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QUALIFICATION DRAW: FORMER CHAMPIONS VS BAIA MARE

All seventeen teams vying for four places in the 2013/14 Women’s EHF Champions League Group Matches have learned the names of their opponents as the draw of the qualification was carried out in the EHF headquarters in Vienna on Thursday 27th June. The draw has been conducted by Sándor Andorka, the member of the EHF Competition Commission for Club competitions, and Michael Wiederer, EHF Secretary General.

The three-time EHF Champions League winners Viborg HK (DEN), who joined the qualification stage as one of four wild card entries, will play for the ticket in the European elite in Group 3 together with their Danish rivals and the reigning EHF Cup winners Team Tvis Holstebro, HC; Baia Mare and the winner of the knock-out match Muratpasa vs SERCODAK. Group 4 consists of Rostov-Don, Jomi Salerno, Fleury Loiret and the emerging Macedonian powerhouse WHC Vardar SCBT. Group 1 contains two Norwegian teams Byasen Trondheim and Tertnes Bergen alongside HC Leipzig and BNTU-BelAZ Minsk. All tournaments will be played over the weekend 14/15 September in two semi-finals, in which teams from Pot 1 will play against teams from Pot 4 and teams from Pot 2 will meet teams from Pot 3, followed by finals. The first right to organise tournaments has been drawn to the teams from the row 3 BNTU-BelAZ Minsk, LK Zug and Jomi Salerno. However, as the winner of the knock-out match Muratpasa vs SERCODAK cannot host the tournament the right to organise Group 3 has been automatically to the Baia Mare from row 1. The winners of the four Qualification 2 tournaments will join the twelve teams directly seeded for the Group Matches. The draw has also decided about the home right in both legs of the Qualification 1 knock-out match as SERCODAK Dalfsen will host the first and Muratpasa BSK the second leg.

Results of the Women's EHF Champions League Qualification draw:

Qualification 1 (Playing dates: 24/25 August and 31 August/1 September 2013)

1st leg: SERCODAK Dalfsen (NED) vs Muratpasa BSK (TUR) 2nd leg: Muratpasa BSK (TUR) vs SERCODAK Dalfsen (NED)

Qualification 2 (Playing dates: 14/15 September 2013)

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4

Row 1 Byåsen Trondheim (NOR) FTC Rail Cargo Hungária (HUN)

HCM Baia Mare (ROU) Rostov-Don (RUS)

Row 2 HC Leipzig (GER) ETV-Érdi VSE (HUN) Team Tvis Holstebro (DEN) WHC Vardar SCBT (MKD)

Row 3 HC BNTU-BelAZ Minsk (BLR) LK Zug (SUI) SERCODAK Dalfsen (NED) / Muratpasa B.S.K. (TUR)

Jomi Salerno (ITA)

Row 4 Tertnes HB Elite (NOR) RK Lokomotiva Zagreb (CRO)

Viborg HK (DEN) Fleury Loiret HB (FRA)

PREVIEW FOR THE GROUP MATCHES DRAW

For nearly a decade they were the hunter, now Györi Audi ETO will be the hunted for the first time in the Women’s EHF Champions League. After several attempts, the Hungarian champions made their dream come true to raise the trophy in May – now they top the seeding list for the Group Matches draw for the 2013/14 season, which will take place on Friday, 28 July at the Gloriette in Vienna. Players like Andrea Lekic and Jovanka Radicevic have since left, but Györ made one of the most important signings in the summer break with the transfer of Katarina Bulatovic from Romanian side Oltchim Valcea, after their non-participation in this season’s competition after reaching the semi-finals last season.

Krim and Larvik remain the same

Instead of Valcea, 2012 Champions League winner Buducnost Podgorica (Montenegro) is in Pot 1 alongside 2013 finalist Larvik HK (Norway) and 2013 semi-finalist Krim Mercator (Slovenia). While the Larvik and Krim squad remained mostly the same, Buducnost have undergone some changes, but are the new home of former World Handball Player of the Year, Romanian Cristina Neagu.

Big tradition in Pot 1

None of the teams of Pot 1 have less than eleven participations in Europe’s elite competition, topped by 19 appearances from Krim and 18 times from Buducnost. However, those teams do not lead the overall ranking, that belongs to record EHF Champions League winner Hypo NÖ from Austria, which is the only men’s or women’s club to be part of all Champions League seasons since the start in 1993 and play for the 21st time with their new coach Morten Soubak.

Two former winners in Pot 3

Despite winning the Cup Winnner's Cup in May – the first international title since 13 years – Hypo are seeded only in Pot 3, after they had regularly been eliminated quite early in the previous seasons. Hypo are in the same Pot with another former champion, Podravka Koprivnica, from Croatia, playing their 20th CL season, the Swedish champions Sävehof and the Polish champions from Lublin, who exactly ten years ago had been part of the Group Phase for the last time, make up the rest of that pot. Pot 2 consists of the Danish champions Midtjylland, French record champions Metz, German double winners Thüringer HC and a debutant - Bera Bera.

Only national champions directly qualified

In contrast to the VELUX EHF Champions League, only national champions (the top 12 in the EHF nation’s ranking) have directly qualified for the Group Matches. The additional four spots will be decided in four qualification tournaments, which were drawn on Thursday afternoon.

No changes in the playing system

The six rounds of the Group Matches will be played from 5 September to 17 November in a tough and compressed schedule of seven weeks. The two best ranked teams of each of those four groups make it to the Main Round (1 February until 16 March 2014), when the top eight teams of this competition battle in six rounds for the four spots of the semi-finals, played in home and away matches 5/6 April 2014 and 12/13 April 2014. The finals will be played 3/4 and 10/11 May 2014 and by then Györ will know, whether they are the still the hunted or the hunter once again.

CLUB PROFILES

POT 1

Györi Audi ETO KC (HUN)

Coach: Ambros Martin, since July 2012

Qualification for the 2013/14 Women’s EHF Champions League season: Hungarian champions

EHF Champions League records: Participations (including 2013/14 season): 11 Winner: 2012/13 Finalist: 2008/09, 2011/12 Semi-finalist: 2006/07, 2007/08, 2009/10, 2010/11 Group Matches: 2000/01, 2005/06 Qualification: 2004/05

Other EC records: Cup Winners Cup: Finalist 2005/06, Semi-finalist 2002/03 EHF Cup: Finalist 1998/99, 2001/02, 2003/04, 2004/05

Hungarian champion: 1957, 1959, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Hungarian Cup winner: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

RK Krim Mercator (SLO)

Coach: Tone Tiselj, since 2011

Qualification for the 2013/14 Women’s EHF Champions League season: Slovenian champions

EHF Champions League records: Participations (including 2013/2014 season): 19 Winner: 2000/01, 2002/03 Finalist: 1998/99, 2003/04, 2005/06 Semi-finallist: 2012/13 Quarter-finals: 1995/96, 1996/97, 1997/98, 2004/05, 2006/07 Main Round: 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12 Group Matches/Champions League: 1999/00

Slovenian champion: 18 times (1995 – 2013) Slovenian Cup winner: 20 times (1993 – 1997, 1999 –2013)

Larvik (NOR)

Coach: Ole Gustav Gjekstad, since 2011

Qualification for the 2013/14 Women’s EHF Champions League season: Norwegian champions

EHF Champions League records: Participations (including 2013/14 season): 15 Winner: 2010/11 Finallist: 2012/13 Semi-finalist: 2001/02, 2003/04, 2009/10, 2011/12 Quarter-finals: 2000/01, 2002/03, 2006/07 Group Matches/Champions League: 1994/95, 1997/98, 2005/06, 2007/08, 2008/09

Other EC records: Cup Winners Cup: Winner 2004/05, 2007/08, Semi-finalist 1996/97, 2005/06 EHF Cup: Finalist 2005/06

Norwegian champion: 1994, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Norwegian Cup winner: 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

Budućnost (MNE)

Coach: Dragan Adzic, since 2010

Qualification for the 2013/2014 Women’s EHF Champions League season: Montenegrin champions

EHF Champions League records: Participations (including 2013/14 season): 18 Winner: 2011/12 Semi-finalist: 1997/98, 1998/99, 1999/00, 2000/01, 2001/02, 2010/11 Main Round: 2012/13 Quarter-finals: 2002/03, 2003/04 Last 16: 1995/96 Group Matches/Champions League: 1996/97, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2009/10

Other EC records: Cup Winners Cup: Winner: 1984/85, 2005/06, 2009/10 IHF Cup: Winner: 1986/87

Montenegrin champion: 25 times (1985,1989,1990,1992-2013) Montenegrin Cup winner: 18 times (1984,1989, 1995-1998, 2000-2002, 2005-2013)

POT 2

Balonmano Bera Bera (ESP)

Coach: Tatiana Garmendia Lopez, since 2011

Qualification for the 2013/14 Women’s EHF Champions League season: Spanish champions

EHF Champions League records: Participations (including 2013/14 season): 2 Qualification: 2012/13

Other EC records: Cup Winners’ Cup: Semi-finalist 2007/08, Quarter-finalist 1996/97, 2012/13

Spanish champion: 2013 Spanish Cup winner: 2007, 2009, 2013

FC Midtjylland (DEN)

Coach: Helle Thomsen, Jakob Vestergaard

Qualification for the 2013/14 Women’s EHF Champions League season: Danish champions

EHF Champions League records: Participations (including 2013/14 season): 7 Semi-finalist: 2002/03 Quarter-finalist: 1998/99, 2004/05 Main Round: 2003/04, 2008/09 Group Matches: 2003/04

Other EC records: Cup Winners’ Cup: Winner 2003/04, Semi-finalist 1999/2000 EHF Cup: Winner 2001/02, 2010/11, Finalist: 2006/07, Semi-finalist 2007/08, 2012/13 City Cup: Winner 1997/98, Finalist 1996/97, Semi-finalist 1994/95

Danish champions: 1998, 2011, 2013 Danish Cup winners: 1991, 1999, 2000, 2001

Thüringer HC (GER)

Coach: Herbert Müller, since 2010

Qualification for the 2013/14 Women’s EHF Champions League season: German champions

EHF Champions League records: Participations (including 2013/14 season): 3 Group Matches: 2011/12, 2012/13

Other EC records: Cup Winners’ Cup: Semi-finalist 2012/13 Challenge Cup: Finalist: 2008/09

German champion: 2011, 2012, 2013 German Cup winner: 2011, 2013

Metz Handball (FRA)

Coach: Sandor Rac, since 2012

Qualification for the 2013/14 Women’s EHF Champions League season: French champions

EHF Champions League records: Participations (including 2013/14 season): 16 Main Round: 2001/12 Last 16: 1994/95, 1995/96 Last 32: 1993/94 Group Matches/Champions League: 1996/97, 1997/98, 1999/2000, 2000/01, 2002/03, 2008/09, 2009/10, Qualification: 2004/05, 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08

Other EC records: EHF Cup: Finalist 2012/13, Quarter-finalist 2000/01, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2007/08 Cup Winners’ Cup: Semi-finalist 1998/99, 2003/04, 2009/10, 2010/11

French champion: 1989, 1990, 1993-1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004-2009, 2011, 2013 French Cup winner: 1985, 1990, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2010, 2013

POT 3

Hypo NÖ (AUT)

Coach: Morten Soubak, since 2013

Qualification for the 2013/14 Women’s EHF Champions League season: Austrian champions

EHF Champions League records: Participations (including 2013/2014 season): 21 Winner: 1993/94, 1994/95, 1997/98, 1999/2000 Finalist: 1995/96, 2007/08 Semi-finalist: 1996/97, 1998/99, 2004/05, 2006/07, 2008/09 Quarter-finalist: 2005/06 Group Matches/Champions League: 2000/01, 2001/02, 2002/03, 2003/04, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13

Other EC records: Cup Winners Cup: Winner 2012/13, Finalist 2003/04

Austrian champion: 37 times Austrian Cup winner: 26 times

IK Sävehof (SWE)

Coach: Henrik Signell

Qualification for the 2013/14 Women’s EHF Champions League season: Swedish champions

EHF Champions League records: Participations (including 2013/2014 season): 6 Group Matches: 2007/08, 2010/11, 2012/13 Qualification: 2006/07, 2011/12

Other EC records: Cup Winners’ Cup: Last 16: 2011/12

Swedish champion: 1993, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Swedish cup winner: There is no cup competition in Sweden

HC Podravka Vegeta (CRO)

Coach: Neven Hrupec

Qualification for the 2013/2014 Women’s EHF Champions League season: Croatian champions

EHF Champions League records: Participations (including 2013/2014 season): 20 Winner: 1995/96 Finalist: 1994/95 Semi-finalist: 1997/98 Quarter-finalist: 1996/97 Main Round: 2000/01, 2001/02, 2008/09 Group Matches/Champions League: 1993/94, 1998/99, 1999/00, 2002/03, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13 Qualification: 2003/04, 2005/06

Other EC records: Cup Winners Cup: Finalist: 2004/05, Semi-finalist: 2007/08 EHF Cup: Finalist 2000/01, 2005/06

Croatian champion: 20 times Croatian Cup winner: 19 times

MKS Lublin (POL)

Coach: Edward Jankowski, since 2003

Qualification for the 2013/14 Women’s EHF Champions League season: Polish champions

EHF Champions League records: Participations (including 2013/2014 season): 16 Quarter-finalist: 1999/2000, 2001/02 Last 16: 1995/96 Group Matches/Champions League: 1996/97, 1997/98, 1998/99, 2000/2001, 2002/03, 2003/04 Qualification: 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11

Other EC records: EHF Cup: Winner 2000/01, Quarter-finals: 2007/08, 2009/10

Polish champion: 16 times (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013) Polish Cup winner: 10 times (1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012)

POT 4

Qualifier Group 1: Byasen Trondheim (NOR), HC Leipzig (GER), BNTU BelAZ Minsk (BLR), Tertnes Bergen (NOR)

Qualifier Group 2: FTC Rail Cargo Hungária (HUN), ETV-Érdi VSE (HUN), LK Zug Handball (SUI), Lokomotiva Zagreb (CRO)

Qualifier Group 3: HCM Baia Mare (ROU), Team Tvis Holstebro (DEN), Qualifier Phase 1 (Muratpasa BSK/SERCODAK Dalfsen)

Qualifier Group 4: Rostov-Don (RUS), WHC Vardar SCBT (MKD), Jomi Salerno (ITA), Fleury (FRA)

2 teams4 groups with 4 teams each

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2013/2014 EHF WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

DRAWS:27 June 2013

in Vienna27 June 2013 in Vienna 28 June 2013 in Vienna 19 November 2013 15 April 2014

QualificationRound 1

QualificationTournaments 2

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Group 1 1 NOR Byasen Trondheim2 GER HC Leipzig3 BLR BNTU-BelAZ Minsk Reg.4 NOR Tertnes Bergen

Cross Matches001 NOR Byasen Trondheim vs. NOR Tertnes Bergen

14.09.2013 /

002 GER HC Leipzig vs. BLR BNTU-BelAZ Minsk Reg. 14.09.2013 /

Placement Matches003 Loser Group 1 SF 1 vs. Loser Group 1 SF 2

15.09.2013 /

004 Winner Group 1 SF 1 vs. Winner Group 1 SF 2 15.09.2013 /

Group 2 1 HUN FTC Rail Cargo Hungaria2 HUN Erdi Sport Kft.3 SUI LK Zug Handball4 CRO HC Lokomotiva Zagreb

Cross Matches005 HUN FTC Rail Cargo Hungaria vs. CRO HC Lokomotiva Zagreb

14.09.2013 /

006 HUN Erdi Sport Kft. vs. SUI LK Zug Handball 14.09.2013 /


15.09.2013 /


2013/14 Women's European Cup EHF Champions LeagueQualification Tournaments 2

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Group 3 1 ROU HCM Baia Mare2 DEN Team Tvis Holstebro3 Winner Q14 DEN Viborg HK

Cross Matches009 ROU HCM Baia Mare vs. DEN Viborg HK

14.09.2013 /

010 DEN Team Tvis Holstebro vs. Winner Q1 14.09.2013 /


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Group 4 1 RUS Rostov-Don2 MKD WHC Vardar SCBT3 ITA Jomi Salerno4 FRA Fleury Loiret Handball

Cross Matches013 RUS Rostov-Don vs. FRA Fleury Loiret Handball

14.09.2013 /

014 MKD WHC Vardar SCBT vs. ITA Jomi Salerno 14.09.2013 /


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2013/14 Women's European Cup EHF Champions LeagueQualification Tournaments 2

EHF Report | 27.06.2013 23:37 | 2/2RR_B390R2

PAST WINNERS

1994 Hypo Niederösterreich AUT


1996 Podravka Koprivnica CRO

1997 Mar El Osito L´Eliana Valencia ESP


1999 Dunaferr SE HUN


2001 RK Krim Neutro Roberts SLO

2002 Kometal D.P. Skopje MKD

2003 Krim ETA Kotex Ljubljana SLO

2004 Slagelse FH DEN


2006 Viborg A/S DEN


2008 Zvezda Zvenigorod RUS

2009 Viborg A/S DEN

2010 Viborg A/S DEN

2011 Larvik HK NOR

2012 Buducnost Podgorica MNE

2013 Győri Audi ETO KC HUN

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