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Media InformationMen’s EHF Cup 2017/18

Group Phase DrawThursday, 30 November 2017, 11:00 hrs

Vienna

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Media information

Dear Media Representative,

Welcome to the new season of the Men’s EHF Cup. Five years ago the Cup Winners’s Cup has merged with the Men’s EHF Cup into one competition - the new Men’s EHF Cup. Since then the competition includes the group phase preceded by qualification rounds and followed by quarter-finals. The semi-finals and the final is played in a final tournament.

In the following media information you will find the essential facts you will require for the upcoming season and the participating teams. Additional information can be found on the eurohandball.com website.

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For further information or assistance, please do not hesitate to contact the EHF Media and Communications Department and we will be happy to help you with any information you may require.

Men’s EHF Cup Media Contacts

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R6:31.03./01.04.1818.07.2017 18.07.2017 17.10.2017 30.11.2017 03.04.2018 01.05.2018

1 Def. Champ. Frisch Auf Göppingen/GER2 HUN Grundfos Tatabanya KC3 GER Füchse Berlin4 ESP BM Logrono La Rioja5 DEN Bjerringbro-Silkeborg6 SLO RK Riko Ribnica7 HUN CYEB Budakalasz8 POL KS Azoty-Pulawy SA9 GER SC Magdeburg

10 ESP Frainkin BM Granollers11 FRA St. Raphael var Handball12 DEN Ribe-Esbjerg HH13 SLO RD Koper14 SWE Lugi HF15 2nd CL QT 2nd CL QT16 3rd CL QT 3rd CL QT17 4th CL QT 4th CL QT18 NED OCI/Lions19 HUN Csurgoi KK20 SUI Wacker Thun21 ROU Dobrogea Sud Constanta22 BLR HC SKA Minsk23 CRO RK Nexe24 POR FC Porto25 RUS St. Petersburg HC26 POL Gwardia Opole27 ESP Helvetia Anaitasuna28 FRA Chambery Savoie MB HB29 DEN TTH Holstebro30 HUN Balatonfüredi KSE31 SWE HK Malmö32 SUI Pfadi Winterthur33 ROU CSM Bucuresti34 CRO RK Dubrava35 POR S.L. Benfica36 NOR BSK Handball Elite37 UKR ZTR Zaporozhye38 CZE Dukla Praha39 ISL Valur FC40 ISR Maccabi S. Rishon Lezion41 AUT Insignis HB West Wien42 BEL Achilles Bocholt43 SRB HC Vojvodina44 GRE IEK XYNI Dikeas45 KOS KH Besa Fam Gas46 NED HV Kras/Volendam47 LUX HB Esch48 EST Pölva Serviti49 TUR Beykoz BLD SK50 ITA SSV Bozen Loacker 51 MDA HC Olimpus-85 USEFS52 MNE RK Partizan 1949 Tivat53 LTU Dragunas Klaipeda54 CZE Talent Robstav MAT Plzen55 ISL Afturelding56 SRB RK Dinamo Pancevo57 GRE AC Doukas58 MKD HC Ohrid 201359 SUI HC Kriens-Luzern60 CRO HRK Gorica61 NOR OIF Arendal62 ISL FH Hafnarfjordur63 AUT Bregenz Handball

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EHF Cup Group Phase Draw PreviewFollowing the last weekend’s Qualification Round 3 matches in the Men’s EHF Cup all is set for the group phase draw of the sixth edition since its merging with the Cup Winners’ Cup. The only question mark to survive the draw is the name of the last participant as the second leg of the third qualification round between FH Hafnarfjordur and Tatran Presov will only be played on Saturday 2 December.

However, the draw will go ahead as planned and will take place at the EHF headquarters in Vienna on Thursday 30 November at 11:00 hrs local time and will be streamed live on ehfTV’s youtube channel and EHF’s facebook page. In addition the draw will be covered with a live ticker and reports on eurohandball.com as well as live tweets on @ehf_live.

According to the regulations the teams from the same country cannot play in the same group. There will be 12 countries represented by their teams in the group phase with Germany leading with three teams followed by France and Spain with two clubs each.

The defending champions Frisch Auf Göppingen are seeded in Pot 1 together with their bundesliga rivals and last season runners-up Füchse Berlin, Chambery Savoie Mont Blanc Handball from France and Belarusian SKA Minsk.

The first round of the group phase is scheduled for 10/11 February and the last round will take place on 31 March/1 April.

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Pot 1

Road to the Group Phase

EHF Cup, Qualification Round 31st leg: vs CBM La Rioja (ESP) W36:28 (14:9)2nd leg: @ CBM La Rioja (ESP) L35:30 (16:15)Aggregate score: 66:63

EHF Cup, Qualification Round 21st leg: @ CSM Bucuresti (ROU) W26:30 (14:14)2nd leg: vs CSM Bucuresti (ROU) W33:30 (16:14)Aggregate score: 63:56

Past achievements

EHF Cup:Round 3 (3): 2000/01, 2009/10, 2014/15Round 2 (6): 2001/02, 2002/03, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2008/09, 2011/12

OtherEHF Champions League: 1996/97, 1998/99 group stage, 1993/94, 1995/96 Last 16

European Champions’ Cup: Winners 1987, 1989, 1990IHF Cup Winners‘ Cup: Winners 1983, 1988IHF Supercup: Winners 1989Challenge Cup: Winners 2013

Soviet Union league: 6 titles (1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989)Soviet Union cup: 3 titles (1980, 1981, 1982)

Belarusian league: 10 titles (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)Belarusian cup: 6 titles (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2012)

SKA Minsk (BLR)

Road to the Group Phase

EHF Cup, Qualification Round 31st leg: @ Grundfos Tatabanya KC (HUN) L25:24 (12:11)2nd leg: vs Grundfos Tatabanya KC (HUN) W23:21 (9:8)Aggregate score: 47:46

EHF Cup, Qualification Round 21st leg: @ Maccabi Srugo Rishon Lezion (ISR) W24:29 (12:15)2nd leg: vs Maccabi Srugo Rishon Lezion (ISR) W31:27 (14:12)Aggregate score: 60:51

Past achievements

EHF Cup:EHF Cup Finals - 4th place (1): 2015/16Quarter-final (1): 2007/08Group Phase (1): 2013/14Last 16 (1): 1998/99Round 3 (2): 1999/00, 2000/01

OtherEHF Champions League: 2004/04, 2006/07, 2010/11 Last 16, 2008/09 main roundCup Winners’ Cup: Quarter-final 2002/03, Last 16 2005/06

French league: 1 title (2001)French Champions Trophy: 2014

Chambery Savoie Mont Blanc Handball (FRA)

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Pot 1

Road to the Group Phase

EHF Cup, Qualification Round 31st leg: vs OIF Arendal (NOR) D27:27 (14:15)2nd leg: @ OIF Arendal (NOR) W21:31 (9:15)Aggregate score: 58:48

Past achievements

EHF CupWinners (4): 2010/11, 2011/12, 2015/16, 2016/17Runners-up (1): 2005/06EHF Cup Finals (3): fourth ranked 2013Quarter-final (1): 2009/10

OtherGerman league: 11 titles (outdoor 1954, 1957, indoor 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1970, 1972)

Frisch Auf Göppingen (GER)

Road to the Group Phase

EHF Cup, Qualification Round 31st leg: @ Futebol Clube do Porto (POR) W27:30 (12:14)2nd leg: vs Futebol Clube do Porto (POR) W33:25 (17:12)Aggregate score: 63:52

Past achievements

EHF CupWinners (1): 2014/15EHF Cup Finals (3): runners-up 2016/17, third place 2013/14, winners 2014/15Qualification Round 3 (1): 2015/16

OtherVELUX EHF Champions League: 2011/12 VELUX EHF FINAL4 - fourth place, 2012/13 Last 16

IHF Super Globe: winners 2015, 2016German cup: 1 title (2014)

Füchse Berlin (GER)

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Pot 2

Road to the Group Phase

EHF Cup, Qualification Round 31st leg: @ CYEB Budakalasz (HUN) W27:35 (11:14)2nd leg: vs CYEB Budakalasz (HUN) W26:21 (12:12)Aggregate score: 61:48

EHF Cup, Qualification Round 21st leg: vs Talent Robstav M.A.T. Plzen (CZE) W40:26 (20:15)2nd leg: @ Talent Robstav M.A.T. Plzen (CZE) W23:30 (13:16)Aggregate score: 70:49

Past achievements

EHF CupGroup phase (2): 2015/16, 2016/17

OtherSpanish league: - 4th place 2014/15

Helvetia Anaitasuna (ESP)

Road to the Group Phase

EHF Cup, Qualification Round 31st leg: @ HK Malmö (SWE) L25:23 (14:13)2nd leg: vs HK Malmö (SWE) W36:25 (17:12)Aggregate score: 59:50

Past achievementsEHF Cup:Quarter-final (2): 2002/03, 2008/09Last 16 (1): 2010/11

OtherEHF Champions League: 2012/13, 2016/17 Last 16, 2011/12 Group PhaseCup Winners’ Cup: Quarter-final 2006/07

Danish league: 1 title (2016)

Bjerringbro-Silkeborg (DEN)

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Road to the Group Phase

EHF Cup, Qualification Round 31st leg: vs TTH Holstebro (DEN) W30:27 (14:15)2nd leg: @ TTH Holstebro (DEN) W32:29 (16:16)Aggregate score: 59:59, Azoty qualified on the away golas rule

Past achievements

EHF CupQualificatin round 3 (2): 2015/16, 2016/17

OtherChallenge Cup: 2013/14 semi-finals, 2010/11, 2014/15 quarter-finals

Polish league: - (3x third place)

Pot 2KS Azoty-Pulawy SA (POL)

Road to the Group Phase

VELUX EHF Champions League Qualification - 4th rankedGROUP 1 (Presov/SVK)Semi-final: vs Sporting CP (POR) L31:27 (18:14)3rd place: vs TATRAN Presov (SVK) L27:30 (10:15)

EHF Cup, Qualification Round 31st leg: vs RD Riko Ribnica (SLO) W24:17 (14:9)2nd leg: @ RD Riko Ribnica (SLO) L29:25 (14:10)Aggregate score: 49:46

EHF Cup, Qualification Round 21st leg: @ Achilles Bocholt (BEL) L40:35 (19:14)2nd leg: vs Achilles Bocholt (BEL) W37:25 (17:11)Aggregate score: 72:65

Past achievements

EHF CupGroup phase (1): 2016/17Qualification round (1): 2015/16

OtherVELUX EHF Champions League: 2016/17, 2017/18 qualificationChallenge Cup: quarter-finals 2013/14, 2014/15Baltic league: winners 2015/16, 2016/17; runners-up 2012/13Finnish league: 9 titles (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)Finnish cup: 8 titles

Cocks (FIN)

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Pot 3

Road to the Group Phase

EHF Cup, Qualification Round 31st leg: vs Balatonfüredi KSE (HUN) W28:21 (13:11)2nd leg: @ Balatonfüredi KSE (HUN) W25:27 (12:13)Aggregate score: 55:46

Past achievementsEHF Cup:Winners (2): 1994/95, 1995/96EHF Cup Finals (1): third ranked 2015/16Semi-final (2): 1996/97, 2015/16Group Phase (2): 2014/15, 2016/17Quarter-final (1): 2004/05Last 16 (2): 2007/08, 2011/12

OtherCup Winners’ Cup: final 2009/10 Champions Trophy: final 1995/96City Cup: semi-final 1993/94IHF Cup Winners’ Cup: 1975/76

Spanish league: 10 titles (1959, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974)Copa del Rey: 3 titlesASOBAL Cup: 1 title

Fraikin BM Granollers (ESP)

Road to the Group Phase

EHF Cup, Qualification Round 31st leg: @ Ribe-Esbjerg HH (DEN) L29:26 (15:13)2nd leg: vs Ribe-Esbjerg HH (DEN) W26:21 (11:10)Aggregate score: 52:50

EHF Cup, Qualification Round 21st leg: @ Pölva Serviti (EST) W25:27 (13:14)2nd leg: vs Pölva Serviti (EST) W32:21 (12:12)Aggregate score: 59:46

Past achievements

EHF CupGroup Phase (1): 2014/15Last 16 (1): 2011/12Qualification Round 3: 2013/14, 2015/16, 2016/17Round 3: 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11

OtherCroatian league: - (8x runners-up)Croatian cup: - (2x runners-up)

RK Nexe (CRO)

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Pot 3

Road to the Group Phase

EHF Cup, Qualification Round 31st leg: vs HC Dobrogea Sud Constanta (ROU) W27:25 (13:10)2nd leg: @ HC Dobrogea Sud Constanta (ROU) L27:26 (15:15)Aggregate score: 53:52

Past achievements

EHF CupWinners (3): 1998/99, 2000/01, 2006/07Runners-up (1): 2004/05Third place (1): 2016/17Quarter-final (1): 2012/13Last 16 (1): 1999/00

OtherVELUX EHF Champions League: 2001/02 winners, 2003/04 semi-finals, 2002/03 quarter-finalChampions Trophy: 2000/01, 2001/02 winnersCup Winners’ Cup: 1996/97 semi-finals, 2007/08 quarter-finals

German league: 12 titles (outdoor 1967, indoor 1970, 1977, 1980-85, 1988, 1991 - all GDR, 2001)German cup: 7 titles (1970, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1990 - all GDR, 1996, 2016)

SC Magdeburg (GER)

Road to the Group Phase

EHF Cup, Qualification Round 31st leg: vs RK Dubrava (CRO) W40:29 (22:18)2nd leg: @ RK Dubrava W31:41 (16:23)Aggregate score: 81:60

Past achievements

EHF CupEHF Cup Finals (1): 2016/17 (4th place)Quarter-finals (1): 2015/16Round 3 (1): 2012/13

OtherVELUX EHF Champions League: 2012/2013 qualificationChallenge Cup: 2010/11, 2011/12 quarter-finals

French League: - (2016 runners-up)

St. Raphael var Handball (FRA)

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Road to the Group Phase

EHF Cup, Qualification Round 31st leg: @ Gwardia Opole (POL) L30:25 (17:12)2nd leg: vs Gwardia Opole (POL) W27:21 (15:9)Aggregate score: 52:51

Past achievements

EHF CupSemi-final (1): 2007/08Group Phase (1): 2012/13Round 3 (2): 2004/05, 2005/06Qualification Round 2 (1): 2016/17

OtherVELUX EHF Champions League: 2011/12 quarter-finals, 2008/09 group matchesChallenge Cup: 2010/11 winners

Slovenian league: 1 title (2010/11)Slovenian cup: 3 titles

Pot 4RD Koper (SLO)

Road to the Group Phase

EHF Cup, Qualification Round 31st leg: vs Alpla HC Hard (AUT) W19:17 (13:8)2nd leg: @ Alpla HC Hard (AUT) L23:21 (9:13)Aggregate score: 40:40, Wacker qualified on the away goals rule

EHF Cup, Qualification Round 21st leg: @ SG INSIGNIS Handball Westwien (AUT) W22:27 (13:13)2nd leg: vs SG INSIGNIS Handball Westwien (AUT) W32:27 (15:13)Aggregate score: 59:49

Past achievements

EHF CupLast 16 (1): 2005/06Round 3 (1): 2003/04Qualification Round 2 (1): 2016/17

Other VELUX EHF Champions League: 2013/14 group phaseCup Winners’ Cup: 2006/07 Last 16Challenge Cup: 2004/05 winners, 2011/12 runners-up

Swiss league: 1 title (2012/13)Swiss Cup: 5 titles

Wacker Thun (SUI)

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Pot 4

Road to the Group Phase

EHF Cup, Qualification Round 31st leg: vs Pfadi Winterthur (SUI) D29:29 (17:13)2nd leg: @ Pfadi Winterthur (SUI) W17:22 (9:11)Aggregate score: 51:46

Past achievements

EHF CupQuarter-final (1): 2013/14Last 16 (1): 1998/99

OtherCup Winners’ Cup: 2011/12 Last 16

Swedish league: 1 title (1980)

Lugi HF (SWE) Tatran Presov (SVK)/FH Hafnafjordur (ISL)

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Rank Name & nation Club Goals

1 Raphael Caucheteux (FRA) Saint-Raphael Var Handball (FRA) 21

2 Uladzislau Kulesh (BLR) SKA Minsk (BLR) 18

Nico Rönnberg (FIN) Cocks (FIN) 18

4 Aliaksandr Padshyvalau (BLR) SKA Minsk (BLR) 16

Fabio Rocha Chiuffa (BRA) CBM Logroño La Rioja (ESP) 16

Robert Weber (AUT) SC Magdeburg (GER) 16

7 Jacob Tandrup (DEN) Ribe-Esbjerg HH (DEN) 15

Marcel Schiller (GER) Frisch Auf Göppingen (GER) 15

9 August Baskar Pedersen (NOR) OIF Arendal (NOR) 13

Raul Nantes Campos (BRA) Helvetia Anaitasuna (ESP) 13

11 Viktor Östlund (SWE) TTH Holstebro (DEN) 12

Nikolaj Markussen (DEN) Bjerringbro-Silkeborg (DEN) 12

Hans Lindberg (DEN) Füchse Berlin (GER) 12

Petar Nenadic (SRB) Füchse Berlin (GER) 12

Mateusz Seroka (POL) KS Azoty-Pulawy SA (POL) 12

16 Patryk Mauer (POL) Gwardia Opole (POL) 11

Marin Jelinic (CRO) RK Nexe (CRO) 11

Vedran Zrnic (CRO RK Nexe (CRO) 11

Yury Semenov (RUS) Balatonfüredi KSE (HUN) 11

Miroslav Jurka (CZE) Saint-Raphael Var Handball (FRA) 11

Michael Damgaard (DEN) SC Magdeburg (GER) 11

Current top scorers (starting from QR 3)

Season Name & nation Club Goals

2016/17 Hans Lindberg (DEN) Füchse Berlin (GER) 92

2015/16 Ferran Sole Sala (ESP) Fraikin BM Granollers (ESP) 70

2014/15 Skube Stas (SLO) Rk Gorenje Velenje (SLO) 81

2013/14 Dragan Gajic (SLO) Montpellier Agglomeration HB (FRA) 72

2012/13 Momir Rnic (SRB) Frisch Auf Göppingen (GER) 59

Previous seasons’ top scorers

Bold letters indicate players who are still in the competition

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Past winners

Previous Men’s Cup Winners’ Cup winners

2012 SG Flensburg Handewitt (GER)2011 VfL Gummersbach (GER)2010 VfL Gummersbach (GER)2009 Pevafersa Valladolid (ESP)2008 MKB Veszprem KC (HUN)2007 HSV Hamburg2006 Chekhovski Medvedi (RUS)2005 C. BM Ademar Leon (ESP)2004 Portland San Antonio (ESP)2003 A.D.C. Ciudad Real (ESP)2002 A.D.C. Ciudad Real (ESP)2001 SG Flensburg Handewitt (GER)2000 Portland San Antonio (ESP)1999 Prosesa Ademar Leon (ESP)1998 Caja Cantabria Santander (ESP)1997 Elgorriaga Bidasoa (ESP)1996 TBV Lemgo (GER)1995 FC Barcelona (ESP)1994 FC Barcelona (ESP)

Previous Men’s EHF Cup winners

2012 Frisch Auf Göppingen (GER)2011 Frisch Auf Göppingen (GER)2010 TBV Lemgo (GER)2009 VfL Gummersbach (GER)2008 HSG Nordhorn (GER)2007 SC Magdeburg (GER)2006 TBV Lemgo (GER)2005 Tusem Essen (GER)2004 THW Kiel (GER)2003 FC Barcelona (ESP)2002 THW Kiel (GER)2001 Sportclub Magdeburg (GER)2000 Metkovic Jumbo (CRO)1999 Sportclub Magdeburg (GER)1998 THW Kiel (GER)1997 SG Flensburg Handewitt (GER)1996 BM Granollers (ESP)1995 BM Granollers (ESP)1994 Aliza Avidesa (ESP)

2013 Rhein-Neckar Löwen (GER)

2014 Pick Szeged (HUN)

2015 Füchse Berlin (GER)

2016 Frisch Auf Göppingen (GER)

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