Women’s EHF Cup 2017/18 Group Phase Media Guide Table of contents Welcome words 3 GROUP C Media contacts 4 Head-to-head stats 36 Map of participating clubs 5 Vistal Gdynia 37 2017/18 Playing system diagram - stages & dates 6 Viborg HK 40 Important regulations - ranking of teams 8 Byasen Trondheim 43 First round preview 9 Kastamonu Belediyesi GSK 46 GROUP A GROUP D Head-to-head stats 10 Head-to-head stats 49 Brest Bretagne Handball 11 Larvik 50 Randers HK 14 H 65 Höörs HK 53 SCM Craiova 17 HC Zalau 56 Kuban 20 DHK Banik Most 59 Qualification top scorers 62 GROUP B Past seasons’ winners 63 Head-to-head stats 23 Vipers Kristiansand 24 Handball Club Lada 27 Issy Paris Hand 30 Koebenhavn Haandbold 33 2 Welcome words Dear Media Representative, Welcome to the second season of the Women’s EHF Cup in the new EHF Cup Media Contact format. Before the 2016/17 season the Cup Winners’s Cup has merged Vladislav Brindzak with the Women’s EHF Cup into one competition - the new Women’s EHF EHF Media and Communications Cup. Just like in the men’s version of the EHF Cup, the new competition [email protected] also included the group phase preceded by qualification rounds and +43 1 80 151 161 followed by quarter-finals. The semi-finals and the final are played in a home and away games format. Online www.eurohandball.com In the following media information you will find the essential facts europeancup.eurohandball.com you will require for the final two games and the participating teams. www.twitter.com/EHF Additional information can be found on the eurohandball.com website. www.facebook.com/EHF Media portal All media representatives are invited to register for the EHF media portal on http://members.ehf.eu. The European Handball Federation’s media portal is a one-stop-shop for media representatives offering all the EHF’s media news such as press releases, event flash quotes directly after matches, press conference highlights, draw reactions and downloads of all relevant information including, but not limited to, media guides and event logos. Furthermore photographs that are free for editorial use will be available for download. For further information or assistance, please do not hesitate to contact the EHF Media and Communications Department and we will be happy to help you with any information you may require. 3 EHF/M Media contacts Media matters TV and Radio Vlado Brindzak Miguel Mateo Marcellán Media and Communications Media Manager European Handball EHF Marketing GmbH Federation +43 1 80 151 224 +43 1 80 151 161 [email protected] [email protected] Twitter: @ehfmedia Clubs – Media contacts GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C GROUP D Brest Bretagne Handball Vipers Kristiansand Vistal Gdynia Larvik Nicolas Roué Terje Marcussen Krystian Gancza Bjørn Bjune +33 662 32 50 91 +47 905 818 15 +48 501 005 609 +47 900 324 27 nicolas.roue@brest- [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] bretagnehandball.fr Randers HK Handball Club Lada Viborg HK H 65 Höörs HK Anne B. Laursen Alsu Lateeva Kim Pedersen Christoffer Ekmark +45 4292 1342 [email protected] +45 61 71 53 53 +46 76 3966052 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] SCM Craiova Issy Paris Hand Byasen Handball Elite HC Zalau Daniela Gradinaru Jean-Marie Sifre Mona Ulvin George Tadici +40 351 176 806 +33 6 26066173 +47 73 515800 +40 745 264 003 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Kuban Koebenhavn Haandbold Kastamonu Belediyesi GSK DHK Banik Most Nikolay Buyanov Janni Møller Thomsen Ahmet Cevher Radek Madera +7 988 2424993 +45 223 55 225 +90 544 4187541 +420 731 437755 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 4 WOMEN’S EHF CUP TEAMS Byasen Trondheim Group Phase 2017/18 NOR Larvik NOR Vipers Kristiansand NOR Randers HK DEN H 65 Höörs HK SWE Viborg HK Vistal Gdynia DEN POL Koebenhavn Haandbold DEN Brest Bretagne Handball FRA Handball Club Lada Issy Paris Hand RUS FRA Kuban RUS Kastamonu Belediyesi GSK TUR DHK Banik Most H.C. Zalau SCM Craiova CZE ROU ROU 2017/2018 WOMEN'S EHF CUP Qualification Qualification Qualification Group Quarter Semi Finals Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Matches finals finals 28 teams 32 teams 24 teams 16 teams 8 teams 4 teams 2 teams 09/10.09.2017 14/15.10.2017 11/12.11.2017 R1: 06/07.01.2018 03/04.03.18 07/08.04.18 05/06.05.18 first leg first leg first leg R2: 13/14.01.2018 first leg first leg first leg R3: 20/21.01.2018 16/17.09.2017 21/22.10.2017 18/19.11.2017 R4: 27/28.01.2018 10/11.03.18 14/15.04.18 12/13.05.18 NATION second leg second leg second leg R5:03/04.02.2018 second leg second leg second leg R6:10/11.02.2018 DRAWS: 18.07.2017 18.07.2017 24.10.2017 23.11.2017 13.02.2018 13.02.2018 17.04.2018 1 DEN Randers HK 2 RUS Lada 3 2nd CL QT1 2nd CL QT1 4 2nd CL QT2 2nd CL QT2 5 HUN Erd HC 6 ROU SCM Craiova 7 3rd CL QT1 3rd CL QT1 8 3rd CL QT2 3rd CL QT2 9 4th CL QT1 4th CL QT1 10 4th CL QT2 4th CL QT2 11 CZE DHK Banik Most 12 DEN Kobenhavn Handbold 13 GER TusSies Metzingen 14 RUS Kuban 15 FRA Issy Paris Hand 16 HUN DKKA Dunaujvaros KA 17 ROU HC Dunarea Braila 18 NOR Tertnes Handball Elite 19 DEN Viborg HK 20 GER Buxtehuder SV 21 RUS Zvezda Zvenigorod 22 FRA ES Besancon Feminin HB 23 HUN DVSC-TVP 24 ROU HC Zalau 25 NOR Glassverket 26 RUS Astrakhanochka 27 DEN Silkeborg-Voel KFUM 28 GER HSG Blomberg-Lippe 29 FRA Cercle Dijon Bourgogne 30 HUN Vaci NKSE 31 ROU CSM Roman NOR Byasen Handball Elite 32 Winners2 of Semifinals 33 TUR Ankara Yenimahalle BSK Winners4 of Quarterfinals 34 SWE Lugi HF 35 POL Metraco Zaglebie Lubin 36 ESP Super Amara Bera Bera 37 SRB ZRK Medicinar 38 SUI LC Brühl Handball 16 Winners of Qualification Round 2 Round of Qualification 16 Winners 39 CZE DHC Slavia Praha 40 UKR Galychanka 41 GRE O.F.N. Ionias Matches Group the of group each of teams placed 2nd and 1st 42 NED Succes Schoonmaak/VOC 43 ITA Jomi Salerno 44 POR Colegio de Gaia 45 BEL HB St. Truiden HC BNTU-BelAZ Minsk 46 BLR matches group ChL the of teams placed 4th four and 3 Round Qualification of Winners 12 47 KOS KHF Prishtina 14 Winners of Qualification Round 1 Round of Qualification 14 Winners 48 BIH HZRK Grude 49 CYP A.S. Latsia 50 AZE Nur Mingechavir 51 SUI LK Zug 52 NED Morrenhof Jansen Dalfsen 53 POL KRAM Start Elblag 54 ISR HC Holon 6 published version, 10.07.2017 Women’s EHF Cup 2017/18 playing system Qualication R1 Qualication R3 Group Phase Quarter-nals Semi-nals Finals vs. vs. 2 vs. 1 vs. vs. 14 vs.14 12 vs.12 vs. vs. 4 2 14 16 12 8 7 vs. teams teams teams teams teams teams vs. Qualication R2 vs. WEHFC Group Phase includes 4 fourth ranked teams 16 vs.16 of the WCL Group Matches Season 2017/18 playing dates Qualication Round 1 Qualication Round 3 Group Phase Quarter-nals Semi-nals Finals first leg - 09/10.09.2017 first leg R1 06/07.01.2018 first leg first leg first leg second leg - 16/17.09.2017 11/12.11.2017 R2 13/14.01.2018 03/04.03.18 07/08.04.18 05/06.05.18 R3 20/21.01.2018 Qualication Round 2 second leg R4 27/28.01.2018 second leg second leg second leg first leg - 14/15.10.2017 18/19.11.2017 R5 03/04.02.2018 10/11.03.18 14/15.04.18 12/13.05.18 second leg - 21/22.10.2017 R6 10/11.02.2018 Important regulations Scoring of the matches and ranking General After completion of the Group Phase if three or more teams All matches of the Women’s EHF Cup shall be played in 2 x 30 have scored the same number of points: minutes with a half-time break of 10 minutes. The EHF reserves the right to extend the half-time break in special circumstances a) number of points in matches of all teams directly involved to 15 minutes. b) goal difference in matches of all teams directly involved c) higher number of plus goals in matches of all teams directly The matches shall be scored as follows: a) win = 2 points b) involved draw = 1 point c) loss = 0 points d) goal difference in all matches of the group e) higher number of plus goals in all matches of the group; Teams’ rankings are obtained by adding up the number of points won. If the ranking of one of these teams is determined, the criteria are consecutively followed until the ranking of all teams is Group Phase determined. If two or more teams have scored the same number of points, If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained the ranking will be determined as follows: by drawing lots. Lots shall be drawn by the EHF, if possible in the presence of a responsible of each club.