EHF Cup FINALS Draw

Season 2015/16

Salle Sportive Metropolitaine de la Trocardiere, Nantes

Tuesday, 3 May 2016, 11:00

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Draw Programme11:00 hrs EHF Cup Finals Press Conference11:15 hrs Official contracts signings11:18 hrs Unveiling of the new trophy11:20 hrs EHF Cup Finals Draw – semi-finals

Draw ParticpantsJean Brihault, EHF PresidentGael Pelletier, HBC Nantes presidentGerard Allard, Nantes Metropole vice presidentMarkus Glaser, EHF Competitions Senior ManagerVlado Brindzak, EHF Media and Communications

Draw ProceduresThe three teams qualifying from the Quarter-finals, as well as HBC Nantes 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 CupThe 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 NantesThe event will be held in the Salle Sportive Metropolitaine de la Trocardiere in Nantes, France over two days with semi-finals to be played on Saturday, 14 May, the match for third/fourth place and the final on Sunday, 15 May. More than 100 volunteers, 150 media representatives and up to 80 players will take part in the two-day tournament.

2016 EHF Cup Finals DrawSalle Sportive Metropolitaine de la Trocardiere, Nantes, 3 May 2016, 11:00 hrs

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EHF Cup Finals Programme

Friday, 13 May 2016 Media call (TBC) - Team trainings (afternoon) Welcome reception at the Castle of the Dukes of Brittany (19:00 hrs) Technical meeting (Trocardiere)

Saturday, 14 May 2016 - Semi-final 1 - 14:45 hrs* - Semi-final 2 - 17:30 hrs*

Sunday, 15 May 2016 - Match for 3/4 place - 14:45 - EHF Cup Final - 17:30

* Note that the playing order will be only finalised after the draw following negotiations with TV partners.

TicketsTickets: At the time of publication only 700 tickets left on sale. The remaining tickets are available in the ticket shop: http://www.digitick.com/ext/billetterie5/?site=finalitescoupedeuropeehf

Ticket prices range from 60 to 100 euros for the whole event.

VIP Packages: purchase directly from HBC Nantes. VIP ticket for both days and the 4 games in two categories 300, respectively 600 Euro. Contact commercial@hbcnantes.com for more information

Club tickets: 200 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 AccreditationOver 150 media representatives are expected to come to Nantes 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, 6 May 2016 via an online registration system:http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/ec/accreditation/

Media HotelHBC Nantes have made a special arrangement with Hotel IBIS STYLES NANTES CENTRE – Place Royale *** for media representatives, please refer to “nantesfinals” as a booking code. Contact the EHF Media and Communications department for full details media@eurohandball.com.

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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 OnlineThe event will be covered extensively online by both the EHF Media and Communications department and HBC Nantes. The event can be followed on the EHF Cup and EHF Cup Finals websites: http://europeancup.eurohandball.com/ and http://hbcnantes.com/finales-ehf-cup-ehf-cup-finals/

Official hashtag - #ehfcupfinalsTwitter users can follow the coverage of the event on the official Twitter Channel of the EHF Media and Communications department @EHF, @ehf_live and also using the hashtag #ehfcupfinals.

Television and live streamingCoverage 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 Women’s EHF FINAL4 in Budapest.

Media Contacts

Vladislav Brindzak (EHF Cup Finals Media Management)EHF Media and CommunicationsTel: +43 1 80151 161Mob: +421 908 721 328Email: brindzak@eurohandball.com

Oliver Laaber (TV/radio management)EHF Marketing GmbHTel: +43 1 80151 217Email: laaber@ehfmarketing.com

Thomas Audebert (Local organisation – media)HBC NantesThomas AudebertTel: +33 6 71 55 63 49Email: thomas.audebert@hbcnantes.com

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Facts & FiguresTwo former winners, a semi-final debutant and the hunt for the 3,000th goal

Only four matches remain in the Men’s EHF Cup to decide the winner and the successor of Füchse Berlin. Besides host Nantes, Chambery, Granollers and Göppingen have reached the final destination of the competition. Find all major facts, figures and numbers on the Men’s EHF Cup here.

0 winners of the new version of the EHF Cup are among the four participants of the EHF Cup Finals 2016.

0 French male teams have ever won the EHF Cup in the new or the old format or Cup Winners’ Cup.

0 national champions arriving from the VELUX EHF Champions League qualification made it to the quarter-finals.

0 Spanish teams have qualified for the EHF Cup Finals since this new finals format was introduced; now Granollers have come all the way.

0 of those three teams arriving from the quarter-finals have won both knock-out matches.

1 team was host and finalist of the EHF Cup Finals before: HBC Nantes in 2013, when they lost the final against Rhein-Neckar Löwen.

1 pair of brothers fight in two different EHF final tournaments for trophies: Marc Canellas with Granollers in Nantes, Joan Canellas with THW Kiel in the VELUX EHF FINAL4 in Cologne.

1 coach was an EHF Cup winner as a player - and even with the club he coaches now: Carlos Viver (Granollers).

1 coach of the EHF Cup Finals participants has won the EHF Cup as a coach: Ivica Obrvan (Chambery) with Croatian side RK Metkovic - the only non-Spanish or non-German club to win the old format of this competition.

1 team - Chambery - will have their debut in an European Cup semi-final, the remaining three teams have even all been finalists in the EHF Cup.

1 player can complete his cabinet of European Cup trophies: Alberto Entrerrios (Nantes), who won the EHF Champions League three times with Ciudad Real (2006, 2008, 2009) and the Cup Winners’ Cup twice (in 1993 with Barcelona and in 2003 with Ciudad Real).

1 team - Chambery - turned a first leg defeat in the quarter-finals into a ticket to Nantes, while Göppingen and Granollers lost their second legs.

1 coach of the four participants – again Ivica Obrvan (Chambery) – is parallel coach of a national team: FYR Macedonia. Magnus Andersson (Göppingen) had been coach of the Austrian national team before.

1 team - Chambery - has arrived from the second qualification round and thus have already played 12 matches to make it to Nantes. In contrast, host Nantes only needed eight matches to qualify for the event. Göppingen and Granollers have played ten matches each.

1 player - Göppingen’s new arrival Adrian Pfahl - was on court at the 2015 EHF Cup Finals, but lost it with Hamburg against Berlin.

2 times has La Trocardière Arena in Nantes been the venue for the EHF Cup Finals (after 2013).

2 participants of the 2016 EHF Cup Finals have won the old version of the EHF Cup each twice: Granollers (1995, 1996) and Göppingen (2011, 2012).

2 participants have already been part of EHF Cup Finals: Nantes and Göppingen in 2013.

2 Göppingen players have already won previous EHF Cup Finals: Zarko Sesum (2013 with Löwen) and Peter Tatai (2014 with Szeged)

2 nations are again represented by Iceland and Spain on a coaching level at the EHF Cup Finals and both nations also had the winning coach: Iceland (Gudmundur Gudmundsson/2013 and Dagur Sigurdsson/2015) and Spain (Juan Carlos Pastor/2014).

2 participants of the EHF Cup Finals finished on top of their groups: Nantes (Group B) and Chambery (Group D)

3 nations are represented by the four teams: France (2), Germany and Spain.

3 times in the group phase (and not a single time in the quarter-finals) did spectators see 45 or less goals in a match.

4 goals in aggregate (58:54 of Magdeburg vs Göppingen) was the biggest winning margin in the quarter-finals.

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Facts & Figures4 players on court in Nantes are EHF Champions Champions League winners: Alberto Entrerrios (2006, 2008, 2009 with Ciudad Real), Valero Rivera Floch (2005 with Barcelona), Michael Kraus (2013 with Hamburg) and Lars Kaufmann (2014 with Flensburg-Handewitt).

4 – like in all previous EHF Cup Finals at least one German team is part of the competition: 2013 Göppingen and Löwen, 2014 Berlin, 2015 Berlin and Hamburg.

4 (all) hosts of the previous and current EHF Cup Finals have skipped the quarter-finals and qualified directly from their ranking in the group phase: HBC Nantes (2013, 2016) and Füchse Berlin (2014, 2015)

4 matches of the group phase - and zero of the quarter-finals - ended with a margin of ten goals or more.

7 matches of the group phase ended with a draw, no teams drew in the quarter-finals.

7 nations have been represented by clubs in all EHF Cup Finals since 2013: Germany (6 teams including 2016), France (4), Denmark (3), Spain (1), Hungary (1), Romania (1) and Slovenia (1).

9 times in group phase matches did spectators see more than 60 goals.

15 matches of the group phase and none of the quarter-finals ended with an away win.

16 times a German team has won the old (14) and the new (2) version of the EHF Cup since the implementation of the competition in the 1993/94 season. Five times the winner came from Spain, once each from Croatia and Hungary.

17 matches of the group phase and the quarter-finals were attended by more than 3000 spectators.

20 goals was the biggest winning margin since the start of the group phase so far, when Göppingen beat OCI Lions (NED) by 40:20.

60 clubs from 37 countries have been involved in the EHF Cup season since the start of the first qualification phase.

71 goals were scored in the match OCI Lions vs Göppingen (31:40) to be the high score since the start of the group phase.

2,978 goals have been scored in the EHF Cup since the start of the group phase, 2648 in the group phase and 330 in the quarter-finals.

4,765 spectators attended the quarter-final Magdeburg vs Göppingen making it the highest attendance of the season so far.

8,965 fans in total attended both legs of the all-German quarter-finals of Göppingen and Magdeburg.

Potential head-to-heads in the EC Fraikin BM. Granollers vs Chambery Savoie HandballNo previous encounters in European competitions

Fraikin BM. Granollers vs HBC NantesNo previous encounters in European competitions

Fraikin BM. Granollers vs Frisch Auf GöppingenNo previous encounters in European competitions

Chambery Savoie Handball vs HBC NantesNo previous encounters in European competitions

Chambery Savoie Handball vs Frisch Auf GöppingenNo previous encounters in European competitions

HBC Nantes vs Frisch Auf Göppingen 1-0-1 (53:51) 2:227.02.2016 Frisch Auf Göppingen vs HBC Nantes, EHF Cup – Group B 27:26 (14:13)06.03.2016 HBC Nantes vs Frisch Auf Göppingen, EHF Cup – Group B 27:24 (13:10)

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After a three year absence from European Cup competitions, the 2011 and 2012 winner of the “old” EHF Cup qualified again for an international competition. The qualification stage with matches against Polish side Gornik Zabrze was anything but a high hurdle for Frisch Auf Göppingen, as they won both duels by an overall goal difference of +19. At that stage, Göppingen had hoped for hosting the EHF Cup Finals, but failed with their bid - against their group phase opponent HBC Nantes.

After a surprising opening defeat at Holstebro, Göppingen were awake and mainly unbeatable on home ground. Winning all three matches at EWS-Arena including the close 27:26 against later-on group winners Nantes, the team of Swedish born head coach Magnus Andersson paved the way to the quarter-finals. After winning the direct encounter against Holstebro by a clear 36:23 the gate was open, but Göppingen needed to wait until the away win at OCI Lions in the final round until the berth for the next stage was clinched.

Not only thanks to their 40:20 against the Dutch champions on home ground - the clearest win in all group matches, Göppingen finally had the best attack of all 16 teams (198 goals) and the best goal difference (+37) of all contenders. But funny enough not their internationally experienced top stars such as German World Champion Michael Kraus or Serbian EURO 2012 silver medallist Zarko Sesum were their top scorers in the EHF Cup so far, but the young guns Marcel Schiller (42) and Andreas Berg (36), both left wings and counter attack experts.

On domestic ground, the chance to make it again to the European Cup competitions is still there, as Frisch Auf currently are ranked seventh in the Bundesliga, in the German Cup they failed in the quarter-finals, as they were defeated by their upcoming EHF Cup opponent Magdeburg 29:25 in the quarter-finals. However, they paid it back to their domestic rivals in the EHF Cup Quarter-finals as they reached Nantes at Magdeburg’s expense.

FRISCH AUF GÖPPINGEN (GER)

Club Address:Frisch Auf GöppingenLeonhard Weiss -Strasse 4073037 GöppingenGermany

Media contact:Alexander Kolb+49 7161 965 975 90alexander.kolb@frischauf-gp.de

Online information:Website: www.frischauf-gp.deFacebook: frischaufgpTwitter: @FRISCHAUFGP

Playing hallEWS Arena GöppingenNördlichen Ringstrasse 8773033 GöppingenGermanyCapacity: 5,600

Kit coloursLightPlayer shirt: whitePlayer short: greenGoalkeeper shirt: red

DarkPlayer shirt: greenPlayer short: whiteGoalkeeper shirt: black

Past achievementsEHF CupEHF Cup Finals (1): fourth ranked 2013Winners (2): 2010/11, 2011/12 Runners-up (1): 2005/06Quarter-final (1): 2009/10

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

Road to the EHF Cup Finals:Quarter-finals:vs SC Magdeburg W31:25 (13:11)@ SC Magdeburg L27:29 (13:17)

Group Phase@ Team Tvis Holstebro L31:34 (17:17)vs OCI-LIONS W40:20 (22:10)vs HBC Nantes W27:26 (14:13)@ HBC Nantes L24:27 (10:13)vs Team Tvis Holstebro W36:23 (16:12)@ OCI-LIONS W40:31 (19:15) Qualification Round 3@ Górnik Zabrze W39:29 (20:17)vs Górnik Zabrze W38:29 (19:16)

GROUP B Final Table:

1. HBC Nantes 6 5 0 1 176:151 (25) 102. Frisch Auf Göppingen 6 4 0 2 198:161 (37) 83. Team Tvis Holstebro 6 3 0 3 167:180 (-13) 64. OCI-LIONS 6 0 0 6 154:203 (-49) 0

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Chambery are the only team to have finished the group phase undefeated. If you could argue their opponents were not the toughest you could find, they still managed to remain serious until the end, getting their quarter finals ticket two games before the end of the phase.

After beating title holders Füchse Berlin in the third qualification round, Chambery faced Ystad in their first group game and deserved a large home win. For the second game the French struggled against Bucuresti, coming back from Romania with a lucky draw. In fact, the Romanians were the only team against which Chambery did not win, both games ended in a draw. But that did not really matter since both Helvetia Anaitasuna and Ystad could not snatch a point against them. Timothey N’Guessan was the best scorer of the team, with 37 goals, while Melvyn Richardson, at only 19, is one of the best surprises of the competition so far. Able to play both on the centre back and the right back position, Jackson’s son proved to be one of the key asset in his team, and his talent will surely be needed in the national clash against Saint Raphaël.

In an exciting all-French affair they lost the first leg by five goals but in the dying minutes of the return leg managed to climb back and clinched their ticket to the final tournament.

CHAMBERY SAVOIE HANDBALL (FRA)

Club Address:Chambery Savoie Handball688 Avenue des Follaz73000 ChamberyFrance

Media contact:Thomas Fior+33 4 79 70 60 55thomas.fior@chamberysavoiehandball.com

Online information:www.chamberysavoiehandball.comFacebook: CSH73Twitter: @ChamberySH_Hand

Playing hallLe Phare800 avenue du Grand Arietaz73000 ChamberyFranceCapacity: 4,600

Kit coloursLightPlayer shirt: whitePlayer short: whiteGoalkeeper shirt: blue/yellow/red

DarkPlayer shirt: blackPlayer short: blackGoalkeeper shirt: blue/yellow/red

Past achievementsEHF Champions LeagueLast 16 (3): 2004/04, 2006/07, 2010/11Main Round (1): 2008/09Group stage (4): 2001/02, 2009/10, 2011/12, 2012/13

EHF CupQuarter-final (1): 2007/08Group Phase (1): 2013/14Last 16 (1): 1998/99Round 3 (2): 1999/00, 2000/01

OtherCup Winners’ Cup: Quarter-final 2002/03, Last 16 2005/06French league: 2001French Champions Trophy: 2014

Road to the quarter-finals:

Quarter-finals:@ Saint-Raphael Var L25:30 (12:11)vs Saint-Raphael Var W29:22 (13:13)

Group Phasevs Ystads IF W32:22 (16:11)@ CSM Bucuresti T25:25 (12:12)@ Helvetia Anaitasuna W28:22 (14:12)vs Helvetia Anaitasuna W26:23 (10:9)@ Ystads IF W27:26 (13:14)vs CSM Bucuresti T23:23 (12:11) Qualification Round 3@ Füchse Berlin T31:31 (15:16)vs Füchse Berlin W34:30 (19:17) Qualification Round 2vs HC Sporta Hlohovec W35:12 (15:3)@ HC Sporta Hlohovec W31:28 (18:14)

GROUP D Final Table:

1. Chambery Savoie 6 4 2 0 161:141 (20) 102. Ystads IF 6 3 1 2 159:167 (-8) 73. CSM Bucuresti 6 1 3 2 152:156 (-4) 54. Helvetia Anaitasuna 6 1 0 5 150:158 (-8) 2

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Granollers qualified to the quarterfinals in a heart attack game against Aalborg in the last round of the group phase. The Catalan team only needed to win or draw to be in the next round, but the Denmark’s side was very near to ruin the dream of Granollers. Palau d’Esports de Granollers, the venue of the team, had the best attendance of the season to help its team to pass the round. Ferran Solé scored the goal that draw the game (24:24) and the Catalans reached the EHF Cup quarter-finals after 11 years.

The team of Carlos Viver began the group phase with a lost against Dinamo Bucuresti at home. They won the first two points in Denmark on court of Aalborg but they lost again in Germany – against Magdeburg. But the team won the next two important games, against Magdeburg at home - in the best match of the team in this group phase - and they won in Romania against Dinamo Bucuresti which propelled them to the top of the group. After a draw in the last game they finished the group phase in the second position with 7 points, 1 below Magdeburg, the first one. At the beginning of the season, the left back Juan del Arco - maybe the best player of the team - transferred to El Jaish (Qatar). It was an important loss for Granollers who tried to fill the void with the Brazilian, Henrique Texeira. In October, the right back, Jose Guilherme Toledo, left the team to sign for Wisla Plock to play EHF Champions League. Alex Marquez came from FC Barcelona and the last player who joined Granollers is another Brazilian: Fernando Pacheco. This year is very special for Salva Puig who announced his retirement at the end of the season. Puig played most of his career in Granollers in three different stages (1996-2003, 2008-2011 and currently), Göppingen (2003-04), FC Barcelona (2004-07), BM. Valladolid (2007-08) and Toulouse (2011-13).

In the most thrilling of the three quarter-final pairings Granollers eliminated Bjerringbro-Silkeborg only on the away goal rule as both teams won their home matches by six goals.

FRAIKIN BM GRANOLLERS (ESP)

Past achievementsEHF Cup:Winners (2): 1994/95, 1995/96Semi-final (1): 1996/97Group Phase (1): 2014/15Quarter-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

Club Address:Fraikin BM. GranollersC/Voluntaris 108402 GranollersSpain

Media contact:Josep Blanchart+34 655 870435pep@bmgranollers.cat

Online information:Website: www.bmgranollers.catFacebook: BMGranollersTwitter: @BMGranollers

Playing hallPalau d’Esports de GranollersAdva. Francesc Macia s/num.08400 GranollersSpainCapacity:5,260

Kit coloursLightPlayer shirt: whitePlayer short: blueGoalkeeper shirt: green

DarkPlayer shirt: redPlayer short: blackGoalkeeper shirt: blue

Road to the EHF Cup Finals:

Quarter-finals:vs Bjerringbro-Silkeborg W30:24 (12:11)@ Bjerringbro-Silkeborg L26:32 (15:18)Aggregate score: 56:56, Fraikin qualified on the away goals rule

Group Phasevs Dinamo Bucuresti L29:28 (13:20)@ Aalborg Handball W31:25 (15:11)@ SC Magdeburg L28:32 (14:16)vs SC Magdeburg W34:29 (15:13)@ Dinamo Bucuresti W27:26 (15:14)vs Aalborg Handball T24:24 (13:10)

Qualification Round 3vs OIF Arendal W29:21 (13:11)@ OIF Arendal L26:28 (14:11)Aggregate score: 55:49

GROUP A Final Table:

1. SC Magdeburg 6 4 0 2 184:162 (22) 82. Fraikin BM. Granollers 6 3 1 2 172:165 (7) 73. Dinamo Bucuresti 6 2 1 3 166:181 (-15) 54. Aalborg Handball 6 1 2 3 147:161 (-14) 4

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EHF Cup Finals without the host club wouldn’t have had the same taste and, luckily, HBC Nantes managed to snatch a ticket for the finals right after the group phase, by finishing first of their group.

The story was not already written though, as the draw put three contenders to the trophy in the same group. Nantes was about to meet Frish Auf! Göppingen and Team Tvis Holstebro as well as newcomers OCI-Lions, after beating RK Nexe without fear in qualification round three.

If the first clash with the German club ended in a narrow defeat, the rest of the tests was a success, as Nantes rounded up the first stage with five victories, including some impressive ones at home against Göppingen and Holstebro.

Nantes’s campaign has been a success so far, both on and off the court. The team, who reached the EHF Cup final in 2013, finished second best defence and third best attack of all the group phase teams, even if key players like Nicolas Claire, Rock Feliho, Matias Schulz or Rodrigo Salinas were all injured at some point or another.

In the meantime, in the stands, two of the three best attendances were recorded at La Trocardiere. The reception of Göppingen, a key moment of the group phase, 4,421 spectators filled the arena, while more than 4,000 were also present two weeks later, for the send-off of OCI-Lions. A good sign that the EHF Cup Finals will be a popular event after the already rousing success of the event, which took place three seasons ago at the old Palais des Sports de Beaulieu.

HBC NANTES (FRA)

Club Address:HBC Nantes91 rue de la Trocardiere44400 RezeFrance

Media contact:Thomas Audebert+33 6 71 55 63 49thomas.audebert@hbcnantes.com

Online information:Website: www.hbcnantes.comFacebook: HBCNantesOfficielTwitter: HBCNantes

Playing hallSalle Sportive de la Trocardiere91 Rue de la Trocadiere44400 RezeFranceCapacity: 4,500

Kit coloursLightPlayer shirt: white/purplePlayer short: whiteGoalkeeper shirt: orange or blue

DarkPlayer shirt: purple/yellowPlayer short: purpleGoalkeeper shirt: black

Past achievements

EHF CupEHF Cup Finals (1): second place 2012/13Quarter-finals (1): 2013/14Round 3 (2): 2011/12, 2014/15

OtherFrench League Cup: 1 title (2015)

Road to the EHF Cup Finals

Group Phase@ OCI-LIONS W33:26 (16:12)vs Team Tvis Holstebro W32:23 (17:9)@ Frisch Auf Göppingen L26:27 (13:14)vs Frisch Auf Göppingen W27:24 (13:10)vs OCI-LIONS W30:24 (14:14)@ Team Tvis Holstebro W28:27 (10:13)

Qualification Round 31st leg: @ RK Nexe (CRO) D26:262nd leg: vs Nexe W22:18Aggregate score: 48:44

GROUP B Final Table:

1. HBC Nantes 6 5 0 1 176:151 (25) 102. Frisch Auf Göppingen 6 4 0 2 198:161 (37) 83. Team Tvis Holstebro 6 3 0 3 167:180 (-13) 64. OCI-LIONS 6 0 0 6 154:203 (-49) 0

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Qualification Qualification FinalRound 1 Round 2 Tournament

24 teams 32 teams 32 teams 16 teams 8 teams 4 teams05/06.09.2015 10/11.10.2015 21/22.11.2015 R1: 13/14.02.2016 23/24.04.16 14/15.05.2016

first leg first leg first leg R2: 20/21.02.2016 first leg TournamentR3: 27/28.02.2016

12/13.09.2015 17/18.10.2015 28/29.11.2015 R4: 05/06.03.2016 30.4/01.5.16NATION second leg second leg second leg R5:19/20.03.2016 second leg

R6:26/27.03.201621.07.2015 21.07.2015 20.10.2015 03.12.2015 29.03.2016 03.05.2016

1 Def. Champ. Füchse Berlin2 2nd CL QT 2nd CL QT3 3rd CL QT 3rd CL QT4 ESP Fraikin BM. Granollers5 SLO RK Gorenje Velenje6 GER SC Magdeburg7 DEN Bjerringbro-Silkeborg8 ESP Helvetia Anaitasuna9 FRA HBC Nantes

10 SLO RK Maribor Branik11 HUN Grundfos Tatabanya KC12 POL KS Azoty-Pulawy13 GER Frisch Auf Göppingen14 DEN Aalborg Handbold15 ESP Frigorificos Morrazo16 FRA St. Raphael var Handball17 4th CL QT 4th CL QT18 SWE Alingsas HK19 POR Sporting CP20 HUN Csurgoi KK21 ROU CSM Bucuresti22 NOR OIF Arendal23 CRO RK Nexe24 RUS Permskie medvedi25 SUI Pfadi Winterthur26 BLR SKA Minsk27 UKR HC ZTR28 MKD Zomimak M29 SVK HC Sporta Hlohovec30 SRB RK Spartak Vojput31 GRE AC Diomidis Argous32 CZE SSK M.A.T. Plzen33 AUT Bregenz Handball34 POL Pogon Szeczecin35 DEN Team Tvis Holstebro36 FRA Chambery Savoie HB37 POL Gornik Zabrze38 SWE Ystad IF HF39 ROU Energia Targu Jiu40 CRO GRK Varazdin 193041 SUI TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen42 ISL Haukar43 ISR Maccabi Rishon Le Zion44 NED HV Kras/Volendam45 LUX HB Dudelange46 TUR Rainbow Kayseri SK47 KOS KH Besa Famiglia48 LTU Klaipeda Dragunas49 EST Pölva Serviti50 BEL Hubo Initia Hasselt51 ITA SSV Bozen Loacker52 MDA PGU-Kartina TV Tiraspol53 MNE HC Lovcen 54 BUL HC Fregata-Burgas55 FIN Riihimäki Cocks56 LUX HB Käerjeng57 ROU Dinamo Bucuresti58 NOR Haslum HK59 CRO RK Porec60 ITA A.S.D. Romagna Handball

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Top scorers after quarter-finals

Rank Name & nation Club Goals

1. Robert Weber (AUT) SC Magdeburg (GER) 66

2. Michael Damgaard Nielsen (DEN) SC Magdeburg (GER) 58

Javier Humet Gaminder (ESP) CSM Bucuresti (ROU) 58

4. Ferran Sole Sala (ESP) Fraikin BM. Granollers (ESP) 54

5. Marcel Schiller (GER) Frisch Auf Göppingen (GER) 53

Jakov Vrankovic (CRO) Dinamo Bucuresti (ROU) 53

7. Peter Balling Christensen (DEN) Team Tvis Holstebro (DEN) 51

Patrick Wiesmach Larsen (DEN) Team Tvis Holstebro (DEN) 51

9. Raphael Caucheteux (FRA) Saint-Raphael Var Handball (FRA) 50

10. Uladzislau Kulesh (BLR) SKA Minsk (BLR) 47

11. Adrien Dipanda (FRA) Saint-Raphael Var Handball (FRA) 46

12. Timothey N'guessan (FRA) Chambery Savoie Handball (FRA) 45

13. Valero Rivera Folch (ESP) HBC Nantes (FRA) 43

14. Adrian Figueras Trejo (ESP) Fraikin BM. Granollers (ESP) 42

Marcel Hess (SUI) Pfadi Winterthur (SUI) 42

Stefan Hundstrup (DEN) Bjerringbro-Silkeborg (DEN) 42

Lukas Nilsson (SWE) Ystads IF (SWE) 42

18. Melvyn Richardson (FRA) Chambery Savoie Handball (FRA) 41

19. Roman Sidorowiz (SUI) Pfadi Winterthur (SUI) 40

20. Aurelien Abily (FRA) Saint-Raphael Var Handball (FRA) 38

Artsem Karalek (BLR) SKA Minsk (BLR) 38

Joao Ramos (POR) OCI-LIONS (NED) 38

Sebastian Skube (SLO) Bjerringbro-Silkeborg (DEN) 38

(Bold text indicates players that are still active 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)

2015/16 Men’s EHF Cup Quarter-final

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Contributors: Björn Pazen, Peter Bruun, Kevin Domas, Adrian Costeiu, Adria Barrio, Sergey Nikolaev, all stats by Roy Knoppert