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Media Guide Women’s EHF Champions League Season 2015/16 Main Round
Table of contents
Foreword 5
Map of participating clubs 6
Women’s EHF Champions League Information 7
Media contacts - EHF/M, clubs contacts 8
2014/15 Seeding list 9
2014/15 Playing system diagram - stages and dates 10
Playing format 11
Important regulations - ranking of teams 12
Women’s EHF FINAL4 stays in Budapest until 2016 13
Extended women’s coverage on ehfTV 15
Facts & Figures 16
GROUP 1
Preview 18
Head-to-head stats 19
Rostov-Don 20
FTC Rail Cargo Hungaria 24
Larvik 28
Fleury Loiret Handball 32
Thüringer HC 36
HCM Baia Mare 40
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Table of contents
GROUP 2
Preview 44
Head-to-head stats 45
Buducnost 46
CSM Bucuresti 50
Györi Audi ETO KC 54
HC Vardar 58
FC Midtjylland 62
Sävehof IK 66
Group Matches Top scorers 70
Past winners 71
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Foreword
Dear media representative,
Welcome to the 2015/16 Women’s EHF Champions League Main Round.
Less than three weeks after Norway‘s triumph at 2015’s pinnacle national team event, the World
Championship, Europe’s elite women’s handball club competition returns to the spotlight as the
Women’s EHF Champions League Main Round starts.
From 6 January to 28 February, the six rounds of the main round will determine the eight
teams to make it to the quarter-finals. I take this opportunity to welcome twelve sides from ten
countries to the third phase of the competition.
Before we start analysing the two main round groups and their participants we should have a
look back to the tournament in Denmark last month, which underlined the prominent position
of the EHF Champions League in women‘s handball. Not only because no fewer than 93 players
from the European top flight took part in the event and because all twelve main round teams
had at least one player who took the floor in Denmark.
Almost 30 players return to the Champions League race decorated with a medal – eight
Norwegian reigning champions, four Dutch runners-up and 15 Romanian bronze medallists. And
it goes without saying that Champions League players created a backbone of almost all European
teams and former champions from Brazil.
We will all be eager to find out how the recently awarded medallists can transfer their success
from national team competition to their clubs. Their morale boost can prove to be a decisive
factor for their sides in what will become probably as close and thrilling a main round stage of
the Women‘s EHF Champions League as ever.
While all twelve participants have still a fair chance to reach the quarter-finals, there are still
eight to ten teams who have all what it takes to reach the season‘ culmination in Budapest – the
Women’s EHF FINAL4.
In Group 1 the new Russian powerhouse Rostov-Don has yet to drop a point in their maiden
Champions League campaign, while defending champions Buducnost dominate Group 2 in a
similar fashion having lost just one point. However, none of the group leaders can take the ticket
to Budapest for granted as packs of formidable contenders also eye a May trip to the Hungarian
capital.
Will Györ be able to show more consistency against fellow heavyweights? Will Baia Mare repeat
last year‘s amazing surge of reaching the quarter-finals despite starting with zero points? And
will two other ambitious newcomers CSM Bucuresti and Fleury Loiret Handball just make up the
numbers in the main round or can they make it to the next round? All these questions and many
more will be answered in the next two months.
To the teams, I wish you all the very best of luck! To the fans, I welcome you to the main round,
I invite you to sit back, relax, and enjoy the exciting show.
We pride ourselves on our positive and cooperative relationship with the press and media and
I am sure this will continue and develop in the future. Should you require any information, help
or assistance during the course of the season, your first point of contact is the EHF Media and
Communications Department based in our office in Vienna. They will be more than happy to
assist you with any questions you might have.
Jean Brihault
EHF President
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Györi Audi
WOMEN‘S EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE IK Sävehof, ETO KC, HUN
SWE
Season 2015/16 Glassverket,
NOR
Teams eliminated in qualification
Teams eliminated in Group Matches
Larvik HK,
NOR
Main Round teams BNTU BelAZ
Minsk Reg., BLR
Team Esbjerg,
DEN
FC Midtjylland, MKS Selgros
DEN Lublin, POL
SERCODAK
Dalfsen, NED
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Thüringer HC, Rostov-Don,
GER RUS
Fleury Loiret HCM Baia Mare,
Handball, FRA ROU
WOMEN‘S EHF FINAL4
Host City Budapest, HUN
Hypo
Niederösterreich, AUT
CSM Bucharest,
ROU
RK Krim
Mercator, SLO
Ankara
Yenimahalle BSK, TUR
HC Podravka
Vegeta, CRO FTC-Rail Cargo
Buducnost, Hungaria, HUN
HC Vardar, WHC Radnicki
MNE MKD Kragujevac, SRB
EHF Champions League information
New ways to follow the Women’s EHF Champions League Team line-ups and match reports can be viewed by clicking on a
particular match on the eurohandball.com or ehfCL.com websites.
The live stream on ehfTV.com is not the only way fans can follow the The online system is also under further development with the
action. ultimate aim being to provide live scores and statistics from EHF
competitions and to be available on the EHF website.
The EHF Live Ticker tracks the scores of all matches. Every goal,
missed shot and yellow card will be documented and live statistics Accreditation for Main Round
made available online for the first time at this stage of Europe’s elite
club competition. The written media and photographer’s accreditation procedure in the
Main Round is entirely in the responsibility of the participating clubs.
EHF Live launched
TV and Radio accreditations are subjects to approval by EHF
The EHF’s social media channels provide a very different view of both Marketing GmbH – please contact Miguel Mateo Marcellán.
men’s and women’s premier continental competition.
Online information
As well as the coverage on the EHF Champions League Facebook page
and Instagram reserved typically for the final weekends of major ehfCL.com
competitions, on two new channels. ehfTV.com
Regulations of the Women’s EHF Champions League
This season fans can follow the @EHF_Live Twitter account to keep up Twitter: @ehfmedia, @ehfcl
to date with all aspects of the event and add EHF_Live on Snapchat Facebook: ehf.champions.league
for a behind the scenes look.
Online match reports Official name
From the opening matches of the season, the complete team line-up The official name of the competition is: Women’s EHF Champions
is available online at eurohandball.com and available to download League. The full name of the competition should always be used.
as a PDF document. The change has been made possible thanks to
the introduction of a new online solution, which sees the EHF match Please note: If the season is required, it has to be positioned after
delegate complete the final team line-up immediately after the “Champions League” e.g. Women’s EHF Champions League 2013/14.
technical meeting. This development means that team line-ups are The wording “Champions League” should be written with a capital
available for commentators and reporters hours before each match letter at the beginning of each word, i.e. Champions League. The
throws-off. remaining letters should be in lower case. The word Champions does
not have an apostrophe after the ‘s’.
A further change means that a short time after each match, a
completed match report is also available online with details such as
goal scorers and number of spectators.
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EHF/M Media contacts
Media matters TV and Radio
Vlado Brindzak Miguel Mateo Marcellan
Media and Communications Media Manager
European Handball Federation EHF Marketing GmbH
+43 1 80 151 161 +43 1 80 151 224
brindzak@eurohandball.com mateo@ehfmarketing.com
Main Round Clubs – Media contacts
GROUP 1 GROUP 2
Larvik HK FTC Rail Cargo Hungaria FC Midtjylland Buducnost
Per Christian Andersen Andrea Pordán Troels Banggaard Milos Pavicevic
+47 479 38800 +36 20 365 8263 +4521249289 +382 682 226 66
pca@larvikhk.no pordan.andrea@ftckezilabda.hu tsb@fcm.dk zrkbuducnost@t-com.me
milos_ps@yahoo.com
Rostov-Don Thüringer HC HC Vardar CSM Bucuresti
Maksim Shchennikov Bernd Hohnstein Ivana Stojanovska Constantin Caliman
+7 918 5207625 +49 179 4649 389 +389 71 247 218 +40 721 800304
pzrostov@mail.ru hohnstein@thueringer-hc.de contact@zrkvardar.com caliman.constantin@csmbucuresti.ro
HCM Baia Mare Fleury Loiret Handball Györi Audi ETO KC IK Sävehof
Ramona Ioana Pop Antony Tahar Andrea Szilagyi Rüdiger Osterloh
+40744839987 +33 02 38866267 +36 70 394 95 96 +46 736 84 57 55
meramonaioana@gmail.com antony.tahar@fleuryloirethandball.com szilagyi.andrea@gyorietokc.hu rudiger@savehof.se
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WOMEN'S EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2015/16
Qualification
Tournaments Group Matches Main Round Quarterfinals FINAL4
Tournaments 4 groups with 4 teams 12 teams 8 teams 4 teams
16.-18.10.2015 (1) 08.-10.01.2016 (1)
12./13.09.2015 23.-25.10.2015 (2) 15.-17.01.2016 (2) 01.-03.04.2016 07./08.05.2016
tournaments 30.10.-01.11.2015 (3) 05.-07.02.2016 (3) first leg tournament
played in semi finals 06.-08.11.2015 (4) 12.-14.02.2016 (4)
and finals 13.-15.11.2015 (5) 19.-21.02.2016 (5) 08.-10.04.2016
NATION in one venue 20.-22.11.2015 (6) 26.-28.02.2016 (6) second leg in Budapest
DRAWS: 26 June 2015 in Vienna/AUT 26 June 2015 in Vienna/AUT no draw no draw 12.04.2016
1 HUN 1 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria
2 MNE 1 Buducnost
4 Winners of WOMEN'S EHF Champions League Quarterfinals
3 NOR 1 Larvik HK
4 DEN 1 FC Midtjylland
WOMEN'S EHF Champions League Main Round
1st, 2nd and 3rd placed team from each group
5 MKD 1 HC Vardar
1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed team of the
6 SLO 1 RK Krim Mercator
7 ROU 1 CSM Bucuresti
8 GER 1 Thüringer HC
9 RUS 1 Rostov-Don
10 SWE 1 IK Sävehof
11 AUT 1 Hypo Niederösterreich
12 CRO 1 HC Podravka Vegeta
13 FRA 1 Fleury Loiret Handball
14 POL 1 MKS Selgros Lublin
15 HUN 2 Györi Audi ETO KC
16 DEN 2 Team Esbjerg
Winners of the 2
17 NOR 2 Glassverket
tournaments
Qualification
18 ROU 2 HCM Baia Mare
19 BLR 1 HC BNTU-BelAZ Minsk
20 NED 1 Sercodak Dalfsen
21 SRB 1 WHC Radnicki Kragujevac
22 TUR 1 Ankara Yenimahalle BSK
2 groups with 4 teams
4th placed teams of CL Qualification Tournaments go
to Cup Winners' Cup Rd 2, 2nd and 3rd placed teams of
CL Qualification Tornaments go to Cup Winners' Cup
Rd 3
status: 23.06.2015
Women’s EHF Champions League 2015/16 playing system
Qualification Group Matches Main Round Quarter-finals FINAL4
Semi-finals
4 vs. 1
vs.
3 vs. 2
vs.
vs. 3rd Place Match
vs.
vs.
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Final
Home matches 3 3 1
Total matches 6 6 2
vs.
Season 2015/16 playing dates
Qualification Group Matches Main Round Quarter-finals FINAL4
12/13.09.2015 16. - 18.10.2015 08. - 10.01.2016 first leg 07. / 08.05.2016
23. - 25.10.2015 15. - 17.01.2016 01. - 03.04.2016
30.10. - 01.11.2015 05. - 07.02.2016
06. - 08.11.2015 12. - 14.02.2016 second leg
13 - 15.11.2015 19. - 21.02.2016 08. - 10.04.2016
20. - 22.11.2015 26. - 28.02.2016Playing format
The playing system has already seen the reduction of the number of In case of 2 teams of the same country play in the same group in the
qualification rounds from two to one and the creation of a new main main round, the order of the matches in this group can be changed by
round following the group matches, which remained in the same the EHF.
format of four groups with four teams each.
The teams ranked 1 to 4 in each group after the completion of the
From the group matches, three teams from each group qualified for main round qualify for the quarter-finals.
the main round and the fourth ranked team continues in the Last 16
of the Cup Winners’ Cup. Following the main round quarter-finals will Quarter-finals
be played on a knock-out home and away basis with the four winners
qualifying for the Women’s EHF FINAL4. The matches of the quarterfinals shall be played as first and second
leg matches.
Main Round
The matches of the quarter-finals are not drawn by lots, they result
The main round will be played in two groups of six teams each. The from the final standings of the main round.
1st, 2nd and 3rd ranked teams of group A and B of the group matches 4th placed team Group 2 vs. 1st placed team Group 1
go into the same group in the main round (Group 1 of the main round) 4th placed team Group 1 vs. 1st placed team Group 2
and 1st, 2nd and 3rd ranked team of group C and D of the Group 3rd placed team Group 2 vs. 2nd placed team Group 1
Matches go into the same group in the main round (Group 2). 3rd placed team Group 1 vs. 2nd placed team Group 2
The three teams coming from the same group take along their results
(points and goals) from the matches against each other. Each team There is no protection from teams of the same country. The winning
plays a home and an away match against those 3 teams qualifying teams of the quarter-finals qualify for the WOMEN’S EHF FINAL4.
from the parallel group.
The Main Round of the WOMEN’S EHF Champions League shall be
played in accordance with the schedule set out below.
Round 1: 1. A/C – 1.B/D and 2. A/C – 2. B/D and 3. A/C – 3. B/D
Round 2: 3. B/D – 1. A/C and 1. B/D – 2. A/C and 2. B/D – 3. A/C
Round 3: 1. A/C – 2. B/D and 2. A/C – 3. B/D and 3. A/C – 1. B/D
Round 4: 1. B/D – 1 A/C and 2. B/D – 2. A/C and 3. B/D – 3. A/C
Round 5: 1. A/C – 3. B/D and 2. A/C – 1. B/D and 3. A/C – 2. B/D
Round 6: 2. B/D – 1. A/C and 3. B/D – 2. A/C and 1. B/D – 3. A/C
11Important regulations
Scoring of the matches and ranking
General After completion of the group if two teams have scored the same
number of points:
All matches of the WOMEN’S EHF Champions League shall be a) number of points in matches of the two teams directly involved; b)
played in 2 x 30 minutes with a half-time break of 10 minutes. The goal difference in matches of the two teams directly involved;
EHF reserves the right to extend the half-time break in special c) higher number of goals scored in the away match of the two teams
circumstances to 15 minutes. directly involved;
d) goal difference in all matches of the group;
The matches shall be scored as follows: a) win = 2 points b) draw = 1 e) higher number of plus goals in all matches of the group;
point c) loss = 0 points
After completion of the group if three or more teams have scored
Teams’ rankings are obtained by adding up the number of points won. the same number of points:
a) number of points in matches of all teams directly involved;
Group Matches and Main Round b) goal difference in matches of all teams directly involved;
c) higher number of plus goals in matches of all teams directly
If two or more teams have scored the same number of points, the involved;
ranking will be determined as follows: d) goal difference in all matches of the group;
e) higher number of plus goals in all matches of the group;
During the matches of the group: f) higher ranking in Group Matches (Main Round only)
a) higher goal difference in all matches; g) greater number of points in Group Matches (Main Round only)
b) greater number of plus goals in all matches;
If the ranking of one of these teams is determined, the criteria are
consecutively followed until the ranking of all teams is determined.
If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained by
drawing lots. Lots shall be drawn by the EHF, if possible in the
presence of team managers.
12Women’s EHF FINAL4 stays in Budapest until 2016
Following its successful first two editions in Budapest in 2014 and 2015, the Women’s EHF FINAL4
will stay for another year in the Hungarian capital.
Hungarian side Györi Audi ETO KC won the maiden edition in May 2014 in front of 10,000 frenetic
fans, while Buducnost dominated one year later.
The agreement which was reached with the Hungarian Handball Federation as organisers sees the
event being played in Budapest’s Papp Laszlo Sportarena 2016.
More information at: www.ehfFINAL4.com
Media Accrediation for the Women’s EHF FINAL4
The accreditation procedure of media representatives for the Women’s EHF FINAL4 will start in
March 2016.
Tickets for 2016 Women’s EHF FINAL4 on sale
Coinciding with the event’s 200 days to go-mark, tickets for the 2016 edition of Women’s EHF
FINAL4 in Budapest went on sale on 18 October 2015. Up to 12,000 spectators will be able to follow
the showpiece event on 7/8 May 2016 in the Hungarian capital’s Papp László Budapest Sportaréna.
Tickets can be purchased via the official website, www.ehfFINAL4.com . All tickets are valid for both
playing days.
Ticket prices:
Category 1: 39,990 HUF (approx. 130 €)
Category 2: 27,990 HUF (approx. 90 €)
Category 3: 19,990 HUF (approx. 65 €)
Category 4 tickets at 9,900 HUF (approx. 35€) will go on sale at a later stage.
15 per cent ticket discount for clubs
The Hungarian Handball Federation and EHF Marketing GmbH, as organisers of the WOMEN’S EHF
FINAL4, have come up with a special offer for clubs and federations to turn a visit to the showpiece
event in women’s club handball into a true team happening.
If 15 tickets or more are being bought in bulk, a discount of 15 per cent applies to all tickets.
This means that Category 1 tickets are available for 33,900 HUF / €110 (regular price 39,990 HUF /
€130), and Category 2 tickets cost 23,800 HUF / €76 (27,990 HUF / €90) and Category 3 tickets cost
16,990 HUF / €55 (19,990 HUF / €65).
This offer is valid until 31 January 2016. Ticket requests shall be sent to ticketing@
handballfederation.hu
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14Extended women’s coverage on ehfTV.com
The complete coverage of all matches means that only during the
group stage of both competitions handball fans will be spoilt by over
300 matches.
ehfTV.com extends the coverage of the Women’s CL
Since the 2014/15 season, handball’s leading live streaming platform
ehfTV.com has been preparing a special package for all fans of women’s
handball.
From the opening round of the group matches ehfTV produces a new
magazine compiling the most interesting scenes of the round.
Every Monday after a playing round “REWIND - The Women’s Handball
Show” will not only show the highlights of the games, but also
All matches of new season live interviews with players and selections of the top five goals and saves.
Handball fans across Europe will not miss a single match in the new During the 26 minute long programme fans will also be introduced to a
season of both elite European club competitions. All matches starting rookie of the round followed by best scenes of the three biggest stars
from Group Phase of the VELUX EHF Champions League and Group of the round.
Matches of the Women´s EHF Champions League will be broadcast
live and free of charge on ehfTV.com and the videos of all matches
will be also on demand (subject to geo-blocking restrictions).
TV stations broadcast matches all over the world
The matches of this season in both the VELUX EHF Champions League and the Women’s EHF Champions League are shown live or delayed almost
all over the world. Not less than 40 TV stations will broadcast matches live or delayed.
Only in Europe fans are able to watch matches in 19 countries, but also the handball TV audience in America (USA and Brazil), Asia and Africa
(countries of Middle East and North Africa, Malaysia and Singapore) can enjoy a television coverage.
See the list of TV stations and countries below:
Europe • MNE Arena Sport Asia & Africa
• AUT ORFsportplus • NOR Viasat Sport • MENA beIN Sports MENA
• BEL Eleven Sports • POL NC+ • MYS Eleven Sports
• BIH Arena Sport • ROU Digisport Romania • SGP Eleven Sports
• CRO HRT • ROU Dolce Sport
News
• CRO Hrvatski Telekom/ Arena Sport • RUS NTV+
• HUN MTVA
• DEN DR 1/2 • SLO Sport TV Slovenia
• SLO RTVSLO
• DEN Viasat Denmark • SRB Arena Sport
• SWE SVT
• FRA beIN Sports • SVK/CZE Sport 1 Slovakia
• GER MDR • SWE Viasat 10
• HUN sport1/2
• MKD MKRTV America
• BRA Esporte Interactivo
• MKD Arena Sport
• USA beIN Sports USA
• MNE PRVA TV
15Facts and figures of the group matches
Györ the spectator magnet, Rostov top of the points
Following six rounds and 48 games, the group match stage of the Buducnost, Larvik and Baia Mare. Volgograd, Viborg, Metz, Leipzig
Women’s EHF Champions League has come to an end with the final did not even qualify for the group matches, while Krim were
whistle of the postponed match between Fleury and Thüringer eliminated.
HC on Wednesday night (27:21), in which Fleury’s star Alexandrina
Barbosa took the second position in the top scorer ranking. Both 9 - group matches ended with 60 goals or more overall, all of them
sides had already clinched the berth for the main round, which will in groups A and C - topped in the match of Krim vs Rostov (31:36)
begin on Friday, but they now know the exact number of points with 67 goals.
they carry to the next stage.
10 - nations are represented by the 12 main round participants,
ehfCL.com has analysed the group matches and has composed compared to 11 in the previous season. The only nation missing is
a selection of the most important facts and figures of this stage. Slovenia, whereas all other nations are identical.
Through this analysis, this year shows that not one dominating
team tops all departments, but the ‘victory’ is split as Rostov have 11 - matches were attended by 3,000 or more spectators.
the largest number of points, Vardar the best attack, Buducnost the
best defence and Györ the highest number of spectators. 12 - group matches ended with a goal difference of ten or more
goals. The biggest margin in one match was 19 goals, when Györ
1 - team finished the group with a clear record of six victories from beat Hypo by a final score of 37:16.
six matches, Rostov-Don, to earn 12 points. Additionally, FTC and
Buducnost (11 points each) remained undefeated. 15 - goals in one match (after 60 minutes) was the lowest score,
from Midtjylland in their 15:25 loss against Vardar.
2 - nations are represented by two teams in the main round:
Hungary (Györ, FTC) and Romania (Baia Mare, Bucuresti) 21 - away victories were among those 48 group matches.
2 - teams made it from qualification to main round: Baia Mare and 22 - times the home teams took the victory.
Györ.
36 - main round matches are ahead to decide the participants for
2 - teams start their main round campaign with zero points on their the quarter-finals.
account: Romanian runner-up Baia Mare (same as in the previous
season, but later they made it to the quarter-finals) and Sävehof. +38 - is the best overall goal differential of all teams involved in the
group phase – achieved by Vardar and Buducnost
3 - teams failed to accumulate a single point in the group phase:
Krim, Hypo and Lublin. Podravaka also remain winless, but had one 45 - goals were scored by Allison Pineau (Baia Mare) to top the top
point on their account. scorers’ list after the group stage, followed by Fleury’s Alexandrina
Barbosa (39) and the Buducnost’s top strikers Katarina Bulatovic
3 - times Fleury managed to tie in the group matches, once against (38) and Cristina Neagu (37).
each of their opponents. Therefore, the French champions had
more draws on their account than all three remaining groups. 67 - goals were scored in the match Krim vs Rostov, with the highest
number of strikes.
3 - group matches ended with 40 goals or less. The lowest number
of combined goals was 36 in the match between Fleury and 76 - goals were scored in both group games between Fleury and
Podravka (19:17). Podravka to be the overall lowest scoring match-up.
3 - former or current Champions League winners are part of the 117 - goals were scored by Podravka to have the weakest attack of
main round: Györ (2013, 2014), Buducnost (2012, 2015) and Larvik all 16 participants.
(2011).
131 - goals were conceded by Buducnost to have the best defence
3 - former Champions League winners were eliminated on their way
from the group stage to the main round: Krim, Hypo and Podravka. 182 - goals were attained by Vardar in their six group matches to
give them the best attack of all 16 participants.
5 - of the total 48 group matches ended with a draw, including the
three draws of Fleury. 2,517 - goals were scored in the group phase, with an average of
52,4 goals per match. Groups A (671) and C (634) were the groups
5 - goals scored in one half was the lowest of all matches, when with the highest number of goals, ahead of D (611) and B (601) .
Podravka were down 5:13 at FTC at the break. In addition, Podravka
only scored six goals in the first half, as did Hypo against Györ. 4,732 - spectators on average attended Györ’s home matches.
7 - teams, which have been part of the 2014/15 main round are 5,089 spectators saw the match of Györ vs Vardar, as the fan
again part of this stage: Vardar, Thüringer HC, Sävehof, Györ, highlight.
16ENERGY
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WWW.ADIDASHANDBALL.COMGroup 1 preview
GROUP 1 STANDINGS
1. Rostov-Don 4 4 0 0 102:92 (10) 8
2. FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 4 3 1 0 126:106 (20) 7
3. Larvik 4 2 0 2 104:104 (0) 4
4. Fleury Loiret Handball 4 1 2 1 105:112 (-7) 4
5. Thüringer HC 4 0 1 3 103:116 (-13) 1
6. HCM Baia Mare 4 0 0 4 97:107 (-10) 0
Brilliant newcomers and unbeaten record breakers collide
The Russian, the Hungarian, the Norwegian, the French and the German national champions await Romanian
runners-up HCM Baia Mare in Group 1 of the Main Round. Unbeaten newcomers Rostov Don are in pole position
while record breaking FTC and Larvik are trailing the Russians with Fleury Loiret, Thüringer and Baia Mare behind
them.
Group 1 might look slightly more balanced than group 2 but it is still almost impossible to predict how far can Rostov
Don extended their unbeaten run, what the end of the heavy injury crisis means for Larvik or the true colours of
Ferencváros, who won the group of champions. Current top scorer Allison Pineau’s Baia Mare, newcomers Fleury
Loiret and last year’s quarter-finalist Thüringer are likely to fight for the fourth qualification berth but any of them can
upset the big guys who start the Main Round with considerable point advantages.
Even before their debut in the Women’s EHF Champions League you could tell by their roster that Rostov Don are
a forced to be reckoned with but the Russian champions surprised all by marching through one of the hardest
groups. Apart from the highly convincing win over Larvik Jan Leslie’s team played balanced games against qualified
opponents winning them by 1-2 goal margins. Katrine Lunde and Anna Sedoykina form the most in-form goalkeeper
partnership of the competition while Ekaterina Ilina takes care of business at the other end of the court. Don are
huge favourites to reach the quarter-final and not only because of their immaculate record.
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungária are another serious contender who have not tasted defeat so far in the competition but
their group failed to put the Hungarian champions to the test. Ferencváros can rely on their faithful crowd who
make the trip to Budapest a pain in the neck for any European heavyweight but FTC also claimed crucial points away
from home en route to their record six-match unbeaten run. The heavy artillery line of Szandra Szöllősi-Zácsik, Zita
Szucsánszki and Nerea Pena can take Ferencváros far and their trip to Rostov in the first round will clear the picture
about the true potential of the team with the most goals scored in the Main Round. Larvik were hit by an injury crisis
earlier on but the Norwegian powerhouse are now firing on all cylinders. Norway won the World Cup a fortnight
ago which helps to boost the confidence in the ranks of Larvik and Nora Mörk and co. start the Main Round from a
promising position. The highly rated youngsters and the returning stars of Larvik form a dangerous opponent with
their trademark counter-attacking style but the home match against Rostov Don showed their weaknesses.
HCM Baia Mare may start the Main Round with zero points but as long as the rampant Allison Pineau keeps her form
the Romanian outfit will not give up fighting for a quarter-final place. The squad of Baia Mare is strong enough to
reach their goal but apart from the French playmaker the other big guns are yet to show consistency. Fleury Loiret,
who only lost one game in their maiden Women’s EHF Champions League campaign, have a considerable points
advantage over the Romanian team and the excellent combination of French and Spanish key players are eager
to continue their excellent run while Thüringer would need an outstanding run of results to remain in the race for
qualification.
Bence Martha
18Group 1 head-to-heads
Historic encounters of the Group 1 opponents in the EC
Rostov-Don vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 1-0-1 (46:54) 2:2
05.02.2012 Rostov-Don vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria, Cup Winners’ Cup – Last 16 23:22 (13:8)
11.02.2012 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria vs Rostov-Don, Cup Winners’ Cup – Last 16 32:23 (15:11)
Rostov-Don vs Thüringer HC
No previous encounters in European competitions
Rostov-Don vs Fleury Loiret Handball 0-0-1 (21:26) 0:2
14.09.2013 Rostov-Don vs Fleury Loiret Handball, EHF Champions League – Qualification Tournament 2 21:26 (11:12)
Larvik vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 3-0-3 (166:158) 6:6
08.11.1998 Larvik HK vs HERZ - FTC Budapest, Cup Winners’ Cup – Last 16 33:23 (16:11)
15.11.1998 HERZ - FTC Budapest vs Larvik HK, Cup Winners’ Cup – Last 16 33:24 (17:11)
11.01.2004 Larvik HK vs FTC Budapest, EHF Champions League – Group D 29:22 (13:15)
07.02.2004 FTC Budapest vs Larvik HK, EHF Champions League – Group D 29:26 (18:16)
21.10.2012 FTC Rail Cargo Hungaria vs Larvik, EHF Champions League – Group C 28:24 (16:12)
17.11.2012 Larvik vs FTC Rail Cargo Hungaria, EHF Champions League – Group C 30:23 (16:13)
Larvik vs Thüringer HC 2-0-0 (65:44) 4:0
04.04.2015 Thüringer HC vs Larvik, EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 26:29 (11:14)
11.04.2015 Larvik vs Thüringer HC, EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 36:18 (17:9)
Larvik vs Fleury Loiret Handball
No previous encounters in European competitions
HCM Baia Mare vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria
No previous encounters in European competitions
HCM Baia Mare vs Thüringer HC 1-0-1 (49:55) 2:2
06.10.2013 Thüringer HC vs HCM Baia Mare, EHF Champions League – Group A 36:29 (18:15)
10.11.2013 HCM Baia Mare vs Thüringer HC, EHF Champions League – Group A 20:19 (10:11)
HCM Baia Mare vs Fleury Loiret Handball
No previous encounters in European competitions
19GROUP 1 Rostov-Don (RUS)
Maybe it is a good omen for Rostov-Don that the last debutants, which won the EHF
Champions League in their first appearance, came from Russia: Zvezda Zvenigorod in the
2007/08 season. After failing three straight times in the qualification tournaments, Rostov
will now start their maiden voyage in the Champions League - and a large number of experts
predict that the Russian champions are contenders for going all the way to the EHF FINAL4 in
Budapest in May.
Those predictions are mainly due to Rostov’s signings - and are centralised around one name:
Katrine Lunde - for many the best goalkeeper in the world, two-time Olympic champion, three-
time EHF EURO champion, world champion and four-time Champions League winner.
The Norwegian began her new chapter in Russia last year, after giving birth to her baby and
leaving Györ. She has replaced Montenegrin goalkeeper Sonja Barjaktarovic. In addition, six
Russian internationals have transferred to Rostov - Anna Sen (Györ), Ksenia Makeeva (Baia
Mare), Ekaterina Davydenko (Baia Mare), Oxana Kiseleva (Kuban), Anna Sedoykina (Dinamo-
Sinara) and Maria Basarab (Zvezda) – making them a dominant force.
The previous Rostov squad, led by Danish-born coach Jan Leslie, nearly won the treble last
season. After becoming Russian champions, cup winners, and, subsequently, participated twice
in the semi-final at the EHF Cup Winners’ Cup in 2013 and 2014, Rostov made it to the final of
the EHF Cup in May. But all hopes of winning their first international trophy were shattered by
Playing hall the Danish side Team Tvis Holstebro in a 20:33 defeat.
Palace of Sport “ Rostov Don”
St. Khalturinsky str. 103 A coup like this would be the icing on the cake for the 50th anniversary of the club, which will
344011 Rostov-Don include a big celebration, as well as a match against the Russian national team. Considering the
Russia summer signings who were added by Leslie’s compatriot Lotte Grigel during the winter break it
Capacity: 3,500 came as little surprise that the Russian newcomers are the only team in the competition with a
perfect record of six wins from six group matches.
Club Address:
Rostov-Don GROUP A FINAL STANDINGS
1 Konnoy Army street, 4-a
344029 Rostov-on-Don 1. Rostov-Don 6 6 0 0 173:148 (25) 12
Russia
2. Larvik 6 4 0 2 173:153 (20) 8
Media contact: 3. HCM Baia Mare 6 2 0 4 165:162 (3) 4
Maksim Shchennikov 4. RK Krim Mercator 6 0 0 6 160:208 (-48) 0
+7 918 5207625
pzrostov@mail.ru Group Matches results:
@ Larvik W27:21 (14:10) Past achievements
Online information: vs RK Krim Mercator W35:25 (16:12)
Website: www.rostovhandball.ru @ HCM Baia Mare W22:20 (13:10) Women’s EHF Champions League
Facebook: RostovHandball vs HCM Baia Mare W27:26 (14:15) Participations (including 2015/16
Twitter: @HCRostovDon vs Larvik W26:25 (15:14) season): 4
@ RK Krim Mercator W36:31 (18:14) Qualification (3): 2011/12, 2012/13,
2013/14
Kit colours Qualification for the Women’s EHF Champions
League 2015/16 season: Russian champions Other
Light EHF Cup: runners-up 2014/15, quarter-
Player shirt: yellow-black final 2009/10
Late entry:
Player short: yellow Cup Winners’ Cup: semi-final 2012/13,
Lotte Grigel
Goalkeeper shirt: yellow 2013/14, quarter-final 2010/11
Dark
Player shirt: black-yellow Russian league: 4 titles (1990, 1991,
Player short: black 1994, 2015)
Goalkeeper shirt: dark red Russian cup: 7 titles
20Rostov-Don (RUS)
Club records – EHF Champions League
Biggest win: 35:25 (16:12) v RK Krim Mercator SLO (h), 24.10.2015
Biggest defeat: N/A
Longest winning run: 6 matches (17.10.2015 – 20.11.2015)
Longest unbeaten run: 6 matches (17.10.2015 – 20.11.2015)
Longest losing run: N/A
Longest run without win: N/A
Most goals: 36 v RK Krim Mercator SLO 36:31W (a), 20.11.2015
Most goals opponent: 31 v RK Krim Mercator SLO 36:31W (a), 20.11.2015
Most goals both teams: 67 v RK Krim Mercator SLO 36:31W (a), 20.11.2015
Fewest goals: 22 v HCM Baia Mare ROU 22:20W (a), 30.10.2015
Fewest goals opponent: 20 v HCM Baia Mare ROU 22:20W (a), 30.10.2015
Fewest goals both teams: 42 v HCM Baia Mare ROU 22:20W (a), 30.10.2015
EHF Champions League record
MP W T L GF GA GD PTS Stage
Reached
N/A
21Rostov-Don (RUS)
Team roster
No. First name Surname Nat. Position Date of birth Place of birth Height Goals
77 Elena Avdekova RUS Left Wing 07/01/1989 Novokuznetsk, RUS 180 5
17 Vladlena Bobrovnikova RUS Left Back 24/10/1987 Krasnodar, RUS 180 18
99 Viktoriya Borshchenko UKR Left Wing 05/01/1986 Herson, UKR 170 14
18 Ekaterina Davydenko RUS Right Back 07/03/1989 Togliatti, RUS 184 7
33 Ekaterina Ilina RUS Left Back 07/03/1991 Togliatti, RUS 175 34
61 Lotte Grigel DEN Centre Back 05/04/1991 Esbjerg, DEN 165
22 Oxana Kiseleva RUS Left Wing 12/07/1988 Krasnodar, RUS 162 8
19 Kseniya Makeeva RUS Line Player 19/09/1990 Ufa, RUS 182 9
6 Iuliia Managarova UKR Right Wing 27/09/1988 Dnieprpetrovsk, UKR 170 31
7 Mayya Petrova RUS Line Player 26/05/1982 Volgograd, RUS 184 7
10 Anna Punko RUS Right Back 27/03/1989 Krasnodar, RUS 185 2
8 Anna Sen RUS Left Back 03/12/1990 Krasnodar, RUS 185 17
23 Regina Shymkute RUS Left Back 21/12/1985 Herson, UKR 179 16
4 Elena Slivinskaya RUS Left Back 09/05/1980 Rostov-On-Don, RUS 186 3
71 Alexandra Stepanova RUS Line Player 21/06/1989 Lievsk, RUS 180 2
15 Marina Sudakova RUS Right Wing 17/02/1989 Volgograd, RUS 156
3 Katrine Lunde NOR Goalkeeper 30/03/1980 Kristiansand, NOR 181
21 Anna Sedoykina RUS Goalkeeper 01/08/1984 Volgograd, RUS 181
1 Galina Mekhdieva RUS Goalkeeper 17/06/1985 Rostov-On-Don, RUS 180
12 Mariya Basarab RUS Goalkeeper 19/01/1990 Uray, RUS 186
16 Marina Skladchikova RUS Goalkeeper 22/11/1990 Krasnodar, RUS 191
Jan Leslie
coach
• signed with Rostov-Don in 2014
• his first experience away from his home country Denmark
• won the Russian league in his debut season, having led Rostov-
Don to the champion’s title for the first time since 1994
• previously worked in Denamrk at Skjern, Aalborg, Esbjerg and
Randers and won the EHF Cup in 2010 and the Danish league in 2012
with Randers
• considered one of the top Danish coaches of the new generation
EC trophies: EHF Cup 2010 (as coach)
22Katrine Lunde Viktoria Borshchenko
goalkeeper left wing
• one of the best goalkeepers in the world who has • won Russian league four times during her five
a big collection of major trophies won both with seasons in Russia: with Dinamo Volgograd in 2011,
clubs and the Norwegian national team 2012, 2013 and with Rostov-Don in 2015
• her move to Rostov-Don after five years at • in her native Ukraine, she played for Dnepryanka
Hungary’s Györ was one of the biggest transfer Kherson, Smart Krivy Rog and Galychanka Lviv
events in Europe in summer 2015
• took part in a number of World and European
• missed the last season at Györ because of Championships with the Ukraine national team
pregnancy and got a baby in March
• can play not only as a left wing but, if necessary,
• already worked with Jan Leslie at Aalborg, and also as a playmaker
this was one of the factors of her moving to Rostov
EC Trophies: CL 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014
OG: G 2008, 2012, EURO: G 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, S 2002, 2012
WCh: G 2011, S 2007, B 2009
Regina Shymkute Anna Sen
left back left back
• born in Kherson, Ukraine in the family of a • came back to Rostov-Don after a season in
Lithuanian father and a Russian mother, and Hungary where she played for Gyor
therefore has a Lithuanian last name
• her first spell at Rostov was in 2011-14, and during
• moved to Rostov-Don in 2010 after years of that time she was the Russian Cup twice, in 2012 and
playing in Ukraine and Romania 2013
• played for Ukraine national team for many • has also played for Kuban Krasnodar and Zvezda
years but in December 2014 decided to change her Zvenigorod, but has never been a Russian champion
citizenship and got a Russian passport yet
• played football at a young age and at some point • in 2008 won the Junior World Championship with
even took the 4th place in the Ukrainian league with Russia and became the top scorer of that tournament
her team
Ekaterina Ilina Maya Petrova
centre back line player
• one of the best Russian playmakers and the big • started her 13th season at Rostov-Don in 2015,
revelation of the last season but had never become the Russian champion with
this club before the previous season
• moved to Rostov-Don in 2014 from Lada Toliatti
just after winning the EHF Cup with that team • has been playing for Russian national team in
beach handball as well
• in 2008 became the Junior World Champion with
the Russian team in Bratislava • married to a football player Alexander Petrov
and has two sons Artem and Dima
• won her first domestic trophies later than
international ones, having become the Russian • has two diplomas of higher education after
champion and Supercup winner with Rostov in 2015 graduating from the Kuban State University as well
as the Architecture and Construction Institute
EC trophies: EHF Cup 2014 EURO: B 2008, WCh: G 2009
Ekaterina Davydenko Iuliia Managarova
right back back
• came back to Russia in summer after a year spent • moved to Rostov in 2013 and quickly became one
at HCM Baia Mare in Romania of the favorite players of local fans
• already won her first trophy at Rostov-Don, • quiet and humble off the court but a natural
namely the Russian Supercup leader in the game with a powerful shot and great
scoring abilities
• bBefore 2014, spent her entire career at Lada in
her home town Toliatti • was a key player in the Ukraine national team but
opted to change citizenship hoping to play for Russia
• started to play for the Russian national team at
an early age and won the bronze medal of the EHF • champion of three countries: Ukraine with Smart
EURO at 19 Krivy Rog, Romania with Oltchim and Russia with
Rostov-Don
EC trophies: EHF Cup 2012, 2014
EHF EURO: B 2008
23GROUP 1 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria (HUN)
None of the 16 participants of the Women’s EHF Champions League season have a shorter
journey to Papp Laszlo Arena - the hosting venue of the Women’s EHF FINAL4 in May 2016 -
than Dabas based FTC Rail-Cargo Hungaria.
Regardless of this closeness the route to the pinnacle event looks quite far, despite FTC having
a successful series against Györ in the Hungarian league in the previous season - beating them
in the final series. Under their former name Herz Budapest the Ferencvaros club made it to the
semi-finals of the Champions League in 2001.
In the previous season, FTC came up short in the Champions League qualification against
Leipzig one season after they nearly made it to the semi-finals again.
The team of head coach Gabor Elek has lost its “strongest weapon in attack,” as former
Champions League top scorer Zsuzsanna Tomori has transferred to their main rivals Györ and
Orsolya Verten ended her career, but FTC are in the limited company of just three unbeaten
teams after the group matches.
Ferencvaros lost just one point away to Fleury and will start the main round stage with seven
points. Until now they can rely on the back court artillery of three “S” - Szucsanski, Szollosi-
Zacsik and Szekerces.
Playing hall
City Hall Dabas
Iscola utca 5
2370 Dabas
Hungary
GROUP B FINAL STANDINGS
Capacity: 2,498
1. FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 6 5 1 0 181:146 (35) 11
2. Fleury Loiret Handball 6 2 3 1 144:149 (-5) 7
3. Thüringer HC 6 2 1 3 159:156 (3) 5
Club address: 4. HC Podravka Vegeta 6 0 1 5 117:150 (-33) 1
FTC Rail Cargo Hungaria
Kobanyai ut 47/a.
1101 Budapest Group Matches results: Past achievements
Hungary vs HC Podravka Vegeta W28:16 (13:5)
@ Fleury Loiret Handball D28:28 (11:14) Women’s EHF Champions League
Media contact: @ Thüringer HC W30:27 (18:13) Participations (including 2015/16
Andrea Pordán vs Thüringer HC W32:28 (19:12) season): 16
+36 20 365 8263 @ HC Podravka Vegeta W24:27 (12:16) Runners-up: 2001/02
pordan.andrea@ftckezilabda.hu vs Fleury Loiret Handball W36:23 (24:12) Semi-finals: 1996/97, 2000/01
Quarter-finals: 1999/2000, 2002/03,
Online information: Qualification for the Women’s EHF Champions 2003/04
Website: kezilabda.fradi.hu League 2015/16 season: Hungarian champions Main Round: 2012/13
Facebook: ftckezilabda Group Matches/Champions League:
1994/95, 1995/96, 1997/98, 2006/07,
2007/08, 2013/14
Qualification: 2009/10, 2014/15
Kit colours Other
Light EHF Cup: winners: 2005/06, semi-finals:
Player shirt: white 2004/05
Player short: white
Goalkeeper shirt: red Cup Winners’ Cup: winners 2010/11,
2011/12, semi-finals: 2006/07, 2014/15
Dark
Player shirt: green
Hungarian league: 12 titles (1966, 1968,
Player short: green
1969, 1971, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997,
Goalkeeper shirt: blue/black
2000, 2002, 2007, 2015)
Hungarian cup: 12 titles
24FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria (HUN)
Club records – EHF Champions League
Biggest win: 42:16 (19:7) v Anagennisi Artas GRE (h), 18.01.1997
Biggest defeat: 22:32 (11:13) v CS ‘Oltchim’ Rm. Valcea ROU (h), 04.11.2007
Longest winning run: 5 matches (14.10.2012 – 11.11.2012)
Longest unbeaten run: 6 matches (17.02.1996 – 05.01.1997)
6 matches (18.10.2015 - 22.11.2015)
Longest losing run: 4 matches (12.01.2007 – 17.02.2007)
4 matches (27.10.2007 – 16.11.2007)
4 matches (02.03.2013 – 06.10.2013)
Longest run without win: 5 matches (04.01.1998 – 31.10.1999)
Most goals: 42 v Anagennisi Artas GRE 42:16W (h), 18.01.1997
Most goals opponent: 39 v Viborg HK A/S DEN 39:30L (a), 13.01.2008
Most goals both teams: 70 v Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 34:36L (h), 10.02.2007
Fewest goals: 17 v Volgograd AKVA RUS 22:17L (a), 03.03.2001
Fewest goals opponent: 16 v Anagennisi Artas GRE 42:16W (h), 18.01.1997
16 v TUS Walle Bremen GER 27:16W (h), 25.01.1997
16 v HC Podravka Vegeta CRO 28:16W (h), 18.10.2015
Fewest goals both teams: 36 v Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 18:18D (h), 31.03.1996
EHF Champions League record
MP W T L GF GA GD PTS Stage
Reached
1994/95 Ferencvaros Budapest HUN 6 3 1 2 135:129 +6 7:5 3rd Gr. B
1995/96 Ferencvaros Budapest HUN 6 3 2 1 145:137 +8 8:4 2nd Gr. B
1996/97 Ferencvaros Budapest HUN 10 6 1 3 264:208 +56 13:7 1/2-finals
1997/98 HERZ – FTC Budapest HUN 6 1 1 4 147:159 –12 3:9 3rd Gr. B
1999/00 HERZ – FTC Budapest HUN 8 4 0 4 204:201 +3 8:8 1/4-finals
2000/01 HERZ – FTC Budapest HUN 10 5 0 5 264:232 +32 10:10 1/2-finals
2001/02 HERZ – FTC Budapest HUN 12 6 2 4 348:341 +7 14:10 Runner-up
2002/03 HERZ – FTC Budapest HUN 8 6 0 2 252:228 +24 12:4 1/4-finals
2003/04 FTC Budapest HUN 8 5 0 3 220:221 -1 10:6 1/4-finals
2006/07 FTC Budapest HUN 6 2 0 4 177:188 -11 4:8 3rd Gr. D
2007/08 Budapest Bank-FTC HUN 6 1 0 5 165:192 –27 2:10 4th Gr. D
2012/13 FTC Rail Cargo Hungaria HUN 12 8 0 4 346:336 +10 16:8 3rd MR Gr. 2
2013/14 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria HUN 6 3 0 3 162:161 +1 6:6 3rd Gr. B
Total 104 53 7 44 2829:2733 +96 113:95
25FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria (HUN)
Team roster
No. First name Surname Nat. Position Date of birth Place of birth Height Goals
3 Anita Cifra HUN Line Player 6.8.1989 Bekes, HUN 180 2
45 Noemi Hafra HUN Centre Back 5.10.1998 Cegléd, HUN 180 1
92 Dora Hornyak HUN Left Back 24.1.1992 Debrecen, HUN 176 20
19 Monika Kovacsicz HUN Right Wing 20.11.1983 Komarno, SVK 171 12
22 Viktoria Lukacs HUN Right Wing 31.10.1995 Budapest, HUN 165 13
21 Greta Marton HUN Left Wing 3.10.1999 Mohacs, HUN 175
14 Rea Reka Meszaros HUN Line Player 14.4.1994 Vac, HUN 172 2
29 Noemi Mod HUN Centre Back 20.4.1997 Mohacs, HUN 175
98 Piroska Pappne Szamoransky HUN Line Player 9.7.1986 Györ, HUN 173 18
25 Nerea Pena Abaurrea ESP Centre Back 13.12.1989 Pamplona, ESP 175 20
6 Nadine Schatzl HUN Left Wing 19.11.1993 Munich, GER 173 12
4 Adrienn Szarka HUN Left Wing 28.6.1991 Kiskunhalas, HUN 176 1
94 Luca Szekerczes HUN Right Back 18.6.1994 Bonyhád, HUN 175 24
10 Klára Szekeres HUN Left Back 1.12.1987 Békéscsaba, HUN 186 2
2 Szandra Szollosi-Zacsik HUN Right Back 22.4.1990 Komarno, SVK 183 28
8 Zita Szucsanszki HUN Centre Back 22.5.1987 Budapest, HUN 172 26
16 Alena Abramovich BLR Goalkeeper 18.07.1981 Minsk, BLR 192
27 Katarina Tomasevic SRB Goalkeeper 6.2.1984 Belgrade, SRB 179
12 Melinda Szikora HUN Goalkeeper 19.11.1988 Kiskunhalas, HUN 175
72 Petra Hlogyik HUN Goalkeeper 28.2.1999 Tatabánya, HUN 180
Gabor Elek
coach
• son of legendary Ferencváros coach, who led the team for almost three
decades, now plays in the arena that is named after his father, Gyula Elek
• has been at the helm in Ferencváros since 2008 but he won his first
domestic gold medal in 2015 having already won an enermous amount of
silvers behind Györ
• won back-to-back Cup Winners’ Cups with his team in 2011 and 2012
• respected member of the Ferencváros family, apart from his father his
mother also played for the club
EC trophies: Cup Winners’ Cup: 2011, 2012
26Katarina Tomasevic Nadine Schatzl
goalkeeper left wing
• youngster is already a two-time Hungarian
• the Serbian goalkeeper is a real globetrotter,
champion and cup winner and played in the CL final
played in Austria, Denmark, Spain, Serbia, Germany
with Györ at the age of nineteen in 2012
and France before Ferencváros
• despite her young age she has already featured in
• has four national championship titles (Austrian,
the EHF Cup and the Cup Winners’ Cup with Érd
Serbian, German and Hungarian) under her belt
• born in Munich, Germany but started playing
• signed a two-year contract in 2014
handball in Mohács at the age of 10
• veteran goalie has already participated in all
• member of the Hungarian national team, is
international EHF tournaments and reached the
getting more and more time on the court at FTC
semi-finals of both WCh and EURO
WCh: S 2013
Nerea Pena Szandra Szöllősi-Zácsik
left back left back
• Spanish international signed from Itxako in 2012 • back in business for 2015/16 after two serious
and has been a clutch player for Elek ever since shoulder injuries, which saw her out of action for
almost two years after a maternity leave
• injury-prone sharp shooter has been through
difficult times injuring the same knee twice but • Ferencváros and national team teammate Mónika
when fit she is the focal point of FTC’s attacks Kovacsicz is Zácsik’s niece, her husband, Szabolcs
Szöllősi is also a member of the Hungarian men’s
• finished as runner-up both at the EURO 2014 with
national team as line player
Spain and in the CL with Itxako in 2011
• won both Hungarian and Slovenian titles; scored a
• versatile player and is the perfect partner for Zita
last second penalty against then CL holders Viborg,
Szucsánszki in the Ferencváros artillery unit
which saw her team triumph on away goals in 2011
• voted to the All-stars of the EURO 2010
EURO: S 2014, WCh: B 2011 EC trophies: Cup Winners’ Cup: 2011, 2012
Zita Szucsánszki Piroska Szamoransky
centre back line player
• versatile player, who can also play in middle and • one of the longest serving members of
left back positions. Ferencváros joined the club in 2005
• despite her young age part of the old guard at • Cup Winners’ Cup specialist, who won three
Ferencváros, she was only 17 when debuted in the consecutive trophies between 2010 and 2012 (one
green jersey ten years ago with Buducnost, two with Ferencváros)
• voted player of the year in Hungary in 2011 • experienced Hungarian international and a clutch
player both in defence and attack for Ferencváros
• the 1,75 tall brunette was voted the Hottest
and the Hungarian national team
Player in the EHF EURO 2014, which was held in
Hungary and Croatia • her twin sister, Aniko is a fellow handball player
EC trophies: EHF Cup 2006, Cup Winners’ Cup 2011, 2012 EC trophies: EHF Cup 2006, Cup Winners’ Cup 2010, 2011, 2012
EURO: B 2012 EURO: B 2012
Luca Szekerczés Monika Kovacsicz
right back right wing
• widely considered to be the best right back of her • veteran wing was born in the Slovakian half of
generation in Hungary border town Komarno, but has over 130 games with
the Hungarian national team under her belt
• voted to the All-star teams of both the EURO in
2013 (where Hungary finished as runners-up) and • won national titles (both championship and
WCh in 2014 national cup) in Hungary and Denmark
• youngster will have to fill in for the team’s most • won back-to-back international titles twice – the
prolific scorer, Zsuzsa Tomori, who signed to Györ CL with Viborg and the Cup Winners’ Cup with FTC
• was offloaded a couple of times but was called • top scorer of Ferencváros when the team won the
back in the summer CWC in 2011
EC trophies: CL 2009, 2010, Cup Winners’ Cup 2011, 2012
• voted Youth Player of the Year in Hungary in 2012
EURO: B 2012, WCh: B 2005
27GROUP 1 Larvik (NOR)
By cheating the gallows with their financial problems, keeping nearly the same successful
squad from the 2014/15 season and having a former coach back in the hot seat: Larvik HK
remain one of the main contenders to reach the Women’s EHF FINAL4 in Budapest.
In May 2015, they had their first appearance at the pinnacle event of women’s club handball,
making it to the final against Buducnost. There, the Norwegian record champions failed to lift
their second Champions League trophy after their 2011 success.
In June, Tor Odvar Moen became the successor of Ole Gustav Gjekstad, starting the mission to
rejuvenate the team. Defence boss Tonje Larsen ended her career and is now Moen’s assistant
on the bench, Linn Sulland has transferred to 2013 and 2014 champions Györ and also line
player Isabel Blanco has also left Larvik. Some talented players have joined the squad mainly
from the club’s youth programme, and the biggest name among the new arrivals is a well-
known face in Larvik: Amanda Kurtovic, who is back, where it all started.
Kurtovic has proven her leader’s qualities in the group matches scoring the team’s maximum
32 goals, two more than Nora Mork who will follow Sulland after this season.
Last season’s runners-up will have a difficult task in the main round to add more points to their
account and improve their position before quarter-finals.
Playing hall
Arena Larvik
Hoffsgate 6
GROUP A FINAL STANDINGS
3262 Larvik
Norway
Capacity: 4,000 1. Rostov-Don 6 6 0 0 173:148 (25) 12
2. Larvik 6 4 0 2 173:153 (20) 8
3. HCM Baia Mare 6 2 0 4 165:162 (3) 4
Club Address: 4. RK Krim Mercator 6 0 0 6 160:208 (-48) 0
Larvik
Sverresgate 7
N-3256 Larvik
Norway
Media contact: Group Matches results: Past achievements
Per Christian Andersen vs Rostov-Don L21:27 (10:14)
+47 33 138 230 @ HCM Baia Mare W31:29 (19:14) Women’s EHF Champions League
pca@larvikhk.no @ RK Krim Mercator W37:21 (21:10) Participations (including 2015/16
vs RK Krim Mercator W32:28 (17:15) season): 17
Online information: @ Rostov-Don L25:26 (14:15) Winners (1): 2010/11
Website: www.larvikhk.no vs HCM Baia Mare W27:22 (12:12) Runners-up (2): 2012/13, 2014/15
Facebook: larvikhk Semi-final (4): 2001/02, 2003/04,
Twitter: @LarvikHK Qualification for the Women’s EHF Champions 2009/10, 2011/12
League 2015/16 season: Norwegian champions Quarter-final (3): 2000/01, 2002/03,
2006/07
Late entry: Main Round (1): 2013/14
Kit colours Cecilie Wick Ullitz Group Matches (5): 1994/95, 1997/98,
Light 2005/06, 2007/08, 2008/09
Player shirt: white
Player short: red Other
Goalkeeper shirt: orange Cup Winners‘ Cup: Winners 2004/05,
2007/08, Semi-final 1996/97, 2005/06
Dark
EHF Cup: Runners-up 2005/06
Player shirt: black
Player short: black
Norwegian league: 17 titles (1994, 1997,
Goalkeeper shirt: green
2000-03, 2005-2015)
Norwegian cup: 15 titles
28Larvik (NOR)
Club records – EHF Champions League
Biggest win: 41:20 (24:9) v Dinamo RUS (h), 12.02.2011
Biggest defeat: 29:17 (17:7) v RK Krim Neutro Roberts SLO (a), 10.03.2001
Longest winning run: 15 matches (18.10.2014 – 09.05.2015)
Longest unbeaten run: 15 matches (18.10.2014 – 09.05.2015)
Longest losing run: 4 matches (03.11.2007 – 05.01.2008)
Longest run without win: 5 matches (16.11.2013 – 01.03.2014)
Most goals: 41 v Dinamo RUS 41:20W (h), 12.02.2011
Most goals opponent: 35 v HC ‘Lada Togliatti’ RUS 35:25L (a), 10.11.2007
Most goals both teams: 70 v IK Sävehof SWE 39:31W (h), 13.10.2012
Fewest goals: 13 v Buducnost MNE 23:13L (a), 08.04.2012
Fewest goals opponent: 16 v Oltchim Valcea ROU 22:16W (h), 10.02.2001
16 v Buducnost MNE 28:16W (h), 16.03.2013
Fewest goals both teams: 35 v HC Dinamo RUS 18:17W (h), 08.11.2009
EHF Champions League record
MP W T L GF GA GD PTS Stage
Reached
1994/95 Larvik HK NOR 6 2 1 3 141:144 -3 5:7 3rd Gr. A
1997/98 Larvik HK NOR 6 3 0 3 165:150 +15 6:6 3rd Gr. C
2000/01 Larvik HK NOR 8 5 0 3 193:181 +12 10:6 1/4-finals
2001/02 Larvik HK NOR 10 7 1 2 262:253 +9 15:5 1/2-finals
2002/03 Larvik HK NOR 8 4 1 3 216:193 +23 9:7 1/4-finals
2003/04 Larvik HK NOR 10 5 1 4 287:262 +25 11:9 1/2-finals
2005/06 Larvik HK NOR 6 3 0 3 153:154 -1 6:6 3rd Gr. A
2006/07 Larvik HK NOR 8 5 0 3 236:211 +25 10:6 1/4-finals
2007/08 Larvik HK NOR 6 2 0 4 166:179 –13 4:8 3rd Gr. C
2008/09 Larvik HK NOR 6 3 0 3 179:169 +10 6:6 3rd Gr. C
2009/10 Larvik HK NOR 14 10 0 4 365:339 +26 20:8 1/2-finals
2010/11 Larvik NOR 16 13 0 3 469:376 +93 26:6 Winner
2011/12 Larvik NOR 14 6 2 6 336:330 +6 14:14 1/2-finals
2012/13 Larvik NOR 16 10 0 6 435:379 +56 20:12 Runner-up
2013/14 Larvik NOR 12 5 2 5 304:280 +24 12:12 3rd MR Gr. 2
2014/15 Larvik NOR 16 15 0 1 444:355 +89 30:2 Runner-up
Total 162 98 8 56 4351:3955 +396 204:120
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