulze (SV Henstedt-Ulzburg)
16 HSV HAMBURG (GER) Team roster No. First Name Surname Nat. Position Date of Birth Place of Birth Height Weight 21 Tim-Oliver Brauer GER Line Player 15.5.1992 Hamburg, GER 195 115 17 Petar Djordjic SRB Left Back 17.9.1990 Sabac, SRB 197 102 24 Davor Dominikovic CRO Left Back 7.4.1978 Metkovic, CRO 203 106 43 Alexander Feld GER Back 15.6.1993 Krefeld, GER 188 86 7 Matthias Flohr GER Left Wing 19.3.1982 Aachen, GER 187 93 20 Richard Hanisch SWE Centre Back 1.6.1990 Eskilstuna, SWE 185 93 23 Pascal Hens GER Left Back 26.3.1980 Daun, GER 203 103 11 Kevin Herbst GER Right Wing 7.5.1994 Hamburg, GER 189 88 5 Torsten Jansen GER Left Wing 23.12.1976 Adenau, GER 185 90 18 Hans Lindberg DEN Right Wing 1.8.1981 Höje Taastrup, DEN 188 88 22 Kentin Mahé FRA Centre Back 22.5.1991 Paris, FRA 185 83 25 Felix Mehrkens GER Back 20.9.1994 Lüneburg, GER 183 87 27 Finn Nowacki GER Back 23.11.1996 Hüttblek, GER 186 86 26 Adrian Pfahl GER Right Back 30.7.1982 Bietigheim-Bis., GER 192 92 2 Kevin Schmidt GER Left Wing 20.4.1988 Gießen, GER 183 81 3 Stefan Schröder GER Right Wing 17.7.1981 Schwerin, GER 183 88 4 Alexandru Simicu ROU Left Back 8.10.1988 Timisoara, ROU 202 103 9 Tim Stefan GER Back 3.7.1995 Hamburg, GER 195 90 15 Henrik Toft Hansen DEN Line Player 18.12.1986 Skive, DEN 200 108 19 Lennard Max Danielsen GER Goalkeeper 5.1.1996 Eutin, GER 190 93 16 Justin Merlin Rundt GER Goalkeeper 14.11.1994 Elmshorn, GER 195 95 12 Max Henri Herrmann FRA Goalkeeper 24.2.1994 Bonn, GER 195 98 1 Johannes Bitter GER Goalkeeper 2.9.1982 Oldenburg, GER 205 104
17 HSV HAMBURG (GER) Coach and key players profiles
Jens Häusler Johannes Bitter coach goalkeeper • a player at the Bundesliga clubs Wuppertal, • arrived as World Champion in 2007 in Hamburg Wallau, Nordhorn, Hameln and Kronau-Östringen • one of the tallest goalkeepers (2,05 metres) in • started his coaching career in 2007, when he took this competition over German second division team Altenholz • has played for SC Magdeburg, in his last match • came to Hamburg in 2011, first coaching the for them he won the EHF Cup U23 team, then became assistant coach of Martin • nicknamed Jogi Schwalb, Per Carlen and Christian Gaudin • extended his contract at Hamburg despite a • will be replaced by Michael Biegler after the huge number of other offers 2014/15 season • has a huge selection of oldtimer cars at home
EC trophies: EHF CL 2013 EC trophies: EHF CL 2013, EHF Cup 2007 WCh: G 2007
Pascal Hens Hans Lindberg left back right wing • discovered by former HSV coach Martin Schwalb • won several medals at European and World Championships in beach handball • nicknamed “Pommes” (French fries) • the EHF Champions League top scorer in 2013 and • retired from the German national team in 2012 Bundesliga top scorer in 2009 and 2013 • started his career at SG Wallau-Massenheim and • selected for the Danish youth national team in plays for HSV since 2003 football in his younger days • supposed to remain in the club after his active • plays for HSV since 2007 career • the All Star Team right wing at the 2013 WCh
EC trophies: EHF CL 2013, Cup Winners’ Cup 2007 EC trophies: EHF CL 2013 OG: S 2004, EHF EURO: G 2004, S 2002, WCh: G 2007, S 2003 EHF EURO: G 2008, 2012, S 2014, WCh: S 2011, S 2013
18 GROUP A HASLUM HANDBALLKLUBB (NOR)
Haslum Handballklubb has managed to qualify for the group phase of the EHF Cup for the first time in the club’s history. The Norwegian champions failed in the VELUX EHF Champions League qualification against Turkish side Besiktas, but then beat Russian club Volgograd in the qualification for this competition.
Now Haslum will face tough opponents in Group A in the form of former Champions League winners HSV Hamburg, Swiss side Winterthur and experienced Champions League side Velenje from Slovenia.
Despite those high hurdles coach Tom Eirik Skarpsno was happy with the draw: “We have the chance to meet some of Europe’s best teams. Of course, it will be a special experience for us to play against Hamburg in particular.”
He coaches an all-Scandinavian team, mainly with Norwegian players and two from Sweden. One of their top stars from the previous season, Thomas Kristensen, left to Ademar Leon (Spain) and the Norwegian top talent Sander Sagosen to Champions League participant Aalborg. Playing hall Manager Petter Andersen hopes for a huge audience in their new arena in Oslo, Nadderudhallen,Bekkestua mainly when they face their German opponent: “I believe that the Norwegian Haukeveien 12 spectators will see great matches. And from the sporting point of view our young 1357 Bekkestua team will gain great experience by playing in the EHF Cup Group Phase.” Norway Capacity: 1,200 Team captain Anders Røe thinks that “everything is possible, and why not trying to qualify for the quarterfinals? It is going to a tough spring for us with 13 matches in six weeks, but we’re up for it.” Club Address: Haslum Handballklubb Road to the Group Phase Gjonnesjordet 36 1357 Bekkestua VELUX EHF Champions League Qualification Tournament 3 Norway Semi-final: Haslum vs Besiktas MOGAZ HT (TUR) 22:29 3rd place match: Hubo Initia Hasselt (BEL) vs Haslum 26:35 Media contact: Britt Thirud-Gjerde EHF Cup, Qualification Round 3 +47 47853403 1st leg: HC Kaustik Volgograd (RUS) vs Haslum 31:28 [email protected] 2nd leg: Haslum vs Kaustik 36:26 Aggregate score: 57:64 Online information: Website: www.haslumhk.no Newcomers Facebook: Haslum-HK Past achievements Simen Schønningsen (Fjellhammer) Twitter: HaslumHK@ VELUX EHF Champions League Joakim Patriksson (Follo HK) Participations (including 2014/15 Håvard Åsheim (Follo HK) season): 3 Christoffer Brännberger (Runar Sandefjord) Qualification (2): 2011/12, 2012/13, Kit colours Magnus Søndenå (Follo HK) 2014/15 Light Player shirt: white Left the club EHF Cup Player short: white Thomas Kristensen (Ademar Leon) Round 3 (2): 2011/12, 2012/13 Goalkeeper shirt: multicolour Besard Hakaj (Søndejyske) Round 1 (1): 2009/10 Sander Sagosen (Aalborg) Dark Kristijan Jurisic (Øif Arendal) Player shirt: red Other Einar Riegelhuth Koren (end of career) Player short: red Cup Winners’ Cup: Last 16 2006/07 Goalkeeper shirt: multicolour Norwegian league: 3 titles (2011, 2012, 2014) Norwegian cup: 3 titles
19 HASLUM HANDBALLKLUBB (NOR) Team roster
No. First Name Surname Nat. Position Date of Birth Place of Birth Height Weight 7 Sander O. Andreassen NOR Back 8.4.1996 Oslo, NOR 191 75 6 Sebastian Barthold NOR Left Wing 27.8.1991 Oslo, NOR 184 88 20 Jonathan B. Berens NOR Centre Back 24.3.1994 Bærum, NOR 192 75 10 Christoffer Brännberger SWE Line Player 29.12.1990 Farsta, SWE 200 105 14 Jakob Gjoen NOR Right Wing 22.7.1993 Bærum, NOR 182 83 19 Havard B. Johannesen NOR Right Back 27.4.1994 Bærum, NOR 195 87 11 Erlend Mamelund NOR Left Back 1.5.1984 Bærum, NOR 198 99 24 Knut Nikolai Mehl NOR Line Player 25.5.1995 Oslo, NOR 185 91 81 Joakim Patriksson SWE Centre Back 7.5.1986 Lysekil, SWE 188 90 21 August Baskar Pedersen NOR Left Wing 24.6.1994 Bærum, NOR 5 Anders Roe NOR Back 4.7.1988 Oslo, NOR 193 95 18 Edvard B. Sandvik NOR Left Back 13.4.1994 Bærum, NOR 192 96 8 Simen Nicolay Schoenningsen NOR Right Back 21.2.1996 Fetsund, NOR 192 91 23 Petter Skarpenes NOR Right Wing 25.8.1993 Bærum, NOR 186 80 2 Magnus Soendena NOR Wing 9.10.1991 Sandefjord, NOR 182 79 9 Vegard Soerlie Tennfjord NOR Line Player 5.7.1994 Oslo, NOR 188 89 16 Trond Tjemsland NOR Goalkeeper 16.7.1987 Bærum, NOR 188 100 1 Havard Aasheim NOR Goalkeeper 10.1.1994 Langhus, NOR
20 HASLUM HANDBALLKLUBB (NOR) Coach and key players profiles
Tom Eirik Skarpsno Havard Aasheim coach goalkeeper • despite his relatively young age for a coach, he • young but strong goalkeeper and an important has already been with Haslum for six years asset to the Haslum team • led Haslum to the Norwegian championship in • despite his young age for a goalkeeper, he is 2011, 2012 and 2014, the three times the club has already an established keeper in the Norwegian won the title league • besides being one of the most promising young • 69 matches in various Norwegian junior national coaches in Norwegian handball, he is also active in teams tell their story about his huge potential the debate about Norwegian handball • part of the “Rio Project” – a project meant to • his modern views on training and how to handle qualify the Norwegian national team for the Rio players have paid very well off in Haslum so far Olympics in 2016
Anders Roe Erlend Mamelund back left back • right handed, but can play all three positions in • through his experience and his shooting power the back court line which makes him a great asset to one of the absolute key players for Haslum the Haslum team • has been around in handball Europe, having • apart from 65 matches in various junior national represented Danish FCK Handball, German HSG team, he has also had two matches for Norway´s Nordhorn and French Montpellier during his foreign senior team. adventures • scored eight goals in the deciding EHF Cup • 118 internationals and 352 goals for Norway qualification match against Russian HC Kaustik • with nine goals, he had a deciding hand in Haslum Volgograd winning the Norwegian championship 2014 through a 36:27 win in the match against rivals Elverum
21 GROUP A GORENJE VELENJE (SLO)
As finalists in the old format of the EHF Cup, two Slovenian championships in the past three seasons and two consecutive appearances at the Last 16 stage of of the VELUX EHF Champions League, Gorenje Velenje are without a doubt among the most experienced sides in the EHF Cup Group Phase.
Already in the qualification Ivan Vajdl’s team proved their strengths and ambitions, beating Russian side Permskie Medvedi twice in a clear way. In Group A Velenje will face Hamburg, Haslum and Winterthur.
The upcoming stage is only an intermediate part of their grand scheme to reach the EHF Cup Finals, as manager Tomaž Juršič says: “We are glad that we reached the group phase, but this is not our final goal. We are aiming much higher.
“We have an interesting group. In addition to us there are also our “old friends” Hamburg and Winterthur. The German team we know from the last year’s Champions League and the Swiss we met in a friendly match last year.
“It will be hard but I think we have the quality to proceed to the quarter-finals. That is Playing hall our goal for now but much more will be known after the completion of this stage.” Rdeca Dvorana Saleska cesta 3 Team captain Niko Medved goes one step further: “Our goal is to be part of the EHF 3320 Velenje Cup Finals. Hamburg is the strongest team in our group and if they play at 100% then Slovenia I think the first place in the group is reserved for the German team. For the second Capacity:2,700 place it’s hard to say. My opinion is that it’s going to be decided between Gorenje and Winterthur.” Club Address: Road to the Group Phase Gorenje Velenje Saleska Cesta 3 EHF Cup, Qualification Round 3 3320 Velenje 1st leg: Permskie Medvedi (RUS) vs Velenje 34:37 Slovenia 2nd leg: Velenje vs Perm 39:29 Aggregate score: 63:76 Media contact: Tanija Rednak Newcomers Past achievements +386 38986440 Michal Pawel Szyba (Azotov) VELUX EHF Champions League [email protected] Miloš Božović (Valladolid) Participations: 7 Klemen Ferlin (Trimo Trebnje) Last 16 (3): 2005/06, 2009/10, 2012/13, Online information: Blaž Kleč (Maribor) 2013/14 Website: www.rk-gorenje.com Aleksander Špende (Maribor) Main Round (1): 2007/08 Facebook: rkgorenjevelenje Group Phase (1): 2004/05 Twitter: Rk_Gorenje_V@ Left the club Qualification (1): 2010/11 Darko Cingesar (Loka) Klemen Cehte (Aix) EHF Cup Kit colours Emir Taletovič (Maribor) Runners-up (1): 2008/09 Nejc Brglez (Sevnica) Light Semi-final (1): 1994/95 Player shirt: yellow Quarter-final (3): 1996/97, 2010/11, 2011/12 Player short: black Round 3 (1): 2002/03 Goalkeeper shirt: red Other Dark Cup Winners’ Cup: semi-final 2003/04, Player shirt: black quarter-final 2004/05 Player short: black Slovenian league: 3 titles (2009, 2012, Goalkeeper shirt: blue 2013) Slovenian cup: 1 title
22 GORENJE VELENJE (SLO) Team roster
No. First Name Surname Nat. Position Date of Birth Place of Birth Height Weight 80 Kristian Beciri CRO Line Player 14.6.1994 Heppenheim, GER 2 Milos Bozovic MNE Left Back 10.12.1994 Podgorica, MNE 8 Senjamin Buric BIH Line Player 20.11.1990 Maglaj, BIH 198 100 3 Nejc Cehte SLO Right Back 4.9.1992 Brezice, SLO 196 94 30 Luka Dobelsek SLO Centre Back 12.1.1983 Celje, SLO 191 90 77 Marko Dujmovic SLO Left Back 16.9.1985 Slovenj Gradec, SLO 190 95 31 Janez Gams SLO Left Wing 8.11.1985 Slovenj Gradec, SLO 180 83 23 Rok Golcar SLO Right Wing 23.12.1985 Slovenj Gradec, SLO 189 87 27 Blaz Klec SLO Line Player 26.3.1986 Slovenj Gradec, SLO 183 95 5 Niko Medved SLO Left Wing 26.3.1990 Slovenj Gradec, SLO 182 83 44 Mitja Nosan SLO Left Back 9.1.1990 Ljubljana, SLO 198 98 52 Marko Ostir SLO Line Player 7.6.1977 Slovenj Gradec, SLO 194 100 25 Jernej Papez SLO Right Back 29.1.1991 Novo Mesto, SLO 190 94 20 Stas Skube SLO Centre Back 15.11.1989 Novo Mesto, SLO 176 79 24 Mario Sostaric SLO Right Wing 25.11.1992 Slovenj Gradec, SLO 193 87 21 Aleksander Spende SLO Left Back 24.7.1993 Ljubljana, SLO 200 85 18 Michal Szyba POL Right Back 18.3.1988 Lublin, POL 195 92 28 Matic Vrecar SLO 28.2.1989 Slovenj Gradec, SLO 195 114 32 Rok Zaponsek SLO Goalkeeper 30.10.1992 Slovenj Gradec, SLO 192 85 12 Benjamin Buric BIH Goalkeeper 20.11.1990 Maglaj, BIH 197 97 22 Klemen Ferlin SLO Goalkeeper 26.6.1989 Novo Mesto, SLO 192 95
23 GORENJE VELENJE (SLO) Coach and key players profiles
Ivan Vajdl Benjamin Buric coach goalkeeper • former goalkeeper during his playing career • the 197-cm tall Bosnia and Herzegovina national team player arrived from Izvidjac Ljubuski together • started playing for the club Sostanj, which now is with his twin brother Senjamin his old and new club, called Gorenje Velenje • taken over the burden of the first choice • in 2003, he became coach at the top level for goalkeeper, following the departure of Ivan Gajic the first time, starting at Gorenje, where he was in 2013 responsible for two runners-up positions in the Slovenian league • the 2013/14 season in the CL was his maiden in the top tier of European handball • in 2005 switched to Prevent and later to Slovenj Gradec and Trimo Trebnje, before he returned in the 2013/14 season replacing Branko Tamse
Niko Medved Luka Dobelsek left wing centre back • a fast player on the left wing • one of the most experienced players of the squad • in the 2013/14 season he also assumed a new role • played abroad in Germany (Lübbecke, Emsdetten) of the club captain, despite being only 23 and Poland (Wisła Płock) before returning to his boyhood club in 2013 replacing Nikola Manojlovic • he also scored his personal best of 40 goals in that season • coach Vajdl also counts on his 12-year European experience • a Gorenje player all of his senior career and already played four CL seasons • played his first international matches with Velenje already in 2001.
24 GROUP A PFADI WINTERTHUR (SUI) For more than a decade Pfadi were the leading force in Swiss handball, becoming domestic champions nine times until 2004 and making it at least to the quarter-finals of all EHF European Cup competitions (Champions League, EHF Cup, Cup Winners’ Cup, City Cup and Challenge Cup). In 2001 Winterthur even managed to reach the final of the Challenge Cup.
Now Pfadi is the first Swiss team to reach the group phase of the “new” EHF Cup. The team of head coach Adrian Brüngger will face Haslum, Hamburg and Velenje in Group A. The club’s best known new arrival is highly experienced Lithuanian goalkeeper Arunas Vaskevicius, who had been part of Kadetten Schaffhausen’s Champions League squad in the past. Now Pfadi will start their international adventure and at the same time hope to raise a trophy in domestic competition.
Manager Bruno Schenk is eagerly looking forward to the maiden voyage in the group phase: “We are very proud, having reached this stage of competition. This will be a big sporting and financial challenge, but with the great passion we have within our club, we will take this hurdle in a good manner.”
Playing hall Team captain Marcel Hess hopes that the European journey will continue after the Eulachhalle group phase: “The team of Pfadi Winterthur is thrilled to have reached the next step Wartstrasse 73 in the EHF Cup. Regardless of the competitive opponents we are dedicated to show 8400 Winterthur our best handball to let the great adventure continue.” Switzerland Road to the Group Phase Capacity:2,100 EHF Cup, Qualification Round 2 1st leg: Pfadi vs RK Zeleznicar 1949 Nis (SRB) 35:26 Club Address: 2nd leg: Nis vs Pfadi 29:30 Pfadi Winterthur Aggregate score: 65:55 Bürglistrasse 31/PF 2191 8401 Winterthur EHF Cup, Qualification Round 3 Switzerland 1st leg: HK Agro Topolcany vs Pfadi 26:28 2nd leg: Pfadi vs Topolcany 32:25 Media contact: Aggregate score: 51:60 Sascha von der Crone +41 79 6391642 [email protected] Newcomers Past achievements Milan Corovic (Qatar) EHF Champions League Arunas Vaskevicius (Kadetten Online information: Participations: 8 Schaffhausen) Website: www.pfadi-winterthur.ch Quarter-final (2): 1996/97, 1997/98 Facebook: PfadiWinterthur Last 16 (2): 1994/95, 2003/04 Left the club Group Stage (3): 1995/96, 1998/99, 2004/05 Martin Pramuk (HSC Suhr/Aarau) Qualification (1): 2002/03 Robert Konecnik (HSC Suhr/Aarau) EHF Cup Kit colours Round 3 (1): 2011/12 Light Round 2 (1): 2013/14 Player shirt: red Round 1 (1): 2012/13 Player short: black Goalkeeper shirt: blue Other Dark Cup Winners’ Cup: Quarter-final 2002/03 Player shirt: black Challenge Cup: Runners-up 2000/01 Player short: black City Cup: Semi-final 1999/2000 Goalkeeper shirt: black Swiss league: 9 titles (1992, 1994-98, 2002-04) Swiss cup: 3 titles
25 PFADI WINTERTHUR (SUI) Team roster
No. First Name Surname Nat. Position Date of Birth Place of Birth Height Weight 19 Dino Bajram SLO Line Player 25.9.1983 Ljubljana, SLO 194 110 5 Milan Corovic SRB Centre Back 27.6.1984 Belgrade, SRB 193 100 13 Goran Cvetkovic SRB Right Back 25.4.1983 Beograd, SRB 191 93 22 Stefan Freivogel SUI Right Back 6.2.1990 Schwammendingen 184 82 7 Marcel Hess SUI Left Wing 16.11.1982 Aarau, SUI 190 94 20 Kevin Jud SUI Centre Back 4.12.1992 Uster, SUI 183 75 8 Julian Krieg GER Right Back 18.7.1987 Gummersbach, GER 198 105 14 Marvin Lier SUI Left Wing 8.9.1992 Ehrendingen, SUI 185 75 4 Luka Maros SUI Left Back 20.3.1994 Zürich, SUI 194 88 26 Michael Meier SUI Left Back 20.7.1993 Turbenthal, SUI 198 95 3 Yannick Ott SUI Centre Back 4.4.1996 Winterthur, SUI 182 80 21 Oliver Scheuner SUI Right Wing 4.2.1985 Winterthur, SUI 182 80 11 Roman Sidorowicz SUI Centre Back 8.8.1991 Thalwil, SUI 188 80 24 Michal Svajlen SUI Left Back 12.4.1989 Zürich, SUI 196 98 6 Cédrie Tynowski SUI Right Wing 21.9.1996 Kloten, SUI 185 82 16 Simon Kindle SUI Goalkeeper 13.12.1992 Winterthur, SUI 201 92 1 Arunas Vaskevicius LTU Goalkeeper 3.8.1973 Druskininkai, LTU 193 100 16 Patrick Murbach SUI Goalkeeper 11.8.1993 Schaffhausen, SUI 200 97 12 Aurel Bringolf SUI Goalkeeper 2.11.1987 Winterthur, SUI 190 88
26 PFADI WINTERTHUR (SUI)
Coach and key players profiles
Adrian Brüngger Arunas Vaskevicius coach goalkeeper • a player for Pfadi before joining Kadetten • the veteran in the Pfadi team Schaffhausen • played already for clubs in five countries • three-time Swiss champions as Pfadi player (Lithuania, Hungary, Austria, Germany, Switzerland) • ended his active career in 2007, becoming part of • arrived in Switzerland in 2008, first playing for the coaching team at Pfadi Amicitia Zürich, then Kadetten Schaffhausen and since the start of this season Winterthur • his mission is to integrate young talents into the team • has EHF Champions League experience from his former clubs Bregenz (AUT) and Kadetten (SUI) • the number 1 in the Lithuanian national team
Marcel Hess Luka Maros left wing left back • unusually tall (1,90 metres) for a wing player • a rising star in the Swiss national team • a semi-finalist of the EHF Cup with his former club • played his first international for Switzerland at Amicitia Zurich the age of 18 • contracted by Pfadi since 2010 • the top scorer of the Men’s 18 EHF EURO 2012 - 60 goals • one of the most experienced players in the Swiss national team, for which he plays since 2003 • arrived at Pfadi in 2013 from Amicitia Zurich • among the 15 best scorers of all-time in the Swiss • will transfer to Kadetten Schaffhausen after the league 2014/15 season
27 Group B head-to-heads Historic encounters of the Group B opponents in the EC
HCM Constanta vs St. Petersburg HC 18.11.2010 HCM Constanta vs St. Petersburg HC, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group D 29:28 (16:13) 24.11.2010 St. Petersburg HC vs HCM Constanta, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group D 29:26 (14:13) 19.10.2011 St. Petersburg HC vs HCM Constanta, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group C 27:25 (14:10) 16.02.2012 HCM Constanta vs St. Petersburg HC, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group C 24:26 (9:12)
No previous encounters in European competitions HCM Constanta vs Fraikin BM. Granollers HCM Constanta vs Team Tvis Holstebro Fraikin BM. Granollers vs St. Petersburg HC Fraikin BM. Granollers vs Team Tvis Holstebro St. Petersburg HC vs Team Tvis Holstebro
28 GROUP B HCM CONSTANTA (ROU)
They were the surprise package of the previous EHF Cup competition – and now HCM Constanta aim to continue in the same vein this time around. The Romanian champions and cup winners made it all the way to the 2014 EHF Cup Finals in Berlin, before going on to finish in fourth following defeats to Montpellier and Berlin.
Constanta are back in the EHF Cup Group Phase after beating Norwegian side Elverum in the final qualification round, having failed to reach the VELUX EHF Champions League Group Phase, falling to Turkish champions Besiktas. Stars Alexandru Simicu (HSV Hamburg) and Alexandru Csepreghi (Creteil) may have left, but Macedonian head coach Zvonko Sundovski still has a number of internationally experienced players to call upon, including Montenegrin international Mladen Rakcevic.
Club director Ali Nurhan hopes to recapture the magic of 2014. He said: “Our team’s objective is to proceed from the group phase and then to reach EHF Cup Finals again, like last year in Berlin. It was a great and spectacular experience for our team and with hard work we can compete with the best four teams in this competition.”
Team captain Laurentiu Toma shares those hopes as he added: “The main Playing hall international objective is to qualify for the EHF Cup Finals like last season. Even though City Hall Constanta it’s very difficult for us, because each team has equal opportunities, we will play until B.dul Tomis Nr. 104-106 the last chance, and we’ll give all the best to make our country and supporters feel Constanta proud of us.” Romania Capacity:2,994 Road to the Group Phase
VELUX EHF Champions League Qualification Tournament 3 Club Address: Semi-final: Constanta vs Hubo Initia Hasselt (BEL) 29:20 HCM Constanta Final: Constanta vs Besiktas Mogaz HT 25:34 str. Mircea cel Batran no 99B, e 900726 Constanta EHF Cup, Qualification Round 3 Romania 1st leg: Constanta vs Elverum Handball Herrer (NOR) 27:21 2nd leg: Elverum vs Constanta 29:30 Media contact: Aggregate score: 57:50 Ali Nurhan +40 241 488604 [email protected] Newcomers Past achievements Andrei Enescu Razvan EHF Champions League Online information: Javier Humet Gaminde (US Ivry) Participations (including 2014/15 Website: www.hcmct.ro Mladen Rakcevic (AEK Athens) season): 9 Facebook: HCM-Constanta-Official Robert Gal (CSS Brasov) Last 16 (1): 2009/10 Claudiu Subtirica (CSM Ploiesti) Group Phase (6): 2004/05, Claudiu Simicu (LPS Banatul Timisoara) 2006/07, 2007/08, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13 Left the club Qualification (2): 2013/14, 2014/15 Kit colours Alexandru Simicu (HSV Hamburg) Light Alexandru Csepreghi (US Creteil) EHF Cup Player shirt: white Bogdan Criciotoiu (HSG Friesenheim EHF Cup Finals: 4th place 2013/14 Player short: white Marius Sadoveac (HCM Baia Mare) Goalkeeper shirt: blue/red/green Other Dark Cup Winners‘ Cup: Semi-final 2005/06 Player shirt: blue Challenge Cup: Semi-final 2003/04 Player short: blue Romanian champions: 9 titles (2004, Goalkeeper shirt: blue 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) Romanian Cup winners: 6 titles
29 HCM CONSTANTA (ROU) Team roster
No. First Name Surname Nat. Position Date of Birth Place of Birth Height Weight 22 Aleksandar Adzic MNE Left Back 18.9.1975 Bijelo Polje, MNE 192 103 18 Branislav Angelovski MKD Centre Back 21.2.1977 Bitola, MKD 192 85 92 Florin Bogdan Baican ROU Line Player 20.4.1992 Suceava, ROU 194 95 30 Goran Bogunovic CRO Left Back 28.6.1989 Split, CRO 198 98 77 George Ionut Buricea ROU Left Wing 1.8.1979 Braila, ROU 179 80 55 Albert Georgian Cristescu ROU Line Player 30.5.1992 Moreni, DB, ROU 194 97 17 Dalibor Cutura SRB Centre Back 14.6.1975 Sombor, SRB 190 91 26 Razvan Andrei Enescu ROU Centre Back 23.11.1982 Constanta, ROU 198 107 3 Robert-Dorin Gal ROU Left Back 3.1.1996 Brasov, ROU 5 Javier Humet Gaminde ESP Right Back 22.1.1990 Barcelona, ESP 196 87 2 Mladen Rakcevic MNE Line Player 10.2.1982 Cetinje, MNE 179 105 7 Alexandru V. Simicu ROU Left Back 8.10.1988 Timisoara, ROU 202 103 7 Claudiu Simicu ROU Left Back 8.9.1994 Giroc, Timisoara, ROU 24 Ramon Alin Somlea ROU Left Back 20.2.1994 Campia Turzii, ROU 11 Marius Stavrositu ROU Centre Back 3.9.1980 Constanta, ROU 182 80 23 Claudiu Stefan Subtirica ROU Right Wing 23.7.1993 Slobozia, ROU 187 80 14 Laurentiu Mihai Toma ROU Right Wing 28.6.1981 Ploiesti, ROU 194 90 13 Predrag Vujadinovic SRB Left Wing 12.7.1983 Vrbas, SRB 186 86 12 Alexandru Florin Bucataru ROU Goalkeeper 4.11.1995 Piatra Neamt, ROU 1 Ionut Rudi Stanescu ROU Goalkeeper 14.8.1979 Brasov, ROU 196 103 16 Mihai Catalin Popescu ROU Goalkeeper 15.3.1985 Gaesti, DB, ROU 190 100
30 HCM CONSTANTA (ROU)
Coach and key players profiles
Zvonko Sundovski Mihai Popescu coach goalkeeper • attracted huge interest from European clubs • his career is a perfect mirror for the Romanian after leading FYR Macedonia’s national team to champions as he helped them secure eight national the 5th place in the EHF EURO 2012 titles in the last eleven years • learnt Romanian quickly, and now can • while cheering for his father – an ex-goalkeeper communicate perfectly with his players – a 5-year-old Mihai was hit in his face • describes himself as a perfectionist and thinks • started playing as a right-back, but his father the key for success is drinking two-three cups of asked Mihai’s coach to put him between the posts. espresso every morning • will leave Constanta at the end of the season, for • after the 5th place at the EHF EURO 2012 his first experience outside Romania. He already 100.000 Macedonians came to the streets of signed a contract with French team St. Raphael Skopje to celebrate the achievement of his team
Laurentiu Toma Dalibor Cutura right wing centre back • has seen his entire career go down in Constanța • Serbian ace will turn 40 in June, but is still an joining the seaside town team in 2001 integral part of Constanța lineup • despite several offers from Bundesliga team in • a passionate tennis player, who even played in the past, he chose to stay in Romania for his family veteran tournaments and earned the 905th place in the ITF circuit for veterans • after winning nine championships and six Cups with Constanta, he has been handed honorary • seaside was one of the most important factors in citizenship of the town him accepting Constanța’s offer in 2012 • a keen fisherman, his best capture was a 12-kg • plagued by injuries, he was just one step away carp from retirement, but was persuaded to continue in Constanța in 2014
EHF EURO: S 2012
31 GROUP B FRAIKIN BM GRANOLLERS (ESP)
Granollers is a big name in the history of Spanish, and international, handball.
The club, based close to Barcelona, is the only former EHF Cup winner among the 16 teams that have reached this season’s group phase, with the Catalans lifting the trophy in 1995 and 1996, in the competition’s previous format.
In 2011, Granollers were knocked out of the EHF Cup in the Last 16, but now – after a long absence – they are back in the big time, and have high hopes for this campaign.
Under new coach Carlos Viver Arza, who previously led the club’s women’s team, Granollers eliminated Sporting in qualification on the away goals rule.
The main goal for the club this term is to build on this qualification by securing a spot in next year’s competition through their Liga ASOBAL ranking, and to go all the way to the EHF Cup Finals, in their 21st run on the European stage.
But their Group B opponents will not make life easy for them. St. Petersburg (RUS) and Constanta (ROU) both have VELUX EHF Champions League experience while Holstebro Playing hall (DEN) recently reached the EHF Cup Finals themselves. Palau d’Esports de Granollers Adva. Francesc Macia s/num. And Granollers’ cause is not helped by the departure of the key South American duo 08400 Granollers of Argentine goalkeeper Matias Schulz, who left for Nantes, and Chilean Rodrigo Spain Salinas, now with Steaua Bucuresti. Capacity:5,260
Club Address: Fraikin BM. Granollers Road to the Group Phase C/Voluntaris 1 08402 Granollers EHF Cup, Qualification Round 3 Spain 1st leg: Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) vs Granollers 27:25 2nd leg: Granollers vs Sporting 25:23 Media contact: Aggregate score: 50:50, Granollers qualified on away goals Josep Blanchart +34 655 870435 [email protected]
Online information: Newcomers Past achievements Adrià Figueras (FC Barcelona B) Website: www.bmgranollers.cat EHF Cup: Dimitrije Pejanovic (Qatar) Facebook: BMGranollers Winners (2): 1994/95, 1995/96 Jose Guilherme De Toledo (Aceu Univali Twitter: BMGranollers@ Semi-final (1): 1996/97 Brasil) Quarter-final (1): 2004/05 Guilherme Valadao (Bm. Guadalajara) Last 16 (2): 2007/08, 2011/12
Kit colours Left the club Other Matias Schultz (Nantes) Cup Winners’ Cup: final 2009/10 Light Albert Pujol (Benfica) Champions Trophy: final 1995/96 Player shirt: white Rodrigo Salinas (Steaua Bucarest) City Cup: semi-final 1993/94 Player short: blue Raul Campos (end of career) IHF Cup Winners’ Cup: 1975/76 Goalkeeper shirt: green Dark Spanish league: 10 titles (1959, 1960, Player shirt: red 1961, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, Player short: black 1972, 1974) Goalkeeper shirt: blue Copa del Rey: 3 titles ASOBAL Cup: 1 title
32 BM FRAIKIN GRANOLLERS (ESP) Team roster
No. First Name Surname Nat. Position Date of Birth Place of Birth Height Weight 4 Moises Blanxart Moreno ESP Right Wing 25.1.1988 Granollers, ESP 182 85 5 Marc Cañellas Reixach ESP Centre Back 21.7.1995 St. Maria de Pal., ESP 187 80 6 Pol Capdevila Barbany ESP Line Player 27.2.1990 Granollers, ESP 195 94 33 Juan Del Arco Perez ESP Left Back 29.11.1991 Leganes, ESP 189 85 13 Adria Figueras Trejo ESP Line Player 31.8.1988 Barcelona, ESP 191 88 9 Arnau Garcia Barcelo ESP Centre Back 12.6.1994 Granollers, ESP 194 90 7 Marc Garcia Dieguez ESP Left Back 27.9.1984 Barcelona, ESP 194 97 3 Mamadou Gassama Cissokho ESP Right Wing 28.10.1993 Granollers, ESP 188 80 27 Nicklas Grundsten SWE Line Player 1.10.1983 Stockholm, SWE 191 97 29 Jose Guilherme de Toledo BRA Right Back 11.1.1994 Sao Paulo, BRA 193 96 2 Edgar Perez Lopez ESP Left Wing 20.3.1994 Granollers, ESP 178 75 10 Adria Perez Martinez ESP Left Wing 26.11.1991 Barcelona, ESP 181 80 15 Jordi Puig Asbert ESP Left Back 17.6.1990 Montcada Reixac, ESP 196 95 19 Salvador Puig Asbert ESP Right Back 4.12.1979 Montcada Reixac, ESP 198 99 17 David Resina Forns ESP Left Wing 5.4.1987 Granollers, ESP 181 75 18 Alvaro Ruiz Sanchez ESP Centre Back 8.4.1991 Almeria, ESP 194 85 14 Ferran Sole Sala ESP Right Wing 25.8.1992 Sant Quirze, ESP 192 83 25 Guilherme Valadao Gama BRA Left Back 25.1.1991 Bernardo Campo, BRA 192 97 36 Gerard Forns Galve ESP Goalkeeper 26.12.1994 S Boi de Llobregat, ESP 1 Dimitrije Pejanovic SRB Goalkeeper 9.7.1974 Sombor, SRB 200 97 12 Marc Guardia Tomas ESP Goalkeeper 13.1.1995 Barcelona, ESP 187 83 16 Pol Sastre Rodriguez ESP Goalkeeper 24.7.1991 Granollers, ESP 182 80
33 BM FRAIKIN GRANOLLERS (ESP)
Coach and key players profiles
Carlos Viver Dmitrije Pejanovic coach goalkeeper • became head coach before 2014/15 season, • born in 1974, the Serbian is one of the oldest after leading the BM. Granollers female team to the players taking part in this edition of the EHF Cup Spanish 1st Division in the previous season • played at a professional level in Serbia, Greece, • born in the same city (Granollers), he is the Belarus, Qatar and Spain, where the 2014/15 perfect prototype of a “one club man”, playing 16 season was his 10th seasons in BM. Granollers as a professional player • although having suffered an Aquilles tendon • 1,150 league goals and most capped player for his rupture in Dinamo Minsk in 2012, BM Granollers club in European competition signed him from Al Rayyan (Qatar) • 69 caps for Serbia, participant of the EHF EURO 2010 and WCh 2011
EC trophies: EHF Cup 1994, 1995 (player)
Anders Nicklas Grundsten Salvador Puig line player right back • started practicing at the age of 8, his parents • son of line player Jaume Puig, who played for were both handball players Spain in 172 international matches • debuted in Granollers in 2009 coming from HSV • in 2014 he came back to Granollers from Toulouse Hamburg after 19 months of inactivity due to ACL and LCL rupture • one of the current foreign players in Asobal with the longest relationship with a single Spanish club • 2014/15 is his 11th season at Granollers and a third episode (1996-2003, 2008-2011, 2014-...) • Magnus Wislander is his idol player • his 11 years younger brother Jordi Puig is also on the team
U18 WCh: B 2001, Junior WCh: G 2003 EC trophy: EHF CL 2005
34 GROUP B ST. PETERSBURG HC (RUS)
After four consecutive years of reaching the group phase of the VELUX EHF Champions League, HC St. Petersburg are taking their first steps in the EHF Cup – the first Russian side to do so at this stage.
St. Petersburg have finished as runners-up in their domestic league six times in a row - behind Chekhovskie Medvedi on each occasion - but will be aiming for top spot in Group B after beating Hungarian side Tatabanya to qualify.
Dmitry Torgovanov’s men will face Constanta (ROU), Granollers (ESP) and Holstebro (DEN) in the group phase, but boast a team full of international talent and have a coach in his fifth season in charge. One key man missing, however, is left winger Sergey Kuzmin, after a knee injury ruled him out for the rest of the season.
The Neva-based club failed to advance to the knockout stages of the Champions League in each of the past four seasons, but club director Sergey Ziza is cautiously confident they can make that jump this time around.
“All four teams in our group are almost equals, so it will be hard for us to make it to Playing hall the quarter-finals, but this is our goal,” he said. Arena St.Petersburg Yjnaya doroga 25 “Maybe our expectations will be changed, because first of all we have to see the level 197110 St. Petersburg of our opponents.” Russia Capacity: 7,044 Team captain Eldar Nasyrov remains humble too. He added: “It will be interesting to play against our opponents, at the same time I hope that our goal will not only be the participation, but also a good result.” Club Address: St. Petersburg HC Dekabristov street, 35 Road to the Group Phase 190121 St. Petersburg Russia EHF Cup, Qualification Round 3 1st leg: Grundfos Tatabanya KC (HUN) vs St. Petersburg 23:22 Media contact: 2nd leg: St. Petersburg vs Tatabanya 32:24 Marina Zhurova Aggregate score: 47:54 +7 905 2340000 [email protected] Newcomers Past achievements Online information: Taras Dryapochko (Skif Krasnodar) VELUX EHF Champions League Website: www.spbhandball.ru Hleb Harbuz (Dinamo Minsk) Participations: 4 Victor Kireev (Kaustik Volgograd) Group Phase (4): 2010/11, 2011/12, Denis Mirzoev (Skif Krasnodar) 2012/13, 2013/14
Left the club Other Kit colours Igor Polyakov (end of career) Alexander Sanashkin (end of career) Light Russian league: 1 title (1993), Dmitry Chernykh Player shirt: white/blue 5x runners-up (2010, 2011, 2012, Dmitry Lauzhin (both without clubs) Player short: white 2013, 2014) Yury Semenov (Dinamo Astrakhan) Goalkeeper shirt: red Russian Cup: runners-up 2014 Dark Player shirt: black/blue Player short: black Goalkeeper shirt: green
35 ST. PETERSBURG HC (RUS) Team roster
No. First Name Surname Nat. Position Date of Birth Place of Birth Height Weight 19 Grigory Blagonadezhdin RUS Right Wing 23.3.1981 Saint-Petersburg, RUS 189 98 23 Anatolii Chezlov RUS Centre Back 23.4.1987 St. Petersburg, RUS 194 94 88 Taras Dryapochko RUS Right Back 20.3.1982 Shevchenko, KAZ 185 92 15 Evgeny Dudik RUS Centre Back 26.9.1995 Moscow, RUS 191 90 22 Pavel Elistratov RUS Line Player 21.5.1996 Tolyatti, RUS 190 95 33 Danil Gumianov RUS Right Wing 1.8.1996 Tolyatti, RUS 181 80 9 Hleb Harbuz BLR Centre Back 17.3.1994 Minsk, BLR 191 82 11 Ruslan Junisbekov KAZ Left Back 28.1.1989 Shimkent, KAZ 198 95 21 Gleb Kalarash RUS Line Player 29.11.1990 Moscow, RUS 202 94 5 Dmitrii Kiselev RUS Right Back 15.11.1994 Voronezhskaya, RUS 193 98 31 Victor Kovalenko RUS Centre Back 13.1.1982 Leningrad, RUS 192 93 4 Pavel Kungurov RUS Left Wing 2.11.1989 Snezhinsk, RUS 180 78 7 Sergey Kuzmin RUS Left Wing 2.2.1988 Boksitogorsk, RUS 182 80 24 Denis Mirzoev RUS Right Wing 7.1.1986 Stavropol, RUS 181 86 2 Eldar Nasyrov RUS Left Back 14.7.1986 Sahalinskaya obl, RUS 188 89 10 Dmitry Pavlov RUS Centre Back 17.11.1994 Yaroslavl, RUS 186 83 18 Evgeny Prokopyev RUS Left Back 23.2.1996 Tolyatti, RUS 195 90 13 Alexander Pyshkin RUS Line Player 13.4.1987 St. Petersburg, RUS 197 102 6 Vladislav Razmaev RUS Right Wing 16.3.1996 Tolyatti, RUS 177 83 17 Aleksandr Sinitcyn RUS Right Wing 13.3.1997 Saint-Petersburg, RUS 187 85 20 Gleb Smakhtin RUS Left Back 28.6.1995 St. Petersburg, RUS 200 96 1 Vitalii Shitsko RUS Goalkeeper 9.9.1987 St. Petersburg, RUS 198 97 87 Victor Kireev RUS Goalkeeper 5.5.1987 Penzenskaya obl., RUS 190 99 98 Maksim Popov RUS Goalkeeper 6.3.1998 S-Petersburg, RUS 190 100 12 Aliaksei Kishou BLR Goalkeeper 23.9.1986 Slutsk, BLR 193 94
36 ST. PETERSBURG HC (RUS) Coach and key players profiles
Dmitri Torgovanov Vitalii Shitsko coach goalkeeper • after a highly successful career as a player he • for quite a long time, a native of St. Petersburg started coaching at St. Petersburg in 2009 – and his played in the back court team became four-time Russian runners-up • until once at some junior tournament, his team • nicknamed Pino was Olympic champion, twice lost all their goalkeepers because of injuries and he world champion and once European champion with was sent to the goal the Russian national team • one of those players that helped the revived St. • on a club level he played most of his career in Petersburg HC first to come back to the Russian top Germany, for the clubs Essen, Wallau and Hamburg division in 2008 and then to reach the final of the national league for four consecutive years • his “coaching teacher” is the Russian legend Vladimir Maximov
EC trophies: EHF Cup 2005 (player) OG: G 2000, B 2004, EHF EURO: G 1996, S 1994, WCh: G 1993, 1997, S 1999 (player)
Alexander Pyshkin Anatolii Chezlov line player right back • one of the most progressing players of St. • being right-handed he is used at different Petersburg HC in the recent years positions, including the right back • a regular member of the national team, where he • in 2012, when the team lost half of their leading is mostly used in the defence players because of financial problems, Chezlov was employed as a centre back • at his club, he plays on both sides of the court • one of those players that debuted in the team in • has many friends among the football fans of Zenit the early 2000’s who now have been known as the most organised and prominent handball fans in Russia • in those times, he played for the junior team that eventually became a backbone of the present main squad
37 GROUP B TEAM TVIS HOLSTEBRO (DEN)
Team Tvis Holstebro face some of the longest journeys in the EHF Cup Group Phase, but hope to extend the adventure for as long as possible - emulating their trip to the 2013 finals in Nantes.
Coach Klavs Bruun Jørgensen has bolstered his young squad with the signings of experienced stars Anders Oechsler, and Jonas Larholm, who lifted the EHF Cup with Pick Szeged last season. The Danes line-up in Group B along with Constanta (ROU), Granollers (ESP) and St. Petersburg (RUS), having recorded three wins and a draw in their qualification matches against Kriens (SUI) and Bacau (ROU).
Bruun Jørgensen would have liked to face a German team in the group phase, but while his wish did not come true, his objectives remain the same.
“There is no doubt that our goal is to go on from the group, and preferably as number one,” he said.
Manager Jacob Jørgensen meanwhile expects a very close group. “We are going to play against three very good teams, but if we play at our highest level, we will have a Playing hall fair chance to fulfil our objective, and move on to the quarter-finals,” said Jørgensen. Gräkjaer Arena Hostrupvej 27 Team captain Allan Damgaard hopes to relive the success of 2013. He said: “It’s a 7500 Holstebro tough group, but we will play our best. I think we can use some of our experience Denmark from the 2012/13 season. It would be very nice to be a part of EHF Cup Finals again.” Capacity: 3,250
Road to the Group Phase Club Address: Team Tvis Holstebro EHF Cup, Qualification Round 2 Hostrupsvej 27 1st leg: Holstebro vs HC Kriens-Luzern (SUI) 35:23 7500 Holstebro 2nd leg: Kriens-Luzern vs Holstebro 36:36 Denmark Aggregate score: 71:59
Media contact: EHF Cup, Qualification Round 3 Tina Moller 1st leg: Holstebro vs Stiinta Municipal Dedeman Bacau (ROU) 32:27 +45 24 239039 2nd leg: Bacau vs Holstebro 28:29 [email protected] Aggregate score: 61:55
Online information: Website: www.teamtvisholstebro.dk Facebook: teamtvisholstebro Newcomers Past achievements Anders Oechsler (TMS Ringsted) EHF Cup Jonas Larholm (Pick Szeged) EHF Cup Finals (1): third ranked (2013) Peter Balling (Østsalling IF) Kit colours Other Left the club Light Morten Nyberg (Ribe-Esbjerg HH) Cup Winners’ Cup: Quarter-final Player shirt: white Jakob Thoustrup (Lemvig-Thyborøn) 2009/10 Player short: black Klaus Thomasen (Bjerringbro-Silkeborg) Challenge Cup: Round 4 2002/03 Goalkeeper shirt: orange Dark Danish league: 3rd place (2009, 2012, Player shirt: orange 2014) Player short: blue Danish cup: 1 title Goalkeeper shirt: blue
38 TEAM TVIS HOLSTEBRO (DEN) Team roster
No. First Name Surname Nat. Position Date of Birth Place of Birth Height Weight Jesper Ahle DEN Line Player 13.2.1981 192 98 Mathias Lykke Andersen DEN 16.7.1995 23 Simon Birkefeldt DEN Right Back 22.1.1991 198 104 18 Mathias Norup Bitsch DEN Right Back 25.1.1996 193 100 17 Frederik Blazejewicz DEN Line Player 15.4.1996 200 104 10 Magnus Grubb Bramming DEN Left Wing 1.10.1990 Roskilde, DEN 182 78 26 Peter Balling Christensen DEN Right Back 5.4.1990 188 86 Simon Sandgrav Gade DEN 3.1.1997 3 Sören Hansen DEN Line Player 9.12.1979 Koege, DEN 188 96 21 Jakob Green Jensen DEN Centre Back 10.7.1982 Næstved, DEN 187 92 Klavs Bruun Jörgensen DEN 3.4.1974 Gentofte, DEN 183 90 Mads Laurs Kjaer DEN 27.3.1995 10 Jonas Erik Larholm SWE Left Back 3.6.1982 Gothenburg, SWE 193 88 4 Patrick W. Larsen DEN Right Wing 23.3.1990 Aalborg, DEN 178 85 21 Rene Bach Madsen DEN 7.3.1985 Struer 198 98 7 Allan Damgaard Nielsen DEN Centre Back 11.4.1986 Nysted, DEN 185 95 34 Michael D. Nielsen DEN Left Back 18.3.1990 Lolland 19 Nicolaj Buchard Norager DEN Centre Back 5.4.1996 186 90 20 Anders Oechsler DEN Left Back 10.7.1979 201 104 9 Sören Tau Sörensen DEN Line Player 18.12.1985 Odense, DEN 193 107 15 Michael Krohn Thogersen DEN Right Wing 10.4.1996 185 86 12 Rasmus Sch. Lind DEN Goalkeeper 8.4.1983 Struer, DEN 193 103 1 Ronnie Schmidt Nicolaisen DEN 21.2.1994 Herning 185 78 16 Jonas Kjaerulff Hansen DEN Goalkeeper 4.6.1990 192 91
39 TEAM TVIS HOLSTEBRO (DEN) Coach and key players profiles
Klavs Bruun Jörgensen Rasmus Schmidt Lind coach goalkeeper • more than 150 internationals for Denmark as a • developed into first-choice goalkeeper lately right back and was part of the Danish team who won after having been a bit in the shadow of Anders the bronze medal at the EHF EURO 2002 and 2004 Petersen, who moved on to SonderjyskE in 2014 • started his coaching career at AG København in • 14 junior internationals for Denmark on his CV, 2010, head coach in Team Tvis Holstebro since the he has never made it near the Danish senior team, summer of 2012 though • assistant coach for the Danish national team at • beside playing handball he is studying to the EHF EURO 2014 on home ground become a building coordinator • is taking over as coach of Denmark’s women’s national team in the summer of 2015
EHF EURO: B 2002, 2004 (player)
Jonas Larholm Anders Oechsler left back, centre back left back • started his second stay in Denmark in 2014, • former Danish international is back in Danish having played for Aalborg Handball before joining handball from this season after a stay at German Hungarian Pick Szeged in the summer of 2012 Bundesliga club GWD Minden • played 211 internationals for Sweden and scored • in between his two stays in Kolding, he has 642 goals for his country another German intermezzo, playing for TV Grosswallstadt • in the 2013/14 season, he was part of the Pick Szeged team who won the EHF Cup • a great shooter from the distance and also a solid and consistent defender in recent years, and his • his main position is the playmaker positon, but primary role in Team Tvis Holstebro is also in the after joining Team Tvis Holstebro, he has also played defence the left back quite a lot
EC trophies: EHF Cup 2014 OG: S 2012
40 Group C head-to-heads Historic encounters of the Group C opponents in the EC
HC Vojvodina vs Skjern Handbold 23.11.2013 Skjern Handbold vs RK Vojvodina, EHF Cup - Qualification Round 3 31:24 (16:10) 30.11.2013 RK Vojvodina vs Skjern Handbold, EHF Cup – Qualification Round 3 18:24 (9:8)
No previous encounters in European competitions Füchse Berlin vs Skjern Handbold Futebol Clube do Porto vs HC Vojvodina Futebol Clube do Porto vs Füchse Berlin Futebol Clube do Porto vs Skjern Handbold HC Vojvodina vs Füchse Berlin
41 GROUP C FUTEBOL CLUBE DO PORTO (POR) The 2013/14 season was a historic one for FC Porto. The Portuguese side became the only club to claim their domestic title for the sixth year in succession and they advanced to the VELUX EHF Champions League Group Phase for the first time.
This term, attention turns to the EHF Cup and an even longer run in this competition for Ljubomir Obradovic’s men, after they fell to Ukrainian side Motor Zaporozhye in qualification for the top flight competition. Porto then pulled off a shock in reaching this stage by overcoming Spanish powerhouse Ademar Leon.
Despite the departure of some top talent, including line player Tiago Rocha, who has joined Polish giants Wisla Plock, the squad remains strong and it will need to be, if they are to emerge from Group C. Porto have been pitted against Vojvodina (Serbia), Berlin (Germany) and Skjern (Denmark) in one of the tougher line-ups in the competition, but club director Manuel Arezes insists his side are ready to make their mark once more.
“After a historic qualification for the group phase of the EHF Cup, FC Porto will try to reach the quarter-finals and continue making history in this competition. The Playing hall experience from last season’s Champions League participation might be a good help, Dragao Caixa as well as the support of a crowd that loves handball. We invite everyone to join FC Via Futebol Clube do Porto Porto on this fantastic journey,” he said. 4350419 Porto Portugal Team captain Ricardo Moreira added: “We are so happy that we qualified for the Capacity: 2,225 group phase and our only goal is to continue to achieve more and more, so we’re really working for that to happen.” Club Address: Futebol Clube do Porto Road to the Group Phase Estadio do Dragao vi FC Porto Entrada Poente, Piso 3 VELUX EHF Champions League Qualification Tournament 2 4350-451 Porto Semi-final: Porto vs Alpla HC Hard (AUT) 29:25 Portugal Final: HC Motor Zaporozhye (UKR) vs Porto 30:26
Media contact: EHF Cup, Qualification Round 3 Joana Moreira 1st leg: Porto vs Abanca Ademar Leon (ESP) 29:24 Tel: +351 22 508 32 68 2nd leg: Leon vs Porto 28:25 [email protected] Aggregate score: 54:52
Online information Newcomers Website: www.fcporto.pt Yoel Cuni (Madeira) Past achievements Facebook: FCPorto Edgar Landim (Belenenses) VELUX EHF Champions League Twitter: FCPorto Nuno Gonçalves (Sporting) Participations (including 2014/15 season): 8 Nuno Roque (Águas Santas) Last 16 (1): 1999/2000 Michal Kasal (FC Barcelona on loan) Group Phase (1): 2013/14 Kit colours Wesley Freitas Qualification (6): 2004/05, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2014/15) Light Player shirt: white Left the club Hugo Rosário (Águas Santas) Other Player short: blue Cup Winners’ Cup: Quarter-final 2000/01, Goalkeeper shirt: grey/blue Tiago Rocha (Wisla Plock) Vasco Santos (AA Avanca) 2001/02 Dark Miguel Sarmento (ADA Ismai) Player shirt: dark blue João Moniz (Águas Santas) Portuguese league: 18 titles (1954, 1957, Player short: dark blue Belmiro Alves (Águas Santas) 1958, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1999, Goalkeeper shirt: Pedro Spinola (Sporting CP) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009-2014) Wilson Davyes (Nantes) Portuguese cup: 7 titles
42 FUTEBOL CLUBE DO PORTO (POR) Team roster
No. First Name Surname Nat. Position Date of Birth Place of Birth Height Weight 29 Miguel Alves POR Right Wing 22.7.1996 Porto, POR 15 Daymaro Amador Salina CUB Line Player 1.9.1987 Havana, CUB 200 105 34 Wesley Aparecido Freitas BRA Right Wing 5.5.1991 Fortaleza, BRA 185 84 8 Yoel Cuni Morales CUB Right Back 15.2.1987 Havana, CUB 189 85 4 Francisco Jorge De Oliveira da Silva BRA Line Player 20.9.1989 Fortaleza, BRA 206 110 5 Gilberto Duarte POR Left Back 6.7.1990 Portimao, POR 197 96 9 Joao Ferraz POR Right Back 8.1.1990 Funchal, POR 199 90 22 Alexis Hernandez Borges CUB Line Player 6.10.1991 Habana, CUB 195 115 41 Michal Kasal CZE 3.4.1994 N. Mesto na Mor., CZE 207 100 Andre Magalhaes POR 16.10.1996 10 Miguel Martins POR Centre Back 4.11.1997 Porto, POR 7 Edgar Mendes Landim POR Left Back 15.6.1987 Lisboa, POR 198 96 19 Ricardo Moreira POR Right Wing 28.4.1982 Figueira da Foz, POR 185 82 17 Nuno Miguel Pereira Goncalves POR Left Back 24.3.1993 Tavira, POR 196 94 26 Nuno Roque POR Centre Back 13.3.1987 Benavente, POR 183 87 24 Hugo Santos POR Left Wing 2.3.1992 Porto, POR 178 70 88 Mick Schubert DEN Left Wing 17.3.1988 Copenhagen, DEN 193 82 6 Leandro Semedo CPV Left Back 24.12.1995 Praia, CPV 192 82 12 David Sousa POR Goalkeeper 5.2.1997 Porto, POR 1 Alfredo Bravo Quintana POR Goalkeeper 20.3.1988 Havana, CUB 202 95 16 Hugo Laurentino POR Goalkeeper 22.7.1984 Evora, POR 188 88
43 FUTEBOL CLUBE DO PORTO (POR) Coach and key players profiles
Ljubomir Obradovic Hugo Laurentino coach goalkeeper • replaced the Portuguese legend Carlos • has been of most importance to the Dragons Resende at the helm in 2009 since he joined in 2005 winning five titles • also played for clubs in the south of the country, • Serbian born has a huge coaching such as Vitória de Setubal and Évora AC experience also with national teams • a regular on the Portugal national team • named as a head coach of Montenegro in 2014 • won the EURO title with the Serbian- Montenegrin juniors in 2000
WCh: B 2011 (assistant coach), Junior WCh: G 2000
Mick Schubert Gilberto Duarte left wing left back • the only northern European in the squad • standing at 1.97 m one of FC Porto’s towers and one of the most important players in the squad • scored 23 goals in the premiere CL season in 2013/14 • won five national championships since his arrival • won the Men’s 20 EHF EURO title and finished • the best scorer of Porto in their maiden CL season third with Denmark in the 2013 European Beach in 2013/14 (56 goals) Handball Championship • awarded best player of the league in 2011/12 and • left Ajax Kobenhavn, from the second Danish was honored with the FC Porto’s Golden Dragon in division to sign with the Portuguese Champions in that same season, an award that rewards the best 2013 athlete of each sport
Men’s 20 EHF EURO: G 2010
44 GROUP C HC VOJVODINA (SRB)
Serbia will be represented in the EHF Cup Group Phase for the first time since the implementation of the current system and HC Vojvodina are proud to be the team to fly the flag.
The three-time Serbian champions might not have experienced this stage of the competition before, but their impressive home, Spens Arena, has already hosted matches in the Men’s and Women’s EHF EURO, the 2013 Women’s World Championship and the final of the SEHA Liga.
Vojvodina were then drawn in Group C, where they will face Skjern (DEN), Berlin (GER) and Porto (POR) and will therefore be delighted to welcome back long-term injury absentees Danimir Curković and Nikola Arsenić against the difficult troika.
Coach Djordje Cirkovic has an almost entirely Serbian squad to pick from, with Bosnia and Georgia the only other countries represented, each with one player. Cirkovic previously led Vojvodina between 2010 and 2012, before returning for the 2013/14 season - ending the long series of successes in the Serbian league for Belgrade-based teams such as Partizan and Red Star. Playing hall Slana Bara,Novi Sad Club director Darko Jevtic is honoured that his club will participate in the group phase. Sentandrejski put 106 He said: “It obliges us to be more efficient and more organised. By qualifying for the 21000 Novi Sad group phase we have given the fans in Serbia at least three handball spectacles, and Serbia we must be worthy of it.” Capacity: 1,400 Team captain, Curkovic, added: “The opportunity to compete with top European teams, is not an everyday opportunity, so we will give our best to stay in the EHF Cup Club Address: as long as possible.” HC Vojvodina Sentandrejski put 106B Road to the Group Phase 21000 Novi Sad Serbia VELUX EHF Champions League Qualification Tournament 1 Semi-final: Vojvodina vs Tatran Presov (SVK) 21:25 Media contact: 3rd place match: Targos Bevo HC (NED) vs Vojvodina 25:30 Dan Fracile +381 63 8309702 EHF Cup, Qualification Round 3 [email protected] 1st leg: Vojvodina vs SKA Minsk (BLR) 27:22 2nd leg: Minsk vs Vojvodina 28:25 Online information: Aggregate score: 52:50 Website: www.rkv.rs Facebook: RKVojvodina Twitter: RKVojvodina@ Newcomers Past achievements Milos Orbovic (HC Vrbas) VELUX EHF Champions League Sergo Datukashvili (Al-Sadd) Participation (including 2014/15 season): 3 Boban Zivkovic (HC Zeleznicar-Nis) Qualification (2): 2005/06, 2013/14, 2014/15 Kit colours Vuk Lazovic (HC Red Star Belgrade) Light EHF Cup Player shirt: white Left the club Round 3 (3): 2005/06, 2012/13, 2013/14 Player short: red Miljan Pusica (Wisla Plock) Goalkeeper shirt: yellow Milos Barisic (retired) Other Dark Stevan Popov (retired) Cup Winners’ Cup: Last 16 2011/12 Player shirt: red Milorad Radisic (retired) Challenge Cup: Round 3 2004/05 Player short: blue Goalkeeper shirt: black Serbian league: 3 titles (2005, 2013, 2014) Serbian cup: 3 titles
45 HC VOJVODINA (SRB) Team roster
No. First Name Surname Nat. Position Date of Birth Place of Birth Height Weight 22 Nikola Arsenic SRB Centre Back 3.1.1996 Novi Sad, SRB 192 87 77 Miralem Becirovic SRB Line Player 4.7.1983 Belgrade, SRB 196 101 99 Danimir Curkovic SRB Back 4.1.1984 Vrbas, SRB 195 103 78 Sergo Datukashvili GEO Left Back 28.4.1978 Tbilisi, GEO 195 99 8 Uros Elezovic SRB Left Back 28.1.1982 Banja Luka, BIH 192 90 66 Mladen Ivanovic SRB Right Wing 27.2.1982 Sabac, SRB 180 93 20 Milan Jovanovic SRB Left Back 24.1.1998 Vrbas, SRB 196 92 5 Branko Kankaras SRB Line Player 28.5.1988 Novi Sad, SRB 188 96 21 Vuk Lazovic SRB Line Player 10.3.1988 Belgrad, SRB 200 108 35 Radoslav Loncarski SRB Back 3.3.1996 Novi Sad, SRB 186 83 17 Filip Marjanovic SRB Left Wing 10.2.1989 Beograd, SRB 189 90 23 Zoran Nikolic SRB Line Player 23.2.1991 Beograd, SRB 188 94 4 Milos Orbovic SRB Right Back 2.11.1993 Vrbas, SRB 193 100 19 Stefan Ranisavljevic SRB Right Back 3.2.1997 Novi Sad, SRB 196 92 31 Strahinja Stankovic SRB Right Wing 12.6.1991 Vrbas, SRB 183 82 11 Neven Stjepanovic BIH Right Back 14.2.1993 Ilijas, BIH 198 85 7 Bojan Todorovic SRB Centre Back 23.7.1990 Belgrade, SRB 186 87 15 Srdjan Veljkovic SRB Back 10.4.1979 Zrenjanin, SRB 193 95 10 Vladislav Veselinov BIH Line Player 21.1.1982 Senta, SRB 190 103 3 Boban Zivkovic SRB Left Wing 28.10.1981 Nis, SRB 180 90 12 Bojan Perovic SRB Goalkeeper 23.1.1982 Apatin, SRB 185 85 16 Jovan Kukobat SRB Goalkeeper 25.12.1987 Belgrade, SRB 188 85 1 Luka Arsenic SRB Goalkeeper 27.11.1993 Zrenjanin, SRB 185 80
46 HC VOJVODINA (SRB) Coach and key players profiles
Djordje Cirkovic Uros Elezovic coach • former Vojvodina and Partizan player enjoying his • has a vast EHF Cup experience representing second tenure as Vojvodina coach Slovenian side TRIMO Trebnje in the Last 16 of the competition in 2006/07 • won the famous ‘double’ (Serbian Super Cup and Serbian Super Handball League titles) in his • was part of Kadetten Schaffhausen that played comeback 2013/14 season in the CL Last 16 in season 2011/12 • voted the Best Coach of 2014 by the Serbian • won the Serbian league best scorer title, upon Handball Federation and journalists of Sportski returning to his boyhood club HC Vrbas Žurnal newspaper
EC trophies: Challenge Cup 2011 (Koper)
Sergo Datukashvili Filip Marjanovic left back left wing • the first ever Georgian player to play for any • born in Belgrade, where he went trough the Serbian handball club, joining Metaloplastika in youth ranks of SK Beograd 2000 • made his name playing for Metaloplastika with • a real journeyman sharpshooter, having played in whom he reached the Challenge Cup final in 2014 13 countries before joining Serbian champions RK • joined RK Vojvodina in summer 2014 alongside Vojvodina in summer 2014 other high-profile signings, in a bid to strengthen • represented Montenegrin side Lovćen Cetinje the team for the new season in the CL during 2000/01 season, the EHF Cup • his seven-goal performance in a key match experience with Lemgo and Vojvodina, as well as against Bosnia and Herzegovina saw Serbia qualify Velenje that reached the final in 2008/09 to the EHF EURO 2014
47 GROUP C FÜCHSE BERLIN (GER)
Füchse Berlin are aiming to continue their impressive recent record in European competition having squeezed through to the EHF Cup Group Phase. The German cup winners made it all the way to the VELUX EHF FINAL4 in their maiden Champions League campaign back in 2012 before reaching the EHF Cup Finals in the German capital last season.
Berlin lost to eventual winners Pick Szeged (HUN), but will hope to go one better this term with the final tournament returning to the Max-Schmeling Halle. They almost did not make it this far, however. Dagur Sigurdsson’s men required the away goals rule to come through their qualification tie with HBC Nantes.
Füchse’s desire to take the title is heightened by the fact that captain Iker Romero and coach Sigurdsson will leave the club at the end of the campaign.
Romero is set to retire in June while Sigurdsson will focus on his work as German national team coach with his successor, Erlingur Richardsson, already identified.
Sigurdsson can once again call on a talented squad, but has had to adapt following Playing hall injury problems, leading to the signing of Serbian star Petar Nenadic ahead of entering Max-Schmeling-Halle Group C, where they will face Porto (POR), Vojvodina (SRB) and Skjern (DEN). Falkplatz 1 10437 Berlin Bob Hanning, Managing Director of Füchse Berlin, is looking forward to the return Germany of the EHF Cup Finals to Berlin: ”We are extremely proud that the EHF has placed its Capacity: 8,521 trust in us once again and are looking forward to offering the handball world another great event. Club Address: For Spaniard Romero it would be a dream come true to finish his career at the EHF Füchse Berlin Cup Finals. “We have strong opponents. But we were in the EHF Cup Finals last year Markgrafenstraße 34 and we want to reach this stage again. We live for our dream of a European title,” he 10117 Berlin said. Germany Road to the Group Phase Media contact: Andre Tzschaschel EHF Cup, Qualification Round 3 +49 172 3188441 1st leg: Füchse vs HBC Nantes (FRA) 23:18 [email protected] 2nd leg: Nantes vs Füchse 28:23 Aggregate score: 46:46, Füchse qualified on away goals Online information: Website: www.fuechse-berlin.de Newcomers Facebook: fuechseberlin Past achievements Willy Weyhrauch Twitter: FuechseBerlin@ VELUX EHF Champions League Angelo Grunz (all from Füchse Youth Participations (2) Academy) VELUX EHF FINAL4: fourth place Petar Nenadic (Wisla Plock) Kit colours 2011/12 Last 16: 2012/13 Light Left the club Sven-Sören Christophersen (TSV Hannover- Player shirt: white EHF Cup Burgdorf) Player short: white EHF Cup Finals: third place 2013/14 Goalkeeper shirt: blue Markus Richwien (Kadetten Schaffhausen) Jonas Thümmler (HC Erlangen) Dark Other Player shirt: blue/red/white Player short: blue German cup: 1 title (2014) Goalkeeper shirt: yellow
48 FÜCHSE BERLIN (GER) Team roster No. First Name Surname Nat. Position Date of Birth Place of Birth Height Goals 29 Max Bauer GER Right Wing 29.10.1995 Berlin, GER 189 94 95 Paul Drux GER Left Back 7.2.1995 Gummersbach, GER 192 92 34 Fynn Ole Fritz GER Left Back 3.5.1997 Berlin, GER 194 91 16 Angelo Grunz GER Goalkeeper 11.5.1994 Berlin, GER 194 92 33 Nils Gugisch GER Right Wing 17.5.1997 Berlin, GER 183 75 28 Pavel Horak CZE Left Back 28.11.1982 Prerov, CZE 198 112 35 Konstantin Igropulo RUS Right Back 14.4.1985 Stawropol, RUS 189 97 24 Bartlomiej Jaszka POL Centre Back 16.6.1983 Ostrow, POL 185 85 19 Julian Kassler GER Line Player 31.7.1994 Berlin, GER 196 90 6 Narita Kohei JPN Left Back 15.6.1989 Kyoto, JPN 187 90 2 Colja Löffler GER Left Wing 8.5.1989 Lübeck, GER 187 86 13 Petar Nenadic SRB Centre Back 28.6.1986 Beograd, SRB 198 98 36 Jesper Nielsen SWE Line Player 30.9.1989 Norrköping, SWE 200 118 26 Kasper Nielsen DEN Line Player 9.6.1975 Hillerod, DEN 194 95 83 Fredrik R. Petersen SWE Left Wing 23.8.1983 Ystad, SWE 188 81 14 Evgeni Pevnov GER Line Player 13.2.1989 Taschkent, RUS 200 106 30 Christoph Reißky GER Right Back 11.8.1995 Freiberg, GER 187 80 18 Iker Romero Fernandez ESP Centre Back 15.6.1980 Vitoria, ESP 196 100 23 Moritz Schade GER Line Player 10.1.1996 Schutterwald, GER 191 96 25 Max Scheithauer GER Left Back 13.5.1995 Rotenburg, GER 190 87 94 Jaron Siewert GER Centre Back 31.1.1994 Berlin, GER 182 90 22 Tom-Luick Skroblien GER Left Wing 19.4.1993 Schwerin, GER 186 87 9 Denis Milan Spoljaric CRO Centre Back 20.8.1979 Zagreb, CRO 196 96 10 Dominik Steinbuch GER Right Back 9.6.1995 Berlin, GER 193 99 7 Kevin Struck GER Right Back 31.12.1996 Berlin, GER 193 83 5 Jonas Thümmler GER Line Player 21.8.1993 Berlin, GER 192 87 31 Konstantin Werner GER Left Wing 25.9.1997 Berlin, GER 182 74 20 Willy Weyhrauch GER Right Wing 14.3.1994 Belzig, GER 185 73 3 Fabian Wiede GER Right Back 8.2.1994 Belzig, GER 192 89 21 Mattias Zachrisson SWE Right Wing 22.8.1990 Huddinge, SWE 178 86 97 Sebastian Brand GER Goalkeeper 13.5.1997 Eisenach, GER 196 85 71 Petr Stochl CZE Goalkeeper 24.4.1976 Pilsen, CZE 195 93 1 Konstantin Straßburg GER Goalkeeper 28.1.1995 Potsdam, GER 190 88 12 Silvio Heinevetter GER Goalkeeper 21.10.1984 Bad Langensalza, GER 194 92
49 FÜCHSE BERLIN (GER) Coach and key players profiles
Dagur Sigurdsson Iker Romero coach centre back • played 215 international matches for Iceland, • the team captain of Füchse since 2013 will end his before he became a coach career after the 2014/15 season. • German national team coach in double • the biggest signing in Füchse club history arrived function with Füchse until the end of the 2014/15 in 2011, right after he won his 2nd CL title with FC season Barcelona • his successor at Füchse will be also Icelandic, • 200 international matches for Spain on his tally Erlingur Richardsson • a boyfriend of German national team player • played in Japan for three years Laura Steinbach • former Austrian national team coach, leading them to their best EHF EURO result in 2010 (9th position) EC trophies: CL 2005, 2011 (Barcelona), Cup Winners’ Cup 2002, 2003 (Ciudad Real) OG: B 2008, EHF EURO: S 2006, WCh: G 2005, B 2011
Silvio Heinevetter Konstantin Igropulo goalkeeper right back • number 1 in the German national team • a Russian with Greek roots also played for a club in Athens • his former goalkeeper coach at SC Magdeburg was legendary Wieland Schmidt (Olympic champion • one of the first Russians to play for FC Barcelona 1980) • arrived in Berlin thanks to the praise of his former • famous for his unusual style of saving shots teammate Iker Romero • liaised with a German TV star Simone Thomalla • European champion and silver medallist at the World Championship in beach handball • extended his contract until 2018 • married with the Russian pop singer Marina of the band Blue Marine
EC trophies: EHF Cup 2007 (Magdeburg) EC trophies: CL 2011 (Barcelona)
50 GROUP C SKJERN HANDBOLD (DEN)
Skjern Handbold take part in the EHF Cup Group Phase for the first time in its current format after winning all four of their qualification games. The Danish club maintained a perfect record through four contests with Bregenz (AUT) in round 2 and Oroshazi (HUN) in round 2.
Skjern boast impressive EHF Cup pedigree having reached the semi-finals in 2007, but face a tough test to reach that stage this time around. Ole Nørgaard’s men have been drawn in a strong Group C alongside Berlin (GER), Vojvodina (SRB) and Porto (POR), and their coach anticipates a real battle to advance.
“Our team will fight with Porto for the second position below Berlin,” said Nørgaard.
Skjern’s top signing prior to the start of the season was the towering Danish international Nikolaj Markussen, who stands at 2.11m tall and returned to his home country after playing for Atletico Madrid and Qatar side El-Jaish. Another well-known face in Skjern’s squad is right back Kasper Söndergaard.
Team manager Anders Dahl-Nielsen, former coach of Champions League holders Playing hall Flensburg-Handewitt, said: “[I expect] six thrilling matches in February and March. We Skjern Bank Arena know it will be difficult to reach the quarter-finals due to the strong opponents. But Ranunkelvej 1 we also have a strong team, stronger then last year, and we believe in ourselves.” 6900 Skjern Denmark Capacity: 2,400 Road to the Group Phase
EHF Cup, Qualification Round 2 Club Address: 1st leg: Bregenz Handball (AUT) vs Skjern 27:36 Skjern Handbold 2nd leg: Skjern vs Bregenz 36:32 Ostergade 40 Aggregate score: 59:72 6900 Skjern Denmark EHF Cup, Qualification Round 3 1st leg: Skjern vs Oroshazi KSE-Linamar (HUN) 40:20 Media contact: 2nd leg: Oroshaza vs Skjern 25:32 Henning Kjaergaard Christensen Aggregate score: 72:45 +45 20 669374 [email protected]
Online information: Newcomers VELUX EHF Champions League Website: www.skjernhaandbold.dk Nikolaj Markussen (El Jaish) Last 16 (1): 2003/2004 Facebook: skjernhaandbold Søren Pedersen (Mors-Thy Handbold) Main Round (1): 1999/2000 Twitter: SkjernHaandbold@ Left the club EHF Cup Claus Møller Jakobsen Semi-final (1): 2006/07 Kit colours Thomas Bruhn (both without a club) Group Phase (1): 2013/14 Last 16 (1): 2011/12 Light Tim Winkler (HC Midtjylland) Round 3 (1): 2004/05 Player shirt: green Alexander Nielsen (Ribe-Esbjerg HH) Player short: black Rasmus Boysen (TMT Tønder) Other Goalkeeper shirt: red Cup Winners’ Cup: Quarter-final 2005/06 Dark Challenge Cup: Winners 2001/02, 2002/03 Player shirt: red Player short: black Danish champions: 1 title (1999) Goalkeeper shirt: gray Danish cup winners: 1 title
51 SKJERN HANDBOLD (DEN) Team roster No. First Name Surname Nat. Position Date of Birth Place of Birth Height Weight 34 Emil Siersbæk Bergholt DEN Line Player 25.8.1997 Ringkøbing-Skjern, DEN 190 85 5 Frederik Børm DEN Line Player 12.8.1988 Aarhus, DEN 195 107 19 Bjarke Fredsted Christensen DEN Left Wing 26.1.1992 Ringkobing-Skjern, DEN 188 87 9 Morten Balling Christensen DEN Left Wing 12.8.1987 Skive, DEN 189 88 31 Jacob Lyhne Hansen DEN Left Back 4.5.1995 Esbjerg, DEN 200 94 32 Kristian Hedall Hansen DEN Line Player 14.4.1994 Ringkøbing-Skjern, DEN 191 93 Mathias Gliese Jensen DEN Right Wing 5.3.1997 Lemvig, DEN 182 82 Christian Jepsen DEN Line Player 19.6.1995 Varde, DEN 189 89 20 Jesper Dahl Jørgensen DEN Right Back 23.3.1994 Ringkobing-Skjern, DEN 190 87 7 Thomas Klitgaard DEN Line Player 10.12.1977 Aalborg, DEN 195 98 11 Nikolaj Rømer Markussen DEN Left Back 1.8.1988 Gribskov, DEN 211 95 15 Lasse Mikkelsen DEN Line Player 19.5.1988 Brønderslev-Dr. Lund, DEN 197 96 6 Henrik Møllgaard Jensen DEN Back 2.1.1985 Bramming, DEN 195 97 Simon Opstrup DEN Left Wing 5.1.1994 Ringkobing-Skjern, DEN 180 70 21 Rene Toft Rasmussen DEN Right Wing 29.8.1989 Ringkobing-Skjern, DEN 176 83 33 Mathias Skræddergaard DEN Left Back 1.8.1994 Holstebro, DEN 206 97 22 Kasper Søndergaard DEN Right Back 9.6.1981 Skive, DEN 192 95 25 Daniel Svensson DEN Left Back 3.4.1982 Copenhagen, DEN 190 101 12 Kristoffer Laursen DEN Goalkeeper 8.5.1989 Odder, DEN 196 95 1 Søren Pedersen DEN Goalkeeper 20.8.1986 Thisted, DEN 191 98 30 Mikkel Arndal DEN Goalkeeper 14.10.1994 Ringkobing-Skjern, DEN 188 93
52 SKJERN HANDBOLD (DEN) Coach and key players profiles
Ole Norgaard Kasper Sondergaard coach right back • joined Skjern in the summer of 2012 debuting as • under spotlight in the Danish league since he the coach of a senior team joined KIF Kolding from Aarhus Håndbold in 2007 • previously head of development of talents under • part of the Danish national team who won the the Danish Handball Federation EHF EURO 2008 in Norway and 2012 in Serbia • in his first season he led Skjern to the bronze • attacking right back at the highest international medals in the Danish league and a ticket in the EHF level with a highly developed ability to break Cup through the opponents’ defence • a calm and analysing coach who is good at making • key player in Skjern’s last two successful seasons his players understand his plans and ideas
EHF EURO: G 2008, 2012
Nikolaj Markussen Henrik Möllgaard left back left back • his enormous height, 211 cm, gives him a huge • started his career in Ribe HK, once a traditional advantages club in the Danish top flight • at the age of 21, then playing for Danish league • joined KIF Kolding in 2005 and won the Danish club Team Helsinge, his was spotted by BM Ciudad championship twice and the Danish Cup once before Real, later BM Atlético Madrid, where he played for moving on to AaB Håndbold in 2009 nearly three years • added another league title with Aalborg, moved • in 2013 he signed for Qatar top club El Jaish. to Skjern in 2012 • before joining Skjern he tore his Achilles tendon • strong and experienced defender valuable also to which made him miss the EURO 2014 in Denmark the Danish national team
EHF EURO: G 2012, WCh: S 2013
53 Group D head-to-heads Historic encounters of the Group D opponents in the EC
No previous encounters in European competitions MT Melsungen vs Balatonfüredi KSE MT Melsungen vs Eskilstuna Guif MT Melsungen vs RK Nexe Balatonfüredi KSE vs Eskilstuna Guif Balatonfüredi KSE vs RK Nexe Eskilstuna Guif vs RK Nexe
54 GROUP D MT MELSUNGEN (GER)
MT Melsungen have reached the EHF Cup Group Phase in their maiden campaign in European competition, having seen off the challenge of some tough teams in qualification.
Under the stewardship of head coach, Michael Roth, who earned a silver medal at the 1984 Olympic Games playing for West Germany, the German club overcame French powerhouse Toulouse. This was followed by something of a personal triumph for Roth, who got one over on his old assistant Peter David, and David’s current side Tatran Presov in Qualifying Round 3.
It seems their run of success stretched to the draw for the group stage too, placed in Group D against Balatonfüredi, Guif and Nexe, giving them a strong chance of extending their European adventure into the quarter-finals. Roth’s men also harbour hopes of returning to the international scene next season via the German Bundesliga, as they celebrate 10 years in that competition.
Manager Axel Geerken cannot wait for the action to begin. “Our first participation in a European competition is the most successful chapter in our history of more than 80 Playing hall years as a club,” he said. Rothenbach-Halle, Kassel Damaschkestrasse 55 “Over and above that, MT Melsungen is the first handball club in our region to play 34121 Kassel in an international competition. In addition to the team, many helping hands in the Germany background have contributed to this success. We are very proud to have reached the Capacity: 4,300 group phase of EHF Cup. Our opponents in Group D are internationally much more experienced than us, but still we are very ambitious and hope to reach the quarter- finals.” Club Address: MT Melsungen Road to the Group Phase Mühlenstr. 14 34212 Melsungen EHF Cup, Qualification Round 2 Germany 1st leg: Melsungen vs Fenix Toulouse (FRA) 34:27 2nd leg: Toulouse vs Melsungen 26:23 Media contact: Aggregate score: 57:53 Bernd Kaiser +49 171 2737835 EHF Cup, Qualification Round 3 [email protected] 1st leg: Melsungen vs Tatran Presov (SVK) 31:24 2nd leg: Presov vs Melsungen 26:25 Online information: Aggregate score: 56:50 Website: www.mt-melsungen.de Facebook: MT.Melsungen Newcomers Past achievements Twitter: mthandball@ Momir Rnic (Frisch Auf Göppingen) Jeffrey Boomhouwer (TV Emsdetten) Other Marino Maric (RK Maribor Branik) German bundesliga: 6th place 2013/14 Kit colours Sebastian Ullrich (SG Leutershausen) Light Left the club Player shirt: white Daniel Kubes (retired, now coach of TV Player short: white Emsdetten and Czech national team) Goalkeeper shirt: green Anton Mansson (Kadetten Schaffhausen) Dark Jonathan Stenbäcken (IFK Kristianstad) Player shirt: red Christian Zufelde (Eintracht Hildesheim) Player short: red Colin Räbiger (GWD Minden II) Goalkeeper shirt: turquoise
55 MT MELSUNGEN (GER) Team roster
No. First Name Surname Nat. Position Date of Birth Place of Birth Height Weight 22 Michael Allendorf GER Left Wing 16.9.1986 Heppenheim, GER 190 90 19 Jeffrey Boomhouwer NED Left Wing 15.6.1988 Amsterdam, NED 179 75 17 Felix Danner GER Line Player 24.7.1985 Freiburg im Br., GER 198 104 9 Patrik Fahlgren SWE Centre Back 27.6.1985 Göteborg, SWE 188 92 13 Jan Forstbauer GER Right Back 17.4.1992 Bad Cannstadt, GER 190 90 14 Christian Hildebrand GER Right Wing 23.12.1985 Offenbach, GER 185 92 15 Merlin Kothe GER Left Back 24.9.1995 Kassel, GER 192 90 3 Marino Maric CRO Line Player 1.6.1990 Mostar, CRO 196 115 25 Michael Müller GER Right Back 19.9.1984 Würzburg, GER 197 100 18 Philipp Müller GER Left Back 19.9.1984 Würzburg, GER 196 104 20 Momir Rnic SRB Left Back 1.11.1987 Zrenjanin, SRB 196 102 10 Malte Schröder GER Right Back 16.2.1987 Bielefeld, GER 198 100 5 Johannes Sellin GER Right Wing 31.12.1990 Wolgast, GER 195 81 23 Nenad Vuckovic SRB Centre Back 23.8.1980 Pula, CRO 192 98 12 Per Sandström SWE Goalkeeper 11.1.1981 Borås, SWE 191 95 16 Sebastian Ullrich GER Goalkeeper 23.4.1992 Baden-Baden, GER 191 92 1 Mikael Appelgren SWE Goalkeeper 6.9.1989 Uddevalla, SWE 192 100
56 MT MELSUNGEN (GER) Coach and key players profiles
Michael Roth Per Sandström coach goalkeeper • coach of Melsungen since 2010 • 50% of the all-Swedish goalkeeper duo at Melsungen with Mikael Apelgren • former coach of Kronau-Östringen, Großwallstadt and Melsungen’s arch rivals HSG Wetzlar • arrived in Melsungen in 2011, right after he became German champion and VELUX EHF FINAL4 • former German national team player with his participant with HSV Hamburg twin brother Uli • started his career as a court player, but when his • his father was a basketball international for team lacked a goalkeeper he changed the position Germany • nicknamed “Pelle” • suffered from prostate cancer in 2009 and today is ambassador of the German Cancer Aid
EC trophies (as player): City Cup 1994 (TuSem Essen) EC trophies: Cup Winners’ Cup 2007 (HSV Hamburg) OG: S 1984 (as player)
Momir Rnic Johannes Sellin left back right wing • started his international career at the Slovenian • a product of famous Füchse Berlin youth powerhouses Velenje and Celje, gaining CL programme experience • U21 world champion with Germany in 2011 • arrived in Germany in 2001, first playing three • played his first major tournament at the WCh in seasons for Frisch Auf Göppingen Qatar • currently playing his first season at Melsungen • at the age of 21 he was part of the Füchse squad • his father Momir Rnic was Yugoslavian at the VELUX EHF FINAL4 international in the 1980’s and also played for German clubs
EC trophies: EHF Cup 2012 (Frisch Auf Göppingen) EURO: S 2012
57 GROUP D BALATONFÜREDI KSE (HUN)
Pick Szeged became Hungary’s first winners of the EHF Cup last season, but having moved on to take part in the VELUX EHF Champions League, it is up to Balatonfüredi KSE to fly the flag this time around. Balatonfüredi KSE have developed a reputation as something of a farm club for VELUX EHF FINAL4 participants Veszprem, developing players on their way to the top.
But it is two players who have moved in the opposite direction who form the basis of Istvan Csoknyai’s current squad with ex-Veszprem men Tamas Ivancsik and Uros Vilovski, key to the Balatonfüredi KSE’s plans. Under the guidance of new president Janos Erpel, the club achieved their greatest success in Europe, reaching the EHF Cup Group Phase after eliminated Astrakhan (Russia) and Hard (Austria) during their qualification campaign.
Csoknyai’s men will compete with two other newcomers to the competition in Group D facing up against Nexe (CRO) and Melsungen (GER) as well as the more experienced Guif (SWE).
Winger Boka Bendeguz is the club’s chief injury concern heading into the group Playing hall phase, but playing their home games at the famous Veszprem Arena could give the Veszprém Arena Hungarian side a boost. Csoknyai is delighted to have made it this far, but hopes to Kulsö Kadartai utca extend the club’s maiden voyage for a while yet. 8200 Veszprem Hungary He said: “I am satisfied with our group, looking at the other groups I must say we were Capacity: 5,019 lucky and have a chance to play some great games with excellent teams. Our aim for this year was to gain international experience but this does not mean that we will not fight for qualification.” Club Address: Balatonfüredi KSE Horvath Mihaly u. 08/2 hrsz. Road to the Group Phase 8230 Balatonfüred Hungary EHF Cup, Qualification Round 2 1st leg: Balatonfüred vs Dinamo Astrakhan (RUS) 21:23 Media contact: 2nd leg: Astrakhan vs Balatonfüred 20:25 Tamás Bene Aggregate score: 46:43 +36 20 9947383 [email protected] EHF Cup, Qualification Round 3 1st leg: Alpla HC Hard (AUT) vs Balatonfüred 31:26 Online information: 2nd leg: Balatonfüred vs Hard 26:18 Website: www.balatonfuredikc.hu Aggregate score: 49:52 ???
Newcomers Past achievements Tamas Ivancsik EHF Cup: Uros Vilovski Round 3: 2011/12 Kit colours Adam Borbely Round 2: 2012/13 Light Patrik Ligetvari (all MKB-MVM Veszprem) Player shirt: whithe Peter Kovacsics (Csurgo) Other Player short: blue Mate Gabori (Vaci KSE) Cup Winners‘ Cup: Last 16 2010/11 Goalkeeper shirt: curacao Left the club Dark Hungarian league: 3rd place (2012) Istvan Pasztor Player shirt: black Csaba Tombor Player short: black György Kovacs (Veszprem Egyetem) Goalkeeper shirt: yellow
58 BALATONFÜREDI KSE (HUN) Team roster
No. First Name Surname Nat. Position Date of Birth Place of Birth Height Weight 9 Bence Banhidi HUN Line Player 9.2.1995 Gyor, HUN 195 96 7 Bendeguz Boka HUN Left Wing 2.10.1993 Veszprem, HUN 190 75 21 Adam Bujtar HUN Right Wing 5.3.1993 Pécs, HUN 184 80 22 Rudolf Faluvegi HUN Left Back 9.1.1994 Budapest, HUN 20 Mate Gabori HUN Right Wing 1.10.1987 Budapest, HUN 185 85 3 Tibor Gerdan HUN Centre Back 20.3.1992 Berettyoujfalu, HUN 194 90 33 Alexei Grigoriev RUS Right Back 19.2.1983 Astrakhan, RUS 196 103 6 Matyas Györi HUN Centre Back 2.2.1997 Debrecen, HUN 39 Tamas Ivancsik HUN Right Wing 3.4.1983 Györ, HUN 179 75 5 Karoly Juhasz HUN Line Player 2.4.1987 Debrecen, HUN 194 88 8 Akos Kis HUN Back 31.12.1975 Budapest, HUN 200 110 99 Peter Kovacsics HUN Left Wing 13.6.1994 Nagyatád, HUN 10 Gabor Lelkes HUN Right Back 17.5.1982 Szarvas, HUN 190 95 19 Patrik Ligetvari HUN Left Back 13.2.1996 Várpalota, HUN 4 Balazs Nemeth HUN Centre Back 27.12.1993 Veszprém, HUN 185 85 14 Balazs Szöllösi HUN Centre Back 24.10.1992 Veszprem, HUN 192 80 13 Koppany Törteli HUN Centre Back 2.10.1994 Székesfehérvár, HUN 17 Adam Vasvari HUN Back 24.4.1994 Kaposvár, HUN 15 Uros Vilovski HUN Line Player 25.2.1984 Senta, SRB 197 103 29 Bence Zdolik HUN Right Back 16.5.1992 Bekescsaba, HUN 198 90 1 Adam Borbely HUN Goalkeeper 22.6.1995 Debrecen, HUN 12 Marton Szekely HUN Goalkeeper 2.1.1990 Budapest, HUN 194 92 16 Endre Komendant HUN Goalkeeper 30.1.1992 Ajka, HUN 212 112
59 BALATONFÜREDI KSE (HUN) Coach and key players profiles Istvan Csoknay Bence Banhidi coach line player • the legendary “Csoki” played for Veszprem for • the 204 cm tall pivot is one of the rising stars of 15 years and was capped 170 times before the Pro Hungarian handball Urbe prize holder turned to coaching • received his first international call up by Lajos • the assistant coach of Veszprem for 9 years Mocsai at the age of 18 and regularly featured also than took on the Hungarian national team for one in Talant Dujshebaev’s team year • with the suspension of Uros Vilovski he will be • the ex-defensive specialist led the junior Balatonfüred’s first choice line player and can climb national team then was appointed as head coach of a step closer to his childhood idol, Igor Vori the to-be-established team in Budapest • arrived in Balatonfüred with a group of wantaway Veszprem players and by reaching the EHF Cup group stage already achieved the best ever performance to date • all three of his children play handball.
Tamas Ivancsik Balazs Szöllösi right wing centre back • the younger of the Ivancsik brothers grew up in • born in Veszprém but a real local hero in a handball family, his father Mihaly had 165 caps Balatonfüred, where he has always played. while Tamas played 106 times for Hungary • a playmaker type of centre back, no wonder his • known for his quick bursts and accurate finishes, favourite player is Ivano Balic played 8 seasons with Veszprem and became Player • an important player for the Hungarian youth and of the Year in Hungary in 2008 junior national team, where he worked with his club • in 2014 left for a would-be Budapest team, coach István Csoknyai which failed to come to existence, was loaned to • already caught the eye of CL teams but Balatonfüred with other players of Veszprem Balatonfüred refused to let their asset go to Polish side Wisla Plock.
EC trophies: Cup Winners’ Cup 2008
60 GROUP D ESKILSTUNA GUIF (SWE)
Two years ago, Eskilstuna Guif were taught a lesson during the EHF Cup Group Phase – six times, failing to gain a single point as they lost each Group A game. But the Swedish side hope to use that experience to their advantage as they target a place in the quarter-finals this time around.
After eliminating SonderjyskE (DEN) and Huesca (ESP) in qualification, Guif earned a favourable draw, which pits them against Balatonfüredi, Melsungen and Nexe in Group D. Coach Kristjan Andrésson can count on a stronger squad than last season, with no departures, four new arrivals, and Patrik Johansson the only long-term injury absentee.
The four-time Swedish league runners-up hope to finish among the top four in their domestic competition to qualify for European competition once more.
But they have their sights set on the last eight of the EHF Cup too.
“We aim for the quarter-finals,” said Andrésson, who also acts as the manager. Playing hall His team know what to expect from some of their Group D opponents with Eskilstuna Sporthall - IF Guif Melsungen including three Swedish internationals in their squad while Nexe centre Hamngatan 18 back Luka Sokolic, was part of the Guif squad during the 2012/13 season. 63220 Eskilstuna Sweden Road to the Group Phase Capacity: 2,609 EHF Cup, Qualification Round 2 Club Address: 1st leg: Eskilstuna vs SonderjyskE Herrehandbold A/S (DEN) 29:27 Eskilstuna Guif 2nd leg: SonderjyskE vs Eskilstuna 25:26 Hamngatan 17 Sporthallen Aggregate score: 55:52 63220 Eskilstuna Sweden EHF Cup, Qualification Round 3 1st leg: Eskilstuna vs Bada Huesca (ESP) 32:24 Media contact: 2nd leg: Huesca vs Eskilstuna 26:23 Micke Danielsson Aggregate score: 55:50 +46 16 511520 [email protected] Newcomers Past achievements Online information: Herdeiro Lucau (IFK Kristianstad) EHF Cup Website: www.guif.nu Patrik Johansson (Red Boys, Luxemburg) Group Phase (1): 2012/13 Facebook: ifguif Atli ævar Ingolfsson (Nordsjälland) Last 16 (1): 2011/12 Twitter: eskilstunaguif@ Last 32 (1): 1995/96 Left the club N/A Other Kit colours Cup Winners’ Cup: quarter-final 1997/98 Light Challenge Cup: Last 16 2010/11 Player shirt: white Player short: white Swedish league: runners-up (1997, 2001, Goalkeeper shirt: yellow 2009, 2011) Dark Player shirt: red Player short: black Goalkeeper shirt: green
61 ESKILSTUNA GUIF (SWE) Team roster No. First Name Surname Nat. Position Date of Birth Place of Birth Height Weight 2 Rickard Akerman SWE Right Back 22.6.1991 Eskilstuna, SWE 190 93 3 Emil Andersson SWE Right Wing 28.8.1994 Eskilstuna, SWE 187 85 8 Robin Andersson SWE Centre Back 27.7.1988 Eskilstuna, SWE 180 85 7 Richard Blank SWE Line Player 24.7.1986 Eskilstuna, SWE 197 97 9 Daniel Ekman SWE Centre Back 31.3.1995 Eskilstuna, SWE 186 72 17 Helge Freiman SWE Centre Back 26.2.1992 Lidingö, SWE 188 85 10 Fredrik Gustavsson SWE Left Wing 9.4.1995 Eskilstuna, SWE 175 67 23 Atli Ævar Ingolfsson ISL Line Player 6.5.1988 Akureyri, ISL 190 92 24 Patrik Johansson SWE Right Back 31.1.1987 Eskilstuna, SWE 189 85 15 Jesper Lindgren SWE Left Back 11.6.1995 Ludvika, SWE 196 93 6 Viktor Östlund SWE Left Back 19.1.1992 Märsta, SWE 198 90 5 Fredrik Olsson SWE Centre Back 19.1.1996 Eskilstuna, SWE 185 95 4 Marcus Pedersen SWE Left Back 30.8.1996 Ludvika, SWE 190 80 14 Daniel Pettersson SWE Right Wing 6.5.1992 Eskilstuna, SWE 179 72 11 Mathias Tholin SWE Left Wing 26.5.1987 Eskilstuna, SWE 181 84 19 Daniel Erik Wigö SWE Right Wing 28.7.1994 Eskilstuna, SWE 183 80 16 Jan Ekman FIN Goalkeeper 8.4.1967 Helsinki, FIN 187 84 1 Aron Rafn Eðvarðsson ISL Goalkeeper 1.9.1989 Reykjavik, ISL 205 97 12 Herdeiro Lucau SWE Goalkeeper 7.4.1987 Märsta, SWE 193 92
62 ESKILSTUNA GUIF (SWE) Coach and key players profiles
Kristjan Andresson Herdeiro Lucau coach goalkeeper • originally from Iceland, but has lived in Sweden • born in Angola, but has lived most of his life in for more than sixteen years Sweden • played 13 internationals for Iceland in his active • tall and strong goalkeeper who benefits from his days ability to foresee and read the shooters • player in Eskilstuna from 1999-2006 • played for Eskilstuna since 2008, but with several interruptions caused by foreign adventures • head coach of Eskilstuna since 2007 • in 2008 loaned out to THW Kiel as replacement • idol as a coach is Icelandic countryman Alfred for injured Swedish goalkeeper Andreas Palicka Gislason, THW Kiel head coach • also played for another Bundesliga club, VfL Gummersbach as well as for the Spanish clubs BM Valladolid and Portland San Antonio
Robin Andersson Viktor Östlund centre back left back • a good playmaker with particular skills for • since joining Eskilstuna from Swedish league organising the established attacking play colleagues Skaanella IF in 2013, he has proved to be a great asset, particularly in the established • started playing handball at the age of seven in attacking play 1995 in Eskilstuna and has not played for other club • not only does he shoot hard, he also possesses • scored five goals in a crucial EHF Cup qualification quite a variety of shots match against SonderjyskE • contributed with 10 goals in an EHF Cup • his skills have also earned him 13 internationals qualification match against Bada Huesca for Sweden, in which he has scored 22 goals
63 GROUP D RK NEXE (CRO)
RK Nexe are celebrating their 55th anniversary with perhaps their greatest success - reaching the EHF Cup Group Phase. The Nasice club have long lived the shadow of domestic rivals RK PPD Zagreb, but will now welcome the European spotlight after cruising to qualification with victories against BESA Famiglia and Potaissa Turda.
The Croatian runners-up and cup finalists, nicknamed ‘Thunders of Krndija’ - taking that name from the mountain near Nasice - will face Melsungen, Guif and Balatonfüredi in Group D.
“It is a big privilege for us to be a part of such a big competition. Our main goal is to play quality handball in Europe and I’m sure we will do that, we’re a good, quality team,” said coach Zdenko Kordi.
Kordi’s team is made up almost entirely of Croatian talent with only one player, Turkish right back Can Çelebi, coming from outside the country. It is Nexe’s goal to hold on to second spot in Croatia while challenging for a place in the last eight of the EHF Cup. Playing hall But manager Josip Ergović anticipates a tight battle for second spot in Group D. Sport hall OS Kralja Tomislava Matice Hrvatske 1 “We are very happy to be part of the group phase of the EHF Cup, our main goal is 31500 Nasice fulfilled,” he said. “The group is very interesting and we are pleased with it. There are Croatia some of the finest European clubs with Melsungen, who are favourites a little more Capacity: 1,200 than the others. We think that we have a chance of reaching the quarter-finals as well as the other clubs. We will try to win every game. I hope that we will play all our home games in front of stands full of our fans.” Club Address: RK Nexe Road to the Group Phase Matice Hrvatske 1 31500 Nasice EHF Cup, Qualification Round 2 Croatia 1st leg: KH BESA Famiglia (KOS) vs Nexe 25:40 2nd leg: Nexe vs BESA 43:26 Media contact: Aggregate score: 83:51 Vjekoslav Mahovlic +385 99 2440227 EHF Cup, Qualification Round 3 [email protected] 1st leg: Nexe vs HC Potaissa Turda (ROU) 35:20 2nd leg: Turda vs Nexe 26:23 Online information: Aggregate score: 58:46 Website: www.rknexe.hr Facebook: rknexe Newcomers Twitter: rk_nexe@ Past achievements Ante Gadza (RK Umag) EHF Cup Mirko Herceg (RK Zrinski) Last 16 (1): 2011/12 Martin Juzbasic (HC Energia Pandurii) Round 3 (4): 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11, Kit colours Josip Crnic (RK Kozala) 2013/14 Light Can Celebi (Özel Idare SK) Round 2 (1): 2012/13 Player shirt: white Player short: white Left the club Other Goalkeeper shirt: orange Josip Pivac (without club) Šime Ivic (Celje Pivovarna Lasko) Dark Croatian leaue: runners-up (2009, 2010, Mijo Tomic (MKB Veszprem ZRT) Player shirt: green or black 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) Player short: green or black Dino Jankovic (RK Osijek) Goalkeeper shirt: red or green Igor Vujic (Selestat) Marko Bures (Djakovo)
64 RK NEXE (CRO) Team roster
No. First Name Surname Nat. Position Date of Birth Place of Birth Height Weight 9 Sasa Barisic Jaman SLO 10.11.1982 200 93 18 Josip Bozic Pavletic CRO Right Wing 6.8.1994 Split, CRO 49 Can Celebi TUR Right Back 27.4.1990 Ankara, TUR 194 83 7 Josip Crnic CRO Right Wing 11.1.1989 Rijeka, CRO 187 70 6 Albin Eter CRO Left Wing 20.3.1984 Zagreb, CRO 183 95 4 Ante Gadza CRO Centre Back 26.8.1992 Zagreb, CRO 194 93 77 Mirko Herceg CRO Left Back 26.2.1992 Mostar, BIH 195 99 14 Tibor Jurjevic CRO Centre Back 16.8.1988 Bjelovar, CRO 185 90 11 Marin Kruzic CRO Right Back 11.9.1989 Rijeka, CRO 193 92 80 Franjo Lelic CRO Right Wing 4.12.1980 Zagreb, CRO 183 84 8 Marko Mrdenovic CRO Line Player 19.8.1984 Rijeka, CRO 197 95 17 Tomislav Nuic CRO Left Wing 12.11.1988 Capljina, BIH 187 80 Karlo Oroz CRO 26.1.1990 19 Marin Sakic CRO Line Player 8.6.1987 Rijeka, CRO 200 101 15 Luka Sokolic CRO Centre Back 15.4.1990 Zagreb, CRO 193 86 10 Kreso Tomas CRO Line Player 16.7.1984 Osijek, CRO 192 130 23 Marin Vegar CRO Left Back 22.1.1990 Capljina, BIH 199 99 22 Leo Vesligaj CRO Right Back 30.6.1993 Nasice, CRO 192 90 33 Edi Vesligaj CRO Goalkeeper 30.6.1993 Nasice, CRO 193 90 12 Martin Juzbasic CRO Goalkeeper 15.4.1988 Slavonski Brod, CRO 193 103 1 Perica Lelic CRO Goalkeeper 11.10.1982 Zagreb, CRO 186 75
65 RK NEXE (CRO) Coach and key players profiles
Zdenko Kordi Marko Mrdenovic coach line player • a goalkeeper during his playing career • NEXE’s captain • the club’s sporting director of NEXE 2 years ago • represented Croatia at senior and junior levels before taking over from Kasim Kamenica with his last apperance being in Turkey at the Mediterranean Games in 2013 as he was part of the • brought the club to their biggest success to date - silver medal winning squad reaching the EHF Cup’s group phase • important both in organising defence and attack • coached Podravka and won the double crown for his side with them in the 1993/94 season • spent his entire career in Croatia with NEXE being • coached the Croatian women’s national team his third club after Rijeka and Bjelovar
Josip Bozic-Pavletic Can Celebi right wing right back • born in Split along with his idols Balic and Metlicic • Turkish national team player with over 60 apperances • first of the NEXE’s ‘youngsters’ to reach national team • part of the bronze medal winning squad in Turkey at the Mediterranean Games in 2013 • known for his speed and excellent penatly taking skills • good shooing abilities • seen to be taking over from where Franjo Lelic, • NEXE is his first club after leaving Turkey where who retired, left off he was playing in Mili Piyango and Özel Idare from Ankara
Junior WCh: S 2013
66 Top scorers of the qualification
Rank Name & nation Club Goals
1 Hess Marcel (SUI) Pfadi Winterthur (SUI) 36 2 Ilic Josip (CRO) Handball Esch (LUX) 31
3 Kucharik Ivan (SVK) HK AGRO Topolcany (SVK) 30
4 Biljaka Goran (BIH) KH BESA Famiglia (KOS) 29 Mayer Lucas (AUT) Bregenz Handball (AUT) 29
Rivera Folch Valero (ESP) HBC Nantes (FRA) 29
Szöllösi Balazs (HUN) Balatonfüredi KSE (HUN) 29
8 Stelman Amit Yehiel (ISR) Maccabi Rishon Lezion (ISR) 28
9 Lindboe Andre (NOR) Elverum Handball Herrer (NOR) 27 Pulli Sacha (LUX) Handball Esch (LUX) 27
11 Cederholm Andreas (SWE) IFK Kristianstad (SWE) 26 Larsen Patrick Wiesmach (DEN) Team Tvis Holstebro (DEN) 26
13 Adomnicai Cristian (ROU) HC Potaissa Turda (ROU) 25
Dediu Claudiu (ROU) HC Potaissa Turda (ROU) 25
15 Buday Daniel (HUN) Oroshazi FKSE-Linamar (HUN) 24 Hud Vedran (CRO) GRK Varazdin 1930 (CRO) 24
Klacansky Lukas (SVK) HK AGRO Topolcany (SVK) 24
Portela Pedro (POR) Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) 24
Solha Pedro (POR) Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) 24
(Bold text indicates players that are still active in the competition.)
67 Past winners
2014 Pick Szeged (HUN)
2013 Rhein Neckar Löwen (GER)
Previous Men’s EHF Cup winners Previous Men’s Cup Winners’ Cup winners
2012 Frisch Auf Göppingen (GER) 2012 SG Flensburg Handewitt (GER) 2011 Frisch Auf Göppingen (GER) 2011 VfL Gummersbach (GER) 2010 TBV Lemgo (GER) 2010 VfL Gummersbach (GER) 2009 VfL Gummersbach (GER) 2009 Pevafersa Valladolid (ESP) 2008 HSG Nordhorn (GER) 2008 MKB Veszprem KC (HUN) 2007 SC Magdeburg (GER) 2007 HSV Hamburg 2006 TBV Lemgo (GER) 2006 Chekhovski Medvedi (RUS) 2005 Tusem Essen (GER) 2005 C. BM Ademar Leon (ESP) 2004 THW Kiel (GER) 2004 Portland San Antonio (ESP) 2003 FC Barcelona (ESP) 2003 A.D.C. Ciudad Real (ESP) 2002 THW Kiel (GER) 2002 A.D.C. Ciudad Real (ESP) 2001 Sportclub Magdeburg (GER) 2001 SG Flensburg Handewitt (GER) 2000 Metkovic Jumbo (CRO) 2000 Portland San Antonio (ESP) 1999 Sportclub Magdeburg (GER) 1999 Prosesa Ademar Leon (ESP) 1998 THW Kiel (GER) 1998 Caja Cantabria Santander (ESP) 1997 SG Flensburg Handewitt (GER) 1997 Elgorriaga Bidasoa (ESP) 1996 BM Granollers (ESP) 1996 TBV Lemgo (GER) 1995 BM Granollers (ESP) 1995 FC Barcelona (ESP) 1994 Aliza Avidesa (ESP) 1994 FC Barcelona (ESP)
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MatchID: 201511020801- 001 BEL QubiQ Achilles Bocholt 002 SRB RK Zeleznicar 1949 Nis 59 : 63 06.09.2014 20:15 Bocholt (400) 13.09.2014 18:30 Nis (600) 31:30 (11:17) Ref.: Hajek, Macho CZE Del.: Castillo GBR Ref.: Doychinov, Goretsov BUL Del.: Antonopoulos GRE 28:33 (15:14) 003 AUT Bregenz Handball 004 LTU HC Dragunas Klaipeda 64 : 50 05.09.2014 19:00 Bregenz (500) 06.09.2014 19:00 Bregenz (500) 28:24 (12:10) Ref.: Skruzny, Kavulic CZE Del.: Grima MLT Ref.: Skruzny, Kavulic CZE Del.: Grima MLT 36:26 (20:12) Both matches in AUT 005 GRE A.C. Diomidis Argous 006 SWE IFK Kristianstad 36 : 60 06.09.2014 19:00 Nea Kios (250) 13.09.2014 17:00 Kristianstad (2600) 19:30 (8:17) Ref.: Boricic, Markovic SRB Del.: Savvides CYP Ref.: Nabokau, Kulik BLR Del.: Ventsli EST 17:30 (8:16) 007 SVK HC Sporta Hlohovec 008 TUR Bursa Nilüfer BK 56 : 48 06.09.2014 18:00 Hlohovec (1200) 13.09.2014 16:00 Bursa (280) 35:25 (16:11) Ref.: Azemi, Beqiri KOS Del.: Vattay HUN Ref.: Di Domenico, Fornasier ITA Del.: Asgarov AZE 21:23 (9:10) 009 MNE HC Lovcen-Cetinje 010 SUI HC Kriens-Luzern 47 : 67 13.09.2014 18:00 Kriens (700) 14.09.2014 16:30 Kriens (800) 22:30 (10:13) Ref.: Chaskis, Tsakonas GRE Del.: Rudic CRO Ref.: Chaskis, Tsakonas GRE Del.: Rudic CRO 25:37 (13:19) Both matches in SUI 011 NED HV. KRAS/Volendam 012 SVK HK Topolcany 52 : 55 06.09.2014 15:30 Volendam (250) 13.09.2014 18:00 Partizanske (1200) 29:32 (14:18) Ref.: Pandzic, Satordzija BIH Del.: Wills GBR Ref.: Mitrevski, Todorovski MKD Del.: Fegir UKR 23:23 (15:10) 013 CRO RK Dubrava 014 CRO GRK Varazdin 55 : 63 06.09.2014 18:00 Zagreb (800) 13.09.2014 19:00 Varazdin (1500) 26:30 (14:16) Ref.: Andorka, Hucker HUN Del.: Popov SRB Ref.: Vitaku, Vitaku KOS Del.: Jovic BIH 29:33 (14:15) 015 GBR London GD Handball Club 016 NED OCI-LIONS 30 : 72 06.09.2014 19:30 Sittard (650) 07.09.2014 14:30 Sittard (350) 18:28 (9:13) Ref.: Sirbu, Suponicov MDA Del.: Costa POR Ref.: Sirbu, Suponicov MDA Del.: Costa POR 12:44 (6:24) Both matches in NED 017 MDA HC Olimpus-85-USEFS 018 HUN Oroshazi FKSE-Linamar 56 : 62 13.09.2014 18:00 Oroshaza (400) 14.09.2014 18:00 Oroshaza (300) 28:34 (15:17) Ref.: Aghakishi, Aghakishi AZE Del.: Kaplanis CYP Ref.: Aghakishi, Aghakishi AZE Del.: Kaplanis CYP 28:28 (14:15) Both matches in HUN 019 ISR Maccabi CASTRO Tel Aviv 020 ROU HC Potaissa Tudra 55 : 67 13.09.2014 18:00 Turda (490) 14.09.2014 18:00 Turda (513) 25:32 (10:16) Ref.: Cindric, Gonzurek CRO Del.: Rudinsky SVK Ref.: Cindric, Gonzurek CRO Del.: Rudinsky SVK 30:35 (16:16) Both matches in ROU 021 ISL IBV 022 ISR Maccabi Rishon Lezion 50 : 57 13.09.2014 16:00 Vestmannaeyjar 14.09.2014 14:00 Vestmannaeyjar 25:30 (11:13) (350) (400) Ref.: Thomassen, Schmack BEL Del.: Johansen FAR Ref.: Thomassen, Schmack BEL Del.: Johansen FAR 25:27 (13:12) 023 CZE Talent M.A.T. Plzen 024 ITA SSV Bozen Loacker 50 : 43 06.09.2014 18:00 Plzen (860) 07.09.2014 16:00 Plzen (910) 26:26 (14:16) Ref.: Aliyev, Aghakishiyev AZE Del.: Lang AUT Ref.: Aliyev, Aghakishiyev AZE Del.: Lang AUT 24:17 (12:9) Both matches in CZE 025 SUI BSV Bern Muri 026 BLR HC Gomel 55 : 38 06.09.2014 17:30 Guemligen (250) 13.09.2014 17:00 Gomel (800) 29:15 (14:8) Ref.: Freitas, Carvalho POR Del.: Nielsen DEN Ref.: Laitinen, Korja FIN Del.: Yordanov BUL 26:23 (12:14)
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027 ISL Haukar 028 RUS Dinamo Astrakhan 53 : 54 07.09.2014 17:00 Hafnarfjordur (632) 14.09.2014 18:00 Astrakhan (3000) 27:29 (13:14) Ref.: Gasmi, Gasmi FRA Del.: Østerballe DEN Ref.: Cohen, Peretz ISR Del.: Mkhitaryan ARM 26:25 (12:12) 029 KOS KH BESA Famiglia 030 EST HC Kehra 63 : 55 13.09.2014 19:00 Pejä (550) 14.09.2014 19:00 Pejä (980) 31:32 (16:19) Ref.: Harabagiu, Stanescu ROU Del.: Nikolovski MKD Ref.: Harabagiu, Stanescu ROU Del.: Nikolovski MKD 32:23 (15:9) Both matches in KOS 031 POL Górnik Zabrze 032 MKD HC Zomimak-M 70 : 52 06.09.2014 18:00 Zabrze (400) 13.09.2014 19:00 Strumica (600) 36:25 (15:13) Ref.: Herczeg, Südi HUN Del.: Stanek CZE Ref.: Mykolaitis, Sniurevicius LTU Del.: Repensek SLO 34:27 (16:11) 033 LUX Handball Kaerjeng 034 LUX Handball Esch 48 : 59 06.09.2014 20:00 Bascharage (430) 13.09.2014 18:30 Esch/Alzette (500) 23:34 (11:20) Ref.: Martens, Verdonck BEL Del.: Conceicao POR Ref.: Geraets, Geraets NED Del.: Dubedout FRA 25:25 (10:15)
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MatchID: 201511020802- 001 SWE Eskilstuna Guif 002 DEN SonderjyskE Herrehandbold A/S 55 : 52 11.10.2014 15:00 Eskilstuna (880) 18.10.2014 15:00 Sonderborg (1178) 29:27 (14:12) Ref.: Leandersson, Lindroos FIN Del.: Halldorsson ISL Ref.: Samuelsen, Gudjonsson ISL Del.: Lauritzen NOR 26:25 (13:15) 003 BLR SKA Minsk 004 POL Górnik Zabrze 64 : 63 11.10.2014 18:00 Minsk (1000) 18.10.2014 18:00 Zabrze (500) 34:30 (18:14) Ref.: Alvarez Mata, Bustamante Lopez ESP Ref.: Vesovic, Mitrovic MNE Del.: Jansonas LTU Del.: Mikucionis LTU 30:33 (14:15) 005 ROU Stiinta Municipal Dedeman Bacau 006 NED OCI-LIONS 62 : 55 18.10.2014 16:00 Bacau (1000) 19.10.2014 16:30 Bacau (800) 34:29 (17:14) Ref.: Vitaku, Vitaku KOS Del.: Éles HUN Ref.: Vitaku, Vitaku KOS Del.: Éles HUN 28:26 (15:15) Both matches in ROU 007 KOS KH BESA Famiglia 008 CRO RK Nexe 51 : 83 18.10.2014 19:00 Nasice (600) 19.10.2014 18:00 Nasice (500) 25:40 (14:18) Ref.: Hofer, Schmidhuber AUT Del.: Rakocevic MNE Ref.: Hofer, Schmidhuber AUT Del.: Rakocevic MNE 26:43 (14:20) Both matches in CRO 009 HUN Balatonfüredi KSE 010 RUS Dinamo Astrakhan 46 : 43 11.10.2014 18:00 Balatonfüred (800) 19.10.2014 18:00 Astrakhan (3000) 21:23 (11:10) Ref.: Bounouara, Sami FRA Del.: Rudic CRO Ref.: Pavicevic, Raznatovic MNE Del.: Serbu ROU 25:20 (14:9) 011 AUT Bregenz Handball 012 DEN Skjern Handbold 59 : 72 11.10.2014 19:00 Bregenz (800) 19.10.2014 16:00 Skjern (1660) 27:36 (14:17) Ref.: Bonifert, Oláh HUN Del.: Vitzthum SUI Ref.: Scevola, Alperan ITA Del.: Baum POL 32:36 (17:18) 013 FRA HBC Nantes 014 CRO GRK Varazdin 1930 72 : 53 11.10.2014 20:30 Nantes (4508) 18.10.2014 17:00 Varazdin (2500) 42:27 (16:16) Ref.: Baumgart, Wild GER Del.: van Dongen NED Ref.: Harabagiu, Stanescu ROU Del.: Metalari MKD 30:26 (17:8) 015 SVK HK AGRO Topolcany 016 NED Targos Bevo HC 59 : 49 11.10.2014 18:00 Topolcany (750) 18.10.2014 20:00 Panningen (550) 32:25 (16:15) Ref.: Luque Cabrejas, Pascual Sanchez ESP Ref.: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann GRE Del.: Castillo GBR Del.: Popadic SRB 27:24 (16:11) 017 DEN Team Tvis Holstebro 018 SUI HC Kriens-Luzern 71 : 59 12.10.2014 13:00 Holstebro (753) 18.10.2014 19:30 Luzern (450) 35:23 (19:10) Ref.: Hajek, Macho CZE Del.: Thelander SWE Ref.: Andorka, Hucker HUN Del.: Rankin GBR 36:36 (19:14) 019 SUI Pfadi Winterthur 020 SRB RK Zeleznicar 1949 Nis 65 : 55 11.10.2014 18:00 Winterthur (800) 18.10.2014 18:30 Nis (700) 35:26 (17:9) Ref.: Sigurjónsson, Petursson ISL Del.: Dilmen TUR Ref.: Jaskins, Zabko LAT Del.: Soós HUN 30:29 (13:10) 021 RUS HC Kaustik Volgograd 022 UKR HC Portovik 20 : 0 02.10.2014 00:00 02.10.2014 00:00 10:0 (0:0) 10:0 (0:0) 023 POR Sporting Clube de Portugal 024 SVK HC Sporta Hlohovec 62 : 57 11.10.2014 19:30 Odivelas (300) 18.10.2014 18:00 Hlohovec (1300) 34:24 (15:8) Ref.: Buache, Meyer SUI Del.: Permuy ESP Ref.: Kouz, Zhoba UKR Del.: Kaschütz AUT 28:33 (14:18) 025 SLO RK Maribor Branik 026 SWE IFK Kristianstad 50 : 61 12.10.2014 20:00 Maribor (700) 17.10.2014 19:00 Kristianstad (4362) 26:25 (10:13) Ref.: Cernavskis, Bogdanovs LAT Del.: Tosi Brandi ITA Ref.: Kekes, Kekes HUN Del.: Petersen DEN 24:36 (10:17) 027 ITA Junior Fasano 028 ROU HC Potaissa Turda 53 : 67 11.10.2014 16:00 Noci (500) 18.10.2014 17:45 Turda (531) 27:28 (11:12) Ref.: Accoto Martins, Accoto Martins POR Ref.: Brkic, Jusufhodzic AUT Del.: Genchev BUL Del.: Hadjinikolaou GRE 26:39 (10:18)
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MatchID: 201511020803- 001 POR Futebol Clube do Porto 002 ESP Abanca Ademar Leon 54 : 52 22.11.2014 18:00 Porto (1188) 29.11.2014 17:30 Leon (3150) 29:24 (15:16) Ref.: Baumgart, Wild GER Del.: Dujardin FRA Ref.: Gasmi, Gasmi FRA Del.: van Dongen NED 25:28 (12:13) 003 DEN Team Tvis Holstebro 004 ROU Stiinta Municipal Dedeman Bacau 61 : 55 22.11.2014 19:30 Holstebro (562) 29.11.2014 15:30 Bacau (800) 32:27 (16:14) Ref.: Mandak, Rudinsky SVK Del.: Lauritzen NOR Ref.: Nabokau, Kulik BLR Del.: Meimaridis GRE 29:28 (15:12) 005 CRO RK Nexe 006 ROU HC Potaissa Turda 58 : 46 22.11.2014 19:00 Nasice (800) 29.11.2014 13:45 Turda (600) 35:20 (15:10) Ref.: Kekes, Kekes HUN Del.: Dilmen TUR Ref.: Aliyev, Aghakishiyev AZE Del.: Vattay HUN 23:26 (11:14) 007 GER Füchse Berlin 008 FRA HBC Nantes 46 : 46 23.11.2014 17:15 Berlin (6371) 29.11.2014 20:30 Nantes (5000) 23:18 (10:8) Ref.: Stark, Stefan ROU Del.: Rätz SUI Ref.: Togstad, Kristiansen NOR Del.: Convents BEL 23:28 (11:13) 009 RUS HC Kaustik Volgograd 010 NOR Haslum Handballklubb 57 : 64 23.11.2014 18:00 Volgograd (1200) 29.11.2014 16:00 Bekkestua (308) 31:28 (13:14) Ref.: Alvarez Mata, Bustamante Lopez ESP Ref.: Brkic, Jusufhodzic AUT Del.: Jansonas LTU Del.: Vitzthum SUI 26:36 (10:17) 011 GER MT Melsungen 012 SVK TATRAN Presov 56 : 50 22.11.2014 19:00 Kassel (2517) 29.11.2014 18:00 Presov (3125) 31:24 (17:11) Ref.: Nikolov, Nachevski MKD Del.: Djurkovic SRB Ref.: Pavicevic, Raznatovic MNE Del.: Bebetsos GRE 25:26 (16:11) 013 SWE IFK Kristianstad 014 GER HSV Hamburg 55 : 55 19.11.2014 19:00 Kristianstad (4987) 30.11.2014 15:00 Hamburg (1600) 27:29 (16:10) Ref.: Leszczynski, Piechota POL Del.: Andorka HUN Ref.: Mitrevski, Todorovski MKD Del.: Bürgi SUI 28:26 (16:12) 015 AUT Alpla HC Hard 016 HUN Balatonfüredi KSE 49 : 52 22.11.2014 19:00 Hard (1400) 29.11.2014 16:00 Balatonfüred (700) 31:26 (13:13) Ref.: Laitinen, Korja FIN Del.: Gremmel GER Ref.: Skruzny, Kavulic CZE Del.: Cirligeanu ROU 18:26 (8:12) 017 ROU HCM Constanta 018 NOR Elverum Handball Herrer 57 : 50 22.11.2014 12:00 Constanta (1950) 29.11.2014 16:00 Elverum (516) 27:21 (12:14) Ref.: Boricic, Markovic SRB Del.: Nachevski MKD Ref.: Pichon, Reveret FRA Del.: Rankin GBR 30:29 (15:15) 019 HUN Grundfos Tatabanya KC 020 RUS St. Petersburg HC 47 : 54 28.11.2014 19:00 Saint Petersburg 23.11.2014 18:45 Tatabanya (900) 23:22 (11:9) (1000) Ref.: Pandzic, Satordzija BIH Del.: Rudic CRO Ref.: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann GRE Del.: Kazinieks LAT 24:32 (10:19) 021 SVK HK AGRO Topolcany 022 SUI Pfadi Winterthur 51 : 60 22.11.2014 18:00 Topolcany (800) 30.11.2014 17:00 Winterthur (650) 26:28 (11:15) Ref.: Accoto Martins, Accoto Martins POR Ref.: Bol, Van Eck NED Del.: Baum POL Del.: Reisinger AUT 25:32 (10:15) 023 SWE Eskilstuna Guif 024 ESP Bada Huesca 55 : 50 22.11.2014 16:00 Eskilstuna (1550) 29.11.2014 20:00 Huesca (1800) 32:24 (15:15) Ref.: Di Domenico, Fornasier ITA Del.: Wills GBR Ref.: Buache, Meyer SUI Del.: Tosi Brandi ITA 23:26 (10:10) 025 POR Sporting Clube de Portugal 026 ESP Fraikin BM. Granollers 50 : 50 23.11.2014 16:00 Mafra (426) 30.11.2014 19:00 Granollers (2900) 27:25 (13:14) Ref.: Herczeg, Südi HUN Del.: Thelander SWE Ref.: Bernet, Wick SUI Del.: Caillet FRA 23:25 (9:12) 027 RUS Permskie medvedi 028 SLO Gorenje Velenje 63 : 76 23.11.2014 17:00 Perm (1000) 29.11.2014 19:00 Velenje (1200) 34:37 (14:16)
Ref.: Baranowski, Lemanowicz POL Del.: Hart ISR 73 Ref.: Bounouara, Sami FRA Del.: Metalari MKD 29:39 (12:19)
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MatchID: 201511020803- 001 POR Futebol Clube do Porto 002 ESP Abanca Ademar Leon 54 : 52 22.11.2014 18:00 Porto (1188) 29.11.2014 17:30 Leon (3150) 29:24 (15:16) Ref.: Baumgart, Wild GER Del.: Dujardin FRA Ref.: Gasmi, Gasmi FRA Del.: van Dongen NED 25:28 (12:13) 003 DEN Team Tvis Holstebro 004 ROU Stiinta Municipal Dedeman Bacau 61 : 55 22.11.2014 19:30 Holstebro (562) 29.11.2014 15:30 Bacau (800) 32:27 (16:14) Ref.: Mandak, Rudinsky SVK Del.: Lauritzen NOR Ref.: Nabokau, Kulik BLR Del.: Meimaridis GRE 29:28 (15:12) 005 CRO RK Nexe 006 ROU HC Potaissa Turda 58 : 46 22.11.2014 19:00 Nasice (800) 29.11.2014 13:45 Turda (600) 35:20 (15:10) Ref.: Kekes, Kekes HUN Del.: Dilmen TUR Ref.: Aliyev, Aghakishiyev AZE Del.: Vattay HUN 23:26 (11:14) 007 GER Füchse Berlin 008 FRA HBC Nantes 46 : 46 23.11.2014 17:15 Berlin (6371) 29.11.2014 20:30 Nantes (5000) 23:18 (10:8) Ref.: Stark, Stefan ROU Del.: Rätz SUI Ref.: Togstad, Kristiansen NOR Del.: Convents BEL 23:28 (11:13) 009 RUS HC Kaustik Volgograd 010 NOR Haslum Handballklubb 57 : 64 23.11.2014 18:00 Volgograd (1200) 29.11.2014 16:00 Bekkestua (308) 31:28 (13:14) Ref.: Alvarez Mata, Bustamante Lopez ESP Ref.: Brkic, Jusufhodzic AUT Del.: Jansonas LTU Del.: Vitzthum SUI 26:36 (10:17) 011 GER MT Melsungen 012 SVK TATRAN Presov 56 : 50 22.11.2014 19:00 Kassel (2517) 29.11.2014 18:00 Presov (3125) 31:24 (17:11) Ref.: Nikolov, Nachevski MKD Del.: Djurkovic SRB Ref.: Pavicevic, Raznatovic MNE Del.: Bebetsos GRE 25:26 (16:11) 013 SWE IFK Kristianstad 014 GER HSV Hamburg 55 : 55 19.11.2014 19:00 Kristianstad (4987) 30.11.2014 15:00 Hamburg (1600) 27:29 (16:10) Ref.: Leszczynski, Piechota POL Del.: Andorka HUN Ref.: Mitrevski, Todorovski MKD Del.: Bürgi SUI 28:26 (16:12) 015 AUT Alpla HC Hard 016 HUN Balatonfüredi KSE 49 : 52 22.11.2014 19:00 Hard (1400) 29.11.2014 16:00 Balatonfüred (700) 31:26 (13:13) Ref.: Laitinen, Korja FIN Del.: Gremmel GER Ref.: Skruzny, Kavulic CZE Del.: Cirligeanu ROU 18:26 (8:12) 017 ROU HCM Constanta 018 NOR Elverum Handball Herrer 57 : 50 22.11.2014 12:00 Constanta (1950) 29.11.2014 16:00 Elverum (516) 27:21 (12:14) Ref.: Boricic, Markovic SRB Del.: Nachevski MKD Ref.: Pichon, Reveret FRA Del.: Rankin GBR 30:29 (15:15) 019 HUN Grundfos Tatabanya KC 020 RUS St. Petersburg HC 47 : 54 28.11.2014 19:00 Saint Petersburg 23.11.2014 18:45 Tatabanya (900) 23:22 (11:9) (1000) Ref.: Pandzic, Satordzija BIH Del.: Rudic CRO Ref.: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann GRE Del.: Kazinieks LAT 24:32 (10:19) 021 SVK HK AGRO Topolcany 022 SUI Pfadi Winterthur 51 : 60 22.11.2014 18:00 Topolcany (800) 30.11.2014 17:00 Winterthur (650) 26:28 (11:15) Ref.: Accoto Martins, Accoto Martins POR Ref.: Bol, Van Eck NED Del.: Baum POL Del.: Reisinger AUT 25:32 (10:15) 023 SWE Eskilstuna Guif 024 ESP Bada Huesca 55 : 50 22.11.2014 16:00 Eskilstuna (1550) 29.11.2014 20:00 Huesca (1800) 32:24 (15:15) Ref.: Di Domenico, Fornasier ITA Del.: Wills GBR Ref.: Buache, Meyer SUI Del.: Tosi Brandi ITA 23:26 (10:10) 025 POR Sporting Clube de Portugal 026 ESP Fraikin BM. Granollers 50 : 50 23.11.2014 16:00 Mafra (426) 30.11.2014 19:00 Granollers (2900) 27:25 (13:14) Ref.: Herczeg, Südi HUN Del.: Thelander SWE Ref.: Bernet, Wick SUI Del.: Caillet FRA 23:25 (9:12) 027 RUS Permskie medvedi 028 SLO Gorenje Velenje 63 : 76 23.11.2014 17:00 Perm (1000) 29.11.2014 19:00 Velenje (1200) 34:37 (14:16) Ref.: Baranowski, Lemanowicz POL Del.: Hart ISR Ref.: Bounouara, Sami FRA Del.: Metalari MKD 29:39 (12:19)
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029 DEN Skjern Handbold 030 HUN Oroshazi FKSE-Linamar 72 : 45 23.11.2014 13:30 Skjern (1225) 30.11.2014 19:00 Oroshaza (500) 40:20 (20:13) Ref.: Pandzic, Mosorinski SRB Del.: Dolejs CZE Ref.: Santos, Fonseca POR Del.: Kaschütz AUT 32:25 (16:12) 031 SRB HC Vojvodina 032 BLR SKA Minsk 52 : 50 22.11.2014 18:00 Novi Sad (400) 29.11.2014 18:00 Minsk (2000) 27:22 (14:9) Ref.: Kiyashko, Kiselev RUS Del.: Rakocevic MNE Ref.: Covalciuc, Covalciuc MDA Del.: Fegir UKR 25:28 (11:14)
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Group A matches won draw lost goal-difference points 1 GER HSV Hamburg 0 0 0 0 0:0 0 0 2 NOR Haslum Handballklubb 0 0 0 0 0:0 0 0 3 SLO Gorenje Velenje 0 0 0 0 0:0 0 0 4 SUI Pfadi Winterthur 0 0 0 0 0:0 0 0 MatchID: 201511020804- 001 GER HSV Hamburg vs. SLO Gorenje Velenje 11.02.2015 19:30 Hamburg / GER Ref.: Pichon, Reveret FRA Del.: La Cour Laursen DEN 002 NOR Haslum Handballklubb vs. SUI Pfadi Winterthur 14.02.2015 16:15 Bekkestua / NOR Ref.: Vitaku, Vitaku KOS Del.: Petersen DEN 003 SUI Pfadi Winterthur vs. GER HSV Hamburg 18.02.2015 20:00 Winterthur / SUI
004 SLO Gorenje Velenje vs. NOR Haslum Handballklubb 21.02.2015 20:30 Velenje / SLO
006 SUI Pfadi Winterthur vs. SLO Gorenje Velenje 28.02.2015 19:30 Winterthur / SUI
005 NOR Haslum Handballklubb vs. GER HSV Hamburg 01.03.2015 16:15 Bekkestua / NOR
007 GER HSV Hamburg vs. NOR Haslum Handballklubb 07.03.2015 15:30 Hamburg / GER
008 SLO Gorenje Velenje vs. SUI Pfadi Winterthur 08.03.2015 19:00 Velenje / SLO
010 SUI Pfadi Winterthur vs. NOR Haslum Handballklubb 14.03.2015 19:30 Winterthur / SUI
009 SLO Gorenje Velenje vs. GER HSV Hamburg 14.03.2015 20:30 Velenje / SLO
011 GER HSV Hamburg vs. SUI Pfadi Winterthur 18.03.2015 19:30 Hamburg / GER
012 NOR Haslum Handballklubb vs. SLO Gorenje Velenje 21.03.2015 16:15 Bekkestua / NOR
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Group B matches won draw lost goal-difference points 1 ROU HCM Constanta 0 0 0 0 0:0 0 0 2 ESP Fraikin BM. Granollers 0 0 0 0 0:0 0 0 3 RUS St. Petersburg HC 0 0 0 0 0:0 0 0 4 DEN Team Tvis Holstebro 0 0 0 0 0:0 0 0 MatchID: 201511020804- 014 ESP Fraikin BM. Granollers vs. DEN Team Tvis Holstebro 14.02.2015 16:15 Granollers / ESP Ref.: Mitrevski, Todorovski MKD Del.: Goulao POR 013 ROU HCM Constanta vs. RUS St. Petersburg HC 15.02.2015 11:45 Constanta / ROU Ref.: Baranowski, Lemanowicz POL Del.: Repensek SLO 015 DEN Team Tvis Holstebro vs. ROU HCM Constanta 21.02.2015 15:00 Holstebro / DEN
016 RUS St. Petersburg HC vs. ESP Fraikin BM. Granollers 22.02.2015 15:00 Saint Petersburg / RUS
017 ESP Fraikin BM. Granollers vs. ROU HCM Constanta 28.02.2015 16:00 Granollers / ESP
018 DEN Team Tvis Holstebro vs. RUS St. Petersburg HC 28.02.2015 19:15 Holstebro / DEN
019 ROU HCM Constanta vs. ESP Fraikin BM. Granollers 08.03.2015 11:45 Constanta / ROU
020 RUS St. Petersburg HC vs. DEN Team Tvis Holstebro 09.03.2015 19:00 Saint Petersburg / RUS
022 DEN Team Tvis Holstebro vs. ESP Fraikin BM. Granollers 14.03.2015 15:00 Holstebro / DEN
021 RUS St. Petersburg HC vs. ROU HCM Constanta 16.03.2015 19:00 Saint Petersburg / RUS
024 ESP Fraikin BM. Granollers vs. RUS St. Petersburg HC 21.-22.03.15 /
023 ROU HCM Constanta vs. DEN Team Tvis Holstebro 22.03.2015 11:45 Constanta / ROU
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Group C matches won draw lost goal-difference points 1 POR Futebol Clube do Porto 0 0 0 0 0:0 0 0 2 SRB HC Vojvodina 0 0 0 0 0:0 0 0 3 GER Füchse Berlin 0 0 0 0 0:0 0 0 4 DEN Skjern Handbold 0 0 0 0 0:0 0 0 MatchID: 201511020804- 025 POR Futebol Clube do Porto vs. GER Füchse Berlin 14.02.2015 18:00 Porto / POR Ref.: Cvetko, Kavalar SLO Del.: Breto Leon ESP 026 SRB HC Vojvodina vs. DEN Skjern Handbold 15.02.2015 20:15 Novi Sad / SRB Ref.: Bounouara, Sami FRA Del.: Pozeznik SLO 027 DEN Skjern Handbold vs. POR Futebol Clube do Porto 22.02.2015 15:00 Skjern / DEN
028 GER Füchse Berlin vs. SRB HC Vojvodina 22.02.2015 17:15 Berlin / GER
030 DEN Skjern Handbold vs. GER Füchse Berlin 28.02.2015 15:00 Skjern / DEN
029 SRB HC Vojvodina vs. POR Futebol Clube do Porto 01.03.2015 20:15 Novi Sad / SRB
031 POR Futebol Clube do Porto vs. SRB HC Vojvodina 07.03.2015 18:00 Porto / POR
032 GER Füchse Berlin vs. DEN Skjern Handbold 08.03.2015 17:15 Berlin / GER
034 DEN Skjern Handbold vs. SRB HC Vojvodina 14.03.2015 19:30 Holstebro / DEN
033 GER Füchse Berlin vs. POR Futebol Clube do Porto 15.03.2015 17:15 Berlin / GER
035 POR Futebol Clube do Porto vs. DEN Skjern Handbold 21.03.2015 18:00 Porto / POR
036 SRB HC Vojvodina vs. GER Füchse Berlin 21.03.2015 18:00 Novi Sad / SRB
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Group D matches won draw lost goal-difference points 1 GER MT Melsungen 0 0 0 0 0:0 0 0 2 HUN Balatonfüredi KSE 0 0 0 0 0:0 0 0 3 SWE Eskilstuna Guif 0 0 0 0 0:0 0 0 4 CRO RK Nexe 0 0 0 0 0:0 0 0 MatchID: 201511020804- 038 HUN Balatonfüredi KSE vs. CRO RK Nexe 13.02.2015 20:00 Veszprem / HUN Ref.: Covalciuc, Covalciuc MDA Del.: Szajna POL 037 GER MT Melsungen vs. SWE Eskilstuna Guif 14.02.2015 19:00 Kassel / GER Ref.: Stenrand, Birch DEN Del.: Vitzthum SUI 040 SWE Eskilstuna Guif vs. HUN Balatonfüredi KSE 21.02.2015 16:00 Eskilstuna / SWE
039 CRO RK Nexe vs. GER MT Melsungen 21.02.2015 19:00 Nasice / CRO
041 HUN Balatonfüredi KSE vs. GER MT Melsungen 28.02.2015 16:00 Veszprem / HUN
042 CRO RK Nexe vs. SWE Eskilstuna Guif 28.02.2015 19:00 Nasice / CRO
043 GER MT Melsungen vs. HUN Balatonfüredi KSE 07.03.2015 20:00 Kassel / GER
044 SWE Eskilstuna Guif vs. CRO RK Nexe 08.03.2015 17:00 Eskilstuna / SWE
045 SWE Eskilstuna Guif vs. GER MT Melsungen 14.03.2015 19:00 Eskilstuna / SWE
046 CRO RK Nexe vs. HUN Balatonfüredi KSE 14.03.2015 19:00 Nasice / CRO
048 HUN Balatonfüredi KSE vs. SWE Eskilstuna Guif 20.03.2015 18:15 Veszprem / HUN
047 GER MT Melsungen vs. CRO RK Nexe 21.03.2015 20:00 Kassel / GER
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