Füchse Berlin - European Handball Federation

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Saturday 17 May 2014
Semi-final 2 – 14:35
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Füchse Berlin (GER) vs. Pick Szeged (HUN)
Semi-final 1 – 17:15
HCM Constanta (ROU) vs. Montpellier Agglomeration HB (FRA)
Sunday 18 May 2014
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3/4 Placement match – 13:00
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Final – 15:35
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Foreword
Dear handball friends,
Welcome to Berlin! We stand on the eve of the matches that will determine the new
champion of the 2013/14 Men’s EHF Cup. Across nine months of competition that
started in September 2013, 34 countries registered 63 club teams that played the
five previous rounds that have led to this final weekend. From the starting point, the
teams have been whittled down to the final four teams that will compete for the title
in front of a 10,000 strong capacity crowd in the Max-Schmeling-Halle located at the
heart of Berlin.
Brace yourselves for high quality athletic entertainment, for the teams that have
made it to the EHF Cup Finals come from countries with a rich handball history and
are no strangers to playing at the highest level as they all have played in the EHF elite
club competition. Former Champions League title holder, Montpellier Agglomeration
HB (FRA), host team and CL finalist, Füchse Berlin (GER), and recurrent CL participants,
Pick Szeged (HUN) and HCM Constanta (ROU), all enter the Finals of the Men’s EHF
Cup for the first time.
Following on from the very successful inaugural event in Nantes, France, we are
looking forward to a thrilling event in Germany. The second edition of the Men’s EHF
Cup Finals will result in a new champion being crowned. But who will lift the unique
sculptured trophy created by ‘Feuergestaltung’; will the trophy remain in Germany?
Does a new home wait in France, Hungary, or Romania? Whatever the outcome, it is
clear that a unique handcrafted trophy awaits a unique champion.
On behalf of the European Handball Federation, I welcome the delegations of Füchse
Berlin, Montpellier Agglomeration HB, Pick Szeged, and HCM Constanta. Following
months of preparation, they are ready to take to the court, and I wish all the teams
the very best of luck. May the best team win.
As handball triumphantly moves to Berlin, I invite you to enjoy the matches; it is
guaranteed to be unforgettable!
Jean Brihault
EHF President
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Table of contents
1. Introduction
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- Welcome
- EHF / EHFM / Füchse Berlin Media Team
2. Media timetable
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3. Essential media information
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- Accreditation collection
- Photographers/TV bibs
- Official event name/hastags
- Media Centre opening times
- Media seats
- WLAN access
- Video recording
- Opening Press conference / Post-match press conference
- Opening training
- EHF Cup Finals Online
- Television and live streaming
- Invitation to Media Get Together
4. Media rules and guidelines
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- Rules for ENG crews
- Rules for photographers
5. Event information
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- Season review: Facts and figures
- Important regulations – extra-time and penalty throws
- EHF CUP / EHF Cup Finals
- Previous winners
- Top scorers 2012/13
- Head-to-heads
6. Team profiles
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- Füchse Berlin (Germany)
- Pick Szeged (Hungary)
- Montpellier Agglomeration HB (France)
- HCM Constanta (Romania)
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1. Introduction
Welcome to the EHF Cup Finals/Berlin
It is a great pleasure to welcome all media representatives to Berlin for the second edition of the Men’s EHF
Cup Finals.
We look forward to two days of top class handball in the sold-out Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin as
Montpellier Agglomeration HB, Pick Szeged, HCM Constanta as well as the hosts of the event, Füchse Berlin
compete for the EHF Cup title.
Up to 150 media representatives are expected in Berlin to cover the event, and we expect extensive local,
regional and national coverage of the EHF Cup Finals.
If you require any help or assistance during your time in Berlin, please do not hesitate to contact a member of
the media team from the EHF, EHFM and Füchse Berlin.
EHF Cup Finals Media Team
Vlado Brindzak
EHF Media Manager
Tel. +43 1 80151 161
Mob: +421 908 721 328
brindzak@eurohandball.com
Andre Tzschaschel
Füchse Berlin
Media Manager
Tel: +49 30 20916 876
Mob: +49 172 31 884 41
tzschaschel@fuechse-berlin.de
Akos Moczan
EHFM Media Manager
(TV/Radio)
Tel: +43 1 80151 226
Mob: +43 676 740 78 16
moczan@ehfmarketing.com
Chris O’Reilly
EHF Website /
Social Media Editor
Tel. +43 1 80151 168
Mob: +43 660 579 6544
oreilly@eurohandball.com
Jil Welter
EHF Media Assistant /
Website
Mob: +49 152 370 93 472
media@eurohandball.com
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2. Media Timetable
Friday, 16 May 2014
10:00 – 11:00
13:30 – 14:00
13:30 – 14:30
14:00 – 14:30
14:30 – 15:00
14:30 – 15:30
15:00 – 15:30
15:30 – 16:30
Training Füchse Berlin
Media Call Füchse Berlin
Training HCM Constanta
Media Call Montpellier AHB
Media Call Pick Szeged
Training Montpellier AHB
Media Call HCM Constanta
Training Pick Szeged
Max-Schmeling-Halle
VIP Room, Max-Schmeling-Halle
Max-Schmeling-Halle
Max-Schmeling-Halle
Max-Schmeling-Halle
Saturday, 17 May 2014
13:45
Photographers’ briefing
Media Centre
14:35
Semi-final
Füchse Berlin vs Pick Szeged
Max-Schmeling-Halle
15 minutes after final whistle
Post-match Press Conference
Press Conference Room,
(Head coach and key player from each team)Max-Schmeling-Halle
17:15
Semi-final
HCM Constanta vs Montpellier AHB Max-Schmeling-Halle
(Head coach and key player from each team)Max-Schmeling-Halle
20:00
Media Get Together
Trumpete, Lützowplatz 9,
10785 Berlin
Sunday, 18 May 2014
13:00
3 / 4 Place
(Head coach and key player from each team)
15:35
Final 15 minutes after winners’ ceremony Post-match Press Conference
(Head coach and key player from each team)
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Max-Schmeling-Halle
Max-Schmeling-Halle
Max-Schmeling-Halle
Max-Schmeling-Halle
3. Essential media information
Accreditation collection
Your accreditation can be collected from the accreditation desk at the Max-Schmeling-Halle from Friday, 16
May 2014, 13:00 hrs. Please bring an official form of identification – your press card or passport – and your
official confirmation. Accreditations will not be issued without these.
Media parking
As there are several huge sport events taking place in Berlin over the weekend (17/18 May) all media
representatives are advised to use the city public transport. No media parking in the arena will be available.
Photographer bibs
Bibs for photographers will be issued at the accreditation desk at the Max-Schmeling-Halle from Friday, 16
May 2014. All photographers/TV will be required to pay a returnable deposit of €20 upon collection of their
respective bibs. This deposit will be returned at the end of the event when the bib is returned to the Media
Centre.
Official event name/official hashtag
The official name of the final event is the ‘Men’s EHF Cup Finals’ or simply the ‘EHF Cup Finals’. An official
hashtag has also been announced, this is: ‘#ehfcupfinals’. Please use these official terms in your reports and
communications.
Media Centre Opening Times
The Media Centre is located in the Max-Schmeling-Halle. Opening hours for accredited media representatives
are as follows:
Friday, 16 May 2014 (VIP Room)
Sunday, 18 May 2014
13:00 – 17:00 hrs
13:00 – 20:30 hrs
11:00 – 20:00 hrs
Media seats
Media representatives will be allocated a specific media seat in the Max-Schmeling-Halle. There will be media
volunteers available to show you the way to your seat.
WLAN access
There will be wireless internet access for all media representatives in the arena free of charge. A password
for internet access will be provided on arrival.
Video recording
Video in the arena, mixed zone and press conference room may only be recorded with the express permission
of EHF Marketing GmbH. Please contact EHFM Media Manager, Akos Moczan for further information in
advance of the event. Equipment used for video recording without permission will be removed.
Press conferences
The press conference room is located a three minutes’ walk away from the mixed zone, sign posting will be
provided. The post-match press conferences will take place 15 minutes after each match/winners’ ceremony
and will be attended by the head coaches and key players. Press conferences will be conducted in English, any
questions in your native language should be directed following the completion of the press conference.
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Open training for the media
Team training on Friday, 16 May 2014 will be open to the media for the first 15 minutes, for TV footage to be
filmed and teams to be photographed. Media interviews are possible only at the media call.
EHF Cup Finals Online
The event will be covered extensively online by both the EHF Media and Communications Department and
Füchse Berlin. The event can be followed on the EHF Cup and EHF Cup Finals websites:
www.eurohandball.com and www.berlinfinals.com.
Live Blog
There will be a live blog available at www.eurohandball.com during both match days.
Live ticker
Even fans unable to watch the matches on the TV or on the ehfTV live streaming will be able to follow the
up-to-second updates of the matches’ scoreline at the live ticker, which was already available over the group
phase and the quarter-finals.
All handball lovers can check not only the running score, but also the scorers, fouls, two-minutes suspensions,
missed shots or saves.
The live ticker will be provided both in the HTML or Flash version here: http://ticker.ehf.eu/
Television and live streaming
Coverage of the event will be shown on television by the following confirmed TV stations (at the time of
publication): RBB in Germany, Digi Sport in Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and the Czech Republic and beIN
in France, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan,
Palestinian Territories, Egypt, Sudan, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania, Djibuti, Somalia, Eritrea.
ehfTV coverage and English commentary
All four matches will also be streamed live and on-demand around the world at ehfTV.com, the European
Handball Federation’s online streaming platform.
For the first time in the Men’s EHF Cup the matches will be also broadcast with a live English commentary of
Tom O‘ Brannagain.
Visit ehfTV.com for more details and to watch games not only from the Men’s EHF Cup Finals, but also from
the VELUX EHF FINAL4 and on demand from the recent MVM EHF FINAL4.
Invitation to Media Get Together
All accredited media representatives are invited for a Media Get Together on Saturday 17 May at 20:00
hrs local time at Trompete (Lützowplatz 9, 10875 Berlin). Journalists will be also able to follow the German
football cup final on the screens.
The venue can be reached by via the U2 underground line (Eberswalderstr. near Max-Schmeling-Halle, 5-10
minutes’ walk, stop at Nollendorfplatz, Trompete Bar is 5 minutes’ walk away).
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4. Media rules and guidelines
Official EHFM Rules of Conduct for ENG Crews
The following guidelines and rules of conduct for ENG Crews have been developed to make the job of
ENG crews easier at EHF events. Upon receiving an accreditation and signing for an ENG bib, TV crews
automatically agree to follow the EHFM Rule of Conduct for TV ENG crews. Bibs do NOT need to be returned
at the end of the event.
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ENG crews are obliged to produce a media identification card upon request.
The Host Broadcaster acts on behalf of the European Handball Federation/EHF Marketing GmbH
ENG personnel are requested to wear the bib and accreditation at ALL times.
All ENG crews must use the stickers provided on their camera equipment.
The bib and the accreditation are only valid for the EHF Cup Finals.
Only the Host Broadcaster is permitted onto the playing court.
Right holders have to stay in the positions designated to them during the games
Non-rights holders are not permitted to film during the matches.
The guidelines and instructions of the Host Broadcasters MUST be followed at all time
At no time, before, during or after the match are ENG crews permitted to stay in the area behind the
players‘seats or behind the official table. They must place themselves in the position advised by the
EHFM.
11. ENG crews are only permitted in the TV area of the mixed zone
12. ENG crews are not permitted to interfere/obstruct in the work of the Host Broadcaster.
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Official EHF Rules of Conduct for Photographers
The EHF has developed the following guidelines to make the job of photographers at its events easier. Upon
receiving the accreditation and bib the photographer automatically agrees to follow the EHF guidelines of
conduct for photographers. Please note: Bibs do NOT need to be returned after the event
1. Photographers must attend the photographer briefing in the Media Centre on Saturday 17 May at 13:45 hrs
2. Photographers are only allowed to enter the court following the match for 3/4 place and final when
permitted to do so. There will be a roped off area clearly marked for photographers in front of the
timekeepers’ table.
3. Photographs can be taken during the player line-up. An area will be defined before the match for this
purpose. Photographers may stand in this position until the pre-match procedure is over. They must
then return to their designated position behind the advertising boards at the ends of the court.
4. Photograph bibs should be worn at all times. These will be issued as part of the accreditation process
and are available from the Media Info Desk
5. During the match all photographers should be at the ends of the court where seats are available behind
the advertising boards. Photographers will be advised before the match of and additionally designated
areas where they may take photos looking down on the court.
6. It is not allowed to change ends during the game. This has to be done at the half time or at the end of
the match. If a photographer wishes to change ends during the halftime break, he/she must follow the
routing system
7. Photographers are not allowed to stand behind the players’ seats or on the opposite side of the court.
8. Photographers have to remain seated and cannot change seats during the match.
9. Photographers are allowed to sit in front of the nets after the point where it is fixed to the advertising
borders (fixed 3 metres each side of the goal).
10. Photographers are not allowed sit or stand in front of or to obstruct the view of the advertising boards.
11. Strobe light photography is not permitted.
12. Photographers are not allowed to enter the court during the celebration and awarding ceremony
which follows final. During the celebration and awarding ceremony there will be a clearly marked area
reserved for photographers in front of the timekeepers’ table.
Upon collection of your accreditation you are obliged to follow the above-listed rules.
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Important regulations
Extra-time and penalty throws
All matches of the Men’s EHF Cup Finals shall be played in 2 x 30 minutes. If a semi-final match or the final
ends in a draw, there will be a five minutes break followed by one extra time of 2 x 5 minutes, there will be
a one minute half-time break at half-time for the changeover of teams. If the extra-time ends in a draw, the
match will be decided by penalty throws.
If the placement match 3/4 ends in a draw, there shall be no extra time, the match will be decided directly by
penalty throws.
If penalty throws are needed to decide the match, the procedure is as follows:
• At the Technical Meeting the teams will be informed at which goal the penalty throws will
be taken. The team taking the first penalty throw
shall be determined by the referees by drawing
lots. The team winning the draw may choose
whether it wishes to throw first or last.
• In the second round, a decision is reached when
a goal difference arises after both teams have
taken one throw each.
• Prior to the penalty throws, each team shall
name five players eligible to play at the end of the
match by handing the referees a list of numbers.
These players shall then take one throw each,
alternating with their opponents. Each team is
free to determine the sequence in which throwers
will take their throws.
• Serious infractions committed during penalty
throws shall be sanctioned by disqualification.
If a thrower is disqualified or suffers an injury,
an eligible substitute player shall be additionally
named.
• Eligible players are players entered in the match
report that have not been disqualified or
suspended at the time of the final whistle.
• While the throws are being taken, only the player
taking the throw, the current goalkeeper and the
referees may enter the respective half of the
playing court.
• The goalkeepers may be freely selected from the
match report and exchanged in accordance
with the Rules of the Game. Goalkeepers
may take throws and throwers may perform
as goalkeepers.
• If the number of eligible players falls below five,
players may be named to take a second throw in
the same round.
• If the scores are equal after the first round of
penalty throws, it shall be continued until a
decision is reached. In the second round, the
other team shall start. Again five players shall be
named who are eligible to play (the players
named before may be named once again).
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EHF Cup
The reformed Men’s EHF Cup began in the 2012/13 season following the merging of the Men’s EHF Cup and
the Men’s Cup Winners’ Cup. The competition forms the second tier of competition after the VELUX EHF
Champions League and above the Men’s Challenge Cup.
The new competition also brought with it a new format, with three qualification rounds, a Group Phase,
Quarter-finals and a final tournament – the EHF Cups Finals.
EHF Cup Finals in Berlin
The EHF Cup Finals will be played on 17/18 May 2014 in Berlin, following the awarding the event and its local
organisation to Füchse Berlin, a participant in the Men’s EHF Cup in the 2013/14 season.
Commenting on the awarding of the event to Berlin, Jean Brihault, EHF President, said at the time:
“Handball’s profile in Berlin has grown significantly in recent years, and after the EHF Cup Finals’ highly
successful premiere in Nantes last season, I am confident that the German capital is the right choice for the
second edition of this top-class club event.”
Manager of Füchse Berlin, Bob Hanning said: “We are very happy to have been chosen to organise the 2014
EHF Cup Finals in Berlin, having already shown the EHF during our matches last season in the VELUX EHF
Champions League that we can be a good host.”
The event will be held in the Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin, with the capacity of up to 10,000 spectators,
over two days with semi-finals to be played on Saturday, 17 May, the match for third/fourth place and the
final on Sunday, 18 May. More than 100 volunteers, 150 media representatives, 20,000 spectators, and up to
80 players will take part in the two-day tournament.
New trophy
For the occasion of the 2014 EHF Cup Finals in Berlin a new trophy was crafted. Weighing
more than 15 kg, the new trophy stands on 14 separate feet but only seven reach the
bowl at the top, while seven stop half-way through, symbolising that eventually only one
handball team will lift the trophy. Furthermore, as a tribute to the hosting city Berlin and
the bear in its coat of arms, a bear’s head ornaments the bowl’s base.
EHF Cup Finals – numbers
20,000 – spectators will attend the EHF Cup Finals in the Max-Schmeling-Halle in total over both days
240 – minutes of top class handball to be watched live on ehfTV.com
150 – media representatives will be covering the event on-site
146 – matches have been played so far in the first season of the new EHF Cup
120 – volunteers ready to help with organisation of the EHF Cup Finals
62 – participating teams from 34 national federations on the starting line of the race for the EHF Cup Finals
60 – goals of the competition’s top scorer Pedro Caseiro Portela (Sporting CP) before the EHF Cup Finals
21 – years of European Cup competitions organised by the EHF
15 – countries represented by players at the EHF Cup Finals
4 – reigning European champions from France – all from Montpellier
4 – seasons in a row German teams won this competition
0 – points lost on the way to the EHF Cup Finals by Montpellier
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EHF Cup Finals Programme
14:35 hrs Semi-final 2: Füchse Berlin (GER) vs. Pick Szeged (HUN)
Referees: Oyvind Togstad and Rune Kristiansen / NOR
Delegates: Henrik La Cour Laursen (EHF Technical Refereeing Committee / DEN) and Victor Poladenko
(EHF Technical Refereeing Committee / RUS)
17:15 hrs Semi-final 1: HCM Constanta (ROU) vs. Montpellier Agglomeration HB (FRA)
Referees: Zigmars Stolarovs and Renars Licis / LAT
Delegates: Jesus Guerrero (EHF Delegate) / ESP and Frederic Rudin (EHF Delegate) / SUI
Sunday, 18 May 2014
13:00 hrs 3/4 Placement match: Loser SF 1 vs. Loser SF 2
Referees: Shlomo Cohen and Yoram Peretz / ISR
15:35 hrs Final: Winner SF 1 vs. Winner SF 2
Referees: Slave Nikolov and Gjorgji Nachevski / MKD
Tournament Management
Arne Elovsson EHF Vice President
Ralf Dejaco EHF Treasurer
Michael Wiederer EHF Secretary General
Alexander Gehrer EHFM EHF CUP Finals Manager
Tickets
Remaining tickets are available in the ticket shop: https://www.eventimsports.de/shop/98/42178/allareas
Ticket prices range from 49 to 199 euros.
VIP Packages: purchase directly from Füchse Berlin and via the club’s website http://www.fuechseberlin.de.
VIP ticket for both days and the 4 Games 415 Euro.
Contact person Dennis Quandt from UFA Sports - dennis.quandt@ufasports.com
Media Hotel
Füchse Berlin have made a special arrangement with a selection of Berlin hotels for media representatives,
please refer to www.berlinfinals.de. Contact the EHF Media and Communications department for full details
media@eurohandball.com.
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Season review: Facts & figures
New faces will be seen at the EHF Cup Finals in Berlin this year, compared the last year in Nantes.
All four teams are new. HBC Nantes were the only team in the quarter-finals who could have qualified for
the second year in a row, but that was prevented by their 49:59 aggregate defeat to countrymen Montpellier
Agglomeration HB.
While all teams are new, two nations, who were represented last year, are back again.
In 2013, Germany was represented by Rhein-Neckar Löwen who won the tournament, and by Frisch Auf
Göppingen who finished fourth. This year, the German colours will be defended only by Füchse Berlin.
France, represented by runners-up Nantes last year, will see Montpellier try to copy that achievement, or
even beat it, in the Max-Schmeling-Halle of Berlin.
Local derby again
Just like last year, the quarter-finals contained a local derby between two teams from the same nation.
In the 2012-13 season, the Danish teams Team Tvis Holstebro and KIF Kolding København met in the quarterfinal, with Holstebro as winner by one goal on aggregate.
This year, Montpellier defeated their French countrymen Nantes by ten on aggregate as the last step before
the EHF Cup Finals.
Largest win and perfect run of MAHB
The largest win in the quarter-finals was booked by HCM Constanta. The Romanian champions won the first
leg against Swedish Lugi HF 31:21 at home. Montpellier came in second with 33:24 at home in their second
match against Nantes.
The quarter-finals did not change the fact that Montpellier are the only team who have won all their matches
in the EHF Cup this season.
Their two wins against Nantes in the quarter-finals increased their total number of victories in the
competition to ten. Two wins in Qualification Round 3, six wins in the group phase, and two in the quarterfinals.
Montpellier were also the only team who managed to win an away match in the quarter-finals. This happened
as they won 26:25 in Nantes the first leg against HBC.
All four teams have managed to stay undefeated on home court throughout the tournament. While
Montpellier and Füchse Berlin have won all their five home games, Constanta lost a point on the way, though,
through a 31:31 draw against Füchse on 23. February.
When it comes to attendances, none of the quarter-finals could beat the largest crowd for an EHF Cup match
so far this season. The Group D match between Füchse Berlin and Chambéry Savoie Handball on 9. February
still holds the record with 5,745 spectators.
The largest attendance in the quarter-finals was 5,000 spectators at the first leg of the French tie between
Nantes and Montpellier.
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Best attack and best scorer
In the group phase, Sporting had the most dangerous attack. This was changed in the quarter-finals, where
Montpellier and Constanta shared that honour, scoring 59 goals each.
Montpellier continued being the team who conceded the fewest goals, just like they were in the group phase.
In the quarter-finals, the team under Patrice Canayer only let in 49 goals.
Just like after the group phase, Pedro Caseiro Portela from Sporting CP is still the most scoring player in the
tournament, now with 60 goals.
However, the 23-year-old Portuguese right winger will have trouble keeping his first place, as his team is out
of the competition now.
Alexandru Simicu from Constanta, who is in second place with 55 goals, and Dragan Gajic from Montpellier,
who is third with 53, are both still in the tournament and with good chances of passing Caseiro, once the EHF
Cup Finals launch on 17-18 May.
Gajic was the most scoring player in quarter-finals. The 29-year-old Slovenian right winger scored a total of no
less than 22 goals in the two quarter-final matches against Nantes. Constanta’s 25-year-old left back Simicu
came in second with 18 goals.
Dragan Gajic was also the most scoring player in a single match in the quarter-finals. 12 goals did he score in
the first match against Nantes.
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23/24.11.2013
first leg
14/15.09.2013
second leg
19/20.10.2013
second leg
30.11/01.12.2013
second leg
23.7.2013
23.7.2013
22.10.2013
Pick Szeged/HUN
Montpellier MAHB/FRA
Füchse Berlin/GER
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
Tatran Presov/SVK
RK Vojvodina/SRB
HCM Constanta/ROU
Reale Ademar Leon
AEK Athens/GRE
Alpla HC Hard/AUT
Elverum HH/NOR
Aarhus Haandbold
Handball Esch/LUX
Besiktas JK/TUR
Borac m:tel Banja Luka/BIH
KRAS / Volendam/NED
RK Maribor Branik
SKIF-Krasnodar
BM. Aragon
Chambery Savoie HB
Skjern Handbold
HC Kaustik
HBC Nantes
Mors-Thy Handbold
Lugi HF
Stiinta M. D. Bacau
HC Portovik
OIF Arendal
S.L. Benfica
Permskie medvedi
HC Zomimak-M
RK Nexe
Kadetten Schaffhausen
RK Partizan
Csurgo Handball Club
IFK Kristianstad
HC Caras Severin
Sporting CP
Porec
Pfadi Winterthur
SKA Minsk
A.C. Diomidis Argous
OCI-Lions
Bregenz Handball
HBC Ronal Jicin
Handball Käerjeng
Pölva Serviti
Achilles Bocholt
B.B. Ankara Spor Kulübü
HC Lovcen Cetinje
Maccabi Rishon-Lezion
HC Sporta Hlohovec
HC Dobrudja
KH Prishtina
London GD Handball Club
Klaipeda Dragunas
Fyllingen Bergen
TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen
Grundfos Tatabanya KC
HC Meshkov Brest
Haukar Hafnarfjördur
Maccabi Tyrec Tel Aviv
Group
Phase
16 teams
R1: 08/09.02.14
R2: 15/16.02.14
R3: 22/23.02.14
R4: 15/16.03.14
R5:22/23.03.14
R6:29/30.03.14
5.12.2013
Quarter
Final
finals
Tournament
8 teams
19/20.04.14
first leg
4 teams
17/18.05.2014
Tournament
26/27.04.14
second leg
1.4.2014
29.4.2014
4 Winners of Quarterfinals
32 teams
12/13.10.2013
first leg
20 Winners of Qualification Round 2
DRAWS:
1 Loser CL WC KO
2 Loser CL WC KO
3 Loser CL WC KO
GER
4
2nd CL QT 2
5
2nd CL QT 3
6
2nd CL QT 4
7
ESP
8
3rd CL QT 2
9
10 3rd CL QT 3
11 3rd CL QT 4
DEN
12
13 Loser CL KO Q 1
14 4th CL QT 2
15 4th CL QT 3
16 4th CL QT 4
SLO
17
RUS
18
ESP
19
FRA
20
DEN
21
RUS
22
FRA
23
DEN
24
SWE
25
ROU
26
UKR
27
NOR
28
POR
29
RUS
30
MKD
31
CRO
32
SUI
33
SRB
34
HUN
35
SWE
36
ROU
37
POR
38
CRO
39
SUI
40
BLR
41
GRE
42
NED
43
AUT
44
CZE
45
LUX
46
EST
47
BEL
48
TUR
49
MNE
50
ISR
51
SVK
52
BUL
53
KOS
54
GBR
55
LTU
56
NOR
57
SUI
58
HUN
59
BLR
60
ISL
61
ISR
62
40 teams
07/08.09.2013
first leg
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Round 3
20 teams
Qualification
Round 2
1st and 2nd placed teams of each group of the Group Phase
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Qualification
Round 1
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Top scorers of the competition
Rank
Name & nation
Club
Goals
1
Pedro Andre Caseiro Portela (POR)
Sporting CP (POR)
60
2
Alexandru Viorel Simicu (ROU)
HCM Constanta (ROU)
55
3
Dragan Gajic (SLO)
Montpellier Agglomeration HB (FRA)
53
4
Zsolt Balogh (HUN)
Pick Szeged (HUN)
49
5
Pedro Alberto Silva Osorio Solha (POR)
Sporting CP (POR)
48
6
Jorge Maqueda Pena (ESP)
HBC Nantes (FRA)
43
7
Valero Rivera Folch (ESP)
HBC Nantes (FRA)
42
8
Frantisek Zatko (SVK)
HC Sporta Hlohovec (SVK)
41
9
Nicolas Claire (FRA)
HBC Nantes (FRA)
39
Jonas Erik Larholm (SWE)
Pick Szeged (HUN)
39
Laurentiu Mihai Toma (ROU)
HCM Constanta (ROU)
39
12
Fabio Ramos Magalhaes (POR)
Sporting CP (POR)
38
13
Jure Dolenec (SLO)
37
14
Frankis Carol Marzo (CUB)
Sporting CP (POR)
36
Iuliu Alexandru Csepreghi (ROU)
HCM Constanta (ROU)
36
16
Fredrik Petersen Raahauge (SWE)
Füchse Berlin (GER)
35
17
Oliver Rabek (SVK)
TATRAN Presov (SVK)
34
18
Diego Simonet (ESP)
32
19
Mathieu Grebille (FRA)
31
Barys Pukhouski (BLR)
Csurgói KK (HUN)
31
(Bold text indicates players that are still active in the competition.)
19
Past winners
2013
Rhein Neckar Löwen (GER)
Previous Men’s EHF Cup winners
Previous Men’s Cup Winners’ Cup winners
2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 Frisch Auf Göppingen (GER)
Frisch Auf Göppingen (GER)
TBV Lemgo (GER)
VfL Gummersbach (GER)
HSG Nordhorn (GER)
SC Magdeburg (GER)
TBV Lemgo (GER)
Tusem Essen (GER)
THW Kiel (GER)
FC Barcelona (ESP)
THW Kiel (GER)
Sportclub Magdeburg (GER)
Metkovic Jumbo (CRO)
Sportclub Magdeburg (GER)
THW Kiel (GER)
SG Flensburg Handewitt (GER)
BM Granollers (ESP)
BM Granollers (ESP)
Aliza Avidesa (ESP)
20
Pevafersa Valladolid (ESP)
MKB Veszprem KC (HUN)
HSV Hamburg
Chekhovski Medvedi (RUS)
C. BM Ademar Leon (ESP)
Portland San Antonio (ESP)
A.D.C. Ciudad Real (ESP)
A.D.C. Ciudad Real (ESP)
Portland San Antonio (ESP)
Prosesa Ademar Leon (ESP)
Caja Cantabria Santander (ESP)
Elgorriaga Bidasoa (ESP)
TBV Lemgo (GER)
FC Barcelona (ESP)
FC Barcelona (ESP)
Head-to-heads
Montpellier Agglomeration HB v Füchse Berlin
No previous encounters
Montpellier Agglomeration HB v Pick Szeged
13.11.1994Pick Szeged HUN-Montpellier HB FRA 20.11.1994Montpellier HB FRA-Pick Szeged HUN 14.12.2003SC Pick Szeged HUN-Montpellier HB FRA
21.12.2003Montpellier HB FRA-SC Pick Szeged HUN
15.11.2009Montpellier HB FRA-Pick Szeged HUN 22.11.2009Pick Szeged HUN-Montpellier HB FRA 19.11.2011 Pick Szeged HUN-Montpellier Agglomeration HB FRA
18.12.2011Montpellier Agglomeration HB FRA-Pick Szeged HUN Montpellier Agglomeration HB v HCM Constanta
07.10.2007 HCM Constanta ROU-Montpellier HB FRA
10.11.2007Montpellier HB FRA-HCM Constanta ROU 08.10.2009HCM Constanta ROU-Montpellier HB FRA
10.02.2010Montpellier HB FRA-HCM Constanta ROU Füchse Berlin v Pick Szeged
14.10.2012Pick Szeged HUN-Füchse Berlin GER
24.02.2013Füchse Berlin GER-Pick Szeged HUN
Füchse Berlin v HCM Constanta
23.02.2014HCM Constanta ROU-Füchse Berlin GER 16.03.2014Füchse Berlin GER-HCM Constanta ROU Pick Szeged v HCM Constanta
09.10.2004SC Pick Szeged HUN-HCM Constanta ROU
06.11.2004HCM Constanta ROU-SC Pick Szeged HUN
17.10.2009 HCM Constanta ROU-Pick Szeged HUN 07.03.2010 Pick Szeged HUN-HCM Constanta ROU
EHF Cup Last 16 27:24 (14:09)
EHF Cup Last 16 22:20 (13:08)
EHF Champions League Last 16 29:22 (16:09)
EHF Champions League Last 16 27:26 (15:09)
EHF Champions League – Group A 30:23 (13:10)
EHF Champions League – Group D 38:35 (18:17)
EHF Champions League – Group B 23:28 (11:15)
EHF Champions League – Group B 34:23 (17:10)
EHF Cup – Group D 31:31 (16:16)
EHF Cup – Group D 28:26 (12:11)
21
Füchse Berlin
For the second year in a row hosts of the EHF Cup Finals managed to avoid quarterfinals. Füchse made it in an even more impressive way than Nantes last year, as they
won their group (D) and earned a direct ticket to the final tournament in the MaxSchmeling-Halle.
Their start into this season was far from convincing. First they unluckily lost the EHF
Champions League qualification to Hamburg by one goal and then they only narrowly
overcame Brest Meshkov in the last qualification round of the EHF Cup Group Phase.
However, they were unbeaten in the group phase and lost only two points after away
draws at Constanta and Chambery. While other EHF Cup Finals contenders were
focusing on the quarter-finals, they recorded the biggest success of their history in
winning the German Cup.
Playing hall
Max-Schmeling-Halle
Falkplatz 1
10437 Berlin
Germany
Capacity: 8,521
Club Address:
Füchse Berlin
Markgrafenstraße 34
10117 Berlin
Germany
Media contact:
Andre Tzschaschel
+49 172 3188 441
tzschaschel@fuechse-berlin.de
GROUP B Final Table:
1. Füchse Berlin
2. HCM Constanta
6
6
4
3
2
2
0
1
181:164
173:160
(17)
(13)
10
8
3. Chambery Savoie Handball
4. HC Sporta Hlohovec
6
6
2
0
2
0
2
6
162:158
147:181
(4)
(-34)
6
0
Group Phase results:
(W - win, D - draw, L - loss)
vs Chambery Savoie Handball W30:27 (14:13)
@ HC Sporta Hlohovec W33:27 (18:11)
@ HCM Constanta D31:31 (16:16)
vs HCM Constanta W28:26 (12:11)
@ Chambery Savoie Handball D25:25 (10:12)
vs HC Sporta Hlohovec W34:28 (17:14)
Online information:
www.fuechse-berlin.de
Facebook: fuechseberlin
Twitter: @FuechseBerlin
Kit colours
Light
Player shirt: white/gold
Player short: white
Goalkeeper shirt: red
Dark
Player shirt: green/gold
Player short: green
Goalkeeper shirt: blue
Top scorers:
Fredrik Petersen Raahauge (SWE) Mattias Zachrisson (SWE) Konstantin Igropulo (RUS) Iker Romero Fernandez (ESP) Bartlomiej Jaszka (POL) 22
35
30
24
22
14
Past achievements
VELUX EHF Champions League
VELUX EHF FINAL4 (fourth ranked):
2011/12
Last 16: 2012/13
German cup winners 2014
Füchse Berlin
Team roster
No.
First Name
Surname
83
21
35
18
24
36
2
11
3
5
28
13
95
4
9
12
71
1
Fredrik Raahauge Petersen
Mattias
Zachrisson
Konstantin
Igropulo
Iker
Romero Fernandez
Bartlomiej
Jaszka
Jesper
Nielsen
Colja
Löffler
Markus
Richwien
Fabian
Wiede
Jonas
Thümmler
Pavel
Horak
Jaron
Siewert
Paul
Drux
Oliver
Milde
Denis Milan
Spoljaric
Silvio
Heinevetter
Petr
Stochl
Maximilian
Kroll
Nat.
Position
Date of Birth Height Weight
Goals
SWE
SWE
RUS
ESP
POL
SWE
GER
GER
GER
GER
CZE
GER
GER
GER
CRO
GER
CZE
GER
Left Wing
Right Wing
Right Back
Centre Back
Centre Back
Line Player
Left Wing
Right Wing
Right Back
Line Player
Left Back
Centre Back
Left Back
Left Back
Centre Back
Goalkeeper
Goalkeeper
Goalkeeper
23.8.1983
22.8.1990
14.4.1985
15.6.1980
16.6.1983
30.9.1989
8.5.1989
5.7.1985
8.2.1994
21.8.1993
28.11.1982
31.1.1994
7.2.1995
9.7.1993
20.8.1979
21.10.1984
24.4.1976
20.1.1993
85
86
98
100
85
110
86
84
89
87
113
90
92
90
96
92
100
96
35
30
4
22
14
12
8
8
8
7
6
4
3
23
188
179
190
196
185
200
187
186
192
192
198
182
192
193
196
194
193
190
Füchse Berlin Profiles
Dagur Sigurdsson
coach
After 215 international matches
and after scoring nearly 400 goals
for Iceland, he retired as a player
and continued the line of successful
Icelandic coaches in European
handball.
Silvio Heinevetter
goalkeeper
The current number one in the
German national team was one of the
keys of Füchse success in their debut
season of the VELUX EHF Champions
League, reaching the VELUX EHF
FINAL4.
After playing for German club Wuppertal, he moved to
Japan for the three years, before returning to Europe and
becoming coach at Austrian side Bregenz in 2003. After four
years he returned to his home country Iceland and became
manager and director of his former club Valur Reykjavik, he
worked parallel to this role as coach of the Austrian men’s
national team from 2008 to 2010.
The 29-year-old started his career at Concordia Delitzsch,
before he transferred to former CL winner SC Magdeburg in
2005. There he was coached by goalkeeping legend Wieland
Schmidt, Olympic champion in 1980 with the former GDR.
After four seasons Heinevetter made his next step, signing
a contract at Füchse Berlin. Despite a huge number of
German and international clubs hunting his signature in
2013; he extended his contract for four more years until
2018. Heinevetter has been a part of the German national
team since 2006 and became the clear number one in 2011
after Johannes Bitter (HSV Hamburg) quit his international
career. Heinevetter is in a relationship with the popular
German TV actress Simone Thomalla.
During this time he received an offer to take over Füchse
Berlin, where he signed his first contract in 2009. Since
July 2010 his only job is at Berlin and he led the Füchse
sensationally to the VELUX EHF FINAL4 in their debut
international season in 2011/12.
The success paved the way for an extension of his contract
until 2017. Together with manager Bob Hanning, he is the
mastermind behind the steady progress of Füchse.
EC trophies: EHF Cup 2007 (SC Magdeburg)
Iker Romero
centre back
It was the first big international
transfer coup of Füchse, when they
signed the Spanish player in 2011,
right after he had won the VELUX
EHF Champions League with FC
Barcelona. Romero is a legend in his
home country, a member of the 2005
World Championship winning squad and winning several
more medals with the national team. The ever-smiling
left or centre back started his club career in Leon, before
moving to Ciudad Real and enjoying successful years at FC
Barcelona, winning the EHF Champions League twice.
Konstantin Igropulo
right back
The Russian right back arrived from
FC Barcelona before the start of
the last season and was winner
of the VELUX EHF FINAL4 with the
Catalan team in 2011. He was born
in Stavropol to Greek parents – and
after the start of his career at the
local club Stavropol he even made it to Greece, playing two
seasons for Panellinios Athens.
Since the start of the current season, 33-year-old Romero
is the team captain of Füchse Berlin, where his current
contract expires in 2014.
After his return to Russia, he was signed by record
champions Chekhovskie Medvedi and became a Russian
international in 2005. At this time he had already won
his first international silverware – becoming European
champion and World Championship bronze medallist in
beach handball.
Romero is a back court all-rounder and is more likely to set
teammates up than to shoot himself, but when it counts,
the experienced Spaniard (199 caps for his national team) is
ready to score the decisive goals.
Later he became an indoor handball star, latest when he
transferred from Medvedi to FC Barcelona in 2009. At Berlin
he now fills the footprints of his Icelandic predecessor
Alexander Petersson.
EC trophies: CL 2005, 2011 (Barcelona), CWC 2002, 2003 (Ciudad Real)
OG: B 2008, EURO: S 2006, WCh: G 2005, B 2011
EC trophies: CL 2011
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Pick Szeged
Right after the group phase draw everybody expected a three-way battle for the
Group C top spot, but already half-way through it was clear that Tatran Presov could
not keep the pace with Szeged and Nantes. Both rivals exchanged some blows as they
won their respective home matches.
However at the end it was Presov who clinched the top position for Szeged after the
Slovakian champions had beaten Nantes in the last round preventing the last season’s
runners-up to claim the group victory on away goals rule ahead of Szeged. Pick
successfully extended their Swedish contingent as Jonas Källman joined Jonas Larholm
right before the group phase, although he got injured before quarter-finals and will
also miss Berlin. Even without him, Pick safely passed Sporting CP, losing the first leg
by two and winning the second on home court by six.
Quarter-final results
First leg:
Sporting CP vs Pick Szeged 29:27 (11:12)
Second leg:
Pick Szeged vs Sporting CP 28:22 (16:10)
Playing hall
Varosi Sportcsarnok Szeged
Temesvari Krt.33
6726 Szeged
Hungary
Capacity: 3,200
Club Address:
Pick Szeged
Deák Ferenc u. 28-30.
6720 Szeged
Hungary
Media contact:
Nandor Szögi
+36 70 3878234
nandor.szogi@pickhandball.hu
GROUP C Final Table:
1. Pick Szeged
2. HBC Nantes
6
6
5
4
0
0
1
2
174:159
176:154
(15)
(22)
10
8
3. TATRAN Presov
4. IFK Kristianstad
6
6
2
1
0
0
4
5
181:198
151:171
(-17)
(-20)
4
2
vs HBC Nantes W28:27 (18:13)
@ IFK Kristianstad W26:23 (13:12)
@ TATRAN Presov W31:29 (18:14)
vs TATRAN Presov W37:31 (19:9)
@ HBC Nantes L31:23 (15:10)
vs FK Kristianstad 29:18 (16:9)
Quarter-final: 1996/1997,
2003/2004
Last 16: 2004/2005, 2005/2006,
2006/2007, 2010/2011, 2012/13
Main Round: 2007/2008
Group Phase: 2008/2009,
2009/2010, 2011/2012
Quarter-final: 2000/01
Last 16: 1994/95, 1999/2000
Cup Winners’ Cup
Kit colours
Dark
Player shirt: blue or red
Player short: blue or red
Goalkeeper shirt: black / red / green
EHF Cup
Online information:
www.pickhandball.hu
Facebook: pickszeged
Light
Player shirt: orange
Player short: silver
Goalkeeper shirt: black / red / green
Past achievements
Top scorers:
Zsolt Balogh (HUN) Jonas Erik Larholm (SWE) Jonas Källman (SWE) Niko Mindegia Elizaga (ESP) Gabor Ancsin (HUN) 25
49
39
24
21
18
Semi-final: 1993/94
Quarter-final: 2002/03, 2008/09
Hungarian champions: 1996, 2007,
Hungarian cup winners: 1977, 1982,
1983, 1993, 2006, 2008
Pick Szeged
Team roster
No.
First Name
Surname
Nat.
Position
Goals
19
10
8
5
90
19
17
18
34
7
77
6
51
21
11
9
24
16
12
Zsolt
Jonas Erik
Jonas
Niko
Gabor
Nikola
Szabolcs
Ferenc
Marko
Attila
Vladimir
Marinko
Roberto
Alen
Mate
Mark
Jozsef
Roland
Peter
Balogh
Larholm
Källman
Mindegia Elizaga
Ancsin
Prce
Zubai
Ilyés
Lasica
Vadkerti
Vranjes
Kekezovic
Garcia Parrondo
Blazevic
Gidai
Hegedüs
Czina
Mikler
Tatai
HUN
SWE
SWE
ESP
HUN
BIH
HUN
HUN
MNE
HUN
BIH
HUN
ESP
CRO
HUN
HUN
HUN
HUN
HUN
Right Back
Centre Back Left Wing
Centre Back
Right Back
Left Back
Line Player
Left Back
Right Wing
Left Wing
Line Player
Left Wing
Right Wing
Left Back
Right Wing
Line Player
Left Back
Goalkeeper
Goalkeeper
29.3.1989
3.6.1982
17.7.1981
19.7.1988
27.11.1990
1.8.1980
31.3.1984
20.12.1981
30.4.1988
22.2.1982
14.12.1988
20.8.1985
12.1.1980
29.3.1986
18.1.1994
14.9.1992
24.11.1980
20.9.1984
23.6.1983
96
88
100
87
97
105
86
103
80
88
107
80
86
110
80
103
106
92
98
49
39
24
21
18
15
15
11
11
8
6
5
4
1
1
1
26
189
193
200
184
202
200
191
198
188
182
200
187
187
200
185
190
196
190
195
Pick Szeged Profiles
Juan Carlos Pastor
coach
One of the masterminds of
contemporary handball Juan Carlos
Pastor has won an incredible amount
of silverware in his career. With BM
Valladolid Pastor won the Spanish
league and cup at home, a Cup
Winners’ Cup, an EHF Cup, a City Cup
and a European Supercup at international level. He spent
four years at the helm of the Spanish national team and led
them to win the World Championship in Tunisia in 2005,
finished runner-up at the 2006 European Championship and
won bronze in the Beijing Olympics. Pastor is a household
name in the world of handball, no wonder Pick Szeged
found him fit for the job of rebuilding their team in order
to be able to challenge both for the Hungarian title against
domestic rivals MKB-MVM Veszprém and the EHF Cup. Due
to lack of time for preparation Szeged missed out on the
VELUX EHF Champions League after being knocked out by
Metalurg Skopje.
Roland Mikler
goalkeeper
The 2005 All-star goalkeeper of the
junior world championship joined Pick
Szeged in 2010 quickly establishing
himself as both the team’s first
choice goalkeeper and the future heir
of Nándor Fazekas, the Hungarian
national team’s goalkeeper. The
former Dunaferr player has developed to become one
of the best goalkeepers in the game, Mikler showed his
capacity to be a clutch player both for Pick Szeged and the
national team. The 1.94 metre tall player is quick, compact
and excellent at directing the famous Pick Szeged defence
behind which he already gained name in the VELUX EHF
Champions League last season when a lot of his brilliant
saves made it to the selection of EHF’s top five saves.
The 29 year old goalkeeper is one of Pick Szeged’s most
important assets and will definitely play an essential role in
the team’s EHF Cup campaign. As a teenager Mikler already
reached the semi-final of the EHF Cup more than a decade
ago, with Dunaferr in 2003.
EC trophies: CWC 2009
OG: B 2008, EURO: S 2006, WCh: G 2005
Jonas Larholm
centre back
29-year-old versatile back court
player, but best used as centre back.
The Swedish 2012 Olympic silver
medallist Larholm has turned out
to be a reinforcement of the Szeged
back court this season. He was the
most important transfer of the
Hungarian runners-up before the start of this season, and
he has played his considerable part in Szeged reaching the
EHF Cup Finals.
Zsolt Balogh
right back
The 25-year-old right back joined
Pick Szeged from Braun Gyöngyös in
2012 and although the shooter was
meant to be a second choice option
for his position by 2014 he overtook
Gábor Ancsin in the Pick roster. The
Hungarian international is not as
tall as one would expect from a backcourt player but has
outstanding dribbling skills and a sharp eye for passing,
which makes him a useful part of Pick’s offense.
Not only does he possess a large and versatile shooting
repertoire. He is also good at making his teammates good
with his passes and his ability to read the game. Larholm
played two years at FC Barcelona before changing to
Aalborg in Denmark, from where he joined Pick Szeged in
last summer. His stay in Szeged will only be of a duration of
one year, as it has turned out.
Zsolt Balogh came up with a steady performance in his first
year but his second season was different as new coach Juan
Carlos Pastor gave him more and more time to shine and
Balogh grabbed his chance. As the right back became a key
figure for the team, Pick offered him a new contract for 2+1
years.
Balogh moved to Szeged from the city of Gyöngyös in the
north but he was no stranger to Szeged as his birthtown
Orosháza is less then 60 km from it. Next season he will return to Denmark and a three year
contract with Team Tvis Holstebro who finished third in the
2012/13 edition of the EHF Cup and who are heading for
European handball again next season.
EC trophies: CL 2006, 2008, 2009
OG: S 2012
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Montpellier Agglomeration HB
The 2003 EHF Champions League winners lived up to expectations as they cruised
past the group phase in a very convincing fashion. They won all eight matches in
the competition so far (six group phase games plus two qualifiers vs Kaustik) and
only their group rivals Sporting CP scored more goals in the group phase (195 to
Montpellier’s 192).
Both the Portuguese club and the Danish side Skjern put a good fight against the
heavy favourites for the winners’ trophy, but still Montpellier maintained a perfect
record. After FC Barcelona lost Arpad Sterbik due to a long-term injury, the French
club agreed to help them out with their third goalkeeper Mickael Robin.
In the all-French quarter-final they recorded two more wins extending their winning
streak against HBC Nantes to 14 games.
First leg:
HBC Nantes vs Montpellier Agglomeration HB 25:26 (13:15)
Second leg:
Montpellier Agglomeration HB vs HBC Nantes 33:24 (17:9)
Playing hall
Palais des Sports René Bougnol
1000 Av. du Val de Montferrand
34090 Montpellier
France
Capacity: 3,000
Club Address:
Centre Jean-Paul Lacombe
Centre Jean Paul Lacombe - 1000
34090 Montpellier
France
Media contact:
Suzy Demonte
+33 499 610 358
suzy.demonte@montpellier-handball.com
1. Montpellier Agglomeration HB6
2. Sporting CP
6
3. Skjern Handbold
6
4. HC Zomimak-M
6
vs HC Zomimak-M W41:22 (22:9)
@ Sporting CP W30:27 (14:14)
@ Skjern Handbold W23:26 (16:9)
vs Skjern Handbold W27:25 (14:12)
@ HC Zomimak-M W32:19 (17:11)
vs Sporting CP W36:31 (19:13)
0
2
4
6
192:147
195:165
156:158
130:203
(45)
(30)
(-2)
(-73)
12
8
4
0
Winners: 2002/03
Semi-final: 2004/05
Quarter-final: 2000/01, 2005/06,
2009/10, 2010/11
Last 16: 1995/96, 2003/04, 2006/07,
2011/12
Main Round: 2007/08, 2008/09
Group Phase: 1998/99, 1999/00,
2012/13
Qualification 2013/14
EHF Cup
Last 16: 1993/94, 1994/95
Last 32: 1997/98
Kit colours
Dark
Player shirt: blue
Player short: blue
0
0
0
0
Past achievements
Online information:
www.montpellierhandball.com
Facebook: montpellierhandball
Twitter: @MAHB
Light
Player shirt: white
Player short: white
Goalkeeper shirt: orange/light blue
6
4
2
0
Top scorers:
Dragan Gajic (SLO) Jure Dolenec (SLO) Diego Simonet (ESP) Mathieu Grebille (FRA) William Accambray (FRA) 29
53
37
32
31
20
EHF Cup Winners’ Cup
French champions: 14 times
French cup winners: 13 tmes
Team roster
No.
First Name
Surname
Nat.
Position
Goals
30
11
4
10
7
22
6
19
23
25
27
14
31
20
26
88
16
12
91
Dragan
Jure
Diego
Mathieu
William
Matej
Issam
Antoine
Vid
Jean Loup
Ludovic
Michael
Arthur
Vincent
Allan
Wissem
Thierry
Kevin
Arnaud
Gajic
Dolenec
Simonet
Grebille
Accambray
Gaber
Tej
Gutfreund
Kavticnik
Faustin
Fabregas
Guigou
Anquetil
Thouvenot
Villeminot
Hmam
Omeyer
Mesnard
Siffert
SLO
SLO
ESP
FRA
FRA
SLO
FRA
FRA
SLO
FRA
FRA
FRA
FRA
FRA
FRA
FRA
FRA
FRA
FRA
Right Wing
Right Back
Centre Back
Left Back
Left Back
Line Player
Line Player
Right Back
Right Back
Left Back
Line Player
Centre Back
Left Wing
Left Back
Centre Back
Back
Goalkeeper
Goalkeeper
Goalkeeper
21.7.1984
6.12.1988
26.12.1989
6.10.1991
8.4.1988
22.7.1991
29.7.1979
5.10.1992
24.5.1984
23.3.1995
1.7.1996
28.1.1982
23.7.1995
30.5.1994
24.5.1995
21.4.1981
2.11.1976
11.1.1993
6.12.1978
83
90
86
94
104
110
110
90
85
81
80
79
70
102
80
104
93
86
91
53
37
32
31
20
15
15
12
11
7
6
4
3
2
2
30
190
190
189
198
194
198
188
196
190
186
190
179
175
198
187
197
192
192
190
1
Montpellier Agglomeration HB Profiles
Thierry Omeyer
goalkeeper
He is back in the club where he won
his first CL title. After playing six years
in Montpellier, he then left to Kiel
where he played for seven seasons.
Patrice Canayer
coach
15 French championship titles, 14
cup victories, 15 participations in the
VELUX EHF Champions League since
1995 including winning the title in
2003 – these are just some of the
achievements of Montpellier coach
Patrice Canayer.
Keen to finish his career in his native
country, he decided to head back to
Montpellier last summer, meeting again with one of the
coaches who made him what he is today, Patrice Canayer.
Omeyer came back to Montpellier with the firm intention
to add some more titles to his already impressive record
of four CL titles, two Olympic gold medals, three EHF EURO
golds, including one (in 2006) where he was elected best
goalkeeper of the competition.
In 1994 he started his coaching career and coached players
like Nikola Karabatić, Thierry Omeyer, Jérôme Fernandez
and Didier Dinart. Now Canayer’s 20th straight season on
the Montpellier bench has begun. With a younger roster
and not as many stars as in the past, he will be able to see
how good he is at forming tomorrow’s stars. Having already
won the French league cup this season, he really wants to
win the EHF Cup, a competition he’s never taken part in
before. A real team leader, few are the players who can say
a bad word about him. In his active career the 52-year-old
coach played for Bordeaux and Racing Paris.
At 36, he is a goalkeeper who can change a game. All the
experience he gained in Germany make him one of the
goalkeepers that many players fear. He has got one special
ambition this year in the EHF Cup, because it is a title he has
never won before and would undoubtedly like to add a new
trophy to his collection. From 2014/15 he will play for PSG.
OG: G 2008, G 2012, EURO: G 2006, G 2010, G 2014, B 2008, WCh: G 2001,
G 2009, G 2011, B 2003, B 2005
EC trophies: CL 2003, 2007, 2010, 2012, IHF Super Globe 2011
EC trophies: CL 2003
Dragan Gajic
right wing
The Slovenian is a counter-attacking
expert. The right wing is fast as light
and extremely self-assured in front
of goal. He’s a penalty specialist (he
scored 28 in a row this season without
missing one in the French league), but
he’s got a wide range of shots as well,
being able to score from almost impossible angles.
William Accambray
left back
The new star of Montpellier and
the French national team. The
powerful left back is one the most
powerful shooters in Europe. He rose
to prominence at the 2011 World
Championship, where Accambray
won his first international title. In
2012 he was one of the key players
responsible for the French Olympic gold medal in London.
In France, Gajic is for now the best scorer of the league,
having put the ball over a hundred times into the net in only
half of the season. Arrived in 2011 in France after playing
for Celje, Zagreb and Maribor, he’s very useful to the staff
since he helps new Slovenian players settle in the team, like
Matej Gaber and Jure Dolenec this season.
As he was born to an athletic family with his father a highlevel hammer thrower and his mother a discus thrower, it’s
no surprise William is such a powerful player. Nearly two
metres tall and over 100 kilos, he’s one of the continent’s
strongest player and his shots from beyond the 9m line
have devastating effects. But William is not only an arm,
since he’s a very good defender as well. Coming back from
the EHF EURO 2014, where he did not enjoy too much
playing time, but still earned a gold medal, he’s really
looking forward to playing against the best players on the
continent for his first EHF Cup participation. He recently
signed for PSG.
At only 29, he’s now become one of the best right winger
on the planet, feared by all goalkeepers and wanted by
some of the biggest clubs. But for now, he’s happy in
Montpellier, and he shows that on the court.
OG: G 2012, EURO: G 2014, WCh: G 2011
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HCM Constanta
After a failure in the VELUX EHF Champions League qualification in Porto the
Romanian champions quickly refocused to the EHF Cup and it was not an easy task
having the EHF Cup Finals hosts and Chambery as another traditional EHF Champions
League club in the group.
After four rounds they had only four points and they were trailing both at Hlohovec
and at home vs Chambery in their lost matches a few minutes before the end. But in
both cases they had a great finish as they successfully claimed the last quarter-final
ticket. They went on in a perfect fashion in the quarter-final as they basically decided
the tie with Lugi already in the first leg at home, winning by 10 goals.
First leg:
HCM Constanta vs Lugi HF 31:21 (15:10)
Second leg:
Lugi HF vs HCM Constanta 34:28 (14:13)
Playing hall
Sala Sporturilor Constanta
B.dul Tomis Nr. 104-106
Constanta
Romania
Capacity: 2,994
Club Address:
HCM Constanta
str. Mircea cel Batran no 99B, e
900726 Constanta
Romania
Media contact:
Ali Nurhan
+40 724 341014
hcmconstanta@yahoo.com
1. Füchse Berlin
2. HCM Constanta
6
6
4
3
2
2
0
1
181:164
173:160
(17)
(13)
10
8
3. Chambery Savoie Handball
4. HC Sporta Hlohovec
6
6
2
0
2
0
2
6
162:158
147:181
(4)
(-34)
6
0
vs HC Sporta Hlohovec W31:22 (17:12)
@ Chambery Savoie Handball D29:29 (14:14)
vs Füchse Berlin D31:31 (16:16)
@ Füchse Berlin L28:26 (12:11)
@ HC Sporta Hlohovec W27:25 (12:15)
vs Chambery Savoie Handball W29:25 (15:14)
Last 16: 2009/10
Group Phase: 2004/05, 2006/07,
2007/08, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13
Qualification: 2013/14
EHF Cup Winners’ Cup
Challenge Cup
Semi-final: 2003/2004
Round 4: 2000/01
Romanian champions: 2004, 2006,
2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Romanian cup winners: 2004, 2006,
2011, 2012, 2013
Kit colours
Dark
Player shirt: blue
Player short: blue
Semi-final: 2005/06
Quarter-final: 2006/07, 2008/09
Round 4: 2002/03
Online information:
www.hcmct.ro
Facebook: HCM-Constanta-Officiel
Light
Player shirt: white
Player short: white
Goalkeeper shirt: blue/red/green
Past achievements
Top scorers:
Alexander Viorel Simicu (ROU) Laurentiu Mihai Toma (ROU) Iuliu Alexandru Csepreghi (ROU) George Ionut Buricea (ROU) Bogdan Andrei Criciotoiu (ROU) 32
55
39
36
21
20
HCM Constanta
Team roster
No.
First Name
Surname
Nat.
Position
Goals
7
14
28
77
90
3
15
18
55
17
11
30
24
22
13
16
1
Alexandru Viorel
Laurentiu Mihai
Iuliu Alexandru
George Ionut
Bogdan Andrei
Marius Ioan
Marius
Branislav
Albert Georgian
Dalibor
Marius
Bogdan Vasilie
Ramon Alin
Aleksandar
Predrag
Mihai Catalin
Ionut Rudi
Simicu
Toma
Csepreghi
Buricea
Criciotoiu
Novanc
Sadoveac
Angelovski
Cristescu
Cutura
Stavrositu
Soldanescu
Somlea
Adzic
Vujadinovic
Popescu
Stanescu
ROU
ROU
ROU
ROU
ROU
ROU
ROU
MKD
ROU
SRB
ROU
ROU
ROU
MNE
SRB
ROU
ROU
Left Back
Right Wing
Left Back
Left Wing
Right Back
Line Player
Right Wing
Centre Back
Line Player
Centre Back
Centre Back
Line Player
Centre Back
Left Back
Left Wing
Goalkeeper
Goalkeeper
8.10.1988
28.6.1981
28.3.1987
1.8.1979
13.3.1990
8.11.1980
7.5.1985
21.2.1977
30.5.1992
14.6.1975
3.9.1980
30.1.1985
20.2.1994
18.9.1975
12.7.1983
15.3.1985
14.8.1979
96
90
100
80
105
103
88
85
97
91
80
108
191
103
86
100
103
55
39
36
21
20
15
14
9
7
7
7
1
1
33
202
194
195
179
196
194
193
192
194
190
182
193
83
192
186
190
196
HCM Constanta Profiles
Zvonko Šundovski
coach
Šundovski (46) has attracted huge
interest from European clubs after
leading FYR Macedonia’s national
team to the 5th place in the EHF
EURO 2012. Several German clubs
wanted to sign him in 2012 after the
best performance of his career, but
he chose Constanța, as he wanted to coach a VELUX EHF
Champions League team.
Mihai Popescu
goalkeeper
If you say HCM Constanța, you could
say definitely think of Mihai Popescu.
The 28-year-old goalkeeper’s career
is a perfect mirror for the Romanian
champions. The excellent goalkeeper
helped them secure seven national
titles in the last ten years.
His connections with handball have started since he was
a toddler. But his first contact with the ball was painful!
While cheering for his father – an ex-goalkeeper – behind
the posts, Mihai, then only a 5-year-old kid- was hit in his
face. He started handball playing as a right-back, but his
father asked Mihai’s youth coach to put him between the
posts. He never looked back and became Romania’s top
goalkeeper. Popescu, who was awarded the ”Romanian
handball player of the year” in 2010, 2011 and 2012,
has also a strong goal appetite, scoring two goals in the
2008/09 edition of the VELUX EHF Champions League.
At first, he had both communication and tactical problems,
as he didn’t know Romanian and needed to change the
team’s approach to the game. But after a difficult season
and an early exit from this year’s Champions League,
Constanța has made a serious improvement. Šundovski
describes himself as a perfectionist and he thinks the key
for success is drinking two-three cups of espresso every
morning. The Macedonian coach says his happiest memory
is placing 5th with the national team in the EHF EURO 2012,
after which 100,000 Macedonians came to the streets of
Skopje to celebrate the achievement.
Alexandru Csepreghi
left back
Csepreghi’s ascension, highlighted by
playing his first game in the national
team as a 19-year-old Minaur Baia
Mare player, has been marred by
recurring knee injuries, which crippled
his minutes in Constanța’s shirt and
his progress as a player. However, the
26-year-old left back, who has a cannon for an arm, is back
in business, after he had a successful operation on his knee
in April 2013.
Alexandru Șimicu
left back
Born in Timișoara, Șimicu’s imposing
physique has recommended him
straight away for handball. He has
started playing as a 12-year old
at the local high-school and was
immediately scouted by the local
club, Politehnica Timișoara.
In 2011, he signed for HCM Constanța, winning two
championships, two Romanian Cups and one Romanian
Supercup with the ”sailors”. The 25-year-old left back,
who can also play as a center back, has been named the
”Romanian handball player of the year” in 2013. A great
defender, who has both skill and huge size (2,00 m),
Șimicu is considered one of the cornerstones for the new
Romanian national team. He started to ply his trade also in
attack, where he is a constant threat, with a powerful and
precise shot.
He has been in superb form for the “sailors” this season,
scoring 10 goals in the qualification round against
Danish side Mors-Thy. Csepreghi loves tattoos and he
has put the story of his life on his left hand: a portrait
of his grandparents, a rose, two clowns and a cross,
the latter which was tattoed in the memory of Zoran
Kurteș, Constanța’s ex-coach, who died in 2010. Another
interesting fact from his life is that the priest who officiated
Csepreghi’s wedding was a former teammate from Minaur
Baia Mare.
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