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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1) GROUP PHASE REVIEW
Facts and figures
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Results overview
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Top scorers 18
Playing system – graphic overview
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2) LAST 16
Match schedule overview 22
Celje Pivovarna Laško vs HSV Hamburg 23
Reale Ademar León vs MKB Veszprém KC
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Pick Szeged vs Vive Targi Kielce 31
Bjerringbro Silkeborg vs FC Barcelona Intersport 35
Gorenje Velenje vs SG Flensburg Handewitt 39
Chekhovskie Medvedi vs THW Kiel 43
HC Dinamo Minsk vs HC Metalurg 47
BM Atlético Madrid vs Füchse Berlin 51
Important regulations 55
Seeding for the quarter-finals draw 55
Media accreditation for the last 16 and VELUX EHF FINAL4 56 Clubs – Media contact 57 Schedule of the Matches of the Week in the last 16 58 VELUX Handball Manager – the new game 59
3) HISTORY OF THE EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Past winners 60 Top goal-scorers of past seasons 61
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FACTS AND FIGURES OF THE GROUP PHASE
The EHF Media and Communications Department gives you all the stats: Which team had the best attack, which team conceded the least goals, who qualified for the first time, and much more. 16 teams, nine nations
• The teams in the last 16 stem from nine different nations: Germany is represented with four teams, Spain with three, Slovenia and Hungary with two teams each. Russia, Poland, FYR Macedonia, Denmark, and Belarus have one team left in the competition.
• Bjerringbro-Silkeborg and Dinamo Minsk are the two teams that qualified for the first time for the VELUX EHF Champions League knock-out phase.
• Four previous champions, with a combined tally of 14 from 19 possible final victories, have made it to the last 16: FC Barcelona (7 titles), THW Kiel (3), Atletico Madrid (3) and RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko (1).
• Nine teams which played the last 16 the previous season made it again to the knock-out phase: Füchse Berlin, HSV Hamburg, FC Barcelona Intersport, THW Kiel, Atletico Madrid, MKB Veszprem, Vive Targi Kielce, Metalurg Skopje and Ademar Leon.
• All finalists since the 2006/07 season are among the last 16 teams: THW Kiel (5 finals since 2007), Atletico Madrid (4, including the ones they reached when named Ciudad Real), FC Barcelona Intersport (2), SG Flensburg-Handewitt (1).
No one could beat Kielce
• Vive Targi Kielce are the second team since the change of the playing system in 2009 to win all ten matches in the group phase.
• Ciudad Real (now Atletico Madrid) were the first to achieve that feat in the 2009/10
season. Hardly anyone came past the Skopje defence
• As in the previous season, Metalurg Skopje sported the best defence of all 24 teams, conceding only 215 goals.
• Ranked behind the team from FYR Macedonia are the group winners MKB Veszprem
(242), Vive Targi Kielce (249) and FC Barcelona Intersport (252) – an indication that the defence becomes more and more important in order to achieve success.
THW Kiel were on fire
• Two of the main contenders for reaching the VELUX EHF FINAL 4 boasted the best attack: Defending champions, THW Kiel, had the best attacking players in their ranks, scoring 329 goals overall in ten matches. FC Barcelona Intersport follows suit with 321 goals.
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• Veszprem (295 goals) are the only group winner to have scored less than 300 times, while Montpellier’s 301 goals were not enough to grant the French team a berth in the knock-out phase.
• Barcelona finished the group phase with a goal difference of +69, Kiel’s goal difference stands at +64. They are followed by Kielce and Metalurg (+56 goals each) and Veszprem (+53).
A closer look at the results
• Only seven of the 120 matches ended with a draw – and six of them occurred in the highly contested Group A.
• Matches involving Chekhovskie Medvedi ended in a draw on four different occasions.
The only draw not being a Group A result was the 27-all between Minsk and Zagreb in Group D.
• The overall statistics see 74 home victories, seven draws and 39 away victories after 120 matches.
Goals, goals, goals Top scorers after the Group Phase: 1. Hans Lindberg (HSV Hamburg) - 69 goals 2. Gasper Marguc (RK Celje) - 65 goals 3. Frantisek Sulc (Pick Szeged) - 62 goals 4. Anders Eggert (SG Flensburg-Handewitt) - 59 goals 5. Holger Glandorf (SG Flensburg-Handewitt – 55 goals Matches with the highest number of goals: 77 goals: THW Kiel – Sävehof IK 43:34 75 goals: Kadetten Schaffhausen – Füchse Berlin 35:40 74 goals: SG Flensburg-Handewitt – Montpellier MAHB 37:37 69 goals: Sävehof IK – THW Kiel 29:40 69 goals: Chekhovskie Medvedi – Partizan Beograd 38:31 68 goals: Partizan Beograd – SG Flensburg-Handewittt 31:37 68 goals: HSV Hamburg – Montpellier MAHB 35:33 68 goals: RK Zagreb – Kadetten Schaffhausen 38:30 20 of 120 matches were won by a difference of ten and more goals. Matches with the lowest number of goals: 39 goals: HCM Constanta – RK Pivovarna Lasko Celje 22:17 41 goals: Vive Targi Kielce - Metalurg Skopje 21:20 44 goals: Metalurg Skopje – Vive Targi Kielce 21:23
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Top 10 spectator numbers 13,333: Füchse Berlin – FC Barcelona Intersport 10,250: THW Kiel – MKB Veszprem 10,000: RK Zagreb – FC Barcelona Intersport 10,000: THW Kiel – Atletico Madrid 9,800: THW Kiel – Sävehof IK 9,400: THW Kiel – HCM Constanta 9,000: RK Zagreb – Dinamo Minsk 8,853: Atletico Madrid – THW Kiel 8,250: THW Kiel – RK Celje 8,000: Montpellier MAHB – Ademar Leon 8,000: Montpellier MAHB – SG Flensburg-Handewitt
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Group A matches won draw lost goal-difference points1 GER HSV Hamburg 10 7 2 1 313:272 41 162 GER SG Flensburg-Handewitt 10 6 3 1 310:279 31 153 RUS Chekhovskie Medvedi 10 5 4 1 310:282 28 144 ESP Reale Ademar Leon 10 3 1 6 265:292 -27 75 FRA Montpellier Agglomeration HB 10 2 2 6 301:311 -10 66 SRB RK Partizan 10 1 0 9 268:331 -63 2
002 GER SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs. FRA Montpellier Agglomeration HB 37 : 37 (19:18) 27.09.2012 19:00 Flensburg / GER Spectators: 3414 Ref.: Gubica, Milosevic CRO Del.: Andorka HUN
001 RUS Chekhovskie Medvedi vs. SRB RK Partizan 38 : 31 (21:16) 27.09.2012 20:30 Chekhov / RUS Spectators: 1600 Ref.: Leandersson, Lindroos FIN Del.: Jaskins LAT
003 ESP Reale Ademar Leon vs. GER HSV Hamburg 26 : 28 (13:14) 29.09.2012 19:00 Leon / ESP Spectators: 4200 Ref.: Badura, Ondogrecula SVK Del.: Rätz SUI
005 GER HSV Hamburg vs. RUS Chekhovskie Medvedi 27 : 27 (15:12) 04.10.2012 20:00 Hamburg / GER Spectators: 2203 Ref.: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen NOR Del.: Lund DEN
004 FRA Montpellier Agglomeration HB vs. ESP Reale Ademar Leon 27 : 29 (13:15) 07.10.2012 19:00 Pérols/Montpellier / FRA Spectators: 8000 Ref.: Stark, Stefan ROU Del.: Coelho POR
006 SRB RK Partizan vs. GER SG Flensburg-Handewitt 31 : 37 (15:17) 07.10.2012 19:05 Nis / SRB Spectators: 5300 Ref.: Horváth, Marton HUN Del.: Bebetsos GRE
009 SRB RK Partizan vs. ESP Reale Ademar Leon 33 : 31 (17:15) 13.10.2012 18:00 Nis / SRB Spectators: 3500 Ref.: Hakansson, Nilsson SWE Del.: Jaskins LAT
008 GER SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs. RUS Chekhovskie Medvedi 36 : 26 (19:14) 14.10.2012 17:30 Flensburg / GER Spectators: 3425 Ref.: Poulsen, Mortensen DEN Del.: La Cour Laursen DEN
007 FRA Montpellier Agglomeration HB vs. GER HSV Hamburg 29 : 33 (14:16) 14.10.2012 19:00 Pérols/Montpellier / FRA Spectators: 8000 Ref.: Krstic, Ljubic SLO Del.: Villanger NOR
012 RUS Chekhovskie Medvedi vs. FRA Montpellier Agglomeration HB 35 : 29 (19:15) 18.10.2012 20:30 Chekhov / RUS Spectators: 1500 Ref.: Nikolov, Nachevski MKD Del.: Szajna POL
010 GER HSV Hamburg vs. SRB RK Partizan 30 : 24 (17:13) 21.10.2012 16:00 Hamburg / GER Spectators: 2400 Ref.: Eliasson, Gudjonsson ISL Del.: Jensen DEN
011 ESP Reale Ademar Leon vs. GER SG Flensburg-Handewitt 29 : 29 (15:16) 21.10.2012 17:30 Leon / ESP Spectators: 4700 Ref.: Herczeg, Südi HUN Del.: Goulao POR
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013 ESP Reale Ademar Leon vs. RUS Chekhovskie Medvedi 22 : 29 (10:12) 17.11.2012 18:00 Leon / ESP Spectators: 4800 Ref.: Krstic, Ljubic SLO Del.: Wille AUT
014 SRB RK Partizan vs. FRA Montpellier Agglomeration HB 29 : 32 (17:17) 18.11.2012 17:00 Nis / SRB Spectators: 3500 Ref.: Horacek, Novotny CZE Del.: Serbu ROU
015 GER HSV Hamburg vs. GER SG Flensburg-Handewitt 31 : 28 (13:15) 18.11.2012 17:30 Hamburg / GER Spectators: 5873 Ref.: Gubica, Milosevic CRO Del.: Olsson SWE
016 RUS Chekhovskie Medvedi vs. ESP Reale Ademar Leon 36 : 22 (18:8) 22.11.2012 20:30 Chekhov / RUS Spectators: 3000 Ref.: Hansen, Pettersen NOR Del.: Andorka HUN
018 GER SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs. GER HSV Hamburg 29 : 26 (14:12) 25.11.2012 17:15 Flensburg / GER Spectators: 5466 Ref.: Hakansson, Nilsson SWE Del.: Jensen DEN
017 FRA Montpellier Agglomeration HB vs. SRB RK Partizan 31 : 26 (16:10) 25.11.2012 19:00 Montpellier / FRA Spectators: 3000 Ref.: Kurtagic, Wetterwik SWE Del.: Mulleners BEL
019 SRB RK Partizan vs. RUS Chekhovskie Medvedi 27 : 31 (14:11) 29.11.2012 16:00 Nis / SRB Spectators: 3000 Ref.: Stenrand, Birch DEN Del.: Metalari MKD
021 GER HSV Hamburg vs. ESP Reale Ademar Leon 32 : 26 (16:14) 29.11.2012 16:00 Hamburg / GER Spectators: 2400 Ref.: Dobrovits, Tajok HUN Del.: Schlick AUT
020 FRA Montpellier Agglomeration HB vs. GER SG Flensburg-Handewitt 25 : 27 (14:12) 02.12.2012 19:00 Pérols/Montpellier / FRA Spectators: 8000 Ref.: Eliasson, Gudjonsson ISL Del.: Van der Helm NED
023 RUS Chekhovskie Medvedi vs. GER HSV Hamburg 29 : 29 (17:13) 07.02.2013 18:45 Chekhov / RUS Spectators: 2000 Ref.: Horváth, Marton HUN Del.: Morell SUI
024 GER SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs. SRB RK Partizan 31 : 23 (17:13) 07.02.2013 19:30 Flensburg / GER Spectators: 3400 Ref.: Cohen, Peretz ISR Del.: Szajna POL
022 ESP Reale Ademar Leon vs. FRA Montpellier Agglomeration HB 30 : 28 (11:13) 10.02.2013 19:00 Leon / ESP Spectators: 5000 Ref.: Leifsson, Palsson ISL Del.: Coelho POR
026 GER SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs. ESP Reale Ademar Leon 27 : 22 (14:10) 13.02.2013 20:30 Flensburg / GER Spectators: 3524 Ref.: Stolarovs, Licis LAT Del.: Lund DEN
025 SRB RK Partizan vs. GER HSV Hamburg 21 : 42 (10:24) 16.02.2013 19:00 Nis / SRB Spectators: 4200 Ref.: Mazeika, Gatelis LTU Del.: Serbu ROU
027 FRA Montpellier Agglomeration HB vs. RUS Chekhovskie Medvedi 30 : 30 (17:17) 17.02.2013 19:00 Pérols/Montpellier / FRA Spectators: 7000 Ref.: Gubica, Milosevic CRO Del.: Mulleners BEL
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029 RUS Chekhovskie Medvedi vs. GER SG Flensburg-Handewitt 29 : 29 (14:13) 21.02.2013 20:15 Chekhov / RUS Spectators: 2500 Ref.: Kleven, Ramberg NOR Del.: Nachevski MKD
030 ESP Reale Ademar Leon vs. SRB RK Partizan 28 : 23 (14:10) 23.02.2013 18:00 Leon / ESP Spectators: 5000 Ref.: Olesen, Pedersen DEN Del.: Costa POR
028 GER HSV Hamburg vs. FRA Montpellier Agglomeration HB 35 : 33 (18:15) 23.02.2013 19:00 Hamburg / GER Spectators: 6752 Ref.: Kurtagic, Wetterwik SWE Del.: Andorka HUN
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Group B matches won draw lost goal-difference points1 HUN MKB Veszprém KC 10 9 0 1 295:242 53 182 GER THW Kiel 10 8 0 2 329:265 64 163 ESP BM Atletico Madrid 10 5 0 5 268:269 -1 104 SLO Celje Pivovarna Lasko 10 4 0 6 245:258 -13 85 ROU HCM Constanta 10 2 0 8 234:283 -49 46 SWE IK Sävehof 10 2 0 8 276:330 -54 4
033 SWE IK Sävehof vs. ROU HCM Constanta 35 : 31 (19:17) 27.09.2012 19:00 Göteborg / SWE Spectators: 2450 Ref.: Baranowski, Lemanowicz POL Del.: Oie NOR
031 HUN MKB Veszprém KC vs. SLO Celje Pivovarna Lasko 32 : 22 (16:11) 29.09.2012 17:00 Veszprem / HUN Spectators: 5019 Ref.: Mazeika, Gatelis LTU Del.: Nachevski MKD
032 ESP BM Atletico Madrid vs. GER THW Kiel 27 : 32 (15:17) 30.09.2012 18:00 Madrid / ESP Spectators: 8853 Ref.: Gjeding, Hansen DEN Del.: Konecny CZE
035 ROU HCM Constanta vs. HUN MKB Veszprém KC 27 : 37 (12:19) 03.10.2012 20:00 Bucuresti / ROU Spectators: 3000 Ref.: Pandzic, Mosorinski SRB Del.: Morell SUI
036 SLO Celje Pivovarna Lasko vs. ESP BM Atletico Madrid 22 : 28 (15:13) 06.10.2012 16:30 Celje / SLO Spectators: 1300 Ref.: Pichon, Reveret FRA Del.: Pavicevic MNE
034 GER THW Kiel vs. SWE IK Sävehof 43 : 34 (25:15) 07.10.2012 16:45 Kiel / GER Spectators: 9800 Ref.: Togstad, Kristiansen NOR Del.: Caillet FRA
037 GER THW Kiel vs. ROU HCM Constanta 35 : 14 (16:7) 11.10.2012 20:00 Kiel / GER Spectators: 9400 Ref.: Bounouara, Sami FRA Del.: Rudin SUI
039 SLO Celje Pivovarna Lasko vs. SWE IK Sävehof 31 : 25 (17:14) 13.10.2012 20:00 Celje / SLO Spectators: 2280 Ref.: Zotin, Volodkov RUS Del.: Dolejs CZE
038 ESP BM Atletico Madrid vs. HUN MKB Veszprém KC 26 : 27 (13:15) 14.10.2012 18:00 Madrid / ESP Spectators: 4831 Ref.: Gubica, Milosevic CRO Del.: Bürgi SUI
041 SWE IK Sävehof vs. ESP BM Atletico Madrid 35 : 30 (17:16) 17.10.2012 19:00 Göteborg / SWE Spectators: 3128 Ref.: Nikolic, Stojkovic SRB Del.: Hogsnes NOR
042 HUN MKB Veszprém KC vs. GER THW Kiel 31 : 30 (14:15) 18.10.2012 19:00 Veszprem / HUN Spectators: 5019 Ref.: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen NOR Del.: Convents BEL
040 ROU HCM Constanta vs. SLO Celje Pivovarna Lasko 22 : 17 (10:5) 18.10.2012 20:00 Buzau / ROU Spectators: 1300 Ref.: Horacek, Novotny CZE Del.: Sokol CRO
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045 ROU HCM Constanta vs. ESP BM Atletico Madrid 23 : 28 (13:12) 15.11.2012 18:30 Bucuresti / ROU Spectators: 3000 Ref.: Erdogan, Özdeniz TUR Del.: Convents BEL
044 SLO Celje Pivovarna Lasko vs. GER THW Kiel 31 : 28 (12:12) 17.11.2012 16:30 Celje / SLO Spectators: 4500 Ref.: Stolarovs, Licis LAT Del.: Djurkovic SRB
043 SWE IK Sävehof vs. HUN MKB Veszprém KC 22 : 32 (10:14) 18.11.2012 16:30 Göteborg / SWE Spectators: 3273 Ref.: Dentz, Reibel FRA Del.: Sigurdsson ISL
047 GER THW Kiel vs. SLO Celje Pivovarna Lasko 30 : 26 (13:12) 21.11.2012 19:00 Kiel / GER Spectators: 8250 Ref.: Opava, Valek CZE Del.: Lund DEN
046 HUN MKB Veszprém KC vs. SWE IK Sävehof 34 : 24 (17:15) 24.11.2012 19:00 Veszprem / HUN Spectators: 5019 Ref.: Zotin, Volodkov RUS Del.: Rätz SUI
048 ESP BM Atletico Madrid vs. ROU HCM Constanta 25 : 24 (12:11) 25.11.2012 17:10 Madrid / ESP Spectators: 4027 Ref.: Leszczynski, Piechota POL Del.: Caillet FRA
051 ROU HCM Constanta vs. SWE IK Sävehof 28 : 23 (18:9) 29.11.2012 16:00 Buzau / ROU Spectators: 1400 Ref.: Nikolov, Nachevski MKD Del.: Rudin SUI
049 SLO Celje Pivovarna Lasko vs. HUN MKB Veszprém KC 19 : 24 (9:11) 01.12.2012 14:00 Celje / SLO Spectators: 5827 Ref.: Poulsen, Mortensen DEN Del.: Bebetsos GRE
050 GER THW Kiel vs. ESP BM Atletico Madrid 31 : 27 (15:15) 02.12.2012 17:15 Kiel / GER Spectators: 10000 Ref.: Cacador, Nicolau POR Del.: Villanger NOR
052 SWE IK Sävehof vs. GER THW Kiel 29 : 40 (15:20) 09.02.2013 16:00 Gothenburg / SWE Spectators: 4531 Ref.: Pichon, Reveret FRA Del.: Jensen DEN
053 HUN MKB Veszprém KC vs. ROU HCM Constanta 31 : 21 (14:11) 09.02.2013 17:15 Veszprem / HUN Spectators: 5000 Ref.: Opava, Valek CZE Del.: Goulao POR
054 ESP BM Atletico Madrid vs. SLO Celje Pivovarna Lasko 26 : 24 (12:9) 10.02.2013 18:00 Madrid / ESP Spectators: 4676 Ref.: Olesen, Pedersen DEN Del.: Dujardin FRA
055 SLO Celje Pivovarna Lasko vs. ROU HCM Constanta 24 : 19 (11:6) 16.02.2013 16:30 Celje / SLO Spectators: 4000 Ref.: Gousko, Repkin BLR Del.: Metalari MKD
056 ESP BM Atletico Madrid vs. SWE IK Sävehof 32 : 25 (14:11) 17.02.2013 17:00 Madrid / ESP Spectators: 4923 Ref.: Eliasson, Gudjonsson ISL Del.: Migas GRE
057 GER THW Kiel vs. HUN MKB Veszprém KC 32 : 21 (17:13) 17.02.2013 19:00 Kiel / GER Spectators: 10200 Ref.: Dentz, Reibel FRA Del.: Villanger NOR
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058 ROU HCM Constanta vs. GER THW Kiel 25 : 28 (11:16) 20.02.2013 20:00 Bucuresti / ROU Spectators: 2500 Ref.: Kaveshnikov, Plotnikov RUS Del.: Antoniou CYP
060 SWE IK Sävehof vs. SLO Celje Pivovarna Lasko 24 : 29 (10:14) 21.02.2013 19:00 Gothenburg / SWE Spectators: 2450 Ref.: Horacek, Novotny CZE Del.: Morell SUI
059 HUN MKB Veszprém KC vs. ESP BM Atletico Madrid 26 : 19 (12:8) 23.02.2013 17:15 Veszprem / HUN Spectators: 5008 Ref.: Jurinovic, Mrvica CRO Del.: Konecny CZE
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Group C matches won draw lost goal-difference points1 POL KS Vive Targi Kielce 10 10 0 0 305:249 56 202 MKD HC Metalurg 10 7 0 3 271:215 56 143 SLO Gorenje Velenje 10 6 0 4 281:250 31 124 DEN Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 10 4 0 6 259:281 -22 85 FRA Chambery Savoie Handball 10 2 0 8 266:294 -28 46 RUS St. Petersburg HC 10 1 0 9 225:318 -93 2
061 SLO Gorenje Velenje vs. RUS St. Petersburg HC 35 : 22 (16:10) 29.09.2012 20:00 Velenje / SLO Spectators: 1100 Ref.: Fleisch, Rieber GER Del.: Sokol CRO
062 POL KS Vive Targi Kielce vs. DEN Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 35 : 26 (17:12) 30.09.2012 17:00 Kielce / POL Spectators: 4200 Ref.: Marin Lorente, Garcia Serradilla ESP Del.: Van der Helm NED
063 FRA Chambery Savoie Handball vs. MKD HC Metalurg 30 : 33 (13:15) 30.09.2012 19:00 Chambery / FRA Spectators: 3000 Ref.: Geipel, Helbig GER Del.: Huelin ESP
065 MKD HC Metalurg vs. SLO Gorenje Velenje 30 : 23 (13:6) 06.10.2012 18:00 Skopje / MKD Spectators: 6000 Ref.: Dinu, Din ROU Del.: Djurkovic SRB
066 RUS St. Petersburg HC vs. POL KS Vive Targi Kielce 21 : 31 (10:17) 06.10.2012 19:00 Chekhov / RUS Spectators: 120 Ref.: Nikolic, Stojkovic SRB Del.: Arponen FIN
064 DEN Bjerringbro-Silkeborg vs. FRA Chambery Savoie Handball 25 : 23 (14:15) 07.10.2012 17:00 Kjellerup / DEN Spectators: 1813 Ref.: Kekes, Kekes HUN Del.: Hogsnes NOR
068 POL KS Vive Targi Kielce vs. SLO Gorenje Velenje 30 : 24 (13:12) 13.10.2012 17:00 Kielce / POL Spectators: 4200 Ref.: Erdogan, Özdeniz TUR Del.: Posavec CRO
069 RUS St. Petersburg HC vs. FRA Chambery Savoie Handball 31 : 27 (19:12) 13.10.2012 19:00 Chekhov / RUS Spectators: 186 Ref.: Johansson, Kliko SWE Del.: Burziwal AUT
067 DEN Bjerringbro-Silkeborg vs. MKD HC Metalurg 23 : 26 (14:11) 14.10.2012 17:00 Kjellerup / DEN Spectators: 2000 Ref.: Muro San Jose, Rodriguez Murcia ESP Del.: Gunnarsson ISL
072 SLO Gorenje Velenje vs. DEN Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 31 : 23 (14:8) 17.10.2012 20:00 Velenje / SLO Spectators: 1200 Ref.: Schulze, Tönnies GER Del.: Andorka HUN
070 MKD HC Metalurg vs. RUS St. Petersburg HC 32 : 19 (15:11) 20.10.2012 18:00 Skopje / MKD Spectators: 6200 Ref.: Dobrovits, Tajok HUN Del.: Vujisic MNE
071 FRA Chambery Savoie Handball vs. POL KS Vive Targi Kielce 26 : 36 (15:18) 21.10.2012 19:00 Chambery / FRA Spectators: 3400 Ref.: Raluy Lopez, Sabroso Ramirez ESP Del.: Breto Leon ESP
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075 MKD HC Metalurg vs. POL KS Vive Targi Kielce 21 : 23 (12:10) 18.11.2012 18:00 Skopje / MKD Spectators: 6900 Ref.: Gousko, Repkin BLR Del.: Sokol CRO
073 FRA Chambery Savoie Handball vs. SLO Gorenje Velenje 20 : 31 (9:16) 18.11.2012 19:00 Chambery / FRA Spectators: 3600 Ref.: Badura, Ondogrecula SVK Del.: Goulao POR
074 RUS St. Petersburg HC vs. DEN Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 23 : 35 (11:18) 18.11.2012 20:00 Chekhov / RUS Spectators: 400 Ref.: Geipel, Helbig GER Del.: Konopliastyi UKR
076 SLO Gorenje Velenje vs. FRA Chambery Savoie Handball 31 : 25 (18:13) 24.11.2012 16:30 Velenje / SLO Spectators: 1100 Ref.: Dinu, Din ROU Del.: Pavicevic MNE
078 POL KS Vive Targi Kielce vs. MKD HC Metalurg 21 : 20 (8:12) 24.11.2012 18:00 Kielce / POL Spectators: 4000 Ref.: Stolarovs, Licis LAT Del.: Gunnarsson ISL
077 DEN Bjerringbro-Silkeborg vs. RUS St. Petersburg HC 31 : 22 (17:12) 25.11.2012 17:00 Silkeborg / DEN Spectators: 1971 Ref.: Wyss, Zowa SUI Del.: Dolejs CZE
081 MKD HC Metalurg vs. FRA Chambery Savoie Handball 26 : 21 (13:12) 01.12.2012 08:00 Skopje / MKD Spectators: 6963 Ref.: Kekes, Kekes HUN Del.: Posavec CRO
079 RUS St. Petersburg HC vs. SLO Gorenje Velenje 25 : 32 (13:16) 01.12.2012 14:00 Chekhov / RUS Spectators: 500 Ref.: Leandersson, Lindroos FIN Del.: Jaskins LAT
080 DEN Bjerringbro-Silkeborg vs. POL KS Vive Targi Kielce 25 : 34 (11:18) 02.12.2012 17:00 Silkeborg / DEN Spectators: 1752 Ref.: Nikolic, Stojkovic SRB Del.: Breto Leon ESP
083 SLO Gorenje Velenje vs. MKD HC Metalurg 23 : 19 (10:10) 09.02.2013 16:30 Velenje / SLO Spectators: 1200 Ref.: Bonifert, Oláh HUN Del.: Konecny CZE
084 POL KS Vive Targi Kielce vs. RUS St. Petersburg HC 30 : 29 (20:14) 09.02.2013 17:00 Kielce / POL Spectators: 4000 Ref.: Kurtagic, Wetterwik SWE Del.: Dolejs CZE
082 FRA Chambery Savoie Handball vs. DEN Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 29 : 26 (14:12) 10.02.2013 17:00 Chambery / FRA Spectators: 3200 Ref.: Marin Lorente, Garcia Serradilla ESP Del.: Donven LUX
086 POL KS Vive Targi Kielce vs. FRA Chambery Savoie Handball 36 : 32 (18:17) 16.02.2013 17:00 Kielce / POL Spectators: 4000 Ref.: Herczeg, Südi HUN Del.: Konopliastyi UKR
085 RUS St. Petersburg HC vs. MKD HC Metalurg 14 : 32 (10:18) 16.02.2013 19:00 Chekhov / RUS Spectators: 300 Ref.: Cacador, Nicolau POR Del.: Mikucionis LTU
087 DEN Bjerringbro-Silkeborg vs. SLO Gorenje Velenje 27 : 26 (12:14) 17.02.2013 17:00 Silkeborg / DEN Spectators: 1856 Ref.: Hakansson, Nilsson SWE Del.: Huelin ESP
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089 SLO Gorenje Velenje vs. POL KS Vive Targi Kielce 25 : 29 (14:13) 23.02.2013 16:30 Velenje / SLO Spectators: 1300 Ref.: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen NOR Del.: Dugall GER
088 MKD HC Metalurg vs. DEN Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 32 : 18 (18:14) 24.02.2013 17:00 Skopje / MKD Spectators: 6963 Ref.: Covalciuc, Covalciuc MDA Del.: Poladenko RUS
090 FRA Chambery Savoie Handball vs. RUS St. Petersburg HC 33 : 19 (19:8) 24.02.2013 19:00 Chambery / FRA Spectators: 3500 Ref.: Konjicanin, Konjicanin BIH Del.: Breto Leon ESP
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Group D matches won draw lost goal-difference points1 ESP FC Barcelona Intersport 10 9 0 1 321:252 69 182 GER Füchse Berlin 10 8 0 2 290:279 11 163 BLR HC Dinamo Minsk 10 5 1 4 276:259 17 114 HUN Pick Szeged 10 3 0 7 260:293 -33 65 CRO HC Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb 10 2 1 7 266:284 -18 56 SUI Kadetten Schaffhausen 10 2 0 8 284:330 -46 4
092 SUI Kadetten Schaffhausen vs. ESP FC Barcelona Intersport 23 : 33 (12:17) 27.09.2012 20:00 Schaffhausen / SUI Spectators: 2900 Ref.: Krstic, Ljubic SLO Del.: Schlick AUT
091 CRO HC Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb vs. HUN Pick Szeged 30 : 27 (15:8) 29.09.2012 18:30 Zagreb / CRO Spectators: 4000 Ref.: Covalciuc, Covalciuc MDA Del.: Migas GRE
093 GER Füchse Berlin vs. BLR HC Dinamo Minsk 29 : 25 (13:13) 30.09.2012 16:15 Berlin / GER Spectators: 3813 Ref.: Leifsson, Palsson ISL Del.: Jensen DEN
095 BLR HC Dinamo Minsk vs. CRO HC Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb 27 : 27 (14:11) 04.10.2012 19:30 Minsk / BLR Spectators: 3200 Ref.: Stenrand, Birch DEN Del.: Convents BEL
094 ESP FC Barcelona Intersport vs. GER Füchse Berlin 34 : 23 (15:10) 06.10.2012 16:15 Barcelona / ESP Spectators: 2318 Ref.: Nikolov, Nachevski MKD Del.: Olsson SWE
096 HUN Pick Szeged vs. SUI Kadetten Schaffhausen 30 : 29 (12:14) 06.10.2012 17:15 Szeged / HUN Spectators: 3000 Ref.: Dentz, Reibel FRA Del.: Wille AUT
098 SUI Kadetten Schaffhausen vs. CRO HC Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb 28 : 27 (16:15) 11.10.2012 20:00 Schaffhausen / SUI Spectators: 2150 Ref.: Cohen, Peretz ISR Del.: Hansson SWE
097 ESP FC Barcelona Intersport vs. BLR HC Dinamo Minsk 25 : 24 (12:13) 13.10.2012 16:15 Barcelona / ESP Spectators: 1888 Ref.: Pavicevic, Raznatovic MNE Del.: Goulao POR
099 HUN Pick Szeged vs. GER Füchse Berlin 22 : 29 (14:14) 14.10.2012 16:00 Szeged / HUN Spectators: 3000 Ref.: Hansen, Pettersen NOR Del.: Van der Helm NED
101 GER Füchse Berlin vs. SUI Kadetten Schaffhausen 31 : 27 (14:11) 17.10.2012 19:00 Berlin / GER Spectators: 5259 Ref.: Badura, Ondogrecula SVK Del.: Schlick AUT
100 BLR HC Dinamo Minsk vs. HUN Pick Szeged 29 : 24 (17:10) 18.10.2012 18:30 Minsk / BLR Spectators: 3250 Ref.: Dinu, Din ROU Del.: Nachevski MKD
102 CRO HC Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb vs. ESP FC Barcelona Intersport 21 : 32 (12:13) 20.10.2012 18:00 Zagreb / CRO Spectators: 10000 Ref.: Cacador, Nicolau POR Del.: Konecny CZE
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103 GER Füchse Berlin vs. CRO HC Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb 29 : 27 (12:13) 15.11.2012 19:30 Berlin / GER Spectators: 5385 Ref.: Poulsen, Mortensen DEN Del.: Arponen FIN
105 BLR HC Dinamo Minsk vs. SUI Kadetten Schaffhausen 33 : 23 (14:12) 15.11.2012 20:00 Minsk / BLR Spectators: 2950 Ref.: Nikolov, Nachevski MKD Del.: Jaskins LAT
104 HUN Pick Szeged vs. ESP FC Barcelona Intersport 28 : 33 (15:18) 18.11.2012 18:30 Szeged / HUN Spectators: 3200 Ref.: Nikolic, Stojkovic SRB Del.: Oie NOR
108 SUI Kadetten Schaffhausen vs. BLR HC Dinamo Minsk 28 : 33 (14:16) 22.11.2012 20:00 Schaffhausen / SUI Spectators: 1750 Ref.: Togstad, Kristiansen NOR Del.: Burziwal AUT
107 ESP FC Barcelona Intersport vs. HUN Pick Szeged 33 : 24 (16:13) 24.11.2012 16:15 Barcelona / ESP Spectators: 2018 Ref.: Krstic, Ljubic SLO Del.: Dujardin FRA
106 CRO HC Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb vs. GER Füchse Berlin 24 : 25 (12:9) 24.11.2012 18:00 Zagreb / CRO Spectators: 7500 Ref.: Stark, Stefan ROU Del.: Szajna POL
109 HUN Pick Szeged vs. CRO HC Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb 26 : 24 (16:10) 01.12.2012 17:15 Szeged / HUN Spectators: 3200 Ref.: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen NOR Del.: Convents BEL
110 ESP FC Barcelona Intersport vs. SUI Kadetten Schaffhausen 36 : 25 (19:13) 01.12.2012 18:00 Barcelona / ESP Spectators: 2315 Ref.: Dentz, Reibel FRA Del.: Coelho POR
111 BLR HC Dinamo Minsk vs. GER Füchse Berlin 31 : 24 (16:15) 02.12.2012 17:30 Minsk / BLR Spectators: 3000 Ref.: Pandzic, Mosorinski SRB Del.: Arponen FIN
114 SUI Kadetten Schaffhausen vs. HUN Pick Szeged 36 : 29 (21:14) 07.02.2013 20:00 Schaffhausen / SUI Spectators: 1870 Ref.: Pavicevic, Raznatovic MNE Del.: Convents BEL
113 CRO HC Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb vs. BLR HC Dinamo Minsk 23 : 25 (10:14) 09.02.2013 18:00 Zagreb / CRO Spectators: 9000 Ref.: Krstic, Ljubic SLO Del.: Van der Helm NED
112 GER Füchse Berlin vs. ESP FC Barcelona Intersport 31 : 30 (14:16) 10.02.2013 17:15 Berlin / GER Spectators: 13333 Ref.: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen NOR Del.: La Cour Laursen DEN
116 SUI Kadetten Schaffhausen vs. GER Füchse Berlin 35 : 40 (16:21) 14.02.2013 20:00 Schaffhausen / SUI Spectators: 3500 Ref.: Stenrand, Birch DEN Del.: Wille AUT
115 HUN Pick Szeged vs. BLR HC Dinamo Minsk 26 : 21 (12:5) 16.02.2013 15:30 Szeged / HUN Spectators: 3000 Ref.: Poulsen, Mortensen DEN Del.: Arponen FIN
117 ESP FC Barcelona Intersport vs. CRO HC Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb 35 : 25 (19:10) 16.02.2013 16:15 Barcelona / ESP Spectators: 1784 Ref.: Dinu, Din ROU Del.: Gunnarsson ISL
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118 BLR HC Dinamo Minsk vs. ESP FC Barcelona Intersport 28 : 30 (13:18) 21.02.2013 20:00 Minsk / BLR Spectators: 4100 Ref.: Badura, Ondogrecula SVK Del.: Jansonas LTU
119 CRO HC Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb vs. SUI Kadetten Schaffhausen 38 : 30 (20:13) 23.02.2013 18:00 Zagreb / CRO Spectators: 6000 Ref.: Zotin, Volodkov RUS Del.: Vujisic MNE
120 GER Füchse Berlin vs. HUN Pick Szeged 29 : 24 (15:10) 24.02.2013 19:00 Berlin / GER Spectators: 4700 Ref.: Erdogan, Özdeniz TUR Del.: Donven LUX
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TOP SCORERS AFTER THE GROUP PHASE
(bold letters – players still active in the competition)
1. Lindberg Hans (DEN) HSV Hamburg (GER) 69 2. Marguc Gasper (SLO) Celje Pivovarna Lasko (SLO) 65 3. Sulc Frantisek (SVK) Pick Szeged (HUN) 62 4. Eggert Jensen Anders (DEN) SG Flensburg-Handewitt (GER) 59 5. Glandorf Holger (GER) SG Flensburg-Handewitt (GER) 55 Mojsovski Naumce (MKD) HC Metalurg (MKD) 55 7. Dolenec Jure (SLO) Gorenje Velenje (SLO) 54 8. Jurecki Michal (POL) KS Vive Targi Kielce (POL) 53 Melic Fahrudin (MNE) Gorenje Velenje (SLO) 53 10. Dibirov Timur (RUS) Chekhovskie Medvedi (RUS) 52 Vugrinec Renato (SLO) HC Metalurg (MKD) 52 12. Bezjak Marko (SLO) Gorenje Velenje (SLO) 51 Horvat Zlatko (CRO) HC Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb (CRO) 51 Stepancic Luka (CRO) HC Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb (CRO) 51 15. Nagy Laszlo (HUN) MKB Veszprém KC (HUN) 50 16. Accambray William (FRA) Montpellier Agglomeration HB (FRA) 49 Cupic Ivan (CRO) KS Vive Targi Kielce (POL) 49 Sevaljevic Vasko (MNE) HC Dinamo Minsk (BLR) 49 19. Mortensen Casper Ulrich (DEN) Bjerringbro-Silkeborg (DEN) 48 Ruesga Pasarin Carlos (ESP) Reale Ademar Leon (ESP) 48 Rutenka Siarhei (BLR) FC Barcelona Intersport (ESP) 48 22. Bliznac Kristian (SWE) IK Sävehof (SWE) 47 23. Gorbok Sergei (RUS) Chekhovskie Medvedi (RUS) 46 Lazarov Kiril (MKD) BM Atletico Madrid (ESP) 46 25. Jicha Filip (CZE) THW Kiel (GER) 45 Nincevic Ivan (CRO) Füchse Berlin (GER) 45 Pendic Andrija (SUI) Kadetten Schaffhausen (SUI) 45 28. Csaszar Gabor (HUN) MKB Veszprém KC (HUN) 44 Gajic Dragan (SLO) Montpellier Agglomeration HB (FRA) 44 30. Atman Pavel (RUS) HC Dinamo Minsk (BLR) 43 Dissinger Christian (GER) Kadetten Schaffhausen (SUI) 43 Larholm Jonas Erik (SWE) Pick Szeged (HUN) 43 Radivojevic Bogdan (SRB) RK Partizan (SRB) 43 34. Mackovsek Borut (SLO) Celje Pivovarna Lasko (SLO) 42 Manaskov Dejan (MKD) HC Metalurg (MKD) 42 36. Duvnjak Domagoj (CRO) HSV Hamburg (GER) 41 Paty Cedric (FRA) Chambery Savoie Handball (FRA) 41 Svan Hansen Lasse (DEN) SG Flensburg-Handewitt (GER) 41 39. Cehte Klemen (SLO) Gorenje Velenje (SLO) 40 Stojanovic Aleksandar (SRB) Kadetten Schaffhausen (SUI) 40 41. Jörgensen Chris Holm (DEN) Bjerringbro-Silkeborg (DEN) 39 Lijewski Marcin (POL) HSV Hamburg (GER) 39 Nasyrov Eldar (RUS) St. Petersburg HC (RUS) 39 Tönnesen Kent Robin (NOR) IK Sävehof (SWE) 39 45. Ekberg Niclas (SWE) THW Kiel (GER) 38 Lauge Schmidt Rasmus (DEN) Bjerringbro-Silkeborg (DEN) 38 Mogensen Thomas (DEN) SG Flensburg-Handewitt (GER) 38 Shelmenko Sergiy (RUS) Chekhovskie Medvedi (RUS) 38 Vujin Marko (SRB) THW Kiel (GER) 38 50. Goni Leoz Iosu (ESP) Reale Ademar Leon (ESP) 37
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001 DEN Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 002 ESP FC Barcelona Intersport 17.03.2013 17:00 Silkeborg 24.03.2013 17:15 Barcelona Ref.: Erdogan, Ozdeniz TUR Del.: Olsson SWE
003 ESP Reale Ademar Leon 004 HUN MKB Veszprém KC 17.03.2013 17:00 Leon 23.03.2013 16:00 Veszprem Ref.: Dinu, Din ROU Del.: Dujardin FRA
005 HUN Pick Szeged 006 POL KS Vive Targi Kielce 17.03.2013 15:00 Szeged 24.03.2013 17:00 Kielce Ref.: Nikolov, Nachevski MKD Del.: Sokol CRO
007 SLO Celje Pivovarna Lasko 008 GER HSV Hamburg 16.03.2013 16:15 Celje 21.03.2013 19:30 Hamburg Ref.: Horváth, Marton HUN Del.: Wille AUT
009 RUS Chekhovskie Medvedi 010 GER THW Kiel 14.03.2013 19:30 Chekhov 24.03.2013 19:30 Kiel Ref.: Cohen, Peretz ISR Del.: Konopliastyi UKR
011 BLR HC Dinamo Minsk 012 MKD HC Metalurg 14.03.2013 19:00 Minsk 23.03.2013 18:00 Skopje Ref.: Dobrovits, Tajok HUN Del.: Jaskins LAT
013 ESP BM Atletico Madrid 014 GER Füchse Berlin 17.03.2013 18:00 Madrid 24.03.2013 18:00 Berlin Ref.: Dentz, Reibel FRA Del.: Coelho POR
015 SLO Gorenje Velenje 016 GER SG Flensburg-Handewitt 17.03.2013 19:30 Velenje 23.03.2013 17:15 Flensburg Ref.: Marin Lorente, Garcia Serradilla ESP Del.: Djurkovic SRB
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CELJE PIVOVARNA LAŠKO vs HSV HAMBURG (Slovenia) (Germany)
1st leg: Saturday, 16 March, 16:30, Dvorana Zlatorog, Celje 2nd leg: Thursday, 21 March, 19:30, Sporthalle, Hamburg
Head-to-head stats: No previous matches in CL or EC
Qualification for last 16: fourth place in Group B Road to last 16: Directly after the group phase draw it seemed the team with the youngest age average of the competition hardly have any chance in the group with three giants – Kiel, Veszprém and Atlético Madrid. But in the race for fourth spot they not only recorded the crucial home victories against Constanta and Sävehof, but also added some unexpected points after a shocking victory over the defending champions from Kiel. Top scorers of group phase: Gašper Marguč 65, Borut Mačkovšek 42, Sebastian Skube 28 Injury report: Máté Lékai out for the rest of season with a broken finger on the right hand 3 March (Slovenian Cup final) Late entries after the group phase: Stefan Čavor (MNE) from BM Ciudad Encantada (ESP), 18-year-old, 198 cm, right back Current situation in the domestic league (as of 13 March 2013): 2nd place after the main round with 39 points out of 22 matches (19 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses), three points behind the top ranked Gorenje Velenje, six points ahead of Koper in the race for the second berth in the CL 2013/14 Notes: … overall statistics of Celje against German teams in CL - 10 wins, two draws and 13 losses … winners of the 2003/2004 edition are among the best 16 teams for the eleventh time, but only for the first time since 2007 … won 17 national titles in 20 years history of the independent Slovenian league … former HSV player Roman Pungartnik will return in his new function as manager of Celje … with 22 years in average Celje have the youngest team in the competition.
Qualification for last 16: first place in Group A Road to last 16: After a shaky start to the competition, with a narrow win against Reale Ademar León and a draw at home against Chekovskie Medvedi, HSV recorded three successive victories to put them level on top of Group A. A defeat away to SG Flensburg-Handewitt was to be the only loss of the campaign, three wins and another draw in Chekhov followed as they narrowly came out on top with 16 points, one ahead of Flensburg in second. Top scorers of group phase: Hans Lindberg 69, Domagoj Duvnjak 41, Marcin Lijewski 39 Injury report: Oscar Carlén – two torn ACLs since 2011, it still may take some time, after two years of injury; Torsten Jansen – slowly starting to train again after the surgery of his Achilles tendon (15/1), he could potentially make a comeback at the end of March; Pascal Hens - ankle sprain, but has good chances of playing in the last 16 Late entries after the group phase: none Current situation in the domestic league (as of 12 March 2013): 6th place with 31 points out of 22 matches (14 wins, 3 draws, 5 losses), ten points behind the leaders THW Kiel and four points short of a berth for the next season of CL Notes: … played only two matches against Slovenian teams in the past – one victory and one draw against Koper in the previous season of CL Group Phase … had to make their way through the Wild Card Tournament beating Plock and St. Raphael … recorded the lowest point total (16) out of all group winners in the group phase … last season they were eliminated in the last 16 by domestic rivals Füchse Berlin
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Club Address: Celje Pivovarna Laško Opekarniska Cesta 15 3000 Celje, Slovenia Contact numbers: Tel. +386-3-4914500 Fax. +386-3-4918292 Email: [email protected]
Arena: Dvorana Zlatorog Opekarinska cesta 15 3000 Celje Capacity: 5830
Media contact: Nejc Ajdnik, +386 40687766 [email protected] Online: Club website: www.rk-celje.si Twitter: @ RKCPL Facebook: rkceljepivovarnalasko ehfCL.com Club achievements: EHF Champions League: Participations (including 2012/13 season): 18 Winners (1): 2004 Semi-final (6): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005 Quarter-final (2): 2002, 2006 Last 16 (2): 1996, 2007 Main Round (2): 2008, 2009 Group Phase (3): 1994, 1995, 2011 Qualification (1): 2010 Cup Winners' Cup: Semi-finalists 2002, 2012 Slovenian champions: 18 titles (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010) Slovenian Cup winners: 16 titles
Colours of uniform: light dark Player shirt: yellow blue Player short blue blue Goalkeeper shirt grey black
Club Address: HSV Hamburg Hellgrundweg 50 22525 Hamburg, Germany Contact numbers: Tel. +49-173-9584636 Fax. +49-40-30987676 Email: [email protected]
Arena: Sporthalle Hamburg Krochmannstrasse 55 22297 Hamburg Capacity: 4200
Media contact: Christian Pöhls, +49 40 30987651 [email protected] Online: Club website: www.hsvhandball.com Twitter: @ hsvhandball_tv Facebook: HSVHandball ehfCL.com Club achievements: EHF Champions League: Participations (including 2012/13 season): 6 Semi-final (3): 2008, 2009, 2011 Quarter-final (1): 2010 Last 16 (1): 2012 Cup Winners´ Cup: Winners 2007 German champions: 2011 German Cup winners: 2006, 2010 German Super-Cup winners: 4 titles
Colours of uniform: light dark Player shirt: white red Player short white white Goalkeeper shirt grn/y/bck grn/y/bck
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Squads: CELJE PIVOVARNA LAŠKO
No. First Name Family Name Nat. Position Date of Birth Weight Height 3 Blaz Blagotinsek SLO Line player 17.01.1994 99 202
Stefan Cavor MNE Right back 03.11.1994 8 Blaz Janc SLO Right wing 20.11.1996 85 185
99 Urh Kastelic SLO Goalkeeper 27.02.1996 92 200 66 Mate Lekai HUN Centre back 16.06.1988 83 190
1 Urban Lesjak SLO Goalkeeper 24.08.1990 99 187 51 Borut Mackovsek SLO Left back 11.09.1992 95 203
6 Gasper Marguc SLO Right wing 20.08.1990 74 180 5 Ziga Mlakar SLO Right back 16.05.1990 91 192
12 Dejan Peric SRB Goalkeeper 22.09.1970 96 186 15 Vid Poteko SLO Line player 05.04.1991 94 193
2 Gregor Potocnik SLO Left back 22.08.1992 100 197 11 Nikola Ranevski SLO Left wing 16.04.1990 74 184
9 David Razgor SLO Centre back 13.07.1989 78 180 16 Matevz Skok SLO Goalkeeper 02.09.1986 96 189 14 Sebastian Skube SLO Centre back 03.04.1987 88 188 10 Alem Toskic SRB Line player 12.02.1982 104 190 20 Matic Verdinek SLO Left wing 13.04.1994 87 193 26 Igor Zabic SLO Line player 15.08.1992 95 201 24 Nemanja Zelenovic SRB Right back 27.02.1990 93 194
7 Rok Zuran SLO Left back 07.08.1987 96 190 77 Luka Zvizej SLO Left wing 09.12.1980 87 185
HSV HAMBURG
No. First Name Family Name Nat. Position Date of Birth Weight Height 77 Dan Beutler SWE Goalkeeper 07.10.1977 89 193
1 Johannes Bitter GER Goalkeeper 02.09.1982 104 205 25 Tim-Oliver Brauer GER Line player 15.05.1992 106 196 66 Oscar Carlén SWE Right back 11.05.1988 98 194
4 Domagoj Duvnjak CRO Centre back 01.06.1988 100 198 7 Matthias Flohr GER Left wing 19.03.1982 93 187
23 Pascal Hens GER Left back 26.03.1980 103 203 11 Kevin Herbst GER Right wing 07.05.1994 88 189 12 Max Henri Herrmann FRA Goalkeeper 24.02.1994 98 195
5 Torsten Jansen GER Left wing 23.12.1976 90 185 2 Michael Kraus GER Centre back 28.09.1983 96 187 6 Blazenko Lackovic CRO Left back 25.12.1980 100 197
22 Marcin Lijewski POL Right back 21.09.1977 102 197 18 Hans Lindberg DEN Right wing 01.08.1981 88 188 16 Florian Meier GER Goalkeeper 26.02.1982 82 186 21 Andreas Nilsson SWE Line player 12.04.1990 110 197 24 Fredrik Raahauge Petersen SWE Left wing 23.08.1983 81 188 27 Marcel Schliedermann GER Centre back 02.01.1991 95 189
3 Stefan Schröder GER Right wing 17.07.1981 88 183 20 Robert Schulze GER Left wing 14.06.1991 87 187 26 Ole Stabick GER Right wing 19.07.1990 86 185 13 Martin Stumps GER Right back 14.05.1986 100 200 19 Stefan Terzic SRB Right back 17.05.1994 93 195
9 Igor Vori CRO Line player 20.09.1980 114 203
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Key players
Gašper Marguč: Only a few would tout him as a serious contender for a goal-scoring crown, but his 65 goals in the group phase are more than impressive. The speedy winger paid no respect to the defending champions THW Kiel and
recorded 18 goals in two matches against them in the group phase.
Domagoj Duvnjak: The Croatian is the key to everything in Hamburg’s attacks. Duvnjak is not just a typical playmaker, but also a scorer and shooter. In defence the world and EHF EURO silver medallist is
building the middle block with his country-fellow Igor Vori.
Sebastian Skube: With 42 goals in the VELUX EHF Champions League season 2011/12, Sebastian Skube was one of the key to success for Cimos Koper. Last summer the 25-year-old Slovenian international has
transferred from the last season’s quarter-finalist to the Slovenian runners-up.
Hans Lindberg: The Danish right wing was four times among the three best scorers of German Bundesliga. The two-times EHF EURO champion and runner-up at the 2011 WCh in Sweden is the counterpart of Anders Eggert in the
Danish national team and is the most successful HSV shooter in the past years.
Borut Mačkovšek: He had just turned 17 when he got his first feel of the European topflight at the start of the 2009/10 season. In less than two years Mačkovšek has become one of the key players in Celje and many
see him as a worthy successor of the legendary sniper Aleš Pajovič on the left back position in the national team.
Pascal Hens: The HSV team captain defied all injury problems in the past seasons and is back on track. The 2007 world champion only focuses on the club side now after resigning from the national team. Left back Hens is
famous for his jump shots and shots from left back.
Coaches Vladan Matić: The former Yugoslavian national team player, who was twice bronze medallist at World Championships (1999 and 2001), played for Partizan Belgrade and Pick Szeged, before he became a coach in 2006 at
the Hungarian top team. His biggest success in Szeged was the Hungarian title in 2007. He moved on and coached Hungarian side Ferencváros, before taking over Celje in 2011, where he is forming a younger team, which already won Slovenian cup and championship silver in 2012.
Martin Schwalb: Since 2005 he has been working for HSV. Schwalb (49) also coached Wallau-Massenheim, where he had played before and became three-time German
champion. In scoring 2272 goals he is the 4th best all time scorer in German Bundesliga. With the national team he became silver medallist at the 1984 Olympics and won bronze at the 1998 EHF EURO. His biggest coaching successes were the German title in 2011, the Cup Winners’ Cup title in 2007, the German cup titles in 2006 and 2010 and the semi-final of the CL three times. 26
REALE ADEMAR LEÓN vs MKB VESZPRÉM KC (Spain) (Hungary)
1st leg: Sunday, 17 March, 17:00, Palacio de los Deportes de León 2nd leg: Saturday, 23 March, 19:30, Veszprém Arena
Head-to-head stats: 1-0-5 (152:172)
25/03/2012: 25:27 in Veszprém, VELUX EHF Champions League Last 16, 2nd leg 17/03/2012: 31:28 in León, VELUX EHF Champions League Last 16, 1st leg 28/02/2009: 30:32 in León, EHF Champions League Main Round 15/02/2009: 26:28 in Veszprém, EHF Champions League Main Round 03/03/2002: 18:30 in Veszprém, EHF Champions League Quarter-finals 24/02/2002: 22:27 in León, EHF Champions League Quarter-finals
Qualification for last 16: fourth place in Group A Road to last 16: After massive departures of key players after the last season the León´s youngsters were virtually written off from the race to the knock-out stage, but they confirmed the role of group´s dark horses leaving Montpellier behind as they beat the French champions on both occasions. However they had to shiver until the last minutes of Round 10 match between Hamburg and Montpellier. Top scorers of group phase: Carlos Ruesga 48, Josu Goni 37, Felipe Borges 31 Injury report: no injuries reported Late entries after the group phase: none Current situation in the domestic league (as of 13 March 2013): 3rd place with 31 points out of 21 matches (15 wins, 1 draw, 5 losses), eleven points behind the leaders FC Barcelona Intersport, one point ahead of Naturhouse La Rioja in the race for the third and the last berth in the CL 2013/14 Notes: … just several days before the 1st leg Brazilian left wing Felipe Borges transferred to Montpellier … will be playing against Veszprém at home exactly one year after their only win over this opponent … out of four remaining players (Alvaro Cabans, Gonzalo Carou, Iosu Goni and Carlos Ruesga) who witnessed the last year´s success only Ruesga scored in the crucial rematch in Veszprém … in the previous season they were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Füchse Berlin despite a 12 goal lead from the first leg … with only two players over 30 and the average age of 23 years and 5 months the second youngest team of the Last 16 (behind Celje)
Qualification for last 16: first place in Group B Road to last 16: Veszprém were consistently dominant for most of the group phase, winning by 10 goals in five of their first eight games. The only dip in their form came in the penultimate game against reigning champions THW Kiel, who they had narrowly beaten in the first leg. A heavy defeat against the Germans did not seem to harm Veszprém, who ended with a seven goal victory over Atlético Madrid to secure top spot in Group B. Top scorers of group phase: László Nagy 50, Gábor Császár 44, Tamás Iváncsik 34 Injury report: Marco Oneto – he injured his kidney with his own elbow after a fall on 17/02 against Kiel Late entries after the group phase: none Current situation in the domestic league (as of 13 March 2013): They finished the main round on the 1st place with 38 points out of 20 matches (19 wins, 1 loss), one point ahead of Szeged - the only serious rival for the single Hungarian berth in the next season of CL. Notes: … eliminated four consecutive times since the 2008/09 season by Spanish teams in the last 16 or quarter-finals, including last season, when León stopped Veszprém in the Last 16 … best result in the CL was the final 2001/02 against SC Magdeburg after beating León in the quarter-finals … MKB were among the CL top 16 teams 14 times … Déjà vu for Veszprém – like in the last season they had concluded the group phase with a win over Atlético Madrid, before they were drawn against León … Carlos Perez, who missed the goal in the last minute last year, left Veszprém after 16 years and joined Qatari club Al-Shamal.
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Club Address: Reale Ademar León P. Saenz de Miera s/n Estadio A. Amilivia 24009 León, Spain Contact numbers: Tel. +34-609-846050 Fax: +34-987-263199 Email: [email protected]
Arena: Palacio de los Deportes de León Paseo saenz de miera s/n 24009 Leon Capacity: 5900
Media contact: Jose Ludena, +34 609846050 [email protected] Online: Club website: www.ademar.com Twitter: @ ADEMARLEON Facebook: Ademar-León ehfCL.com Club achievements: EHF Champions League: Participations (including 2012/13 season): 11 Quarterfinal (4): 1998, 2000, 2002, 2012 Last 16 (3): 2004, 2006, 2010 Main Round (2): 2008, 2009 Qualification (1): 2011 Cup Winners´ Cup: Winner: 1999, 2005 Final: 2001, 2007 Spanish champions: 2001, runners-up: 1997, 1998, 2000 Spanish Cup winners: Asobal Cup 1999, 2008, Copa del Rey 2003
Colours of uniform: light dark Player shirt: white red/blue Player short white blue Goalkeeper shirt multicol multicol
Club Address: MKB Veszprém KC Marcius 15. ut 5 8200 Veszprém, Hungary Contact numbers: Tel. +36-30-9423650 Fax. +36-88-566400 Email: [email protected]
Arena: Veszprem Arena Külso Kadartai ut, 8200 Veszprem Capacity: 5020
Media contact: Zsolt Sevinger, +36 305024547 [email protected] Online: Club website: www.mkbveszprem.eu Twitter: @mkbveszpremkc Facebook: mkbveszprem ehfCL.com Club achievements: EHF Champions League records: Participations (including 2012/13 season): 18 Final (1): 2002 Semi-final (2): 2003, 2006 Quarter-final (8): 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010 Last 16 (2): 1994, 2011, 2012 Group Phase (3): 1995, 1996, 2008 Cup Winners Cup: Winner: 2008, Final: 1997 Hungarian champions: 20 titles:(1985, 1986, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012) Hungarian Cup winners: 21titles
Colours of uniform: light dark Player shirt: white red Player short white red Goalkeeper shirt grey black
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Squads: REALE ADEMAR LEÓN No. First Name Family Name Nat. Position Date of Birth Weight Height 18 Felipe Borges Dutra BRA Left wing 04.05.1985 88 186 2 Alvaro Cabanas Carcia Pertusa ESP Left wing 22.04.1990 71 181 18 Raul Nantes Campos BRA Left back 20.03.1990 90 192 7 Gonzalo Carou Marcel ESP Line player 15.08.1979 98 194 15 Jose Mario Carrillo Gutierrez ESP Left wing 18.12.1990 75 180 13 Juan Castro Alvarez ESP Centre back 31.10.1990 89 190 12 Luis De Vega Martinez ESP Goalkeeper 14.09.1988 78 190 5 Iosu Goni Leoz ESP Left back 04.01.1990 95 197 3 Mario Lopez Alvarez ESP Right wing 19.09.1994 72 180 1 Inaki Malumbres Aldave ESP Goalkeeper 03.08.1975 84 185 19 Alberto Molina Martinez ESP Centre back 14.01.1993 75 181 14 Diego Pineiro Martin ESP Line player 12.09.1994 91 192 11 Carlos Ruesga Pasarin ESP Left back 10.03.1985 94 184 24 Faruk Vrazalic BIH Left wing 22.06.1990 85 186 77 Vladimir Vranjes BIH Left back 14.12.1988 107 200 16 Matej Asanin CRO Goalkeeper 04.09.1993 118 203 20 Alexander Tatarintsev RUS Back court 13.03.1990 208 22 Djordje Golubovic SRB Right back 20.05.1992 81 192
MKB VESZPRÉM KC
No. First Name Family Name Nat. Position Date of Birth Weight Height 32 Mirko Alilovic CRO Goalkeeper 15.09.1985 110 200 16 Adam Borbely HUN Goalkeeper 22.06.1995 118 196
7 Gabor Csaszar HUN Centre back 16.06.1984 98 188 1 Nandor Fazekas HUN Goalkeeper 16.10.1976 92 192 3 Peter Gulyas HUN Right wing 04.03.1984 100 200 4 Gergö Ivancsik HUN Left wing 30.11.1981 87 190 9 Tamas Ivancsik HUN Right wing 03.04.1983 75 179
21 Moorchegani Iman Jamali IRI Left back 11.10.1991 102 202 34 Otto Kancel SVK Left back 01.02.1995 88 202 17 Balazs Laluska HUN Right back 20.06.1981 100 202 19 Laszlo Nagy HUN Right back 03.03.1981 113 208 29 Marco Antonio Oneto Zuniga ITA Line player 03.06.1982 117 204 35 Zivan Pesic SRB Line player 07.07.1993 108 197 25 Jose Maria Rodriguez Vaquero ESP Centre back 05.01.1980 91 185
5 Istvan Timuzsin Schuch HUN Line player 05.06.1985 105 197 36 Janos-Tamas Stranigg HUN Centre back 02.02.1995 80 190 33 Renato Sulic CRO Line player 12.10.1979 105 192 30 Mirsad Terzic BIH Left back 12.07.1983 103 196 23 Cristian Ugalde Garcia ESP Left wing 19.10.1987 80 186
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Key players
Gonzalo Carou: The powerful line player from Argentina is one of the keys to the success of one of the best non-European national team. Carou is a wall in León´s defence and very movable in attack – one to lead the young team.
László Nagy: It was THE transfer of year, when right back Nagy returned to his home-country after 12 years at FC Barcelona. 2.10 metres tall Nagy started a major handball euphoria in Hungary and Veszprem. The two-time CL
winner is one of the best left handed players in the world with strengths in attack and defence.
Iosu Goni Leoz: One of the young future stars of Spanish handball became the second best scorer of the club in the group phase. His father Javier was a goalkeeper in Teka Santander and
Atlético Madrid and his two brothers play handball as well.
Mirko Alilović: Together with Hungarian international Nándor Fazekas, Alilović is part of one of the best goalkeeper duos in the current season. He arrived from Celje three years ago. He won silver medals from the 2009
World Championship and 2010 EHF EURO with Croatian national team.
Carlos Ruesga: The only reigning world champion from León is the most experienced player in the rejuvenated León squad. The tall left back is playing his seventh season in the VELUX EHF Champions League with
León and formerly with Portland San Antonio.
Gábor Császár: The best Hungarian scorer at the London 2012 Olympics and the best Veszprém scorer (besides Marko Vujin, who left to THW Kiel) in the previous season. Császár is a superb mixture of a playmaker and
shooter, an organiser and scorer for his teams.
Coaches Manolo Cadenas: Back to his roots: Cadenas (57) has returned to Leon, where he had been coach from 1995 to 2007, in the “golden era” of the club. He led Ademar to their only national championship
title in 2001, two cup titles and two titles in the EHF Cup Winners’ Cup. Cadenas also coached in Santander, where he won the Spanish cup and the Cup Winners’ Cup, and Valladolid (1991 – 1995). After his first stint at Leon he changed to Barcelona and Granollers.
Antonio Carlos Ortega Six-time winner of the CL, five European Cup triumphs, six-time Spanish champion, 14 different cup titles in Spain, a silver medallist at the EHF EURO 1998 and Olympic bronze medallist in 2000 – Ortega’s cabinet of medals
and trophies is absolutely huge. As a player for Barcelona he won every possible title at least three times. In 2005 he started his coaching career in Antequera, last summer he left Spain for the first time to take on the challenge in Veszprém.
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PICK SZEGED vs VIVE TARGI KIELCE
(Hungary) (Poland)
1st leg: Sunday, 17 March, 15:00, Városi Sportcsarnok, Szeged 2nd leg: Sunday, 24 March, 17:00, Hala Legionów, Kielce
Head-to-head stats: No matches played in the CL or EC
Qualification for last 16: fourth place in Group D Road to last 16: Only in the last round of the group phase Szeged clinched the play-off berth as their direct rivals from Kadetten Schaffhausen failed to make the last step and win at Zagreb. Szeged´s final match in Berlin turned into an exhibition afterwards. Pick lost all away matches in the group, but three home victories including the last second thriller with Kadetten (30:29) paved their way for the top sixteen. Top scorers of group phase: František Šulc 62, Jonas Larholm 43, Gábor Ancsin 33 Injury report: no injuries reported Late entries after group phase: none Current situation in the domestic league (as of 13 March 2013): 2nd place with 37 points out of 20 matches (18 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss), one point behind the top ranked Veszprém in the race for the only Hungarian berth in the CL 2013/14 Notes: … team with the lowest number of points (6) to qualify for the last 16 after only three victories and seven defeats … this is the last season for the head coach László Skaliczki as he is going to be replaced by Juan Carlos Pastor from Spain during the summer … their top scorer of group phase František Šulc scored the CL record 17 goals in one match two years ago … they played only twice against teams from Poland as they beat Płock on both occasions -
Qualification for last 16: first place in Group C Road to last 16: Kielce’s journey through the group phase has been flawless. Opening with four clear victories, the first real challenge for the Polish champions came in the back to back matches against HC Metalurg, but two low scoring victories meant that first place in the group was all but certain. Having lost some key players during the winter break, Kielce ended the group phase without playing their best handball, but coach Wenta cannot complain with 10 wins from 10. Top scorers of group phase: Michał Jurecki 52, Ivan Čupič 49, Krzysztof Lijewski and Rastko Stojković 30 Injury report: Ivan Čupić injured his shoulder at the World Championships in Spain and will not be back before May. Manuel Štrlek suffered injury of right hand in Spain as well, but he might be ready for the second leg, Tomasz Rosiński is after the knee surgery and will not return before April Late entries after group phase: none Current situation in the domestic league (as of 11 March 2013): 1st place with 38 points out of 20 matches (19 wins, 1 loss), leading by two points ahead of Płock. Only the Polish champion will reach the next edition of the CL. Notes: … only the second team with a perfect record (10 out of 10) in the group phase since 2009 … won only one out of six matches against Hungarian teams (Veszprém) … three players met Szeged in 2008/09 season in the Rhein Neckar Lôwen uniforms as Karol Bielecki scored 11 goals (7 in Szeged), Grzegorz Tkaczyk 8 (missed game in Szeged) and Sławomir Szmal was in the goal … In the same season Manuel Štrlek scored 9 goals for Zagreb in Szeged … Venio Losert was in León´s squad last season when they beat Pick twice …
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Club Address: Pick Szeged Deák Ferenc u. 28-30. 6720 Szeged Hungary Contact numbers: Tel. +36-30-525 99 07 Fax. +36-62-467568 Email: [email protected]
Arena: Városi Sportcsarnok Szeged Temesvári Krt.33 6726 Szeged Capacity: 3200
Media contact: Nóra Forgó +36 30 525 99 07 [email protected] Online: Club website: www.pickhandball.hu Facebook: pickszeged ehfCL.com Club achievements: EHF Champions League: Participations (including 2012/13 season): 11 Quarter-final (2): 1997, 2004 Last 16 (4): 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011 Main Round (1): 2008 Group Phase (3): 2009, 2010, 2012 Cup Winners´ Cup: Semi-final: 1983, 1984, 1994 Quarter-final: 1978, 2003, 2009 Hungarian champions: 2 titles (1996, 2007), Hungarian Cup winners: 6 titles
Colours of uniform: light dark Player shirt: white red Player short white red Goalkeeper shirt blue black
Club Address: KS Vive Targi Kielce ul. Robotnicza 5 25-662 Kielce Poland Contact numbers: Tel. +48-41-3451044 Fax. +48-41-3451044 Email: [email protected]
Arena: Hala M.O.S.I.R – Legionów ul. Boczna 15A 25-093 Kielce Capacity: 4000
Media contact: Sebastian Kozubek +48 505031244 [email protected] Online: Club website: www.vivetargi.pl Twitter: @vivetargikielce Facebook: kielce ehfCL.com Club achievements EHF Champions League records: Participations (including 2012/13 season): 10 Last 16 (4): 1994, 1995, 2010, 2012 Group Phase (3): 2000, 2004, 2011 Polish champions: 9 titles(1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012) Polish Cup winners: 9 titles
Colours of uniform: light dark Player shirt: yellow blue Player short blue blue Goalkeeper shirt blue green
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Squads: PICK SZEGED
No. First Name Family Name Nat. Position Date of Birth Weight Height 90 Gabor Ancsin HUN Right back 27.11.1990 97 202 19 Zsolt Balogh HUN Right back 29.03.1989 96 189 21 Alen Blazevic CRO Right back 29.03.1986 110 200
2 Daniel Buday HUN Centre back 05.01.1981 104 195 24 Jozsef Czina HUN Left back 24.11.1980 106 196 15 Balint Fekete HUN Right back 27.06.1995 80 190 77 Mark Hegedüs HUN Line player 14.09.1992 103 190
6 Marinko Kekezovic SRB Left wing 20.08.1985 80 187 10 Jonas Erik Larholm SWE Centre back 03.06.1982 88 193 34 Marko Lasica MNE Right wing 30.04.1988 80 188 16 Roland Mikler HUN Goalkeeper 20.09.1984 100 190
9 Norbert Nagy HUN Right wing 09.03.1991 68 179 14 Antonio Pribanic CRO Line player 13.12.1987 95 185 27 Rajko Prodanovic SRB Right wing 24.04.1986 87 188 29 Frantisek Sulc SVK Centre back 13.12.1978 90 186 12 Peter Tatai HUN Goalkeeper 23.06.1983 98 195
1 Michal Toth SVK Goalkeeper 03.09.1992 103 196 7 Attila Vadkerti HUN Left wing 22.02.1982 88 182
17 Szabolcs Zubai HUN Line player 31.03.1984 93 193
VIVE TARGI KIELCE
No. First Name Family Name Nat. Position Date of Birth Weight Height 8 Karol Bielecki POL Left back 23.01.1982 101 202
16 Kamil Buchcic POL Goalkeeper 16.06.1992 79 182 21 Denis Buntic CRO Right back 13.11.1982 93 198 27 Ivan Cupic CRO Right back 22.03.1986 75 178
2 Piotr Grabarczyk POL Line player 31.10.1982 99 200 15 Mateusz Jachlewski POL Left wing 27.12.1984 88 185 26 Filip Jastrzab POL Goalkeeper 27.09.1994 84 185
5 Michal Jurecki POL Left back 27.10.1984 110 198 19 Krzysztof Lijewski POL Right back 07.07.1983 94 198
3 Mateusz Mazur POL Right wing 01.09.1995 76 182 22 Zeljko Musa CRO Line player 08.01.1986 103 200
9 Thorir Olafsson ISL Right wing 28.11.1979 78 189 24 Tomasz Rosinski POL Centre back 24.02.1984 85 192 18 Rastko Stojkovic SRB Line player 12.07.1981 104 191 17 Manuel Strlek CRO Left wing 01.12.1988 84 182 78 Slawomir Szmal POL Goalkeeper 02.10.1978 90 190
6 Grzegorz Tkaczyk POL Left back 22.12.1980 94 194 23 Uros Zorman SLO Centre back 09.01.1980 96 189
3 Mateusz Mazur POL Right wing 01.09.1995 76 182 4 Bartlomiej Tomczak POL Left wing 07.09.1985 90 186
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Key players
Jonas Larholm: The Swedish 2012 Olympic silver medallist has strengthened the Szeged back court. He was the most important transfer of Szeged before the start of this season. He played two years at FC
Barcelona before his move to Aalborg and later to Pick.
Sławomir Szmal: The former World Handball Player of the Year is one of the key players in the Polish national champions’ defence. The goalkeeper played several years for Rhein Neckar Löwen. His
biggest success so far was a silver medal at the 2007 WCh and a bronze at the 2009 WCh.
Roland Mikler: Together with Nándor Fazekas, who plays for Veszprém, Mikler is the number one in the Hungarian national team. The goalkeeper changed from Dunaferr to Szeged
two years ago and immediately became a strong base for the famous Pick defence.
Michał Jurecki Kielce’s powerful left back Michał Jurecki returned to Poland after a three season stint in Germany, which included spells as HSV Hamburg and TuS N-Lübbecke, and has been one of the club’s most consistent scorers since. 28-year-old
Jurecki reached the 2007 WCh final and has made over 100 appearances for his country.
Attila Vadkerti: Since the start of his career more than ten years ago, the left wing only played for one club: Pick Szeged. In the meantime Vadkerti became a constant member of the Hungarian national team, finishing fourth at the 2012
Olympics.
Karol Bielecki: Despite having lost sight on his left eye following an accident during an international in June 2010, he is still known for his “hammer shots”. The left back started his career with a
great performance at the 2004 EHF EURO. He then played for German clubs and returned to his home country before the current season. He has the same medal tally as Szmal.
Coaches László Skaliczki: The 57-year-old is highly experienced in handball from his past as a player to the present as a EHF master coach. He started his coaching career in 1989 at Békéscsaba and became Hungarian youth
national team coach in 1992, before returning to club level in 1995 in Szeged. Intermediately he coached other clubs and the Hungarian men’s national team for a long period. In 2010 he returned back to his roots and started coaching at Pick.
Bogdan Wenta: The 51-year-old Wenta was a player in Spain, Germany and even played for the German national team after changing his citizenship. Directly after finishing his active career he became assistant coach in Flensburg, and become
Polish national team coach in 2004 then acted as head coach at Magdeburg from 2006 onwards. Since 2008 he is coach in Kielce and constantly has led his team to the CL.
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BJERRINGBRO SILKEBORG vs FC BARCELONA INTERSPORT
(Denmark) (Spain)
1st leg: Sunday, 17 March, 17:00, JYSK Arena, Silkeborg 2nd leg: Sunday, 24 March, 17:15, Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona
Head-to-head stats: No matches played in the CL or EC
Qualification for last 16: fourth place in Group C Road to last 16: The third season of Bjerringbro in the VELUX EHF Champions League could not start luckier. As the Danish runners-up they had no guaranteed place in the group phase or the qualification but they were invited to the Wild Card Tournament. However, they avoided the qualification and they replaced the spot of Danish champions AG København in Group C. After winning both matches against St. Petersburg they moved into a very comfortable position on the fourth place but they clinched their ticket only in Round 9. Top scorers of group phase: Casper Ulrich Mortensen 48, Chris Holm Jörgensen 39, Rasmus Lauge Schmidt 38 Injury report: Mathias Madsen suffered a cartilage damage in his knee last summer and will not be back before April Late entries after group phase: none Current situation in the domestic league (as of 11 March 2013): 2nd place with 41 points out of 24 matches (20 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses), two points behind the leaders KIF Kolding and three ahead of Skjern. Two teams from Denmark will qualify for the next edition of the CL. Notes: … won one and lost six matches against Spanish teams in the EC competitions history … only five players have experience of a knock-out stage in CL … three players in their premiere season in the CL … five Nielsens on the playing list but only Nikolai (#7) and Mads (#8) are brothers … just two foreigner in the team Icelandic Guðmundur Arni Ólafsson and Serbian Dane Šijan … Henrik Toft Hansen played in the VELUX EHF FINAL4 last season (for AG København), on the way to Cologne his team eliminated Barcelona in the quarter-finals … Dennis Kirkegaard was in the team of Gudme which beat Barcelona in 2007/08
Qualification for last 16: first place in Group D Road to last 16: Barcelona have appeared focused and determined to win back the VELUX EHF Champions League title as they disposed of every team before the winter break with ease, the only exception was against Dinamo Minsk, where they were forced to come from behind to take a one goal victory. The first game of 2013 saw Barcelona’s only defeat of the group phase, as a spirited Füchse Berlin won a thrilling encounter 31:30. The Spanish club followed that defeat with two wins to secure first place in Group D and a place in Pot 1.
Top scorers of group phase: Siarhai Rutenka 48, Jesper Nøddesbo 34, Víctor Tomás and Albert Rocas Comas 32 Injury report: no injuries reported Late entries after group phase: none Current situation in the domestic league (as of 12 March 2013): 1st place with 42 points out of 21 matches (21 wins), leading by five points ahead of Atlético Madrid. Three teams from Spain will enter the CL next season. Notes: … are 10-1-2 in matches against Danish teams in the CL or other EC competitions (only AG København and Gudme manage to beat them … for the 14th time in club history the seven times winner of the CL made it to the last 16 … In the previous season they were eliminated by a Danish club – AG København - in the quarter-finals as they did not break a “curse” of defending champions missing the VELUX EHF FINAL4 in the next edition … seven players of Barcelona were in the Spanish team who won the last World Championships – Albert Rocas, Víctor Tomás, Daniel Sarmiento, Arpad Sterbik, Angel Montoro, Viran Morros, Aitor Ariño
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Club Address: Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Vestre Ringvej 7 8850 Bjerringbro, Denmark Contact numbers: Tel. +45-86-680560 Email: [email protected]
Colours of uniform: light dark Player shirt: white blue Player short blue blue Goalkeeper shirt green green
Arena: JYSK Arena Ansvej 114, 8600 Silkeborg Capacity: 2000
Media contact: Christian Lynnerup +45 4011 8987 [email protected] Online: Club website: www.bjerringbro-silkeborg.dk Twitter: @mja_dk/bsv Facebook: bjerringbrosilkeborg ehfCL.com Club achievements: EHF Champions League: Participations (including 2012/13 season): 3 Qualification (1): 2011 Group Phase (1): 2012 Danish league: runners-up 2011 and 2012
Club Address: FC Barcelona Intersport Avda. Aristides Maillol, s/n 08028 Barcelona,Spain Contact numbers: Tel. +34-639-134628 Email: [email protected]
Arena: Palau Blaugrana Av. Aristides Maillol, s/n, 08028 Barcelona Capacity: 7250
Media contact: Gustau Galvache, +34 618522789 [email protected] Online: Club website: www.fcbarcelona.cat Twitter: @fcbarcelona_cat Facebook: fcbarcelona ehfCL.com Club achievements: EHF Champions League: Participations (including 2012/13 season): 16 Winner (7): 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2011 Final (2): 2001, 2010 Semi-final (1): 2008 Quarter-final (3): 2006, 2007, 2012 Last 16 (1): 2004 Main Round (1): 2009 EHF Cup: Winners 2003, Finalists 2002 Cup Winners´Cup: Winners 1994, 1995 Spanish champions: 18 titles(1969, 1973, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2011, 20)12 Spanish Cup winners: 17 titles
Colours of uniform: light dark Player shirt: oran&yel blue&red Player short yellow blue Goalkeeper shirt red/green bck/grey/bl
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Squads: BJERRINGBRO SILKEBORG
No. First Name Family Name Nat. Position Date of Birth Weight Height 66 Kasper Young Andersen DEN Right wing 20.12.1993 77 191 22 Theis Baagöe DEN Left back 12.11.1992 94 205 16 Jannick Green Krejberg DEN Goalkeeper 29.09.1988 93 198
3 Benjamin Jakobsen DEN Line player 09.09.1991 95 191 13 Chris Holm Jörgensen DEN Centre back 28.10.1986 84 187 15 Dennis Staunstrup Kirkegaard DEN Right wing 04.06.1981 87 186 23 Simon Westh Kristiansen DEN Right back 25.01.1984 93 191 11 Rasmus Lauge Schmidt DEN Centre back 20.06.1991 101 196 18 Mathias Pugholm Madsen DEN Left back 10.04.1982 100 198 10 Casper Ulrich Mortensen DEN Left wing 14.12.1989 95 190 26 Kasper Nielsen DEN Back 09.06.1975 95 194
8 Mads Oris Nielsen DEN Left back 17.03.1981 102 198 2 Nicolaj Schytt Nielsen DEN Right back 12.02.1994 70 175 7 Nikolaj Oris Nielsen DEN Right back 26.09.1986 100 197 9 Gudmundur Arni Olafsson ISL Right wing 24.09.1990 74 181
31 Fredrik Schilling DEN Left wing 03.09.1989 69 180 4 Jonad Gade Nielsen DEN Left wing 03.03.1994 86 193 1 Dane Sijan SRB Goalkeeper 05.02.1977 120 195
99 Sebastian Henneberg DEN Left back 18.02.1984 194 12 Jon Hjelholt DEN Goalkeeper 26.01.1994 193 19 Henrik Toft Hansen DEN Line player 18.12.1986 108 200
FC BARCELONA INTERSPORT
No. First Name Family Name Nat. Position Date of Birth Weight Height 21 Mikel Aguirrezabalaga Garcia ESP Left back 08.04.1984 89 194 33 Aitor Arino Bengoechea ESP Left wing 05.10.1992 81 18400 34 David Balaguer Romeu ESP Right wing 17.08.1991 83 184 40 Ignacio Biosca Garcia ESP Goalkeeper 17.07.1995 95 200
9 Raul Entrerrios Rodriguez ESP Centre back 12.02.1981 89 195 6 Juan Garcia Lorenzana ESP Left wing 28.08.1977 74 176
18 Eduardo Gurbindo Martinez ESP Right back 08.11.1987 89 195 20 Magnus Jernemyr SWE Centre back 18.06.1976 106 198
8 Angel Montoro Cabello ESP Right back 10.04.1989 105 213 27 Viran Morros de Argila ESP Left back 15.12.1983 92 197
3 Jesper Brian Nöddesbo DEN Line player 23.10.1980 101 199 26 Albert Rocas Comas ESP Right wing 16.06.1982 80 189 22 Siarhei Rutenka BLR Left back 29.08.1981 109 199 12 Danijel Saric BIH Goalkeeper 27.06.1977 93 194 11 Daniel Sarmiento Melian ESP Centre back 25.08.1983 85 188 10 Cedric Sorhaindo FRA Line player 07.06.1984 100 192
1 Arpad Sterbik ESP Goalkeeper 20.11.1979 119 200 24 Martin Stranovsky SVK Left wing 12.09.1985 78 187
8 Victor Tomas Gonzalez ESP Right wing 15.02.1985 89 178
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Key players
Rasmus Lauge: This is his last season at home before moving to Kiel. His star rose at the 2012 EHF EURO in Serbia, when his goals in the Main Round first secured Denmark first a berth in the Semi-final and in the end the podium’s top
spot. Lauge can play on the centre back and the left back positions.
Arpad Sterbik: The 2004 World Handball Player of the Year was part of the famous Atlético goalkeeper duo together with José Hombrados. Now he is aiming for an equal performance with Danijel Šarić at Barcelona. Sterbik is
known for his patience and the minimum of movements in the goal.
Kasper Nielsen: At age 37 he is Silkeborg’s most experienced player. His clear strength is the defence. In 2007 he was the CL finalist with Flensburg-Handewitt where he played four years in total. He joined Silkeborg in 2010 and was
also part of the Danish national team that won the 2012 EHF EURO.
Siarhei Rutenka: In 2011 the Belarusian became the second player to win five CL titles with three clubs. After lifting the trophy in 2004 with Celje, he won three titles with Ciudad Real, followed by the victory with Barca. Left back, who often
switches to the pivot, was the CL’s top scorer twice.
Henrik Toft Hansen: When AG København went bankrupt in July 2012, Henrik Toft Hansen had to look for a new club – and found it at Silkeborg. The line player is the brother of THW Kiel’s Rene Toft Hansen and also his sister is
playing for the Danish national team. Together with his brother he was part of the Danish EHF EURO 2012 winners.
Juanin Garcia: The all-time record scorer of the Spanish Asobal league is still one of the best wing players in Europe. In this season Garcia is also supposed to integrate his successor Straňovský in Barcelona. Garcia is 2005
world champion with Spain and two times CL winner with Barcelona, in 2008 he was Spain’s top scorer at the Beijing Olympics.
Coaches Carsten Albrektsen: He was something like a missionary from 2007 until 2009 when Albrektsen was the first coach of the British men’s national team, preparing their first steps for the Olympic Games in
London. While acting as coach in Bjerringbro Silkeborg. His biggest successes were finishing twice as runners-up in the Danish league, which subsequently led to the qualification for the group phase of the CL. He also coached German clubs Hameln, Magdeburg, Gummersbach and Kiel and the Icelandic national team until 2007.
Xavi Pascual: The name is a “double feature” at Barca, as the coach of the successful handball or the basketball teams both coaches have the same name, but are different people. Handball coach Pascual played for a lengthy period in Barcelona
and some other Spanish clubs, before becoming goalkeeper’s coach at the record winner of the CL winners in 2005, where he started working with the legend David Barrufet and others. He then became the successor of Manolo Cadenas at Barcelona – and with this change came success: In 2011 his team won the CL. 38
GORENJE VELENJE vs SG FLENSBURG-HANDEWIT (Slovenia) (Germany)
1st leg: Sunday, 17 March, 19:30, Rdeča Dvorana, Velenje 2nd leg: Saturday, 23 March, 17:15, Flens Arena, Flensburg
Head-to-head stats: 15/02/1997: 17:29 in Flensburg, EHF Cup quarter-finals, 2nd leg 08/02/1997: 19:28 in Velenje, EHF Cup quarter-finals, 1st leg
Qualification for last 16: third place in Group C Road to last 16: Slovenian champions lost the home fortress in the last round against the group winners from Kielce, but especially thanks to their performances and results in Rdeča Dvorana Velenje easily sailed past the knockout stage gates. However they could have had more than twelve points on their account, if they had not squandered the promising lead in Bjerringbro Silkeborg (26:27). Top scorers of group phase: Jure Dolenec 54, Fahrudin Melić 53, Marko Bezjak 51 Injury report: no injuries reported Late entries after group phase: none Current situation in the domestic league (as of 8 March 2013): They have won the main round of the Slovenian league, three points ahead of Celje and five ahead of Koper. They lost just one out of 20 matches (at Koper). The champions and the runners-up qualify for the next season of the CL. Notes: … Velenje lost all four matches against German teams in the CL … have reached the Last 16 for the fourth time, but in all previous participations it was their final destination … in 2010 for the last time, when they were eliminated by Ciudad Real … big summer sale is coming after the season as Melić is leaving to Paris HB, Dino Bajram to Pfadi Winterthur, Jure Dolenec and Matej Gaber to Montpellier, Marko Bezjak to Magdeburg … Bajram won the CL trophy in 2003/04 with Celje when they beat Flensburg in the finals
Qualification for last 16: second place in Group A Road to last 16: With a number of injuries to high-profile players, Flensburg stuttered at the start of the group phase, with two wins, two draws and one loss in the first half of their campaign. A win against eventual group winners HSV Hamburg kick-started Flensburg’s season, going unbeaten until the end of the group, with their inconsistent early form preventing them from finishing top of the group.
Top scorers of group phase: Anders Eggert 59, Holger Glandorf 55, Lasse Svan Hansen 41 Injury report: Petar Đorđić tore his cruciate ligament last summer, but there is some chance of his return to the court in last 16, Arnór Atlason is out until May with a torn Achilles tendon Late entries after group phase: none Current situation in the domestic league (as of 12 March 2013): They sit on the third (and for the CL 2013/14 last qualifying) place of Bundesliga six points behind leaders THW Kiel and one ahead of Füchse Berlin. Out of 22 matches they won 16, tied three and lost three. Notes: … remained unbeaten on home ground in the group phase …despite their long and successful history, the winners of the last edition of the Cup Winners’ Cup (2012) never made it to the VELUX EHF FINAL4 in Cologne … the head coach Ljubomir Vranjes is still on the playing list although the last time he played in the CL four years ago … at their previous trip to the knock-out stage they were crushed at home by 14 goals by Ciudad Real in the quarter-finals … they are 8-1-3 against Slovenian teams … in 2003/04 they lost in the CL final against Celje
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Club Address: Gorenje Velenje Saleska Cesta 3 3320 Velenje Slovenia Contact numbers: Tel. +386-3-8986440 Fax. +386-3-8986443 Email: [email protected]
Colours of uniform: light dark Player shirt: yellow black Player short black black Goalkeeper shirt red blue/black
Arena: Rdeča Dvorana Saleska cesta 3, 3320 Velenje Capacity: 3100
Media contact: Tanija Rednak, +386 38986440 [email protected] Online: Club website: www.rk-gorenje.com/si Twitter: @rk_gorenje_v Facebook: rkgorenjevelenje ehfCL Club achievements: EHF Champions League: Participations (including 2012/13 season): 6 Last 16 (2): 2006, 2010 Main Round (1): 2008 Group Phase (1): 2005 Qualification (1): 2011 EHF Cup: Finalists 2008/2009 Slovenian champions: 2008/09, 2011/12, six times runners-up Slovenian Cup winners: 2002/03, seven times finalist
Club Address: SG Flensburg-Handewitt Schiffbrucke 66 24939 Flensburg Germany Contact numbers: Tel. +49-171-2780800 Fax. +49-461-1609622 Email: [email protected]
Arena: Flens Arena/Campushalle Campusallee 2, 24943 Flensburg Capacity: 6000
Media contact: Sandra von Wallis, +49 4611609625 [email protected] Online: Club website: www.sg-flensburg-handewitt.de Facebook: SGFleHa ehfCL.com Club achievements: EHF Champions League: Participations (including 2012/13 season): 8 Final (2): 2004, 2007 Semi-final (1): 2006 Quarter-final (3): 2005, 2009, 2011 Main Round (1): 2008 Cup Winners´ Cup: Winners 2001 2012 EHF Cup: Winners 1997 City Cup: Winners 1999 German champions: 2004 German Cup winners: 3 titles
Colours of uniform: light dark Player shirt: red blue Player short blue blue Goalkeeper shirt yellow blue
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Squads: GORENJE VELENJE
No. First Name Family Name Nat. Position Date of Birth Weight Height 37 Dino Bajram SLO Line player 25.09.1983 110 193
6 Marko Bezjak SLO Centre back 26.06.1986 87 184 12 Nejc Brglez SLO Goalkeeper 28.02.1993 95 190 17 Klemen Cehte SLO Left back 10.05.1986 94 193 13 Darko Cingesar SLO Centre back 25.07.1990 85 183 30 Luka Dobelsek SLO Centre back 12.01.1983 93 191 11 Jure Dolenec SLO Right back 06.12.1988 90 190 77 Marko Dujmovic SLO Left back 19.09.1985 94 191 22 Matej Gaber SLO Line player 22.07.1991 110 198
1 Ivan Gajic SRB Goalkeeper 17.05.1979 105 191 31 Janez Gams SLO Left wing 08.11.1985 86 180 23 Rok Golcar SLO Right wing 23.12.1985 86 189 71 Tine Marusic SLO Left wing 23.06.1994 80 185
5 Niko Medved SLO Left wing 26.03.1990 83 182 4 Fahrudin Melic MNE Right wing 22.07.1984 90 183
18 David Miklavcic SLO Right back 29.01.1983 98 195 44 Mitja Nosan SLO Left back 09.01.1990 98 198 55 Rok Ovnicek SLO Centre back 29.01.1995 80 180 60 Jaka Poznic SLO Line player 30.03.1993 100 198
8 Peter Pucelj SLO Line player 06.12.1982 100 193 15 Samo Rutar SLO Line player 26.02.1984 101 190 16 Emir Taletovic SLO Goalkeeper 09.01.1990 93 189
SG FLENSBURG HANDEWITT No. First Name Family Name Nat. Position Date of Birth Weight Height 1 Erik Mattias Andersson SWE Goalkeeper 29.03.1978 93 185 5 Arnor Atlason ISL Left back 23.07.1984 95 190 13 Marc Blockus GER Right back 07.11.1992 95 193 2 Lukas Blohme GER Right wing 07.11.1994 72 188 14 Morten Dibbert GER Line player 19.10.1991 95 193 17 Petar Djordjic SRB Left back 17.09.1990 102 197 7 Anders Eggert Jensen DEN Left wing 14.05.1982 79 179 9 Holger Glandorf GER Right back 30.03.1983 90 195 21 Jacob Heinl GER Line player 09.10.1986 101 195 3 Tobias Karlsson SWE Line player 04.06.1981 102 196 28 Lars Kaufmann GER Left back 25.02.1982 103 199 77 Michael V. Knudsen DEN Line player 04.09.1978 99 192 4 Maik Machulla GER Centre back 09.01.1977 95 189 10 Thomas Mogensen DEN Centre back 30.01.1983 100 187 16 Sören Rasmussen DEN Goalkeeper 12.08.1976 98 193 24 Christopher Rudeck GER Goalkeeper 15.10.1994 98 198 11 Lasse Svan Hansen DEN Right wing 31.08.1983 85 185 22 Olafur Gustafsson ISL Left back 27.03.1989 96 198 25 Florian Von Gruchalla GER Right wing 13.06.1989 83 180 40 Ljubomir Vranjes SWE Centre back 03.10.1973 80 168 13 Malte Voigt GER Left wing 17.01.1993 91 189 14 Thies-Jakob Volquardsen GER Centre back 16.09.1989 87 185 32 Paul Weidner GER Goalkeeper 29.02.1992 85 185 3 Steffen Weinhold GER Right back 19.07.1986 95 188
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Key players
Jure Dolenec: The 23-year-old tall sharp shooter started his career at Drustvo Termo in Slovenia, before changing to Mercur and now the right back plays his second season in Velenje. Despite his young age Dolenec is already a key
player in the young Slovenian national team and was one of their best scorers at the EHF EURO 2012 in Serbia.
Mattias Andersson: The goalkeeper won the EHF Champions League in 2007 with his former club THW Kiel. Thanks to the saves of the Swedish national team member Flensburg won the Cup Winners’ Cup in the 2011/12 season and
finished second in the German league. Andersson is one of the most experienced goalkeepers in the whole competition. He won a silver medal with Sweden at London 2012.
Marko Bezjak: The “Wasps’” captain is a key player in the defence nowadays, after he had been one of the top shooters the seasons before. In his third VELUX EHF Champions League season Bezjak will share the playmaker role
with Dobelsek.
Anders Eggert: Fast, faster, Eggert: The Dane had to fill the biggest shoes ever in Flensburg as successor to the legendary left wing Lars Christiansen. But he coped perfectly with this situation and was top scorer of the Bundesliga two
years ago. Eggert is two-times EHF EURO champion and runner-up of the 2011 WCh.
Fahrudin Melić: He has been a driving force for Gorenje Velenje in his first season in the competition with the club. The 28-year-old right winger is set to join the star-studded Paris Saint Germain next season but has his sights
firmly set on going as far as possible with Gorenje Velenje this season.
Holger Glandorf: Years ago it was impossible to find any German stars in the Flensburg squad, but times have changed. One of two German 2007 world champions in the roster is left handed shooter Holger Glandorf. Despite some
injury breaks, the right back always returned to a high level of performance.
Coaches Branko Tamše: Since 2010 Branko Tamše is the head coach of Gorenje, but ten more years the 34 year old Slovenian is part of the club. Before becoming head coach Tamše was
among the coaching team of the current Slovenian champions. The major task of the former youth and junior national team player is to rebuild a young team with hungry talents.
Ljubomir Vranjes: Player, manager, coach – this the running order of the career of former Swedish international player. After retiring as a player he became club manager in 2009 and coach in November 2010. His biggest
success on the bench was the title in the Cup Winners’ Cup 2012 and finishing second in the German league in the same season. As a player he became World Champion in 1999 and three-times EHF EURO champion.
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CHEKHOVSKIE MEDVEDI vs THW KIEL
(Russia) (Germany) 1st leg: Thursday, 14 March, 19:30, Sport hall Olympiyskiy, Chekhov 2nd leg: Sunday, 24 March, 19:30, Sparkassen Arena, Kiel
Head-to-head stats:
0-0-2 (51:60) 28/02/2008 : 26:32 in Chekhov, EHF Champions League: Main Round 17/02/2008 : 25:28 in Kiel, EHF Champions League: Main Round
Qualification for last 16: third place in Group A Road to last 16: Chekhov confirmed the reputation of „kings of draws“ in the Group A as they recorded four draws and in the last three season they have already recorded eleven draws. However, they were always losing points when they squandered several goal cushions in the final minutes against Montpellier or Flensburg and could not defend one goal lead twice against Hamburg. Top scorers of group phase: Timur Dibirov 52, Sergei Gorbok 46, Sergiy Shelmenko 38 Injury report: no injuries reported Late entries after group phase: none Current situation in the domestic league (as of 14 March 2013): 1st place with an unblemished record of 40 points out of 20 matches (20 wins). Fourteen points ahead of second Kaustik Volgograd. Two teams from Russia will qualify for the next edition of the CL. Notes: … did not win against the two German opponents in the group losing once and drawing three times … - in total they are 4-6-16 against German clubs in the EC … their biggest success in the CL was the participation at the inaugural edition of the VELUX EHF FINAL4 in 2010, when Kiel took their second of three trophies in this competition … founded in 2001 as a successor of CSKA Moscow, since then they won all eleven Russian titles … the EHF Champions League trophy is the only major piece missing in the accolades of Medvedi´s coach Vladimir Maximov (Olympic winner, European and world champion)
Qualification for last 16: second place in Group B Road to last 16: The defending VELUX EHF Champions League winners began the season where they left off, beating Atletico Madrid in the opening game, and followed that with two comprehensive wins. A 31:30 defeat against Veszprém, followed by another defeat against Celje Pivovarna Lasko left many questioning whether Kiel were capable of retaining their title. However, Kiel stormed back into form, winning each of their remaining games and defeating eventual group winners Veszprém by 11 goals, has shown that the Germans are not going to go away quietly. Top scorers of group phase: Filip Jícha 45, Niclas Ekberg and Marko Vujin 38 Injury report: no injuries reported Late entries after group phase: none Current situation in the domestic league (as of 12 March 2013): Leading the German Bundesliga one point ahead of Rhein Neckar Löwen. After 23 rounds they have 20 wins, 1 draw and two losses (at home against Melsungen, and at Flensburg). Three places for Germany next season. Notes: … in total they played 12 EC matches against clubs from the former Soviet Union and won 11 times … the only defeat by Dynamo-Lukoil Astrakhan could not stop them in the semi-finals of the 2003/04 EHF Cup on the way to the winning trophy … the most successful attack in the group phase with 329 goals (eight ahead of Barcelona) … like Medvedi – remained unbeaten on home ground …. since 2005 THW have made it at least to the quarter-finals in every season … in their 16th participation in the CL they made it among the best 16 teams for the 14th time … seven countries represented in the squad of the defending champions (Germany, Sweden, France, Serbia, Denmark, Czech Republic, Iceland)
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Club Address: Chekhovskie Medvedi Poligrafistov str. 30 142300 Chekhov, Mosk. oblast Contact numbers: Tel.+7-985-9991624 Email: [email protected]
Colours of uniform: light dark Player shirt: white purple Player short white purple Goalkeeper shirt yellow red
Arena: Sport Hall "Olimpiyskiy" Chekhov Poligrafistov Str. 30,142300 Chekhov Capacity: 3000
Media contact: Beniamin Kuznetsov, +7 9166186054 [email protected] Online: Club website: www.ch-medvedi.ru Twitter: @chekhmed ehfCL.com Club achievements: EHF Champions League: Participations (including 2012/13 season): 13 Semi-final (1): 2010 Quarter-final (2): 2009, 2011 Last 16 (2): 2005, 2007 Main Round (1): 2008 Group Phase (6): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2012 Cup Winners´Cup: Winners2006 Russian champions: 11 titles (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012) Russian Cup winners: 11 titles
Club Address: THW Kiel Ziegelteich 30 24103 Kiel, Germany Contact numbers: Tel. +49-170-4021775 Email: [email protected]
Arena: Sparkassen-Arena-Kiel Europaplatz 1, 24103 Kiel Capacity: 10,000
Media contact: Christian Robohm, +49 1635306300 [email protected] Online: Club website: www.thw-provinzial.de Twitter: @thw_handball Facebook: thwhandball ehfCL.com Club achievements: EHF Champions League: Participation (incl. 2012/13 season): 16 Winner (3): 2007, 2010, 2012 Final (3): 2000, 2008, 2009 Semi-final (2): 1997, 2001 Quarter-final (5): 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2011 Group Phase (2): 1995, 1996 EHF Cup: 3 titles: 1998, 2002, 2004 German champions: 17 titles: (1957, 1962, 1963, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 und 2012) German Cup winners: 8 titles
Colours of uniform: light dark Player shirt: white black Player short white black Goalkeeper shirt red orange
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Squads: CHEKHOVSKIE MEDVEDI No. First Name Family Name Nat. Position Date of Birth Weight Height 4 Samvel Aslanyan RUS Left back 23.02.1986 91 190 10 Alexander Chernoivanov RUS Line player 13.02.1979 105 202 20 Mikhail Chipurin RUS Line player 17.11.1980 105 190 17 Alexander Dereven RUS Line player 26.03.1992 88 196 31 Timur Dibirov RUS Left wing 30.07.1983 74 180 88 Egor Evdokimov RUS Line player 09.03.1982 114 204 2 Vasily Filippov RUS Centre back 18.01.1981 87 183 13 Sergei Gorbok RUS Left back 04.12.1982 98 196 1 Oleg Grams RUS Goalkeeper 20.02.1984 103 200 23 Eduard Koksharov RUS Left wing 04.11.1975 98 189 7 Dmitry Kovalev RUS Right wing 15.05.1982 80 180 16 Dmitry Pavlenko RUS Goalkeeper 01.01.1991 89 192 14 Alexey Rastvortsev RUS Left back 08.08.1978 118 200 11 Sergiy Shelmenko RUS Right back 05.04.1983 98 195 18 Daniil Shishkarev RUS Right wing 06.07.1988 85 190 12 Richard Stochl SVK Goalkeeper 17.12.1975 108 200 8 Dmitry Zhitnikov RUS Centre back 20.11.1989 90 193
THW KIEL
No. First Name Family Name Nat. Position Date of Birth Weight Height 13 Marcus Ahlm SWE Line player 07.07.1978 106 200 15 Jannick Boldt GER Right wing 10.01.1993 82 186 19 Rune Dahmke GER Left wing 10.04.1993 80 189 18 Niclas Ekberg SWE Right wing 23.12.1988 86 191 21 Tommy Fängler GER Left back 28.11.1990 103 192 31 Momir Ilic SRB Left back 22.12.1981 104 200 39 Filip Jicha CZE Left back 19.04.1982 105 201 33 Dominik Klein GER Left wing 16.12.1983 85 190 16 Moritz Krieter GER Goalkeeper 05.02.1994 89 193
8 Tjark Müller GER Centre back 02.06.1993 88 188 25 Daniel Narcisse FRA Centre back 16.12.1979 92 189
1 Thierry Omeyer FRA Goalkeeper 02.11.1976 92 191 12 Andreas Palicka SWE Goalkeeper 10.07.1986 88 189 24 Aron Palmarsson ISL Centre back 19.07.1990 100 193
9 Gudjon Valur Sigurdsson ISL Left wing 08.08.1979 82 187 11 Christian Sprenger GER Right wing 06.04.1983 90 190
7 Rene Toft Hansen DEN Line player 01.11.1984 103 200 14 Marko Vujin SRB Right back 07.12.1984 100 200 13 Patrick Wiencek GER Line player 22.03.1989 110 200 20 Christian Zeitz GER Right back 18.11.1980 95 186
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Key players
Sergei Gorbok: A classical shooter with a big variety of shots. The Belarusian player, Gorbok, started his career in Arkatron Minsk. His international club career took off in 2005 when he joined RK Celje winning the Slovenian championship in
2006 and 2007 as well as playing in the CL. He transferred to German side Rhein Neckar Löwen in the 2007/08 before moving to Chekhovskie at the start of the 2010/11 season.
Thierry Omeyer: No current player of all CL clubs has collected more titles than the French goalkeeper: three times world champion, twice Olympic champion, two times EHF EURO champion, four times CL champion, world handball player of the year and nearly 20 domestic
titles are on Omeyer’s tally. His reflexes between the sticks make him the first choice for the national team and THW Kiel – and he likes the ‘big matches’.
Timur Dibirov: He is competing in his ninth successive EHF Champions League season with Chekhovskie Medvedi. He was named as the left wing in the All-Star team at the 2013 WCh in Spain and had the most steals (20) during the tournament,
where Russia reached the quarter-finals.
Filip Jícha: The left and centre back was the first Czech player ever to be world handball player of the year. Jicha – two times CL winner in 2010 and 2012 – was twice top scorer of this competition, too. He is a danger to all defence sides
with his one-against-one action and his tough shots, but he is also a strong defence player.
Alexej Rastvortsev: A bear-like man, who shoots hammers from far distances and a pure wall in defence – Rastvortsev is one of the most experienced players in the Medvedi team, and with a stable level of performing.
Markus Ahlm The THW team captain is playing his last season in Kiel after winning the CL three times. The line player is the core of the THW defence and has been a constant threat from the six metre line for more than a decade.
Coaches
Vladimir Maximov : A living legend – Maximov (67) is still the only person who has become Olympic champion as a coach and a player. After his career on the court, also crowned with a silver medal at the WCh in 1978 and the
Champions Cup in 1973, Maximov took to coaching in 1992. He led the CIS and Russian national teams to gold at the Olympics (1992 and 2000), World Championships (1993 and 1997) and the EHF EURO (1996).
Alfred Gislason The Icelander (53) is the only current coach, who has won the CL with two different clubs - in 2002 with SC Magdeburg and in 2010 and 2012 with THW Kiel. His current team has become four-time German
champions, three-time German cup winners, four-time German supercup winner, two-time EHF Trophy winners, collected an EHF Cup along with an IHF Super Globe title. In his active career he played 190 international matches for Iceland and became German champion twice with Essen. 46
HC DINAMO MINSK vs HC METALURG (Belarus) (FYR Macedonia)
1st leg: Thursday, 14 March, 19:00, Palace of Sports, Minsk 2nd leg: Saturday, 23 March, 18:00, Boris Trajkovski, Skopje
Head-to-head stats: 1-0-0 (27:21)
03/09/2010: 27:21 in Porto (POR), VELUX EHF Champions League, final of the qualification tournament
Qualification for last 16: third place in Group D Road to last 16: Minsk had to fight their way to the Group Phase through the qualification against Besiktas. And after first three rounds they were only with one point despite being very close to the huge sensation in Barcelona. But the five game winning streak propelled Dinamo towards their first ever participation in the knock-out stage. Top scorers of group phase: Vasko Ševaljević 49, Pavel Atman 43, Dzmitry Nikulenkau 37 Injury report: no injuries reported Late entries after group phase: none Current situation in the domestic league (as of 12 March 2013): 1st place with 27 points out of 16 matches (13 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses), however a thrilling race for the only Belarusian ticket to the next season can be expected as SKA Minsk and Brest Meshkov are formidable contenders. Notes: … their debut in the knock-out stage … like Metalurg, Minsk had to go all the way from the qualification tournament and the winner of this fixtures will play their first ever CL quarter-final … six East and South European countries represented in the line-up … are 2-0-1 against teams from former Yugoslavia … in the crucial match of the qualification tournament in the 2009/10 season they were defeated by ten goals by Metalurg´s city rivals Vardar (24:34)
Qualification for last 16: second place in Group C Road to last 16: Four wins from their opening four games sent out a clear signal to the rest of Europe that HC Metalurg are aiming high this season. Two successive defeats against group winners Kielce were a temporary blow for the Macedonians, but they held firm and secured second place, thanks to their tough defence, the best in the competition so far, which conceded just 215 goals. Top scorers of group phase: Naumče Mojsovski 55, Renato Vugrinec 52, Dejan Manaskov 42 Injury report: Dejan Manaskov has already undergone a successful surgery of his injured knee, but he is out for the rest of season. Late entries after group phase: David Koražija (SLO) left wing from Ribnica, he played four seasons in Veszprém Current situation in the domestic league (as of 11 March 2013): 1st place in the regional SEHA league with 36 points (three points for a win) out of 17 matches (12 wins, 5 losses), leading by point ahead of Zagreb and two points ahead of Brest. Notes: … the team with the best defence of all 24 teams in the group phase ... clinched the berth for the Last 16 for the second straight time, last season they were closely eliminated by Zagreb in the Last 16 … Milan Levov, Velko Markoski, Stefche Alushovski, Petar Angelov and Nikola Mitrovski played for Vardar when they beat Minsk by ten goals three years ago…. Just one week before the first leg they beat another Belarusian club Brest Meshkov 28:26 on the home court in the SEHA league
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Club Address: HC Dinamo Minsk Daumana str. 23-59 220002 Minsk Belarus Contact numbers: Tel. +375-17-3341099 Fax. +375-17-3341299 Email: [email protected]
Colours of uniform: light dark Player shirt: white blue Player short white blue Goalkeeper shirt red green
Arena: Palace of Sport Pobeditelev ave. 4 Minsk, Belarus Capacity: 3400
Media contact: Maxim Koshkalda +375 296 477910 [email protected] Online: Club website: www.dinamohandball.by ehfCL.com Club achievements: EHF Champions League: Participations (including 2012/13 season): 4 Group Phase (1): 2011 Qualification (2): 2010, 2012 EHF Cup Quarter-final 2012 Belarusian champions: 4 titles (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012) Belarusian Cup winners: 2010 Baltic League Champions: 2009
Club Address: HC Metalurg ul. Jane Lukroski 6 1000 Skopje, FYR Macedonia Contact numbers: Tel. +389-2-3073088 Fax. +389-2-3172621 Email: [email protected]
Arena: Boris Trajkovski bul. 8 Septemvri bb Skopje Capacity: 7000
Media contact: Zoran Cvetanovski +389 78223505 [email protected] Online: Club website: http://www.rkmetalurg.mk/ Twitter: @РК-Металург Facebook: РК-Металург ehfCL.com Club achievements: EHF Champions League: Participations (including 2012/13 season): 5 Last 16 (1): 2012 Group Matches (2): 2007, 2009 Qualification (1): 2011 9 participations in other EC Macedonian champions:5 titles (2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012) Macedonian Cup winner: 5 titles
Colours of uniform: light dark Player shirt: white blue Player short black black Goalkeeper shirt yel/or/wh blue
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Squads: HC DINAMO MINSK
No. First Name Family Name Nat. Position Date of Birth Weight Height 19 Pavel Atman RUS Centre back 25.05.1987 94 190
6 Maxim Babichev BLR Line player 07.03.1986 97 196 12 Vadim Bogdanov RUS Goalkeeper 26.03.1986 98 196 80 Ivan Brouka BLR Left wing 20.04.1980 78 182 15 Remigijus Cepulis LTU Left back 15.01.1982 100 196 14 Dmytro Doroshchuk UKR Line player 29.09.1986 115 198 32 Hleb Harbuz BLR Centre back 17.03.1994 82 191
5 Andrei Khapal BLR Right wing 05.04.1992 82 180 18 Aliaksandr Markelau BLR Goalkeeper 05.04.1994 87 193 39 Stanislav Nakhaenko BLR Line player 20.04.1993 113 209 17 Dzmitry Nikulenkau BLR Centre back 12.07.1984 87 187 33 Sergiy Onufryienko UKR Right back 31.01.1985 95 190 23 Vladislav Ostroushko UKR Left back 05.03.1986 101 202
1 Dimitrije Pejanovic SRB Goalkeeper 09.07.1974 97 200 3 Dzianis Rutenka BLR Right wing 14.02.1986 85 187 2 Vasko Sevaljevic MNE Left back 21.06.1988 107 193
30 Rade Mijatovic MNE Goalkeeper 30.06.1981 20 Ratko Nikolic SRB Line player 15.09.1977 108 190 10 Olexandr Shevelev UKR Line player 02.12.1987 115 200
9 Oleg Skopintsev RUS Left wing 15.04.1984 80 180 22 Mykola Stetsyura UKR Right back 20.07.1986 96 195
HC METALURG
No. First Name Family Name Nat. Position Date of Birth Weight Height 71 Stefche Alushovski MKD Left wing 01.10.1972 89 189 20 Petar Angelov MKD Goalkeeper 08.03.1977 103 192 23 Damir Batinovic CRO Centre back 18.08.1987 93 193
4 Vancho Dimovski MKD Line player 04.04.1979 110 187 17 Tihomir Doder SRB Centre back 08.08.1979 92 194
9 Goce Georgievski MKD Right wing 12.02.1987 83 185 29 Ace Jonovski MKD Left back 29.12.1980 104 200 12 Stefan Kimevski MKD Goalkeeper 31.12.1990 88 193 10 Miladin Kozlina SLO Left back 11.02.1983 115 199
3 Milan Levov MKD Right back 05.04.1987 87 186 5 Borjan Madjovski MKD Left back 08.05.1994 88 198
15 Igor Mandi c BIH Left back 16.10.1991 101 196 82 David Korazija SLO Left wing 27.03.1982 85 184 11 Dejan Manaskov MKD Left wing 26.08.1992 78 181 14 Velko Markoski MKD Left back 05.04.1986 100 194 98 Tadej Matijasic SLO Left wing 22.01.1994 74 174
7 Renato Vugrinec SLO Right back 09.06.1975 101 196 13 Filip Mirkulovski MKD Centre back 14.09.1983 91 189 16 Nikola Mitrevski MKD Goalkeeper 03.10.1985 84 188 15 Zlatko Mojsoski MKD Right wing 15.11.1981 81 180 18 Naumce Mojsovski MKD Centre back 17.06.1980 92 187
8 Levko Naumovski MKD Line player 29.06.1980 105 205 44 Zharko Peshevski MKD Line player 11.04.1991 110 195
2 Mladen Rakcevic MNE Line player 10.02.1982 105 179 1 Darko Stanic SRB Goalkeeper 08.10.1978 102 191
19 Mitko Stoilov MKD Back 04.02.1983 107 195 24 Nikola Stojchevski MKD Back 09.08.1984 83 185
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Key players
Vasko Ševaljević: He is competing in his first ever CL season, but his prolific scoring for Dinamo Minsk would have you thinking otherwise. The 24-year-old left back moved to Minsk after two years playing in the Asobal League in Spain with Amaya Sport San
Antonio. It has been a season of firsts for Ševaljević, who was part of the Montenegro team that played in their first ever World Championship in January.
Darko Stanić: He got his nickname “minister of defence” during the successful EHF EURO 2012, where the Serbian was awarded best goalkeeper of the tournament and won the silver medal with his team. Stanić was supposed to
transfer to Göppingen, but then signed with Skopje, where he wants to finish his career. His reflexes and his calmness make Stanić of the best current goalkeepers in the world.
Sergiy Onufryienko: Wherever he plays, the Ukrainian international is always among the top scorers. He started his career at Zaporozhye. In 2009 he transferred to Dinamo and became their key player. In EC competitions, including the CL, the 27-year-old right
back scored over 300 goals.
Naumče Mojsovski: The Macedonian left back has been making a constant impact for the past three years – in the Macedonian national team as well as at Metalurg. Besides top star Kiril Lazarov he is the top scorer for the Macedonians, for Metalurg he is shooter and
playmaker in one person.
Pavel Atman: Usually the Russian national team only count on players, who play for a Russian club. One major exception for years has been playmaker Pavel Atman. He came from his home club Kaustik Volgograd to Minsk in 2010 and was top scorer of his
team in their first season in the CL with 63 goals.
Filip Mirkulovski: Once Metalurg, always Metalurg is the motto of the Skopje centre back, as he goes into his eleventh international season for the Macedonian champions. He is also one of the key player in the Macedonian national team..
Coaches Sergij Bebeshko: A surprising phone call changed the life of Sergij Bebeshko: In December 2009 the former Ukrainian international, who was living in Ciudad Real at that time, was asked on the phone to become new coach of Dinamo. Bebeshko agreed
and after 18 years in different countries - mainly Spain - the 1992 Olympic champion returned to Belarus. He led Minsk to three straight championships including the first ever double.
Lino Červar: He was the most successful coach of the Croatian men’s national team, becoming Olympic (2004) and world champion (2003), and collecting several more medals like two WCh silver medals in 2005 and 2009 or EHF EURO silver 2008 and 2010. Parallel
to his work for the Croatian Federation, Červar was coach of RK Zagreb for a long period. In 2009 he became Metalurg coach – a job he focuses on since resigning from the Croatian national team.
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BM ATLÉTICO MADRID vs FÜCHSE BERLIN (Spain) (Germany)
1st leg: Sunday, 17 March, 18:00, Palacio Vistalegre, Madrid 2nd leg: Sunday, 24 March, 18:00, Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin
Head-to-head stats: 2-0-0 (69:60)
23/10/2011: 37:33 in Berlin, VELUX EHF Champions League Group Phase 19/02/2012: 32:27 in Madrid, VELUX EHF Champions League Group Phase
Qualification for last 16: third place in Group B Road to last 16: The runners-up of two previous season lost several key players during the summer and had to take several blows from the other two powerhouses in the group as they lost all matches against Kiel and Veszprém. They also lost two points in Savehof unexpectingly, but their goal of reaching the knock-out stage was never really endangered. Top scorers of group phase: Kiril Lazarov 46, Nikolaj Markussen 26, Joan Cañellas Reixach 26 Injury report: José Javier Hombrados with a torn anterior cruciate ligament is out at least until the end of April, Adnan Šabanović with the same diagnosis out for the season, Mariusz Jurkiewicz injured his hand at the World Championship and is out until the end of April, even more players doubtful with minor health problems (names not specified) Late entries after group phase: none Current situation in the domestic league (as of 12 March 2013): 2nd place with 37 points out of 21 matches (18 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses), five points behind the leaders FC Barcelona. The fight for the title seems to be lost, but they should still get one of three Spanish places in the CL 2013/14 easily. Notes: … three times CL winners … lost both matches against their German opponent Kiel in the group … like their last 16 rivals they were part of the VELUX EHF FINAL4 in Cologne last year … only team to reach the final tournament in all three editions since 2010 (but never won the trophy thought they were finalists twice) … reached at least quarter-finals on nine out of ten appearances in the CL … two recently crowned world champions in the team – Julen Aguinagalde and Joan Cañellas Reixach… just one week before the first leg their manager Luis Miguel Lopez stepped down officially due to personal reasons … rich history of 43 German encounters (25-2-16)
Qualification for last 16: second place in Group D Road to last 16: After a victory against Dinamo Minsk in the opening round, an 11 goal defeat to Barcelona could have knocked the wind out of Berlin’s sails, but Fuchse bounced back. Seven wins in their remaining eight games, including gaining revenge over Barcelona in the return leg, saw Berlin sit comfortably in second place with 16 points, five ahead of Minsk in third. Top scorers of group phase: Ivan Ninčević 45, Bartłomiej Jaszka 37, Iker Romero 30 Injury report: no injuries reported
Late entries after group phase: none Current situation in the domestic league (as of 12 March 2013): 4th place (38 points out of 23 matches, 16 wins, two draws, five defeats) is not enough for a ticket to the next season of the CL, they are trailing one point behind Flensburg who currently own the last German CL berth. Notes: … only their second season not only in the CL, but in the EC in generally … last season they made it to the VELUX EHF FINAL4 as newcomers … Iker Romero was the only defending champion who made it to Cologne last season after his transfer from Barcelona … on the home ground the foxes have a 100 per cent clear record this season … the rematch in Max-Schmeling-Halle has been sold out more than two weeks before the game … set the spectators record for the Group Phase by 13.333 fans against Barcelona in the O2 World … are 2-0-4 against sides from Spain … exactly like Atlético they have nine nations represented in the squad … 51
Club Address: BM Atletico Madrid Estado Vicente Calderón Paseo Virgen del Puerto 67 28005 Madrid, Spain Contact numbers: Tel.+34-629-691092 Fax.+34-913-624322 [email protected]
Colours of uniform: light dark Player shirt: red/white black Player short blue black Goalkeeper shirt yel/blue black
Arena: Palacio Vistalegre C/ Utebo 1, 28025 Madrid Capacity: 14,000
Media contact: Angela Pons, +34 690228518 [email protected] Online: Club website: www.bmatleticodemadrid.com Twitter: @AtletiBalonmano Facebook: BM-Atlético-Madrid ehfCL.com Club achievements: EHF Champions League: Participations (including 2012/13 season): 10 Winner (3): 2006, 2008, 2009 Final (3): 2005, 2011, 2012 Semi-final (1): 2004, 2010 Quarter-final (1): 2007 Cup Winners´ Cup: Winners 2002, 2003 City Cup: Finalists 1999 Spanish champions: 5 titles:(2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) Spanish Cup winners: 4 titles
Club Address: Füchse Berlin Markgrafenstraße 34 10117 Berlin Germany Contact numbers: Tel. +49-177-4054946 Fax. +49-30-20916878 Email: [email protected]
Arena: Max-Schmeling-Halle Falkplatz 1, 10437 Berlin Capacity: 8520
Media contact: André Tzschaschel, +49 1723188441 [email protected] Online: Club website: www.fuechse-berlin.de Twitter: @fuechseberlin Facebook: fuechseberlin ehfCL.com Club achievements: VELUX EHF Champions League: Participations (including 2011/12 season): 2 VELUX EHF FINAL4: 1 (fourth ranked): 2011/12
Colours of uniform: light dark Player shirt: yel&purpl blue&gold Player short purpl&yel blue&gold Goalkeeper shirt red blue
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Squads: BM ATLÉTICO MADRID
No. First Name Family Name Nat. Position Date of Birth Weight Height 13 Julen Aguinagalde Akuizu ESP Line player 08.12.1982 116 195 34 Ivano Balic CRO Centre back 01.04.1979 96 190
4 Xavier Barachet FRA Right back 19.11.1988 95 195 21 Joan Canellas Reixach ESP Centre back 30.09.1986 100 198 12 Magnus Dahl NOR Goalkeeper 28.09.1988 100 198 14 David Davis Camara ESP Left wing 25.10.1976 85 185 12 Antonio Diaz Garcia ESP Goalkeeper 31.07.1994 100 192
4 Eduard Fernandez Roura ESP Line player 26.06.1979 119 190 28 Alvaro Ferrer Vecilla ESP Centre back 17.03.1982 95 190 15 Jakov Gojun CRO Right back 18.04.1986 112 203
1 Jose Javier Hombrados Ibanez ESP Goalkeeper 07.04.1972 97 195 22 Mariusz Jurkiewicz POL Right back 03.02.1982 103 199
5 Jonas Källman SWE Left wing 17.07.1981 100 200 77 Kiril Lazarov MKD Right back 10.05.1980 99 195 11 Nikolaj Markussen DEN Left back 01.08.1988 95 211 20 Josep Masachs Gelma ESP Right wing 04.07.1983 70 175 15 Garcia Roberto Parrondo ESP Right wing 12.01.1980 86 187 17 Angel Romero Rodriguez ESP Line player 05.06.1984 113 202 23 Adnan Sabanovic BIH Goalkeeper 30.01.1977 93 192
2 Miguel Sanchez Migallon ESP Right back 08.02.1995 90 200
FÜCHSE BERLIN
No. First Name Family Name Nat. Position Date of Birth Weight Height 21 Mark Bult NED Right back 07.09.1982 96 200 66 Sven-Sören Christophersen GER Left back 09.05.1985 95 198 95 Paul Drux GER Left back 07.02.1995 92 192 12 Silvio Heinevetter GER Goalkeeper 21.10.1984 92 194 93 Kenji Hövels GER Centre back 09.07.1993 84 179 35 Konstantin Igropulo RUS Right back 14.04.1985 97 189 24 Bartlomiej Jaszka POL Centre back 16.06.1983 85 185
1 Maximilian Kroll GER Goalkeeper 20.01.1993 96 190 4 Torsten Laen DEN Line player 26.11.1979 96 198 2 Colja Löffler GER Left wing 08.05.1989 86 187 9 Börge Lund NOR Centre back 13.03.1979 94 196
27 Ivan Nincevic CRO Left wing 27.10.1981 82 185 14 Evgeni Pevnov GER Line player 13.02.1989 106 200 11 Markus Richwien GER Right wing 05.07.1985 84 186 13 Jaron Siewert GER Centre back 31.01.1994 90 185 18 Iker Romero Fernandez ESP Left back 15.06.1980 100 196 23 Johannes Sellin GER Right wing 31.12.1990 81 195 22 Tom-Luick Skroblien GER Left wing 19.04.1993 87 186
9 Denis Milan Spoljaric CRO Centre back 20.08.1979 96 196 71 Petr Stochl CZE Goalkeeper 24.04.1976 93 195 15 Ramon Tauabo GER Right wing 08.10.1992 83 183
5 Jonas Thümmler GER Line player 21.08.1993 87 192 29 Fabian Wiede GER Right back 08.02.1994 89 192
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Key players
Kiril Lazarov A classic shooter from FYR Macedonia, Lazarov is the most successful scorer at a single EHF EURO event (2012 in Serbia) with 61 goals and a world championship (2009 in Croatia) with 92 goals. The
Macedonian was also twice top scorer of the CL – but still the title of the major club competition is missing in his cabinet despite playing for top clubs like Veszprém, Zagreb and now Madrid.
Silvio Heinevetter: The current number one goalkeeper in the German national team was one of the keys for the Füchse’s success in their debut season at the CL when they reached the VELUX EHF FINAL4 in 2012. Like a
typical goalkeeper, he is a little bit crazy, showing unorthodox moves and is extremely emotional.
Julen Aguinagalde He is one of the world’s top line players and presence on the line is a key for Atlético. He has proven that this season with his nomination for World Handball Player of the Year 2012 and being named on the 2013 World Championship All-Star
team. He joined Atlético from Reale Ademar in 2010 and his older brother Gurutz is a goalkeeper for EHF Cup side La Rioja.
Iker Romero: It was the Füchse’s first big international transfer coup when they signed the Spanish top player in 2011. Romero is a legend in his home country, being part of the 2005 world champion squad and winning several more medals with the national team. On club level
the always smiling left back started in Leon, before changing to Ciudad Real and then having successful years at FC Barcelona.
Ivano Balić Two-times world handball player of the year world and Olympic champion – but never winner of the EHF Champions League. Balić was the biggest transfer of this season at Madrid, and the experienced and creative
character inspires the Atlético team with his sensational ideas and passes.
Konstantin Igropoulo: The Russian right back arrived from FC Barcelona before the start of this season and was winner of the VELUX EHF FINAL4 in 2011. With international experience in the national team as well as on club level, he should fill the
footsteps of Icelandic Alexander Petersson.
Coaches Talant Dujshebaev He arrived as a player in 2001 and he has stayed as a coach until now: 44-year-old has been loyal to his club for more than a decade. Since his arrival, this club became three-time CL winner, three-time finalist, four-time Spanish
champion, four-time Spanish cup winner, three-time and IHF Super Globe winner.
Dagur Sigurðsson: After 215 matches with nearly 400 goals for Iceland, he continued the line of successful Icelandic coaches in Europe. When acting as a director of his former club Valur Reykjavik and parallel to that as a coach of the Austrian
men’s national team from 2008 to 2010. he received an offer to take over Füchse, where he signed his first contract in 2009.
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IMPORTANT REGULATIONS
Last 16 and Quarterfinals If, after completion of the two matches, both clubs have won the same number of points (no extra time will be played), the teams’ standings shall be determined by the following criteria: a) goal difference b) greater number of plus goals scored in away match c) penalty throws Rules for execution of penalty throws 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. 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. Find all regulations here
SEEDING FOR THE QUARTER-FINALS DRAW The quarter-finals draw of the VELUX EHF Champions League will take place on Tuesday 26 March (11 hrs local time) at the EHF Office in Vienna. The winners of the matches 3 against 2 of the last 16 play the first match at home against a winner of the matches 4 against 1 of the last 16. There will be no protection from the teams from the same country or from the teams from the same group of the group phase. The matches of the last 16 shall be played as first and second leg matches. The winning teams of the quarter-finals qualify for the VELUX EHF FINAL4. Pot 1 Winner Celje Pivovarna Laško/HSV Hamburg Winner Reale Ademar León/MKB Veszprém KC Winner Pick Szeged/Vive Targi Kielce Winner Bjerringbro Silkeborg/FC Barcelona Pot 2 Winner Gorenje Velenje/SG Flensburg Handewitt Winner Chekhovskie Medvedi/THW Kiel Winner HC Dinamo Minsk/HC Metalurg Winner BM Atlético Madrid/Füchse Berlin
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MEDIA ACCREDITATION FOR LAST 16 The written media and photographer’s accreditation procedure in the Group Phase is entirely in the responsibility of the participating clubs. TV and Radio accreditations are subjects to approval by EHF Marketing GmbH – please contact Akos Moczan.
MEDIA ACCREDITATION FOR VELUX EHF FINAL4 OPENED
With nearly three months to go before the start of the European handball’s premier club event, VELUX EHF FINAL4, the final round of the VELUX EHF Champions League, accreditation requests from media representatives are now being accepted.
The event will take place for the fourth time in the LANXESS arena, Cologne on 1 and 2 June 2013 and will see the continent’s top four teams battling it out over two days to lift the coveted VELUX EHF Champions League trophy.
Journalists, photographers, TV and radio representatives can now submit their request for accreditation via an online form at ehfFINAL4.com, the event’s official website. Requests can only be made online.
Requests for media accreditation should be made by Friday 10 May at 15.00, almost two weeks after the completion of the Quarter-final matches.
Media accreditation is only open to professional media representatives working at the event. Freelance media representatives may be asked to provide additional evidence of their work. Following the success of the previous editions there is expected to be strong demand for the limited media places and it may not be possible to accept all requests for an accreditation.
Click here to enter the media accreditation page Media matters: Vlado Brindzak Media and Communications European Handball Federation Tel.: +43 1 80 151 161 [email protected]
TV and Radio: Akos Moczan Media Manager EHF Marketing GmbH Tel.: +43 1 80 151 226 [email protected]
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CLUBS - MEDIA CONTACTS
Chekhovskie Medvedi Beniamin Kuznetsov, +7 9166186054 [email protected] Reale Ademar Leon Jose Ludena, +34 609846050 [email protected] SG Flensburg-Handewitt Sandra von Wallis, +49 4611609625 [email protected] HSV Hamburg Thorsten Lucht, +49 40 90987679 [email protected] Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Christian Lynnerup, +45 4011 8987 [email protected] HC Metalurg Zoran Cvetanovski, +389 78223505 [email protected] KS Vive Targi Kielce Sebastian Kozubek, +48 505031244 [email protected] RK Gorenje Velenje Tanija Rednak, +386 38986440 [email protected]
THW Kiel Christian Robohm, +49 1635306300 [email protected] BM Atletico de Madrid Angela Pons, +34 690228518 [email protected] MKB Veszprém KC Zsolt Sevinger, +36 305024547 [email protected] RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko Nejc Ajdnik, +386 40687766 [email protected] FC Barcelona Intersport Gustau Galvache, +34 618522789 [email protected] Füchse Berlin André Tzschaschel, +49 1723188441 [email protected] Pick Szeged Róbert Süli, +36 306828796 [email protected] HC Dinamo Minsk Maxim Koshkalda, +375 296 477910 [email protected]
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ALL MATCHES OF NEW SEASON LIVE
Handball fans across Europe will not miss a single match in the new season of both elite European club competitions. All matches starting from Group Phase of the VELUX EHF Champions League have been and will be broadcast live on ehfTV.com and the videos of all matches will be also on demand. Furthermore, like in the past season fully produced highlights magazine - "Rewind - the handball show" will feature stories and highlights from all Men´s top matches will be played out on Monday 7:00 / 8:00 GMT after each playing round.
The complete coverage of all matches means that only during the group stage of both competitions handball fans will be spoilt by 120 men´s and 78 women´s matches. Together with men´s knock-out stage, respectively women´s Main Round and knock-out stage this is supposed to create this season a record number of more than 226 hours of live handball on ehfTV.com.
SCHEDULE OF LAST16 MOTW RELEASED
Celje Pivovarna Laško vs HSV Hamburg and Füchse Berlin vs BM Atlético are the Matches of the Week for the VELUX EHF Champions League Last 16 broadcast by ehftv.com with English commentary by Tom Ó Brannagáin. For the first leg of the last 16 Tom will travel to Slovenia where Celje, winners of the EHF Champions League in 2004, will take on German side HSV Hamburg, that finished an impressive first in Group A ahead of Flensburg, Medvedi, and León. The match will throw off on Saturday, 16 March, at 16:15 hrs local time. For the second leg it is back north again for Tom as he heads to the German capital, Berlin, where he will commentate the match between local side Füchse and Spanish club BM Atlético Madrid. The exciting win against FC Barcelona Intersport in front of more than 13,000 spectators in Round 8 of the group phase will still be fresh on the Berlin players' minds when they take on the next Spanish opponent. However, Atlético Madrid, despite having finished just third in Group B with five wins and five losses, will be anything but an easy team to play for Füchse as the match between the German and the Spanish side is prone to be one of the many highlights of the VELUX EHF Champions League Last 16. Füchse Berlin vs. BM Atlético Madrid throws off on Sunday, 24 March, 18.00 hrs local time. The Matches of the Week include a free of charge live web stream on ehftv.com with English commentary by handball expert Tom Ó Brannagáin. They also offer additional footage and special camera setups. Tom, an Irish national, is a former handball player and coach of the Ireland national team. He has a long career in television and radio in Ireland.
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VELUX HANDBALL MANAGER LAUNCHED
Title sponsor of Europe’s premier club handball competition, the VELUX Group, has launched the first ever international manager game based on the VELUX EHF Champions League in men’s handball.
When the knock-out matches in this year’s competition are played, there will be more at stake than the results in the handball arena.
At the website handballenergy.com, handball fans from all over the world can now put together and manage their own VELUX EHF Champions League team – completely free of charge.
VELUX Handball Manager is the first game of its kind to let fans buy and sell VELUX EHF Champions League players, earn points on the results of their matches, compete against each other in private or public leagues, and much more.
A chance to beat a legend and win exclusive season tickets
By playing VELUX Handball Manager, handball fans will have the chance to test their skills against international handball star and European Champion Lars Christiansen, who will also be entering the manager game.
Game players will have a chance to win one of the five main prizes, as well as either VELUX EHF Champions League season tickets or signed match shirts.
The competition officially begins at the same time as the first matches of the Last 16 knock-out phase, which starts on 13 March 2013. and ends with the VELUX EHF FINAL4 on 1/2 June 2013.
Fans can enter the game at www.handballenergy.com.
How to play VELUX Handball Manager
Players will start with an imaginary budget of €50,000,000 with which they must put together the best team possible.
Real-life performances of the players they choose will be reflected in their transfer values according to the points system. During the game, players can improve their team by buying new players.
As a manager you must stay on your toes and react to real-life factors such as current form, upcoming fixtures and injuries. The team with the highest value at the end wins the game.
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EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
PAST WINNERS 2012 THW Kiel (GER) 2011 FC Barcelona Borges (ESP) 2010 THW Kiel (GER) 2009 BM Ciudad Real (ESP) 2008 BM Ciudad Real (ESP) 2007 THW Kiel (GER) 2006 BM Ciudad Real (ESP) 2005 FC Barcelona-Cifec (ESP) 2004 RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko (SLO) 2003 Montpellier HB (FRA) 2002 SC Magdeburg (GER) 2001 Portland San Antonio (ESP) 2000 FC Barcelona (ESP) 1999 FC Barcelona (ESP) 1998 FC Barcelona (ESP) 1997 FC Barcelona (ESP) 1996 FC Barcelona (ESP) 1995 Elgorriaga Bidasoa (ESP) 1994 TEKA Santander (ESP)
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EHF MEN´S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
TOP SCORERS Season Player Club Goals 1993/94 Uros Serbec Celje Pivovarna Lasko/SLO 76 1994/95 Nenad Perunicic Bidasoa Irun/ESP 82 1995/96 Carlos Resende ABC Braga/POR 80 1996/97 Carlos Resende ABC Braga/POR 82 1997/98 Jozsef Eles MKB Veszprem KC/HUN 84 1998/99 Zlatko Saracevic RK Zagreb/CRO 90 1999/00 Zlatko Saracevic RK Zagreb/CRO 92 2000/01 Yuriy Kostetskiy ABC Braga/POR 81 2001/02 Nenad Perunicic SC Magdeburg 122 2002/03 Mirza Dzomba FOTEX KC Veszprem/HUN 67 2003/04 Siarhei Rutenka Celje Pivovarna Lasko/SLO 103 2004/05 Siarhei Rutenka Celje Pivovarna Lasko/SLO 85 2005/06 Kiril Lazarov MKB Veszprem/HUN 85 2006/07 Nikola Karabatic THW Kiel/GER 89 2007/08 Kiril Lazarov MKB Veszprem/HUN 96 Olafur Stefansson BM Ciudad Real/ESP 96 2008/09 Filip Jicha THW Kiel/GER 99 2009/10 Filip Jicha THW Kiel/GER 119 2010/11 Uwe Gensheimer Rhein-Neckar Löwen/GER 118 2011/12 Mikkel Hansen AG Kobenhavn 98
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