11/12 May 2019 Papp László Budapest Sportaréna Media Information Women’s EHF Champions League Season 2018/19 DELO WOMEN’S EHF FINAL4 DRAW Tuesday 16 April 2019, 18:00 hrs Budapest, Hungary 1 2 Table of contents Media contacts - EHF/M, clubs contacts 4 Map of participating clubs 5 2018/19 season overview 6 DELO WOMEN’S EHF FINAL4 Media Accreditation 7 DELO WOMEN’S EHF FINAL4 Draw Preview 8 Facts & figures after quarter-finals 9 Potential head-to-head stats 12 Metz Handball 13 Györi Audi ETO KC 15 Vipers Kristiansand 17 Rostov-Don 19 Former winners in the four squads 21 Top scorers after quarter-finals 22 Fan vote for All-star team 23 3 EHF/M media contacts Media matters TV and Radio Thomas Schöneich Miguel Mateo Marcellan Media and Communications Media Manager European Handball Federation EHF Marketing GmbH +43 1 80 151 164 +43 1 80 151 224 [email protected] [email protected] Clubs media contacts Metz Handball (FRA) Győri Audi ETO KC (HUN) Rostov-Don (RUS) Vipers Kristiansand (NOR) Frederic Kremer Tamas Szabo Andrey Demyanov Terje Markussen +33 632 570 162 +36 20 505 63 07 +79897198555 +47 905 818 15 [email protected] szabo.tamas.gyorietokc@ [email protected] [email protected] gmail.com Media information Media portal Online information All media representatives are invited to register ehfFINAL4.com for the EHF media portal on http://members. ehfCL.com ehf.eu ehfTV.com Regulations of the Women’s EHF Champions League The European Handball Federation’s Twitter:@ehfcl (#ehffinal4, #hellobudapest, #ehfcl) media portal is a one-stop-shop for media Facebook: ehf.champions.league representatives offering all the EHF’s media news such as press releases, event flash quotes directly after matches, press conference Official name highlights, draw reactions and downloads of all relevant information including, but not limited The official name of the competitions are: Women’s to, media guides and event logos. Furthermore EHF Champions League and DELO WOMEN’S EHF photographs that are free for editorial use FINAL4. The full name of the competition should will be available for download. always be used. For major events such as the EHF EURO or the Please note: If the season is required, it has to be DELO WOMEN’S EHF FINAL4 match prep kits positioned after “Champions League” e.g. Women’s including historical information and head-to- EHF Champions League 2018/19. The wording head statistics will also be made available. “Champions League” should be written with a If you haven’t registered yet, please send an capital letter at the beginning of each word, i.e. email to: [email protected] and we will Champions League. The remaining letters should be provide you with the log-in details. in lower case. The word Champions does not have an apostrophe after the ‘s’. 4 RUS ROU S EHF FINAL4 S EHF FINAL4 ’ Budapest, HUN Budapest, ROU Rostov-Don CSM Bucuresti CSM SCM Craiova SCM Györi Audi Györi DELO WOMEN DELO ETO KC, HUN KC, ETO BSK, TUR BSK, Muratpaşa Hungaria, HUN Hungaria, FTC-Rail Cargo FTC-Rail MKS Perła MKS SRB Lublin, POL Lublin, ZORK Jagodina ZORK MNE Buducnost I TA Jomi Salerno SWE SWE IK Sävehof IK Sävehof NOR NOR Vegeta, CRO Vegeta, Vegeta, CRO Vegeta, HC Podravka Larvik HK, Larvik 5 Vipers Kristiansand, NOR Kristiansand, RK Krim København København Håndbold, DEN Mercator, SLO Mercator, Odense HC, DEN GER Thüringer HC Thüringer SG BBM Bietigheim, GER Bietigheim, Bietigheim, GER Bietigheim, Metz Super Amara Amara Super Bera Bera, ESP Bera, Bera 2018/19 Handball, FRA Brest Bretagne Bretagne Brest Handball, FRA DELO WOMEN‘SDELO FINAL4 EHF teams nals Eliminated in Quarter-fi Eliminated in Main Round Eliminated in Group Matches on cati Eliminated in Qualifi SEASON 6 Budapest hosts DELO WOMEN’S EHF FINAL4 2019 Media Accreditation for the DELO WOMEN’S EHF FINAL4 The accreditation procedure of media representatives for the DELO WOMEN’S EHF FINAL4 has been launched. Written media, photographers, TV and radio representatives can now submit their request for accreditation via an online form - https:// accreditation.ehf.eu/ Requests for media accreditation have to be made until Sunday 30 April 2019. Media accreditation is only open to professional media representatives working at the event. Freelance media representatives may be asked to provide additional evidence of their work. There are limited places and it may not be possible to accept Playing times confirmed all requests for an accreditation. Saturday 11 May 2019 Semi-final 1 15:15 hrs New merchandise launches Semi-final 2 18:00 hrs EHF Marketing together with Salming, the official sports outfitter of the EHF Champions League, will launch an exclusive merchandise Sunday 12 May 2019 range, consisting of t-shirts, hoods and socks for men and women. 3/4 Placement match – 15:15 It will be presented at the DELO WOMEN’S EHF FINAL4 Draw on 16 hrs April in Budapest. The merchandise items feature exclusive details Women’s EHF Champions such as the woven competition badge and logo prints. League Final – 18:00 hrs Anastacia opens DELO WOMEN’S EHF FINAL4 2019 Organisers have announced that American musician and songwriter Tickets for Women’s EHF Anastacia will take centre stage at Papp László Budapest Sportaréna. FINAL4 2019 on sale In the opening show ahead of the first semi-final on Saturday 11 May 2019, Anastacia will warm up a capacity crowd of 12,000 spectators Tickets can be purchased via at the showcase event of the women’s club handball season. the official website: www.ehfFINAL4.com Anastacia has sold over 30 million records to date and was named All tickets are valid for both the ‘World’s Best-selling New Female Pop Artist’ in 2001. A list of her playing days. most popular songs features hits such as ´I’m Outta Love´, ´Paid My Dues´, ´One Day In Your Life´ and ´Sick and Tired´. ´l’m Outta Love´, Ticket prices: released in 2000, became the biggest selling single of the year from Category 1: 155 EUR / ticket her first studio album ‘Not That Kind’. In 2015, Anastacia released Category 2: 115 EUR / ticket ‘The Ultimate Collection’ and embarked on the ‘Ultimate Collection Category 3: 80 EUR / ticket Tour’ which saw her perform over 110 shows throughout the Category 4: 50 EUR / ticket Northern Hemisphere. Her powerful mezzo-soprano voice was heard Category 5: 35 EUR / ticket in many countries across Europe in 2018 during the tour where she performed her new album ´Evolution´. 7 Draw Preview Four world class players Eduarda Amorim, Manon Houette, Katrine Lunde and Mayssa Pessoa will be present when the semi-finals for the DELO WOMEN’S EHF FINAL4 2019 will be drawn The women’s club handball season is coming Champions League Facebook with live tweets to its end and with the DELO WOMEN’S EHF on @ehfcl. FINAL4 2019 on 11 and 12 May in Budapest lurking around the corner, it is time to find Four players from the qualified teams will out the semi-final pairings and get ready for attend the draw: Eduarda Amorim from the sixth edition of this benchmark event for reigning champions Györi Audi ETO KC, Rostov European women’s indoor sports. Don’s goalkeeper Mayssa Pessoa and from the two EHF FINAL4 debutants, Metz Handball The draw will be held on 16 April 2019 in and Vipers Kristiansand, Manon Houette and Budapest, starting at 18:00 in the studios Katrine Lunde. They will be accompanied of Sport 1, Hungarian broadcaster of the by the Women’s EHF Champions League WOMEN’S EHF Champions League. ambassador Anja Althaus. After the draw, all It will be streamed live on Sport 1 in Hungary, players will be available for interviews. worldwide on ehfTV as well as on EHF 8 Facts & Figures: Four nationalities, two debutants, one unbeaten defending champion With the completion of the Women’s EHF Champions League Quarter-final the four teams striving for the title at the DELO WOMEN’S EHF FINAL4 have been confirmed: Györ, Metz, Rostov and Vipers will take to the court in Budapest on 11-12 May. Here are all the important numbers and stats before the draw event on Tuesday (16 April): 0 times have two teams from the same nation made it to the DELO WOMEN’S EHF FINAL4 in the same season. 1 team has successfully defended its title in the five DELO WOMEN’S EHF FINAL4 editions so far: Györ, winners in 2017 and 2018. 1 MVP of the 2016 Olympic Games and EHF EURO 2018 will be on court in Budapest: Anna Vyakhireva (Rostov) 1 - for the first time a French team is part of the DELO WOMEN’S EHF FINAL4: Metz Handball. 1 team arrives unbeaten in Budapest: defending champions Györ have won 12 of their 14 matches so far and tied twice - with Hungarian rivals FTC. 1 club was part of all five previous editions of the DELO WOMEN’S EHF FINAL4 but did not compete this season: Vardar. Györ will play their fifth finals tournament in 2019. 1 of the four DELO WOMEN’S EHF FINAL4 participants has won the title before: Györ (2013, 2014, 2017, 2018). 1 coach, Ambros Martin, switched from one DELO WOMEN’S EHF FINAL4 participant (Györ) to another (Rostov) before this season. 2 former IHF World Handball Players of the Year will be on court in Budapest: Eduarda Amorim (2014) and Anita Görbicz (2005, both Györ). 2 teams are DELO WOMEN’S EHF FINAL4 debutants: Metz Handball and Vipers Kristiansand. Rostov have qualified for the second time after 2018. 2 top scorers from the past seven seasons will play in Budapest: Anita Görbicz (2013/14 - 87 goals for Györ and 2011/12 - 133 Györ) and Zsuzsanna Tomori (2012/13 - 95 FTC, now Györ).