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Media contacts 4

Map of clubs 2013/14 5

Facts & figures of the Group Phase 6

Draw preview 8

FC Barcelona 10

THW Kiel 11

MKB Veszprem KC 12

HC Vardar PRO Skopje 13

PSG Handball 15

Rhein Neckar Löwen 16

SG Flensburg-Handewitt 17

HC Metalurg 18

Head-to-heads 21

VELUX EHF FINAL4 24

Media accreditation for VELUX EHF FINAL4 opens 25

Current top scorers 27

Past winners 28

Table of contents

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EHF/M Media contacts

Clubs – Media contacts

Media matters

Vlado BrindzakMedia and Communications European Handball Federation+43 1 80 151 161brindzak@eurohandball.com

TV and Radio

Akos MoczanMedia ManagerEHF Marketing GmbH+43 1 80 151 226moczan@ehfmarketing.com

POT 1

FC Barcelona (ESP)Gustau Galvache+34 618522789gustau.galvache@fcbarcelona.cat

THW Kiel (GER)Christian Robohm +49 1635306300christian.robohm@thw-handball.de

MKB-MVM Veszprém KC (HUN)Zsolt Sevinger+36 305024547mkbveszprem@chello.hu

RK Vardar PRO – Skopje (MKD)Marko Savovski+389 75 200 008markosavovski@live.com

POT 2

PSG Handball (FRA)Louise Cosnard+33 (0)675 591 939lcosnard@psg.fr

Rhein Neckar Löwen (GER)Ute Krebs+49 126 2500 933krebs@rhein-neckar-loewen.de

SG Flensburg Handewitt (GER)Sandra von Wallis+49 4611609625s.vonwallis@sg-flensburg-handewitt.de

HC Metalurg (MKD)Zoran Cvetanovski+389 78223505zoran.cvetanovski@gmail.com

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Facts & figuresVugrinec on top, jubilees for Barcelona and Kiel

Only 16 hours after the final whistle of the last VELUX EHF Champions League Last 16 match, the draw will be conducted in Vienna. After an overall of 136 matches of group phase and first knock-out stage it’s time to have another look on the most important facts and figures of the competition.

0 - times a winner of the VELUX EHF FINAL4 defended their title in Cologne. This tradition continues in this season too, as reigning champions HSV Hamburg bowed out in the Last 16

0 – teams have qualified for all four previous VELUX EHF FINAL4 events

0 – times before Vardar Skopje and Paris St. Germain had been part of a quarter-final of the VELUX EHF Champions League.

0 – was the final goal difference of the closest of all Last 16 encounters. Rhein Neckar Löwen clinched their berth by scoring more away goals against Vive Targi Kielce. The German side lost at Poland 28:32 and won at home 27:23.

1 – another premiere: For the first time two Macedonian sides made it so far in the EHF Champions League.

1 – fourth ranked team of the group phase made it to the quarter-finals: Vardar Skopje.

1 - team arriving from qualification made it to the quarter-finals: Metalurg Skopje.

2 – former EHF Champions League winners are still part of the race to Cologne, representing ten trophies: record winner FC Barcelona (7 titles) and THW Kiel (3). Additionally Flensburg are the only team, which had been part of EHF Champions League finals (2004, 2007), but did not win the trophy.

2 – teams had been part of all quarter-finals since the implementation of the current playing system in the 2009/10 season: FC Barcelona and THW Kiel.

3 – teams of those, who are still in competition, have been part of previous VELUX EHF FINAL4 events in Cologne: FC Barcelona (2010, 2011, 2013), THW Kiel (2010, 2012, 2013) and Rhein Neckar Löwen (2011).

3 – teams won both Last 16 matches: FC Barcelona (against Aalborg), THW Kiel (against Zaporozhye) and Metalurg Skopje (against KIF Kolding-Kobenhavn). Additionally Vardar Skopje remained unbeaten (draw and win against Hamburg).

3 – group winners of the first stage are still in the two pots for the draw: Barcelona, Veszprém and Kiel. The only first ranked team, which is out already, is defending champions Hamburg.

4 – teams turned the aggregate result around after losing their respective matches of the first leg: Veszprém, PSG, Löwen & Flensburg.

4 - which means all teams, which had qualified from group 2 for the Last 16, have now made it to the quarter-finals: FC Barcelona, PSG, Vardar and Metalurg.

5 – nations are represented by the eight participants of the quarter-finals: Germany (three teams), FYR Macedonia (2), Spain, Hungary and France (each 1). Last season the quarterfinals were composed by teams from Germany (3), Spain (2), Hungary, FYR Macedonia and Poland (each 1).

5 – of those eight teams qualified for the 2012/13 quarter-finals too: THW Kiel, FC Barcelona, MKB Veszprém, Metalurg Skopje and SG Flensburg-Handewitt. 10 – victories in 12 matches is the record of THW Kiel and FC Barcelona in this season. Both each lost one match and tied once in the group phase.

12 – goals were the biggest difference in a single Last 16 match, made by Kiel against Zaporozhye (40:28).

12 – of 136 matches by now ended by a draw.

15 – times each FC Barcelona and THW Kiel have qualified for the quarter-finals of the EHF Champions League including the current season.

18 – goals was the aggregate final difference, Barcelona scored in their Last 16 matches against Aalborg, followed by a 15 goal difference of Kiel vs. Zaporozhye.

23 - goals were scored by Renato Vugrinec for his team Metalurg Skopje against KIF to become best scorer of the Last 16.

40 – goals was the lowest number in one single Last 16 match, made by Metalurg and Kolding in the first leg (23:17)

42 – goals FC Barcelona conceded in both Last 16 matches to have the strongest defence ahead of Metalurg (43) and Flensburg (53).

46 – times in 136 matches by now the away team was victorious.

68 – goals was the highest number in all Last 16 matches in the game of Kiel vs. Zaporozhye (40:28), followed by 67 in the match Plock vs. Veszprem (34:33).

71 – goals were scored by THW Kiel to have the best attack in the Last 16, followed by Veszprem (64) and PSG (62).

78 – of 136 matches by now ended with home victories.

85 – goals were scored by Vugrinec by now to lead the overall top scorer ranking ahead of Gasper Marguc (Celje/79) and Momir Ilic (Veszprém/77).

8,805 – spectators attended the match Löwen vs. Kielce in Mannheim to top this ranking, followed by 8,000 at the match Kiel vs. Zaporozhye and 6,963 at the match Metalurg vs. KIF.

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Facts & figuresThe ‘top three’ lists

Matches with the highest number of goals73 goals – HSV Hamburg vs. Gorenje Velenje (41:32)72 goals – DROTT Halmstad vs. Gorenje Velenje (32:40)72 goals – Naturhouse La Rioja vs. DROTT Halmstad (38:34)71 goals - MKB-MVM Veszprém vs. Motor Zaporozhye (44:27)71 goals – FC Barcelona – Wacker Thun (45:26)

Matches with the lowest number of goals38 goals - Dunkerque vs. KIF Kolding-Kobenhavn (18:20)40 goals –Metalurg Skopje vs. KIF Kolding-Kobenhavn (23:17/L16)43 goals – FC Porto vs. Dunkerque (22:21)44 goals – FC Porto – Orlen Wisla Plock (20:24)44 goals - Vardar Skopje vs. Metalurg Skopje (18:26)

Biggest goal difference in a single match19 goals - Barcelona vs. Wacker Thun (45:26)18 goals - FC Barcelona vs. HC Metalurg (35:17)17 goals - MKB-MVM Veszprém vs. Motor Zaporozhye (44:27)

Spectators15,320 - Dinamo Minsk vs. FC Barcelona11,000 - RK Zagreb vs. MKB-MVM Veszprém10,200 – THW Kiel vs. Vive Targi Kielce

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Draw PreviewPots for the quarter-finals draw ready

After the completion of the Last 16 stage all four quarter-finals pairings of the VELUX EHF Champions League will be defined by a draw.

The joint event together with the Men’s EHF Cup Quarter-finals draw will start on Tuesday, 1 April 2014 at 12.15 hrs at the Gartenhotel Altmannsdorf 2 in Vienna. The EHF Cup draw will be followed by the European top flight’s draw.

The eight winners of the Last 16 ties qualify for the VELUX EHF Champions League Quarter-finals, the last tie between Rhein-Neckar Löwen and Vive Targi Kielce have been completed only less than 16 hours before the draw with Löwen taking the last spot..

The winners of the pairings between fourth-ranked teams and group winners will be seeded in the Pot 1 and the winners of the encounters between second and third placed teams of the group phase will go to the Pot 2.

There will be no protection from teams from the same country or the same group of the group phase.

Seeding for the VELUX EHF Champions League Quarter-finals draw:

Pot 1FC Barcelona (ESP)THW Kiel (GER)MKB-MVM Veszprém (HUN)HC Vardar Skopje (MKD)

Pot 2PSG Handball (FRA)Rhein-Neckar Löwen (GER)SG Flensburg-Handewitt (GER)HC Metalurg (MKD)

The first leg matches will be played over 16-20 April on courts of the Pot 2 teams, the second leg will follow on 23-27 April on courts of the Pot 1 teams.

Official VELUX EHF Champions League song to be releasedJust before the quarter-finals draw a new official VELUX EHF Champions League song will be presented in Vienna. Read more information here

Where to follow the draw eventThe handball fans will be able to follow both draws live on various channels. There will be a live streaming of the event on ehfTV with a commentary of Tom O Brannagain, who will also interview all club managers right after the draw.

In addition, there will be a live ticker on www.eurohandball.com available and also a live coverage on the official Twitter channel - @ehfcl.

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FC Barcelona (ESP)No team in the group phase managed to avoid a defeat at least once. Even FC Barcelona, a team that boasts stars like Arpad Sterbik, Siarhei Rutenka, Kiril Lazarov and Nikola Karabatic did not. Their group phase was like a burger - eight victories covered on both ends by two stumbles in Skopje. In the first round Xavi Pascual and his team only tied RK Vardar, while in the last round they were defeated by Metalurg.

In the Spanish Asobal they have won all their matches so far. The sheer dominance is one of the reasons that makes the EHF Champions League record winners of the red-hot favourite to win their eighth title come the end of May and the VELUX EHF FINAL4 in Cologne.

One damper to Barcelona’s campaign has been an injury to their goalkeeper Arpad Sterbik who is expected to be sidelined at least until the FINAL4. However, the club was quick in signing Mickael Robin from Montpellier HB as replacement. He led his new team safely past Aalborg in the Last 16.

Club Address:FC Barcelona IntersportAvda. Aristides Maillol, s/n08028 BarcelonaSpain

Media contact:Gustau Galvache+34 618522789gustau.galvache@fcbarcelona.cat

Online information:Website: www.fcbarcelona.catFacebook: FCBHandbolTwitter: @FCBHandbol

Playing hallPalau BlaugranaAv. Aristides Maillol, s/n08028 BarcelonaSpainCapacity: 7,250

Kit colours

LightPlayer shirt: red and yellowPlayer short: redGoalkeeper shirt: green/grey

DarkPlayer shirt: blue and redPlayer short: blueGoalkeeper shirt: black/dark red

Past achievements

VELUX EHF Champions LeagueParticipations (including 2013/14 season): 17Winner (7): 1995/96, 1996/97, 1997/98, 1998/99, 1999/00, 2004/05, 2010/11Final (3): 2000/01, 2009/10, 2012/13Semi-final (1): 2007/08Quarter-final (3): 2005/06, 2006/07, 2011/12Last 16 (1): 2003/04Main Round (1): 2008/09

OtherEHF Cup: Winners 2002/03, Runners-up 2001/02Cup Winners‘ Cup: Winners 1993/94, 1994/95

Spanish league: 20 titles (1969, 1973, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013)Spanish Cup winner: 17 timesAsobal Cup winner: 8 times

POT 1

GROUP C Final Table: 1. FC Barcelona 10 8 1 1 348:256 (92) 17 2. PSG Handball 10 6 1 3 315:288 (27) 13 3. HC Metalurg 10 5 2 3 256:265 (-9) 12 4. HC Vardar - Skopje 10 4 2 4 269:263 (6) 10 5. HC Dinamo Minsk 10 3 1 6 266:295 (-29) 7 6. Wacker Thun 10 0 1 9 242:329 (-87) 1

Group Phase results:(W - win, D - draw, L - loss)@ HC Vardar - Skopje D29:29 (15:19)vs Wacker Thun W45:26 (21:14)vs HC Metalurg W35:17 (17:5)@ PSG Handball W33:29 (17:17)@ HC Dinamo Minsk W35:25 (16:15)vs HC Dinamo Minsk W35:25 (13:9)vs HC Vardar - Skopje W30:23 (14:11)@ Wacker Thun W39:23 (17:13)vs PSG Handball W38:28 (19:9)@ HC Metalurg L29:31 (11:15)

Top scorers:1. Kiril Lazarov (MKD) 592. Nikola Karabatic (FRA) 523. Siarhei Rutenka (BLR) 514. Victor Tomas (ESP) 485. Jesper Nöddesbo (DEN) 39

Last 16 results

First leg: Aalborg Handball vs FC Barcelona 22:29 (13:15)Second leg: FC Barcelona vs Aalborg Handball 31:20 (16:11)

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THW Kiel (GER)There have might been voices out there among the handball experts that uttered concern about THW Kiel’s ability to play yet another dominant season, after the German side had to cope with the departure of French internationals Thierry Omeyer and Daniel Narcisse, Swede Markus Ahlm and Serb Momir Ilic. However, the German national champions proved their critics wrong, not only in the VELUX EHF Champions League, where they topped Group B at the end of the group phase with eight wins from 10 matches, but also in the domestic league in which they equally rank first after two thirds of the season have been played.

Head coach Alfred Gislason has once more forged a strong team that is ready to reach the VELUX EHF FINAL4 in Cologne for the third consecutive time. “To reach the FINAL4 is always one of our main goals. We are a top club in Europe, so we should aim high all the time,” says goalkeeper Johan Sjöstrand, one of the players started playing for THW Kiel at the beginning of this season. They were spared a long trip after the first leg match against Motor Zaporozhye was played on the neutral court in Györ, Hungary due to political situation in Ukraine. Kiel won both encounters and for the 17th time they are in the top eight of the continent.

Club Address:THW KielZiegelteich 3024103 KielGermany

Media contact:Christian Robohm +49 1635306300christian.robohm@thw-handball.de

Online information:Website: www.thw-provinzial.deFacebook:thwhandballTwitter: @thw_handball

Playing hallSparkassen-Arena-KielEuropaplatz 1, 24103 KielGermanyCapacity: 10,000

Kit colours

LightPlayer shirt: whitePlayer short: whiteGoalkeeper shirt: green

DarkPlayer shirt: blackPlayer short: blackGoalkeeper shirt: red

Past achievements

VELUX EHF Champions LeagueParticipations (including 2013/14 season): 17Winners (3): 2006/07, 2009/10, 2011/12Runners-up (3): 1999/2000, 2007/08, 2008/09Semi-final (3): 1996/1997, 2000/01, 2012/13Quarter-final (5): 1998/99, 2002/03, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2010/11Group Phase (2): 1994/95, 1995/96

OtherEHF Cup: Winners 1997/98, 2001/02, 2003/04German league: 18 titles (1957, 1962, 1963, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013)German Cup winners: 9 times

POT 1

Group Phase results:(W - win, D - draw, L - loss)@ Orlen Wisla Plock W34:33 (14:14)vs KIF Kolding Kobenhavn W29:26 (12:14)@ FC Porto Vitalis W31:27 (16:17)@ KS Vive Targi Kielce L29:34 (11:17)@ Dunkerque HB Littoral W29:21 (19:13)vs Dunkerque HB Littoral W28:25 (15:12)vs Orlen Wisla Plock W34:25 (16:11)@ KIF Kolding Kobenhavn W26:24 (13:13)vs KS Vive Targi Kielce D28:28 (13:16)vs FC Porto Vitalis W30:25 (17:11)

Top scorers:1. Marko Vujin (SRB) 672. Filip Jicha (CZE) 623. Gudjon Sigurdsson (ISL) 354. Niclas Ekberg(SWE) 335. Rene Toft Hansen (DEN) 27

GROUP B Final Table: 1. THW Kiel 10 8 1 1 298:268 -30 17 2. KIF Kolding Kobenhavn 10 7 0 3 249:240 -9 14 3. KS Vive Targi Kielce 10 6 1 3 307:276 -31 13 4. Orlen Wisla Plock 10 4 0 6 275:277 (-2) 8 5. FC Porto Vitalis 10 2 1 7 241:278 (-37) 5 6. Dunkerque HB G.L. 10 1 1 8 237:268 (-31) 3

Last 16 resultsFirst leg: HC Motor Zaporozhye vs THW Kiel 28:31 (14:16)Second leg: THW Kiel vs HC Motor Zaporozhye 40:28 (20:13)

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MKB-MVM Veszprém (HUN)Momir Ilic, who arrived from German national champions THW Kiel at the beginning of the season, promised that MKB-MVM Veszprem would take Europe and in that respect the VELUX EHF Champions League by storm. And the Hungarian side gave everything they had to fulfill the Serbian left back’s promises at the start of the competition.

With six consecutive wins in the first six matches of the group phase they became the first team to qualify for the Last 16, eventually also securing the top spot in Group A mid-February following 34:27 victory against Zagreb in Round 9.

Early in 2014 Veszprem furthermore strengthened their squad with Hungarian international Tamas Mocsai, who returned from German side TSV Hannover Burgdorf to his native country to cover for the injured Laszlo Nagy. However, even the inspirational Nagy has recovered from a knee and shin injury. They faced Orlen Wisla Plock with their former stalwart Nikola Eklemovic in the Last 16. Although they lost the first match in Poland by one goal, they comfortably reached the top eight after beating Plock by five at home.

Club Address:MKB-MVM VeszprémMarcius 15. ut 58200 VeszprémHungary

Media contact:Zsolt Sevinger+36 305024547mkbveszprem@chello.hu

Online information:Website: www.mkbveszprem.euFacebook: mkbveszpremTwitter: @mkbveszpremkc

Playing hallVeszprém ArenaKülso Kadartai ut8200 VeszprémHungaryCapacity: 5,020

Kit colours

LightPlayer shirt: whitePlayer short: whiteGoalkeeper shirt: grey

DarkPlayer shirt: redPlayer short: redGoalkeeper shirt: black

Past achievements

VELUX EHF Champions LeagueParticipations (including 2013/14 season): 19Final (1): 2001/02Semi-final (2): 2002/03, 2005/06Quarter-final (9): 1997/98, 1998/99, 1999/00, 2003/04, 2004/05, 2006/07, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2012/13Last 16 (2): 1993/94, 2010/11, 2011/12Group Phase (3): 1994/95, 1995/96, 2007/08

OtherCup Winners‘ Cup: Winners 2007/08, Runners-up 1996/97Hungarian league: 21 titles (1985, 1986, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)

Hungarian Cup winner: 22 times

GROUP A Final Table: 1. MKB-MVM Veszprém 10 8 1 1 303:243 (60) 17 2. Rhein-Neckar Löwen 10 7 2 1 305:252 (53) 16 3. Celje Pivovarna Lasko 10 4 1 5 269:272 (-3) 9 4. HC Motor Zaporozhye 10 4 1 5 277:296 (-19) 9 5. HC Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb 10 4 0 6 267:282 (-15) 8 6. St. Petersburg HC 10 0 1 9 216:292 (-76) 1

POT 1

Group Phase results:(W - win, D - draw, L - loss)@ St. Petersburg HC W28:15 (12:7)vs Rhein-Neckar Löwen W30:29 (17:14)vs HC Motor Zaporozhye W44:27 (20:13)@ HC Croatia O. Zagreb W33:22 (15:8)@ Celje Pivovarna Lasko W31:26 (15:14)vs Celje Pivovarna Lasko W27:26 (13:10)vs St. Petersburg HC W29:20 (13:7)@ Rhein-Neckar Löwen D25:25 (13:12)vs HC Croatia O. Zagreb W34:27 (19:11)@ HC Motor Zaporozhye L26:22 (13:13)

Top scorers:1. Momir Ilic (SRB) 772. Renato Sulic (CRO) 543. Laszlo Nagy (HUN) 364. Iman Jamali Moorchegani (IRI) 32 Peter Gulyas (HUN) 32

Last 16 resultsFirst leg: Orlen Wisla Plock vs MKB-MVM Veszprem 34:33 (16:16)Second leg: MKB-MVM Veszprem vs Orlen Wisla Plock 31:26 (16:11)

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HC Vardar PRO - Skopje (MKD)The reigning Macedonian champions made several headlines early in the season as they not only stole the first point from the main group favourites FC Barcelona, but were also the first club to replace their head coach. Less than a week before their Round 3 match at home to PSG Handball they parted ways with Zoran Kastratovic.

After just three months in the job, this decision was a surprise for many. Assistant coach Andon Boskovski took charge for the following game, but after the EHF EURO in Denmark the club announced the signing of Raul Gonzalez Gutierrez, a former Spanish national team player and member of team that won a bronze medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.

The 44-year-old has coached Valladolid and is a former assistant of Talant Dujshebaev at Ciudad Real and Atletico Madrid. The second club’s connection to Dujshebaev, his son Alex, missed the final rounds of the group phase through injury, but was instrumental in the biggest success in the club’s history as Vardar eliminated the defending champions HSV Hamburg and reached the top eight of Europe for the first time.

Club Address:HC Vardar - SkopjeMarko SavovskiBUL 8 mi Septemvri 20FYR Macedonia

Media contact:Marko Savovski+389 75 200 008markosavovski@live.com

Online information:Website: www.rkvardar.com.mkFacebook: rkvardarTwitter: @RK_Vardar

Playing hallBoris Trajkovskibul. 8 Septemvri bbSkopje FYR MacedoniaCapacity: 7,000

Kit colours

LightPlayer shirt: red/whitePlayer short: red/whiteGoalkeeper shirt: red/black/yellow

DarkPlayer shirt: black/RedPlayer short: red/whiteGoalkeeper shirt: black/grey

Past achievements

VELUX EHF Champions LeagueParticipations (including 2013/14 season): 8Last 32 (1): 1999/2000Group Phase (6): 2001/02, 2002/03, 2003/04, 2004/05, 2007/08, 2009/10

OtherCup Winners’ Cup: Semi-finals 1998/99, 2004/05, 2010/11, Quarter-finals 2006/07SEHA league: 1 title (2012)Macedonian league: 8 titles (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2013)Macedonian Cup winner: 8 times

POT 1

Group Phase results:(W - win, D - draw, L - loss)vs FC Barcelona D29:29 (15:19)@ HC Dinamo Minsk L24:26 (11:11)vs PSG Handball D24:24 (9:12)@ Wacker Thun W37:24 (19:11)@ HC Metalurg W27:22 (14:9)vs HC Metalurg L18:26 (12:10)@ FC Barcelona L23:30 (11:14)vs HC Dinamo Minsk W30:22 (14:11)vs Wacker Thun W32:25 (17:11)@ PSG Handball L25:35 (12:15)

Top scorers:1. Timur Dibirov (RUS) 662. Igor Karacic (CRO) 583. Alex Dujshebaev (ESP) 394. Matjaz Brumen (SLO) 365. Mikhail Chipurin (RUS) 32

GROUP C Final Table: 1. FC Barcelona 10 8 1 1 348:256 (92) 17 2. PSG Handball 10 6 1 3 315:288 (27) 13 3. HC Metalurg 10 5 2 3 256:265 (-9) 12 4. HC Vardar - Skopje 10 4 2 4 269:263 (6) 10 5. HC Dinamo Minsk 10 3 1 6 266:295 (-29) 7 6. Wacker Thun 10 0 1 9 242:329 (-87) 1

Last 16 resultsFirst leg: HC Vardar Skopje vs HSV Hamburg 28:28 (14:16)Second leg: HSV Hamburg vs HC Vardar Skopje 29:30 (15:17)

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PSG Handball (FRA)Much of the talk going into this season’s competition surrounded PSG Handball and their recently assembled collection of superstars. How would the large number of world class players collaborate as a team? Quite well, but far from perfect was the answer.

Four points from their first four games, including a home defeat to Barcelona, was not the start many expected. However, four wins on the trot put PSG back in a strong position.

Barcelona’s established team put the new title contenders firmly in their place with a devastating 38:28 win, with all the damage done in a brilliant first half, but Hansen and co. regained some pride by securing second position with a clear win over Vardar.

They have attacking threat in abundance, with clear evidence in their scoring list. Seven players scoring between 30 and 46 goals prove that they rely on no one player at any time and the side are bound to improve as a unit as the season progresses further. The reached their first ever quarter-final in the European top flight after they ousted the Slovenian side Gorenje Velenje mainly thanks to a convincing home victory in the second leg.

Club Address:PSG Handball82 avenue Georges Lafont75016 ParisFrance

Media contact:Louise Cosnard+33 (0)675 591 939lcosnard@psg.fr

Online information:Website: www.psghand.frFacebook: PSGHandTwitter: @PSG_HANDBALL

Kit colours

LightPlayer shirt: whitePlayer short: whiteGoalkeeper shirt: grey

DarkPlayer shirt: bluePlayer short: blueGoalkeeper shirt: grey

Past achievements

VELUX EHF Champions LeagueParticipations (including 2013/14 season): 2Last 16 (1): 2005/06

OtherEHF Cup: Quarter-finals 2006/07, Last 16 2003/04

French league: 1 title (2012/13)French Cup winner: once

POT 2

Group Phase results:(W - win, D - draw, L - loss)vs HC Dinamo Minsk W34:30 (12:11)@ HC Metalurg L26:28 (12:12)@ HC Vardar - Skopje D24:24 (12:9)vs FC Barcelona L29:33 (17:17)@ Wacker Thun W34:28 (16:10)vs Wacker Thun W38:24 (22:11)@HC Dinamo Minsk W35:29 (19:14)vs HC Metalurg W32:29 (16:12)@ FC Barcelona L28:38 (9:19)vs HC Vardar - Skopje W35:25 (15:12)

Top scorers:1. Marko Kopljar (CRO) 462. Luc Abalo (FRA) 443. Mikkel Hansen (DEN) 434. Fahrudin Melic (MNE) 415. Igor Vori (CRO) 34

GROUP C Final Table: 1. FC Barcelona 10 8 1 1 348:256 (92) 17 2. PSG Handball 10 6 1 3 315:288 (27) 13 3. HC Metalurg 10 5 2 3 256:265 (-9) 12 4. HC Vardar - Skopje 10 4 2 4 269:263 (6) 10 5. HC Dinamo Minsk 10 3 1 6 266:295 (-29) 7 6. Wacker Thun 10 0 1 9 242:329 (-87) 1

Last 16 resultsFirst leg: RK Gorenje Velenje vs PSG Handball 30:28 (16:13)Second leg: PSG Handball vs RK Gorenje Velenje 34:25 (17:17)

Playing hallHalle Georges Carpentier81 boulevard Massena75013 ParisFranceCapacity: 4,800

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Rhein Neckar Löwen (GER)After a two-year absence the ‘Lions’, aka German side and EHF Cup champions Rhein-Neckar Löwen, returned in style to the VELUX EHF Champions League. Following a bit of a false start that only saw them taking a draw in their first match against Ukrainian side Motor Zaporozhye, they pushed themselves into gear and secured the spot in the Last 16 already at the end of November after a 32:26 victory in the return leg against Zaporozhye.

They eventually finished the Group Phase of the VELUX EHF Champions League ranked second in Group A with seven wins, two draws and one loss.Only away goals ruled that Löwen are part of the quarter-finals tale as they tied the third team of the previous season Vive Targi Kielce 55:55 on aggregate in the Last 16. As Rhein-Neckar scored away five more goals than Kielce, they ruined the dream of Talant Dujshebaev and his players.Back in October there had been a lot of transfer talk about their inspirational left wing, Uwe Gensheimer, but the 27-year-old eventually extended his contract with the German side until 2016, true to the motto ‘once a lion, always a lion’. His current coach however, Icelandic Gudmundur Gudmundsson, won’t be sitting on the Löwen’s bench next season as he accepted the offer to succeed Ulrik Wilbek at the helm of the Danish national team from July 2014 onwards.

Club Address:Rhein-Neckar LöwenMollstraße 49a68165 MannheimGermany

Media contact:Ute Krebs+49 126 2500 933krebs@rhein-neckar-loewen.de

Online information:Website: www.rhein-neckar-loewen.deFacebook: rnloewenTwitter: @RNLoewen

Playing hallSAP ArenaXaver-Fuhr-Str. 15068219 MannheimGermanyCapacity: 12,900

Kit colours

LightPlayer shirt: yellowPlayer short: yellowGoalkeeper shirt: white/red

DarkPlayer shirt: blackPlayer short: blackGoalkeeper shirt: blue/green

Past achievements

VELUX EHF Champions LeagueParticipations (including 2013/14 season): 5Semi-final (2): 2008/09, 2010/11Quarter-final (1): 2009/10Qualification (1): 2011/12

OtherCup Winners’ Cup: Runners-up 2007/08EHF Cup: Winners 2012/13, Semi-finals 2011/12, Quarter-finals 2006/07

German league: noneGerman Cup winner: none

POT 2

Group Phase results:(W - win, D - draw, L - loss)vs HC Motor Zaporozhye D31:31 (15:13)@ MKB-MVM Veszprém KC L29:30 (14:17)@ Celje Pivovarna Lasko W28:25 (13:7)vs St. Petersburg HC W31:17 (14:8)vs HC Croatia Osiguranje W34:26 (21:11)@ HC Croatia Osiguranje W28:24 (13:12)@ HC Motor Zaporozhye W32:26 (10:15)vs MKB-MVM Veszprém D25:25 (12:13)@ St. Petersburg HC W32:23 (18:10)vs Celje Pivovarna Lasko W35:25 (19:12)

Top scorers:1. Uwe Gensheimer (GER) 612. Patrick Groetzki (GER) 413. Bjarte Hakon Myrhol (NOR) 394. Sergei Gorbok (RUS) 31 Andre Schmid (SUI) 31

GROUP A Final Table: 1. MKB-MVM Veszprém 10 8 1 1 303:243 (60) 17 2. Rhein-Neckar Löwen 10 7 2 1 305:252 (53) 16 3. Celje Pivovarna Lasko 10 4 1 5 269:272 (-3) 9 4. HC Motor Zaporozhye 10 4 1 5 277:296 (-19) 9 5. HC Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb 10 4 0 6 267:282 (-15) 8 6. St. Petersburg HC 10 0 1 9 216:292 (-76) 1

Last 16 resultsFirst leg: Vive Targi Kielce vs Rhein-Neckar Löwen 32:28 (17:13)Second leg: Rhein-Neckar Löwen vs Vive Targi Kielce 27:23 (16:14)

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SG Flensburg Handewitt (GER)For the second season in a row, SG Flensburg-Handewitt were paired with local rivals HSV in the group phase and for the second season in a row finished one point behind in second place.

Ljubomir Vranjes’ side were barely troubled in their opening three encounters, dispatching their opponents with ease, before letting a four-goal half-time lead against La Rioja slip in a 35:35 draw. Subsequent defeat to HSV meant that finishing first in the group was out of their hands, despite a win in the return fixture, and second position was never really in doubt with nearest rivals Velenje and Aalborg lacking consistency.

The German side were hit hard by injuries at the beginning of 2014, so much so that coach Vranjes was an unused substitute in the penultimate game against La Rioja, but they completed the group phase with three wins from three, happy in the knowledge that they will avoid their local rivals for the next round at least. In the Last 16 they faced Celje exactly 10 years after the perennial Slovenian champions beat Flensburg in the EHF Champions League finals and this time German team prevailed by two goals on aggregate.

Club Address:SG Flensburg-HandewittSchiffbrücke 6624939 FlensburgGermany

Media contact:Sandra von Wallis+49 4611609625s.vonwallis@sg-flensburg-handewitt.de

Online information:Website: www.sg-flensburg-handewitt.deFacebook: SGFleHaTwitter: @SGFleHa

Playing hallFlens ArenaCampusallee 224943 FlensburgGermanyCapacity: 6,000

Kit colours

LightPlayer shirt: redPlayer short: blueGoalkeeper shirt: yellow

DarkPlayer shirt: whitePlayer short: blueGoalkeeper shirt: black

Past achievements

VELUX EHF Champions LeagueParticipations (including 2013/14 season): 9Final (2): 2003/2004, 2006/2007Semi-final (1): 2005/2006Quarter-final (4): 2004/2005, 2008/2009, 2010/2011, 2012/2013Main Round (1): 2007/2008

OtherCup Winners’ Cup: Winners 2000/2001 2011/2012EHF Cup: Winners 1996/1997City Cup: Winners 1998/1999

German league: 1 title (2004)German Cup winners: three times

POT 2

GROUP D Final Table: 1. HSV Hamburg 10 9 0 1 330:266 (64) 18 2. SG Flensburg-Handewitt 10 8 1 1 314:272 (42) 17 3. RK Gorenje Velenje 10 4 0 6 307:320 (-13) 8 4. Aalborg Handball 10 4 0 6 275:265 (10) 8 5. Naturhouse La Rioja 10 3 2 5 292:320 (-28) 8 6. HK DROTT Halmstad 10 0 1 9 289:364 (-75) 1

Group Phase results:(W - win, D - draw, L - loss)vs Aalborg Handball W31:27 (15:12)@ HK DROTT Halmstad W37:27 (19:13)vs RK Gorenje Velenje W35:31 (16:13)@ Naturhouse La Rioja D32:32 (19:13)@ HSV Hamburg L27:32 (14:15)vs HSV Hamburg W27:24 (13:11)@ Aalborg Handball W27:26 (14:13)vs HK DROTT Halmstad W33:25 (20:8)vs Naturhouse La Rioja W37:25 (19:11)@ RK Gorenje Velenje W28:23 (15:9)

Top scorers:1. Anders Eggert (DEN) 522. Holger Glandorf (GER) 503. Steffen Weinhold (GER) 434. Thomas Mogensen (DEN) 405. Jim Gottfridsson (SWE) 32

Last 16 resultsFirst leg: Celje Pivovarna Lasko vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt 26:25 (13:12)Second leg: SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs Celje Pivovarna Lasko 30:27 (15:14)

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HC Metalurg (MKD)There was a Russian invasion to Skopje over the last summer, but the only big signing for Metalurg was Pavel Atman from Minsk. Lino Cervar’s team saw that nobody escaped the group phase unblemished as they beat FC Barcelona on the very last day of the campaign. In their Boris Trajkovski arena they also defeated the second group favourites PSG Handball, but ironically on the same court against the underdogs from Wacker Thun they lost a valuable point, which could have pushed them closer to pot 2.

In the competition’s first city derby they lost to Vardar, but they struck back swiftly and took both points in the very next round.The club has successfully survived some internal troubles as goalkeeping icon Darko Stanic was suspended by the club and should be ready for another long mission in the knock-out rounds like last season, when they reached the quarter-finals before Kielce brought their campaign to a halt.

Their performance against KIF Kolding Kobenhavn in the Last 16 was brilliant as they not only dominated the home court by a great defence, but also won the second leg in Denmark. The 38-year-old Renato Vugrinec completely denied his age scoring 23 goals in two matches on his way to the top of the scoring chart.

Club Address:HC Metalurgul. Jane Lukroski 61000 SkopjeFYR Macedonia

Media contact:Zoran Cvetanovski+389 78223505zoran.cvetanovski@gmail.com

Online information:Website: http://www.rkmetalurg.mk/Facebook: rkmetalurgofficialTwitter: @RKMetalurg

Playing hallBoris Trajkovskibul. 8 Septemvri bbSkopje FYR MacedoniaCapacity: 7,000

Kit colours

LightPlayer shirt: whitePlayer short: blackGoalkeeper shirt: yellow/orange/white

DarkPlayer shirt: bluePlayer short: blackGoalkeeper shirt: blue

Past achievements

VELUX EHF Champions LeagueParticipations (including 2013/14 season): 6Quarter-final (1): 2012/13Last 16 (1): 2011/12Group Matches (2): 2006/07, 2008/09Qualification (1): 2010/11

Other9 participations in other ECMacedonian league: 5 titles (2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012)Macedonian Cup winner: 5 times

POT 2

GROUP C Final Table: 1. FC Barcelona 10 8 1 1 348:256 (92) 17 2. PSG Handball 10 6 1 3 315:288 (27) 13 3. HC Metalurg 10 5 2 3 256:265 (-9) 12 4. HC Vardar - Skopje 10 4 2 4 269:263 (6) 10 5. HC Dinamo Minsk 10 3 1 6 266:295 (-29) 7 6. Wacker Thun 10 0 1 9 242:329 (-87) 1

Group Phase results:(W - win, D - draw, L - loss)@Wacker Thun W23:22 (13:9)vs PSG Handball W28:26 (12:12)@ FC Barcelona L17:35 (5:17)vs HC Dinamo Minsk W33:29 (20:18)vs HC Vardar - Skopje L22:27 (9:14)@ HC Vardar - Skopje W26:18 (10:12)vs Wacker Thun D24:24 (11:14)@ PSG Handball L29:32 (12:16)@ HC Dinamo Minsk D23:23 (13:11)vs FC Barcelona W31:29 (15:11)

Top scorers:1. Renato Vugrinec (SLO) 852. Pavel Atman (RUS) 433. Naumce Mojsovski (MKD) 344. Goce Georgievski (MKD) 315. Dejan Manaskov (MKD) 25

Last 16 resultsFirst leg: HC Metalurg vs KIF Kolding Kobenhavn 23:17 (14:9)Second leg: KIF Kolding Kobenhavn vs HC Metalurg 26:30 (13:15)

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Head-to-headsFC Barcelona vs PSG Handball 20.10.2013 PSG Handball FRA-FC Barcelona ESP EHF Champions League – Group C 29:33 (17:17) 15.02.2014 FC Barcelona ESP-PSG Handball FRA EHF Champions League – Group C 38:28 (19:09)

FC Barcelona vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt 18.12.1999 FC Barcelona ESP-SG Flensburg Handewitt GER European Championship for Club Teams – 1/2-finals 32:29 (16:14) 23.02.2007 SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER-FC Barcelona-Cifec ESP EHF Champions League – 1/8-finals 31:21 (13:10) 03.03.2007 FC Barcelona-Cifec ESP-SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER EHF Champions League – 1/8-finals 34:29 (14:12)

FC Barcelona vs HC Metalurg 12.10.2008 FC Barcelona Borges ESO-HC Metalurg MKD EHF Champions League – Group C 30:19 (14:11) 08.11.2008 HC Metalurg MKD-FC Barcelona Borges ESP EHF Champions League – Group C 22:29 (14:17) 12.10.2013 FC Barcelona ESP-HC Metalurg MKD EHF Champions League – Group C 35:17 (17:05) 23.02.2014 HC Metalurg MKD-FC Barcelona ESP EHF Champions League – Group C 31:29 (15:11)

FC Barcelona vs Rhein-Neckar Löwen 25.09.2010 FC Barcelona Borges ESP-Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER EHF Champions League – Group A 30:31 (13:14) 20.02.2011 Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER-FC Barcelona Borges ESP EHF Champions League – Group A 38:38 (22:17) 28.05.2011 Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER-FC Barcelona Borges ESP EHF Champions League – FINAL4-1/2-finals 28:30 (12:12)

THW Kiel vs PSG Handball 14.12.2003 THW Kiel GER-Paris Handball FRA EHF Cup – 1/8-finals 34:27 (19:12) 21.12.2003 Paris Handball FRA-THW Kiel GER EHF Cup – 1/8-finals 30:32 (14:19) 04.12.2005 Paris Handball FRA-THW Kiel GER EHF Champions League – 1/8-finals 21:28 (11:13) 10.12.2005 THW Kiel GER-Paris Handball FRA EHF Champions League – 1/8-finals 44:28 (22:12)

THW Kiel vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt 18.04.1998 SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER-THW Kiel GER EHF Cup – finals 25:23 (12:09) 22.04.1998 THW Kiel GER-SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER EHF Cup – finals 26:21 (16:09) 28.10.2001 THW Kiel GER-SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER European Championship for Club Teams – Place 3/4 33:31 (17:14) 28.02.2006 THW Kiel GER-SG Flensburg Handewitt GER EHF Champions League – 1/4-finals 28:32 (13:12) 04.03.2006 SG Flensburg Handewitt GER-THW Kiel GER EHF Champions League – 1/4-finals 32:34 (16:17) 22.04.2007 SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER-THW Kiel GER EHF Champions League – finals 28:28 (10:12) 29.04.2007 THW Kiel GER-SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER EHF Champions League – finals 29:27 (15:10)

THW Kiel vs HC Metalurg 02.10.2008 THW Kiel GER-HC Metalurg MKD EHF Champions League – Group C 37:29 (18:15) 13.11.2008 HC Metalurg MKD-THW Kiel GER EHF Champions League – Group C 25:30 (12:15)

THW Kiel vs Rhein-Neckar Löwen 26.04.2009 THW Kiel GER-Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER EHF Champions League – 1/2-finals 37:23 (20:08) 30.04.2009 Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER-THW Kiel GER EHF Champions League – 1/2-finals 31:30 (16:18) 25.04.2010 Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER-THW Kiel GER EHF Champions League – 1/4-finals 28:29 (13:15) 02.05.2010 THW Kiel GER-Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER EHF Champions League – 1/4-finals 31:30 (12:13) 21.11.2010 THW Kiel GER-Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER EHF Champions League – Group A 30:27 (17:09) 26.11.2010 Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER-THW Kiel GER EHF Champions League – Group A 30:30 (17:14)

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Head-to-headsMKB-MVM Veszprém vs PSG Handball No previous encounters

MKB-MVM Veszprém vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt 24.02.2001 SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER-Fotex KC Veszprém HUN Cup Winners’ Cup – 1/4-finals 31:22 (13:12) 03.03.2001 Fotex KC Veszprém HUN-SG Flensburg-Handewitt HUN Cup Winners’ Cup – 1/4-finals 20:22 (09:10) 05.10.2008 MKB Veszprém KC HUN-SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER EHF Champions League – Group F 29:28 (14:14) 16.11.2008 SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER-MKB Veszprém KC HUN EHF Champions League – Group F 32:29 (15:15)

MKB-MVM Veszprém vs HC Metalurg No previous encounters

MKB-MVM Veszprém vs Rhein-Neckar Löwen 03.05.2008 MKB Veszprém KC HUN-Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER Cup Winners’ Cup – finals 37:32 (20:20) 10.05.2008 Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER-MKB Veszprém KC HUN Cup Winners’ Cup – finals 28:28 (14:14) 04.10.2009 Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER-MKB Veszprém KC HUN EHF Champions League – Group B 32:29 (17:14) 21.02.2010 MKB Veszprém KC HUN-Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER EHF Champions League – Group B 34:30 (17:12) 29.09.2013 MKB-MVM Veszprém HUN-Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER EHF Champions League – Group A 30:29 (17:14) 09.02.2014 Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER-MKB-MVM Veszprém HUN EHF Champions League – Group A 25:25 (12:13)

HC Vardar - Skopje vs PSG Handball 13.10.2013 HC Vardar – Skopje MKD-PSG Handball FRA EHF Champions League – Group C 24:24 (09:12) 22.02.2014 PSG Handball FRA-HC Vardar – Skopje MKD EHF Champions League – Group C 35:25 (15:12)

HC Vardar - Skopje vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt No previous encounters

HC Vardar - Skopje vs HC Metalurg 14.11.2013 HC Metalurg MKD-HC Vardar – Skopje MKD EHF Champions League – Group C 22:27 (09:14) 24.11.2013 HC Vardar – Skopje MKD-HC Metalurg MKD EHF Champions League – Group C 18:26 (12:10)

HC Vardar - Skopje vs Rhein-Neckar Löwen No previous encounters

All stats by Roy Knoppert

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VELUX EHF FINAL4 countdown

The VELUX EHF FINAL4 is the culmination of the European club handball season. The two-day event sees the best four men’s teams in Europe playing to decide the ultimate winner of the VELUX EHF Champions League.

Introduced in the 2009/10 season and to be played until at least 2014 in the LANXESS arena, Cologne, the decision to create a new format for the final phase of the VELUX EHF Champions League was seen as crucial for the growth of handball across Europe.

The aim was to create a flagship event, one that could compete on the international sports market and make the Europe´s leading club competition even more attractive to fans, partners and sponsors.

The success of the first four editions of the VELUX EHF FINAL4 showed that this new format was the right strategy. It has set new standards in organisation and entertainment: it is not just four games played over two days but a true entertainment event. The engagement of a top international act such as EUROPE was a sign too of the direction the event is taking.

It is undeniable that the 2013 VELUX EHF FINAL4 was the season’s highlight in European handball – 20,000 spectators in the LANXESS arena and millions of fans at home watched four unforgettable handball games and a unique entertainment show.

Tickets for the 2014 edition of the VELUX EHF FINAL4 went on sale on the opening day of the VELUX EHF FINAL4 2013. Now, eight months before the participating teams are known, more than 11.000 of the 19.750 tickets have already been sold.

The success of the VELUX EHF FINAL4 is also thanks to the commitment of a great number of volunteers who have been active on the weekend of the event. The application procedure for next edition has already started and applications are invited also in the area of media.

Full information at: www.ehfFINAL4.com

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Media accreditation for VELUX EHF FINAL4 opens

With 10 weeks to go before the start of VELUX EHF FINAL4, the final round of the VELUX EHF Champions League, accreditation requests from media representatives are now being accepted.

For the fifth time the top event of the club season will take place in the LANXESS arena, Cologne on 31 May and 1 June 2014 and will see the continent’s best four teams battling it out over two days to lift the coveted VELUX EHF Champions League trophy.

Journalists, photographers, TV and radio representatives can now submit their request for accreditation via an online form at www.ehfFINAL4.com, the event’s official website. Requests can only be made online.

Requests for media accreditation should be made by Friday 9 May at 15.00, almost two weeks after the completion of the quarter-final matches.

Media accreditation is only open to professional media representatives working at the event. Freelance media representatives may be asked to provide additional evidence of their work. There are limited places and it may not be possible to accept all requests for an accreditation.

Click here to enter the media accreditation page.

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VELUX EHF Champions LeagueCurrent Top Scorers

No. Player Club Goals

1 Renato Vugrinec (SLO) HC Metalurg (MKD) 85

2 Gasper Marguc (SLO) Celje Pivovarna Lasko (SLO) 79

3 Momir Ilic (SRB) MKB-MVM Veszprém (HUN) 77

4 Stas Skube (SLO) RK Gorenje Velenje (SLO) 72

5 Petar Nenadic (SRB) Orlen Wisla Plock (POL) 69

6 Magnus Persson (SWE) HK DROTT Halmstad (SWE) 67

Marko Vujin (SRB) THW Kiel (GER) 67

8 Timur Dibirov (RUS) HC Vardar - Skopje (MKD) 66

9 Albert Comas Rocas (ESP) KIF Kolding Kobenhavn (DEN) 64

10 Filip Jicha (CZE) THW Kiel (GER) 62

11 Uwe Gensheimer (GER) Rhein-Neckar Löwen (GER) 61

12 Sergiy Onufryienko (UKR) HC Motor Zaporozhye (UKR) 60

13 Kiril Lazarov (MKD) FC Barcelona (ESP) 59

Havard Tvedten (NOR) Aalborg Handball (DEN) 59

Nemanja Zelenovic (SRB) Celje Pivovarna Lasko (SLO) 59

16 Igor Karacic (CRO) HC Vardar - Skopje (MKD) 58

Mads Mensah Larsen (DEN) Aalborg Handball (DEN) 58

Stefan Schröder (GER) HSV Hamburg (GER) 58

Michal Jurecki (POL) Vive Targi Kielce (POL) 58

20 Gilberto Duarte (POR) FC Porto Vitalis (POR) 56

Morten Andreas Slundt (DEN) Aalborg Handball (DEN) 56

Bold text indicates players of teams qualified for the Last 16

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EHF Men’s Champions LeaguePast Winners

2013 HSV Hamburg (GER)

2012 THW Kiel (GER)

2011 FC Barcelona Borges (ESP)

2010 THW Kiel (GER)

2009 BM Ciudad Real (ESP)

2008 BM Ciudad Real (ESP)

2007 THW Kiel (GER)

2006 BM Ciudad Real (ESP)

2005 FC Barcelona-Cifec (ESP)

2004 RK Celje Pivovarna Laško (SLO)

2003 Montpellier HB (FRA)

2002 SC Magdeburg (GER)

2001 Portland San Antonio (ESP)

2000 FC Barcelona (ESP)

1999 FC Barcelona (ESP)

1998 FC Barcelona (ESP)

1997 FC Barcelona (ESP)

1996 FC Barcelona (ESP)

1995 Elgorriaga Bidasoa (ESP)

1994 TEKA Santander (ESP)