Women’s Cup Winners’ Cup 2015/16 Media Information Final: Team Tvis Holstebro vs Handball Club Lada Media information Dear Media Representative, Cup Winners’ Cup Welcome to the final of the Women’s Cup Winners’ Cup last season. Before the 2016/17 Media Contacts season the Cup Winners’s Cup will merge with the Women’s EHF Cup into one competition - Women’s EHF Cup. Just like in the men’s version of the EHF Cup, the new competition will EHF Media and Communications also include the group phase preceded by qualification rounds and followed by quarter- Vlado Brindzak finals. The semi-finals and the final will be played either in a home and away games format [email protected] or in a final tournament in one venue, if there will be an attractive concept presented to +43 1 80 151 161 the EHF. Twitter: @EHF In the following media information you will find the essential facts you will require for the final two games and the participating teams. 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Important regulations Scoring of the matches in the final If, after completion of the two matches, both clubs have won the • If the scores are equal after the first round of penalty same number of points (no extra time will be played), the teams’ throws, it shall be continued until a decision is reached. In the standings shall be determined by the following criteria: second round, the other team shall start. Again five players shall be named who are eligible to play (the players named before a) goal difference may be named once again). b) higher number of plus goals scored in away match • In the second round, a decision is reached when a goal c) penalty throws difference arises after both teams have taken one throw each. • Eligible players are players entered in the match report that Rules for execution of penalty throws have not been disqualified or suspended at the time of the final • Prior to the penalty throws, each team shall name five whistle. players eligible to play at the end of the match by handing the • Serious infractions committed during penalty throws shall referees a list of numbers. These players shall then take one be sanctioned by disqualification. If a thrower is disqualified throw each, alternating with their opponents. Each team is free or suffers an injury, an eligible substitute player shall be to determine the sequence in which throwers will take their supplementary named. throws. • While the throws are being taken, only the player taking the • The goalkeepers may be freely selected from the match throw, the current goalkeeper and the referees may enter the report and exchanged in accordance with the Rules of the Game. respective half of the playing court. Goalkeepers may take throws and throwers may perform as • If the number of eligible players falls below five, players may goalkeepers. be named to take a second throw in the same round. • The referees shall choose the goal at which throws are taken. The team taking the first penalty throw shall be Find all the regulations here determined by the referees by drawing lots. The team winning the draw may choose whether it wishes to throw first or last. 2 Team Tvis Holstebro (DEN) vs Handball Club Lada (RUS) 1st leg: Sun 1 May, 15:15 hrs* LIVE ON EHFTV.COM Referees: Jelena Vujacic, Angelina Kazanegra (MNE) EHF Delegate: Wolfgang Gremmel (GER) 2nd leg: Sat 7 May, 16:00 hrs* LIVE ON EHFTV.COM Referees: Milan Hajek, Karel Macho (CZE) EHF Delegate: Panos Antoniou (CYP) EHF Representative: Ole R. Jorstad * all times local Preview The teams in the Women´s Cup Winners´ Cup final are used to facing each other. When the first leg starts in Holstebro between Team Tvis Holstebro and Handball Club Lada Sunday, it will be the start Playing hall of the fifth European tie between the two clubs. Playing hall Gräkjaer Arena Sportkomplex USK “Olimp” Hostrupvej 27 Holstebro and Lada are probably two of the Primorsky boulvar 49 7500 Holstebro, Denmark European women’s club teams who have seen the 445860 Togliatti, Russia Capacity: 3,250 most of each other in recent years. This season - the Capacity: 2,700 last Cup Winners’ Cup final in history as it merges with the Women’s EHF Cup next season to form the Past achievements: Women’s EHF Cup – will be the fifth European tie Past achievements: Champions League: 2013/14 between the two clubs over the past five years. Champions League: 2007 runners-up, qualification 2008 semi-finalist EHF Cup: 2013 and 2015 winners, Based on the first four meetings, the statistics speak EHF Cup: 2012 and 2014 winners 2011 runners-up in favour of Holstebro. Three times the Danish team Cup Winners’ Cup: 2002 winners Cup Winners’ Cup: 2013/14 Last 16 took the aggregate win and proceeded, while Lada needed the rule about most away goals to take the Russian league: 6 titles (2002, 2003, Danish league: - (2013 silver, 2015 overall win for the only time the Russian team was 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008) bronze) successful. However, Camilla Herrem, left wing for Russian cup 1 title (2006) Danish Cup: 2014 runners-up Team Tvis Holstebro, is not sure that statistics from the past will be of much use to the team this time. Domestic league Domestic league “There is no doubt in my mind that it will be tougher Danish Primo Tours Ligaen than before against Lada this time,” she said. Russian Superleague “They have a considerably stronger team than the Last 3 games previous times our team has met them.” Last 3 games 23.04. @ Esbjerg (1/2-final) L19:31 28.04. vs Astrakhanochka (1/2 - 3) L25:29 16.04. vs Esbjerg (1/2-final) W32:27 Norwegian World and European champion, and 27.04. vs Astrakhanochka (1/2 - 2) W35:29 13.04. vs Randers (1/4-final) W33:26 her coach Peter Krautmeyer agrees with his player. 24.04. @ Astrakhanochka (1/2 - 1) L24:32 Next game “It will more or less be the Russian national team 04.05. vs Viborg (3rd place, 1st leg) we are up against,” he said. “Their greatest star is Next game right-back Irina Bliznova, but we will certainly also 12.05. @ Volgograd (3rd place, match 1) Final standings of the main round have to keep an eye on playmaker Daria Dmitrieva 1. Esbjerg 22 653:569 34 who is number two or three among the playmakers Final standings of the main round ... in the Russian national team. “However, there is no 1. Rostov 20 729:409 40 4. Holstebro 22 601:570 27 doubt that we will need a really good result in our 2. Lada 20 688:469 34 ... home game, if we are going to have a chance in the ... 12. Sonderjyske 22 525:704 0 return match where we are sure to be under heavy 11. Alisa Ufa 20 428:604 8 pressure from 2,500-3,000 spectators.” 3 Historic encounters in the EC Team Tvis Holstebro vs Handball Club Lada 5-1-2 (242:231) 11:5 10.04.2011 Lada vs Team Tvis Holstebro, EHF Cup – Semi-final 32:26 (13:12) 16.04.2011 Team Tvis Holstebro vs Lada, EHF Cup – Semi-final 26:19 (14:8) 04.03.2012 Team Tvis Holstebro vs Lada, EHF Cup – Quarter-final 42:34 (22:16) 10.03.2012 Lada vs Team Tvis Holstebro, EHF Cup – Quarter-final 38:30 (15:16) 03.02.2013 Team Tvis Holstebro vs Lada, EHF Cup – Last 16 24:19 (13:11) 10.02.2013 Lada vs Team Tvis Holstebro, EHF Cup – Last 16 30:30 (15:16) 07.02.2015 Handball Club Lada vs Team Tvis Holstebro, EHF Cup – Last 16 29:32 (13:16) 08.02.2015 Handball Club Lada vs Team Tvis Holstebro, EHF Cup – Last 16 30:32 (15:15) Team Tvis Holstebro vs Russian clubs 6-1-3 Season Opponent Home Away Competition 2010/11 Lada 26:19 26:32 EHF Cup – Semi-final 2011/12 Lada 42:34 30:38 EHF Cup – Quarter-final 2012/13 Lada 24:19 30:30 EHF Cup – Last 16 2014/15 Handball Club Lada 32:29 32:30 EHF Cup – Last 16 2014/15 Rostov-Don 33:20 22:33 EHF Cup – Final Handball Club Lada vs Danish clubs 10-5-12 Season Opponent Home Away Competition 2002/03 Viborg HK A/S 27:26 24:32 EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 2004/05 Slagelse FH 24:25 27:33 EHF Champions League – Group C 2005/06 Slagelse DT 29:28 24:27 EHF Champions League – Group B 2006/07 Viborg HK A/S 33:31 32:32 EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 2006/07 Slagelse DT 29:29 24:32 EHF Champions League – Final 2006/07 Slagelse DT 34:35 EHF Champions Trophy – Place 3/4 2009/10 KIF Vejen 21:21 15:26 Cup Winners’ Cup – Last 16 2010/11 Team Tvis Holstebro 32:26 19:26 EHF Cup – Semi-final 2011/12 Team Tvis Holstebro 38:30 34:42 EHF Cup – Quarter-final 2011/12 KIF Vejen 21:16 22:21 EHF Cup – Semi-final 2012/13 Team Tvis Holstebro 30:30 19:24 EHF Cup – Last 16 2013/14 Kobenhavn Handbold 27:19 33:27 EHF Cup – Quarter-final 2013/14 Team Esbjerg 36:25 32:32 EHF Cup – Final 2014/15 Team Tvis Holstebro 30:32 29:32 EHF Cup – Last 16 4 Last Ten Games in the European Cup competitions: Team Tvis Holstebro: current run - won one 03.05.2015 Holstebro DEN vs Rostov-Don RUS W 33:20 09.05.2015 Rostov-na-Donu RUS @ Rostov-Don RUS L 33:22 14.11.2015 Holstebro DEN vs WHC Metalurg MKD W 41:20 15.11.2015 Holstebro DEN vs WHC Metalurg MKD W 32:20 10.01.2016 Holstebro DEN vs Hypo Niederösterreich AUT W 42:28 16.01.2016 Maria Enzersdorf AUT @ Hypo Niederösterreich AUT W 28:35 21.02.2016 Holstebro DEN vs Viborg HK A/S DEN W 25:14 29.02.2016 Viborg DEN @ Viborg HK A/S DEN L 27:25 03.04.2016 Issy-les-Moulin.