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MEDIA INFORMATIONWomen’s EHF Champions League
2018/19 Group Matches Draw
29 June 2018, 12:30 hrsErste Campus, Vienna
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Media contacts
EHF/M media contacts
Clubs media contacts
Media matters
Vlado BrindzakMedia and CommunicationsEuropean Handball Federation+43 1 80 151 [email protected]
POT 1 POT 2
POT 3 POT 4
TV and Radio
Miguel Mateo MarcellanMedia ManagerEHF Marketing GmbH+43 1 80 151 [email protected]
Buducnost (MNE)Milos Pavicevic+382 682 226 [email protected][email protected]
Győri Audi ETO KC (HUN)Tamas Szabo+36 20 505 63 [email protected]
Larvik HK (NOR)Bjørn Bjune+47 479 [email protected]
Odense HC (DEN)Mark [email protected]
CSM Bucuresti (ROU)Ioana Patachi+40 748 050 [email protected]
Metz Handball (FRA)Estelle Vogein+33 608 258 [email protected]
Vipers Kristiansand (NOR)Terje Marcussen +47 905 818 [email protected]
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria (HUN)Adam Schleinig+36 704 454 [email protected]
RK Krim Mercator (SLO)Gašper Lončarič+386 51 630 [email protected]
Brest Bretagne Handball (FRA)Enora Talec+33 760 830 [email protected]
IK Sävehof (SWE)Hanna Fogelström+46 736 [email protected]
Thüringer HC (GER)Bernd Hohnstein+49 179 4649 [email protected]
Kobenhavn Handbold (DEN)Janni Møller Thomsen+45 223 55 [email protected]
Rostov-Don (RUS)Andrey [email protected]
Women´s EHF Champions league 2018/19
status: 19.06.2018
QualificationTournaments
2 tournaments 4 groups with 4 teams 2 groups with 6 teams 8 teams 4 teams05.-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 tournamenttournaments 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)and finals 09.-11.11.2018 (5) 01.-03.03.2019 (5) 12.-14.04.2019
NATION in one venue 16.-18.11.2018 (6) 08.-10.03.2019 (6) second leg
1 HUN 1 Györi Audi ETO KC2 ROU 1 CSM Bucuresti3 MNE 1 Buducnost4 RUS 1 Rostov-Don5 FRA 1 Metz Handball6 DEN 1 Kobenhavn Handball7 NOR 1 Vipers Kristiansand8 GER 1 Thüringer HC9 SLO 1 RK Krim Mercator
10 SWE 1 IK Sävehof11 HUN 2 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria12 DEN 2 Odense HC13 FRA 2 Brest Bretange HB14 NOR 2 Larvik HK15 ROU 2 SCM Craiova16 GER 2 SG BBM Bietigheim17 POL 1 MKS Perla Lublin18 CRO 1 HC Podravka Vegeta19 ITA 1 Jomi Salerno20 TUR 1 Muratpasa BSK21 ESP 1 Super Amara Bera Bera22 SRB 1 ZORK Jagodina
played in semi-finals and finals
Group Matches
2 groups with 4 teams
4th placed teams of CL Qualification Tournaments go to EHF Cup Rd 2, 2nd and 3rd placed teams of CL
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WOMEN'S EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2018/19
DRAWS: 27 June 2018 in Vienna/AUT 29 June 2018 in Vienna/AUT no draw 16 April 2019no draw
Main Round FINAL4Quarter-finals
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Pots
Qualification tournaments drawThe eight teams hoping to qualify for the Women’s EHF Champions League Group Matches in the 2018/19 season can start their preparations. On Wednesday, they learned their opponents as the qualification draw was conducted at the EHF Office in Vienna. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four, with all matches to be played on 7-9 September. Only the two group winners will advance to the group matches.
The only team that also played Champions League last season, SG BBM Bietigheim, were drawn into Group 1. The German side, who reached the main round upon their debut last season, will face Spanish champions Super Amara Bera Bera. In the other Group 1 semi-final, last year’s Challenge Cup winners, MKS Perla Lublin from Poland, will take on Jomi Salerno, who have won the Italian league two years in row. The winners of those two matches will duel for a place in the group matches. Bera Bera were drawn as the team with the first rights to host the Group 1 tournament. If the Spanish side will not stage the event, next in line to host it are: Lublin, Bietigheim, and ultimately Salerno.
In Group 2, reigning EHF Cup champions SCM Craiova from Romania got ZORK Jagodina, which celebrated their first Serbian national title last season, as their opponents in the semi-final. A year ago HC Podravka Vegeta stumbled in the qualification over Vipers Kristiansand. So the team from Croatia, the only participants in the qualification who have actually won the Champions League once (in 1996), will hope for a better outcome this time when they face Muratpasa BSK, who won their fourth Turkish national championship last season. Also in Group 2, the winners of both matches will go head to head for that coveted ticket to the group matches. The first hosting rights for the Group 2 tournament went to Jagodina. Next in line would be Podravka, Craiova, and ultimately Muratpasa.
The two teams advancing from Groups 1 and 2 will be joining the 14 teams already seeded for the group matches. The draw for the group matches will be conducted at the Erste Campus in Vienna on Friday.
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Pots
Pots for the group matchesOne month after a thrilling conclusion of the 2017/18 European club competitions season the representatives of the continent’s elite clubs congregate again this week for the draw event on Friday to outline their first steps in the new season.
Eduarda Amorim (Györi Audi ETO KC) and Thierry Omeyer (Paris Saint-Germain Handball), two stellar names known from the Champions League history will take over the responsibility for drawing of the lots on Friday together with Michael Wiederer, EHF President and Martin Hausleitner, EHF Secretary General.
Draw procedure
14 directly seeded teams plus two qualification groups’ winners will be divided into four pots of four teams. Teams will not be able to face opponents from the same country in the group.
Györi Audi ETO KC, the defending champions, are seeded in the first pot together with two other participants of the Women’s EHF FINAL4 2018, Rostov-Don and CSM Bucuresti and Buducnost.
There will also be an open draw for the second pot with Metz Handball, Kobenhavn Handball, Vipers Kristiansand and Thüringer HC.
In the third pot FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria and Odense HC have to avoid their domestic rivals from Györ and Kobenhavn respectively and only then the remaining two teams Krim Mercator and Sävehof will be drawn.
To apply the country protection rule in the last pot there will be no draw but the four teams will be allocated always to the first possible group from left to right.
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Györi Audi ETO KC
This one word could summarise Györi Audi ETO KC’s entire season. After their wins in the Hungarian Cup and the Women’s EHF Champions League, the last trophy was the Hungarian national championship. To finish their season victorious, Györ had to win against Békéscsaba ENKSE and count a better goal difference than FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria.Ahead of the last round of the season, FTC were at the top with a better goal difference (+6). Györ were to play against Békéscsaba and, at the same time, FTC faced Vác. Only one thing mattered: Which team could win with the biggest goal difference?FTC were one goal shy of the required goal difference and could not score in the dying seconds. The team ‘only’ won by 18 goals, 42:24, which meant that Györ could celebrate the title for the 14th time.It was a bittersweet moment for Ambros Martin, the head coach of Györ. He finished his tenure with the club with the hat-trick in the city of bridges, before departing for Rostov for next season. As the last words in the interview after the final whistle, Martin said: “Thank you, I am sorry and I love you all!”
POT 1
Club AddressGyőri Audi ETO KCKiskutliget92027 GyőrHungary
Media contactTamas Szabo+36 20 505 63 [email protected]
www.gyorietokc.hu
Győri-Audi-ETO-KC
@GyoriaudiETO
Playing hallAUDI Arena GyörToth Laszlo utja9027 GyörHungaryCapacity: 5,000
Past achievementsWomen’s EHF Champions LeagueParticipations (including 2018/19 season): 16Winners (4): 2012/13, 2013/14, 2016/17, 2017/18Runners-up (3): 2008/09, 2011/12, 2015/16Semi-finals (4): 2006/07, 2007/08, 2009/10, 2010/11Quarter-finals (1): 2014/15Group Matches (2): 2000/01, 2005/06Qualification (1): 2004/05
OtherCup Winners’ Cup: Runners-up 2005/06, Semi-final 2002/03EHF Cup: Runners-up 1998/99, 2001/02, 2003/04, 2004/05Hungarian league: 14 titles (1957, 1959, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018)Hungarian cup: 13 titles
Kit colours
LightPlayer shirt: whitePlayer short: whiteGK shirt: red
DarkPlayer shirt: green/blackPlayer short: green/blackGK shirt: blue, black
Györi Audi ETO KC
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CSM Bucuresti
For the fourth time in a row, CSM Bucuresti were crowned champions after anoth-er season that resembled a walk in the park for the Romanian powerhouse.CSM lost only one game, against Women’s EHF Cup winners SCM Craiova, and collected 75 points from a possible 78 throughout another dominating season.Cristina Neagu’s return to the Romanian league after a four-year hiatus, during which she played for Buducnost, galvanised the fans, who flocked to see the 29-year-old superstar.However, Neagu, the top scorer of the Women’s EHF Champions League 2017/18, failed to breach the top 10 ranking within Romania, as she was rested for several games during the season.With their fourth consecutive title, CSM are now trailing only Oltchim Ramnicu Valcea, Universitatea Timisoara, Stiinta Bacau and Rapid Bucuresti as the most successful team in the history of the competition.
POT 1
Club AddressCalea Victoriei Street no 126District 1010094 BucharestRomania
Media contactIoana Patachi+40 748 050 [email protected]
www.csmbucuresti.ro
CSM-Bucuresti-Oficial
Playing hallSala Polivalenta Ioan Kunst GhermanescuCalea Piscului Nr. 10, sector 4BucharestRomaniaCapacity: 5,000
Past achievementsWomen’s EHF Champions LeagueParticipations (including 2018/19 season): 4Winners (1): 2015/16Semi-final (2): 2016/17, 2017/18 (3rd)
OtherEHF Cup: Last 16 2011/12
Romanian league: 4 titles (2015-18)Romanian cup: 3 titles
Kit colours
LightPlayer shirt: whitePlayer short: blackGK shirt: orange
DarkPlayer shirt: bluePlayer short: blueGK shirt: green
CSM Bucuresti
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BuducnostThe younger-than-ever Buducnost team proceeded a long way towards building the pedigree in their new generation, with yet another double triumph this season.Their genius tactician Dragan Adzic is close to creating a new force to be reckoned with, as Buducnost won their 12th consecutive double in a dominant fashion, demonstrated by their 33:11 Cup final win against league runners-up Levalea.The rampant Montenegrin powerhouse enjoyed an undefeated season, astonish-ing their opponents nationwide, with an average winning margin of 21 goals in the play-offs.With the impressive level of performance from the youngsters, the two-time Wom-en’s EHF Champions League winners and 2017/18 quarter-finalists must be eyeing a swift return to continental glory.
POT 1
Club AddressBudućnostIvana Milutinovica B.B.81000 PodgoricaMontenegro
Media contactMilos Pavicevic+382 682 226 [email protected][email protected]
www.zrkbuducnost.com
ZrkBuducnost
Playing hallS.C. MoračaStr. Ivana Milutinovića b.b.81000 PodgoricaMontenegroCapacity: 5,000
Past achievementsWomen’s EHF Champions LeagueParticipations (including 2018/19 season): 23Winners (2): 2011/12, 2014/15Runners-up (1): 2013/14Semi-finals (8): 1997/98, 1998/99, 1999/00, 2000/01, 2001/02, 2010/11, 2015/16, 2016/17Main Round (1): 2012/13Quarter-final (3): 2002/03, 2003/04, 2017/18Last 16 (1): 1995/96Group Matches (6): 1996/97, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2009/10
OtherCup Winners Cup: Winners 2005/06, 2009/10
Montenegrin league: 30 titles (1985, 1989, 1990, 1992-2018)Montenegrin cup: 23 titles
Kit colours
LightPlayer shirt: blue & white stripesPlayer short: blueGK shirt: grey
DarkPlayer shirt: bluePlayer short: blueGK shirt: dark blue
Buducnost
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Rostov-DonIn 2018, EHF FINAL4 participants Rostov-Don won the Russian Superleague for the fourth time. This is their third title in four recent years, as the team also became champions in 2015 and 2017.This time, Rostov struggled a little in the regular season and finished third, one point behind Lada Togliatti and Astrakhanochka. But as the season progressed, the star-studded team coached by Frederic Bougeant started to show their real strength.In the play-offs, they won all their matches, beating Stavropol in the quarter-final, Astrakhanochka in the semi-final and Lada in the final with the same 2:0 result in all the best-of-three series.It was the second Russian championship title for Bougeant, who stepped down at the end of the season and will be replaced by Ambros Martin.
POT 1
Club AddressRostov-Don1 Konnoy Army street, 4-a344029 Rostov-on-DonRussia
Media contactAndrey [email protected]
www.rostovhandball.ru
RostovHandball
@HCRostovDon
Playing hallRostov-Don1 Konnoy Army street, 4-a344029 Rostov-on-DonRussia
Past achievementsWomen’s EHF Champions LeagueParticipations (including 2018/19 season): 7Semi-finals (1): 2017/18 (4th)Quarter-finals (1): 2015/16Group Matches (1): 2016/17Qualification (3): 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14
OtherEHF Cup: winners 2016/17, runners-up 2014/15, quarter-final 2009/10Cup Winners’ Cup: semi-final 2012/13, 2013/14, quarter-final 2010/11
Russian league: 6 titles (1990, 1991, 1994, 2015, 2017, 2018)Russian cup: 10 titles
Kit colours
LightPlayer shirt: yellow-blackPlayer short: yellowGK shirt: yellow
DarkPlayer shirt: black-yellowPlayer short: blackGK shirt: dark red
Rostov-Don
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MetzHandball
Metz gained their third straight national title, the 22nd in the history of the club. Emmanuel Mayonnade’s team finished first of the regular competition, with only one defeat and a 10-point lead over second-place Brest. In the play-off, Metz earned two victories against Nantes in the semi-final to take on fellow Champions League contenders Brest for the title.Metz won the first leg in Brittany by four goals, and could afford to lose the second leg by two goals.The team will undergo several player changes this summer, as Slovenian super-star Ana Gros will travel to concurrent Brest while Astride N’Gouan will make the opposite journey and French international Gnonsiane Niombla will arrive from Bucharest.
POT 2
Club AddressMetz Handball20 Rue des Mirabelles57050 MetzFrance
Media contactEstelle Vogein+33 608 258 [email protected]
metz-handball.com
MetzHandballOfficiel
@MetzHandball
Playing hall“Les Arenes” Metz5 av. Rue Louis le Debonnaire57000 MetzFranceCapacity: 4,500
Past achievementsWomen’s EHF Champions LeagueParticipations (including 2018/19 season): 20Quarter-final (2): 2016/17, 2017/18Main Round (2): 2011/12, 2014/15Last 16 (2): 1994/95, 1995/96Last 32 (1): 1993/94Group Matches (8): 1996/97, 1997/98, 1999/2000, 2000/01, 2002/03, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2013/14 Qualification (4): 2004/05, 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08OtherEHF Cup: Runners-up 2012/13, quarter-final 2000/01, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2007/08Cup Winners’ Cup: semi-final 1998/99, 2003/04, 2009/10, 2010/11French league: 22 titles (1989, 1990, 1993-1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004-2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016-18) French cup: 7 titles
Kit colours
LightPlayer shirt: yellowPlayer short: blueGK shirt: red
DarkPlayer shirt: blackPlayer short: blackGK shirt: blue
Metz Handball
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Kobenhavn Handball
When the play-off finals started, it was already a fact that Denmark would see a new champion crowned. Neither Koebenhavn Haandbold nor Odense Håndbold had won the title before, and while Koebenhavn lost the final to Nykøbing Falster last year, Odense had made it their first final ever.Having won the league, Koebenhavn had the home right in the first leg and took a 28:25 victory in a full Frederiksberghallen. On home ground, Odense then forced the series into three matches with a clear victory, 29:22.The third leg in Frederiksberg became a thriller, with Koebenhavn securing a 26:25 win in the very last seconds.The Koebenhavn triumph had a lot to with playmaker Mia Rej, who had a signifi-cant impact throughout the season and in the play-offs in particular – and she was obviously aware of her own performances: “I have played a divine season!” she said in a TV interview after the third and deciding final.
POT 2
Club AddressKoebenhavn HaandboldFrederiksberg HallenJens Jessens Vej 202000 FrederiksbergDenmark
Media contactJanni Møller Thomsen+45 223 55 [email protected]
www.kbhbold.dk
kbhbolddk
kbhbolddk
Playing hallTrefor Arena BroendbyBroendby Stadion 202605 BrondbyDenmarkCapacity: 5,000
Past achievementsWomen’s EHF Champions LeagueParticipations (including 2018/19 season): 4Group matches (3): 2000/01, 2008/09, 2009/10
OtherEHF Cup: quarter-final 2013/14, group phase2017/18Cup Winners’ Cup: 2008/09 winners, 2003/04 semi-final
Danish league: 1 title (2018)
Kit colours
LightPlayer shirt: orangePlayer short: blackGoalkeeper shirt: green
DarkPlayer shirt: blackPlayer short: blackGoalkeeper shirt: orange
Kobenhavn Handball
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Vipers Kristiansand
This season was historic in Norwegian women’s handball: For the first time in 13 years, Larvik did not win the league.
The club, who has been so dominant in the Scandinavian country for many years, had to form a more or less new team for 2017/18. After failing to win the league champion-ship, the “Seriemesterskabet”, they were not victorious in the play-off either.
In both cases, Vipers Kristiansand proved too much for the traditionally top club. Vipers – who missed a place in the Women’s EHF Champions League Main Round in their maiden season but reached the final of the EHF Cup – assumed Larvik’s role as the dominant team in Norway this season.
The club from Norway’s fourth largest city won all three titles in the country this sea-son. First, they claimed the Cup. Next, they won the league, where Larvik managed to be runners-up after a poor start to the season.
Lastly, Vipers won the play-off, in which they defeated none other than Larvik as deci-sively as 40:28 in the final match.
POT 2
Club AddressVipers KristiansandTangen 84608 KristiansandNorway
Media contactTerje Marcussen +47 905 818 [email protected]
www.vipers.no
VipersKristiansand
@VipersKrSand
Playing hallAquarama KristiansandTangen 84608 KristiansandNorwayCapacity: 2,200
Past achievementsWomen’s EHF Champions LeagueParticipations (including 2018/19 season): 2Group matches (1): 2017/18
OtherCup Winners‘ Cup: quarter-finals 2015/16EHF Cup: final 2017/18, semi-finals 2003/04, Last 16 2004/05
Norwegian league: 1 title (2018)Norwegian cup: 1 title
Kit colours
LightPlayer shirt: pinkPlayer short: blackGK shirt: black
DarkPlayer shirt: blackPlayer short: blackGK shirt: blue
Vipers Kristiansand
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Thüringer HC
After SG Bietigheim took the crown in the previous season, Thüringer HC are back on the winners’ podium – for the seventh time in the last eight years. It was the 10th German championship title for Herbert Müller as a coach, after he also steered Nuremburg to three titles.
Defending champions Bietigheim were not real contenders this year, shaken by injury (Kim Naidzinavicius), pregnancy (Maura Visser) and internal problems, as they fired former German internationals Nina and Susann Müller in the middle of the season.
Thüringer HC were dominant, finishing eight points ahead of Bietigheim and 13 points in front of third-ranked Buxtehuder HC.
Before the start of the season, record champions HC Leipzig had lost their licence, announced bankruptcy and restarted in the third division.
POT 2
Club AddressThüringer HCMittelhäuser Str. 2199089 ErfurtGermany
Media contactBernd Hohnstein+49 179 4649 [email protected]
www.thueringer-hc.de
ThueringerHC
@ThueringerHC
Playing hallWiedigsburghalle NordhausenAugust-Bebel-Platz 699734 NordhausenGermanyCapacity: 2,218
Past achievementsWomen’s EHF Champions LeagueParticipations (including 2018/19 season): 8Quarter-finals (1): 2014/15Main Round (4): 2013/14, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18Group Matches (2): 2011/12, 2012/13
OtherCup Winners’ Cup: semi-final 2012/13Challenge Cup: runners-up 2008/09
German league: 7 titles (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018)German cup: 2 titles
Kit colours
LightPlayer shirt: whitePlayer short: blackGK shirt: black
DarkPlayer shirt: redPlayer short: blackGK shirt: violet
Thüringer HC
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RK Krim Mercator
The record-breakers from Ljubljana have struck again: RK Krim Mercator eased to their 23rd Slovenian title as they won all 22 matches – with an average margin of 14 goals per game.
Next season, they will have to do without Elizabeth Omoregie, who joins CSM Bucuresti – but even Omoregie’s departure will hardly affect Krim’s title-winning chances in the domestic league.
POT 3
Club AddressRK Krim MercatorCenter StožiceVojkova Cesta 1001000 LjubljanaSlovenia
Media contactGašper Lončarič+386 51 630 [email protected]
www.rkkrim.com
rkkrim
Playing hallSportna dvorana KodeljevoGortanova 211000 LjubljanaSloveniaCapacity: 2,400
Past achievementsWomen’s EHF Champions LeagueParticipations (including 2018/19 season): 24Winners (2): 2000/01, 2002/03Runners-up (3): 1998/99, 2003/04, 2005/06Semi-final (1): 2012/13Quarter-final (4): 1996/97, 1997/98, 2004/05, 2006/07Main Round (8): 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2016/17, 2017/18Last 16 (1): 1995/96Group Matches (4): 1999/00, 2001/02, 2007/08, 2015/16
OtherChampions Trophy: Winners 2002/03, 2003/04Cup Winners’ Cup: Semi-final 2015/16
Slovenian league: 23 titles (1995 – 2015, 2017, 2018)Slovenian cup: 25 titles
Kit colours
LightPlayer shirt: bluePlayer short: blueGK shirt: white
DarkPlayer shirt: redPlayer short: redGK shirt: black
RK Krim Mercator
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IK Sävehof
After winning the Swedish championship last year, H 65 Höörs HK had to return the title to record champions IK Sävehof, against whom they won the championship last year.The final this year, in Scandinavium in Gothenburg, turned out to be a thriller, which was not decided until the final seconds. Sävehof veteran Ida Oden took the title for her club with the winning goal, 22:21.Sävehof got the better start to the final, leading 4:1, and at half-time, they were still in front by three, 13:10.However, Höör took the upper hand after the break, holding a 18:15 lead with just over 10 minutes remaining. Sävehoft caught up again, 21:21, and in the dying seconds, Oden scored the crucial goal.“I just saw the ball go in, and then I saw there were only two seconds left. I knew we had made it,” said Oden after the final, which was the last match in her career.
POT 3
Club AddressIK SävehofPartille ArenaArenatorget 243322 PartilleSweden
Media contactHanna Fogelström+46 736 [email protected]
www.savehof.se
Savehof
IK_Savehof
Playing hallPartille ArenaArenatorget 243322 PartilleSwedenCapacity: 4,500
Past achievementsWomen’s EHF Champions LeagueParticipations (including 2018/19 season): 10Main Round (4): 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17Group Matches (3): 2007/08, 2010/11, 2012/13Qualification (2): 2006/07, 2011/12
OtherCup Winners’ Cup: Last 16: 2011/12
Swedish league: 12 titles (1993, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2009-16, 2018)
Kit colours
LightPlayer shirt: yellowPlayer short: yellow/blackGK shirt: blue
DarkPlayer shirt: blackPlayer short: blackGK shirt: red
IK Sävehof
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FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria
A bizarre end to the Hungarian league season saw FTC just missing out on their first title in three years: after 26 matches, they came up short by one goal.The neck-and-neck race with defending champions Györi Audi ETO KC went to the wire. Going into the final round, both teams were on 48 points but FTC had the bonus of a clearly better goal difference (+273 vs +267).However, while Györ defeated Bekescsabai by 25 goals (39:14) in their final match, FTC managed ‘only’ an 18-goal win (42:24) over Vaci, meaning that Györ snatched the title by a single goal: +292 vs +291.FTC were also edged by Györ in the semi-final of the domestic cup competition (30:29 after extra time). While FTC went out in the quarter-final of the Women’s EHF Champions League against Rostov-Don, their rivals from Györ went on to win that competition as well.
POT 3
Club AddressFTC-Rail Cargo HungariaKobanyai ut 47/a.1101 BudapestHungary
Media contactAdam Schleinig+36 704 454 [email protected]
kezilabda.fradi.hu
ftckezilabda
Playing hallDabas OBO ArenaIskola utca 52370 Dabas, HungaryCapacity: 2,498
Past achievementsWomen’s EHF Champions LeagueParticipations (including 2018/19 season): 19Runners-up (1): 2001/02Semi-finals (2): 1996/97, 2000/01Quarter-finals (6): 1999/2000, 2002/03, 2003/04, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18Main Round (1): 2012/13Group Matches/Champions League (6): 1994/95, 1995/96, 1997/98, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2013/14Qualification (2): 2009/10, 2014/15OtherEHF Cup: winners 2005/06, semi-finals 2004/05Cup Winners’ Cup: winners 2010/11, 2011/12, semi-finals 2006/07, 2014/15Hungarian league: 12 titles (1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2015)Hungarian cup: 13 titles
Kit colours
LightPlayer shirt: whitePlayer short: whiteGK shirt: red
DarkPlayer shirt: greenPlayer short: greenGK shirt: blue/black
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria
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OdenseHC
Odense recorded their best result in the nine-year history of the club as they finished runners-up to København Håndbold in the HTH Go Ligaen.And they had come even close to winning to championship. In the regular compe-tition, second-place Odense closed the gap to København to just two points as the leaders lost two of their last four matches.In the play-off semi-final, Odense recovered from losing the opening leg to Team Esbjerg by winning the next two, including the decisive third leg 32:23. In the final, København opened with a 28:25 home win but again Odense levelled the tie in the second leg with a resounding 29:22 victory.So the battle for the championship went to the wire, and ultimately København grabbed the title with a tight 26:25 win despite eight goals by Odense’s Mette Tranborg.Odense could not put their mark on the Danish Santander Cup competition, bowing out in the Last 16. The trophy was ultimately lifted by Team Esbjerg, who outscored København 31:20 in a one-sided final in December.
POT 3
Club AddressOdense HCLumbyvej 11 C, st. tv.5000 Odense CDenmark
Media contactMark [email protected]
www.hcodense.dk
odensehaandbold
Playing hallOdense IdraetshalHojstrupvej 55200 OdenseDenmarkCapacity: 2,236
Past achievementsWomen’s EHF Champions LeagueParticipations (including 2018/19 season): 1
OtherEHF Cup: quarter-final 2015/16 Cup Winners’ Cup: Last 16 2013/14
Danish league: - (runners-up 2018)
Kit colours
LightPlayer shirt: orangePlayer short: blackGK shirt: red or green
DarkPlayer shirt: purplePlayer short: blackGK shirt: red or green
Odense HC
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Brest Bretagne Handball
Finishing runners-up to Metz Handball in the French Division 1 in 2016/17, Brest repeated that achievement last season. In the regular competition, Brest could not threaten Metz’s first place.Metz dropped just a single point in 22 matches and finished 10 points clear of Brest. However, in the play-off things got tighter. In the final, Brest lost the first leg at home 29:25.They still believed in their chances when they travelled to Metz three days later, but the 26:24 away win in the second leg was not sufficient to wipe out the four-goal deficit.Brest also beat Metz in the Coupe de France: their semi-final in April was in the balance at 19:19 after 60 minutes, with Brest grabbing the win in extra time, 23:22. Brest ultimately lifted the trophy, leaving Toulon no chance in the final, 30:21.
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Club AddressBrest Bretagne HandballARENA 140 Boulevard de Plymouth29200 BRESTFrance
Media contactEnora Talec+33 760 830 [email protected]
www.brest-bretagnehandball.fr
Brest Bretagne Handball Officiel
@BBH_Officiel
Playing hallArena Brest140 Boulevard de Plymouth29200 BrestFranceCapacity: 4,077
Past achievementsWomen’s EHF Champions LeagueParticipations (including 2018/19 season): 2Group Matches (1): 2017/18
OtherEHF Cup: quarter-finals 2016/17
French league: 1 title (2012)French cup: 2 titles (2016, 2018)
Kit colours
LightPlayer shirt: blackPlayer short: blackGK shirt: fuchsia
DarkPlayer shirt: whitePlayer short: blackGK shirt: blue
Brest Bretagne Handball
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Larvik
Larvik’s chain of domestic titles was broken after 13 years. Having won the Norwegian championship every season since 2004/05, Larvik was beaten by Vipers Kristiansand this time.Title favourites Vipers and Larvik finished the regular competition on the top-two spots and made their way through the subsequent play-off series without much hassle. However, the best-of-three final became a surprisingly one-sided affair as Vipers won by seven (29:22) and 12 goals (40:28) respectively to easily seal the deal even before a third leg.Earlier in the season, Larvik and Vipers both seemed heading to the final of the domes-tic NM Cup until Larvik was upset in the semi-final by Stabaek Håndball, which then clearly lost the final to Vipers.There was also disappointment for Larvik on international level. The Women’s EHF Champions League winners from 2011 had their European season ended by finishing fourth in Group C, after winning just one of their six group matches.
POT 2
Club AddressLarvik HKStavernsveien 232N-3267 LarvikNorway
Media contactBjørn Bjune+47 479 [email protected]
www.larvikhk.no
larvikhk
@LarvikHK
Playing hallArena LarvikHoffsgate 63262 LarvikNorwayCapacity: 4,000
Past achievementsWomen’s EHF Champions LeagueParticipations (including 2018/19 season): 20Winners (1): 2010/11Runners-up (2): 2012/13, 2014/15Semi-finals (4): 2001/02, 2003/04, 2009/10, 2011/12Quarter-finals (5): 2000/01, 2002/03, 2006/07, 2015/16, 2016/17Main Round (1): 2013/14Group Matches (6): 1994/95, 1997/98, 2005/06, 2007/08, 2008/09, 2017/18
OtherCup Winners‘ Cup: Winners 2004/05, 2007/08, Semi-final 1996/97, 2005/06EHF Cup: Runners-up 2005/06Norwegian league: 19 titles (1994, 1997, 2000-03, 2005-2017)Norwegian cup: 17 titles
Kit colours
LightPlayer shirt: whitePlayer short: redGK shirt: orange
DarkPlayer shirt: blackPlayer short: blackGK shirt: yellow
Larvik
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2017/18 Top Scorers
2017/18 Top Scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Cristina Neagu (ROU) CSM Bucuresti (ROU) 110
2 Iveta Luzumova (CZE) Thüringer HC (GER) 105
3 Andrea Penezic (CRO) HC Vardar (MKD) 924 Veronica Kristiansen (NOR) FC Midtjylland (DEN) 91
5 Johanna Westberg (SWE) NFH - Nykøbing Falster (DEN) 76
6 Ana Gros (SLO) Metz Handball (FRA) 74
7 Milena Raicevic (MNE) Buducnost (MNE) 72
8 Anita Görbicz (HUN) Györi Audi ETO KC (HUN) 70
9 Andrea Lekic (SRB) HC Vardar (MKD) 69
10 Isabelle Gullden (SWE) CSM Bucuresti (ROU) 66
Nerea Pena (ESP) FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria (HUN) 66
Anna Vyakhireva (RUS) Rostov-Don (RUS) 66
13 Grace Zaadi (FRA) Metz Handball (FRA) 61
14 Jovanka Radicevic (MNE) HC Vardar (MKD) 60
15 Manon Houette (FRA) Metz Handball (FRA) 57
Aniko Kovacsics (HUN) FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria (HUN) 57
Amanda Kurtovic (NOR) CSM Bucuresti (ROU) 57
16 Nycke Groot (NED) Györi Audi ETO KC (HUN) 56
Alexandra Lacrabere (FRA) HC Vardar (MKD) 56
18 Tjasa Stanko (SLO) RK Krim Mercator (SLO) 55
Dragana Cvijic (SRB) HC Vardar (MKD) 55
Iuliia Managarova (RUS) Rostov-Don (RUS) 55
Stine Bredal Oftedal (NOR) Györi Audi ETO KC (HUN) 55
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History: 25 years of EHF Champions League
History: 25 years of EHF Champions League
1993 - 20061993/94Hypo NIederösterreich vs Vasas Budapest 20:18 / 25:21 (45:39)New name, new playing system, but well-known finalists – just as in the men’s competition the Champions League replaced the Champions Cup from the 1993/94 season. 32 teams played two K.O. rounds for the eight places in the Champions League. The two finalists were the winners of the two groups of four. Hypo Niederösterreich became the first title holder showing a spotless performance with 12 victories from 12 matches.
1994/95Hypo Niederösterreich vs Podravka Koprivnica 14:17 / 26:19 (40:36)After 20 victories in 20 Champions League matches, Hypo Niederösterreich was beaten for the first time in the first leg of the final in Koprivnica. But the 14:17 in Croatia was followed by a clear 26:19 victory in the second leg and the cup remained in Austria.
1995/96Podravka Koprivnica vs Hypo Niederösterreich 13:17 / 25:20 (38:37)In the 1995/96 season Austrian side Hypo Niederösterreich „only” finished second and that created tremendous joy for the Eastern Croatians. Under the leadership of the old and new top scorer, Snežana Petika, Podravka Koprivnica for the first time took the crown of the greatest club competition.
1996/97Mar Valencia vs Viborg HK 35:26 / 23:24 (58:50)
In 1997 there was a whole new constellation in the final. Mar Valencia, who had narrowly lost three times in the Champions League Group Phase, celebrated a Spanish fiesta. The team, which was based around the excellent Natalia Morskova, was the first Spanish team in the history of the competition to reach the final. The opponent was Viborg – the first Danish finalist since Copenhagen in 1966 (ed. IHF competition).
1997/98Hypo Niederösterreich vs Mar El Osito L’Eliana 28:21 / 28:26 (56:47)Mar El Osito L’Eliana had reached the final by scoring at least 31 goals per match. They failed to repeat this feat when they needed it most. Hypo Niederösterreich triumphed with two victories, earning their third Champions League title.
1998/99Dunaferr SE vs Krim Electa Ljubljana 25:23 / 26:26 (51:49)Two new faces appeared in the Champions League final in the 1998/99 season. In the semi-finals Dunaferr had beaten defending champion Hypo NIederösterreich while Ljubljana narrowly held the upper hand over Podgorica. In the final it was the Hungarian side that prevailed, winning their first Champions League title.
1999/00Hypo Niederösterreich vs Kometal Skopje 32:23 / 20:22 (52:45)The final of the 1999/00 is less likely to be remembered for Hypo’s fourth title in just four years but more for the violent disruptions caused during the final by Macedonian fans.
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In the second leg objects had been thrown onto the court for almost the entire match, and the problems reached a climax when everyone fled into the changing rooms and Hypo manager Gunnar Prokop was attacked.
2000/01Viborg HK A/S vs RK Krim N. Roberts Ljubljana 22:22 / 19:25 (41:47)After suffering defeat in the 1999 finals against Dunaferr, the time was finally ripe in 2001 for Krim, Slovenia’s most dominating club whose focus had always been to win the Champions League. In the final Krim prevailed over Viborg thanks to win and a draw.
2001/02FTC HERZ Budapest vs Kometal D. P. Skopje 27:25 / 22:26 (49:51)On 19 May 2002, 45,000 fans people celebrated their heroines enthusiastically in the main square of the Macedonian capital – a great achievement had been made: Kometal Skopje wore the crown of Europe’s top club competition for the first time. Two years before, the Macedonians had played in the finals against Hypo Niederösterreich but after rioting fans during the second leg in Skopje all Macedonian clubs were banned for one year from the European Cup, and no one had expected Macedonian handball to recover that fast from the shock.
2002/03El Osito Valencia vs Krim N. Roberts Ljubljana 30:27 / 28:36 (58:63)For the third time in a row, the Champions League winner came from former Yugoslavia and for the second time after 2001 Krim Ljubljana was sitting on the European throne.
Skopje had won the title in 2002. There was also another record: goalkeeper Luminita Dinu won the European title for the third time in a row.
2003/04Slagelse DT vs Krim Ljubljana 25:24 / 36:32 (61:56)In less than four years world class player and world class coach Anja Andersen had led Danish side Slagelse DT out of the second division and straight into their first Champions League season. And just one year after they had already celebrated the win of the EHF Cup, the team was victorious once more – this time in Europe’s most prestigious club handball competition. It was a fairy tale come true.
2004/05Slagelse DT vs Kometal D.P. Skopje 27:23 / 27:20 (54:43)For the second time in the history of the Champions League and after the double victory of Hypo Niederösterreich in 1994 and 1995, a team was able to defend its title. In all twelve Champions League matches, from the Group Phase to the final, coach Anja Andersen’s team suffered only one defeat.
2005/06Krim Ljubljana vs Viborg HK A/S 22:24 / 21:20 (43:44)In the history of the CL that had not happened before. In both final matches of the 2005/06 season the away teams won. It seemed a mere formality for Viborg to lift the trophy following their 24:22 win in Slovenia, but Ljubljana fought back and had one hand on the cup when they led 20:17 in the 52nd minute before running out of steam.
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History: 25 years of EHF Champions League
History: 25 years of EHF Champions League
2006 - 2017
2006/07Slagelse DT vs Lada Togliatti 29:29 / 32:24 (61:53)It was Slagelse’s third go at gold and they did it convincingly. With elite performances both in the Champions League and the Danish league, where they did not lose one single point, Anja Andersen’s women were the favourites for the title – so another success of the “dream team” was not a surprise.
2007/08Zvezda Zvenigorod vs Hypo Niederösterreich 25:24 / 31:29 (56:53)After having beaten Hypo Niederösterreich at home 25:24, the Russian champions were also triumphant in Wiener Neustadt in a very tough second leg. For Hypo it was a big disappointment as everything had been prepared for party at the Arena Nova to celebrated then ninth title since 1989.
2008/09Viborg HK vs Győri AUDI ETO KC 24:26 / 26:23 (50:49)Viborg HK won the Champions League for the second time after having lost the first leg of the final 24:26 but winning the second leg 26:23 against Györ. Viborg’s Grit Jurack contributed four goals in the second match and became the Champions League’s top scorer with 113 goals in the 2008/09 season.
2009/10Viborg HK vs Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea 28:21 / 32:31 (60:52)Viborg HK defeated Oltchim Vâlcea to win the Women’s EHF Champions League for the
second consecutive time and the third time in the last five years. Also the Danish dominance continued. Since 2003/2004 all Champions League titles had gone to Danish teams, except for the 2007/2008 season when Russian team Zvezda Zvenigorod celebrated the victory.
2010/11Larvik vs Itxako Reyno De Navarra 23:21 / 24:25 (47:46)In a real nail-biting thriller right until the dying seconds, Itxako defeated Larvik by a single goal in the second leg of the final, but with the aggregate score, the Norwegians were the lucky winners of this clash and brought home the EHF Champions League trophy for the first time in the club’s history.
2011/12Győri AUDI ETO KC vs Budoćnost 29:27 / 25:27 (54:54)Budućnost won the tightest edition of the EHF Women’s Champions League by account of scoring the greater number of away goals (27 in Hungary) than Győri AUDI ETO KC (25 in Montenegro). It was only a small consolation for Györ’s Anita Görbicz who picked up the top scorer for the 2011/12 season.2012/13Larvik HK vs Győri AUDI ETO KC 21:24 / 22:23 (43:47)After losing the finals in 2009 and 2012 Győr finally ended their curse of seven European Cup finals without a trophy. The coronation of the new queens of European handball took place in jam-packed Veszprém Aréna after the second leg victory and carried on in the streets of the city of Győr. The Hungarian team were dominant throughout the whole season as they suffered only one defeat (in the semi-final at
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home vs Oltchim) in 16 matches.
2013/14Buducnost vs Győri AUDI ETO KC 21:27 (10:15)For the first time in history just one final game decided about the new title holders as Papp Laszlo Budapest Sportarena hosted the excellent premiere edition of the MVM EHF FINAL4. Györ successfully defended the title after avenging their 2012 defeat by Buducnost in front of a sold-out crowd (10,000). Hungarian champions were the only undefeated team of the season as they won 12 matches and drew twice with Buducnost in the main round. Györ’s captain Anita Görbicz became the season’s top scorer for the second time scoring 87 goals.
2014/15Larvik vs Buducnost 22:26 (8:14)After defending champions Györi Audi ETO KC had been hit by a series of injuries and maternity leaves it became as no major surprise as they were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Vardar. The Macedonian champions had to settle with the third place finish for the second straight time though, after stumbling upon Buducnost once again in the semi-final. In the final showdown of the two previously unbeaten teams in Budapest the Montengrin side cruised past Larvik to their second European crown. Andrea Penezic and Cristina Neagu shared the top scorer‘s title with each scoring 102 goals.
2015/16CSM Bucuresti vs Györi Audi ETO KC 29:26 after penalty shootout (25:25, 13:12)The Romanian newcomers were all but impressive before the final rounds of the main round and only a few people would expect they could stand a chance against another Champions League debutants Rostov-Don in the quarter-finals. However the team of Kim
Rasmussen not only eliminated the previously unbeaten Russian team after two narrow wins but also ousted Vardar in the semi-final and completely stunned handball Europe by defeating Györi Audi ETO KC despite the fact the Hungarian favourites played with support of a sold-out crowd (12.000) of the Papp Laszlo Arena behind them. Unstoppable Isabelle Gullden netted in 15 goals in the final and Aurelia Bradeanu scored the deciding penalty in the shoot-out for CSM.
2016/17Györi Audi ETO KC vs HC Vardar 31:30 after extra-time (26:26, 15:12)The sold-out Papp Laszlo Budapest Sportarena wittnessed a very similar and thrilling scenario like the year before as the final went to the extra-time. Vardar, who ousted the defending champions CSM Bucuresti in the semi-final, climbed back from a three-goal deficit, but mainly courtesy of a stellar performance of Anita Görbicz Györ were able to snatch a narrow victory and their third title in five years.
2017/18Györi Audi ETO KC vs HC Vardar 27:26 after extra-time (20:20, 9:9)Both rivals from the previous season continued to dominate the competition also in the new season and eventually met in the final again. And yet again they pampered the sold-out crowd in the Papp Laszlo Budapest Sportarena with an extra-time thriller. In the end, Györ became the first team to successfully defend the FINAL4 trophy after they were propelled to the title by their Brazilian star Eduarda Amorim. The left back first equalised for 20:20 and forced an extra-time and she was also instrumental in the final 10 minutes of the game
