OFFICIAL PROGRAMME Women’s EHF Champions League 2015/2016
IK Sävehof vs. MKS Selgros Lublin Partillebohallen November 6 – 19:00 Partille
Women’s EHF Champions League 2015/2016 official programme
WOMEN´S EHF Champions League Foreword EHF President – Group Matches Welcome to Group Matches of the WOMEN’S EHF Champions League 2015/16
September 2015 saw the conclusion of the qualification phase, which completed the line-up of this season’s WOMEN’S EHF Champions League Group Matches. HCM Baia Mare of Romania and Györi Audi ETO KC of Hungary were the last two teams to complete Groups A and C respectively.
From 16 October to 22 November 2015, the six rounds of the group matches will play out in venues across Europe. I take this opportunity to welcome sixteen teams from 14 countries to the second phase of the competition and to congratulate them for having successfully earned their place in the 23rd season of this elite women’s handball club competition.
We should say special welcome to the three newcomers; all of them from European strongholds of women’s handball. After three qualification failures in the past Russian champions Rostov-Don finally made it to the EHF Champions League. Also French title holders Fleury Loiret Handball, who stumbled in the qualification final on Vardar two years ago, will join the party as well as Romanian champions CSM Bucuresti, who never played even in the qualification before. Six former champions are lined-up on the starting grid - RK Krim Mercator, Hypo Niederösterreich, HC Podravka Vegeta, Larvik, Györi Audi ETO KC and defending champions Buducnost.
The Podgorica-based team starts their title defence in Group D together with Bucuresti, IK Sävehof and MKS Selgros Lublin and they are expected to cruise easily to the main round. The next stage vision could be mistier for the EHF Champions League record holders as an outsider position awaits the four-time winners Hypo in Group C with FC Midtjylland, HC Vardar and Györ. The Hungarian powerhouse should be in full-strength again this season as they not only signed big names like Nycke Groot or Zsuzsanna Tomori, but also can count with their star playmaker Anita Görbicz again after a maternity leave.
Group B is bound to see a tug-of-war for the first place between FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria and Thüringer HC while Podravka and Fleury will battle out the remaining main round ticket. In Group A Rostov is a force to reckon with after the Russian champions recruited the legendary Norwegian goalkeeper Katrine Lunde and teamed her up with another excellent keeper Anna Sedoykina. Their ambitions will be put under stern test by Lunde’s compatriots from Larvik but also Romanian qualifiers and last season’s quarter-finalists HCM Baia Mare, while presence of Krim’s young guns in the main round would be a massive surprise.
As we move into the next exciting phase of the competition, the teams have a lot to play for. The sixteen teams now embark on their campaign to progress to the main round. A ticket to the main round will bring twelve teams closer to their dream of participating in the WOMEN’S EHF FINAL4; however, for the four teams that are ranked fourth on 22 November 2015, their campaign in the European top flight will end and they will continue in the Cup Winners’ Cup.
With the wealth of experience across the four groups, we know that there is enough skill to take each team to the next round, but much will still depend on determination and a touch of luck; and as the teams take to the court, only they can decide how the matches will end.
To the teams, I wish you all the very best of luck! To the fans, I welcome you to the Group Matches of the 2015/16 WOMEN’S EHF Champions League, I invite to sit back, relax, and enjoy the show…
Sporting wishes,
Jean Brihault EHF President
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Women’s EHF Champions League 2015/2016 official programme
IK Sävehof
MKS Selgros Lublin
Sweden – Home Team
Poland – Guest Team
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Johanna Bundsen isabella mouratidou Hanna eriksson
1 12 16
ekaterina Dzhukeva weronika gawlik monika Nozka
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 17 18 19 21
Tilda olsson emma ekenman-fernis loui Sand Joanna lindvall-Haggren Sofia Tegstedt Thess Krönell elin enhörning Julia eriksson Stine lund andreassen rikke Jensen elin Karlsson linnea pettersson Birna Berg Haraldsdottir Hanna Örtorp linn Hansson olivia mellegård ida Holm
2 3 4 5 6 8 10 17 18 20 23 25 26 33 66
Karolina Bijan Jessica Da Silva Quintino weronika Zarzycka iwona malgorzata Niedzwiedz agnieszka Kocela malgorzata rola marta gega Krystsina repelewska Katarzyna Kozimur Joanna Drabik alesia mihdaliova Kamila Skrzyniarz edyta charzynska Honorata Syncerz Joanna Szarawaga
GROUP A 1. rostov-Don 2. larvik 3. Hcm Baia mare 4. rK Krim mercator
3 3 3 3
3 2 1 0
0 0 0 0
0 84:66 1 89:77 2 82:80 3 73:105
(18) (12) (2) (-32)
6 4 2 0
GROUP C 1. Hc Vardar 2. fc midtjylland 3. györi audi eTo Kc 4. Hypo Niederösterreich
3 3 3 3
2 2 2 0
0 0 0 0
1 93:76 1 83:75 1 77:69 3 67:100
(17) (8) (8) (-33)
4 4 4 0
GROUP B 1. fTc-rail cargo Hungaria 2. Thüringer Hc 3. fleury loiret Handball 4. Hc podravka Vegeta
3 3 3 3
2 1 0 0
1 1 3 1
0 1 0 2
(15) (3) (0) (-18)
5 3 3 1
GROUP D 1. Buducnost 2. cSm Bucuresti 3. iK Sävehof 4. mKS Selgros lublin
3 3 3 3
3 2 1 0
0 0 0 0
0 1 2 3
(27) (17) (-11) (-33)
6 4 2 0
GROUP A 17/10 rK Krim mercator vs Hypo Niederösterreich32:20 16/10 rK Krim mercator vs Hcm Baia mare . . . . .27:33 17/10.2015 larvik vs rostov-Don . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21:27 23/10.2015 Hcm Baia mare vs larvik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29:31 24/10 rostov-Don vs rK Krim mercator . . . . . . . . .35:25 30/10 rK Krim mercator vs larvik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21:37 Hcm Baia mare vs rostov-Don . . . . . . . . . . .21:37 7/11 rostov-Don vs Hcm Baia mare larvik vs rK Krim mercator 14/11 rostov-Don vs larvik Hcm Baia mare vs rK Krim mercator 20/11 rK Krim mercator vs rostov-Don 21/11 larvik vs Hcm Baia mare GROUP B 18/10 Thüringer Hc vs fleury loiret . . . . . . . . . . . .27:27 fTc-rail cargo vc Hc podravka Vegeta . . .28:16 25/10 fleury loiret vc fTc-rail cargo . . . . . . . . . . .28:28 Hc podravka Vegeta vc Thüringer Hc . . . .21:27
Team preSeNTaTioN
86:71 81:78 75:75 57:75
1/11 Thüringer Hc vc fTc-rail cargo . . . . . . . . . .27:30 Hc podravka Vegeta vc fleury loiret . . . . .20:20 7/11 fTc-rail cargo vc Thüringer Hc 8/11 fleury loiret vc Hc podravka Vegeta 15/11 Hc podravka Vegeta vc fTc-rail cargo fleury loiret vc Thüringer Hc 21/11 Thüringer Hc vc Hc podravka Vegeta 22/11 fTc-rail cargo vc fleury loiret GROUP C 17/10 Hc Vardar vs györi audi eTo Kc . . . . . . . . .22:27 18/10 fc midtjylland vs Hypo Niederösterreich . .33:21 24/10 Hypo Niederösterreich vs Hc Vardar . . . . .25:38 25/10 györi audi eTo Kc vs fc midtjylland . . . . .21:26 31/10 Hypo Niederösterreich vs györi audi eTo Kc 21:29 1/11 Hc Vardar vs fc midtjylland . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33:24 8/11 györi audi eTo Kc vs Hypo Niederösterreich fc midtjylland vs Hc Vardar
92:65 83:66 71:82 65:98
13/11 Hypo Niederösterreich vs fc midtjylland 14/11 györi audi eTo Kc vs Hc Vardar 21/11 Hc Vardar vs Hypo Niederösterreich 22/11 fc midtjylland vs györi audi eTo Kc GROUP D 16/10 cSm Bucuresti vs mKS Selgros lublin . . . . .33:21 18/10 Buducnost vs iK Sävehof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33:20 23/10 mKS Selgros lublin vs Buducnost . . . . . . . . .23:31 iK Sävehof vs cSm Bucuresti . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17:28 30/10 mKS Selgros lublin vs iK Sävehof . . . . . . . . .21:34 1/11 cSm Bucuresti vs Buducnost . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22:28 6/11 iK Sävehof vs mKS Selgros lublin 8/11 Buducnost vs cSm Bucuresti 13/11 mKS Selgros lublin vs cSm Bucuresti 15/11 iK Sävehof vs Buducnost 20/11 Buducnost vs mKS Selgros lublin cSm Bucuresti vs iK Sävehof
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Women’s EHF Champions League 2015/2016 official programme
IK Sävehof Sweden
MKS Selgros Lublin Poland
Past Winners 1993-2015
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2014/15 2013/14 2012/13 2011/12 2010/11 2009/10 2008/09 2007/08 2006/07 2005/06 2004/05
Buducnost (mNe) györi audi eTo Kc (HUN) györi audi eTo Kc (HUN) Buducnost (mNe) larvik (Nor) Viborg HK (DeN) Viborg HK (DeN) Zvezda Zvenigorod (rUS) Slagelse DT (DeN) Viborg HK a/S (DeN) Slagelse fH (DeN)
2003/04 2002/03 2001/02 2000/01 1999/00 1998/99 1997/98 1996/97 1995/96 1994/95 1993/94
Slagelse fH (DeN) Krim eTa N. roberts ljubljana (Slo) Kometal D. p. Skopje (mKD) rK Krim Neutro roberts (Slo) Hypo Niederösterreich (aUT) Dunaferr Se (HUN) Hypo Niederösterreich (aUT) mar Valencia (eSp) podravka Koprivnica (cro) Hypo Niederösterreich (aUT) Hypo Niederösterreich (aUT)
Team preSeNTaTioN