IK Sävehof vs.

CSM BucurestiPartillebohallenOctober 23 – 19:00Partille

OFFICIAL PROGRAMMEWomen’s EHF Champions League 2015/2016

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Women’s EHF Champions League 2015/2016official programme

WOMEN´S EHF Champions LeagueForeword EHF President – Group Matches

Welcome to Group Matches of the WOMEN’S EHF Champions League 2015/16September 2015 saw the conclusion of the qualification phase, which completed the line-up of this season’s WOMEN’SEHF Champions League Group Matches. HCM Baia Mare of Romania and Györi Audi ETO KC of Hungary were thelast two teams to complete Groups A and C respectively.

From 16 October to 22 November 2015, the six rounds of the group matches will play out in venues across Europe.I take this opportunity to welcome sixteen teams from 14 countries to the second phase of the competition and tocongratulate them for having successfully earned their place in the 23rd season of this elite women’s handball clubcompetition.

We should say special welcome to the three newcomers; all of them from European strongholds of women’s handball.After three qualification failures in the past Russian champions Rostov-Don finally made it to the EHF ChampionsLeague. Also French title holders Fleury Loiret Handball, who stumbled in the qualification final on Vardar two years ago, willjoin the party as well as Romanian champions CSM Bucuresti, who never played even in the qualification before.

Six former champions are lined-up on the starting grid - RK Krim Mercator, Hypo Niederösterreich, HC PodravkaVegeta, Larvik, Györi Audi ETO KC and defending champions Buducnost.

The Podgorica-based team starts their title defence in Group D together with Bucuresti, IK Sävehof and MKS SelgrosLublin and they are expected to cruise easily to the main round. The next stage vision could be mistier for the EHFChampions League record holders as an outsider position awaits the four-time winners Hypo in Group C with FCMidtjylland, HC Vardar and Györ. The Hungarian powerhouse should be in full-strength again this season as they notonly signed big names like Nycke Groot or Zsuzsanna Tomori, but also can count with their star playmaker AnitaGörbicz again after a maternity leave.

Group B is bound to see a tug-of-war for the first place between FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria and Thüringer HC whilePodravka and Fleury will battle out the remaining main round ticket. In Group A Rostov is a force to reckon withafter the Russian champions recruited the legendary Norwegian goalkeeper Katrine Lunde and teamed her up withanother excellent keeper Anna Sedoykina. Their ambitions will be put under stern test by Lunde’s compatriots fromLarvik but also Romanian qualifiers and last season’s quarter-finalists HCM Baia Mare, while presence of Krim’syoung guns in the main round would be a massive surprise.

As we move into the next exciting phase of the competition, the teams have a lot to play for. The sixteen teamsnow embark on their campaign to progress to the main round. A ticket to the main round will bring twelve teamscloser to their dream of participating in the WOMEN’S EHF FINAL4; however, for the four teams that are rankedfourth on 22 November 2015, their campaign in the European top flight will end and they will continue in the Cup Winners’ Cup.

With the wealth of experience across the four groups, we know that there is enough skillto take each team to the next round, but much will still depend on determination and atouch of luck; and as the teams take to the court, only they can decide how the matcheswill end.

To the teams, I wish you all the very best of luck! To the fans, I welcome you to theGroup Matches of the 2015/16 WOMEN’S EHF Champions League, I invite to sit back,relax, and enjoy the show…

Sporting wishes,

Jean BrihaultEHF President

Team preSeNTaTioN 3

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1 Johanna Bundsen12 isabella mouratidou16 Hanna eriksson

2 Tilda olsson3 emma ekenman-fernis4 loui Sand5 Joanna lindvall-Haggren6 Sofia Tegstedt7 Thess Krönell8 elin enhörning9 Julia eriksson

10 Stine lund andreassen11 rikke Jensen13 elin Karlsson14 linnea pettersson15 Birna Berg Haraldsdottir17 Hanna Örtorp18 linn Hansson19 olivia mellegård21 ida Holm

12 alina iordache87 Jelena grubisic91 mayssa pessoa

4 isabelle gulldén5 iulia curea8 fernanda franca da Silva9 ana paula rodrigues

10 line Jorgensen13 cristina Varzaru14 Bianca Bazaliu15 aurelia Bradeanu17 linnea Torstenson19 ekaterina Vetkova18 cristina Nan22 oana manea20 carmen martin Berenguer25 maria fisker77 elena Nicula81 Deonise fachinello

IK SävehofSweden – Home Team

CSM Bucuresti Romania – Guest Team

GROUP A1. Hcm Baia mare 1 1 0 0 33 : 27 (6) 22. rostov-Don 1 1 0 0 27 : 21 (6) 23. rK Krim mercator 1 0 0 1 27 : 33 (-6) 04. larvik 1 0 0 1 21 : 27 (-6) 0

GROUP B1. fTc-rail cargo Hungaria 1 1 0 0 28 : 16 (12) 22. Thüringer Hc 1 0 1 0 27 : 27 (0) 12. fleury loiret Handball 1 0 1 0 27 : 27 (0) 14. Hc podravka Vegeta 1 0 0 1 16 : 28 (-12) 0

GROUP C1. fc midtjylland 1 1 0 0 33 : 21 (12) 22. györi audi eTo Kc 1 1 0 0 27 : 22 (5) 23. Hc Vardar 1 0 0 1 22 : 27 (-5) 04. Hypo Niederösterreich 1 0 0 1 21 : 33 (-12) 0

GROUP D1. Buducnost 1 1 0 0 33 : 20 (13) 22. cSm Bucuresti 1 1 0 0 33 : 21 (12) 23. mKS Selgros lublin 1 0 0 1 21 : 33 (-12) 04. iK Sävehof 1 0 0 1 20 : 33 (-13) 0

GROUP A17/10rK Krim mercator vs Hypo Niederösterreich32:2016/10rK Krim mercator vs Hcm Baia mare . . . . .27:3317/10.2015larvik vs rostov-Don . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21:2723/10.2015Hcm Baia mare vs larvik24/10rostov-Don vs rK Krim mercator30/10rK Krim mercator vs larvikHcm Baia mare vs rostov-Don7/11rostov-Don vs Hcm Baia marelarvik vs rK Krim mercator14/11rostov-Don vs larvikHcm Baia mare vs rK Krim mercator20/11rK Krim mercator vs rostov-Don21/11larvik vs Hcm Baia mare

GROUP B18/10Thüringer Hc vs fleury loiret Handball . .27:27fTc-rail cargo vc Hc podravka Vegeta . . .28:1625/10fleury loiret Handball vc fTc-rail cargo Hc podravka Vegeta vc Thüringer Hc

1/11Thüringer Hc vc fTc-rail cargo Hc podravka Vegeta vc fleury loiret Handball7/11fTc-rail cargo vc Thüringer Hc8/11fleury loiret Handball vc Hc podravka Vegeta15/11Hc podravka Vegeta vc fTc-rail cargo fleury loiret Handball vc Thüringer Hc21/11Thüringer Hc vc Hc podravka Vegeta22/11fTc-rail cargo vc fleury loiret Handball

GROUP C17/10Hc Vardar vs györi audi eTo Kc . . . . . . . . .22:2718/10fc midtjylland vs Hypo Niederösterreich . .33:2124/10Hypo Niederösterreich vs Hc Vardar25/10györi audi eTo Kc vs fc midtjylland31/10Hypo Niederösterreich vs györi audi eTo Kc1/11Hc Vardar vs fc midtjylland8/11györi audi eTo Kc vs Hypo Niederösterreichfc midtjylland vs Hc Vardar

13/11Hypo Niederösterreich vs fc midtjylland14/11györi audi eTo Kc vs Hc Vardar21/11Hc Vardar vs Hypo Niederösterreich22/11fc midtjylland vs györi audi eTo Kc

GROUP D16/10cSm Bucuresti vs mKS Selgros lublin . . . . .33:2118/10Buducnost vs iK Sävehof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33:2023/10mKS Selgros lublin vs BuducnostiK Sävehof vs cSm Bucuresti30/10mKS Selgros lublin vs iK Sävehof1/11cSm Bucuresti vs Buducnost6/11iK Sävehof vs mKS Selgros lublin8/11Buducnost vs cSm Bucuresti13/11mKS Selgros lublin vs cSm Bucuresti15/11iK Sävehof vs Buducnost20/11Buducnost vs mKS Selgros lublincSm Bucuresti vs iK Sävehof

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4 Team preSeNTaTioN

2014/15 Buducnost (mNe)2013/14 györi audi eTo Kc (HUN)2012/13 györi audi eTo Kc (HUN)2011/12 Buducnost (mNe)2010/11 larvik (Nor)2009/10 Viborg HK (DeN)2008/09 Viborg HK (DeN)2007/08 Zvezda Zvenigorod (rUS)2006/07 Slagelse DT (DeN)2005/06 Viborg HK a/S (DeN)2004/05 Slagelse fH (DeN)

2003/04 Slagelse fH (DeN)2002/03 Krim eTa N. roberts ljubljana (Slo)2001/02 Kometal D. p. Skopje (mKD)2000/01 rK Krim Neutro roberts (Slo)1999/00 Hypo Niederösterreich (aUT) 1998/99 Dunaferr Se (HUN)1997/98 Hypo Niederösterreich (aUT) 1996/97 mar Valencia (eSp)1995/96 podravka Koprivnica (cro)1994/95 Hypo Niederösterreich (aUT) 1993/94 Hypo Niederösterreich (aUT)

Past Winners 1993-2015

IK SävehofSweden

CSM Bucuresti Romania