OFFICIAL PROGRAMME DELO EHF Champions League 2020/21 Think sport can bring together. CSM București vs PEOPLE But Metz Handball think Sala Polivalentă 13.09.2020/ 17:00 responsibly. Bucharest, Romania The UNIQA Group is one of the leading insurance groups in its core markets of Austria and Central and Eastern Europe with Title Partner over 40 companies in 18 countries and around 10 million customers. Suppliers www.uniqagroup.com eurohandball.com ehftv.com #deloehfcl 1439_20_Inserat_Tink_sport_bring_peoble_together_but_tink_responsibly_A5.indd 1 26.08.20 14:15 Think sport can bring PEOPLE together. But think responsibly. The UNIQA Group is one of the leading insurance groups in its core markets of Austria and Central and Eastern Europe with over 40 companies in 18 countries and around 10 million customers. www.uniqagroup.com 1439_20_Inserat_Tink_sport_bring_peoble_together_but_tink_responsibly_A5.indd 1 26.08.20 14:15 Think sport can Foreword EHF President Dear handball friends, bring Welcome to the 2020/21 season of the DELO EHF Champions League and the start of its new era. As most of the sport competitions across the globe in the previous season, the DELO EHF Champions League did not finish as we all hoped due to the Covid-19 outbreak. However, the EHF and EHF Marketing invested time during the break to prepare for the forthcoming together. season with the aim of developing the competition as the benchmark event in the indoor PEOPLE sports market. The 28th season of the European top-flight in 2020/21 will open a new chapter, when the new partnership with Infront and DAZN comes into effect and, from the fans’ point of view, there are two major developments: But The DELO EHF Champions League will be played in a new system with just 16 elite teams in two groups of eight, starting directly at the group phase played in a round-robin league format. There will be no qualification rounds or tournaments before. The top four teams in think each group will then qualify directly for the quarter-finals with teams finishing in seventh and eighth place eliminated. The four remaining teams from each group (3rd-6th) will qualify for a play-off round, before progressing to the quarter-finals and then the EHF FINAL4. In addition, from the start of this season, fans will have an ‘appointment to view’ each week, responsibly. and with no overlap of men’s and women’s top competitions. DELO EHF Champions League will be played on Saturday (at 16:00 and 18:00 CEST/CET) and Sunday (at 14:00 and 16:00 CEST/CET), with Wednesdays and Thursdays set aside for the EHF Champions League Men. After a long break, all 16 teams will be eager to be back playing at the highest level of European handball with the beginning of an exciting journey with a brand-new winners’ trophy as the prize at the competition’s conclusion. The line-up in both groups speak volumes about the quality of all squads and, even though there might be some favourites and underdogs on the paper, this competition’s history has already proven many times that surprising results can be expected on a daily basis. The UNIQA Group is one of the leading insurance groups in Even in this difficult time with necessary restrictions on the events, we, together with clubs its core markets of Austria and and our partners, will make sure that the DELO Women’s EHF Champions League will be Central and Eastern Europe with seen, followed, heard and talked about as much as in the past years – if not even more. On over 40 companies in 18 countries behalf of the EHF and EHF Marketing I wish you many unforgettable and thrilling moments. and around 10 million customers. Yours in sport, Michael Wiederer www.uniqagroup.com EHF President 1439_20_Inserat_Tink_sport_bring_peoble_together_but_tink_responsibly_A5.indd 1 26.08.20 14:15 Title Partner Suppliers 1 ORDINARY SHARE THE GAME hummel_INVENTUS_A5.indd 1 17/06/2020 10.27 Think sport can bring PEOPLE together. But think responsibly. The UNIQA Group is one of the leading insurance groups in its core markets of Austria and Central and Eastern Europe with over 40 companies in 18 countries and around 10 million customers. www.uniqagroup.com 1439_20_Inserat_Tink_sport_bring_peoble_together_but_tink_responsibly_A5.indd 1 26.08.20 14:15 ULTIMATE Completely controlled bounce. Extreme durability. Optimal roundness. Perfect grip and soft feel. Official match ball of the EHF Champions League. select-sport.com Think sport can bring PEOPLE together. But think responsibly. The UNIQA Group is one of the leading insurance groups in its core markets of Austria and Central and Eastern Europe with over 40 companies in 18 countries and around 10 million customers. www.uniqagroup.com 1439_20_Inserat_Tink_sport_bring_peoble_together_but_tink_responsibly_A5.indd 1 26.08.20 14:15 DELO EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE IS BACK! CSM Bucharest is back in the top tier inter-clubs European competition, DELO EHF Champi- ons League and the first game is scheduled this Sunday, September 13, against Metz Handball. Our girls play their first game at home in the 1st Group of the DELO EHF Champions League 2020-2021 season. In the same group we will find FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria, Rostov-Don, Vipers Kristiansand, Team Esbjerg, SG BBM Bietigheim and Krim Mercator. Only the first two teams will qualify for the quarterfinals, while the rest will take part in the competition’s Play-Offs. The CSM Bucharest - Metz Handball encounter is becoming a tradition in the DELO EHF Champions League, the teams playing each other four times in the past two seasons. Two of the matches took place in the quarterfinals of the 2018-2019 season, where the french side took home both wins, 31-26 in Bucharest and 23-22 in Metz. The following season the two teams met in the Main Round and CSM managed to win big in Bucharest, 32-27, with Cristina Neagu scoring 14 goals. The away game slipped away from CSM as Metz won 28-26. This match means a new beginning for our club in DELO EHF Champions League, but unfortu- nately it also marks the first game without our great fans that earned their respect all across Europe through their fair-play and great attitude shown in the stands. Given the present circumstances, the team is ready for a fresh start and is looking forward to the big challenge that the DELO EHF Champions League brings. Think sport can bring PEOPLE together. But think responsibly. The UNIQA Group is one of the leading insurance groups in its core markets of Austria and Central and Eastern Europe with over 40 companies in 18 countries and around 10 million customers. www.uniqagroup.com 1439_20_Inserat_Tink_sport_bring_peoble_together_but_tink_responsibly_A5.indd 1 26.08.20 14:15 CSM București România 1. Raluca SĂNDULACHE 7. Dragana CVIJIC 8. Cristina NEAGU Goalkeeper Line Player Le Back Goalkeeperhttps://we.tl/t-uzfrvolvoev 11. Gabriela PERIANU 15. Andrea KLIKOVAC 16. Denisa DEDU Centre Back Right Back Goalkeeper 17. Elizabeth OMOREGIE 20. Carmen MARTIN 23. Diana FÎNARU Centre Back Right Wing Le Wing . 24. Martine SMEETS 25. Barbara LAZOVIC 27. Denisa VÂLCAN Le Wing Right Back Centre Back 28. Siraba DEMBELE 35. Ștefania JIPA 77. Crina PINTEA Le Wing Line Player Line Player 86. Alexandrina BARBOSA 87. Jelena GRUBISIC 89. Laura MOISĂ Le Back Goalkeeper Right Wing 97. Bianca BAZALIU Adrian VASILE Iulia CUREA Le Back Head Coach Assistant Coach ORDINARY SHARE THE GAME hummel_INVENTUS_A5.indd 1 17/06/2020 10.27 Metz Handball France Head Coach: Emmanuel Mayonnade 5. Daphne GAUTSCHI 8. Camila MICIJEVIC 9. Astride N’GOUAN Centre Back Le Back Line Player 10. Meline NOCANDY 11. Manon HOUETTE 12. Ivana KAPITANOVIC Centre Back Le Wing Goalkeeper 14. Debbie BONT 15. Tjasa STANKO 17. Orlane KANOR Right Wing Centre Back Le Back 19. Louise BURGAARD 21. Laura KANOR 25. Helene SAJKA Right Back Le Wing Right Back 27. Sarah BOUKTIT 29. Maud-Eva COPY 77. Olga PEREDERIY Line Player Le Wing Line Player 84. Melvine DEBA 99. Hatadou SAKO Right Wing Goalkeeper Goalkeeper www.visitbucharest.ro 9 .