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DAS EHF-CUP-FINALTURNIER IN BERLIN
16. – 17. MAI 2015
MAX-SCHMELING-HALLE
SPONSOREN:
AUSRICHTER:
2015 EHF Cup Finals Draw
Max-Schmeling Halle, Berlin, 21 April 2015, 18:00 hrs
Draw Programme
18:00 hrs EHF Cup Finals Press Conference
18:20 hrs EHF Cup Finals Draw – semi-finals
Draw Particpants
Michael Wiederer, EHF Secretary General
Volker Zerbe, sport coordinator of Füchse Berlin
Alex Gehrer, EHF Cup Manager, EHF Marketing GmbH
Thomas Schöneich, EHF Media and Communications
Draw Procedures
The three teams qualifying from the Quarter-finals, as well as Füchse Berlin as host club and qualifying
directly from the Group Phase, will be in the pot for the draw. There will be one single pot and no protection
of any kind for the teams.
The teams will be drawn as follows: Team 1 => Team 3 => Team 2 => Team 4
Semi-finals will be played: Team 1 versus Team 2 / Team 3 versus Team 4
Please note: The order of the semi-final matches will only be finalised after consulting TV partners in the days
after the draw. The final playing schedule will be announced by the EHF on its website.
EHF Cup
The new Men’s EHF Cup was formed at the beginning of the 2012/13 season following the merging of the
Men’s EHF Cup and the Men’s Cup Winners’ Cup. The competition forms the second tier of competition after
the VELUX EHF Champions League and above the Men’s Challenge Cup.
The new competition also brought with it a new format, with three qualification rounds, a Group Phase,
Quarter-finals and a final tournament – the EHF Cup Finals.
EHF Cup Finals in Berlin
The event will be held in the Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin, with the capacity of up to 10,000 spectators,
over two days with semi-finals to be played on Saturday, 16 May, the match for third/fourth place and the
final on Sunday, 17 May. More than 100 volunteers, 150 media representatives, 20,000 spectators, and up to
80 players will take part in the two-day tournament.
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EHF Cup Finals Programme
Friday, 15 May 2015
Media call (TBC)
- Team trainings (afternoon)
Welcome reception at the Bärensaal (by invitation) (19:00 hrs)
Technical meeting (Max-Schmeling-Halle)
Saturday, 16 May 2015
- Semi-final 1 (throw-off time 14:30)
- Semi-final 2 (throw-off time 17:30)
Sunday, 17 May 2015
- Match for 3/4 place (throw-off time 14:30)
- EHF Cup Final (throw-off time 17:30)
Final party in the Arena VIP Room (Felix club, Behrenstrasse 72)
Tickets
The tickets are available in the ticket shop: http://www.ticketmaster.de/event/ehf-finalturniertickets/126199?brand=de_fuechse&camefrom=de_fuechse_hp_newsehfcup
Ticket prices range from 49 to 129 euros.
VIP Packages: purchase directly from Füchse Berlin and via the club’s website http://www.fuechseberlin.de.
VIP ticket for both days and the 4 games 299 Euro.
Contact person Michael Sturm from UFA Sports - [email protected]
Club tickets: 250 tickets have been reserved for the fans of each of the participating teams, these tickets will
be available directly from each of the participating clubs themselves. Any remaining tickets from the club
allocations will be released for sale back into the ticket shop.
Media Accreditation
Over 150 media representatives are expected to come to Berlin to cover the event for print and online
publications as well as TV and radio. Media accreditation is open to professional media representatives
working on the event. Freelance journalists may be required to provide evidence of their work. Given the
demand for media places, it may not be possible to accept all requests.
Accreditation is open until Friday, 24 April 2015 via an online registration system:
http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/ec/accreditation/
Media Hotel
Füchse Berlin have made a special arrangement with a selection of Berlin hotels for media representatives,
please refer to www.berlinfinals.de. Contact the EHF Media and Communications department for full details
[email protected].
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Media Events
Friday
Afternoon (TBC) – Media call
Afternoon - Team training (first 15 mins open to TV/photographers, interviews possible for 15 mins
after training)
Saturday
Semi-final 1/2 - 15 minutes after final whistle – press conference - 1 player and coach each team
Sunday
Match 3/4 place - 15 minutes after final whistle – press conference - 1 player and coach each team
Final – 15 minutes after awarding ceremony - press conference - 1 player and coach each team
EHF Cup Finals Online
The event will be covered extensively online by both the EHF Media and Communications department and
Füchse Berlin. The event can be followed on the EHF Cup and EHF Cup Finals websites: http://europeancup.
eurohandball.com/ and www.berlinfinals.de.
Official hashtag - #ehfcupfinal
Twitter users can follow the coverage of the event on the official Twitter Channel of the EHF Media and
Communications department @EHFMedia and also using the hashtag #ehfcupfinals.
Television and live streaming
Coverage of the event will be shown on television by several TV stations (the detailed list will be released in
due time).
Matches will also be streamed live and on-demand around the world at ehfTV.com, the European Handball
Federation’s online streaming platform. Visit the ehfTV.com for more details and to watch games not only
from the EHF Cup Finals, the VELUX EHF FINAL4 in Cologne and the MVM EHF FINAL4 in Budapest.
EHF Cup Finals live on Sky Deutschland
The German broadcaster, Sky Deutschland, has confirmed that it is to broadcast the final weekend of the
Men’s EHF Cup live and exclusively in its German-speaking markets.
Media Contacts
Vladislav Brindzak (EHF Cup Finals Media Management)
EHF Media and Communications
Tel: +43 1 80151 161
Mob: +421 908 721 328
Email: [email protected]
Miguel Mateo Marcellan (TV/radio management)
EHF Marketing GmbH
Tel: +43 1 80151 224
E-Mail: [email protected]
Andre Tzschaschel (Local organisation – media)
Füchse Berlin
Tel: +49 30 / 20916 876
Mobil: +49 172 / 31 884 41
Mail: [email protected]
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EHF Cup Finals return to Berlin
The EHF has confirmed that the third edition of the EHF Cup
Finals, the final round of the Men’s EHF Cup competition, is to
be played in the German capital Berlin for the second year in
succession.
Bob Hanning, Managing Director of Füchse Berlin, is looking
forward to the return of the EHF Cup Finals to Berlin: ”We are
extremely proud that the EHF has placed its trust in us once
again and are looking forward to offering the handball world
another great event. We are of course hoping to fare better
on court this year, though we first have to concentrate on the
group phase.”
Following a highly successful event in 2014, the German
Bundesliga club Füchse Berlin will once again play host to the
two-day event on 16/17 May 2015.
The Men’s EHF Cup Group Phase throws off on 11 February
2015 and features 16 top men’s sides, playing in four groups
for a place in the quarter-finals and ultimately for a place in the
EHF Cup Finals.
The contract was signed on the fringes of the final weekend
of the Men’s IHF World Championship in Doha, Qatar by EHF
Secretary General, Michael Wiederer, EHF Marketing Managing
Director, Peter Vargo, and Managing Director of Füchse Berlin,
Bob Hanning.
Website launched, tickets on sale
The EHF Cup Finals feature the four top teams in the Men’s
EHF Cup, competing over two days for the title with semi-finals
played on Saturday (16 May) and final matches on Sunday (17
May).
Just two days after the European Handball Federation (EHF)
had announced that the EHF Cup Finals will return to Berlin
for the 2015 edition, the tournament’s hosts Füchse Berlin
launched the official website of the season ending event of the
Men’s EHF Cup.
Commenting on the awarding of the event, Michael Wiederer,
EHF Secretary General, said: “Handball is not only about
sporting performance, but also major events such as the EHF
Cup Finals. We’re pleased to see this event return to Berlin and
the opportunity that this offers us to once again showcase top
class handball in the German capital.”
The www.berlinfinals.de website will provide fans and
media with all essential information about the tournament
throughout the group phase and quarter-final stages until the
four best teams of the competition meet in the German capital
on 16/17 May 2015.
Peter Vargo, Managing Director of EHF Marketing GmbH, said:
“We were extremely happy with the organisation of the EHF
Cup Finals last season, and we are more than confident that
Berlin will once again put together a highly attractive sporting
and entertainment event in May.”
Handball fans across Europe can also purchase their place at
the high-profile event through the website.
The tickets, valid for all four matches, went on sale on Monday
and are available in four categories for 49, 69, 99 and 129 euro.
Media Accreditation for the EHF Cup Finals
The accreditation procedure of media representatives for the 2015 EHF Cup
Finals started on 3 March 2015 through the HTML form on the EHF official
website. The accreditation procedure will be open to all media professionals
and will run until 24 April 2015.
Click here to enter the accreditation online form.
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Futebol Clube
do Porto, POR
MT Melsungen,
GER
HSV Hamburg,
GER
BM Fraikin
Granollers, ESP
Skjern
Handbold, DEN
2015 EHF Cup Finals host
Teams qualified for the EHF Cup Finals
Eliminated teams
Season 2014/15
MEN‘S EHF CUP
Pfadi
Winterthur, SUI
Team Tvis
Holstebro, DEN
Gorenje
Velenje, SLO
Haslum HK,
NOR
RK Nexe,
CRO
Eskilstuna
Guif, SWE
HC Vojvodina
Novi Sad, SRB
HCM Constanta,
ROU
Balatonfüredi
KSE, HUN
Füchse
Berlin, GER
St. Petersburg
HC, RUS
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Home Matches
Away Matches
3
3
second leg
29/30.11.2014
Qualification Round 2
14/15.02.2015
21/22.02.2015
28.02/1.03.2015
Group Phase
07/08.03.2015
14/15.03.2015
21/22.03.2015
Total number of matches: 166
first leg
22/23.11.2014
first leg - 06/07.09.2014
second leg - 13/14.09.2014
first leg - 11/12.10.2014
second leg - 18/19.10.2014
Qualification Round 3
Qualification Round 1
20 vs. 20
vs.
Qualification Round 2
16
winners
Group Phase
Season 2014/15 playing dates
16 vs.16
17 vs.17
20
winners
vs.
vs.
17
winners
Qualification Round 3
Qualification Round 1
Men’s EHF Cup 2014/15 playing system
8
teams
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
1
second leg
18/19.04.2015
first leg
11/12.04.2015
Quarter-finals
2
Quarter-finals
Final
vs.
vs.
3rd Place Match
vs.
16 /17.05.2015
EHF Cup Finals
4
winners
vs.
Semi-finals
EHF Cup Finals
Facts & Figures
Slovenia’s maiden voyage amid German dominance
Only four matches remain in the Men’s EHF Cup, which
will decide the winner and Hungarian side Pick Szeged’s
successor. Besides hosts Berlin, Hamburg, Skjern
and Velenje have reached the final destination of the
competition.
0 former winners, neither of the old nor the new version
of the EHF Cup, are among the four participants of the
2015 EHF Cup Finals.
5 players can complete their EHF European Cup
competition cabinet. Pascal Hens, Matthias Flohr, Torsten
Jansen, Stefan Schröder had been part of the HSV squad
to win the Cup Winners‘ Cup in 2007 and the Champions
league in 2013.
5 matches of the group phase and the quarter-finals
ended in a draw.
0 Danish or Slovenian men’s team has ever won the EHF
Cup of the forerunners EHF Cup (old version) and Cup
Winners’ Cup.
6 nations have been represented by the clubs in all EHF
Cup Finals: Germany (5 teams including 2015), France (2),
Denmark (2), Hungary (1), Romania (1) and Slovenia (1).
0 national champions arriving from the VELUX EHF
Champions League qualification made it to the group
phase or the quarter-finals.
12 matches were played by Skjern on their journey
to Berlin. The Danes started their mission already in
Qualification Round 2.
1 team was part of the 2014 EHF Cup Finals: hosts Füchse
Berlin.
13 nations represented by the players on court of the
2015 EHF Cup Finals: SLO, MNE, BIH, CRO, GER, SRB, SWE,
FRA, DEN, ROU, CZE, RUS, ESP. Berlin have eight nations
on their squad, Hamburg (7), Velenje (5) and Skjern (1).
1 team – Füchse Berlin – have the full selection of trophies
represented in their squad: Konstantin Igropoulo has
won the Champions League with Barcelona (alongside
Iker Romero) and the Cup Winners’ Cup with Chekhovkie
Medvedi, while Silvio Heinevetter has won the EHF Cup
with Magdeburg. In addition, Frederik Petersen was a
Champions League winner with Hamburg.
1 coach of the four participants, Dagur Sigurdsson
(Füchse), is also coach of a national team: Germany (since
September 2014)
1 player who has won the EHF Cup before: Silvio
Heinevetter (Berlin) in 2007 with SC Magdeburg.
2 – like in 2013 (Göppingen and eventual winners RheinNeckar Löwen) Germany is represented by two teams at
the EHF Cup Finals.
2 – for the second time a former EHF CL winner is part of
the EHF Cup Finals. After finalist Montpellier in 2014 (CL
winner 2003), now it is HSV Hamburg (winner in 2013).
15 times a German team has won the old (and once the
new) version of the EHF Cup since the implementation
of the competition in the 1993/94 season – but neither
Hamburg, nor Berlin have lifted the trophy.
19 matches of the group phase and the quarter-finals
ended with a win for the away team.
30 matches of the group phase and the quarter-finals
ended in victory for the home team.
37 goals was the highest number a team scored in a single
match: Berlin, when beating Vojvodina by 37:22 in the
group phase.
44 goals were scored in the match Granollers vs Constanta
(23:21) in the lowest scoring match.
68 goals were scored in the match Constanta vs Holstebro
(34:34) in the highest scoring match of the season so far.
2 for the second straight time, Max-Schmeling-Halle in
Berlin is the venue for the EHF Cup Finals.
339 goals were scored by Skjern in 12 matches to have the
best attacking record of all teams.
3 nations are represented by the four teams: Germany (2),
Slovenia and Denmark.
5,894 fans in average saw the group matches of Füchse
Berlin in the Max-Schmeling-Halle, the venue of the EHF
Cup Finals.
3 (all) hosts of EHF Cup Finals have skipped the quarterfinals and qualified directly from their ranking in the group
phase: HBC Nantes (2013), Füchse Berlin (2014, 2015)
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6,453 fans saw the match Füchse vs Vojvodina to make it
the one with the highest attendance in the group phase.
FÜCHSE BERLIN (GER)
Before this season’s start Füchse Berlin aimed to continue their impressive recent
record in European competition. The first real test of their ambitions came
early enough having only squeezed through to the EHF Cup Group Phase. Dagur
Sigurdsson’s men required the away goals rule to come through their qualification tie
with HBC Nantes.
They were more convincing in the group phase having lost just one game away at
Skjern and won all other five games.
The German cup winners made it all the way to the VELUX EHF FINAL4 in their maiden
Champions League campaign back in 2012 before reaching the EHF Cup Finals in the
German capital last season. Berlin lost to eventual winners Pick Szeged (HUN), but
will hope to go one better this term with the final tournament returning to the MaxSchmeling Halle.
Playing hall
Max-Schmeling-Halle
Falkplatz 1
10437 Berlin
Germany
Capacity: 8,521
Club Address:
Füchse Berlin
Markgrafenstraße 34
10117 Berlin
Germany
Media contact:
Andre Tzschaschel
+49 172 3188441
[email protected]
Online information:
Website: www.fuechse-berlin.de
Facebook: fuechseberlin
Twitter: @FuechseBerlin
Füchse’s desire to take the title is heightened by the fact that captain Iker Romero
and coach Sigurdsson will leave the club at the end of the campaign and Konstantin
Igropulo will follow the steps of former Füchse captain Thorsten Laen to KIF Kolding
Kobenhavn. Romero is set to retire in June while Sigurdsson will focus on his work
as German national team coach with his successor, Erlingur Richardsson, already
identified.
Road to the EHF Cup Finals
Group Phase
@ Futebol Clube do Porto W26:20 (14:12)
vs HC Vojvodina
W37:22 (18:11)
@ Skjern Handbold
L28:32 (12:17)
vs Skjern Handbold
W29:24 (14:14)
vs Futebol Clube do PortoW25:20 (7:8)
@ HC Vojvodina
W30:25 (17:11)
Qualification Round 3
1st leg: Füchse vs HBC Nantes (FRA) 23:18
2nd leg: Nantes vs Füchse 28:23
Aggregate score: 46:46, Füchse qualified on
away goals
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Past achievements
VELUX EHF Champions League
Participations (2)
VELUX EHF FINAL4: fourth place
2011/12
Last 16: 2012/13
EHF Cup
EHF Cup Finals: third place 2013/14
Other
German cup: 1 title (2014)
HSV HAMBURG (GER)
2013 VELUX EHF Champions League winners HSV Hamburg faced tough times in
2014. Due to financial reasons it was even unclear if the club would manage to play in
the first German league. A huge number of top stars like Canellas, Duvnjak, Nilsson,
Lackovic and Markovic left the club and the new arrivals are from a complete different
level than the previous signings. But the club managed to survive, as president
and main sponsor Andreas Rudolph stepped in again, also installing a new club
management headed by former German national team player Christian Fitzek.
After French Christian Gaudin had taken over the coaches’ position from Schwalb in
summer 2014, he was already replaced in December by assistant coach Jens Häussler.
HSV played seven straight times in the VELUX EHF Champions League and made it
twice to the VELUX EHF FINAL4 in Cologne and they want to complete their collection
of silverware after winning the former Cup Winners’ Cup in 2007.
Playing hall
Sporthalle Hamburg
Krochmannstrasse 55
22297 Hamburg
Germany
Capacity: 4,200
Club Address:
HSV Hamburg
Hellgrundweg 50
22525 Hamburg
Germany
Media contact:
Michael Freitag
+49 172 4001940
[email protected]
Online information:
Website: www.hsvhandball.com
Facebook: HSVHandball
Twitter: @hsvhandball
Kit colours
Light
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Player short: white
Goalkeeper shirt: orange/yellow/green
After eliminating Swedish side Kristianstad in a highly close manner in the
Qualification Round 3, HSV faced Winterthur, Velenje and Haslum in the group phase.
They suffered a shocking defeat at Haslum, but avoid more stumbles in the other
matches and comfortably sealed their quarter-final passage.
The French centre back Kentin Mahé led the team scoring with 39 goals in the group
phase followed by the 2013 VELUX EHF Champions League best scorer Hans Lindberg,
who, however missed the quarter-final action due to injury. Hamburg suffered their
third Scandinavian defeat of the season, but regrouped before the second leg and
turned the tables in the return match at home.
Road to the EHF Cup Finals:
Quarter-finals:
@ Eskilstuna Guif vs Eskilstuna Guif
Aggregate score: 53:51
L26:29 (13:12)
W27:22 (13:11)
Group Phase:
vs Gorenje Velenje
W33:28 (15:14)
@ Pfadi Winterthur W26:22 (14:9)
@ Haslum Handballklubb L32:34 (16:17)
vs Haslum Handballklubb W36:26 (17:8)
@ Gorenje Velenje
W32:31 (13:15)
vs Pfadi Winterthur
W30:28 (12:13)
Qualification Round 3
1st leg: @ IFK Kristianstad (SWE) W29:27
2nd leg: vs Kristianstad L26:28
Aggregate score: 55:55, Hamburg qualified
on away goals
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Player short: white
Goalkeeper shirt: orange/yellow/green
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Past achievements
VELUX EHF Champions League
Participations: 7
Winners (1): 2012/2013
Semi-final (3): 2007/2008, 2008/2009,
2010/2011
Quarter-final (1): 2009/2010
Last 16 (1): 2011/2012, 2013/14
Other
Cup Winners‘ Cup: Winners 2006/2007
German champion: 1 title (2011)
German Cup winner: twice
German Super-Cup winner: four times
SKJERN HANDBOLD (DEN)
Skjern Handbold take part in the EHF Cup Group Phase for the second time in a row
after winning all four of their qualification games. The Danish club maintained a
perfect record through four contests with Bregenz (AUT) in round 2 and Oroshaza
(HUN) in round 2.
Skjern boast impressive EHF Cup pedigree having reached the semi-finals in 2007, but
faced a tough test to reach at least the quarter-finals this time around. Ole Nørgaard’s
men were drawn in a strong Group C alongside EHF Cup Finals hosts Berlin (GER) and
two national champions - Vojvodina from Serbia and Porto from Portugal. Skjern’s top
signing prior to the start of the season was the towering Danish international Nikolaj
Markussen, who stands at 2.11m tall and returned to his home country after playing
for Atletico Madrid and Qatar side El-Jaish. And he proved his scoring reputation with
33 goals in the group phase, tied with Morten Balling Christensen for the top position
in the team.
Playing hall
Skjern Bank Arena
Ranunkelvej 1
6900 Skjern
Denmark
Capacity: 2,400
Club Address:
Skjern Handbold
Ostergade 40
6900 Skjern
Denmark
Media contact:
Henning Kjaergaard Christensen
+45 20 669374
[email protected]
Online information:
Website: www.skjernhaandbold.dk
Facebook: skjernhaandbold
Twitter: @SkjernHaandbold
Kit colours
Light
Player shirt: green
Player short: black
Goalkeeper shirt: red
Dark
Player shirt: red
Player short: black
Goalkeeper shirt: gray
The Danish team laid the foundation of their quarter-final appearance already in the
first half of the group phase winning all three games including a defeat of Füchse at
home. Berlin spoiled their record in the fourth round, but by adding two more wins
against Porto and Vojvodina Skjern easily reached the top seven of the tournament
and nearly took the group’s top spot. What they have not achieved against Füchse in
the group, they managed in the quarter-finals against Melsungen and after a thrilling
second leg in Germany they qualified on the away goals rule.
Road to the EHF Cup Finals:
Quarter-finals:
vs MT Melsungen
@ MT Melsungen
Aggregate score: 48:48
W25:20 (12:12)
L23:28 (12:15)
Group Phase:
@ HC Vojvodina
W25:23 (13:14)
vs Futebol Clube do PortoW27:21 (13:11)
vs Füchse Berlin
W32:28 (17:12)
@ Füchse Berlin
L24:29 (14:14)
vs HC Vojvodina
W32:23 (14:9)
@ Futebol Clube do PortoW24:23 (14:13)
Qualification Round 3
1st leg: vs Oroshazi Linamar (HUN) W40:20
2nd leg: @ Oroshaza
W25:32
Aggregate score: 72:45
Qualification Round 2
1st leg: @ Bregenz Handball (AUT) W36:27
2nd leg: vs Bregenz W36:32
Aggregate score: 72:59
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Past achievements
VELUX EHF Champions League
Last 16 (1): 2003/2004
Main Round (1): 1999/2000
EHF Cup
Semi-final (1): 2006/07
Group Phase (1): 2013/14
Last 16 (1): 2011/12
Round 3 (1): 2004/05
Other
Cup Winners’ Cup: Quarter-final 2005/06
Challenge Cup: Winners 2001/02, 2002/03
Danish champions: 1 title (1999)
Danish cup winners: 1 title
RK GORENJE VELENJE (SLO)
As finalists in the old format of the EHF Cup, two Slovenian championships in the
past three seasons and two consecutive appearances at the Last 16 stage of of the
VELUX EHF Champions League, Gorenje Velenje are without a doubt among the most
experienced sides in the EHF Cup Group Phase.
Already in the qualification Ivan Vajdl’s team proved their strengths and ambitions,
beating Russian side Permskie Medvedi twice in a clear way. In Group A Velenje faced
Hamburg, Haslum and Winterthur.
Only Hamburg seemed to be a different weight class for Velenje in the group phase,
but the German team could decide both encounters only late in the second half. In
the remaining four matches Velenje left no doubt on who will take both points after
the final whistle.
They won both matches against against Haslum by 10+ goals and also Pfadi could
not stop them on the way to claim the second best place in the second ranked teams
table.
Playing hall
Rdeca Dvorana
Saleska cesta 3
3320 Velenje
Slovenia
Capacity:2,700
Club Address:
Gorenje Velenje
Saleska Cesta 3
3320 Velenje
Slovenia
Media contact:
Tanija Rednak
+386 38986440
[email protected]
Online information:
Website: www.rk-gorenje.com
Facebook: rkgorenjevelenje
Twitter: @Rk_Gorenje_V
Centre back Stas Skube scored 62 goals for Velenje in those six matches claiming the
top scorer title in the group phase. Skube remained instrumental for his club also in
the quarter-finals as he orchestrated his team’s attack steering them to two narrow
wins against Holstebro.
Road to the EHF Cup Finals:
Quarter-finals:
vs Team Tvis Holstebro @ Team Tvis Holstebro
Aggregate score: 59:57
W28:27 (13:14)
W31:30 (18:16)
Group Phase:
@ HSV Hamburg L28:33 (14:15)
vs Haslum Handballklubb W34:21 (18:13)
@ Pfadi Winterthur
W35:26 (16:12)
vs Pfadi Winterthur
W30:26 (15:11)
vs HSV Hamburg
L31:32 (15:13)
@ Haslum Handballklubb W22:34 (11:17)
Qualification Round 3
1st leg: @ Permskie Medvedi 2nd leg: vs Perm Aggregate score: 76:63
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W34:37
W39:29
Past achievements
VELUX EHF Champions League
Participations: 7
Last 16 (3): 2005/06, 2009/10, 2012/13,
2013/14
Main Round (1): 2007/08
Group Phase (1): 2004/05
Qualification (1): 2010/11
EHF Cup
Runners-up (1): 2008/09
Semi-final (1): 1994/95
Quarter-final (3): 1996/97, 2010/11, 2011/12
Round 3 (1): 2002/03
Other
Cup Winners’ Cup: semi-final 2003/04,
quarter-final 2004/05
Slovenian league: 3 titles (2009, 2012,
2013)
Slovenian cup: 1 title
Potential head-to-heads in the EC
Füchse Berlin vs HSV Hamburg 2-1-1 (112:110) 5:3
18.03.2012
25.03.2012
21.08.2013
23.08.2013
Füchse Berlin vs HSV Hamburg, VELUX EHF Champions League – Last 16
HSV Hamburg vs Füchse Berlin, VELUX EHF Champions League – Last 16
Füchse Berlin vs HSV Hamburg, VELUX EHF Champions League – Wildcard Qualification
HSV Hamburg vs Füchse Berlin, VELUX EHF Champions League – Wildcard Qualification
Füchse Berlin vs Skjern Handbold 1-0-1 (57:56) 2:2
28.02.2015
08.03.2015
Skjern Handbold vs Füchse Berlin, EHF Cup – Group C
Füchse Berlin vs Skjern Handbold, EHF Cup – Group C
32:30 (15:15)
23:24 (11:10)
30:30 (18:15)
27:26 (10:14)
32:28 (17:12)
29:24 (14:14)
Füchse Berlin vs Rk Gorenje Velenje
No previous encounters in European competitions
HSV Hamburg vs Skjern Handbold
No previous encounters in European competitions
HSV Hamburg vs Rk Gorenje Velenje 4-0-0 (142:120) 8:0
26.09.2013
05.02.2014
11.02.2015
14.03.2015
HSV Hamburg vs RK Gorenje Velenje, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group D
RK Gorenje Velenje vs HSV Hamburg, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group D
HSV Hamburg vs Gorenje Velenje, EHF Cup – Group A
Gorenje Velenje vs HSV Hamburg, EHF Cup – Group A
Skjern Handbold vs Rk Gorenje Velenje
No previous encounters in European competitions
15
41:32 (21:13)
29:36 (13:19)
33:28 (15:14)
31:32 (15:13)
Past winners
2014
Pick Szeged (HUN)
2013
Rhein Neckar Löwen (GER)
Previous Men’s EHF Cup winners
Previous Men’s Cup Winners’ Cup winners
2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 Frisch Auf Göppingen (GER)
Frisch Auf Göppingen (GER)
TBV Lemgo (GER)
VfL Gummersbach (GER)
HSG Nordhorn (GER)
SC Magdeburg (GER)
TBV Lemgo (GER)
Tusem Essen (GER)
THW Kiel (GER)
FC Barcelona (ESP)
THW Kiel (GER)
Sportclub Magdeburg (GER)
Metkovic Jumbo (CRO)
Sportclub Magdeburg (GER)
THW Kiel (GER)
SG Flensburg Handewitt (GER)
BM Granollers (ESP)
BM Granollers (ESP)
Aliza Avidesa (ESP)
16
SG Flensburg Handewitt (GER)
VfL Gummersbach (GER)
VfL Gummersbach (GER)
Pevafersa Valladolid (ESP)
MKB Veszprem KC (HUN)
HSV Hamburg
Chekhovski Medvedi (RUS)
C. BM Ademar Leon (ESP)
Portland San Antonio (ESP)
A.D.C. Ciudad Real (ESP)
A.D.C. Ciudad Real (ESP)
SG Flensburg Handewitt (GER)
Portland San Antonio (ESP)
Prosesa Ademar Leon (ESP)
Caja Cantabria Santander (ESP)
Elgorriaga Bidasoa (ESP)
TBV Lemgo (GER)
FC Barcelona (ESP)
FC Barcelona (ESP)