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Table of contents

Foreword 5 Media contacts 6 Playing system diagrams - stages and dates 7 Important regulations 9 Current top scorers 10

Preview CSM Bucuresti vs Metz 11 Odense HC vs Györi Audi ETO KC 24 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria vs Rostov-Don 37 Buducnost vs 50

All-time stats 63 All-time clubs standings 65

4 Foreword

Foreword

Dear handball friends,

As we count down to the DELO WOMEN’S EHF FINAL4 in Budapest on 11-12 May 2019, the next and most exciting phase of Europe’s top competition is upon us. After 92 matches, we are left with eight outstanding teams from seven countries: Hungary, Romania, , , Russia, Denmark and France. Only one hurdle stands between the top sides and a ticket to Budapest.

It is with great pleasure that we welcome these remarkable teams to the quarter-finals. While six of them have reached this stage of the competition in the past, it is going to be a brand new experience for two clubs – Odense HC and Vipers Kristiansand.

The quarter-final pairings open several interesting possibilities for the final tournament in Papp László Budapest Sportaréna, as four former WOMEN’S EHF FINAL4 participants face four sides who are yet to make their debut in the Hungarian capital.

Two of the quarter-final pairings are identical to the previous edition, but the current form of these teams promises some exciting clashes. FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria, who impressed with their main round finish, take on Rostov-Don again and are eager to succeed this time around. A quarter-final success would see them playing in front of a home crowd in the Hungarian capital.

Exactly like last year, Metz Handball have the chance to become the first French team to reach the final weekend in Budapest. However, they must overcome the biggest test of their impressive season and defeat the 2016 champions, CSM Bucuresti, who are tackling serious injury problems.

For the Danish newcomers from Odense, a ticket to the final tournament would be a fantastic achievement in what is their maiden EHF Champions League season. Their opponents, the defending champions Györi Audi ETO KC, will be keen to reach the most prestigious event in women’s club handball for the fourth straight time as they eye a record fifth trophy.

Two-time winners Buducnost have been pitted against Vipers Kristiansand in a pairing that will end with the Montenegrin side making their fifth trip to the final tournament or Vipers stopping a three-year run without a Norwegian club in the ultimate stage of the competition.

Even before the final matches have been played the 2018/19 season has already been a remarkable success – and not only because it has reached new heights, with a total of 24 TV stations covering more than 50 territories. The new two-year sponsorship deal with the Delo Group, signed in February, is a major breakthrough for the women’s game. The cooperation begins this season with the new title sponsor adding its name to the 2019 edition of the DELO WOMEN’S EHF FINAL4.

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!

EHF Media & Communications Team

5 Media contacts

EHF/M media contacts

Media matters TV and Radio Vlado Brindzak Miguel Mateo Marcellan Media and Communications Media Manager European Handball Federation EHF Marketing GmbH +43 1 80 151 161 +43 1 80 151 224 [email protected] [email protected]

Clubs media contacts

QUARTER-FINALISTS

CSM Bucuresti (ROU) Metz Handball (FRA) Ioana Patachi Estelle Vogein +40 748 050 301 +33 608 258 725 ioana.patachi@ estelle.gauvin csmbucuresti.ro @metz-handball.fr

Odense HC (DEN) Győri Audi ETO KC (HUN) Maria V. Eilertsen Tamas Szabo +4520637130 +36 20 505 63 07 [email protected] [email protected]

FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria (HUN) Rostov-Don (RUS) Adam Schleinig Andrey Demyanov +36 704 454 902 +79897198555 [email protected] [email protected]

Buducnost (MNE) Vipers Kristiansand (NOR) Milos Pavicevic Terje Marcussen +382 682 226 66 +47 905 818 15 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

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WOMEN'S EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2018/19 Qualification Tournaments Group Matches Main Round Quarter-finals FINAL4 2 tournaments 4 groups with 4 teams 2 groups with 6 teams 8 teams 4 teams 05.-07.10.2018 (1) 25.-27.01.2019 (1) 11./12.05.2019 07.-09.09.2018 12.-14.10.2018 (2) 01.-03.02.2019 (2) 05.-07.04.2019 tournament tournaments 19.-21.10.2018 (3) 08.-10.02.2019 (3) first leg played in semi-finals 02.-04.11.2018 (4) 22.-24.02.2019 (4) played in semi- and finals 09.-11.11.2018 (5) 01.-03.03.2019 (5) 12.-14.04.2019 finals and finals NATION in one venue 16.-18.11.2018 (6) 08.-10.03.2019 (6) second leg

DRAWS: 27 June 2018 in Vienna/AUT 29 June 2018 in Vienna/AUT no draw no draw 16 April 2019

1 HUN 1 Györi Audi ETO KC 2 ROU 1 CSM Bucuresti 3 MNE 1 Buducnost 4 RUS 1 Rostov-Don 5 FRA 1 Metz Handball 6 DEN 1 Kobenhavn Handball

7 NOR 1 Vipers Kristiansand 8 GER 1 Thüringer HC 9 SLO 1 RK Krim Mercator 10 SWE 1 IK Sävehof 11 HUN 2 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 12 DEN 2 Odense HC 13 FRA 2 Brest Bretange HB 14 NOR 2 Larvik HK 15 ROU 2 SCM Craiova 16 GER 2 SG BBM Bietigheim 17 POL 1 MKS Perla Lublin

18 CRO 1 HC Podravka Vegeta the of team placed 4th and 3rd 2nd, 1st, 1st, 2nd and 3rd placed team from each group group each from team placed 3rd and 2nd 1st, 19 ITA 1 Jomi Salerno Round Main League Champions EHF WOMEN'S Qualification Qualification 20 TUR 1 Muratpasa BSK tournaments

21 ESP 1 Super Amara Bera Bera Winners of the 2 4 Winners of WOMEN'S EHF Champions League Quarter-finals League Champions EHF WOMEN'S of Winners 4 22 SRB 1 ZORK Jagodina

2 groups with 4 teams

4th placed teams of CL Group 4th placed teams of CL Qualification Tournaments go Matches go to EHF Cup Group to EHF Cup Rd 2, 2nd and 3rd placed teams of CL Phase Qualification Tornaments go to EHF Cup Rd 3

status: 19.06.2018 8 Important regulations

Important regulations What decides when two or more teams have the same number of points All matches of the WOMEN’S EHF Champions League shall QUARTER-FINALS be played in 2 x 30 minutes with a half-time break of 15 minutes. If, after completion of the two matches, both teams have won the same number of points (no extra-time will be The matches shall be scored as follows: played), the teams’ standings shall be determined by the a) win = 2 points following criteria: b) draw = 1 point a) goal difference c) loss = 0 points b) greater number of plus goals scored in away match c) penalty throws Teams’ rankings are obtained by adding up the number of points won. RULES FOR EXECUTION OF PENALTY THROWS GROUP MATCHES AND MAIN ROUND - Prior to penalty throwing, each team shall name If two or more teams have scored the same number of five players eligible to play at the end of the match by points, the ranking will be determined as follows: handing the referees a list of numbers. These players During the matches of the group: shall then take one throw each until a decision (a winner) a) higher goal difference in all matches; is reached, alternating with their opponents. Each team b) greater number of plus goals in all matches; is free to determine the sequence in which throwers will take their throws After completion of the group if two teams have scored the same number of points: - The goalkeepers may be freely selected from the match a) number of points in matches of the two teams directly report and exchanged in accordance with the Rules of involved; the game. Goalkeepers may take throws and throwers b) goal difference in matches of the two teams directly may play as goalkeepers. involved; c) higher number of goals scored in the away match of the - The referees shall choose the goal at which throws are two teams directly involved; taken. The team taking the first penalty throw shall be d) goal difference in all matches of the group; determined by the referees by drawing lots. The team e) higher number of plus goals in all matches of the group; winning the draw may choose whether it wishes to throw first or last. After completion of the group if three or more teams have scored the same number of points: - If scores are equal after the first round of penalty a) number of points in matches of all teams directly throwing, it shall be continued until a decision is reached. involved; In the second round, the other team shall start. Again b) goal difference in matches of all teams directly involved; five players shall be named who are eligible to play (the c) higher number of plus goals in matches of all teams players named before may be named once again). directly involved; - In the second round, a decision (a winner) is reached d) goal difference in all matches of the group; when a goal difference arises after both teams have e) higher number of plus goals in all matches of the group; taken one throw each. f) higher ranking in Group Matches (Main Round only) g) greater number of points in Group Matches (Main - Eligible players are players entered in the match report Round only) who have not been disqualified or suspended at the time of the final whistle.

* If the ranking of one of these teams is determined, the - Serious infractions committed during penalty throwing criteria are consecutively followed until the ranking of all shall be sanctioned by disqualification. If a thrower is teams is determined. disqualified or suffers an injury, an eligible substitute player shall be named supplementary. * If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained by drawing lots. Lots shall be drawn by the EHF, if - While the throws are being taken, only the player taking possible in the presence of team managers. the throw, the current goalkeeper and the referees may enter the respective half of the playing area. - If the number of eligible players falls below five, players may be named to take a second throw in the same round.

9 Facts and Figures

Facts and figures

Top scorers after the main round

1 Ana Gros (SLO) Brest Bretagne Handball (FRA) 76 2 Iveta Luzumova (CZE) Thüringer HC (GER) 71 3 Jovanka Radicevic (MNE) CSM Bucuresti (ROU) 67 4 Noemi Hafra (HUN) FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria (HUN) 66 Linn Jorum Sulland (NOR) Vipers Kristiansand (NOR) 66 6 Nerea Pena (ESP) FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria (HUN) 65 7 Cornelia Nycke Groot (NED) Györi Audi ETO KC (HUN) 62 76 goals 8 Andrea Lekic (SRB) CSM Bucuresti (ROU) 59 Ana Gros 9 Tjasa Stanko (SLO) RK Krim Mercator (SLO) 57 Brest Bretagne Handball 10 Djurdjina Jaukovic (MNE) Buducnost (MNE) 56 Tamara Mavsar (SLO) RK Krim Mercator (SLO) 56 12 Xenia Smits (GER) Metz Handball (FRA) 55 13 Henny Ella Reistad (NOR) Vipers Kristiansand (NOR) 53 14 Aniko Kovacsics (HUN) FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria (HUN) 52 15 Anna Vyakhireva (RUS) Rostov-Don (RUS) 51 16 Grace Zaadi (FRA) Metz Handball (FRA) 50 17 (DEN) Györi Audi ETO KC (HUN) 49 (ROU) CSM Bucuresti (ROU) 49 Stine Oftedal (NOR) Györi Audi ETO KC (HUN) 49 20 Emily Bölk (GER) Thüringer HC (GER) 46 Sladjana Pop-Lazic (SRB) Brest Bretagne Handball (FRA) 46

10 Preview

CSM Bucuresti vs Metz Handball

First leg: Friday 5 April 2019, 18:00 hrs CET Second leg: Saturday 13 April 2019, 20:00 hrs CET

• For the fourth season in a row, CSM • this is the third time in a row Metz failed to finish on the top two places in the have qualified for the Women’s EHF main round phase. However, in the past Champions League quarter-finals three times, the Romanian side progressed • the French side has not lost a home to the business end of the competition game in the Champions League since • CSM’s season has been rocked by January 2017 injuries to key players, such as Cristina Neagu and Amanda Kurtovic, who tore • Metz’ best scorer is centre back Grâce their knee ligaments. Line player Dragana Zaadi with 50 goals Cvijic and playmaker Andrea Lekic are not • despite suffering little injuries in the at 100 per cent past few weeks, all the players are fit to • The Romanian side is not having travel to Bucharest a particular good season, losing the • Metz have the second best defence Romanian Super Cup to SCM Ramnicu of the competition, having conceded 242 Valcea. They are also second in the goals after the group phase. They are just Romanian league and their fate is out of one goal short of leader Rostov-Don their hands • Right wing Jovanka Radicevic is CSM’s • they are also the second most prolific top scorer and the competition’s third best attack, having netted 299 times. The scorer, with 67 goals leader of the attack ranking is Györ, with 333 goals • CSM’s five losses this season are the most the Romanian side had in a season up until this point in the Women’s EHF Champions League, tying their record from the 2015/16 season, when the Romanian powerhouse won the competition Historic encounters of the opponents in the EC

CSM Bucuresti vs Metz Handball 1-0-1 (54:48) 2:2 06.04.2018 CSM Bucuresti vs Metz Handball, EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 34:21 (19:13) 15.04.2018 Metz Handball vs CSM Bucuresti, EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 27:20 (14:9)

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4th GROUP 2 CSM Bucuresti

GROUP 2 FINAL STANDINGS 1. Györi Audi ETO KC 10 8 2 0 333:267 (66) 18 2. Vipers Kristiansand 10 6 0 4 288:265 (23) 12 3. FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 10 5 2 3 298:306 (-8) 12

Club Address 4. CSM Bucuresti 10 5 1 4 292:282 (10) 11 Calea Vitan no 242 1st floor 5. RK Krim Mercator 10 2 1 7 243:281 (-38) 5 3rd District 6. Thüringer HC 10 0 2 8 255:308 (-53) 2 031295 Bucharest Romania

Media contact Ioana Patachi +40 748 050 301 TOP SCORERS [email protected] MAIN ROUND RESULTS @ Györi Audi ETO KC L36:27 (22:15) 1. Jovanka Radicevic (MNE) 67 vs RK Krim Mercator W32:26 (16:11) 2. Andrea Lekic (SRB) 59 www.csmbucuresti.ro @ Thüringer HC W30:38 (12:17) 3. Cristina Neagu (ROU) 49 vs Györi Audi ETO KC L25:27 (10:14) 4. Elizabeth Omoregie (SLO) 32 CSM-Bucuresti-Oficial @ RK Krim Mercator L23:22 (12:11) 5. Majda Mehmedovic (MNE) 31 @csm_bucharest vs Thüringer HC D23:23 (14:8) GROUP MATCHES RESULTS vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria W36:31(18:13) Kit colours @ SG BBM Bietigheim L19:19 (16:12) Light @ Vipers Kristiansand W25:33 (14:14) Player shirt: white vs Vipers Kristiansand L27:23 (11:16) Player short: black @ TTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria W22:26 (10:17) GK shirt: red vs SG BBM Bietigheim W41:26 (14:13) Dark Player shirt: blue Past achievements Player short: black GK shirt: green Women’s EHF Champions League Participations (including 2018/19 season): 4 Winners (1): 2015/16 Semi-final (2): 2016/17, 2017/18 (3rd)

Other EHF Cup: Last 16 2011/12

Romanian league: 4 titles (2015-18) Playing hall Romanian cup: 3 titles Sala Polivalenta Ioan Kunst Ghermanescu Calea Piscului Nr. 10, sector 4 Bucharest Romania Capacity: 5,000

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EHF Champions League club records

Biggest win 39:26 (18:12) v Nykøbing FH DEN, 04.11.2017 Biggest defeat 33:25 (11:13) v Györi Audi ETO KC HUN, 04.11.2016 Longest winning run 5 matches (31.03.2016 – 16.10.2016) 5 matches (04.11.2017 – 04.02.2018) Longest unbeaten run 6 matches (04.11.2017 – 11.02.2018) MATCHES Longest losing run 3 matches (22.10.2016 – 04.11.2016) Longest winning run 5 Longest run without win 3 matches (22.10.2016 – 04.11.2016) Most goals 39 v Nykøbing FH DEN 39:26W (h), 04.11.2017 GOALS Most goals Most goals opponent 38 v HC Vardar MKD 33:38L (a), 06.05.2017 39 Most goals both teams 71 v HC Vardar MKD 33:38L (a), 06.05.2017

GOALS Fewest goals 20 v Metz Handball FRA 27:20L (a), 15.04.2018 71 Most goals both teams 20 v Györi Audi ETO KC HUN 20:26L (a), 12.05.2018 Fewest goals opponent 17 v IK Sävehof SWE 17:28W (a), 23.10.2015 Fewest goals both teams 42 v Rostov-Don RUS 20:22W (a), 11.11.2016

Past seasons

MP W T L GF GA GD PTS Stage1994/95 2015/16 CSM Bucuresti ROU 16 10 1 5 416:387 +29 21:11 Winner 2016/17 CSM Bucuresti ROU 16 10 1 5 427:407 +20 21:11 Third Place 2017/18 CSM Bucuresti ROU 16 10 1 5 455:395 +60 21:11 Third Place 2018/19 CSM Bucuresti ROU 6 4 0 2 185:171 +14 8:4 MR Total: 54 3 4 3 17 1483:1360 +123 71:37

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Dragan Djukic coach • CSM is only the second women’s team that Djukic has coached in his career • a journeyman, the Serbian coach has led the men’s British team at the Olympic Games in 2012, while also serving stints as the national coach of Israel and Montenegro’s men teams • a tough character, Djukic relies on discipline and defence • the second CSM coach this season, replacing Magnus Johansson in October

Late entries: Claudia Constantinescu (HC Zalau)

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Team roster

No. First name Surname Nat. Position Date of birth Place of birth Height 14 Bianca-Maria Bazaliu ROU Left Back 30/07/1997 Slatina, ROU 183 20 Maria Claudia Constantinescu ROU Left Back 18/06/1994 Bals, ROU 176 5 C Iulia Vasilica Curea ROU Left Wing 08/04/1982 Bacau, ROU 172 72 Dragana Cvijic SRB Line Player 15/03/1990 Beograd, SRB 184 87 Jelena Grubisic CRO Goalkeeper 20/01/1987 Zagreb, CRO 184 37 Nathalie Hagman SWE Right Wing 19/07/1991 Farsta, SWE 167 1 Madalina Ion ROU Goalkeeper 23/02/1996 Bucharest, ROU 180 9 Sabina Jacobsen SWE Left Back 24/03/1989 Lund, SWE 181 24 Amanda Kurtovic NOR Right Back 25/07/1991 Karlskrona, SWE 176 15 Barbara Lazovic SLO Right Back 04/01/1988 Brezice, SLO 183 7 Andrea Lekic SRB Centre Back 06/09/1987 Beograd, SRB 178 22 Oana Andreea Manea ROU Line Player 18/04/1985 Bucharest, ROU 176 19 Bianca Sorina Marin ROU Left Wing 21/03/1999 Ploiesti, ROU 167 77 Majda Mehmedovic MNE Left Wing 25/05/1990 Bar, MNE 169 8 Cristina Neagu ROU Left Back 26/08/1988 Bucharest, ROU 180 17 Elizabeth Omoregie SLO Centre Back 29/12/1996 Athens, GRE 178 4 Jovanka Radicevic MNE Right Wing 23/10/1986 , MNE 169 2 Aneta Udristioiu ROU Right Wing 22/06/1989 Dr. Severin, ROU 166 30 Paula Claudia Ungureanu ROU Goalkeeper 30/03/1980 Brasov, ROU 181

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Paula Ungureanu goalkeeper • twice named the best player of the year in Romania, in 2012 and 2014 • Romania’s first choice in goal for many years, but retired from her international duties after 2016 • tore ligaments in 2010 and took a two-year break as her son, Paul, was born in 2012

EURO: B 2010, WCh: S 2005, B 2015

Jelena Grubisic @gruba87 goalkeeper • played at Lokomotiva Zagreb for eight seasons, and at Krim for five • joined Györ in 2014 to replace pregnant Katrine Lunde, but soon got injured and signed for CSM ahead of 2015/16, helping the club win the CL that season • had her EC debut in the Cup Winner’s Cup 2002/03 with Lokomotiva when she was 15, and had her national team debut at the WCh 2007 • MVP of the EHF FINAL4 in 2016

EC trophies: CL 2016

Iulia Curea @cureaiulia left wing • one of the most decorated Romanian players, having won the national title nine times and the Romanian cup three times with Oltchim and CSM Bucuresti • has been a left wing since she was 17, until then, she played as a goalkeeper and won a junior competition in Romania on that position • married since 2010 to Darie Curea, a former rugby player with Dinamo Bucharest

EC trophies: CL 2016, Champions Trophy 2007, Cup Winners’ Cup 2007

Claudia Constantinescu left back • until 2019 the 24-year old left back has never played in the CL • was dubbed the “next big thing” of Romanian handball by former national coach Gheorghe Tadici • missed two years due to an injury to her shoulder between 2016 and 2018 • when she was young, she made an one-hour trip daily to play for a better team

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Andrea Lekic @lekicandrea centre back • one of the main transfers in the summer of 2018, joining from Vardar • competed in karate and reached the blue belt before moving on to ball sports, including volleyball, basketball, football and tennis • voted World Player of the Year in 2013, made All-star Team at EHF EURO 2012 • won the CL with Györ in 2012/13, finished runner-up once, and finished third three straight times

EC trophies: CL 2013, WCh: S 2013

Oana Manea line player • in 2008 diagnosed with a heartbeat issue and stopped playing for six months • can gather the team behind her, one of the reasons she has been named captain at both club and national team • her father, Dumitru, was football coach at first-league side Sportul Studentesc • considering becoming a full-time make-up artist after finishing her career

EC trophies: CL 2016, Cup Winners’ Cup 2007, Champions Trophy 2007 EURO: B 2010, WCh: B 2015

Amanda Kurtovic @amandakurto right back • Olympic, EHF EURO and WCh gold medallist, also won the CL with Larvik in her teens • her brother, William, plays football in Norway’s first division, for Sandefjord • born in Sweden, but left to Norway at age six as her father had to move • her father, Marinko, is a handball coach with Norwegian men’s team OIF Arendal

EC trophies: CL 2016 WCh: S 2005, 2017, B 2015, EURO: B 2010

Nathalie Hagman @hagman right wing @NathalieHagman • also played football as a child, but chose handball • won the EHF Cup and Cup Winners’ Cup with Holstebro in 2015 and 2016, finishing both competitions as the top goal scorer • has a twin sister, Gabrielle, who also plays handball, in the Swedish second league • can also feature as a playmaker thanks to her speed and handball IQ; awarded the All-star right wing at the WCh 2017 in Germany

EC trophies: EHF Cup 2015, CWC 2016 EHF EURO: S 2010, B 2014

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1st GROUP 1 Metz Handball

GROUP 1 FINAL STANDINGS 1. Metz Handball 10 7 1 2 299:242 (57) 15 2. Rostov-Don 10 7 1 2 261:241 (20) 15 3. Buducnost 10 5 1 4 245:248 (-3) 11

Club Address 4. Odense HC 10 3 2 5 246:267 (-21) 8 Metz Handball 20 Rue des Mirabelles 5. Kobenhavn Handball 10 3 2 5 271:280 (-9) 8 57050 Metz 6. Brest Bretagne Handball 10 0 3 7 253:297 (-44) 3 France

Media contact MAIN ROUND RESULTS TOP SCORERS Estelle Vogein +33 608 258 725 vs Rostov-Don W29:25 (17:14) 1. Xenia Smits (GER) 55 estelle.gauvin@ @ Brest Bretagne Handball W21:32 (9:16) 2. Grace Zaadi (FRA) 50 metz-handball.fr vs Kobenhavn Handball W36:24 (19:13) 3. Laura Flippes (FRA) 45 @ Rostov-Don W18:26 (12:13) 4. Manon Houette (FRA) 31 vs Brest Bretagne Handball W39:26 (17:13) 5. Orlane Kanor (FRA) 30 metz-handball.com @ Kobenhavn Handball L36:33 (15:17) MetzHandballOfficiel

@MetzHandball GROUP MATCHES RESULTS @metzhandballofficiel vs Larvik HK W31:20(16:8) @ Odense HC D19:19 (10:10) vs Buducnost W25:24 (8:11)

Kit colours @ Buducnost L23:19 (9:10) @ Larvik HK W21:31 (9:15) Light vs Odense HC W41:26 (21:12) Player shirt: yellow Player short: blue Past achievements GK shirt: red Women’s EHF Champions League Dark Participations (including 2018/19 season): 20 Player shirt: blue & grey Quarter-final (2): 2016/17, 2017/18 Player short: blue Main Round (2): 2011/12, 2014/15 GK shirt: blue Last 16 (2): 1994/95, 1995/96 Last 32 (1): 1993/94 Group Matches (8): 1996/97, 1997/98, 1999/2000, 2000/01, 2002/03, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2013/14 Playing hall Qualification (4): 2004/05, 2005/06, 2006/07, “Les Arenes” Metz 2007/08 5 av. Rue Louis le Debonnaire Other 57000 Metz EHF Cup: Runners-up 2012/13, quarter-final France 2000/01, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2007/08 Capacity: 5,000 Cup Winners’ Cup: final 2012/13, semi-final 1998/99, 2003/04, 2009/10, 2010/11 French league: 22 titles (1989, 1990, 1993- 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004-2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016-18) French cup: 7 titles 18 Metz Handball

EHF Champions League club records

Biggest win 37:18 (17:10) v Astrakhanochka RUS (h), 11.02.2017 Biggest defeat 34:17 (13:10) v Mar El Osito L’Eliana ESP (a), 25.01.1998 Longest winning run 4 matches (22.10.2016 – 11.11.2016) Longest unbeaten run 4 matches (22.10.2016 – 11.11.2016) 4 matches (15.04.2018 – 21.10.2018) MATCHES Longest losing run 6 matches (11.01.2003 – 01.11.2008) Longest winning run 4 Longest run without win 8 matches (10.11.1996 – 15.11.1997) 8 matches (04.02.2012 – 12.10.2013) GOALS Most goals Most goals 42 v HC Vardar MKD 42:28W (h), 05.03.2017 42 Most goals opponent 37 v Viborg HK DEN 24:37L (h), 01.11.2008

GOALS 37 v RK Krim Mercator SLO 30:37L (h), 24.10.2009 70 Most goals both teams Most goals both teams 70 v HC Vardar MKD 42:28W (h), 05.03.2017 Fewest goals 14 v Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 27:14L (a), 17.11.1996 Fewest goals opponent 17 v Byasen Trondheim NOR 16:17L (h), 10.11.1996 Fewest goals both teams 33 v Byasen Trondheim NOR 16:17L (h), 10.11.1996

Past seasons

MP W T L GF GA GD PTS Stage1994/95 1996/97 ASPTT Metz FRA 6 0 2 4 108:137 –29 2:10 4th Gr. C 1997/98 ASPTT Metz HB FRA 6 1 1 4 135:166 –31 3:9 4th Gr. B 1999/00 ASPTT Metz FRA 6 3 0 3 130:121 +9 6:6 3rd Gr. A 2002/03 Handball Metz Metropole FRA 6 1 0 5 142:176 –34 2:10 4th Gr. D 2008/09 Metz Handball FRA 6 2 0 4 173:188 -15 4:8 3rd Gr. D 2009/10 Metz Handball FRA 6 2 1 3 163:174 -11 5:7 3rd Gr. B 2011/12 Metz Handball FRA 12 3 1 8 298:322 -24 7:17 4th MR Gr. 2 2013/14 Metz Handball FRA 6 3 0 3 149:144 +5 6:6 3rd Gr. C 2014/15 Metz Handball FRA 12 3 1 8 305:318 –13 7:17 5th MR Gr. 2 2016/17 Metz Handball FRA 14 8 0 6 376:338 +38 16:12 1/4-finals 2017/18 Metz Handball FRA 14 10 0 4 372:354 +18 20:8 1/4-finals 2018/19 Metz Handball FRA 6 4 1 1 166:133 +33 9:3 MR Total: 94 36 6 52 2517:2571 –54 87:113

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Emmanuel Mayonnade coach • at the age of 35, is the youngest CL coach in 2018/19 • started coaching when he was 23 in Mios; a club he left 10 years later only because it suffered bankruptcy • appreciated by his players for his understanding and closeness • won two Challenge Cup titles with Mios, in 2011 and 2015 • took the reins of the Dutch national team in March

EC trophies: Challenge Cup 2011 & 2015

Late entries: Ekaterina Levsha (from retirement)

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Team roster

No. First name Surname Nat. Position Date of birth Place of birth Height 37 Ilya Bel-Gareh NED Right Wing 11/09/1997 Beek, NED 168 88 Ilona Di Rocco FRA Centre Back 18/05/2000 Sedan, FRA 175 24 Manuela Dos Reis FRA Goalkeeper 29/06/1999 Verdun, FRA 181 3 Beatrice Edwige FRA Line Player 03/10/1988 Paris, FRA 182 8 Laura Flippes FRA Right Wing 13/12/1994 Strasbourg, FRA 171 5 Daphne Gautschi SUI Left Back 09/07/2000 Muri, SUI 171 1 FRA Goalkeeper 20/08/1993 Besancon, FRA 178 11 Manon Houette FRA Left Wing 02/07/1992 Le Mans, FRA 171 20 Emma Jacques FRA Right Back 29/11/2001 Metz, FRA 191 21 Laura Kanor FRA Left Wing 16/07/1997 Les Abymes, FRA 175 17 Orlane Kanor FRA Left Back 16/07/1997 Les Abymes, FRA 178 12 Ivana Kapitanovic CRO Goalkeeper 17/09/1994 Split, CRO 183 19 Charlotte Kieffer FRA Left Back 21/02/1998 Schiltigheim, FRA 185 70 Julie Le Blevec FRA Right Wing 27/06/2000 Neuilly sur Seine, FRA 165 15 Ekaterina Levsha RUS Right Wing 06/04/1993 Maykop, RUS 168 27 Marion Maubon FRA Left Wing 27/07/1989 Bordeaux, FRA 165 9 Astride N’Gouan FRA Line Player 09/07/1991 Saint-Denis, FRA 187 29 Gnonsiane Niombla FRA Right Back 09/07/1990 Villeurbanne, FRA 172 10 Meline Nocandy FRA Centre Back 25/02/1998 Saint-Claude, FRA 172 26 Sharon Nooitmeer NED Line Player 11/06/1999 Delft, NED 178 16 Laura Portes FRA Goalkeeper 27/03/2000 Strasbourg, FRA 174 14 Anna Seguin FRA Line Player 21/04/1999 Bruges, BEL 185 22 Xenia Smits GER Left Back 22/04/1994 Wilrijk, BEL 182 7 C Grace Zaadi Deuna FRA Centre Back 07/07/1993 Courcouronnes, FRA 171 18 Aleksandra Zych POL Right Back 28/07/1993 Walbrzych, POL 186

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Laura Glauser @lolote200893 goalkeeper • joined in 2011, she is the longest-serving Metz player alongside Jurswailly Luciano • a fan favourite thanks to her never-ending good mood • a very important player in the national team • back playing after a year off to give birth to her daughter

OG: S 2016, EHF EURO: G 2018, S 2016

Manon Houette left wing • returned to France in the summer of 2017 after a season with Thüringer HC • before the stint in Germany, she had only played for Fleury Loiret Handball • was elected best left wing in the Bundesliga in 2016/17 • made her national team debut in 2014 and is now a regular, sharing the left wing position with captain Siraba Dembele

EHF EURO: G 2018, S 2016, OG: S 2016, WCh: G 2017

Xenia Smits @_xnia_ left back • born in Belgium, raised in Germany and playing in France since 2015; also holds a German passport • she and Isabell Klein were the first two female German players in the French league • has played in three leagues so far: German with Blomberg-Lippe, French with Metz, and Belgian with HC Rhino • at 24, one of the key players for the German national team

Grace Zaadi @gracezaadi centre back @Graace_Z • one of the products of the local handball school in Metz • plays at centre back but is also able to help on the left side • big social media fan, often seen on Twitter sporting outlandish hats and original outfits • has extended her contract with Metz until 2020

EHF EURO: G 2018, S 2016, OG: S 2016, WCh: G 2017

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Beatrice Edwige @edwige_beatrice line player • mainly a defensive specialist but also valuable player in attack • branded by France national team coach Olivier Krumbholz as one of the five best defenders in the world, was crowned best defender at EHF EURO 2016 • shares the same passion for social media as Grace Zaadi • has already signed a contract with Györ for next season

EHF EURO: G 2018, S 2016; OG: S 2016, WCh: G 2017

Astride N’Gouan line player • young French line player who arrived in Metz in the summer of 2018 to replace Laurisa Landré • was captain and a key defensive player with her former side, Brest • also has CL experience with Issy Paris Hand, from the 2012/13 season

OG: S 2016, EHF EURO: G 2018, S 2016, WCh: G 2017

Aleksandra Zych right back • joined from Vistal Gdynia, where she played two CL seasons, in 2012/13 and 2017/18 • played for Poland at EHF EURO 2014 and WCh 2015, where they reached the semis • will leave Metz at the end of the season to German side Dortmund, and will be replaced by , who plays for Herning-Ikast • Vistal Gdynia was her first senior team after SMS Gliwice sports school • also a keen beach handball player

Laura Flippes right wing • signed to replace injured Jurswailly Luciano • played for Astrakhanochka for seven seasons • last summer, decided to finish her career and looked for a job outside handball • hesitated before signing with Metz but decided in favour of it after talking to her family

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Odense HC vs Györi Audi ETO KC

First leg: Sunday 7 April 2019, 16:50 hrs CET Second leg: Sunday 14 March 2019, 17:30 hrs CET

• in their maiden season in the Women´s • in spite of learning the new head EHF Champions League, Odense have coach, Gábor Danyi’s system Győr have 34 reached the quarter-final as the only victories with 2 draws in every ompetition Danish team. in the whole season • for the first time in history, Odense won • Zsuzsanna Tomori returned to the the Danish league this season. squad after a knee injury in March 2018, however she will leave as well as Nycke • with an average saving percentage of 45, Groot the four-time CL winners at the end goalkeeper became the of this season best goalkeeper in the Danish league. • the title holder already won one title in • Odense had seven players at the EHF the 2018/19 period as they beat FTC in the EURO 2018 in France last December domestic cup’s final • torn anterior cruciate ligament • after more than one year of absence, has sidelined right back and Danish Nora Mørk is yet again on the court, international the rest of although she will join CSM Bucuresti when the season and great parts of next season, this season is over. while Brazilian right wing Jessica Quintano is sidelined due to pregnancy • while Amanda Kurtovic, , Béatrice Edwige will be the newcomers from the 2019/20 season of the “Best team in Hungary in 2018” awarded club, already helps Győr

Historic encounters of the opponents in the EC

Odense HC vs Györi Audi ETO KC No previous encounters in European competitions

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4th GROUP 1 Odense HC

GROUP 1 FINAL STANDINGS 1. Metz Handball 10 7 1 2 299:242 (57) 15 2. Rostov-Don 10 7 1 2 261:241 (20) 15 3. Buducnost 10 5 1 4 245:248 (-3) 11 Club Address Odense HC 4. Odense HC 10 3 2 5 246:267 (-21) 8 Lumbyvej 11 C, st. tv. 5. Kobenhavn Handball 10 3 2 5 271:280 (-9) 8 5000 Odense C Denmark 6. Brest Bretagne Handball 10 0 3 7 253:297 (-44) 3

Media contact Maria V. Eilertsen MAIN ROUND RESULTS TOP SCORERS +4520637130 [email protected] vs Brest Bretagne Handball W28:24 (14:10) 1. Mette Tranborg (DEN) 44 @ Kobenhavn Handball D24:24 (12:9) 2. (DEN) 39 vs Rostov-Don L26:30 (13:17) 3. Mie Højlund (DEN) 36 odensehaandbold.dk @ Brest Bretagne Handball W24:29 (13:13) 4. (DEN) 32 vs Kobenhavn Handball W25:23 (13:11) 5. Trine Østergaard (DEN) 30 odensehaandbold @ Rostov-Don vs Odense HC L25:19 (14:10) @odensehaandbold

Kit colours GROUP MATCHES RESULTS

Light @ Buducnost L31:28(17:12) Player shirt: orange vs Metz Handball D19:19 (10:10) Player short: black @ Larvik HK W25:33 (13:16) GK shirt: red or green vs Larvik HK W27:23 (13:13) vs Buducnost L22:26 (14:13) Dark Player shirt: black @ Metz Handball L41:26 (21:12) Player short: black GK shirt: red or green Past achievements Women’s EHF Champions League Participations (including 2018/19 season): 1

Other EHF Cup: quarter-final 2015/16 Cup Winners’ Cup: Last 16 2013/14

Danish league: - (runners-up 2018)

Playing hall Odense Idraetshal Hojstrupvej 5 5200 Odense Denmark Capacity: 2,236

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EHF Champions League club records

Biggest win 33:25 (16:13) v Larvik HK NOR (a), 19.10.2018 Biggest defeat 26:41 (12:21) v Metz Handball FRA (a), 18.11.2018 Longest winning run 2 matches (19.10.2018 – 04.11.2018) Longest unbeaten run 3 matches (14.10.2018 – 04.11.2018) Longest losing run 2 matches (11.11.2018 – 18.11.2018) MATCHES Longest run without win 2 matches (06.10.2018 – 14.10.2018) Longest winning run 2 2 matches (11.11.2018 – 18.11.2018) Most goals 28 v Buducnost MNE 28:31L (a), 06.10.2018 GOALS Most goals Most goals opponent 41 v Metz Handball FRA 26:41L (a), 18.11.2018 28 Most goals both teams 67 v Metz Handball FRA 26:41L (a), 18.11.2018

GOALS Fewest goals 19 v Metz Handball FRA 19:19D (h), 14.10.2018 38 Most goals both teams Fewest goals opponent 19 v Metz Handball FRA 19:19D (h), 14.10.2018 Fewest goals both teams 38 v Metz Handball FRA 19:19D (h), 14.10.20

Past seasons

MP W T L GF GA GD PTS Stage1994/95 2018/19 Odense HC DEN 6 2 1 3 155:165 -10 5:7 MR Total: 6 2 1 3 155:165 -10 5:7

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Jan Pytlick coach • joined Odense from Macedonian side HC Vardar in 2016 • Danish national women’s coach from 1998-2005 and again from 2007- 2014 • in his second season in charge, he led Odense to the club’s best ever result - runners-up in the Danish league • his original profession was bricklayer • his huge international experience is his greatest asset

WCh: B 2013, EURO: G 2002, S 1998, OG: G 2000, 2004

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Team roster

No. First name Surname Nat. Position Date of birth Place of birth Height 3 Suzanne Bækhøj DEN Left Wing 23/03/1996 Århus, DEN 165 8 Ingvild Bakkerud NOR Left Back 09/07/1995 Kongsberg, NOR 187 10 Jessica Quintino BRA Right Wing 17/04/1991 Sao Paulo, BRA 172 19 Sara Hald DEN Line Player 04/06/1996 Holstebro, DEN 175 36 DEN Line Player 26/03/1992 Rudersdal, DEN 185 32 Mie Højlund DEN Centre Back 24/10/1997 Favrskov, DEN 173 9 NOR Right Back 28/03/1990 Gjøvik, NOR 169 25 Trine Østergaard DEN Right Wing 17/10/1991 Skanderborg, DEN 165 28 Stine Jørgensen DEN Left Back 03/09/1990 Brønderslev, DEN 180 18 C Kamilla Kristensen DEN Line Player 02/09/1983 Birkerød, DEN 183 6 Freja Cohrt DEN Left Wing 20/01/1994 Odense, DEN 170 7 Susanne Madsen DEN Left Back 13/07/1991 Allerød, DEN 180 27 Nadia Offendal DEN Centre Back 22/10/1994 Gentofte, DEN 172 16 Althea Reinhardt DEN Goalkeeper 01/09/1996 Aarhus, DEN 178 13 Mathilde Schæfer DEN Left Back 13/07/1997 Odense, DEN 184 14 Mette Tranborg DEN Right Back 01/01/1996 Aarhus, DEN 187 33 Tess Wester NED Goalkeeper 19/05/1993 Heehuggwaard, NED 178

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Althea Reinhardt goalkeeper • joined from 2nd league club Roskilde Håndbold in the summer of 2019 • has passed Dutch international Tess Wester as first-choice keeper during 2018/19 • regular in the Danish national team as a stable backup to • with an average saving of 45 %, the best keeper in the Danish league this season • sidelined with a brain concussion for a while recently after being hit by a shot, but is reported fully fit again

Freja Cohrt left wing • joined from league rivals Silkeborg Voel in the summer of 2017 • was part of the Danish team that won the under 18 WCh 2013 in Montenegro • a fast and technically skilled winger with a god variety of shots

Stine Jørgensen @stinejorg left back • joined Odense before the 2017/18 season, coming from Midtjylland • tall (1.80 m) movable left back with a good and varied shot • key player in the Danish national team as well as with Odense; awarded Danish national team player of the year 2016

WCh: B 2013

Mie Højlund @miehjlund centre back • joined from league rivals Randers HK in the summer of 2017 • was selected but did not take part in the WCh 2015 (shoulder injury) and EHF EURO 2016 (school exams) but is now a regular national team player • by many considered one of the greatest playmaker talents in Denmark • is fast, inventive and in possession of an excellent two-feet feint

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Nadia Offendal @nadiaoffendal centre back • joined from second division club HØJ in the summer of 2013 • made national team debut in EHF EURO 2018 qualifier against Czech Republic • is seen as a valuable backup to Mie Hajlund as playmaker • is particularly good in seven-against-six situations, which Odense coach likes applying

@heindahl Kathrine Heindahl line player • joined from league rivals Randers HK in the summer of 2017 • is also first choice on the line in the Danish national team • runs her own firm, selling tracksuits for women • physically strong and equally good at both ends of the court

Ingvild Bakkerud left back • joined from Norwegian league club Skrim Kongsberg in the summer of 2018 • normally left back, but has been used a lot on the right back after Mette Tranborg was injured • has played nine internationals for Norway until April 2019 • tall and physically strong play who can play all three backcourt positions almost equally well

Trine Østergaard @toestergaard right wing • started career at local club Galten FS, where she also played football • joined Odense in 2017 from FC Midtjylland, after winning the EHF Cup, the Cup Winners’ Cup and a string of national titles with FCM • scored 21 goals to help Denmark win bronze at the WCh 2013 in Serbia

EC trophies: EHF Cup 2011, Cup Winners’ Cup 2015 WCh: B 2013

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1st GROUP 2 Györi Audi ETO KC

GROUP 2 FINAL STANDINGS 1. Györi Audi ETO KC 10 8 2 0 333:267 (66) 18 2. Vipers Kristiansand 10 6 0 4 288:265 (23) 12 3. FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 10 5 2 3 298:306 (-8) 12 4. CSM Bucuresti 10 5 1 4 292:282 (10) 11 Club Address Győri Audi ETO KC 5. RK Krim Mercator 10 2 1 7 243:281 (-38) 5 Kiskutliget 9027 Győr 6. Thüringer HC 10 0 2 8 255:308 (-53) 2 Hungary Media contact MAIN ROUND RESULTS TOP SCORERS Tamas Szabo vs CSM Bucuresti W36:27 (22:15) +36 20 505 63 07 1.Nycke Groot (NED) 62 [email protected] @ FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria D32:32 (16:15) 2. Anne Mette Hansen (DEN) 49 vs Vipers Kristiansand W33:29 (19:14) Stine Oftedal (NOR) 49 @ CSM Bucuresti W25:27 (10:14) 4. (NOR) 37 vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria D32:32 (15:13) 5. Eduarda Amorim Taleska (BRA) 35 www.gyorietokc.hu @ Vipers Kristiansand W26:33 (17:17) Kari Brattset (NOR) 35 Győri-Audi-ETO-KC GROUP MATCHES RESULTS @gyoriaudietokc_official vs RK Krim Mercator W39:23 (18:9) @ HC Podravka Vegeta W27:33 (15:17) @ Thüringer HC W22:38 (11:15) Kit colours vs Thüringer HC W31:28 (19:15) @ RK Krim Mercator W23:32 (10:16) Light vs HC Podravka Vegeta W37:17 (17:9) Player shirt: white Player short: white GK shirt: red Past achievements Dark Women’s EHF Champions League Player shirt: green Participations (including 2018/19 season): 16 Player short: green Winners (4): 2012/13, 2013/14, 2016/17, GK shirt: blue, black 2017/18 Runners-up (3): 2008/09, 2011/12, 2015/16 Semi-finals (4): 2006/07, 2007/08, 2009/10, 2010/11 Quarter-finals (1): 2014/15 Group Matches (2): 2000/01, 2005/06 Playing hall Qualification (1): 2004/05 AUDI Arena Györ Toth Laszlo utja Other 9027 Györ Cup Winners’ Cup: Runners-up 2005/06, Hungary Semi-final 2002/03 Capacity: 5,250 EHF Cup: Runners-up 1998/99, 2001/02, 2003/04, 2004/05 Hungarian league: 14 titles (1957, 1959, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018) Hungarian cup: 14 titles 31 Györi Audi ETO KC

EHF Champions League club records

Biggest win 37:16 (17:9) v Hypo Niederösterreich AUT (h), 08.11.2015 Biggest defeat 39:28 (20:12) v Spartak Kiev UKR (a), 17.02.2001 Longest winning run 15 matches (05.02.2018 – 17.11.2018) Longest unbeaten run 22 matches (05.05.2013 – 23.11.2014) Longest losing run 3 matches (11.02.2001 – 07.01.2006) MATCHES Longest run without win 4 matches (28.01.2001 – 07.01.2006) Longest winning run 15 4 matches (20.03.2011 – 02.10.2011) Most goals 41 v Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 41:22W (h), 05.10.2013 GOALS Most goals Most goals opponent 39 v Spartak Kiev UKR 39:28L (a), 17.02.2001 41 Most goals both teams 73 v HC Podravka Vegeta CRO 33:40W (a), 13.01.2008

GOALS Fewest goals 18 v Larvik NOR 18:24L (h), 20.03.2011 73 Most goals both teams 18 v WHC Vardar SCBT 24:18L (a), 04.04.2015 Fewest goals opponent 14 v SD Itxako ESP 14:20W (a), 14.11.2009 Fewest goals both teams 34 v SD Itxako ESP 14:20W (a), 14.11.2009

Past seasons

MP W T L GF GA GD PTS Stage1994/95 2000/01 Györi Graboplast ETO HUN 6 1 2 3 156:168 –12 4:8 4th Gr. D 2005/06 Györi ETO Kezilabda Club HUN 6 3 0 3 154:169 -15 6:6 3rd Gr. D 2006/07 Györi Audi ETO KC HUN 10 6 0 4 291:267 +24 12:8 1/2-finals 2007/08 Györi Audi ETO HUN 14 11 0 3 415:366 +49 22:6 1/2-finals 2008/09 Györi Audi ETO KC HUN 16 11 1 4 454:415 +39 23:9 Runner-up 2009/10 Györi AUDI ETO KC HUN 14 8 2 4 355:337 +18 18:10 1/2-finals 2010/11 Györi AUDI ETO KC HUN 14 10 1 3 387:334 +53 21:7 1/2-finals 2011/12 Györi AUDI ETO KC HUN 16 10 1 5 472:422 +50 21:11 Runner-up 2012/13 Györi Audi ETO KC HUN 16 15 0 1 435:346 +89 30:2 Winner 2013/14 Györi Audi ETO KC HUN 14 12 2 0 408:337 +71 26:2 Winner 2014/15 Györi Audi ETO KC HUN 14 10 1 3 385:313 +72 21:7 1/4-finals 2015/16 Györi Audi ETO KC HUN 16 12 1 3 436:357 +79 25:7 Runner-up 2016/17 Györi Audi ETO KC HUN 16 13 1 2 481:390 +91 27:5 Winner 2017/18 Györi Audi ETO KC HUN 16 14 0 2 442:365 +77 28:4 Winner 2018/19 Györi Audi ETO KC HUN 6 6 0 0 210:140 +70 12:0 MR Total: 194 142 12 40 5481:4726 +755 296:92

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Gábor Danyi coach • became head coach in 2018 to replace Ambros Martín, who joined Rostov-Don • born in Pécs, joined Györ in 2011 as an assistant coach, working with Csaba Konkoly, Karl Erik Böhn and Ambros Martín • previously coached the women’s and men’s teams of Pécs in the Hungarian league • assistant coach of the youth and junior national team of Hungary several times between 2001 and 2013

Late entries: Bianka Acs (reserve team of Györ) Crina Pintea (Paris 92, FRA)

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Team roster

No. First name Surname Nat. Position Date of birth Place of birth Height 9 Bianka Acs HUN Line Player 09/09/2000 Kapuvár, HUN 180 4 Sara Afentaler HUN Right Back 08/12/2000 Siklós, HUN 180 18 Eduarda Amorim Taleska BRA Left Back 23/09/1986 Blumenau, BRA 186 33 Bernadett Bodi HUN Right Wing 09/03/1986 Szeged, HUN 175 7 Kari Skaar Brattset NOR Line Player 15/02/1991 Fredrikstad, NOR 183 31 Yvette Broch NED Line Player 21/12/1990 Monster, NED 185 20 Johanna Farkas HUN Centre Back 19/02/2002 Sárvár, HUN 166 32 Csenge Fodor HUN Left Wing 23/04/1999 Keszthely, HUN 174 13 C Anita Görbicz HUN Left Wing 13/05/1983 Veszprem, HUN 174 85 Kari Aalvik Grimsbø NOR Goalkeeper 04/01/1985 Bergen, NOR 180 27 Cornelia Nycke Groot NED Centre Back 04/05/1988 Alkmaar, NED 175 8 Anne Mette Hansen DEN Left Back 25/08/1994 Glostrup, DEN 177 17 Dora Kellermann HUN Centre Back 07/03/2000 Györ, HUN 169 73 Eva Kiss HUN Goalkeeper 10/07/1987 Debrecen, HUN 189 3 Jana Knedlikova CZE Left Wing 22/06/1989 Praha, CZE 167 21 Veronica Kristiansen NOR Left Back 10/07/1990 Stavanger, NOR 175 5 Laura Kürthi HUN Back 16/03/2002 Györ, HUN 180 12 FRA Goalkeeper 02/05/1986 Aubenas, FRA 178 10 Nora Mørk NOR Right Back 05/04/1991 Oslo, NOR 167 15 NOR Centre Back 25/09/1991 Oslo, NOR 168 14 Tamara Pal HUN Centre Back 01/09/2000 Debrecen, HUN 176 77 Crina Pintea ROU Line Player 03/04/1990 Podu Turculoi, ROU 192 57 Szidonia Puhalak HUN Left Wing 05/07/1996 Szeged, HUN 177 23 Zsuzsanna Tomori HUN Left Back 18/06/1987 Budapest, HUN 187 16 Nikolett Tothova SVK Goalkeeper 14/12/2001 Komarno, SVK 192 6 Emöke Varga HUN Line Player 09/03/2000 Csorna, HUN 179

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Kari Aalvik Grimsbo @aalvikgrimsbo goalkeeper • joined Györ from Danish during the 2014/15 season • started her career at the age of five, had her debut for Byasen in the Norwegian league at the age of 17 • one of three outstanding goalkeepers in Györ’s squad, alongside Eva Kiss and newcomer Amandine Leynaud

EC trophies: CL 2017, 2018 OG: G 2008, 2012, B 2016, WCh: G 2011, 2015, S 2007, 2017, B 2009, EURO: G 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016

Amandine Leynaud @doudoud86 goalkeeper • joined Györ from Vardar in the summer of 2018 • was one of the crucial players for Vardar in five seasons since 2013 • CL All-star Team nominee in 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017/18 • came close, but never won the CL with Vardar: they finished runners-up twice and placed third three times

OG: S 2016, WCh: G 2017, S 2009, S 2011, EHF EURO: G 2018, B 2016

Kari Brattset @kbrattset left wing • joined from Vipers Kristiansand in the summer of 2018; previously played for other Norwegian clubs Sarpsborg IL, Fredrikstad and Glassverket • was part of the Norwegian team that won silver at the WCh 2017 • physically strong and efficient line player, also good in the defence • All-star line player, Best Player and ‘Fan’s Favourite’ of Norwegian league in 2018

WCh: S 2017

Anita Görbicz @gorbe13 left wing/centre back • passed the 800-goal milestone in the CL in 2016/17 • World Handball Player of Year in 2005, but won first CL title only eight years later • top scorer in CL in 2011/12, voted best centre back at three WCh in a row (2003-07) • missed most of 2014/15 due to maternity leave, but returned strongly in 2016/17 and was leading player in Györ’s third CL title in five years • CL All-star left wing nominee in 2017/18

EC trophies: CL 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018 WCh: S 2003, B 2005, EHF EURO: B 2004, 2012

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Eduarda Amorim Taleska @duda18amorim left back • World Player of the Year in 2014, first arrived in Europe from her native Brazil in 2006, joining Kometal Skopje • moved to Györ in 2009, became one of the leaders in the defence • All-star left back at WCh 2013 and CL 2013/14, and All-star defender in CL 2015/16 and 2016/17

EC trophies: CL 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018 WCh: G 2013, Pan-American Games: G 2003, 2007, 2011

Nycke Groot @nyckegroot centre back • Dutch playmaker, who made an immediate impact after arriving in Györ in 2015 • moved to Denmark at a young age to play for Holstebro and later FC Midtjylland, which she led to the FINAL4 in 2014 as she become the event’s top scorer (20 goals) • CL All-star centre back 2015/16, player of the year in the Danish league in 2014, EHF Player of the Month for December 2016, EHF EURO 2016 All-star centre back and MVP

EC trophies: CL 2017, 2018 EURO: S 2016, B 2018; WCh: S 2015, B 2017

Veronica Kristiansen @veronicakristiansen centre back • joined Györ from Midtjylland in the summer of 2018 • sister Jeanette is also playing in the CL, with Norwegian side Vipers Kristiansand • usually called ‘Vicky,’ she is a versatile playmaker with a fine eye for her teammates and good at making herself dangerous, too • Midtjylland was her first foreign club after playing for four different Norwegian sides

OG: B 2016, EURO: G 2014, 2016, WCh: S 2017

Bernadett Bodi @bodika11.bb right wing • experienced 32-year-old player, who made debut for Györ in 2002/03 • returned to the club in 2013 after playing for Randers (DEN) and Bekescsabai (HUN) • going into her ninth CL season with Györ • set personal best of 35 goals in CL season 2016/17, and came just one short (34) of her own record the following season

EC trophies: CL 2014, 2017, 2018

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FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria vs Rostov-Don

First leg: Sunday 7 April 2019, 14:30 hrs CET Second leg: Saturday 13 April 2019, 15:00 hrs CET

• Noémi Háfra became a true leader not • the Russian champions play their just in FTC but in the national team as well first season under the head coach • Katrin Klujber - who re-signed with the Ambros Martin, who had led Gyor to four team until 2022 – was crowned for the Champions League titles in the past first-time as EHF Player of the Month after • Rostov finished first in Group B in her sensational performance in February group matches and second in Group 1 • the centre back, Nerea Pena leaves behind Metz in the man round “Fradi” after this season and join to Siófok • so far, they have lost only twice in the • after almost falling out during the group current European season, and both times matches, the green-white shirted unit to Metz managed to stay unbeaten in the main round • Anna Vyakhireva is sidelined for the • the management of FTC builds mostly rest of the season after severely injuring on the Hungarian players who won the her elbow in late January 2018 Women’s Junior World Handball • Rostov had a perfect record in the Championships in Debrecen regular season of Russian Super League, winning all 20 matches • on the last day of March, the team won the for the fifth straight year

Historic encounters of the opponents in the EC

FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria vs Rostov-Don 1-1-4 (155:161) 3:9 05.02.2012 Rostov-Don vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria, Cup Winners’ Cup – Last 16 23:22 (13:8) 11.02.2012 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria vs Rostov-Don, Cup Winners’ Cup – Last 16 32:23 (15:11) 09.01.2016 Rostov-Don vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria, EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 1 23:21 (13:11) 13.02.2016 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria vs Rostov-Don, EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 1 29:29 (15:13) 07.04.2018 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria vs Rostov-Don, EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 29:31 (15:16) 14.04.2018 Rostov-Don vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria, EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 32:22 (20:12)

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3rd GROUP 2 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria

GROUP 2 FINAL STANDINGS 1. Györi Audi ETO KC 10 8 2 0 333:267 (66) 18 2. Vipers Kristiansand 10 6 0 4 288:265 (23) 12 3. FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 10 5 2 3 298:306 (-8) 12 4. CSM Bucuresti 10 5 1 4 292:282 (10) 11 Club Address FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 5. RK Krim Mercator 10 2 1 7 243:281 (-38) 5 Kobanyai ut 47/a. 1101 Budapest 6. Thüringer HC 10 0 2 8 255:308 (-53) 2 Hungary

Media contact Adam Schleinig MAIN ROUND RESULTS TOP SCORERS +36 704 454 902 @ Thüringer HC W32:35 (19:19) 1. Noemi Hafra (HUN) 66 [email protected] vs Györi Audi ETO KC D32:32 (16:15) 2. Nerea Pena (ESP) 65 @ RK Krim Mercator W23:25 (10:10) 3. Aniko Kovacsics (HUN) 52 vs Thüringer HC W30:29 (17:12) 4. Katrin Klujber (HUN) 44 @ Györi Audi ETO KC D32:32 (15:13) kezilabda.fradi.hu 5. Nadine Schatzl (HUN) 28 vs RK Krim Mercator W31:27 (16:11) ftckezilabda

@ftc_kezilabda GROUP MATCHES RESULTS @ CSM Bucuresti L36:31(18:13) vs Vipers Kristiansand W27:26 (17:14) Kit colours @ SG BBM Bietigheim W25:28 (14:13) Light vs SG BBM Bietigheim W33:30 (17:13) Player shirt: white vs CSM Bucuresti L28:34 (10:17) Player short: white @ Vipers Kristiansand L35:27 (18:14) GK shirt: red

Dark Past achievements Player shirt: green Women’s EHF Champions League Player short: green Participations (including 2018/19 season): 19 GK shirt: blue/black Runners-up (1): 2001/02 Semi-finals (2): 1996/97, 2000/01 Quarter-finals (6): 1999/2000, 2002/03, 2003/04, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18 Main Round (1): 2012/13 Group Matches/Champions League (6): Playing hall 1994/95, 1995/96, 1997/98, 2006/07, 2007/08, Erd Arena 2013/14 Velencei ut 39-41 Qualification (2): 2009/10, 2014/15 2030 Erd Other Hungary EHF Cup: winners 2005/06, semi-finals 2004/05 Capacity: 2,200 Cup Winners’ Cup: winners 2010/11, 2011/12, semi-finals 2006/07, 2014/15 Hungarian league: 12 titles (1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2015) Hungarian cup: 13 titles 38 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria

EHF Champions League club records

Biggest win 42:16 (19:7) v Anagennisi Artas GRE (h), 18.01.1997 Biggest defeat 40:23 (22:10) v Györi Audi ETO KC HUN (a), 09.04.2016 Longest winning run 5 matches (14.10.2012 – 11.11.2012) 5 matches (20.11.2016 – 25.02.2017) Longest unbeaten run 8 matches (09.11.2013 – 22.11.2015)

MATCHES Longest losing run 4 matches (12.01.2007 – 17.02.2007) 5 Longest winning run 4 matches (27.10.2007 – 16.11.2007) 4 matches (02.03.2013 – 06.10.2013) GOALS 4 matches (11.03.2017 – 06.10.2017) Most goals 42 Longest run without win 5 matches (16.11.2013 – 01.03.2014) 5 matches (05.03.2017 – 06.10.2017) GOALS 70 Most goals both teams Most goals 42 v Anagennisi Artas GRE 42:16W (h), 18.01.1997 Most goals opponent 40 v Györi Audi ETO KC HUN 40:23L (a), 09.04.2016 Most goals both teams 70 v Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 34:36L (h), 10.02.2007 70 v Larvik NOR 37:33W (h), 14.10.2017 Fewest goals 17 v Volgograd AKVA RUS 22:17L (a), 03.03.2001 Fewest goals opponent 16 v Anagennisi Artas GRE 42:16W (h), 18.01.1997 16 v TUS Walle Bremen GER 27:16W (h), 25.01.1997 16 v HC Podravka Vegeta CRO 28:16W (h), 18.10.2015 Fewest goals both teams 36 v Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 18:18D (h), 31.03.1996

Past seasons

MP W T L GF GA GD PTS Stage1994/95 1994/95 Ferencvaros Budapest HUN 6 3 1 2 135:129 +6 7:5 3rd Gr. B 1995/96 Ferencvaros Budapest HUN 6 3 2 1 145:137 +8 8:4 2nd Gr. B 1996/97 Ferencvaros Budapest HUN 10 6 1 3 264:208 +56 13:7 1/2-finals 1997/98 HERZ – FTC Budapest HUN 6 1 1 4 147:159 –12 3:9 3rd Gr. B 1999/00 HERZ – FTC Budapest HUN 8 4 0 4 204:201 +3 8:8 1/4-finals 2000/01 HERZ – FTC Budapest HUN 10 5 0 5 264:232 +32 10:10 1/2-finals 2001/02 HERZ – FTC Budapest HUN 12 6 2 4 348:341 +7 14:10 Runner-up 2002/03 HERZ – FTC Budapest HUN 8 6 0 2 252:228 +24 12:4 1/4-finals 2003/04 FTC Budapest HUN 8 5 0 3 220:221 -1 10:6 1/4-finals 2006/07 FTC Budapest HUN 6 2 0 4 177:188 -11 4:8 3rd Gr. D 2007/08 Budapest Bank-FTC HUN 6 1 0 5 165:192 –27 2:10 4th Gr. D 2012/13 FTC Rail Cargo Hungaria HUN 12 8 0 4 346:336 +10 16:8 3rd MR Gr. 2 2013/14 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria HUN 6 3 0 3 162:161 +1 6:6 3rd Gr. B 2015/16 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria HUN 14 7 2 5 378:383 -5 16:12 1/4-finals 2016/17 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria HUN 14 8 2 4 397:361 +36 18:10 1/4-finals 2017/18 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria HUN 14 8 0 6 400:382 +18 16:12 1/4-finals 2018/19 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria HUN 6 3 0 3 174:186 -12 6:6 MR Total: 152 79 11 62 4178:4045 +133 169:135

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Gabor Elek coach • son of legendary coach Gyula Elek, who led FTC for almost three decades, now works in arena named after his father • leads Ferencváros since 2008 but won first domestic title in 2015 as the team regularly finishes runner-up to Györ • won back-to-back Cup Winners’ Cups in 2011 and 2012 • respected member of the Ferencváros family, apart from his father his mother also played for the club

EC trophies: Cup Winners’ Cup: 2011, 2012

Late entries: Dora Horváth (Kisvardai KC) Katrin Klujber (Dunaujvarosi Kohasz) Nikolett Toth (MTK Budapest) Luca Zsiboras (reserve team)

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Team roster

No. First name Surname Nat. Position Date of birth Place of birth Height 16 Blanka Biro HUN Goalkeeper 22/09/1994 Vac, HUN 185 61 Csenge Csatlos HUN Goalkeeper 01/10/2002 Budapest, HUN 177 48 Dorottya Faluvegi HUN Right Wing 31/03/1998 Budapest, HUN 170 19 Kata Farkas HUN Right Back 28/09/1999 Szeged, HUN 180 44 Dora Györfi HUN Right Back 23/09/2001 Debrecen, HUN 175 1 Gréta Hadfi HUN Goalkeeper 28/09/2001 Salgótarján, HUN 174 27 Luca Hafra HUN Left Wing 27/02/2001 Budapest, HUN 169 45 Noemi Hafra HUN Left Back 05/10/1998 Cegléd, HUN 180 92 Dora Hornyak HUN Right Back 24/01/1992 Debrecen, HUN 176 17 Dora Horvath HUN Left Back 23/12/1993 71 Bobana Klikovac MNE Line Player 19/07/1995 , MNE 181 15 Kinga Klivinyi HUN Left Back 31/03/1992 Budapest, HUN 175 42 Katrin Klujber HUN Right Back 21/04/1999 Dunaújváros, HUN 170 91 C Aniko Kovacsics HUN Centre Back 29/08/1991 Nagyatád, HUN 170 22 Viktoria Lukacs HUN Right Wing 31/10/1995 Budapest, HUN 169 26 Djurdjina Malovic MNE Right Back 05/05/1996 Niksic, MNE 182 21 Greta Marton HUN Left Wing 03/10/1999 Mohács, HUN 173 14 Rea Reka Meszaros HUN Line Player 14/04/1994 Vac, HUN 172 11 Lívia Nagy HUN Line Player 28/02/1999 Budapest, HUN 179 25 Nerea Pena Abaurrea ESP Centre Back 13/12/1989 Pamplona, ESP 175 6 Nadine Schatzl HUN Left Wing 19/11/1993 München, GER 173 24 Danick Snelder NED Line Player 22/05/1990 Pijnacker, NED 178 31 Zsofia Szemerey HUN Goalkeeper 02/06/1994 Kazincbarcika, HUN 180 12 Melinda Szikora HUN Goalkeeper 19/11/1988 Kiskunhalas, HUN 175 33 Nikolett Tóth HUN 13/07/2001 Budapest, HUN 173 Luca Zsiboras HUN 21/05/2001

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Blanka Bíró @biroblanka goalkeeper • born and raised in Vác, where she played for eight years • played internationally in the EHF Cup and the Cup Winners’ Cup, and was first called up for the national team at age 18 - for the home EHF EURO 2014 • one of her saves at EHF EURO 2014 was elected ’Save of the Round’ • the 1.86-m tall goalkeeper is an up-and-comer in Hungarian handball and is expected to be the first choice for the national team

Nadine Schatzl @schatzi_nadi left wing • joined FTC in 2015 after three seasons with Erd • had her first CL experience as an 18-year-old with Györ in 2010/11, and she reached the CL Final with that club the following season • born in Munich, Germany, but started playing handball in Mohács at the age of 10 • member of Hungarian national team, and was CL All-star Team nominee in 2016/17

Noémi Háfra left back • one of FTC’s young talents, also part of the Hungarian national team • joined FTC in 2014, spent the 2016/17 season on loan at MTK, and made her CL debut in 2017/18, scoring 16 goals • won Junior WCh 2018 with teammates Dorottya Faluvégi and Gréta Márton • All-star left back of Junior WCh 2018

Nerea Pena @nereitxu25 left back • Spanish international, a clutch player for FTC since being signed from Itxako in 2012 • injury-prone sharp shooter, has been through difficult times after injuring the same knee twice • finished runner-up in the CL with Itxako in 2011; voted to the All-star Team of EHF EURO 2010

EURO: S 2014, WCh: B 2011

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Anikó Kovacsics @kovacsicsaniko_misy8 centre back/left wing • made her CL debut at 16 and is already in her 12th CL season - her third with FTC • joined in 2015 from arch rivals Györ, after not getting enough playing time in the star-studded team • also able to play left wing, and was deployed in that position by Hungary during EHF EURO 2014 • awarded best young CL player in 2012/13

EC trophies: CL 2013, 2014 EURO: B 2012

Danick Snelder @danicksnelder line player • member of the Dutch national team with more than 100 caps to her name, Snelder was a vital part of the team won silver at the WCh 2015 • made it to the All-star Team of the W19 EHF EURO 2009 in Hungary • won four Bundesliga titles with THC before moving to Hungary in 2016 • best line player of 2009/10 in the Netherlands, where she played for Hellas

EURO: S 2016, WCh: S 2015, B 2017

Dorottya Faluvégi @csibi48 right wing • won Junior WCh 2018 with teammates Noémi Háfra and Gréta Márton, and was elected for the All-star Team • made her CL debut with FTC in 2016/17 scoring 11 goals, and topped this performance the following season with 33 goals • was nominated for the CL Best Young Player award in 2017/18 • brother Rudolf is left back at VELUX EHF Champions League 2018 finalists Nantes

Viktoria Lukacs @lukacsviki right wing • Budapest-born talented player, raised by local team Spartacus • only 22, but already entering her seventh European campaign with Ferencváros • since her debut in 2011, she spent just one season away from the club - in 2013/14, when she played for Siofok on loan • had a breakthrough season in 2016/17 as she scored her personal best of 42 goals

EC trophies: Cup Winners’ Cup 2012

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2nd GROUP 1 Rostov-Don

GROUP 1 FINAL STANDINGS 1. Metz Handball 10 7 1 2 299:242 (57) 15 2. Rostov-Don 10 7 1 2 261:241 (20) 15 3. Buducnost 10 5 1 4 245:248 (-3) 11 Club Address 4. Odense HC 10 3 2 5 246:267 (-21) 8 Rostov-Don 1-oy Konnoy Armii street 4E 5. Kobenhavn Handball 10 3 2 5 271:280 (-9) 8 344029 Rostov-on-Don Russia 6. Brest Bretagne Handball 10 0 3 7 253:297 (-44) 3

Media contact Andrey Demyanov MAIN ROUND RESULTS TOP SCORERS +79897198555 @ Metz Handball L29:25 (17:14) [email protected] 1. Anna Vyakhireva (RUS) 51 vs Buducnost W24:22 (13:11) 2. Anna Sen (RUS) 43 @ Odense HC W26:30 (13:17) 3. Lois Abbingh (NED) 40 www.rostovhandball.ru vs Metz Handball L18:26 (12:13) 4. Iuliia Managarova (RUS) 37 @ Buducnost W20:23 (9:11) 5. Kseniya Makeeva (RUS) 30 RostovHandball vs Odense HC W25:19 (14:10) @RostovHandball

@rostovhandball GROUP MATCHES RESULTS vs IK Sävehof W30:21(15:11) @ Brest Bretagne Handball D29:29 (15:16) Kit colours @ Kobenhavn Handball W21:27 (13:13) Light vs Kobenhavn Handball W30:25 (15:10) Player shirt: yellow-black @ IK Sävehof W26:32 (15:14) Player short: yellow vs Brest Bretagne Handball W30:24 (18:12) GK shirt: yellow

Dark Past achievements Player shirt: black-yellow Women’s EHF Champions League Player short: black Participations (including 2018/19 season): 7 GK shirt: dark red Semi-finals (1): 2017/18 (4th) Quarter-finals (1): 2015/16 Group Matches (1): 2016/17 Qualification (3): 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14

Other EHF Cup: winners 2016/17, runners-up Playing hall 2014/15, quarter-final 2009/10 Cup Winners’ Cup: semi-final 2012/13, Palace of Sport Rostov Don 2013/14, quarter-final 2010/11 Khalturinskiy lane 103 344011 Rostov-on-Don Russian league: 6 titles (1990, 1991, 1994, Russia 2015, 2017, 2018) Capacity: 2,300 Russian cup: 11 titles

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EHF Champions League club records

Biggest win 38:21 (21:12) v Fleury Loiret Handball FRA, 20.02.2016 Biggest defeat 32:25 (15:12) v Györi Audi ETO KC HUN, 19.11.2016 Longest winning run 9 matches (17.10.2015 – 06.02.2016) Longest unbeaten run 12 matches (17.10.2015 – 28.02.2016) Longest losing run 4 matches (31.03.2016 – 22.10.2016) MATCHES Longest run without win 4 matches (31.03.2016 – 22.10.2016) Longest winning run 9 Most goals 38 v Fleury Loiret Handball FRA 38:21W (h), 20.02.2016 Most goals opponent 32 v Györi Audi ETO KC HUN 32:25L (a), 19.11.2016) GOALS Most goals Most goals both teams 67 v RK Krim Mercator SLO 31:36W (a), 20.11.2015 38 Fewest goals 19 v HC Vardar MKD 19:25L (a), 12.05.2018

GOALS Fewest goals opponent 20 v HCM Baia Mare ROU 20:22W (a), 30.10.2015 67 Most goals both teams 20 v FC Midtjylland DEN 26:20W (h), 29.10.2016 20 v FC Midtjylland DEN 27:20W (h), 18.11.2017 Fewest goals both teams 42 v HCM Baia Mare ROU 20:22W (a), 30.10.2015 42 v CSM Bucuresti ROU 20:22L (h), 11.11.2016

Past seasons

MP W T L GF GA GD PTS Stage1994/95 2015/16 Rostov-Don RUS 14 11 1 2 405:348 –57 23:5 1/4-finals 2016/17 Rostov-Don RUS 6 1 0 5 142:151 -9 2:10 4th Gr. C 2017/18 Rostov-Don RUS 16 11 1 4 433:386 +47 23:9 Fourth Place 2018/19 Rostov-Don RUS 6 5 1 0 178:146 +32 11:1 MR Total: 42 28 3 11 1158:1031 +127 59:25

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Ambros Martin coach • joined Rostov in the summer of 2018 after six seasons at Györ, and winning four CL titles with the Hungarian outfit • previously coached Spanish side Estrella Itxako for seven years, winning the EHF Cup in 2009 • steered the national team of Romania to 5th place at EHF EURO 2016 in Sweden

EC trophies: CL 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, EHF Cup 2009 (as coach)

Late entries: Milana Tazhenova (Astrakhanochka) Kristina Kozhokar (Astrakhanochka)

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Team roster

No. First name Surname Nat. Position Date of birth Place of birth Height 10 Lois Abbingh NED Left Back 13/08/1992 Groningen, NED 177 17 Vladlena Bobrovnikova RUS Left Back 24/10/1987 Krasnodar, RUS 180 99 Viktoriya Borshchenko UKR Left Wing 05/01/1986 Kherson, UKR 170 87 Angelina Burmistrova RUS Line Player 07/08/2001 Rostov-on-Don, RUS 185 84 Mayssa De Oliveira Pessoa BRA Goalkeeper 11/09/1984 Joao Pessoa, BRA 177 80 Anastasiia Duleva RUS Centre Back 03/07/2000 Rostov-on-Don, RUS 176 23 Regina Kalinichenko RUS Left Back 21/12/1985 Kherson, UKR 179 63 Kristina Kozhokar RUS Right Wing 28/02/1994 Togliatti, RUS 174 88 Polina Kuznetsova RUS Left Wing 10/06/1987 Shopokov, RUS 169 19 Kseniya Makeeva RUS Line Player 19/09/1990 Ufa, RUS 185 6 C Iuliia Managarova RUS Right Wing 27/09/1988 Dniepropetrovsk, UKR 166 18 Valeriia Maslova RUS Right Back 23/01/2001 Rostov-on-Don, RUS 184 1 Galina Mekhdieva RUS Goalkeeper 17/06/1985 Rostov-on-Don, RUS 180 7 Mayya Petrova RUS Line Player 26/05/1982 Volgograd, RUS 172 9 Ana Paula Rodrigues Belo BRA Centre Back 18/10/1987 Sao Luis, BRA 172 21 Anna Sedoykina RUS Goalkeeper 01/08/1984 Volgograd, RUS 181 8 Anna Sen RUS Left Back 03/12/1990 Krasnodar, RUS 183 44 Anastasiia Shavman RUS Left Back 04/07/1999 Bryansk, RUS 175 4 Elena Slivinskaya RUS Left Back 09/05/1980 Rostov-on-Don, RUS 186 15 Marina Sudakova RUS Right Wing 17/02/1989 Volgograd, RUS 166 51 Milana Tazhenova RUS Centre Back 06/03/1999 Astrakhan, RUS 175 16 Daria Tkacheva RUS Goalkeeper 21/11/2001 Rostov-on-Don, RUS 176 13 Anna Vyakhireva RUS Right Back 13/03/1995 Volgograd, RUS 172

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Anna Sedoykina goalkeeper • moved to Rostov from Dinamo Volgograd in 2015 • born in Volgograd, she played for Dinamo for 15 years, winning five Russian championship titles • interrupted her career from 2012 to 2014 because of maternity leave • won Olympic gold in 2016 after superb performances in early matches before getting injured

EC trophies: EHF Cup 2008, 2017 EHF EURO: S 2018, B 2008; OG: G 2016; WCh: G 2009

Polina Kuznetsova @polinakuznetsova8 left wing • elder sister of Rostov teammate Anna Vyakhireva, returned to Russia in 2018 after one season at Vardar • also played for Rostov early in her career, in 2003/04 • had spells at five more Russian clubs (Akva, Lada, Zvezda, Astrakhanochka and Kuban) and won four domestic titles

EC trophies: CL 2008, EHF Cup 2007 OG: G 2016, EHF EURO: S 2006, 2018, WCh: G 2005, 2007

Kristina Kozhokar left wing • joined from Astrakhanochka last October and signed a contract until 2021 • started her career at Zvezda Zvenigorod before moving to Astrakhanochka in 2015 • can perform on both left and right wings • has an experience of playing for Russian national team as well as Russia beach handball national team

Lois Abbingh @loisabbingh1 left back @loisabbingh • first Dutch player in Russian handball, joined Rostov in 2018 from Issy Paris • previously played for Emmen, Oldenburg (both NED) and Baia Mare (ROU) • gained CL experience with Baia Mare in 2014/15 and 2015/16, scoring 60 times in the latter season • her parents, grandparents and aunt also played handball • is a key player of the Dutch national team, and contributed a lot to its successes in recent years

EHF EURO: S 2016, B 2018; WCh: S 2015, B 2017

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Regina Kalinichenko @regina_zigmanto centre back • has been playing for Rostov since 2010, and previously did so under her maiden name, Shymkute • played for the Ukrainian national team but obtained Russian citizenship in 2014 • born in Kherson, Ukraine, in a family of a Lithuanian father and a Russian mother

Kseniya Makeeva @makesha1990 line player • 2018/19 will be her fifth season with Rostov-Don • began career at Dinamo Volgograd, where she won six Russian championships • was also a teammate of Lois Abbingh at Romanian side Baia Mare in 2014/15 • plays for the Russian national team but missed the golden 2016 Olympic tournament due to injury

EC trophies: EHF Cup 2008, 2017 EHF EURO: S 2018; WCh: G 2009

Anna Sen @annapetrenko8 left back • missed most of last season due to maternity leave, but came back in time for the EHF FINAL4 in May after giving birth to son Mark • plays for Rostov since 2011 - with exception of 2014/15, when she was with Györ; previously had spells at Kuban and Zvezda Zvenigorod • won the Junior WCh 2008 with Russia and became the tournament’s top scorer

EC trophies: EHF Cup 2017 EHF EURO: S 2018 OG: G 2016

Iuliia Managarova @imanagarova right wing • moved to Rostov in 2013 and quickly became one of the fan favourites • quiet and humble off the court, but a natural leader in the game with a powerful shot and great scoring abilities • played for Ukraine but changed citizenship to Russian in 2017 • was domestic champion in three different countries: in Ukraine with Smart Krivy Rog, in Romania with Oltchim, and in Russia with Rostov-Don

EC trophies: EHF Cup 2017 EHF EURO: S 2018

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Buducnost vs Vipers Kristiansand

First leg: Sunday 7 April 2019, 19:00 hrs CET Second leg: Saturday 13 April 2019, 18:15 hrs CET

• the Montenegrin powerhouse will • Vipers are in the CL for the second welcome back top scorer Djurdjina year in history – and the second year in Jaukovic, who missed the last games due succession to a knee injury • Vipers have won the Norwegian league – “Seriemeskerskapet” – for the • Buducnost have been fairly strong on second year in succession their home court, winning five of their six games in Moraca, losing only against • Vipers also won the Norwegian Cup – “Norgesmesterskapet” – for the second Rostov year in succession • playmaker, Milena Raicevic, one of the • the arrival of right back Silje Waade Montenegrin’s side most experienced and line player Hanna Yttereng, both from players, will miss the doubleheader due to league rivals Byasen, ahead of this season a shoulder injury meant a remarkable reinforcement to the Vipers team • both Buducnost’s goalkeepers, Marina Rajcic and Darli Zoqbi de Paula, are not • the return of right wing Malin Aune 100 per cent fit from an injury break of a certain length has meant a lot to the team in the last part • the Montenegrin side has the third best of the season defence in the competition as for goals conceded, with 296 goals in 12 games, or an average of 24,6 goals conceded per game

Historic encounters of the opponents in the EC

Buducnost vs Vipers Kristiansand 1-0-1 (45:52) 2:2 14.10.2017 Vipers Kristiansand vs Buducnost, EHF Champions League – Group D 29:19 (15:11) 18.11.2017 Buducnost vs Vipers Kristiansand, EHF Champions League – Group D 26:23 (11:13)

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3rd GROUP 1 Buducnost

GROUP 1 FINAL STANDINGS 1. Metz Handball 10 7 1 2 299:242 (57) 15 2. Rostov-Don 10 7 1 2 261:241 (20) 15 3. Buducnost 10 5 1 4 245:248 (-3) 11 4. Odense HC 10 3 2 5 246:267 (-21) 8 Club Address Budućnost 5. Kobenhavn Handball 10 3 2 5 271:280 (-9) 8 Ivana Milutinovica B.B. 81000 Podgorica 6. Brest Bretagne Handball 10 0 3 7 253:297 (-44) 3 Montenegro Media contact MAIN ROUND RESULTS TOP SCORERS Milos Pavicevic vs Kobenhavn Handball W29:27 (15:12) +382 682 226 66 1. Djurdjina Jaukovic (MNE) 56 [email protected] @ Rostov-Don L24:22 (13:11) 2. Milena Raicevic (MNE) 44 [email protected] vs Brest Bretagne Handball W28:27 (15:12) 3. Katarina Bulatovic (MNE) 37 @ Kobenhavn Handball L31:20 (16:9) 4. Itana Grbic (MNE) 34 vs Rostov-Don L20:23 (9:11) 5. Tatjana Brnovic (MNE) 28 www.zrkb.me @ Brest Bretagne Handball D22:22 (13:13)

ZrkBuducnost GROUP MATCHES RESULTS @zrk_buducnost vs Odense HC W31:28(17:12) @ Larvik HK L23:22 (12:12) @ Metz Handball L25:24 (8:11) Kit colours vs Metz Handball W23:19 (9:10) @ Odense HC W22:26 (14:13) Light Player shirt: blue & vs Larvik HK W26:25 (13:16) white stripes Player short: blue Past achievements GK shirt: grey Women’s EHF Champions League Dark Participations (including 2018/19 season): 23 Player shirt: blue Winners (2): 2011/12, 2014/15 Player short: blue Runners-up (1): 2013/14 GK shirt: dark blue Semi-finals (8): 1997/98, 1998/99, 1999/00, 2000/01, 2001/02, 2010/11, 2015/16, 2016/17 Main Round (1): 2012/13 Quarter-final (3): 2002/03, 2003/04, 2017/18 Last 16 (1): 1995/96 Playing hall Group Matches (6): 1996/97, 2004/05, S.C. Morača 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2009/10 Str. Ivana Milutinovića b.b. 81000 Podgorica Other Montenegro Cup Winners Cup: Winners 2005/06, 2009/10 Capacity: 5,000 Montenegrin league: 30 titles (1985, 1989, 1990, 1992-2018) : 23 titles

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EHF Champions League club records

Biggest win 39:20 (19:8) v RK Krim Mercator SLO (h), 15.03.2015 Biggest defeat 36:21 (18:11) v Viborg HK DEN (a), 19.01.1997 Longest winning run 14 matches (23.11.2014 – 01.11.2015) Longest unbeaten run 22 matches (19.10.2014 – 20.11.2015) Longest losing run 7 matches (21.02.2004 – 30.01.2005) MATCHES Longest run without win 7 matches (21.02.2004 – 30.01.2005) Longest nbeaten run 22 Most goals 40 v RK Krim Mercator SLO 36:40W (a), 04.03.2011 Most goals opponent 40 v Mar El Osito L’Eliana ESP 26:40L (h), 05.04.1998 GOALS Most goals scored Most goals both teams 76 v RK Krim Mercator SLO 36:40W (a), 04.03.2011 40 Fewest goals 16 v Dunaferr SE HUN 16:18L (h), 06.02.2005

GOALS 16 v Larvik NOR 28:16L (a), 16.03.2013 76 Most goals both teams Fewest goals opponent 14 v Thüringer HC GER 23:14W (h), 09.11.2014 Fewest goals both teams 34 v Dunaferr SE HUN 16:18L (h), 06.02.2005

Past seasons

MP W T L GF GA GD PTS Stage1994/95 1996/97 Buducnost Podgorica YUG 6 2 2 2 130:143 –13 6:6 3rd Gr. A 1997/98 Buducnost Podgorica YUG 10 5 1 4 292:305 –13 11:9 1/2-finals 1998/99 Buducnost Podgorica YUG 10 8 1 1 297:238 +59 17:3 1/2-finals 1999/00 Buducnost Podgorica YUG 10 5 2 3 287:274 +13 12:8 1/2-finals 2000/01 Bud. Brillant Podgorica YUG 10 5 3 2 265:246 +19 13:7 1/2-finals 2001/02 Bud. Brillant Podgorica YUG 10 5 2 3 297:277 +20 12:8 1/2-finals 2002/03 RK Buducnost MONET YUG 8 4 0 4 215:216 -1 8:8 1/4-finals 2003/04 RK Buducnost MONET SCG 8 4 0 4 209:219 –10 8:8 1/4-finals 2004/05 ZRK Buducnost MONET SCG 6 1 0 5 141:165 –24 2:10 4th Gr. A 2005/06 ZRK Buducnost MONET SCG 6 3 0 3 150:154 -4 6:6 3rd Gr. C 2006/07 ZRK Buducnost T-Mobile MNE 6 0 0 6 141:174 -33 0:12 4th Gr. B 2007/08 Buducnost T-Mobile MNE 6 1 1 4 153:189 –36 3:9 3rd Gr. D 2008/09 Buducnost T-Mobile MNE 12 6 2 4 317:326 -9 14:10 3rd MR Gr. 2 2009/10 Buducnost T-Mobile MNE 6 2 1 3 138:155 -17 5:7 3rd Gr. D 2010/11 ‘Buducnost’ MNE 14 10 0 4 417:360 +57 20:8 1/2-finals 2011/12 Buducnost MNE 16 14 0 2 453:385 +68 28:4 Winner 2012/13 Buducnost MNE 12 5 1 6 265:273 -8 11:13 3rd MR Gr. 1 2013/14 Buducnost MNE 14 8 3 3 349:298 +51 19:9 Runner-up 2014/15 Buducnost MNE 16 15 1 0 444:326 +118 31:1 Winner 2015/16 Buducnost MNE 16 11 1 4 433:359 +74 23:9 Fourth Place 2016/17 Buducnost MNE 16 11 0 5 444:391 +53 22:10 Fourth Place 2017/18 Buducnost MNE 14 5 0 9 344:368 -24 10:18 1/4-finals 2018/19 Buducnost MNE 6 4 0 2 152:142 10 8:4 MR Total: 238 134 21 83 6333:5983 +350 291:187

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Dragan Adzic coach • retired from playing due to injury in 1998 • spent 10 years as assistant coach at Buducnost before becoming head coach of both club and Montenegrin national team in 2010 • won CL in May 2012 and EHF EURO 2012 seven months later • met his wife Timea when she came to the club as an interpreter for former coach Gyula Zsiga of Hungary

EC trophies: CL 2012, 2015, Cup Winners’ Cup 2010 OG: S 2012, EHF EURO: G 2012

Late entries: Nina Bulatovic (Kastamonu Belediyesi GSK, Turkey)

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Team roster

No. First name Surname Nat. Position Date of birth Place of birth Height 40 Anastasija Babovic MNE Goalkeeper 13/12/2000 Podgorica, MNE 183 34 Tatjana Brnovic MNE Line Player 09/11/1998 Cetinje, MNE 183 10 Andjela Bulatovic MNE Centre Back 15/01/1987 Podgorica, MNE 175 32 Katarina Bulatovic MNE Right Back 15/11/1984 Kragujevac, SRB 186 37 Nina Bulatovic MNE Right Wing 09/12/1996 Cetinje, MNE 168 44 Enisa Djokovic MNE Centre Back 20/10/1998 Podgorica, MNE 173 14 Katarina Dzaferovic MNE Right Wing 14/07/2002 Podgorica, MNE 182 21 Ivana Godec MNE Line Player 11/05/2001 Podgorica, MNE 185 96 Itana Grbic MNE Left Wing 01/09/1996 Podgorica, MNE 169 9 Djurdjina Jaukovic MNE Left Back 24/02/1997 Niksic, MNE 185 8 Branka Konatar MNE Left Wing 02/11/1999 Podgorica, MNE 170 13 Cristina Laslo ROU Centre Back 10/04/1996 Cluj-Napoca, ROU 178 55 Ivona Pavicevic MNE Left Wing 21/04/1996 Podgorica, MNE 167 98 Matea Pletikosic CRO Centre Back 24/04/1998 Sinj, CRO 168 27 Sanja Premovic MNE Right Back 27/11/1992 Berane, MNE 182 90 C Milena Raicevic MNE Back 12/03/1990 Podgorica, MNE 178 1 Marina Rajcic MNE Goalkeeper 24/08/1993 Podgorica, MNE 178 66 Ema Ramusovic MNE Line Player 28/11/1996 Berane, MNE 184 11 Anastasia Suslova RUS Left Back 11/10/1996 Volgograd, RUS 183 77 Nikolina Vukcevic MNE Line Player 28/07/2000 Podgorica, MNE 179 12 Darly Zoqbi De Paula ESP Goalkeeper 25/08/1982 Ponte Nova, BRA 178

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Marina Rajcic @marina_rajcic goalkeeper • returned to Buducnost in the summer of 2018 after three seasons with Metz in France • followed her sister Olivera Vukcevic (now Erd, Hungary) to Metz in the summerof 2015 after winning the CL again with Buducnost • had national team debut at age 16 and, at 18, was youngest player at 2012 Olympics • best young player in Montenegro in 2010, and best goalkeeper of Junior WChthe same year when she won bronze with Montenegro

EC trophies: CL 2012, 2015, Cup Winners’ Cup 2010 EURO: G 2012, OG: S 2012

Itana Grbic @itanagrbic left wing • joined Buducnost from Vardar in 2016 and previously played for RK Danilovgrad, Buducnost’s second team • made CL debut with Vardar in 2014/15 in a match against Krim • was part of All-star Team at Youth WCh 2014, and is member of Montenegrin senior national team since 2015 • her brother, Petar Grbic, is a professional football player, also for the national team

Djurdjina Jaukovic left back • started with handball at age nine in her home town Niksic, thanks to her father Jovo, former president of Sutjeska • joined Buducnost in 2013 at age 15, but was on loan in Danilovgrad for two years • named best young player in Montenegro twice (2014, 2015) • scored four goals on her CL debut against Sävehof in 2015/16 • top scorer (71) and MVP of W19 EHF EURO 2015, scored 31 goals in nine games at her first WCh, in 2015 in Denmark

Milena Raicevic left back • sister Dragana also plays handball, brother Ivan is a professional football player • won gold at EHF EURO 2012, and silver at London Olympics in 2012 • recorded the most assists (29) and finished as joined top scorer (41 goals, alongside Anita Görbicz) at EHF EURO 2012 • voted Player of the Year in Montenegro twice, and Best Young Player in CL 2012

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Andjela Bulatovic centre back • returned to Buducnost in the summer of 2018, after five seasons abroad • made her CL debut in February 2005 at the age of 18 • plans to end her career at Buducnost, the club where she won the CL in 2012 • won EHF EURO 2012 after taking silver at 2012 Olympic Games

EC trophies: CL 2012, Cup Winners’ Cup 2006, 2010 EC trophies:EC trophies: CL 2012, CL 2015 Cup Winners’ Cup 2006, 2010 OG: S 2012, EHF EURO: G 2012 OG: S 2012, EHF EURO: G 2012

Tatjana Brnovic @tbrnovic34 line player • scored 34 goals in her debut season in the CL in 2017/18, was named Rookie of the Main Round by ehfTV fans • impressed during two-year spell at Danilovgrad, and came to Buducnost after Dragana Cvijic left the team • first-choice line player for Buducnost as Ema Ramusovic is recovering from injury

Katarina Bulatovic @k_bulatovic32 right back • returned in 2018 for her third stint with Buducnost, joining from Rostov-Don • won four CL titles with three different clubs: Slagelse, Buducnost and Györ • was key player for Montenegro in their triumphant year 2012, when she became top scorer of both London Olympics (silver medal) and EHF EURO (gold) • awarded Montenegrin Sportsperson of the Year in 2012 and 2014

EC trophies: CL 2007, 2012, 2014, 2015, Cup Winners’ Cup 2010 OG: S 2012, EURO: G 2012

Nina Bulatovic right wing • already played for Buducnost between 2014 and 2018 • returned to Buducnost in December to replace injured Dijana Ujkic • started the season at Turkey’s Kastamonu • cousin of her famous teammate Katarina Bulatovic

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2nd GROUP 2 Vipers Kristiansand

GROUP 2 FINAL STANDINGS 1. Györi Audi ETO KC 10 8 2 0 333:267 (66) 18 2. Vipers Kristiansand 10 6 0 4 288:265 (23) 12 3. FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 10 5 2 3 298:306 (-8) 12

Club Address 4. CSM Bucuresti 10 5 1 4 292:282 (10) 11 Vipers Kristiansand Vestre Strandgate 23 5. RK Krim Mercator 10 2 1 7 243:281 (-38) 5 4611 Kristiansand 6. Thüringer HC 10 0 2 8 255:308 (-53) 2 Norway

Media contact Terje Marcussen +47 905 818 15 [email protected] MAIN ROUND RESULTS TOP SCORERS @ RK Krim Mercator W24:25 (8:10) 1. Linn Jorum Sulland (NOR) 66 www.vipers.no vs Thüringer HC W31:24 (16:12) 2. Henny Ella Reistad (NOR) 53 @ Györi Audi ETO KC L33:29 (19:14) 3. Malin Aune (NOR) 38 VipersKristiansand vs RK Krim Mercator W29:21 (14:14) 4. (NOR) 37 @VipersKrSand @ Thüringer HC W21:29 (9:17) 5. Jeanett Kristiansen (NOR) 32 vs Györi Audi ETO KC L26:33 (17:17) @viperskristiansand GROUP MATCHES RESULTS vs SG BBM Bietigheim D27:27 (14:15) Kit colours @ FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria L27:26 (17:14) Light vs CSM Bucuresti L27:29 (14:14) Player shirt: white @ CSM Bucuresti W26:31 (11:16) Player short: black @ SG BBM Bietigheim W26:34 (12:16) GK shirt: blue vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria W35:27 (18:14) Dark Player shirt: pink Past achievements Player short: pink Women’s EHF Champions League GK shirt: black Participations (including 2018/19 season): 2 Group matches (1): 2017/18

Other Cup Winners‘ Cup: quarter-finals 2015/16 EHF Cup: final 2017/18, semi-finals 2003/04, Last 16 2004/05

Playing hall Norwegian league: 1 title (2018) Aquarama Kristiansand Norwegian cup: 2 titles Tangen 8 4608 Kristiansand Norway Capacity: 2,200

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EHF Champions League club records

Biggest win 29:19 (15:11) v Buducnost MNE (h), 14.10.2017 Biggest defeat 30:22 (14:12) v Metz Handball FRA (a), 08.10.2017 Longest winning run 3 matches (04.11.2018 – 18.11.2018) Longest unbeaten run 3 matches (04.11.2018 – 18.11.2018) Longest losing run 4 matches (22.10.2017 - 18.11.2017) Longest run without win 4 matches (22.10.2017 - 18.11.2017) MATCHES Most goals 35 v FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria HUN 35:27W (h), 17.11.2018 Longest losing run 4 Most goals opponent 30 v Metz Handball FRA 30:22L (a), 08.10.2017

GOALS Most goals both teams 62 v FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria HUN 35:27W (h), 17.11.2018 35 Most goals Fewest goals 22 v Metz Handball FRA 30:22L (a), 08.10.2017 22 v Metz Handball FRA 22:25L (h), 10.11.2017 GOALS Fewest goals opponent 19 v Buducnost MNE 29:19W (h), 14.10.2017 Most goals both teams 62 Fewest goals both teams 47 v Metz Handball FRA 22:25L (h), 10.11.2017

Past seasons

MP W T L GF GA GD PTS Stage1994/95 2017/18 Vipers Kristiansand NOR 6 1 0 5 144:154 –10 2:10 4th Gr. D 2018/19 Vipers Kristiansand NOR 6 3 1 2 180:162 +18 7:5 MR Total 12 4 1 7 324:316 +8 9:15

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Ole Gustav Gjekstad coach • joined Vipers for the 2018/19 season, ending a three- year hiatus in his coaching career • worked at Larvik until 2015, after an earlier stint with that club between 1999 and 2005 • replaced Kenneth Gabrielsen, who led Vipers in their maiden CL season in 2017/18 • as a player, scored 548 goals in 149 games for the Norwegian national team

Newcomers: Pernille Wibe (from retirement)

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Team roster

No. First name Surname Nat. Position Date of birth Place of birth Height 3 Emilie Hegh Arntzen NOR Left Back 01/01/1994 Skien, NOR 184 6 Malin Aune NOR Right Wing 04/03/1995 Ranheim, NOR 165 26 Karine Emilie Dahlum NOR Right Wing 16/12/1999 Kristiansand, NOR 175 12 Eline Fagerheim NOR Goalkeeper 19/06/1998 Gjøvik, NOR 180 10 Vilde Kaurin Jonassen NOR Left Wing 01/09/1992 Kristiansand, NOR 165 9 Mathilde Kristensen DEN Line Player 07/04/1993 Viborg, DEN 177 20 Jeanett Kristiansen NOR Left Back 24/12/1992 Stavanger, NOR 179 13 Kristine Lunde Borgersen NOR Centre Back 30/03/1980 Kristiansand, NOR 183 16 C Katrine Lunde NOR Goalkeeper 30/03/1980 Kristiansand, NOR 181 27 Sunniva Naes Andersen NOR Left Wing 12/11/1996 Skien, NOR 175 2 Karoline Olsen NOR Left Wing 16/06/1998 Kristiansand, NOR 171 4 Tonje Refsnes NOR Back 13/11/1994 Kristiansand, NOR 170 25 Henny Ella Reistad NOR Centre Back 09/02/1999 Oslo, NOR 180 15 Linn Jorum Sulland NOR Right Back 15/07/1984 Oslo, NOR 178 22 NOR Centre Back 20/09/1990 Trondheim, NOR 179 11 Silje Katrine Waade NOR Right Back 20/03/1994 Stjørdal, NOR 183 20 Pernille Wibe NOR Line Player 17/04/1988 Oslo, NOR 181 24 Hanna Maria Yttereng NOR Line Player 20/02/1991 Trondheim, NOR 184

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Katrine Lunde @katrinelundenorway goalkeeper • one of the best goalkeepers in the world, with a huge collection of trophies won with both her clubs and the Norwegian national team • her move to Rostov-Don after five years at Hungary’s Györ was one of the biggest transfers in 2015 • joined Vipers two years later to be reunited with her twin sister, Kristine

EC Trophies: CL 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, EHF Cup 2017 OG: G 2008, 2012, B 2016, EURO: G 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, S 2002, 2012 WCh: G 2011, S 2007, B 2009 Jeanett Kristiansen left back • after two stints with Glassverket and one year in Larvik, she joined Vipers in 2016 • from a real handball family: her older sister Veronica has joined CL winners Györ for the 2018/19 season, while another sister, Charlotte, is also a handball player • formerly played on the left wing at Larvik but was used on the left back position during her time at Glassverket

Emilie Hegh Arntzen left back • joined Vipers from league rivals Byasen ahead of the 2017/18 season • daughter of former Norwegian international Hanne Hegh and former assistant coach of Norway’s female national team, Ketil Arntzen • started playing handball at age eight and started her senior career in Gjerpen, the club she reached the Norwegian top flight with

OG: B 2016, EURO: G 2014, 2016

Marta Tomac @martatomac centre back @MartaTomac • joined Vipers from Byasen in 2015; played for Danish side SK Aarhus in 2010/11 • missed almost the entire 2017/18 season after tearing an ACL, but is back at full strength for the 2018/19 season • born in Zagreb, Croatia, and represented Croatia before playing for Norway • good at both ends of the court, and her ability to read the game, as well as her eye for her teammates in the attack, make her an all-round opponent

EURO: G 2016, WCh: G 2015

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Henny Reistad centre back • joined from another Norwegian club, Stabæk, in the summer of 2018 • has been signed as supplement to Marta Tomac in the playmaker position • at age 19, is a player to build on for the future • already a promising playmaker, with strong skills in both defence and attack

Hanna Yttereng line player • joined from league rivals Byasen in the summer of 2018 as a replacement for Kari Brattset, who has left for Györ • played with stars like Nora Mørk and Stine Bredal Oftedal in the Norwegian junior national team which won the WCh 2010 • has played abroad for SG BBM Bietigheim (GER) and Kisvarda (HUN) • consistent line player with a good shot, strong at both ends of the court

Silje Waade @siljewaade right back • joined from Norwegian league rivals Byasen in the summer of 2018 • made her international breakthrough when Norway won the EHF EURO in 2016 • practices athletics until taking up handball at the age of 17 • forms an excellent right back duo with Linn Jørum Sulland

EURO: G 2016

Malin Aune @malinaune right wing • joined Vipers from Oppsal in the summer of 2017 • her greatest triumph so far was winning the gold medal with the Norwegian national team at EHF EURO 2016 • only 1.65 m tall, but her speed, technical skills and willpower sufficiently compensate

EURO: G 2016

62 All-time stats

All-time stats

Biggest wins 26 23 HC Vardar MKD @ HC Leipzig GER 22:45 (9:22), 19.11.2016 22 Dunaferr SE HUN vs GAS Anagennisi Artas GRE 41:19 (17:9), 07.11.1999 Ferencvaros Budapest HUN 21 Larvik NOR vs Dinamo RUS 41:20 (24:9), 17.02.2011 vs Anagennisi Artas GRE 21 Györi Audi ETO HUN vs Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 37:16 (17:9), 08.11.2015 42:16 (19:7), 18.01.1997 20 Kometal Skopje MKD vs Granicar Djurdjevac CRO 33:13 (19:7), 09.11.1996 20 HC Leipzig GER vs Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 42:22 (20:11), 31.10.2014 19 Oltchim Rm. Valcea ROU @ Buxtehuder SV GER 15:34 (6:14), 20.10.2012 19 Györi Audi ETO HUN vs Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 41:22 (21:11), 05.10.2013 19 Buducnost MNE vs RK Krim Mercator SLO 39:20 (19:8), 15.03.2015 19 Metz Handball FRA vs Astrakhanochka RUS 37:18 (17:10), 11.02.2017

Biggest home wins 22 Dunaferr SE HUN vs GAS Anagennisi Artas GRE 41:19 (17:9), 07.11.1999 26 21 Larvik NOR vs Dinamo RUS 41:20 (24:9), 17.02.2011 Ferencvaros Budapest HUN 21 Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 37:16 (17:9), 08.11.2015 vs Anagennisi Artas GRE 20 Kometal Skopje MKD vs Granicar Djurdjevac CRO 33:13 (19:7), 09.11.1996 42:16 (19:7), 18.01.1997 20 HC Leipzig GER vs Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 42:22 (20:11), 31.10.2014 19 Györi Audi ETO HUN vs Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 41:22 (21:11), 05.10.2013 19 Buducnost MNE vs RK Krim Mercator SLO 39:20 (19:8), 15.03.2015 19 Metz Handball FRA vs Astrakhanochka RUS 37:18 (17:10), 11.02.2017 Biggest away wins 19 Oltchim Rm. Valcea ROU @ Buxtehuder SV GER 15:34 (6:14), 20.10.2012 23 18 Larvik NOR @ Randers HK DEN 20:38 (13:20), 07.11.2010 HC Vardar MKD @ HC Leipzig 18 WHC Vardar SCBT MKD @ HC Podravka Vegeta CRO 17:35 (10:16), 03.11.2013 GER 22:45 (9:22), 19.11.2016 18 WHC Vardar SCBT MKD @ RK Krim Mercator SLO 29:47 (12:24), 06.03.2015 17 Kometal Skopje MKD @ MKS Montex Lublin POL 21:38 (10:18), 17.02.2002 17 Györi Audi ETO KC HUN @ IK Sävehof SWE 21:38 (8:20), 26.10.2014 17 Györi Audi ETO KC HUN @ RK Krim Mercator SLO 17:34 (10:18), 25.02.2017 16 FTC Rail Cargo Hungaria HUN @ Dinamo Volgograd RUS 21:37 (9:23), 14.10.2012 16 Larvik NOR @ RK Krim Mercator SLO 21:37 (10:21), 30.10.2015 Biggest lead at half-time 15 15 Zvezda Zvenigorod RUS vs RK Krim Mercator Ljubljana SLO 36:31 (22:7), 09.11.2007 15 Larvik NOR vs Dinamo RUS 41:20 (24:9), 12.02.2011 Krim Electa Ljubljana SLO 14 CS ‘Oltchim’ Rm. Valcea ROU vs 1. FC Nürnberg GER 39:27 (23:9), 07.03.2008 vs Anagennisi Artas GRE 14 FTC Rail Cargo Hungaria HUN @ Dinamo Volgograd RUS 21:37 (9:23), 14.10.2012 36:12 (18:3), 25.01.1997 13 Larvik HK NOR vs Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 37:21 (19:6), 18.01.2003 13 Slagelse DT DEN @ Cem. la Union-Ribarroja ESP 20:34 (8:21), 10.11.2007 13 Hypo Niederösterreich AUT vs HC Kometal GP MKD 34:24 (20:7), 11.01.2008 13 HC Vardar MKD @ Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 25:38 (9:22), 24.10.2015 13 HC Vardar MKD @ HC Leipzig GER 22:45 (9:22), 19.11.2016 Most goals 47 45 HC Vardar MKD @ HC Leipzig GER 22:45 (9:22), 19.11.2016 WHC Vardar SCBT MKD 43 HC ‘Lada Togliatti’ RUS vs Byasen Elite Trondheim NOR 43:39 (22:19), 18.02.2007 @ RK Krim Mercator SLO 42 Ferencvaros Budapest HUN vs Anagennisi Artas GRE 42:16 (19:7), 18.01.1997 29:47 (12:24), 06.03.2015 42 Viborg HK DEN @ 1. FC Nürnberg Handball GER 28:42 (16:23), 03.01.2009 42 HC Leipzig GER vs Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 42:22 (20:11), 31.10.2014 42 Metz Handball FRA vs HC Vardar MKD 42:28 (19:16), 05.03.2017

63 All-time stats

Most goals both teams 76 RK Krim Mercator SLO vs ‘Buducnost’ MNE 36:40 (19:23), 04.03.2011 82 76 RK Krim Mercator SLO vs WHC Vardar SCBT MKD 29:47 (12:24), 06.03.2015 HC ‘Lada Togliatti’ RUS 74 RK Krim Mercator SLO vs H/K Dinamo Volgograd RUS 41:33 (20:15), 13.01.2007 vs Byasen HB Elite 74 Dinamo RUS vs Viborg HK DEN 41:33 (20:15), 24.10.2010 Trondheim NOR 73 HC Podravka Vegeta CRO vs Györi Audi ETO HUN 33:40 (12:21), 13.01.2008 43:39 (22:19), 18.02.2007 72 Podravka Vegeta Koprivnica CRO vs El Osito L’Eliana ESP 38:34 (17:18), 23.02.2003 72 Viborg HK A/S DEN vs HC Leipzig GER 39:33 (18:13), 13.01.2007 72 HC Leipzig GER vs Viborg HK A/S DEN 35:37 (11:16), 11.02.2007 72 RK Krim Mercator SLO vs Viborg HK DEN 38:34 (20:22), 15.11.2008 Fewest goals 12 Anagennisi Artas GRE @ Krim Electa Ljubljana SLO 36:12 (18:3), 25.01.1997 10 12 Kometal Skopje MKD @ Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 26:12 (12:6), 21.02.1998 Granicar Djurdjevac CRO 12 Slagelse FH DEN @ Kometal DP Skopje MKD 20:12 (9:4), 22.01.2005 @ Viborg HK DEN 12 Slagelse DT DEN vs Viborg HK A/S DEN 12:22 (7:12), 23.02.2008 27:10 (12:5), 05.01.1997 13 Podravka Koprivnica CRO @ HYPO Niederösterreich AUT 17:13 (9:7), 04.05.1996 13 Granicar Djurdjevac CRO @ Kometal Skopje MKD 33:13 (19:7), 09.11.1996 13 Larvik NOR @ Buducnost MNE 23:13 (10:7), 08.04.2012

Fewest goals both teams 30 31 Viborg HK DEN vs Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 15:16 (7:9), 04.01.1998 32 CB Mar Valencia ESP vs Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 14:18 (4:8), 20.03.1994 HYPO Niederösterreich AUT 32 Kometal DP Skopje MKD vs Slagelse FH DEN 20:12 (9:4), 22.01.2005 vs Podravka Koprivnica CRO 32* WHC Vardar SCBT MKD vs Buducnost MNE 20:22 (6:11, 16:16), 03.05.2014 17:13 (9:7), 04.05.1996 33 ASPTT Metz FRA vs Byasen Trondheim NOR 16:17 (7:9), 10.11.1996 * After regular time

Biggest deficit overcome after losing first half to win a game -8 -6 Montex Lublin POL @ Henzo Swift Roermond NED 22:23 (16:10), 26.01.1997 -5 Kometal GP Skopje MKD @ Györi ETO KC HUN 26:28 (17:12), 11.02.2006 Byasen HB Elite Trondheim -5 Cem. la Union-Ribarroja ESP vs Aalborg DH DEN 25:23 (11:16), 13.01.2007 NOR vs ZRK Buducnost -5 Zvezda Zvenigorod RUS vs Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 25:24 (10:15), 17.05.2008 T-Mobile MNE 27:26 (10:18), -5 Randers HK DEN @ Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 28:29 (19:14), 08.10.2011 25.02.2007 -5 HC Lokomotiva Zagreb CRO vs IK Sävehof SWE 23:23 (10:15), 09.11.2014

Biggest deficit overcome after losing first half to draw a game -7 -6 Ferrobus KU Mislata ESP vs Baekkelagets SK NOR 26:26 (10:16), 21.01.2001 -6 Gyöi Graboplast ETO HUN vs RK Krim Neutro SLO 21:21 (7:13), 28.01.2001 RK Krim Mercator SLO @ -6 Larvik NOR @ Grupo Asfi Itxako Navarra ESP 19:19 (12:6), 25.02.2012 Viborg HK DEN -5 TV Giessen-Lützellinden GER vs Vasas Budapest HUN 19:19 (7:12), 30.01.1994 28:28 (16:9), 29.10.2011 -5 Buducnost Podgorica YUG vs Viborg HK DEN 23:23 (10:15), 09.11.1996 -5 Buducnost Podgorica YUG @ Dunaferr SE HUN 33:33 (21:16), 18.03.2000 -5 Buducnost T-Mobile MNE vs Györi AUDI ETO KC HUN 26:26 (9:14), 28.02.2009 -5* WHC Vardar SCBT MKD vs Buducnost MNE 20:22 (6:11, 16:16), 03.05.2014 * After regular time

64 All-time club standings All-time clubs standings

TR Name of the club MP W D L GF:GA GD P NP % 1 Györi Audi ETO KC HUN 200 146 14 40 5674:4897 +777 306:94 (15) 76,50% 2 Buducnost MNE 244 136 22 86 6474:6137 +337 294:194 (23) 60,25%

3 Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 198 124 5 69 5285:5002 +283 252*:144 (23) 63,64% 4 Larvik HK NOR 202 115 10 77 5424:5072 +352 240:164 (20) 59,41% 5 RK Krim Mercator SLO 238 113 13 112 6376:6370 +6 239:237 (23) 50,21% 6 Viborg HK DEN 164 87 12 65 4565:4323 +242 186:142 (17) 56,71% 7 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria HUN 158 83 13 62 4363:4220 +143 179:137 (17) 56,65% 8 Oltchim Rm. Valcea ROU 118 62 8 48 3148:3005 +143 132:104 (12) 55,93% 9 HC Vardar MKD 78 55 6 17 2272:1959 +313 116:40 (5) 74,36% 10 HC Podravka Vegeta CRO 130 51 8 71 3266:3443 -177 110:150 (19) 42,31% 11 CBM Astroc Sagunto ESP 100 52 3 45 2658:2582 +76 107:93 (12) 53,50% 12 FC Midtjylland DEN 110 48 8 54 2794:2828 -34 104:116 (10) 47,27% 13 Kometal Gjorce Petrov MKD 98 47 6 45 2460:2410 +50 100:96 (12) 51,02% 14 Metz Handball FRA 106 45 7 54 2712:2721 –9 97:115 (12) 45,76% 15 Dinamo-Sinara RUS 94 38 9 47 2473:2520 -47 85:103 (11) 45,21% 16 Slagelse DT DEN 56 38 2 16 1514:1400 +114 78:34 (5) 69,64% 17 CSM Bucuresti ROU 60 36 4 20 1650:1525 +125 76:44 (4) 63,33% 18 HC Lada RUS 62 33 2 27 1729:1737 -8 68:56 (7) 54,84% 19 Rostov-Don RUS 48 32 3 13 1303:1173 +130 67:29 (4) 69,79% 20 Dunaferr NK HUN 52 29 4 19 1395:1285 +110 62:42 (6) 59,62%

21 Thüringer HC GER 86 25 7 54 2204:2360 -156 57:115 (8) 33,14% 24 MKS Selgros Lublin POL 64 18 5 41 1617:1782 –165 41:87 (10)Q 32,03% 28 IK Sävehof SWE 66 11 7 48 1686:1984 -298 29:103 (8) 21,97% 29 Kobenhavn Handball DEN 30 10 4 16 755:786 –31 24:36 (4) 40,00% 34 Vipers Kristiansand NOR 18 8 1 9 493:472 +21 17:19 (2) 47,22% 37 Odense HC DEN 12 5 2 5 306:315 -9 12:12 (1) 50,00% 40 SG BBM Bietigheim GER 18 5 1 12 458:524 -66 11:25 (2) 30,56% 47 Brest Bretagne Handball FRA 18 2 3 13 458:507 -49 7:29 (2) 19,44% 61 Balonmano Bera Bera ESP 6 1 0 5 123:157 -34 2:10 (1)Q 16,67% NR Jomi Salerno ITA 0 0 0 0 0:0 0 0:0 (0)Q 0,00% NR SCM Craiova ROU 0 0 0 0 0:0 0 0:0 (0)Q 0,00% NR ZORK Jagodina SRB 0 0 0 0 0:0 0 0:0 (0)Q 0,00% NR Muratpasa Belediyesi SK TUR 0 0 0 0 0:0 0 0:0 (0)Q 0,00%

* = Point for Hypo NÖ deducted by official decision Excluding qualification matches TR - total ranking, MP - matches played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF:GA - goals for:goals against, goal difference, P - points, NP - number of participations in a group stage, % - winning efficiency

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