SWE16 EURO Champ Guide LR

WOMEN’S EHF EURO GUIDE 

4 – 18 DECEMBER 2016 | SWEDEN 

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partners a successful Women’s 2016 EHF EURO in Sweden. 

Since 1993, the EHF and Infront have worked 

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federation’s flagship events. 

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delivered new perspectives, increased 

commercial value and even more gripping 

action to fans. 

The EHF EURO is a true showcase for the 

sport of handball and appeals to sponsors, 

broadcasters and fans alike. 

In 2016, the mens’ event achieved a total 

cumulative audience of 1.65 billion, aired into 

175 countries and territories worldwide by 75 

broadcasters. The last womens’ event held in 

2014 generated a cumulative TV audience of 

723 million. 

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EHF EURO 2016 CONTENTS 

Forword 5 

Contacts 6 

Media timetable 9 

Media information 11 

TV information 13 

Venue map 15 

Venues 16 

Arena and hotel details 17 

Officials 18 

Referees 20 

Legal procedures 23 

Match procedures 24 

GROUP A 27 

Sweden 28 

Serbia 34 

Spain 40 

Slovenia 46 

GROUP B 53 

Netherlands 54 

France 60 

Germany 66 

Poland 72 

GROUP C 79 

Montenegro 80 

Hungary 86 

Denmark 92 

Czech Republic 98 

EHF EURO history 130 

Where next? 131 

EHF EURO all-time stats 132 

Referee guidelines 137 

New technology 138 

GROUP D 105 

Norway 106 

Russia 112 

Romania 118 

Croatia 124 

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EHF EURO 2016 FOREWORD 

Dear handball friends, 

The wait is over. Four years after the Swedish Handball Federation was awarded 

the right to host the Women’s EHF EURO 2016 at the EHF Congress 2012 in 

Monaco, the 12 th edition of the European Handball Federation’s flagship women’s 

national team event is about to start. 

Five host cities have been selected to showcase to tens of thousands of spectators 

the very best European women’s handball has to offer: Stockholm, Kristianstad, 

Malmö, Helsingborg and Gothenburg, with the latter being the host city for the 

final weekend. Following the Women’s EHF EURO 2006 it is the second time that 

the event is staged in Sweden. 

This championship’s slogan is “Pure Heart. All Hands.” We have seen the 

participating teams playing with all their heart to get here, and for the members of 

the Swedish Handball Federation and the organising committee it has always been 

an “all hands on deck” approach to turn this final tournament into a huge success. 

May this slogan come even more to life when the first ball is thrown. 

In particular to support the hundreds of journalists working for newspapers and 

websites, in radio and television, covering the event, but also for delegates and the 

participating teams, the European Handball Federation has produced this guide. 

Inside you will not only find valuable contacts and media information (pages 6 and 

9) but also – for the first time – a wealth of statistics. 

For each team (starting with Sweden on page 28) we publish its EHF EURO 

history including qualification, team records featuring information such as biggest 

wins, winning streaks, most goals scored in a single game and more as well as 

head-to-head statistics for all preliminary round matches. 

Based on the teams’ 28-player squad lists submitted to the European Handball 

Federation at the end of October, we have selected seven key players and the 

coach and feature them with biographical bullet points and an overview of their 

personal career achievements. This is supplemented by EHF EURO all-time 

statistics (pages 132/133) featuring the current record holders for matches 

and goals at Women’s EHF EURO events and information such 

as the all-time top scorers in a single match, the biggest wins 

and much more. 

We hope that this guide provides valuable information to 

all those using it. In case of any questions, please don’t hesitate to 

contact us. You find our contact details on the back cover of this guide. 

We wish you a great time at the Women’s EHF EURO 2016 in Sweden. 

THE EHF EURO TEAM 

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EHF EURO 2016 CONTACTS 

EHF 

MONIKA FLIXEDER 

Event Coordinator 

VENUE MANAGERS 

STOCKHOLM / GOTHENBURG 

HANNES MÜLLER 

KRISTIANSTAD / GOTHENBURG 

ALENKA CUDERMAN 

MALMÖ / HELSINGBORG 

MARCOS BESTILLEIRO 

HELSINGBORG 

DORU SIMION 

CENTRAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE 

FRANK STRÖM 

CEO 

frank.strom@handboll.rf.se +46 70 7301779 

STEFAN LÖVGREN 

Coordinator 

stefan.lovgren@handboll.rf.se +46 70 8118593 

EMMA NISSEN 

Hospitality & Ceremonies 

nissen.emma@gmail.com +46 70 4355184 

BENGT MARTINSSON 

Tickets 

ticket@handball2016.com +46 73 4368568 

RALF LUNDBERG 

Competition Manager 

ralf.lundberg@handboll.rf.se +46 70 6476002 

ANDERS WIIAND 

Logistics 

anders.wiiand@handboll.rf.se +46 76 1466683 

LENA RUNSTRÖMER 

Security 

lena.runstromer@telia.com +46 70 331 01 04 

JENNIE CLASSON 

Medical issues 

jennie.classon@gmail.com +46 76 8939487 

BJÖRN ERICSSON 

Hotels 

ericsson.bjorn@telia.com +46 70 5683584 

MATILDA BOSON 

flixeder@eurohandball.com 

mueller@eurohandball.com 

cuderman@eurohandball.com 

bestilleiro@eurohandball.com 

simion@eurohandball.com 

Marketing & Communication 

matilda.boson@handball2016.com +46 725 074342 

EHF MEDIA 

JJ ROWLAND 

EHF Media Manager 

+43 664 887 36594 rowland@eurohandball.com 

THOMAS SCHÖNEICH 

Editor-in-chief 

VENUE MEDIA MANAGERS 

STOCKHOLM / GOTHENBURG 

BENEDIKT ANDERES 

KRISTIANSTAD 

KRISZTINA DEAK 

MALMÖ 

ANDREW MCSTEEN 

HELSINGBORG 

GORAN ANTEVSKI 

OC MEDIA TEAM 

schoeneich@eurohandball.com 

swissbeni@icloud.com 

kriszta.deak@gmail.com 

mcsteen@outlook.com 

antevski@gmail.com 

DANIEL VANDOR 

Media Manager 

+46 70 5355517 daniel@bobbybanister.se 

LOC VENUE MEDIA MANAGERS 

STOCKHOLM LIVIA JAKOBSSON 

+46 70 6763399 livia.jakobsson@hammarbyhandboll.se 

KRISTIANSTAD PETER MALM 

+46 10 4765759 peter.malm@skaneidrotten.se 

MALMÖ HANS TORSMAR / JAN PARNERUP 

+46 72 1929310 torsmarhans@gmail.com 

+46 70 4312629 janparnerup@hotmail.com 

HELSINGBORG KOSOVARE MEZINI 

+46 73 7349023 kosovaremezini@live.se 

GOTHENBURG DANIEL VENDOR 

+46 70 5355517 daniel@bobbybanister.se 

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EHF EURO 2016 CONTACTS 

INFRONT SPORTS & MEDIA 

MARTIN ROOS 

martin.roos@infrontsports.com 

+41 79 824 94 90 

TANJA STANIVUKOVIC 

tanja.stanivukovic@infrontsports.com 

+41 79 414 20 17 

MARTINA FREYENMUTH 

martina.freyenmuth@infrontsports.com 

+41 79 942 53 69 

Please put bshandball@infrontsports.com in copy 

of all requests 

HOST BROADCASTER 

JOHAN SPINDLER (Head of Host Broadcast Operations) 

johan.spindler@nepgroup.com 

+46 (0)70 433 42 30 

ANNA STERNER (Project Manager) 

anna.sterner@nepgroup.com 

+46 70 303 35 26 

JENS SCHNEIDER (Lead Technical Manager) 

jens.Schneider@nepgroup.com 

+46 76 128 76 02 

INFRONT / HB VENUE MANAGERS 

GOTHENBURG 

TANJA STANIVUKOVIC (Infront Venue Manager) 

(Main Round and Final Weekend) 


+41 79 414 20 17 

MARTINA FREYENMUTH 

(Final Weekend) 


+41 79 942 53 69 

TOMMY BECH (HB Venue Manager) 

mediatec@live.se 

+46 705 62 02 40 

STOCKHOLM 

BETTINA VECCHI (Infront Venue Manager) 

bettina.vecchi@infrontsports.com 

+41 79 280 19 86 

ANNA STERNER (HB Venue Manager) 

anna.sterner@nepgroup.com 

+46 70 303 35 26 

KRISTIANSTAD 

ESTHER JUNG (Infront Venue Manager) 

esther.jung@infrontsports.com 

+41 79 475 04 29 

PETER KÄCK (HB Venue Manager) 

peter@popquiz.se 

+46 70 278 74 44 

MALMÖ 

MARTINKA BÜHLER (Infront Venue Manager) 

martinka.buehler@infrontsports.com 

+41 79 862 48 82 

LARS-OVE HARALDSSON (HB Venue Manager) 

lars-ove@telia.com 

+46 70 632 23 21 

HELSINGBORG 

MARTINA FREYENMUTH (Infront Venue Manager) 

(Preliminary and Main Round) 


+41 79 942 53 69 

TANJA STANIVUKOVIC 

(Preliminary Round) 


+41 79 414 20 17 

JOHAN ÖBERG (HB Venue Manager) 

johan@obergnet.com 

+46 70 899 58 88 

Please put bshandball@infrontsports.com in copy 

of all requests 

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EHF EURO 2016 MEDIA TIMETABLE 

DATE EVENT PLACE TIME 

03.12.2016 Team media calls in Groups A & B Stockholm, Kristianstad Timing/location TBC 

04.12.2016 Team media calls in Groups C & D Malmö, Helsingborg Timing/location TBC 

04.12.2016 EHF EURO media call with Presidents 

of EHF, SHF and officials 

Media Centre, Hovet Arena, 

Stockholm 

04.12.2016 Photographer briefing Media Centre, Hovet Arena, 

Stockholm 

04.12.2016 Photographer briefing Media Centre, Kristianstad 

Arena, Kristianstad 

05.12.2016 Photographer briefing Media Centre, Malmö 

Isstadion, Helsingborg Arena 

13:30 hrs 

14:00 hrs 

17:00 hrs 

17:00 hrs 

09.12.2016 Team media calls – Group 1 Gothenburg Timing/location TBC 

10.12.2016 Team media calls – Group 2 Helsingborg Timing/location TBC 

10.12.2016 Photographer briefing Media Centre, Scandinavium, 

Gothenburg 

11.12.2016 Photographer briefing Media Centre, Helsingborg 

Arena, Helsingborg 

14:45 hrs 

14:45 hrs 

15.12.2016 Media call (four semi-finalists) Gothenburg Timing/location TBC 


Gothenburg 

14:15 hrs 

17.12.2016 EHF Media Day Gothenburg All day/evening 

17.12.2016 Media handball tournament Scandinavium, Gothenburg 09:00 – 11:30 hrs 

17.12.2016 Media call with all players and coach Fan Zone, Scandinavium, 

Gothenburg 

17.12.2016 Closing press conference, draw for 

2017 Women’s World Championship 

Play-off Europe 

Presentations from Women’s EHF 

EURO 2018 in France and 2017 

Women’s World Championship 

in Germany 

Media Centre, Scandinavium, 

Gothenburg 

12:00 – 14:00 hrs 

14:30 hrs – 15:30 hrs 

17.12.2016 Media Get-together Gothenburg From 20:00 hrs 


Gothenburg 

14:00 hrs 

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EHF EURO 2016 MEDIA INFORMATION 

EHF EURO MEDIA CALL 

The EHF EURO will open with a media call in Stockholm. The Presidents of the European and Swedish Handball Federations 

will be present as will tournament officials. Media representatives will be able to conduct one to one interviews. Additional 

requests should be addressed to JJ Rowland, Head of EHF Media and Communications (rowland@eurohandball.com). 

TEAM MEDIA CALLS 

Players and coaches from the participating teams will be available for one to one interviews for all international media one 

day prior to the preliminary and main rounds. A full schedule will be published before the event. A media call involving the 

coaches of the four semi-finalists will also take place on 15 December ahead of the semi-final matches. 

EHF MEDIA DAY 

The traditional EHF Media Day will be held on Saturday, 17 December 2016. Activities during the day will include: 

MEDIA HANDBALL TOURNAMENT (09:00-11:30hrs) – A four-team handball tournament will be played on the main court in the 

Scandinavium, Gothenburg. Media representatives will be able to register to play during the EHF EURO. 

TEAM MEDIA CALLS (12:00-14:00hrs) – Each team (all players and coaching staff) will be available for 30 minutes each. 

The event is open to all media representatives and will take place in the Fan Zone in the Scandinavium, Gothenburg. 

CLOSING PRESS CONFERENCE (14:30-16:30hrs) – In a change to previous events, the Closing Press Conference will take place on 

Saturday. It will be followed by the presentations from the organisers of the Women’s EHF EURO 2018 in France and the 

Women’s World Championship 2017 in Germany as well as the draw for the Women’s World Championship 2017 Play-off 

Europe. All media representatives are invited to attend and also join the EHF lunch following the event. 

ONLINE COVERAGE 

Full coverage will be provided on the official website at ehf-euro.com in both English and Swedish. Content will include 

news, feature stories, live scores and statistics as well as video reports. Also follow the event on the official app and social 

media channels: Facebook (facebook.com/ehfeuro), Twitter (@EHFEURO and @EHF_live), Instagram (@EHFEURO), 

YouTube (youtube.com/ehfeuro) and Snapchat (ehf_live). 

LIVE STREAMING 

All matches will be available live and on-demand via the EHF’s official online TV platform, ehfTV.com, with geo-blocking 

applying in certain countries. 

ACCREDITATION 

Media accreditations can only be collected from the arrival city selected during the online registration process with a valid 

photo ID. Accreditation centres will be open two days before the start of the championship. 

MEDIA SERVICES 

Extensive media information will be provided throughout the event, including: live match statistics, match previews with 

head-to-head statistics and flash quotes. All media information will be available in media centres and via the EHF Media 

Portal, register at: bit.ly/ehfmediaportal. 

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Wherever you are! 

All matches of the WOMEN’S EHF EURO 2016, VELUX EHF Champions League and WOMEN’S 

EHF Champions League live and on demand, as well as selected games of the MEN’S EHF EURO 

2018 Qualification, EHF Cup competitions, DKB Handball-Bundesliga and Liga Loterias Asobal. 

Don’t miss the best highlights, compilations, interviews, features and more!

WORLDWIDE APPEAL OF WOMEN’S EHF EURO EVENTS 

The Women’s EHF EURO 2016 in Sweden will be a worldwide event, with matches being broadcast in more than 150 

countries by more than 65 individual broadcasters. The agreements have been brokered by Infront Sports & Media, the 

media and marketing partner of the European Handball Federation. 

Two years ago, the TV figures for the Women’s EHF EURO 2014 in Hungary and Croatia reached record heights. 

A cumulative audience of 723 million was reached, marking the highest ever result for the championship. The result marked 

not only a 90 per cent increase on the 2012 edition in Serbia (380 million), but also significantly topped the previous record 

set in 2006 in Sweden (461 million). 

In terms of broadcast hours, the 2014 results were equally remarkable. With 1,919 broadcast hours, the women’s tournament 

in Hungary and Croatia confirmed its upward trend through an impressive 65 per cent climb of 758 hours compared to 

2012. “These extremely positive audience figures underline once again the huge worldwide following that the EHF EURO 

events enjoy, whilst at the same time showing us just how popular the women’s game is with TV audiences,” said former EHF 

President Jean Brihault following the EHF EURO 2014. “The continued investment by the EHF and our partners Infront in 

digital media is also paying dividends, helping us to attract an ever-increasing number of new fans to our sport.” 

Further to the matches broadcast by the event’s TV partners, ehfTV, the online TV platform of the European Handball 

Federation, will stream all 47 matches live (geo-blocking will apply). ehfTV can be reached at www.ehfTV.com. The streams 

will also be available through the designated EHF EURO app which is available on Apple’s App Store as well as in the 

Google Play Store. 

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EHF EURO 2016 VENUE MAP 

NORWAY 

STOCKHOLM 

SWEDEN 

GOTHENBURG 

HELSINGBORG 

KRISTIANSTAD 

DENMARK 

MALMÖ 

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EHF EURO 2016 VENUES 

STOCKHOLM HOVET 

Will host Group A matches in the preliminary round. 

Capacity: 8,094 

KRISTIANSTAD KRISTIANSTAD ARENA 

Will host Group B matches in the preliminary round. 


MALMÖ MALMÖ ISSTADION 

Will host Group C matches in the preliminary round. 


HELSINGBORG HELSINGBORG ARENA 

Will host Group D matches in the preliminary round and 

in Main Round Group II. Capacity: 4,700 

GOTHENBURG SCANDINAVIUM 

Will host matches in Main Round Group I and the final weekend. Capacity: 12,000 

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VENUE INFORMATION 

STOCKHOLM (GROUP A) 

PLAYING ARENA 

Hovet Arena 

12177 Johanneshov 

Sweden 

+46 8 600 91 00 

www.globearenas.se 

KRISTIANSTAD (GROUP B) 

PLAYING ARENA 

Kristianstad Arena 

Västra Storgatan 69 

291 54 Kristianstad 

Sweden 

+46 44 20 23 50 

kristianstadarena.se 

MALMÖ (GROUP C) 

PLAYING ARENA 

Malmö Isstadion 

Eric Perssons väg 

217 62 Malmö 

Sweden 

+46 708-69 54 70 

HELSINGBORG (GROUP D & MAIN ROUND GROUP II) 

PLAYING ARENA 

TEAM HOTEL (PR & MR) 

Helsingborg Arena 

Mellersta Stenbocksgatan 14 

254 37 Helsingborg 

Sweden 

+46 42 10 31 60 

hbgarena.se 

TEAM HOTEL 

Scandic Talk Hotel 

Mässvägen 2 

125 80 Älvsjö 

Sweden 

+46 8 588 820 00 

www.scandichotels.de 

TEAM HOTEL 

Quality Hotel Grand 

Västra Storgatan 15 


Sweden 

+46 44 28 48 00 

www.nordicchoicehotels.com 

TEAM HOTEL 

Scandic Hotel St. Jörgen 

Stora Nygatan 35 

211 37 Malmö 

Sweden 

+46 40 693 46 00 


Elite Hotel Marina Plaza 

Kungstorget 6 


Sweden 

+46 42 19 21 00 

www.elite.se 

EHF HOTEL 

Quality Hotel Globe 

Arenaslingan 7 

121 26 Johanneshov 

Sweden 

+46 8 686 63 00 


EHF HOTEL 

First Hotel Christian IV 

Västra Boulevarden 15 


Sweden 

+46 44 20 38 50 

www.firsthotels.com 

EHF HOTEL 

Scandic Hotel Triangeln 

Triangeln 2 

211 43 Malmö 

Sweden 

+46 40 693 47 00 


TEAM HOTEL (MR) 

Clarion Hotel Grand 

Stortorget 8 


Sweden 

+46 42 38 04 00 


EHF HOTEL 

Hotel Mollberg 

Stortorget 18 


Sweden 

+46 42 37 37 00 

www.elite.se 

GOTHENBURG (MAIN ROUND GROUP II & FW) 

PLAYING ARENA 

TEAM & EHF HOTEL 

Scandinavium 

Hotel Gothia Towers 

Valhallagatan 1 

Mässans gata 24 

412 51 Gothenburg 

402 26 Gothenburg 

Schweden 

Sweden 

+46 31 368 45 00 

+46 31 750 88 00 

gotevent.se 

www.gothiatowers.com 

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EHF EURO 2016 OFFICIALS 

EHF REPRESENTATIVES* 

EHF President 

EHF Vice‐President 

EHF Competitions Commission Chairman 

EHF Methods Commission Chairman 

EHF Beach Commission Chairman 

EHF EXEC Members 

EHF Secretary General 

IHF REPRESENTATIVE 

* EHF representatives were elected at EHF Congress 2016 (after the print deadline). 

EHF DELEGATES 

Frantisek Taborsky 

CZE 

Carmen Manchado 

ESP 

Gabriella Horvath 

HUN 

Marco Trespidi 

ITA 

Rosicza Dimkova 

BUL 

Margrid Weihe 

FAR 

Jutta Ehrmann‐Wolf 

GER 

Arijana Vojic 

BIH 

Stella Vartanyan 

RUS 

Tanja Medved 

SRB 

Monika Hagen 

SWE 

Zuzana Füleova 

SVK 

Viktor Konoplyastyi 

UKR 

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EHF EURO 2016 OFFICIALS 

EHF EVENT ORGANISATION 

Monika Flixeder 

EVENT COORDINATOR 

Helmut Höritsch 

TECHNICAL SERVICES 

Vesna Lazic 

GUEST AND HOSPITALITY 

Anna Psintrou 

LOGISTICS 

Loic Alves 

LEGAL SERVICES 

Marsha Brown 

COMMUNICATION 

EHF VENUE & MEDIA MANAGEMENT 

Hans Holdhaus 

ANTI-DOPING UNIT 

Hannes Müller 

STOCKHOLM 

Alenka Cuderman 

KRISTIANSTAD 

Marcos Bestilleiro 

MALMÖ 

Doru Simion 

HELSINGBORG 

JJ Rowland 

EHF MEDIA MANAGER 

Thomas Schöneich 

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF 

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EHF EURO 2016 REFEREES 

Dalibor Jurinovic 

CRO 

Marko Mrvica 

CRO 

Karina Christiansen 

DEN 

Line Hesseldal Hansen 

DEN 

Andreu Marin 

ESP 

Ignacio Garcia Serradilla 

ESP 

Peter Horvath 

HUN 

Balazs Marton 

HUN 

Viktorija Kijauskaite 

LTU 

Ausra Zaliene 

LTU 

Kjersti Arntsen 

NOR 

Guro Roen 

NOR 

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EHF EURO 2016 REFEREES 

Joanna Brehmer 

POL 

Agnieszka Skowronek 

POL 

Diana‐Carmen Florescu 

ROU 

Anamaria Stoia 

ROU 

Victoria Alpaidze 

RUS 

Tatyana Berezkina 

RUS 

Vanja Antic 

SRB 

Jelena Jakovljevic 

SRB 

Peter Brunovsky 

SVK 

Vladimir Canda 

SVK 

Mirza Kurtagic 

SWE 

Matthias Wetterwik 

SWE 

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LEGAL PROCEDURES 

PRESENTATION 

At an EHF EURO, the administration of justice is in the hands of two bodies, i.e. the Disciplinary Commission and the Jury. 

The Disciplinary Commission constitutes the body of first instance, whose decisions can be appealed to the Jury acting as a 

body of second instance. Both instances together may also be referred to as the ad hoc bodies. 

COMPOSITION 

To rule upon a case, each commission is composed of a Chairman with two members. The members are nominated by the 

Chairman on a case by case basis to ensure the independence of the body. For example, if a case arises from a match between 

Sweden and Poland, members of the Disciplinary Commission from these two national federations will not be part of the 

deciding panel. 

COMPETENCE 

The ad hoc bodies are competent to settle protests filed by participating teams, cases relating to regulations infringements 

and disciplinary situations such as direct disqualifications. 

HANDLING 

Regardless of the nature of the situations, proceedings are handled following an express procedure to comply with the need 

for efficiency and effectiveness inherent to an EHF EURO. For example, to ensure the balance of the competition, decisions 

relating to a direct disqualification are rendered before the next match of the player and team concerned. 

COMPOSITION OF BODIES 

FIRST INSTANCE – DISCIPLINARY COMMISSION 

Legal Official 

Member - nominated by chairperson 


Loic Alves – EHF Legal Management 

Members Disciplinary Commission (for nomination): Legal Official, Gabriella Horvath (HUN), 

Stella Vartanyan (RUS), Marco Trespidi (ITA), Zuzana Füleova (SVK), Monika Hagen (SWE), 

Carmen Manchado (ESP), Jutta Ehrmann-Wolf (GER), Tanja Medved (SRB) 

SECOND INSTANCE – JURY 

Viktor Konopliastyi 



Loic Alves – EHF Legal Management 

Members Jury (for nomination): Rosicza Dimkova (BUL), Arijana Voijic (BIH), Margrid Weihe (FRA), 

members of the Disciplinary Commission if not involved in first instance proceedings or biased. 

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MATCH PROCEDURES 

The run down/time-line of the 10-minute pre-match procedure has been defined as follows with small adaptations due to 

the agreed-upon length of the national anthems played: 

-10:30 Fair play announcement by team captains in native language (on screens) * 

-09:45 Flag mascots, referees, teams ready at the entry meeting point 

Player escorts form tunnel 

-09:30 Start of the ECh flag presentation by 4 flag presenting children (marching in the same way as the players through 

the player’s escorts corridor, turn at the centre heading the judges’ table and stop there 5 metres in front of it with 

the front children kneeling down) 

-09:00 Line-up of Team A 

-08:30 Line-up of Team B 

-08:00 Introduction of team A – players and officials 

-06:30 Introduction of team B – players and officials 

-05:00 Introduction of the referees, EHF officials START OF THE TV-TRANSMISSION 

Graphics: location, teams, logos, 

flags, ranking group A+B 

(Please note these timings are subject to change). 

IMPORTANT NATIONAL ANTHEMS START ON TIME DUE TO TV TRANSMISSION 

-04:00 National anthem of team A presentation players, coach 

(mascot team A steps forward, turns 90 degrees to 

his/her team presenting the national flag of team A) 

-02:45 National anthem of team B presentation players, coach 

(mascot team B steps forward, turns 90 degrees to 

his/her team presenting the national flag of team B) 

-01:30 Final match preparations of the teams presentation referees 

00:00 Throw-off/Order by EHF Supervisor score and clock 

* Prior to each match the following “Fair play“ text will be announced in the native language 

via video screens with subtitles in English: 

Dear ladies and gentlemen, Dear spectators, 

In the spirit of fairness and with respect to all athletes, officials and referees we kindly 

ask you, the spectators, to support your team in a fair manner and to create a positive 

atmosphere for handball. 

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MATCH PROCEDURES 

PRE-MATCH PROCEDURE 

Action 4 

Action 5 

Action 7 

Action 3 

Action 7 

Action 2 

Action 8 

Action 2 

Action 10 

Action 9 

Action 10 

Action 8 

X 

Team A/B 

Team B/A 

POST-MATCH PROCEDURE 

Action 1 

Action 2 Action 2 

Action 4 

Action 3 Action 3 

SHAKE HANDS 

The teams will shake hands with each other once again 

and line up at the end of the match. This will be carried-out 

in an informal way. 

BEST PLAYER AWARD 

After each game the “Best Player” will be awarded by 

the EHF. The procedure of handing over of the award is 

carried out by the EHF Representative in cooperation with 

a nominated LOC Representative. There will be only one 

player awarded at every game. 

FLASH ZONE / MIXED ZONE 

Players are available for TV flash interviews for the TV 

stations, which have purchased the rights, in the “Flash Zone”. 

Other interviews of players or coaches for non-rights holders 

or written media shall take place in the “Mixed Zone”. 

POST-MATCH PRESS CONFERENCE 

15 minutes after the end of each match an official press 

conference will be carried-out. The head coach of the team 

together with one key player will take part. The head coach 

shall be accompanied by two key players in the semi–finals 

and final for the post-match press conference. 

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TEAM MOTIVATION 

Møbelringen was founded in 1985, and since then we have grown to 77 shops well spread 

all over the country. Møbelringen seeks to emerge as the leading specialist trade within 

furniture in Norway. We strive to provide good service, have friendly stores, and give good 

professional guidance to our customers. Møbelringen keeps a focus on 

Norwegian brands, and this is reflected in our products and marketing. In addition, we 

have furniture also from exciting foreign quality vendors. 

Møbelringen is official sponsor and one of the largest partners to the Norwegian Handball 

Federation. For 18 years, we have given the name to the Handball girls tournament 

Møbelringen Cup. We use our sponsorhip as a guidens to motivate each other as a team. 

OFFICIAL 

SPONSOR 

Foto: NHF/Svein Andre Svendsen

STOCKHOLM HOVET 

GROUP A 

SWEDEN 

SERBIA 

SPAIN 

SLOVENIA 

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SWEDEN 

PRELIMINARY ROUND 

GROUP A 

TEAM ACHIEVEMENTS 

EHF EURO 

2010 

2014 

TEAM PROFILE 

Sweden have two medals from Women’s EHF EURO events to date: a silver won 

in 2010 and a bronze won in 2014, and chances as well as hopes are there that the 

Women’s EHF EURO 2016 on home ground is the opportunity to complete the 

set and win gold. 

Sweden are led by the inspirational Isabelle Gullden, the MVP of the Women’s 

EHF EURO 2014. The back court ace plays for CSM Bucuresti in Romania. 

In the 2015/16 season she not only won the Women’s EHF Champions League 

but also became the competition’s top scorer with 108 goals. From the bench the 

team will be guided by Henrik Signell who took over as head coach in May 2016. 

At the two most recent major tournaments, Sweden played reasonably successful 

preliminary rounds, but faltered twice when it came to the first knockout match. 

At the World Championship 2015 they had placed second in their group but lost 

the Last 16 match to Denmark 26:19; at the 2016 Olympic Games they came third 

in their group but had no chance in the quarter-final against Norway, losing 33:20. 

MEDIA CONTACT 

DANIEL VANDOR 

+46 705 355 517 

daniel@bobbybannister.se 

www.svenskhandboll.se 

SOCIAL MEDIA 

handbollslandslaget 

@hlandslaget 

handbollslandslaget 

EHF EURO QUALIFICATION 

Directly qualified as hosts. 

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EHF EURO SCHEDULE 

VENUE 

Hovet, 

Stockholm 

DATE TIME GAME 

4 December 18:00 hrs Sweden vs Spain 

6 December 20:45 hrs Slovenia vs Sweden 

8 December 20:45 hrs Sweden vs Serbia 

EHF EURO RECORD 

YEAR STAGE MP W D L GOALS DIFF. PTS. RANK 

1994 Qualification 6 5 0 1 166:109 +57 10:2 2nd Group 4 

1994 Runners-Up 2 1 0 1 38:37 +1 2:2 Won vs. LTU 

1994 EHF EURO 6 3 0 3 134:145 –11 6:6 7th Place 



1998 Qualification 6 2 1 3 124:132 -8 5:7 4th Group 5 

2000 Qualification 2 1 0 1 54:49 +5 2:2 Won vs. POR 

2000 Play-off 2 0 0 2 54:62 -8 0:4 Lost vs. AUT 

2002 Play-off 2 2 0 0 57:44 +13 4:0 Won vs. BUL 


2004 Play-off 2 1 1 0 55:45 +10 3:1 Won vs. SUI 



2008 Play-off 2 2 0 0 54:44 +10 4:0 Won vs. CZE 

2008 EHF EURO 6 2 2 2 134:135 -1 6:6 9th Place 


2010 EHF EURO 8 6 0 2 199:176 +23 12:4 Runners-up 

2012 Qualification 2 6 5 1 0 182:131 +51 11:1 1st Group 5 

2012 EHF EURO 6 3 1 2 153:142 +11 7:5 8th Place 

2014 Qualification 6 4 2 0 173:134 +39 10:2 1st Group 5 

2014 EHF EURO 8 5 1 2 238:220 +18 11:5 3rd Place 

Total Qualification 42 28 3 11 1084:885 +199 59:25 

Total EHF EURO 53 24 4 25 1303:1334 -31 52:54 

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SWEDEN 

PROFILES 

FILIPPA IDEHN 

goalkeeper 

• Became famous during the EHF EURO 2014 for playing in shorts 

• Shares the position mostly with her former Sävehof teammate Johanna Bundsen 

• Was Swedish champion three times with IK Sävehof. She now plays for Danish side Esbjerg 

in her second season and became Danish champion in 2016 

• Is the only goalkeeper of Sweden’s EHF EURO squad, who has scored a goal (twice) 

EURO: B 2014 

LOUISE SAND 

left wing 

@filippai 

filippaidehn 

• Was awarded best left wing in the All-star Team of the U20 World Championship 2012, 

when she won gold 

• Had her debut in the Swedish women’s team in the same year 

• At 1.64 metres she is the smallest player in the Swedish EHF EURO squad 

• Joined IK Sävehof at the age of 17 and took five Swedish league titles so far 


JENNY ALM 

left back 

• Had her debut for the Swedish national team in 2010; her first major tournament was the 

World Championship 2011 in Brazil 

• Started playing handball at five years old for Kroppskultur in Uddevalla. Then started her 

professional career at IK Sävehof in 2011, becoming Swedish champion four times straight 

• Joined Danish side Esbjerg in the summer of 2015 and became Danish champion in her first season 

• Also worked in marketing for Sävehof and in its handball school 


ISABELLE GULLDEN 

centre back 

louisand 

jeenyalm 

• Was top scorer in the Women’s EHF FINAL4 2016 in Budapest, when she scored 15 goals in 

the final for CSM Bucuresti against Györ and was CL top scorer in the 2015/16 season 

• 2012 and 2014 Swedish Player of the Year; MVP and top scorer (58 goals) of the EHF EURO 2014 

• Her uncle, Christer, was an Olympic wrestler, who came close to winning bronze 

• Her boyfriend is Swedish goalkeeper, Linus Persson, who plays in CSM’s men’s team 

EURO: S 2010, B 2014 

EC trophies: CL: 2016; Cup Winners’ Cup: 2014 

@Bellagullden 

bellagullen 

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SABINA JACOBSEN 

right back 

• Had been awarded best defender at EHF EURO 2014 

• Is the core player for the Swedish middle block 

• In attack, she shares the position with Ida Oden 

• As many other Swedish national team players joined a Danish club, moving from Lugi HF 

first to Randers HK and then to FC Midtjylland 


EC trophies: Cup Winners’ Cup: 2015 

sabinajacobsen 

NATHALIE HAGMAN 

right wing 

• Was the youngest ever debutant in the Swedish women’s team at the age of 17 

• Was awarded Player of the Year in Sweden and Denmark in 2016 and All-star right wing at 

the Rio 2016 Olympic Games 

• Scored an overall of 23 goals in the two EHF Cup Final matches 2016 for her former club Team 

Tvis Holstebro and led the Danish side to their second straight EHF club competition trophy 

• Now playing for NFH - Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub 


EC trophies: EHF Cup: 2016, Cup Winners’ Cup: 2015 

@NathalieHagman 

hagman 

LINN BLOHM 

line player 

• Won the gold medals at the U18 World Championship 2010 and the U20 World 

Championship 2012 

• Is part of the women’s national team since 2012 

• Played for IK Sävehof for six years until 2014 before she joined Team Tvis Holstebro. 

She now plays for Danish runners-up FC Midtjylland since the summer of 2016 

• Was left back, before she made a change to the line player position in 2010 


EC trophies: Cup Winners’ Cup: 2016; EHF Cup: 2015 

@BlohmLinn 

blohmlinn 

HENRIK SIGNELL 

coach 

• Was coaching IK Sävehof for eleven years before he was appointed as national coach in May 

and he still coaches the Swedish champions and EHF CL participants 

• He has coached most of the national players at Sävehof 

• He took over from Tomas Sivertsson and Helle Thomsen, who had been coaching the team 

before in different combinations 

• Between 2010 and 2012 he was also in charge of the Finnish women’s national team 

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SWEDEN 


STATS 

EHF EURO MATCHES – TOP 5 

PLAYER MATCHES YEARS 

Linnea TORSTENSON 35 2006-2014 

Kristina FLOGNMAN 32 2002-2012 

Isabelle GULLDEN 28 2008-2014 

Matilda BOSON 26 2002-2010 

Jessica HELLEBERG 22 2010-2014 

EHF EURO GOALS – TOP 5 

PLAYER GOALS YEARS 

Linnea TORSTENSON 139 2006-2014 

Isabelle GULLDEN 131 2008-2014 

Matilda BOSON 71 2002-2010 

Asa ERIKSSON 71 1994-1996, 2002-2004 

Caroline Cecilia (Lina) ROSENBERG (OLSSON) 58* 1994-1996 

*Caroline Cecilia (Lina) ROSENBERG (OLSSON) scored also 36 goals for Norway (2002) 

EHF EURO TEAM RECORDS 

Biggest win: 24:10 (11:5) vs. Austria @ Ohrid MKD, 04.12.2008 

Biggest defeat: 13:30 (6:13) vs. Denmark @ Brøndby/Sjælland DEN, 06.12.1996 

Longest winning run: 4 matches (07.12.2010 – 12.12.2010) 

Longest unbeaten run: 6 matches (13.12.2012 - 16.12.2014) 

Longest losing run: 8 matches (11.12.1996 – 12.12.2004) 

Longest run without win: 8 matches (11.12.1996 – 12.12.2004) 

Current run: W1 (21.12.2014) 

Most goals: 39 vs. Germany 39:32W @ Varaždin CRO, 12.12.2014 

Most goals opponent: 33 vs. Austria 26:33L @ Helsinge/Sjælland DEN, 08.12.2002 

33 vs. Germany 22:33L @ Skopje MKD, 08.12.2008 

Most goals both teams: 71 vs. Germany 39:32W @ Varaždin CRO, 12.12.2014 

Fewest goals: 13 vs. Denmark 13:30L @ Brøndby/Sjælland DEN, 06.12.1996 

Fewest goals opponent: 10 vs. Austria 24:10W @ Ohrid MKD, 04.12.2008 

Fewest goals both teams: 34 vs. Austria 24:10W @ Ohrid MKD, 04.12.2008 

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HEAD TO HEAD COMPETITIVE MATCHES 

SWE VS ESP MATCHES – LAST 5 

DATE & VENUE FIXTURE TOURNAMENT SCORE 

25.04.1997 Stockholm SWE ESP-SWE WCh-Qual. – Group 1 23:23 (11:10) 

27.04.1997 Stockholm SWE SWE-ESP WCh-Qual. – Group 1 19:19 (08:09) 

05.12.2001 Merano – Meran ITA ESP-SWE WCh – Group B 24:27 (13:13) 

13.12.2006 Stockholm SWE SWE-ESP ECh – MR-Group II 24:19 (10:10) 

03.08.2012 London GBR ESP-SWE OG – Group B 25:24 (11:10) 

TOTAL MATCHES P W GOALS D W GOALS 

All matches 9 6 190 2 1 167 

EURO matches 1 1 24 0 0 19 

SLO VS SWE MATCHES 


20.10.2011 Skövde SWE SWE-SLO ECh-Qual. 2 – Group 5 27:20 (15:10) 

31.05.2012 Velenje SLO SLO-SWE ECh-Qual. 2 – Group 5 23:26 (10:15) 

23.10.2013 Helsingborg SWE SWE-SLO ECh-Qual. – Group 5 30:25 (16:12) 

11.06.2014 Ljubljana SLO SLO-SWE ECh-Qual. – Group 5 27:34 (14:17) 


All matches 4 0 95 0 4 117 


SWE VS SRB MATCHES 


10.12.2012 Beograd SRB SRB-SWE ECh – MR-Group I 23:23 (13:14) 

27.03.2014 Kragujevac SRB SRB-SWE ECh-Qual. – Group 5 25:25 (14:14) 

30.03.2014 Kristianstad SWE SWE-SRB ECh-Qual. – Group 5 18:18 (09:10) 


All matches 3 0 66 3 0 66 


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SERBIA 


GROUP A 


WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 

2013 

TEAM PROFILE 

It was not long ago that Serbian women’s handball was reasonably close to being 

the world’s benchmark. At the Women’s EHF EURO 2012 the team came fourth 

and one year later they won silver at the World Championship 2013 - both events 

took place in Serbia. 

However, ever since there have been more downs than ups. At the Women’s EHF 

EURO 2014 they were knocked out after the preliminary round, the Women’s 

World Championship 2015 they even missed out on initially and were only 

allowed to participate because of a wild card granted to them by the International 

Handball Federation. 

Former key players like Andrea Lekic and Dragana Cvijic have stopped playing 

internationally, so it is up to younger generation of players to bring the team back 

to the top. The qualification for the Women’s EHF EURO 2016 might have been 

the first sign of this. After six rounds of matches Serbia topped their group with 

five wins and one draw ahead of the Czech Republic, Ukraine and Italy. 

MEDIA CONTACT 

ZIVOTA BOGDANOVIC 

press@rss.org.rs 

www.rss.org.rs 

SOCIAL MEDIA 

rssrbije 

@rssrbije 

rukometnisavez 


NATION P W D L GOALS DIFF PTS 

Serbia 6 5 1 0 191:141 50 11 

Czech Republic 6 4 1 1 170:142 28 9 

Ukraine 6 2 0 4 174:162 12 4 

Italy 6 0 0 6 113:203 -90 0 

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VENUE 

Hovet, 

Stockholm 


4 December 15:15 hrs Serbia vs Slovenia 

6 December 18:30 hrs Spain vs Serbia 

8 December 20:45 hrs Sweden vs Serbia 




2008 Play-off 2 1 0 1 54:52 +2 2:2 Won vs. NED 




2012 Qualification 2 6 5 0 1 179:131 +48 10:2 2nd Group 2 







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SERBIA 

PROFILES 

JOVANA RISOVIC 

goalkeeper 

• Is the successor of Katarina Tomasevic, who currently is on maternity leave 

• Was awarded best goalkeeper at the 2012 U20 World Championship 

• Transferred to Randers HK last season, before she played for Serbian top side 

WHC Radnicki Kragujevac 

• Was bronze medallist at the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju, Korea 

WCh: S 2013 

SANJA RADOSAVLJEVIC 

left wing 

zmajce16 

• Will play her second major tournament after the World Championship 2015 at the EHF EURO 2016 

• Is a classical counter-attack expert 

• Is teammate of former World Handball Player of the Year, Alexandra do Nascimento, 

at her current club Vac in Hungary 

• Before this she had been playing for WHC Radnicki Kragujevac 

sanjaradosavljevic2 

JOVANA STOILJKOVIC 

left back 

• Played her first major tournament at the successful EHF EURO 2012 on home court, 

when Serbia made it to the semi-final 

• Is the successor of the famous Sanja Damnjanovic in the left back position, who has retired 

from the national team 

• Plays in France since 2012, first two seasons at HAC Handball (Le Havre), now at EHF Cup 

participants Nantes Loire Atlantique HB 

WCh: S 2013 

KRISTINA LISCEVIC 

centre back 

• At 27, she is the third oldest player in the rejuvenated Serbian EHF EURO squad 

• Had been playing in FYR Macedonia, Hungary and France, before she made it to Russia, 

first to Astrakhanochka, now playing at Kuban Krasnodar 

• Is the only non-Russian player at Kuban, where her club coach is legendary and Rio Olympic 

gold medallist Evgeny Trefilov 

• Her younger brother Zlatko is a professional football player 

WCh: S 2013 

kiki.liscevic71 

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JELENA LAVKO 

right back 

• Before her marriage this year, she was known as Jelena Zivkovic 

• Has been part of the Serbian national team since 2009 and had her debut at the age of 18 

• She played for FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria (HUN), Buducnost (MNE), HC Podravka Vegeta 

(CRO), SC Municipal Craiova (ROU) and now in Alba Fehérvár KC (HUN) 

• At 1.84 metres she is the second tallest player of the Serbian EURO squad 

WCh: S 2013 

KATARINA KRPEZ SLEZAK 

right wing 

• Is the team captain of the Serbian team since last year 

• Is the only player of the current squad with more than 100 international caps 

• Was one of the best right wings at the successful World Championship 2013 on home court 

• On club level she had played for several Serbian clubs, Metalurg Skopje (MKD), 

RK Krim (SLO), before she transferred to her current side Erd in Hungary in 2014 

• Was a CL semi-finalist in the 2012/13 season with RK Krim 

WCh: S 2013 

krpi33 

SLADJANA POP-LAZIC 

line player 

• Was one of the rising Serbian stars at the EHF EURO 2012 in Serbia, sharing the position with 

Dragana Cvijic 

• Missed the World Championship 2013 on home court due to an injury 

• Plays for French clubs since 2012, first for ES Besancon, and since 2015 for French champions 

and EHF Champions League participants Metz Handball 

• Was awarded best line player of the French league in the 2015/16 season 

@Sladjanapop 

sladjanapoplazic 

DRAGICA DJURIC 

coach 

• Was appointed coach of the Serbian team during the EHF EURO 2016 Qualification in February 

• Took over from Sasa Boskovic, who steered the team to silver at the World Championship 2013 

and into the semi-final of the EHF EURO 2012 – both on home court 

• Was the goalkeeping coach for the Serbian team and also the team manager before 

• As a player (goalkeeper) both wore the jersey of Yugoslavia and Serbia-Montenegro and had 

two Olympic participations as a player, including winning gold in Los Angeles in 1984 

OG: G 1984 

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SERBIA 


STATS 



Sanja DAMNJANOVIC 20 2006-2014 

Andrea LEKIC 20 2006-2014 

Katarina KRPEZ SLEZAK 17 2008-2014 

Sanja RAJOVIC 17 2008-2014 

Katarina TOMASEVIC 17 2008-2014 



Andrea LEKIC 94 2006-2014 

Sanja DAMNJANOVIC 55 2006-2014 

Svetlana OGNJENOVIC 45* 2008, 2012 

Sanja RAJOVIC 33 2008-2014 

Biljana BANDELIER (FILIPOVIC) 32 2012-2014 

*Svetlana OGNJENOVIC scored also 16 goals for Serbia and Montenegro (2004) 


Biggest win: 28:24 (12:15) vs. Czech Republic @ Beograd SRB, 08.12.2012 

Biggest defeat: 28:40 (14:20) vs. Romania @ Aalborg DEN, 11.12.2010 

Longest winning run: 2 matches (06.12.2012 – 08.12.2012; 11.12.2012 – 13.12.2012) 

Longest unbeaten run: 5 matches (06.12.2012 – 13.12.2012) 



Current run: L5 (15.12.2012 – 12.12.2014) 

Most goals: 38 vs. Hungary 38:41L aet @ Beograd SRB, 16.12.2012 

Most goals opponent: 41 vs. Hungary 38:41L aet @ Beograd SRB, 16.12.2012 

Most goals both teams: 79 vs. Hungary 38:41L aet @ Beograd SRB, 16.12.2012 

Fewest goals: 16 vs. France 16:27L @ Osijek CRO, 10.12.2014 

Fewest goals opponent: 17 vs. France 18:17W @ Beograd SRB, 13.12.2012 

Fewest goals both teams: 35 vs. France 18:17W @ Beograd SRB, 13.12.2012 

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SRB VS SLO MATCHES 


27.10.2013 Ljubljana SLO SLO-SRB ECh-Qual. – Group 5 31:26 (16:12) 

15.06.2014 Niš SRB SRB-SLO ECh-Qual. – Group 5 32:25 (18:15) 


All matches 2 1 58 0 1 56 


ESP VS SRB MATCHES 


31.03.2010 Zaječar SRB SRB-ESP ECh-Qual. – Group 5 20:21 (10:12) 

04.04.2010 Estella-Lizarra ESP ESP-SRB ECh-Qual. – Group 5 29:25 (15:12) 

09.12.2010 Aalborg DEN SRB-ESP ECh – Group A 23:26 (09:14) 


All matches 3 3 76 0 0 68 


SWE VS SRB MATCHES 


10.12.2012 Beograd SRB SRB-SWE ECh – MR-Group I 23:23 (13:14) 

27.03.2014 Kragujevac SRB SRB-SWE ECh-Qual. – Group 5 25:25 (14:14) 

30.03.2014 Kristianstad SWE SWE-SRB ECh-Qual. – Group 5 18:18 (09:10) 


All matches 3 0 66 3 0 66 


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SPAIN 


GROUP A 



2008, 2014 

OLYMPIC GAMES 

2012 


2011 

TEAM PROFILE 

The ‘guerreras’ were the big surprise of the EHF EURO 2014 in Hungary 

and Croatia as they made it all the way to the final which they, however, lost 

to Norway. In the semi-final they dethroned defending champions Montenegro 

which was like late revenge for the semi-final defeat they had against Montenegro 

at the Olympic Games 2012. 

The Women’s World Championship 2015 was not the most successful tournament 

for Spain; a third place in the preliminary round was followed by an early exit in 

the Last 16 at the hands of France. And it was no different at the Olympic Games 

2016 either, as the team finished third after the preliminary round only to lose to 

eventual silver medallists France in the quarter-final. 

However, Jorge Duenas and his team have shown in the past that willpower is 

one of their stronger assets and they will for sure be at their best come the EHF 

EURO 2016 despite the absence of stalwart Eli Pinedo who retired after the 2016 

Olympics. In qualification for the final tournament Spain placed second behind 

the Netherlands, but ahead of Austria and Bulgaria. 

MEDIA CONTACT 

JAVIER FERNÁNDEZ 

+34 61 644 82 43 

prensaycomunicacion@rfebm.com 

www.rfebm.com 

SOCIAL MEDIA 

RFEBalonmano 

@RFEBalonmano 

rfebalonmano 



Netherlands 6 5 0 1 216:140 76 10 

Spain 6 5 0 1 192:126 66 10 

Austria 6 2 0 4 160:171 -11 4 

Bulgaria 6 0 0 6 112:243 -131 0 

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VENUE 

Hovet, 

Stockholm 


4 December 18:00 hrs Sweden vs Spain 

6 December 18:30 hrs Spain vs Serbia 

8 December 18:30 hrs Spain vs Slovenia 



1994 Qualification 6 3 0 3 96:111 –15 6:6 3rd Group 6 

1996 Pre-Qualification 4 4 0 0 111:67 +44 8:0 1st Group A 


1998 Pre-Qualification 4 4 0 0 105:59 +46 8:0 1st Group C 



2000 Play-off 2 1 0 1 53:53 0 2:2 Lost vs. RUS 

2002 Play-off 2 2 0 0 60:42 +18 4:0 Won vs. TUR 


2004 Play-off 2 2 0 0 62:57 +5 4:0 Won vs. POL 




2008 Play-off 2 1 1 0 54:49 +5 3:1 Won vs. LTU 











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SPAIN 

PROFILES 

SILVIA NAVARRO 

goalkeeper 

• Her star rose at the World Championship 2011 in Brazil, when she was the key for Spain’s 

first WCh medal 

• In the same year, she was CL finalist with Itxako 

• At 37, she is the oldest player of the current Spanish squad 

• Had played only one year abroad at Oltchim Valcea (Romania), before she returned 

to Spanish club Remudas (Gran Canaria) in 2013 

OG: B 2012; EURO: S 2014; WCh: B 2011 

EC trophies: EHF Cup: 2009; Challenge Cup: 2016 

NAIARA EGOZKUE 

left wing 

• Had started her international career quite late and played her first major tournament at 

the World Championship 2013 in Serbia 

• From 2004 to 2012 she was contracted by Itxako and was CL finalist in 2011. For two seasons, 

she then played for German side Bayer Leverkusen. In 2014 she returned to Spain where she 

currently plays for Bm. Zuazo 

• In the Spanish team she is a cornerstone of their defence 

EURO S 2014 

EC trophies: EHF Cup: 2009 

ALEXANDRINA BARBOSA 

left back 

• Born in Portugal, she got her Spanish citizenship in 2012 after playing for Spanish clubs 

for a long time 

• Has the highest scoring efficiency among all Spanish NT players, with more than 350 

goals in 75 matches 

• From 2003 until now, she has played for Champions League clubs every season. She joined 

Russian powerhouse Rostov-Don this summer 

• Her biggest success on club level was the CL final in 2011 with Itxako 

EURO S 2014 

MACARENA AGUILAR 

centre back 

@SilviNavarro16 

@naiegozkue 

naiegozkue 

@ShandyBarbosa86 

• Will take the huge responsibility in the ‘Guerreras’ team, as Marta Mangue currently is on 

maternity leave 

• Has scored more than 600 goals in more than 225 international matches 

• Is more a classical playmaker than a shooter 

• Played for five different clubs in the previous four years: Itxako, Randers, Györ, Rostov, Siofok - 

after the Olympic Games she joined German champions Thüringer HC 

OG: B 2012; EURO: S 2008, S 2014; WCh: B 2011 

@makaguilar_10 

makaguilar_10 

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NEREA PENA 

left back 

• Started her career in the Itxako youth academy and played for this club until 2012. In 2011 

she reached the Women’s EHF Champions League Final 

• Was in the All-star Team as left back at the EHF EURO 2010 

• Since 2012, she has played for the Hungarian runners-up FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria and - 

despite several knee injuries - is a cornerstone of their attacking play 

• Missed the 2012 Olympic Games due to an injury 

EURO: S 2014; WCh: B 2011 

EC trophies: EHF Cup 2009 

@nereitxu25 

nereitxu25 

CARMEN MARTIN 

right wing 

• Best right wing of the EHF EURO 2014 and All-star Team right wing at the World 

Championship 2011 in Brazil 

• Counter attack and penalty expert of the Spanish team 

• Since 2014 she has been at current Women’s EHF Champions League winners CSM Bucuresti 

• Loves drama movies, her favourite being “The Notebook” 


EC trophies: CL: 2016 

@caramel_88 

Carmen_martin4 

ELIZABET CHAVEZ 

line player 

• Is at 1.92 metres the tallest player in the Spanish squad 

• Started her career as back court player, but became a line player and defence expert under 

Jorge Duenas 

• Had her first international appearances at the successful EHF EURO 2008 

• After playing for Sagunto, she went to France, where she first played for Nice and since 2015 

for Fleury Loiret Handball 

• Will play her fifth EURO at the age of 26 

EURO: S 2008, S 2014; WCh: B 2011 

JORGE DUENAS 

coach 

@elichavez14 

elichavez_14 

• Took over the Spanish team in October 2007 and is the mastermind behind all successes 

of the ‘Guerreras’, leading them to all the medals they have ever achieved 

• Was a first league player in several clubs from 1981 to 1994 

• Is currently steering the team through a major transition 

• Will be at the helm of Spain for the fifth consecutive EHF EURO event 


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SPAIN 


STATS 



Marta Elisabet MANGUE GONZALEZ 44 2002-2014 

Macarena AGUILAR DIAZ 41 2004-2014 

Begona FERNANDEZ MOLINOS 33 2004-2012 

Veronica CUADRADO DEHESA 28 2002-2004, 2008-2012 

Beatriz FERNANDEZ IBANEZ 28 2008-2014 



Marta Elisabet MANGUE GONZALEZ 168 2002-2014 

Carmen Dolores MARTIN BERENGUER 116 2008-2014 

Nerea PENA ABAURREA 83 2010-2014 

Macarena AGUILAR DIAZ 76 2004-2014 

Begona FERNANDEZ MOLINOS 67 2004-2012 


Biggest win: 26:16 (11:9) vs. The Netherlands @ Malmö SWE, 07.12.2006 

Biggest defeat: 21:34 (12:13) vs. Norway @ Skopje MKD, 14.12.2008 

Longest winning run: 3 matches (07.12.2014 - 11.12.2014) 




Current run: L1 (21.12.2014) 

Most goals: 32 vs. Serbia and Montenegro 32:29W @ Győr HUN, 14.12.2004 

32 vs. Germany 32:29W @ Skopje MKD, 13.12.2008 

Most goals opponent: 37 vs. Romania 28:37L @ Budapest HUN, 18.12.2004 

Most goals both teams: 65 vs. Romania 28:37L @ Budapest HUN, 18.12.2004 

Fewest goals: 15 vs. Poland 15:20L @ ‘s-Hertogenbosch NED, 11.12.1998 

Fewest goals opponent: 16 vs. The Netherlands 26:16W @ Malmö SWE, 07.12.2006 

Fewest goals both teams: 35 vs. Poland 15:20L @ ‘s-Hertogenbosch NED, 11.12.1998 

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SWE VS ESP MATCHES – LAST 5 


25.04.1997 Stockholm SWE ESP-SWE WCh-Qual. – Group 1 23:23 (11:10) 

27.04.1997 Stockholm SWE SWE-ESP WCh-Qual. – Group 1 19:19 (08:09) 

05.12.2001 Merano – Meran ITA ESP-SWE WCh – Group B 24:27 (13:13) 

13.12.2006 Stockholm SWE SWE-ESP ECh – MR-Group II 24:19 (10:10) 

03.08.2012 London GBR ESP-SWE OG – Group B 25:24 (11:10) 


All matches 9 6 190 2 1 167 


ESP VS SRB MATCHES 


31.03.2010 Zaječar SRB SRB-ESP ECh-Qual. – Group 5 20:21 (10:12) 

04.04.2010 Estella-Lizarra ESP ESP-SRB ECh-Qual. – Group 5 29:25 (15:12) 

09.12.2010 Aalborg DEN SRB-ESP ECh – Group A 23:26 (09:14) 


All matches 3 3 76 0 0 68 


ESP VS SLO MATCHES 


15.12.2004 Győr HUN ESP-SLO ECh – MR-Group I 30:28 (12:16) 


All matches 1 1 30 0 0 28 


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SLOVENIA 


GROUP A 

MEDIA CONTACT 

ANŽE BLAŽIČ 

+386 51 616 685 

anze.blazic@sportanzo.com 

www.rokometna-zveza.si 

SOCIAL MEDIA 

rokometnazveza 

@rzs_si 

rzs_si 

TEAM PROFILE 

Slovenia became the last team to qualify for the Women’s EHF EURO 2016, 

through qualification as the best third ranked team. 

In total, Slovenia have qualified for four previous World Championships and 

four EHF EURO events, not counting the upcoming one, but they failed to make 

it to the EHF EURO 2014 and the World Championship 2015. The last time 

Slovenia were part of a major event was at the EHF EURO 2010 in Denmark and 

Norway when they finished last. 

The best result on a EURO level was 9 th in 2004. Now it is the job of Uros 

Bregar, who took over the team just before the beginning of qualification, to 

rebuild a team with only a small number of experienced players such as captain 

Nina Jericek, on the one hand, but with promising young guns like Polona Baric, 

Tamara Mavsar and Ana Gros, on the other. 



Montenegro 6 5 0 1 147:129 18 10 

Croatia 6 4 0 2 173:137 36 8 

Slovenia 6 3 0 3 142:134 8 6 

FYR Macedonia 6 0 0 6 114:176 -62 0 

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VENUE 

Hovet, 

Stockholm 


4 December 15:15 hrs Serbia vs Slovenia 

6 December 20:45 hrs Slovenia vs Sweden 

8 December 18:30 hrs Spain vs Slovenia 




1996 Pre-Qualification 4 1 0 3 100:111 –11 2:6 3rd Group B 

1998 Qualification 6 0 0 6 149:184 –35 0:12 4th Group 1 

2000 Qualification 2 2 0 0 70:40 +30 4:0 Won vs. ITA 

2000 Play-off 2 0 0 2 42:48 -6 0:4 Lost vs. FRA 

2002 Play-off 2 2 0 0 48:45 +3 4:0 Won vs. SVK 






2008 Play-off 2 0 1 1 50:54 -4 1:3 Lost vs. BLR 

2010 Qualification 6 3 0 3 166:176 –10 6:6 2nd Group 4 


2012 Qualification 2 6 1 0 5 138:170 –32 2:10 4th Group 5 


2016 Qualification 2 6 3 0 3 142:134 +8 6:6 3rd Group 4 

Total Qualification 52 18 2 32 1315:1414 -99 38:66 


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SLOVENIA 

PROFILES 

MISA MARINCEK 

goalkeeper 

• Is at 31 one of the most experienced players in the team 

• Shares the position with her Krim teammate, 42-year-old Sergeja Stefanisin, the oldest 

registered EHF Champions League player of the current season 

• Plays for Krim for the second time in her career (since 2013) after an early spell from 2003 

to 2006. In between she was signed by several Slovenian sides and Austrian club SG Witasek 

Kärnten 

• Was awarded four times best goalkeeper of the Slovenian league and twice-best goalkeeper in 

the Austrian league. She was also an EHF Champions League finalist in 2006 

TAMARA MAVSAR 

left wing 

• Since the start of her career until June 2016, only played for her home team RK Krim 

Mercator, before she transferred to Vardar 

• At Vardar she shares the left wing position with double Olympic champion Camilla Herrem 

• Her personal best CL goalscoring record was 73 goals in the 2014/15 season 

tamcilii 

MAJA UZMAH 

left back 

• Is one of the tallest Slovenian players in the EURO squad at 1.82 metres 

• Better known from her birth name Son; she got married last summer 

• After starting her international career at Krim, she played for Croatian record champions 

Podravka Vegeta from 2011 to 2013 

• Joined French side HBC Celles this summer after arriving from another club in France, Nimes 

mishmmmash 

NINA JERICEK 

centre back 

• Is the team captain of the Slovenian squad 

• After four years at constant Slovenian national runners-up RK Olimpija Ljubljana, 

she transferred to French side Nimes in 2011 

• Was second top scorer of the French league in the 2013/14 season and was awarded best in 

her position in the same season 

• Returned to her home country prior to the start of the current season and now is signed by 

EHF Champions League participants RK Krim Mercator 

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ANA GROS 

right back 

• Has the best goal tally of all Slovenian players with over 270 goals 

• Plays for Metz Handball in France since 2014. She was the top scorer of the French league 

in the 2015/16 season 

• On club level was champion in Slovenia (Krim), Germany (Thüringer HC), Hungary (Györ) 

and France (Metz) 

• Was awarded best player of the Slovenian league in 2009 and best right back of the French 

league in 2015/16 

anagros6 

NELI IRMAN 

right wing 

• Had her debut in the national team at the age of 19 in 2005 

• After Ana Gros is the only current national team player with more than 200 goals 

• Was EHF Champions League finalist with RK Krim in 2006 

• Since 2015 has been playing for two-time EHF Champions League winner Buducnost 

irmanca19 

LINA KRHLIKAR 

line player 

• Is due to her height of 1.85 metres an asset in attack and defence 

• At the age of 20, went to Spanish club Remudas, then played for three different French clubs 

(Nimes, Dijon and Celles) 

• Transferred to Germany in 2014, first played for Koblenz, now for Frisch Auf Göppingen - the 

women’s team of the current Men’s EHF Cup winners 

• Speaks Slovenian, English, Spanish, French and Hungarian and has a degree in management 

UROS BREGAR 

coach 

• Is at the helm of Slovenia since October 2015, and since February 2016 also coaches RK 

Krim Mercator 

• Became the youngest ever coach of any Slovenian women’s team, having taken over Krim at 36 

• Started his coaching career at the age of 20, later mentored by Marta Bon, who he succeeded at 

the helm of Krim and the national team 

• Was the coach of all Slovenian women’s younger age category teams 

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SLOVENIA 


STATS 



Silvana ILIC 15 2002-2006 

Tatjana ODER 15 2002-2006 

Vesna PUS (VINCIC) 15 2002-2006, 2010 

Mihaela BOBOCEA (CIORA) 14* 2002-2006 

Anja FRESER 14 2002-2006 

*Mihaela BOBOCEA (CIORA) played also 17 games for Romania (1994-1998) 



Tatjana ODER 73 2002-2006 

Anja FRESER 61 2002-2006 

Silvana ILIC 52 2002-2006 

Tanja DAJCMAN 45 2002-2004 

Nataliya DEREPASKO 36* 2004-2006 

*Nataliya DEREPASKO scored also 83 goals for Ukraine (1994-1998) 


Biggest win: 36:26 (17:9) vs. Serbia and Montenegro @ Zalaegerszeg HUN, 11.12.2004 

Biggest defeat: 18:41 (8:16) vs. Norway @ Győr HUN, 16.12.2004 

20:43 (9:19) vs. Norway @ Göteborg SWE, 07.12.2006 

Longest winning run: 2 matches (08.12.2002 - 10.12.2002; 09.12.2004 – 11.12.2004) 

Longest unbeaten run: 2 matches (08.12.2002 - 10.12.2002; 09.12.2004 – 11.12.2004) 



Current run: L10 (12.12.2004 – 10.12.2010) 

Most goals: 36 vs. Serbia and Montenegro 36:26W @ Zalaegerszeg HUN, 11.12.2004 

Most goals opponent: 43 vs. Norway 20:43L @ Göteborg SWE, 07.12.2006 

Most goals both teams: 64 vs. Poland 30:34L @ Göteborg SWE, 10.12.2006 

Fewest goals: 16 vs. Norway 16:32L @ Lillehammer NOR, 08.12.2010 

Fewest goals opponent: 23 vs. Belarus 27:23W @ Århus DEN, 08.12.2002 

Fewest goals both teams: 45 vs. Czech Republic 20:25L @ Århus DEN, 06.12.2002 

50


SRB VS SLO MATCHES 


27.10.2013 Ljubljana SLO SLO-SRB ECh-Qual. – Group 5 31:26 (16:12) 

15.06.2014 Niš SRB SRB-SLO ECh-Qual. – Group 5 32:25 (18:15) 


All matches 2 1 58 0 1 56 


SLO VS SWE MATCHES 


20.10.2011 Skövde SWE SWE-SLO ECh-Qual. 2 – Group 5 27:20 (15:10) 

31.05.2012 Velenje SLO SLO-SWE ECh-Qual. 2 – Group 5 23:26 (10:15) 

23.10.2013 Helsingborg SWE SWE-SLO ECh-Qual. – Group 5 30:25 (16:12) 

11.06.2014 Ljubljana SLO SLO-SWE ECh-Qual. – Group 5 27:34 (14:17) 


All matches 4 0 95 0 4 117 


ESP VS SLO MATCHES 


15.12.2004 Győr HUN ESP-SLO ECh – MR-Group I 30:28 (12:16) 


All matches 1 1 30 0 0 28 


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NETHERLANDS 


GROUP B 

MEDIA CONTACT 

ANNEMIEK SCHOUTEN 

+31 6 3059 9092 

a.schouten@handball.nl 

www.handbal.nl 

SOCIAL MEDIA 

hetnederlandshandbalteam 

@nedteamhandball 

dutch_national_handballteam 

TEAM PROFILE 

Over the past two years the Netherlands have established themselves at the top 

of European women’s handball. They were already close to qualifying for the 

semi-final at the EHF EURO 2014, but then went (almost) all the way when they 

won silver at the Women’s World Championship 2015. They reached the semifinal 

again at the 2016 Olympic Games but eventually finished fourth after they 

lost the semi-final to France and the bronze medal game to Norway. 

Another sign of the rise of Dutch women’s handball is the fact that two of the 

team’s key players ply their trade for one of Europe’s best club teams: Nycke Groot 

and Yvette Broch both play for Hungarian champions Györi Audi ETO KC. 

In qualification for the Women’s EHF EURO 2016, the Netherlands firmly 

occupied the top spot in Group 3. After having beaten Spain 31:21 at home, they 

could even afford a 32:29 loss away and still finish on top of the group. 

A mere two months out of the EHF EURO 2016, the Dutch saw a switch of head 

coaches with Helle Thomsen taking over from Henk Groener. Thomsen with her 

EHF Champions League experience will look to build on Groener’s success that 

has put the Dutch ladies firmly placed on the handball map. 



Netherlands 6 5 0 1 216:140 76 10 

Spain 6 5 0 1 192:126 66 10 

Austria 6 2 0 4 160:171 -11 4 

Bulgaria 6 0 0 6 112:243 -131 0 

54


VENUE 

Kristianstad Arena, 

Kristianstad 


4 December 18:30 hrs Netherlands vs Germany 

6 December 18:30 hrs Poland vs Netherlands 

8 December 20:45 hrs Netherlands vs France 



1994 Qualification 6 2 0 4 119:125 -6 4:8 3rd Group 7 

1996 Pre-Qualification 4 2 0 2 80:73 +7 4:4 1st Group C 



2000 Play-off 2 0 1 1 52:54 -2 1:3 Lost vs. YUG 

2002 Play-off 2 2 0 0 58:49 +9 4:0 Won vs. POR 


2004 Play-off 2 0 1 1 55:58 -3 1:3 Lost vs. ROU 

2006 Play-off 2 1 0 1 56:51 +5 2:2 Won vs. BLR 


2008 Play-off 2 1 0 1 52:54 -2 2:2 Lost vs. SRB 








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NETHERLANDS 

PROFILES 

TESS WESTER 

goalkeeper 

• Belongs to the most successful Dutch YAC generation, winning silverware at World and 

European Championships 

• Is part of the women’s national team since 2012 

• After becoming No. 1 in goal due to her teammate Jasmina Jankovic tearing her ACL, 

she was awarded best goalkeeper at the World Championship 2015 

• Plays in Germany since 2012, first for VfL Oldenburg, and since 2015 for Bietigheim after 

starting her professional career at VOC Amsterdam 

WCh: S 2015 

@tessiewester 

tessiewester 

ESTAVANA POLMAN 

left back 

• Is the girlfriend of former Dutch football international Rafael van der Vaart and her brother 

Dario is a professional handball player 

• Was the Dutch top scorer at the successful World Championship 2015 in Denmark 

• With Laura van der Heijden she forms a Dutch international duo in the back court line at 

Danish champions, Team Esbjerg 

WCh: S 2015 

@estavanapolman 

estavana 

LOIS ABBINGH 

left back 

• Was the top scorer of the U18 World Championship 2010 and the W19 EHF EURO 2011 

• For several years played together with Laura van der Hejden at German side VfL Oldenburg 

• In 2014 transferred to Romanian champions HCM Baia Mare and became their CL top scorer 

in 2014/15. Since this summer she plays for French side Issy Paris Hand 

• Had her 100 th international match in the women’s team during the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio 

WCh: S 2015 

@loisabbingh 

loisabbingh1 

NYCKE GROOT 

centre back 

• Had been coached by new national team coach Helle Thomsen at her former club FC Midtjylland 

• Had her debut in the national team at the age of 16 in 2004. Two years later, she joined her first 

club abroad, Danish side Team Tvis Holstebro 

• Was CL All-star centre back in the 2015/16 season and player of the year in the Danish league 

in 2014 as a FCM player 

• Joined the two-time Champions League winners Györ in 2015 and made it to the CL final in 

2016 in her first season 

WCh: S 2015 

@Nyckegroot 

nyckegroot 

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LAURA VAN DER HEJDEN 

right back 

• Had her debut in the women’s national team at the age of 17 in 2007 

• Was top scorer of the U20 World Championship in Korea 2011 and has scored more than 500 

goals for the national team 

• Played for LHV Leusden, Venus Nieuwegein and VOC Amsterdam, before she joined German 

side VfL Oldenburg in 2010 

• Playing in her third season at current Danish champions and EHF Champions League 

participants Team Esbjerg 

WCh: S 2015 

lauravdheijden 

ANGELA MALESTEIN 

right wing 

• Played her first Women’s EHF EURO in 2010 at the age of 17 after having her first women’s 

national team match half a year earlier 

• Missed the World Championship 2015 due to an injury 

• Was voted onto the All-star Team in right wing at the W19 EHF EURO in 2011 

• Played for VOC and Dalfsen, before she transferred to Germany in 2012, first playing for 

Blomberg and now for Bietigheim 

@MalesteinAngela 

angelamalestein 

DANICK SNELDER 

line player 

• Has been part of the national team since 2009 and is the cornerstone of the Dutch defence, 

rarely plays in attack 

• Shares the line player position with Györ’s Yvette Broch 

• Made it to the All-star team at the W19 EHF EURO 2009 in Hungary 

• Has been playing for Thüringer HC for six years and became German champions six times in 

that time and joined Hungarian runners-up FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria this summer 

WCh: S 2015 

HELLE THOMSEN 

coach 

• Took over the Dutch team just in October as successor of Henk Groener 

• Groener was supposed to leave the position after EHF EURO 2016, but then the Dutch 

Handball Federation decided to appoint Thomsen with immediate effect 

• Has coached the Swedish women’s team before including leading them to their bronze medal 

at the EURO 2014 

• Parallel was coach of Danish side FC Midtjylland, steering them to the Women’s EHF 

FINAL4 in 2014 

B 2014 

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NETHERLANDS 


STATS 



Diane LAMEIN 16 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 

Debbie BONT 12 2010, 2014 

Nycke GROOT 12 2010, 2014 

Danick SNELDER 12 2010, 2014 

Laura VAN DER HEIJDEN 12 2010, 2014 



Olga ASSINK 56 1998, 2002 

Laura VAN DER HEIJDEN 45 2010, 2014 

Maura VISSER 42 2006, 2010 

Natasja BURGERS 37 1998, 2002 

Nycke GROOT 37 2010, 2014 


Biggest win: 25:13 (13:8) vs. Ukraine @ Larvik NOR, 07.12.2010 

Biggest defeat: 13:35 (9:18) vs. Norway @ Lillehammer NOR, 15.12.2010 

Longest winning run: 1 match (16.12.1998; 07.12.2010; 14.12.2010; 08.12.2014; 14.12.2014) 




Current run: L2 (16.12.2014 – 17.12.2014) 

Most goals: 30 vs. Romania 30:23W @ ‘s-Hertogenbosch NED, 16.12.1998 

30 vs. Sweden 30:30D @ Varaždin CRO, 10.12.2014 

30 vs. Slovakia 30:20W @ Zagreb CRO, 14.12.2014 

Most goals opponent: 35 vs. Norway 13:35L @ Lillehammer NOR, 15.12.2010 

Most goals both teams: 60 vs. Sweden 30:30D @ Varaždin CRO, 10.12.2014 


Fewest goals opponent: 13 vs. Ukraine 25:13W @ Larvik NED, 07.12.2010 

Fewest goals both teams: 37 vs. Germany 18:19L @ Amsterdam NED, 14.12.1998 

58


NED VS FRA MATCHES – LAST 5 


17.12.2014 Zagreb CRO NED-FRA ECh – MR-Group II 18:20 (09:07) 

16.12.2015 Kolding DEN NED-FRA WCh – 1/4-final 28:25 (15:12) 

18.03.2016 Metz FRA NED-FRA OG – Qual. Tournament 1 24:17 (09:07) 

06.08.2016 Rio de Janeiro BRA NED-FRA OG – Group B 14:18 (06:10) 

18.08.2016 Rio de Janeiro BRA NED-FRA OG – 1/2-final 23:24 (13:17) 


All matches 14 5 295 0 9 283 


NED VS GER MATCHES 


14.12.1998 Amsterdam NED NED-GER ECh – Group A 18:19 (08:11) 

18.12.2005 St. Petersburg RUS NED-GER WCh – Place 5/6 28:26 (17:12) 

08.12.2010 Larvik NOR NED-GER ECh – Group C 27:30 (18:17) 

08.12.2014 Varaždin CRO GER-NED ECh – Group C 26:29 (11:12) 


All matches 4 2 102 0 2 101 


POL VS NED MATCHES – LAST 5 


02.12.1981 Farsø DEN POL-NED B-WCh – Group B 23:14 (11:06) 

10.12.1983 Katowice POL POL-NED B-WCh – Group B 22:18 (12:10) 

02.12.1999 Hamar NOR POL-NED WCh – Group A 22:20 (08:11) 

11.12.2015 Næstved/Sjælland DEN NED-POL WCh – Group B 31:20 (14:09) 

18.12.2015 Herning DEN NED-POL WCh – 1/2-final 30:25 (15:08) 


All matches 7 5 139 0 2 132 


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FRANCE 


GROUP B 



2002, 2006 

OLYMPIC GAMES 

2016 


2003 

1999, 2009, 2011 

TEAM PROFILE 

The French women’s national team seems to have more success at World 

Championships than at EHF EURO events, with one world gold and three silver 

versus just two European bronze medals to their name. The world title from 2003 was 

a final win over Hungary in Zagreb. Their last world silver medal they won in China 

in 2011 when France were beaten by Norway in the World Championship Final. 

After several years without any medals and several bitter quarter-final defeats, 

i.e. at the Olympic Games 2012 and the World Championships 2013 and 2015, the 

team jumped into the spotlight again when it won silver at Rio 2016. 

With the EHF EURO 2018 taking place in France for the first time, the side 

of former and current head coach Olivier Krumbholz - who had coached the 

team from 1998 to 2013; resuming control once again from Alain Portes in early 

2016 - will look to take advantage of their physically strong back court scorers like 

Alexandra Lacrabere, brilliant game technicians like Allison Pineau and swift 

wings such as Siraba Dembele or goalkeepers like Amandine Leynaud. 

MEDIA CONTACT 

NOÉMIE SUBIRANA 

+33 7 76 79 18 28 

n.subirana@handball-france.eu 

www.ff-handball.org 

SOCIAL MEDIA 

Equipes de France de Handball 

@FRAHandball 

femmes_de_defis 



France 6 6 0 0 162:113 49 12 

Germany 6 4 0 2 149:128 21 8 

Iceland 6 1 0 5 112:153 -41 2 

Switzerland 6 1 0 5 122:151 -29 2 

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VENUE 


Kristianstad 


4 December 20:45 hrs France vs Poland 

6 December 20:45 hrs Germany vs France 

8 December 20:45 hrs Netherlands vs France 



1994 Qualification 6 2 1 3 125:125 0 5:7 3rd Group 5 

1996 Pre-Qualification 4 3 1 0 107:90 +17 7:1 1st Group B 


1998 Qualification 6 3 0 3 127:127 0 6:6 3rd Group 3 

2000 Play-off 2 2 0 0 48:42 +6 4:0 Won vs. SLO 


2002 EHF EURO 8 5 0 3 189:191 -2 10:6 3rd Place 













Total EHF EURO 51 28 1 22 1245:1206 +39 57:45 

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FRANCE 

PROFILES 

AMANDINE LEYNAUD 

goalkeeper 

• Was the successor of legendary Valérie Nicolas as French number one 

• Had her debut in the national team in 2005 

• Since 2013 is signed by Skopje-based side HC Vardar 

• Her sporting role model is Thierry Omeyer; her nickname is ‘Doudou’ 

OG: S 2016; WCh: S 2009, 2011 

doudoud86 

SIRABA DEMBELE 

left wing 

• National team player for more than a decade with more than 220 caps and 700 goals for 

France and the captain of the French team 

• On club level now plays for Russian side Rostov-Don, which is the eighth club in her career 

• French Handball Player of the Year 2011 

• Started to play handball at the age of 10 together with her older sister Kamion 

OG: S 2016; EURO: B 2006; WCh: S 2009, 2011 

sirab86 

GNONSIAME NIOMBLA 

left back 

• Is one of the rising stars in French handball, as she had her debut in the national team only 

three years ago. The WCh 2013 in Serbia was her first major tournament 

• With her former club Fleury Loiret Handball she became French champions and Cup Winners’ 

Cup finalists (in 2012/13) 

• Since the start of this season, she plays for Women’s EHF Champions League winners CSM 

Bucuresti in Romania. 

OG: S 2016 

gnons29 

ALLISON PINEAU 

centre back 

• Was the first French female player and also the youngest ever to be awarded IHF World 

Handball Player of the Year (in 2009) 

• Her star rose at the World Championship 2009 in China, when she was an All-star Team 

player for the first time 

• Was awarded best left back at the Olympic Games in Rio 2016 

• On club level has played for eight clubs in four nations, before she joined her current club 

Brest Bretagne Handball 

OG: S 2016; WCh: S 2009, 2011 

@PineauAllison 

allisonpineau 

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ALEXANDRA LACRABERE 

right back 

• Is part of the French national team since 2006 and known for her long-range shots 

• In 2016 signed a one-year contract with HC Vardar, club number nine in her career 

• Top scorer in the French championship in 2011/12 (125 goals) and in 2013/14 (129) 

• Loves watching rugby matches 

OG: S 2016; EURO: B 2006; WCh: S 2011 

@alex0464 

alexandrealacrebrere64 

CAMILLE AYGLON-SAURINA 

right wing 

• Is married to French handball player Guillaume Saurina 

• Is the defence specialist on the right side, alternating with Lacrabere. She can also play 

as right wing 

• Became national team player in 2007 and has more than 220 caps on her tally 

• Since this summer, joined current EHF Champions League winners CSM Bucuresti 

OG: S 2016; WCh: S 2009, 2011 

@CamilleAyglon 

BEATRICE EDWIGE 

line player 

• Was awarded best defender in the French league in 2015 and 2016 

• Is part of the national team since 2013 and is one of the tallest players (1.82 metres) in her squad 

• Being branded by national team coach Olivier Krumbholz as one of the five best defenders in 

the world 

• Has replaced legendary Nina Kamto in the national team and also in her new club Metz 

Handball. 

OG: S 2016 

edwige_beatrice 

OLIVIER KRUMBHOLZ 

coach 

• Had been coaching the French women for 15 years from 1998 to 2013. In January 2016, he 

returned as women’s national team coach as successor of Alain Portes 

• Steered the team to the Olympic silver medal in Rio - and in contrast to the previous 

negotiations, remained head coach 

• Was a professional player before and is married to former national team player Corinne Krumbholz 

• Had been coaching the Metz Handball women’s before he became national team coach 

OG: S 2016; EURO: B 2002, 2006; WCh: G 2003, S 2001, 

2009, 2011 

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FRANCE 


STATS 



Raphaelle TERVEL 35 2000-2008, 2012 

Nina KAMTO N’JITAM 34 2004-2014 

Paule BAUDOUIN 30 2004-2008, 2012-2014 

Siraba DEMBELE 30 2006-2014 

Isabelle WENDLING 28 2000-2006 



Stephanie CANO 82 2000-2006 

Paule BAUDOUIN 78 2004-2008, 2012-2014 

Veronique PECQUEUX-ROLLAND 76 2000-2006 

Siraba DEMBELE 69 2006-2014 

Melinda JACQUES (SZABO TOTHNE) 69 2000-2002 


Biggest win: 29:16 (15:10) vs. FYR Macedonia @ Niš SRB, 04.12.2012 


19:30 (10:14) vs. Norway @ Beograd SRB, 10.12.2012 





Current run: W2 (17.12.2014 – 19.12.2014) 

Most goals: 31 vs. Ukraine 31:19W @ Lillehammer NOR, 15.12.2010 

Most goals opponent: 36 vs. Austria 29:36L @ Győr HUN, 09.12.2004 

Most goals both teams: 65 vs. Austria 29:36L @ Győr HUN, 09.12.2004 

Fewest goals: 16 vs. Norway 16:21L @ Århus DEN, 14.12.2002 

Fewest goals opponent: 14 vs. Austria 26:14W @ Râmnicu Vâlcea ROU, 13.12.2000 

Fewest goals both teams: 35 vs. Serbia 17:18L @ Beograd SRB, 13.12.2012 

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NED VS FRA MATCHES – LAST 5 


17.12.2014 Zagreb CRO NED-FRA ECh – MR-Group II 18:20 (09:07) 

16.12.2015 Kolding DEN NED-FRA WCh – 1/4-final 28:25 (15:12) 

18.03.2016 Metz FRA NED-FRA OG – Qual. Tournament 1 24:17 (09:07) 

06.08.2016 Rio de Janeiro BRA NED-FRA OG – Group B 14:18 (06:10) 

18.08.2016 Rio de Janeiro BRA NED-FRA OG – 1/2-final 23:24 (13:17) 


All matches 14 5 295 0 9 283 


GER VS FRA MATCHES – LAST 5 


10.12.2009 Wuxi CHN GER-FRA WCh – Group A 15:29 (10:10) 

16.12.2014 Zagreb CRO GER-FRA ECh – MR-Group II 24:24 (13:10) 

05.12.2015 Kolding DEN FRA-GER WCh – Group C 30:20 (16:07) 

09.03.2016 Bietigheim-Bissingen GER GER-FRA ECh-Qual. 2 – Group 7 21:24 (10:09) 

12.03.2016 Nîmes FRA FRA-GER ECh-Qual. 2 – Group 7 25:19 (13:09) 


All matches 11 4 247 1 6 272 


FRA VS POL MATCHES – LAST 5 


03.04.1996 Dijon FRA FRA-POL ECh-Qual. – Group 2 21:23 (08:08) 

06.04.1996 Pulawy POL POL-FRA ECh-Qual. – Group 2 26:23 (16:10) 

09.12.1997 Hannover GER FRA-POL WCh – 1/8-final 20:30 (11:16) 

07.12.1999 Bergen NOR POL-FRA WCh – 1/8-final 21:28 (09:14) 

18.12.2013 Novi Sad SRB POL-FRA WCh – 1/4-final 22:21 (11:08) 


All matches 8 1 165 0 7 192 


65

GERMANY 


GROUP B 



1994 

OLYMPIC GAMES 

1976* 

1980* 


1971*, 1975*, 1978*, 1993 

1965*, 1990*, 1997, 2007 

* GDR team 

TEAM PROFILE 

The biggest change for Germany happened as recently as April 2016 when the 

federation parted ways with head coach Jakob Vestergaard and Michael Biegler, 

who had coached Poland’s men’s national team before, took over. 

Vestergaard and the federation mutually agreed to end the cooperation after 

Germany had exited the World Championship 2015 in the Last 16 and missed the 

chance to qualify for the Olympic Games. Michael Biegler became a potential 

candidate after he had quit his position at the helm of the Polish team upon failing 

to reach the semi-finals at the Men’s EHF EURO 2016 on home ground. 

While the Women’s EHF EURO 2016 will be Biegler’s first main challenge as 

head coach, the potentially bigger one will be forming a competitive team for the 

Women’s World Championship 2017 which Germany hosts in December next year. 

MEDIA CONTACT 

TIM OLIVER KALLE 

+49 171 2611724 

timoliver.kalle@dhb.de 

www.dhb.de 

SOCIAL MEDIA 

handball.dhb 

@DHB_Teams 

dhb_teams 



France 6 6 0 0 162:113 49 12 

Germany 6 4 0 2 149:128 21 8 

Iceland 6 1 0 5 112:153 -41 2 

Switzerland 6 1 0 5 122:151 -29 2 

66


VENUE 


Kristianstad 


4 December 18:30 hrs Netherlands vs Germany 

6 December 20:45 hrs Germany vs France 

8 December 18:30 hrs Germany vs Poland 








2000 Play-off 2 1 0 1 45:42 +3 2:2 Won vs. CRO 


2002 Play-off 2 1 1 0 49:46 +3 3:1 Won vs. CRO 


2004 Play-off 2 1 0 1 51:47 +4 2:2 Won vs. MKD 













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GERMANY 

PROFILES 

CLARA WOLTERING 

goalkeeper 

• On a business level is an agricultural engineer and is boss of her parents’ farm with 250 bulls 

and 40,000 chickens 

• Had her most recognisable period playing for Buducnost from 2011 to 2015, then returned to 

Germany and now plays for Borussia Dortmund 

• Was MVP of the Women’s EHF FINAL4 2015 

• Is a national team member since 2003 and has more than 200 caps for Germany on her tally. 

She will participate at an EHF EURO event for the seventh time 

WCh: B 2007 

EC trophies: CL: 2012, 2015; Challenge Cup: 2005 

EVGENIJA MINEVSKAJA 

left back 

• Her mother Svetlana was World Champion three times with the Soviet Union, her father 

Andrej was Olympic Champion 1992 with the EUN (post Soviet team) 

• Had her debut in the women’s national team at the age of 19 

• In 2013, she joined TuS Metzingen and right in her fist season became top scorer in the 

Bundesliga. After two successful years, she transferred to Leipzig in 2015 

• Is student of health management 

EMILY BÖLK 

left back 

• Is regarded as one of the biggest talents in German women’s handball 

• Her mother Andrea played more than 200 internationals for Germany and won the World 

Championship 1993. Her grandmother was an international in the GDR 

• Was voted MVP at the Junior World Championship 2014 at which Germany won silver 

• Celebrated her international senior team debut at the age of 18 in the EHF EURO 2016 

qualifier against Iceland in June this year 

emily_boelk 

ANNA LOERPER 

centre back 

• Is the new team captain succeeding Clara Woltering. She is part of the team since 2005 

• Was awarded German Female Handball Player of the Year 2015 

• Had steered her club TuS Metzingen to the EHF Cup Final in 2016 

• Can either play in the centre back or in left wing 

WCh: B 2007 


anna_loerper 

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ANNE HUBINGER 

right back 

• Started her professional career in the “handball-crazy” town of Magdeburg, before she joined 

HC Leipzig at the age of 18. She has won the German cup twice (2014, 2016) with HCL 

• Was the youngest player of the German team at the EHF EURO 2012 in Serbia, since then, she 

has been part of the team at all major events 

• Replaced 2013 WCh top scorer Susann Müller first in the Leipzig squad and now in the 

national team 

• Is currently studying to become a primary school teacher 

annehubinger 

SVENJA HUBER 

right wing 

• Started her international career quite late, as she played her first major tournament - the EHF 

EURO 2014 - at the age of 29 

• Is an expert in counter attacks and penalties 

• After becoming German champion three times with Thüringer HC she joined Borussia 

Dortmund this summer 

• Works as a freelance journalist besides playing handball 

JULIA BEHNKE 

line player 

• Was part of all German youth and junior national teams 

• Started her professional career at Bietigheim, then transferred to 2016 EHF Cup finalists 

TuS Metzingen 

• Mostly plays in defence, but as Luisa Schulze has not been nominated for the EHF EURO, 

she will most likely play in attack also 

• The WCh 2015 was her first major tournament on senior level. 

MICHAEL BIEGLER 

coach 

• Will be the first coach in EHF EURO history to coach different male and female teams in the 

same year at two different EHF EURO events after steering host Poland through the Men’s 

EHF EURO in January 

• Was appointed as successor of Dane, Jakob Vestergaard, in April 2016 after Germany’s two 

EHF EURO Qualification defeats against France 

• The German national team is the first women’s team to be coached by Biegler. He had been 

assistant to former German NT coach Heiner Brand 

• Has coached 13 different German clubs before 

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GERMANY 


STATS 



Grit JURACK 37 1996, 2000, 2004-2010 

Anja ALTHAUS 36 2004-2014 

Clara WOLTERING 33 2004-2014 

Kathrin BLACHA 32 1996-2004 

Anna LOERPER 31 2006-2014 



Grit JURACK 194 1996, 2000, 2004-2010 

Nadine KRAUSE 103 2002, 2006-2008 

Stefanie MELBECK 72 2002-2008 

Anja ALTHAUS 59 2004-2014 

Maren BAUMBACH 58 2002-2006 


Biggest win: 36:22 (17:10) vs. Slovakia @ Zagreb CRO, 17.12.2014 

Biggest defeat: 22:33 (12:15) vs. Hungary @ Râmnicu Vâlcea ROU, 09.12.2000 



Longest losing run: 4 matches (09.12.2000 – 13.12.2000; 10.12.2002 – 09.12.2004) 

Longest run without win: 4 matches (09.12.2000 – 13.12.2000; 10.12.2002 – 09.12.2004) 

Current run: W1 (17.12.2014) 

Most goals: 36 vs. Slovakia 36:22W @ Zagreb CRO, 17.12.2014 

Most goals opponent: 39 vs. Sweden 32:39L @ Varaždin CRO, 12.12.2014 

Most goals both teams: 71 vs. Sweden 32:39L @ Varaždin CRO, 12.12.2014 

Fewest goals: 17 vs. Croatia 17:16W @ Novi Sad SRB, 07.12.2012 

Fewest goals opponent: 13 vs. Slovakia 20:13W @ Oldenburg GER, 19.09.1994 

Fewest goals both teams: 33 vs. Slovakia 20:13W @ Oldenburg GER, 19.09.1994 

33 vs. Croatia 17:16W @ Novi Sad SRB, 07.12.2012 

70


NED VS GER MATCHES 


14.12.1998 Amsterdam NED NED-GER ECh – Group A 18:19 (08:11) 

18.12.2005 St. Petersburg RUS NED-GER WCh – Place 5/6 28:26 (17:12) 

08.12.2010 Larvik NOR NED-GER ECh – Group C 27:30 (18:17) 

08.12.2014 Varaždin CRO GER-NED ECh – Group C 26:29 (11:12) 


All matches 4 2 102 0 2 101 


GER VS FRA MATCHES – LAST 5 


10.12.2009 Wuxi CHN GER-FRA WCh – Group A 15:29 (10:10) 

16.12.2014 Zagreb CRO GER-FRA ECh – MR-Group II 24:24 (13:10) 

05.12.2015 Kolding DEN FRA-GER WCh – Group C 30:20 (16:07) 

09.03.2016 Bietigheim-Bissingen GER GER-FRA ECh-Qual. 2 – Group 7 21:24 (10:09) 

12.03.2016 Nîmes FRA FRA-GER ECh-Qual. 2 – Group 7 25:19 (13:09) 


All matches 11 4 247 1 6 272 


GER VS POL MATCHES – LAST 5 


12.06.2005 Kielce POL POL-GER WCh-Playoff 40:30 (17:13) 

18.06.2005 Oldenburg GER GER-POL WCh-Playoff 31:25 (18:08) 

05.12.2005 St. Petersburg RUS POL-GER WCh – Group C 21:33 (12:13) 

07.12.2006 Göteborg SWE GER-POL ECh – Group B 30:20 (14:09) 

09.12.2007 Dijon FRA GER-POL WCh – MR-Group II 35:32 (22:12) 


All matches 9 6 261 0 3 231 


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POLAND 


GROUP B 

MEDIA CONTACT 

JAN KORCZAK-MLECZKO 

+48 662 242 707 

mleczko@zprp.org.pl 

www.zprp.pl 

SOCIAL MEDIA 

handballpolska 

@handballpolska 

TEAM PROFILE 

Poland enter the Women’s EHF EURO 2016 with a new head coach at the 

helm. At the beginning of July it was announced that Leszek Krowicki takes over 

the team that had been led by Kim Rasmussen, winner of the Women’s EHF 

Champions League with CSM Bucuresti in the 2015/16 season. 

The Rasmussen era was one of the most successful in the history of Poland’s 

women’s national team, reaching the semi-final of the World Championship in 

2013 and 2015 under the Dane’s guidance, leaving Krowicki with big shoes to fill. 

However, at EHF EURO events Poland’s record is not that impressive so far. 

They participated in four final tournaments to date, with a 5 th place in 1998 being 

the best result to date. 



Hungary 6 5 0 1 198:130 68 10 

Poland 6 5 0 1 163:121 42 10 

Slovakia 6 2 0 4 142:138 4 4 

Finland 6 0 0 6 84:198 -114 0 

72


VENUE 


Kristianstad 


4 December 20:45 hrs France vs Poland 

6 December 18:30 hrs Poland vs Netherlands 

8 December 18:30 hrs Germany vs Poland 



1994 Qualification 6 3 0 3 128:113 +15 6:6 3rd Group 1 

1996 Pre-Qualification 2 1 0 1 46:43 +3 2:2 Won vs. BLR 





2000 Play-off 2 1 0 1 50:54 -4 2:2 Lost vs. UKR 

2002 Play-off 2 1 0 1 55:56 -1 2:2 Lost vs. YUG 

2004 Play-off 2 0 0 2 57:62 -5 0:4 Lost vs. ESP 



2008 Play-off 2 1 0 1 61:63 -2 2:2 Lost vs. POR 

2010 Qualification 6 1 0 5 151:191 –40 2:10 4th Group 6 

2012 Qualification 2 6 3 0 3 163:157 +6 6:6 3rd Group 3 






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POLAND 

PROFILES 

ANNA WYSOKINSKA 

goalkeeper 

• Had her national team debut in 2011 and is the Polish no.1 since the WCh 2013 in Serbia, when 

she was crucial for Poland making it to the semi-finals 

• In 2012, she transferred to Germany, first to Halle-Neustadt, then to Bietigheim. Since 2015 she 

has played for the Turkish champions from Ankara 

• Has strong sporting traditions in her family: her mother, born in Russia, was a silver medallist 

for the Soviet Union in the javelin throw 

• Her younger sister Aleksandra is also a handball goalkeeper who won three Polish 

championship titles with Lublin 

chinka40 

AGNIESZKA KOWALSKA 

left wing 

• For six years playing in Lublin; considered the successor of legendary left wing Sabina Wlodek, 

who is now Lublin’s coach 

• Did not participate in the CL 2013/14 or WCh 2013 in Serbia due to injury 

• Had her international comeback at the WCh 2015 

• Got married in the summer of 2016 and changed her last name from Kocela to Kowalska 

agakocela 

KINGA GRZYB 

left wing 

• Is the most experienced player of the Polish squad with more than 200 caps 

• Is part of the national team for more than a decade 

• Despite several opportunities to play abroad, she always played for Polish clubs, 

currently Lublin 

• Is married to Polish football professional Wojciech Grzyb, before her marriage her 

last name was Polenz 

KINGA ACHRUK 

centre back 

• Started her career playing for Jaroslaw, in the same squad as her mother Malgorzata 

• Formerly known as Kinga Byzdra, before she married Polish handball player Lukasz Achruk 

• After five years in Lublin, she transferred to Buducnost in 2013 

• Is the only EHF Champions League winner in the Polish squad 

EC trophies: CL: 2015 

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MONIKA KOBYLINSKA 

right back 

• Was the youngest player in the Polish squad at the World Championship 2015 in Denmark, 

as Poland reached the semi-finals for the second straight time 

• Had her debut in the national team only some months beforehand 

• Was the top scorer of the Polish Super League 2015/16 with 207 goals 

• Was part of the “Young Player’s All-star Team” of the World Championship 2015 

KAROLINA KUDLACZ-GLOC 

left back 

• Is the most prolific player in the team and the national team captain 

• Eleven seasons already with German side HC Leipzig, despite offers from top 

international clubs 

• In her business life she is psychologist in Leipzig 

• Short-listed for the IHF World Player of the Year 2015. EHF Player of the Month in 

June & September 2016 

karolina_kudlacz_gloc 

ALINA WOJTAS 

left back 

• Is the tallest player in the Polish squad at 1.91 metres 

• Has been part of the national team since 2008, but was ruled out several times by severe 

knee injuries 

• With 39 goals she was Poland’s second top scorer at the 2013 World Championship in Serbia 

• After starting her professional career at Lublin, she joined Norwegian record champions Larvik 

in 2014, but due to a torn ACL she missed the 2014/15 EHF Champions League Final 

LESZEK KROWICKI 

coach 

• Was a Polish national team player before starting his more successful coaching career 

• Was coach of former German women’s champions Walle Bremen, then Buxtehuder SV and the 

Dutch national team and is at the helm of German club VfL Oldenburg since 2004 

• Had been German NT coach on interim base in 2001 

• Has succeeded Kim Rasmussen, who now coaches the Hungarian women’s handball team 


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POLAND 


STATS 



Kinga GRZYB (POLENZ) 12 2006, 2014 

Malgorzata JEDRZEJCZAK 12 1996-1998 

Karolina KUDLACZ-GLOC 12 2006, 2014 

Iwona PABICH 12 1996-1998 

Karolina SIÓDMIAK 12 2006, 2014 



Karolina KUDLACZ-GLOC 76 2006, 2014 

Anna EJSMONT 49 1996-1998 

Aleksandra PAWELSKA 37 1996 

Agnieszka MATUSZEWSKA 33 1998 

Karolina SIODMIAK 32 2006, 2014 


Biggest win: 27:15 (13:8) vs. FYR Macedonia @ ‘s-Hertogenbosch NED, 17.12.1998 

Biggest defeat: 21:37 (9:16) vs. Hungary @ Göteborg SWE, 13.12.2006 





Current run: L3 (13.12.2014 – 17.12.2014) 

Most goals: 35 vs. FYR Macedonia 35:33W @ Göteborg SWE, 12.12.2006 

Most goals opponent: 37 vs. Hungary 21:37L @ Göteborg SWE, 13.12.2006 

Most goals both teams: 68 vs. FYR Macedonia 35:33W @ Göteborg SWE, 12.12.2006 

Fewest goals: 19 vs. Hungary 19:21L @ Brøndby/Sjælland DEN, 06.12.1996 

19 vs. Norway 19:30L @ ‘s-Hertogenbosch NED, 14.12.1998 

19 vs. Denmark 19:28L @ Debrecen HUN, 13.12.2014 

19 vs. Romania 19:24L @ Debrecen HUN, 17.12.2014 

Fewest goals opponent: 15 vs. Spain 20:15W @ ‘s-Hertogenbosch NED, 11.12.1998 

15 vs. FYR Macedonia 27:15W @ ‘s-Hertogenbosch NED, 17.12.1998 

Fewest goals both teams: 35 vs. Spain 20:15W @ ‘s-Hertogenbosch NED, 11.12.1998 

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POL VS NED MATCHES – LAST 5 


02.12.1981 Farsø DEN POL-NED B-WCh – Group B 23:14 (11:06) 

10.12.1983 Katowice POL POL-NED B-WCh – Group B 22:18 (12:10) 

02.12.1999 Hamar NOR POL-NED WCh – Group A 22:20 (08:11) 

11.12.2015 Næstved/Sjælland DEN NED-POL WCh – Group B 31:20 (14:09) 

18.12.2015 Herning DEN NED-POL WCh – 1/2-final 30:25 (15:08) 


All matches 7 5 139 0 2 132 


FRA VS POL MATCHES – LAST 5 


03.04.1996 Dijon FRA FRA-POL ECh-Qual. – Group 2 21:23 (08:08) 

06.04.1996 Pulawy POL POL-FRA ECh-Qual. – Group 2 26:23 (16:10) 

09.12.1997 Hannover GER FRA-POL WCh – 1/8-final 20:30 (11:16) 

07.12.1999 Bergen NOR POL-FRA WCh – 1/8-final 21:28 (09:14) 

18.12.2013 Novi Sad SRB POL-FRA WCh – 1/4-final 22:21 (11:08) 


All matches 8 1 165 0 7 192 


GER VS POL MATCHES – LAST 5 


12.06.2005 Kielce POL POL-GER WCh-Playoff 40:30 (17:13) 

18.06.2005 Oldenburg GER GER-POL WCh-Playoff 31:25 (18:08) 

05.12.2005 St. Petersburg RUS POL-GER WCh – Group C 21:33 (12:13) 

07.12.2006 Göteborg SWE GER-POL ECh – Group B 30:20 (14:09) 

09.12.2007 Dijon FRA GER-POL WCh – MR-Group II 35:32 (22:12) 


All matches 9 6 261 0 3 231 


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MONTENEGRO 


GROUP C 



2012 

OLYMPIC GAMES 

2012 

MEDIA CONTACT 

MILOS PAVICEVIC 

+382 68 222 666 

milos.pavicevic@ac.me 

www.rscg.co.me 

SOCIAL MEDIA 

TEAM PROFILE 

After some very successful years, women’s handball in Montenegro looks to be 

on the brink of change. It is only four years ago, in 2012, that the nation celebrated 

a truly great year: first Buducnost won the Women’s EHF Champions League; 

then the national team qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games and went almost all 

the way, only losing to Norway in the final. The icing on the cake became the EHF 

EURO 2012 in Serbia when the team beat Norway in a thrilling final. 

After the disappointing Last 16 elimination at the World Championship 2013 

in Serbia, the team was back on track again at the EHF EURO 2014 and made 

it to the semi-finals. What followed was a bitter 26:25 quarter-final defeat against 

Norway at the World Championship 2015 and a disappointing group phase exit 

at the 2016 Olympic Games - something which resulted in head coach Dragan 

Adzic announcing his resignation - a decision he reversed only a few weeks later. 

Nevertheless, with world class players like the brilliant wings Jovanka Radicevic 

and Majda Mehmedovic in the squad, Montenegro are still a force to be reckoned 

with at the EHF EURO 2016. Further to the established stars, Adzic has managed 

successfully to add young players to the team, such as - most recently - Women’s 19 

EHF EURO 2015 top scorer Djurdjina Jaukovic. 


Rukometni Savez Crne Gore NATION P W D L GOALS DIFF PTS 

Montenegro 6 5 0 1 147:129 18 10 

Croatia 6 4 0 2 173:137 36 8 

Slovenia 6 3 0 3 142:134 8 6 

FYR Macedonia 6 0 0 6 114:176 -62 0 

80


VENUE 

Malmö Isstadion, 

Malmö 


5 December 20:45 hrs Montenegro vs Denmark 

7 December 18:30 hrs Czech Republic vs Montenegro 

9 December 18:30 hrs Montenegro vs Hungary 




2008 Play-off 2 1 0 1 63:66 -3 2:2 Lost vs. CRO 




2012 EHF EURO 8 7 0 1 215:196 +19 14:2 Winners 






81

MONTENEGRO 

PROFILES 

MARINA RAJCIC 

goalkeeper 

• Podgorica-born 23-year-old made her professional handball debut at 16 with Buducnost, 

one year later was voted ‘best young Montenegrin player’ & at 18 was the youngest handball 

player at the London 2012 Olympics 

• For a relatively young keeper has vast experience playing at top level for both club and country: 

7 CL seasons, 7 EURO, Wch & OG competitions 

• Could earn her 100 th international cap at EURO 2016 (currently on 95) 

• Sister of Olivera Vukcevic with whom she also played her club handball at Metz 

OG: S 2012, EURO: G 2012 

EC trophies: CL 2012, 2015; Cup Winners’ Cup 2010 

MAJDA MEHMEDOVIC 

left wing 

marina_rajcic 

• Her mother played handball as a goalkeeper; Majda started playing in Bar at 12 along 

with her brother Musa 

• Has scored over 230 goals in her 100 caps for Montenegro 

• Voted onto the CL All-star team 2013/14 as best left wing 

• Suffered from a very severe neck injury ahead of the CL Final in 2012 

OG: S 2012; EURO: G 2012 

EC trophies: CL 2012, 2015; Cup Winners’ Cup: 2010 

DJURDJINA JAUKOVIC 

left back 

majdam77 

• At 19 she is considered one of the major up-and-coming talents in Montenegrin handball 

• Twice was voted ‘best young player’ (2014 & 2015) in Montenegro 

• Top scorer and MVP of Women’s 19 EHF EURO 2015 in Spain (71 goals) 

• Scored 31 goals in 9 games at 2015 WCh in Denmark in her debut tournament at senior level 

djina9 

MILENA RAICEVIC 

centre back 

• Two-time Montenegrin player of the year (2009, 2012) 

• At EHF EURO 2012 had most assists (29) and shared second place in scoring with Anita 

Görbicz (41 goals) 

• Best left back at Junior World Handball Championship 2010 

• Sister of professional football player Ivan Knezevic 

OG: S 2012; EHF EURO: G 2012 

EC trophies: CL 2015; Cup Winners’ Cup 2010 

@KnezevicMilena 

mraicevic90 

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ANDREA KLIKOVAC 

right back 

• Started playing handball at the age of 9 with Dragan Adzic as her first coach 

• After winning a World Championship bronze with the junior national team in 2010, 

she was called up to the senior team 1 year later 

• She will likely see a lot more court time with the absence of Bulatovic 

• Plays her club handball in Vardar; three times made it to the Women’s EHF FINAL4 

EHF EURO: G 2012 

andreaklikovac 

JOVANKA RADICEVIC 

right wing 

• As a daughter of a handball player she started playing handball at 12 in Podgorica 

• Has scored plus 700 goals for the NT 

• All-star right wing EURO 2012, WCh 2015, CL 2014, 2016 

• On club level has played for Buducnost, Györ and now Vardar 

• Her most decorated period was with Buducnost, winning 7 championships and cup titles 

(2005 - 2011), 2 regional league titles (2010, 2011) and 2 titles in the Cup Winners’ Cup - 

winning the CL was in the green of Györ 


EC trophies: CL 2013; Cup Winners’ Cup: 2006, 2010 

SUZANA LAZOVIC 

line player 

@jokarad4 

radicevicjoksi4 

• Sprung onto the handball scene at 16 when she made her CL debut 

• 2010 she won bronze at the Junior WCh with Klikovac, Raicevic and Mehmedovic; 

was called up to play senior only one year later 

• Is known for her tough and nearly impassable defensive skills 

• Has been capped over 100 times for the NT 

OG: S 2012 EURO G 2012 

EC trophies: CL 2012, 2015; Cup Winners’ Cup: 2010 

suzanalazovic 

DRAGAN ADZIC 

coach 

• Retired from playing handball due to injury in 1998 

• Since 2010 been in charge of the NT; resigned after a poor showing in Rio 2016 but reversed 

the decision only 6 weeks later 

• In 2012 won the CL in May with Buducnost and EURO in December with Montenegro 

• Met his wife Timea after she came to the club as an interpreter to former Hungarian coach, 

Gyula Zsiga 


EC trophies: CL 2012, 2015; Cup Winners’ Cup 2010 

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MONTENEGRO 


STATS 



Sonja BARJAKTAROVIC 23 2010-2014 

Marija JOVANOVIC 23 2010-2014 

Radmila PETROVIC (MILJANIC) 23 2010-2014 

Jovanka RADICEVIC 23 2010-2014 

Milena RAICEVIC (KNEZEVIC) 23 2010-2014 



Katarina BULATOVIC 100* 2012-2014 

Jovanka RADICEVIC 97 2010-2014 

Milena RAICEVIC (KNEZEVIC) 88 2010-2014 

Marija JOVANOVIC 65 2010-2014 

Bojana POPOVIC (PETROVIC) 46* 2010 

* Katarina BULATOVIC scored also 1 goal for Serbia and Montenegro (2004) 

Bojana POPOVIC (PETROVIC) scored also 71 goals for Yugoslavia (2000-2002) 


Biggest win: 26:16 (10:7) vs. Iceland @ Vršac SRB, 04.12.2012 

Biggest defeat: 20:27 (9:14) vs. Germany @ Novi Sad SRB, 11.12.2012 





Current run: L2 (19.12.2014 – 21.12.2014) 

Most goals: 34 vs. Norway 34:31W aet2 @ Beograd SRB, 16.12.2012 

Most goals opponent: 31 vs. Norway 34:31W aet2 @ Beograd SRB, 16.12.2012 

Most goals both teams: 65 vs. Norway 34:31W aet2 @ Beograd SRB, 16.12.2012 

Fewest goals: 18 vs. Spain 18:19L @ Budapest HUN, 19.12.2014 

Fewest goals opponent: 16 vs. Iceland 26:16W @ Vršac SRB, 04.12.2012 

Fewest goals both teams: 37 vs. Spain 18:19L @ Budapest HUN, 19.12.2014 

84


MNE VS HUN MATCHES 


09.12.2012 Novi Sad SRB HUN-MNE ECh – MR-Group II 26:28 (09:15) 

08.12.2015 Herning DEN MNE-HUN WCh – Group A 32:15 (17:09) 


All matches 2 2 60 0 0 41 


MNE VS DEN MATCHES 


16.12.2010 Herning DEN DEN-MNE ECh – MR-Group I 29:30 (18:14) 

15.12.2013 Beograd SRB DEN-MNE WCh – 1/8-final 22:21 (11:12) 

11.12.2015 Herning DEN DEN-MNE WCh – Group A 21:23 (07:12) 

18.12.2015 Herning DEN MNE-DEN WCh – Place 5-8 20:28 (11:15) 

19.03.2016 Aarhus DEN DEN-MNE OG – Qual. Tournament 2 22:26 (10:13) 


All matches 5 3 120 0 2 122 


CZE VS MNE MATCHES 


01.12.2006 Cheb CZE CZE-MNE WCh-Qual. – Group 3 24:23 (16:10) 

03.06.2011 Olomouc CZE CZE-MNE WCh-Playoff 26:42 (07:21) 

10.06.2011 Pljevlja MNE MNE-CZE WCh-Playoff 33:26 (16:11) 

26.03.2014 Most CZE CZE-MNE ECh-Qual. – Group 3 23:24 (10:11) 

30.03.2014 Bijelo Polje MNE MNE-CZE ECh-Qual. – Group 3 25:22 (12:11) 


All matches 5 1 121 0 4 147 


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HUNGARY 


GROUP C 



2000 

1998, 2004, 2012 

OLYMPIC GAMES 

2000 

1976, 1996 


1965 

1957, 1982, 1995, 2003 

1971, 1975, 1978, 2005 

TEAM PROFILE 

Will Kim Rasmussen bring Hungary back to former glory? The Hungarian 

Handball Federation appointed the successful Dane in May 2016 as new head 

coach. One week after Rasmussen won the Women’s EHF Champions League 

with CSM Bucuresti. The Dane had also coached the Polish women’s national 

team before, but was available since he had not renewed his contract. 

Before the new era, Hungary were coached for a few months by the coaching 

duo Ambros Martin and Gabor Elek on an interim basis; the solution had become 

necessary when the federation parted ways with Andras Nemeth earlier this year 

after Hungary had failed to make it past the Last 16 at the World Championship 

2015 and hence missed out on the chance to qualify for the 2016 Olympics. 

Hungary are only one of two teams (the other one being Montenegro) who were 

able to end the Norwegian/Danish dominance at EURO events. Hungary took 

gold in 2000 and later added bronze to their tally (1998, 2004, 2012). The team’s 

most recent history was tragically marked by the death of head coach Karl Erik 

Böhn who passed away in February 2014. 

MEDIA CONTACT 

GABOR LISZKAY 

+36 30 681 3460 

liszkay@keziszovetseg.hu 

www.keziszovetseg.hu 

SOCIAL MEDIA 

kezivalogatott 

@MKSZhandball 

mkskezilabda 



Hungary 6 5 0 1 198:130 68 10 

Poland 6 5 0 1 163:121 42 10 

Slovakia 6 2 0 4 142:138 4 4 

Finland 6 0 0 6 84:198 -114 0 

86


VENUE 


Malmö 


5 December 18:30 hrs Hungary vs Czech Republic 

7 December 20:45 hrs Denmark vs Hungary 

9 December 18:30 hrs Montenegro vs Hungary 



1994 Qualification 6 3 1 2 127:128 -1 7:5 2nd Group 1 

1994 Runners-Up 2 2 0 0 65:37 +28 4:0 Won vs. ISL 















2012 EHF EURO 8 4 0 4 219:226 -7 8:8 3rd Place 





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HUNGARY 

PROFILES 

EVA KISS 

goalkeeper 

• Born in Debrecen, Kiss made her international debut in 2009 against Germany 

• The 189 cm tall keeper has represented Hungary at 2 EURO and 2 WCh events 

• Played her club handball entirely in Hungary, switching between 4 different clubs before 

settling with the current Hungarian champions, Györ 

• Will have stiff competition from goalkeeping colleague Blanka Biro, seen by many as a 

handball star in the making 


NADINE SCHATZL 

left wing 

• Munich-born Schatzl has impressed on club level with 31 CL goals last season 

• Has had stints at Györ, Veszprém Barabas KC, Erdi VSE and now wears the green of FTC 

• Will most likely share left wing duties with Ildiko Erdösi who scored 19 goals in qualification 

• Two-time Hungarian cup & championship winner (2011 & 2012) with Györ 

schatzi-nadi 

ANIKO KOVACSICS 

centre back 

• Made her international debut at 18 (on the same day as Eva Kiss’ debut) in 2009 against 

Germany; the same year was given the Hungarian ‘Player of the Year Award’ 

• Is naturally a centre player but can also play left wing; was employed in this position at EHF 

EURO 2014 

• Awarded best young player of 2012/13, best centre back 2014/15, and best left wing 2015/16 

in the CL 

• Known for her speed and excellent one-against-one ability 


EC trophies: CL 2013, 2014 

ZITA SZUCSANSZKI 

centre back 

kovacsics_misy8 

• Has spent her whole career with FTC in Hungary; was awarded handball player of the 

year 2011 & 2015 in Hungary 

• Known for her versatility, strong leadership and excellent backcourt shooting skills 

• Racked up 24 goals in EURO qualification 

• Will likely take up left back due to heavy competition from Görbicz and Kovacsics 


EC trophies: EHF Cup 2006, Cup Winners’ Cup 2011, 2012 

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ANITA GÖRBICZ 

centre back 

• Considered one of the best female handball players of all time, however, since taking time out to 

give birth to her son Otto in 2015 she has struggled to reach her old form 

• Awarded World Handball Player of the Year 2005 

• All-star centre back at 2013, 2007, 2005, 2003 at WCh; yet to receive the same award at a EURO 

• Spent her whole career in Hungary with Györ and is a five-time Hungarian handball player of 

the year (2005, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2014) 

EURO: B 2004, 2012; WCh: S 2003 B 2005 

EC trophies: CL 2013, 2014 

agorbicz13 

ZSUZSANNA TOMORI 

right back 

• Hungarian handball player of the year 2012 

• Was joint top scorer for Hungary with 24 goals at WCh 2015 (with Szöllösi-Zacsik) 

• Was 2012/13 CL top scorer with 95 goals 

• Underwent minor surgery in October on her knee and this hence interrupted her club 

pre-season and made her miss Rasmussen’s first training camp 


EC trophies: Cup Winners’ Cup: 2011, 2012 

VIKTORIA LUKACS 

right wing 

• The speedy winger got the vote of confidence from the federation on the back of strong 

domestic and CL performances; top scorer (6) in a dominate home win over Finland in 

EURO qualification 

• The Budapest-born winger scored 27 goals in the CL 2015/16 

• Named ‘Rookie of the Round’ by ehfTV.com for her quarter-final performance in 2015/16 season 

• Became Hungarian champion with FTC in 2014/15 

lukacsviki 

KIM RASMUSSEN 

coach 

• The 44-year-old Dane has been in charge since summer 2016 

• Started coaching in Lyngby, Denmark; has coached the Polish NT and took them to two WCh 

semi-finals (2013 & 2015) 

• His biggest achievement was winning the CL with CSM Bucuresti beating Hungarian side 

Györ in the 2016 final 

• Also had stints with Danish Lyngby and Roskilde and Swedish Stavsten; in the 2014/15 season 

he was with HC Vardar for a very short time 

EC trophies: CL 2016 

@kimras72 

kimras72 

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HUNGARY 


STATS 



Katalin PALINGER 46 1998-2010 

Anita GORBICZ 35 2002-2008, 2012 

Piroska PAPPNE-SZAMORANSKY 34 2006-2014 

Orsolya HERR 31 2006-2014 

Mónika KOVACSICZ 30 2006-2014 



Agnes FARKAS 205 1994, 1998-2002 

Anita GORBICZ 137 2002-2008, 2012 

Zsuzsanna TOMORI 87 2008-2014 

Bojana RADULOVICS 72 2004 

Zita SZUCSANSZKI 70 2008-2014 


Biggest win: 35:12 (13:6) vs. Austria @ Râmnicu Vâlcea ROU, 10.12.2000 






Current run: L1 (19.12.2014) 

Most goals: 43 vs. Yugoslavia 43:39W @ Århus DEN, 15.12.2002 

Most goals opponent: 44 vs. Norway 29:44L @ Budapest HUN, 18.12.2004 

Most goals both teams: 82 vs. Yugoslavia 43:39W @ Århus DEN, 15.12.2002 


Fewest goals opponent: 12 vs. Austria 35:12W @ Râmnicu Vâlcea ROU, 10.12.2000 

Fewest goals both teams: 39 vs. Austria 15:24L @ Herning DEN, 10.12.1996 

39 vs. France 21:18W @ Lillehammer NOR, 08.12.2010 

39 vs. Romania 20:19W @ Debrecen HUN, 13.12.2014 

90


MNE VS HUN MATCHES 


09.12.2012 Novi Sad SRB HUN-MNE ECh – MR-Group II 26:28 (09:15) 

08.12.2015 Herning DEN MNE-HUN WCh – Group A 32:15 (17:09) 


All matches 2 2 60 0 0 41 


DEN VS HUN MATCHES – LAST 5 


16.12.2004 Debrecen HUN DEN-HUN ECh – MR-Group II 24:23 (08:14) 

18.12.2005 St. Petersburg RUS DEN-HUN WCh – Place 3/4 24:27 (15:14) 

05.12.2008 Skopje MKD DEN-HUN ECh – Group A 26:26 (16:17) 

15.12.2014 Debrecen HUN HUN-DEN ECh – MR-Group I 20:23 (09:11) 

09.12.2015 Herning DEN HUN-DEN WCh – Group A 29:22 (15:12) 


All matches 16 9 370 2 5 368 


HUN VS CZE MATCHES – LAST 5 


16.04.2000 Nyíregyháza HUN HUN-CZE ECh-Playoff 33:20 (15:10) 

08.12.2002 Århus DEN HUN-CZE ECh – Group D 33:26 (17:13) 

15.10.2009 Kecskemét HUN HUN-CZE ECh-Qual. – Group 2 24:20 (13:09) 

26.05.2010 Plzeň CZE CZE-HUN ECh-Qual. – Group 2 23:31 (13:17) 

07.12.2013 Novi Sad SRB HUN-CZE WCh – Group D 35:27 (18:16) 


All matches 9 9 261 0 0 199 


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DENMARK 


GROUP C 



1994, 1996, 2002 

1998, 2004 

OLYMPIC GAMES 

1996, 2000, 2004 


1997 

1962, 1993 

2013 

TEAM PROFILE 

From 1994 to 2004 the Danish national team was very successful and was 

crowned Olympic champions (1996, 2000, 2004), world champions (1997) and 

European champions (1994, 1996, 2002). However, this success was followed by an 

11-year medal drought, which finally ended in 2013 when they won bronze at the 

World Championship. 

From the under 17 to the under 19 generations, the Danes are on top with gold to 

their name in the 2015 younger age category summer events and they will hope to 

build on this youth and junior success in the coming major tournaments. 

At the EHF EURO 2014 they disappointingly finished in 8 th . The result of this 

was that Jan Pytlick was replaced by former Danish international coach Klavs 

Bruun Jörgensen. He steered Denmark successfully through qualification, in which 

they placed second behind Russia, and to the quarter-final at the Women’s World 

Championship 2015 on home court. 

MEDIA CONTACT 

ALEXANDER ELVERLUND 

+45 2741 4131 

ael@dhf.dk 

www.dhf.dk 

SOCIAL MEDIA 

haandbolddamerne 

@dhf_haandbold 

haandbolddamerne 

dhf.landshold 



Russia 6 6 0 2 200:145 55 12 

Denmark 6 4 0 5 162:135 27 8 

Turkey 6 1 0 5 157:190 -33 2 

Portugal 6 1 0 5 134:183 -49 2 

92


VENUE 


Malmö 


5 December 20:45 hrs Montenegro vs Denmark 

7 December 20:45 hrs Denmark vs Hungary 

9 December 20:45 hrs Denmark vs Czech Republic 




1994 Runners-Up 2 2 0 0 46:36 +10 4:0 Won vs. BUL 




2000 Play-off 2 2 0 0 63:40 +23 4:0 Won vs. SVK 















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DENMARK 

PROFILES 

SANDRA TOFT 

goalkeeper 

• Made her international debut in 2008, however, didn’t make the cut for the EURO 2010 squad 

on home court 

• Became number one for Denmark when Karin Mortensen and Christina Nymand Pedersen 

ended their NT careers after the 2012 Olympics 

• Plays her club handball for Larvik; became CL All-star goalkeeper in 2014/15 

• After a severe car accident in 2009 she was close to being paralysed, but managed to make a 

remarkable comeback and was playing 5 months later 


@sandratoft89 

sandratoft89 

MARIA FISKER 

left wing 

• Started playing handball when she was 5; made her international debut in September 2010 

• Was voted All-star left wing EURO 2014 and WCh 2013 

• After winning the CL with CSM Bucuresti she is back playing her club handball in 

Randers HK - returning to the club for the third time 

• Is known for her speed and high scoring percentage, normally above 80 per cent 

WCh: B 2013 EC trophies: EHF Cup 2010, 

Cup Winners’ Cup 2014, CL 2016 

fisker90 

ANNE METTE HANSEN 

left back 

• Debut in 2013 but made her real breakthrough at the WCh 2015, scoring 36 goals & was named 

on the rookie All-star team 

• No stranger to winning medals having picked up bronze at the W19 EURO, gold at the youth 

WCh and silver at the W17 EURO 

• At 22 has already scored more than 100 goals for the NT going into her 4 th major championship 

• Nicknamed ‘Junior’ by her teammates in Kobenhavn Handbold 

WCh: B 2013 

STINE JØRGENSEN 

centre back 

• Newly appointed team captain, she will likely share the role of playmaker with Kristiansen 

moving away from her normal left back position 

• Tall (180 cm) mobile with a strong and varied shot arsenal 

• Was awarded Danish national team player of the year 2016 

• Has a famous boyfriend in Danish badminton star Jan Ø. Jørgensen 

WCh: B 2013 

EC trophies: Cup Winners’ Cup 2015 

stinejorg 

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KRISTINA KRISTIANSEN 

centre back 

• Started playing handball at the age of 5 in Roskilde; spent 8 years playing for Team Tvis Holstebro 

• Now plays her club handball in Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub in Denmark with her partner 

and Swedish NT player Nathalie Hagman 

• Hugely impressed at EURO 2014 and became All-star centre back 

• “Mulle” (Danish term of endearment) was named female player of the season 2013/14 

in Denmark 

WCh: B 2013 

kristinemulle 

TRINE ØSTERGAARD JENSEN 

right wing 

• Ever since she started playing handball at the age of 9 she has been ambitious 

• In March 2012 she made her debut for Denmark against Croatia 

• Became key for her club FCM after former Danish international Maibritt Kviesgaard left in 

the summer of 2013 

• Her handball idol is ex-national team player and EURO and Olympic champion, 

Line Fruensgaard (Daugaard) 

WCh: B 2013 

EC trophy: Cup Winners’ Cup 2015 

@toestergaard 

toestergaard 

STINE BODHOLT NIELSEN 

line player 

• 27-year-old was a late-bloomer making her Danish debut only 2.5 years ago 

• Is a key pillar in Jørgensen’s aggressive defensive set-up 

• Inexperienced internationally but has 10 years of top Danish league handball, debuting at 16 

for Viborg HK playing alongside Bojana Popovic and Grit Jurack 

• Had an excellent pre-EURO campaign, picking up a place in the Golden League’s All-star team 

stinebodholt9 

KLAVS BRUUN JØRGENSEN 

coach 

• His playing career is highlighted with stints in German SG Wallau-Massenheim, Danish giants 

GOG, FCK Handball and AG Kobenhavn winning multiple national titles. 

• Played 185 matches for Denmark scoring 440 goals. 

• In 2010, started coaching with AG Kobenhavn claiming the double in his debut season. 

• Later had spells at Nordsjaelland, Team Tvis Holstebro and as an assistant coach for the Danish 

men’s national team (EURO 2014) 

• Appointed Danish Women’s NT coach in June 2015 

EURO: B 2002, 2004 (as a player) 

@KlavsBJorgensen 

klavsbj 

95

DENMARK 


STATS 



Karin MORTENSEN 36 2000-2010 

Rikke Erhardsen SKOV 33 2000, 2004-2010 

Katrine FRUELUND 26 1998, 2002, 2006-2008 

Lene RANTALA 26 1994-2002 

Susan Torp THORSGAARD 25 2008-2014 



Rikke Erhardsen SKOV 93 2000, 2004-2010 

Camilla ANDERSEN 89 1994-1998 

Ann Grete NØRGAARD ØSTERBALLE 85 2010-2014 

Mette Vestergaard BRANDT (LARSEN) 83 1996-2002 

Anja Jul ANDERSEN 80 1994-1996 


Biggest win: 30:13 (13:5) vs. Sweden @ Brøndby/Sjælland DEN, 06.12.1996 

Biggest defeat: 19:31 (12:10) vs. Norway @ Ohrid MKD, 09.12.2008 





Current run: L1 (17.12.2014) 

Most goals: 37 vs. FYR Macedonia 37:21W @ ‘s-Hertogenbosch NED, 11.12.1998 

37 vs. FYR Macedonia 37:30W @ Niš SRB, 08.12.2012 

Most goals opponent: 33 vs. Romania 26:33L @ București ROU, 13.12.2000 

33 vs. Norway 35:33W @ Beograd SRB, 13.12.2012 

Most goals both teams: 68 vs. Norway 35:33W @ Beograd SRB, 13.12.2012 

Fewest goals: 15 vs. Romania 15:16L @ Herning DEN, 19.12.2010 

Fewest goals opponent: 13 vs. Sweden 30:13W @ Brøndby/Sjælland DEN, 06.12.1996 

Fewest goals both teams: 31 vs. Romania 15:16L @ Herning DEN, 19.12.2010 

96


MNE VS DEN MATCHES 


16.12.2010 Herning DEN DEN-MNE ECh – MR-Group I 29:30 (18:14) 

15.12.2013 Beograd SRB DEN-MNE WCh – 1/8-final 22:21 (11:12) 

11.12.2015 Herning DEN DEN-MNE WCh – Group A 21:23 (07:12) 

18.12.2015 Herning DEN MNE-DEN WCh – Place 5-8 20:28 (11:15) 

19.03.2016 Aarhus DEN DEN-MNE OG – Qual. Tournament 2 22:26 (10:13) 


All matches 5 3 120 0 2 122 


DEN VS HUN MATCHES – LAST 5 


16.12.2004 Debrecen HUN DEN-HUN ECh – MR-Group II 24:23 (08:14) 

18.12.2005 St. Petersburg RUS DEN-HUN WCh – Place 3/4 24:27 (15:14) 

05.12.2008 Skopje MKD DEN-HUN ECh – Group A 26:26 (16:17) 

15.12.2014 Debrecen HUN HUN-DEN ECh – MR-Group I 20:23 (09:11) 

09.12.2015 Herning DEN HUN-DEN WCh – Group A 29:22 (15:12) 


All matches 16 9 370 2 5 368 


DEN VS CZE MATCHES 


09.12.1995 Krems AUT CZE-DEN WCh – Group B 14:26 (05:11) 

03.12.1997 Neubrandenburg DEN CZE-DEN WCh – Group D 27:41 (12:23) 

20.05.2001 Olomouc CZE CZE-DEN WCh-Playoff 16:24 (06:12) 

26.05.2001 Århus DEN DEN-CZE WCh-Playoff 31:23 (14:10) 

10.12.2012 Beograd SRB CZE-DEN ECh – MR-Group I 30:33 (12:13) 


All matches 5 5 155 0 0 110 


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GROUP C 

MEDIA CONTACT 

ALŽBĚTA VEJROSTOVA 

+420 776 746 013 

vejrostova@chf.cz 

www.chf.cz 

SOCIAL MEDIA 

czechhandball 

TEAM PROFILE 

From the highs of qualifying for major events like the EHF EURO 2012 or the 

World Championship 2013 to lows like failing to qualify for the EHF EURO 2014 

and the World Championship 2015, women’s handball in the Czech Republic has 

been on quite a roller coaster ride - and potentially the successful qualification for 

the Women’s EHF EURO 2016 marks the start of a new high. 

After the Czech federation started to focus on their youth programmes, including 

hosting YAC EHF EURO and World Championship events, a huge number of the 

national team players started playing abroad, mainly in Germany, Hungary and 

Poland. One of the team’s current top players is Iveta Luzumova from German 

champions and EHF Champions League participants Thüringer HC. 



Serbia 6 5 1 0 191:141 50 11 

Czech Republic 6 4 1 1 170:142 28 9 

Ukraine 6 2 0 4 174:162 12 4 

Italy 6 0 0 6 113:203 -90 0 

98


VENUE 


Malmö 


5 December 18:30 hrs Hungary vs Czech Republic 

7 December 18:30 hrs Czech Republic vs Montenegro 

9 December 20:45 hrs Denmark vs Czech Republic 







2000 Play-off 2 0 0 2 45:59 –14 0:4 Lost vs. HUN 

2002 Play-off 2 1 0 1 58:56 +2 2:2 Won vs. MKD 


2004 Play-off 2 2 0 0 51:44 +7 4:0 Won vs. ISL 


2006 Play-off 2 1 0 1 49:51 -2 2:2 Lost vs. ESP 


2008 Play-off 2 0 0 2 44:54 –10 0:4 Lost vs. SWE 

2010 Qualification 6 2 0 4 152:158 -6 4:8 3rd Group 2 



2014 Qualification 6 3 0 3 157:136 +21 6:6 3rd Group 3 




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PROFILES 

LUCIE SATRAPOVA 

goalkeeper 

• Born in Havlickuv Brod 

• Has CL experience from playing with Thüringer HC 

• The 183 cm tall keeper also chalked up EHF Cup and Challenge Cup experience with 

DHC Slavia Praha 

• Has represented the Czech Republic at EURO 2012 (12 th ) & WCh 2013 (15 th ) and had the 

overall best saving percentage (58%) at the latter 

luucaa12 

VERONIKA MALA 

left wing 

• The Pisek-born winger scored 16 goals in EURO qualification 

• Has EHF Cup experience from playing with her current club VfL Oldenburg 

• Will likely share her left-wing duties with Kristyna Salcakova 

• Before departing for Germany clocked up 109 goals for DHC Slavia Praha in the 2015/16 

season; played in the Challenge Cup for three seasons with Sokol Pisek 

MARKETA JERABKOVA 

left back 

• 174 cm tall back court player was born in Plzen 

• Impressed in EURO qualification with 21 goals 

• Has spent 4 seasons in the EHF Cup with DHK Banik Most; scored 118 goals in the 2015/16 

domestic season for Banik Most 

• Will share court time with Kamila Kordovska (27 goals in qualification) another young 

Czech talent 

marketa_jerabkova5 

IVETA LUZUMOVA 

centre back 

• Luzumova’s first success on the handball circuit was with Pisek, leading them to bronze in the 

Czech-Slovak league. 

• Like coach Basny, she also made her way to France playing for Union Mios Biganos-Begles; 

from there she went to Germany to her current CL club Thüringer HC 

• Made her Czech debut in 2009 and since then has scored over 270 goals in her NT appearances 

• Two-time Czech female player of the year 

ivetaluzumova 

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MICHAELA HRBKOVA 

right back 

• Started with handball in Olomouc, from there she moved to DHC Sokol Poruba. Got her first 

contract abroad with Lokomotiva Zagreb in 2014. 

• She enjoyed CL handball with Zagreb but quickly moved to Germany to play for Frisch Auf 

Göppingen. Going on loan last season in Hungary she has now returned to the Bundesliga side 

for the new season 

• Has scored more than 250 goals for her country; attended EURO 2012 & WCh 2013 

• In 2015 was voted best female handball player of the year in the Czech Republic; was her 

team’s top scorer in qualification with 28 goals 

JANA KNEDLIKOVA 

right wing 

• As a child did ballet and figure skating but handball took over as her main focus 

• Started playing in her hometown Prague; won two domestic titles with Slavia Praha 

• Hungary was the next stop when she became a pillar for Mosonmagyarovar; she got the 

attention of Hungarian champions & CL participants Györ where she now plays her handball 

• With her quality CL experience the speedy winger will be one of stalwarts for the Czech ladies 

jana_knedlikova 

ALENA STELLNEROVA SETELIKOVA 

line player 

• The 170 cm tall line player spent her handball career in Sokol Pisek and DHC Slavia Praha 

• She picked up Challenge Cup experience at both clubs 

• This season she enjoyed playing in EHF Cup qualification with Slavia Praha 

• Scored 105 goals for her club side during the Czech league 2015/16 

• Setelikova will have tough competition on the line from Petra Adamkova of German side 

Frisch Auf Göppingen 

JAN BASNY 

coach 

• Brno-born Basny’s handball origins stem back to Zlín where he played second division 

handball; at 18 he moved to Prague to play for Slavia Praha and later studied coaching 

• In 1990 moved to Ajaccio on the island of Corsica where he played before becoming player-manager 

• In 2004 coached Istres OPH; ES Besancon from 2007 to 2009; Since 2014 Basny is head 

coach of Nantes Loire Atlantique Handball 

• Since 2010 he is head coach of the Czech women; the best results were 12 th at EURO 2012 & 

15 th at WCh 2013 

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STATS 



Lenka FLEKOVA (ROMANOVA) 16 1994, 2002-2004 

Petra VITKOVA (VALOVA) 15 2002-2004, 2012 

Lenka CERNA (POSPISILOVA) 13 1994, 2002 

Petra CUMPLOVA 13 1994, 2002 

Martina KNYTLOVA 10 2002-2004 



Petra CUMPLOVA 80 1994, 2002 

Lenka FLEKOVA (ROMANOVA) 45 1994, 2002-2004 

Monika LUDMILOVA 29 1994 

Romana CHRENKOVA 26 2012 

Lucie FABIKOVA 26 2002-2004 


Biggest win: 30:20 (14:7) vs. Germany @ Farum/Sjælland DEN, 12.12.2002 

Biggest defeat: 19:29 (10:12) vs. Russia @ Farum/Sjælland DEN, 11.12.2002 





Current run: L5 (06.12.2012 – 13.12.2012) 

Most goals: 30 vs. Germany 30:20W @ Farum/Sjælland DEN, 12.12.2002 

30 vs. Denmark 30:33L @ Beograd SRB, 10.12.2012 

Most goals opponent: 35 vs. Sweden 26:35L @ Beograd SRB, 13.12.2012 

Most goals both teams: 63 vs. Denmark 30:33L @ Beograd SRB, 10.12.2012 

Fewest goals: 17 vs. Romania 17:18L @ Magdeburg GER, 21.09.1994 

17 vs. Romania 17:19L @ Århus DEN, 14.12.2002 

Fewest goals opponent: 16 vs. Slovakia 22:16W @ Magdeburg GER, 22.09.1994 

Fewest goals both teams: 35 vs. Romania 17:18L @ Magdeburg GER, 21.09.1994 

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CZE VS MNE MATCHES 


01.12.2006 Cheb CZE CZE-MNE WCh-Qual. – Group 3 24:23 (16:10) 

03.06.2011 Olomouc CZE CZE-MNE WCh-Playoff 26:42 (07:21) 

10.06.2011 Pljevlja MNE MNE-CZE WCh-Playoff 33:26 (16:11) 

26.03.2014 Most CZE CZE-MNE ECh-Qual. – Group 3 23:24 (10:11) 

30.03.2014 Bijelo Polje MNE MNE-CZE ECh-Qual. – Group 3 25:22 (12:11) 


All matches 5 1 121 0 4 147 


HUN VS CZE MATCHES – LAST 5 


16.04.2000 Nyíregyháza HUN HUN-CZE ECh-Playoff 33:20 (15:10) 

08.12.2002 Århus DEN HUN-CZE ECh – Group D 33:26 (17:13) 

15.10.2009 Kecskemét HUN HUN-CZE ECh-Qual. – Group 2 24:20 (13:09) 

26.05.2010 Plzeň CZE CZE-HUN ECh-Qual. – Group 2 23:31 (13:17) 

07.12.2013 Novi Sad SRB HUN-CZE WCh – Group D 35:27 (18:16) 


All matches 9 9 261 0 0 199 


DEN VS CZE MATCHES 


09.12.1995 Krems AUT CZE-DEN WCh – Group B 14:26 (05:11) 

03.12.1997 Neubrandenburg DEN CZE-DEN WCh – Group D 27:41 (12:23) 

20.05.2001 Olomouc CZE CZE-DEN WCh-Playoff 16:24 (06:12) 

26.05.2001 Århus DEN DEN-CZE WCh-Playoff 31:23 (14:10) 

10.12.2012 Beograd SRB CZE-DEN ECh – MR-Group I 30:33 (12:13) 


All matches 5 5 155 0 0 110 


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GROUP D 

NORWAY 

RUSSIA 

ROMANIA 

CROATIA 

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NORWAY 


GROUP D 



1998, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014 

1996, 2002, 2012 

1994 

OLYMPIC GAMES 

2008, 2012 

1988, 1992 

2000, 2016 


1999, 2011 

1997, 2001, 2007 

1986, 1993, 2009 

TEAM PROFILE 

Norway have been a leading force in women’s handball for the last decade, despite 

not lifting trophies at the Women’s EHF EURO 2012 and the World Championship 

2013. At the EHF EURO 2014 Thorir Hergeirsson’s team struck back, and won 

their sixth EHF EURO title by beating Spain; a success that was followed by their 

gold-medal performance at the Women’s World Championship 2015. 

The 2016 Olympic Games marked a small setback for the team. They lost the 

semi-final after extra time to the eventual champions Russia and were not able to 

defend the Olympic gold they had won in 2008 and 2012. 

Nevertheless, the current world and European champions can count on the 

experience their players have amassed on the national team as well as on the club 

level and are one of the red hot favourites for medals at the EHF EURO 2016. 

Players like left wing Camilla Herrem and right back Nora Mørk are likely to be 

the driving force of the squad. 

MEDIA CONTACT 

HALVOR LEA 

+47 41900021 

halvor.lea@olympiatoppen.no 

www.handball.no 

SOCIAL MEDIA 

handballjentene 

@NORhandball 

handballandslagene 



1. Norway 6 5 0 1 178:128 50 10 

2. Romania 6 4 0 2 150:137 13 8 

3. Belarus 6 3 0 3 159:168 -9 6 

4. Lithuania 6 0 0 6 140:194 -54 0 

106


VENUE 

Helsingborg Arena, 

Helsingborg 


5 December 20:45 hrs Norway vs Romania 

7 December 20:45 hrs Croatia vs Norway 

9 December 20:45 hrs Norway vs Russia 
















2012 EHF EURO 8 6 0 2 219:194 +25 12:4 Runner-up 



2016 Qualification 6 5 0 1 178:128 + 50 10:2 1st Group 1 



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NORWAY 

PROFILES 

KARI GRIMSBØ 

goalkeeper 

• Started handball at the age of 5, had her debut for Byasen in the Norwegian league at 17; 

from there spent time in Esbjerg before settling in Györ 

• Made her senior international debut in 2005 against Portugal 

• Due to an meniscus injury in the first match at the EURO 2014 missed the Norwegian triumph 

• All-star goalkeeper Olympic Games: 2012, 2016 

OG: G 2008, 2012, B 2016; EURO: G 2006, 2008, 2010, 

2014; WCh: G 2011, 2015, S 2007, B 2009 

CAMILLA HERREM 

left wing 

• Started handball in her home town of Sola; also played for Byasen HE, HCM Baia Mare and 

Team Tvis Holstebro 

• This season plays for Vardar and is the first high-profile Norwegian player to play in 

FYR Macedonia 

• After a stellar performance at the 2009 WCh she was granted All-star left wing 

• Married to Steffen Stegavik who played for CL side Elverum 

OG: G 2012, B 2016; EURO: G 2008, 2010, 2014, S 2012; 

WCh: B 2009, G 2011, 2015 

VERONICA KRISTIANSEN 

left back 

• When she was 13 moved from a football pitch to a handball court 

• Plays her club handball for CL side Midtjylland; will come up against teammate Eliza Buceschi 

of Romania in the opening tie 

• Team’s top scorer in the Golden League prior to EURO 2016 scoring 12 goals in 3 games 

• Out of a handball family, as her sisters Jeanette and Charlotte also play handball. Jeanette is 

playing for Vipers Kristiansand 

OG: B 2016; EURO: G 2014; WCh: G 2015 

STINE BREDAL OFTEDAL 

centre back 

aalvikgrimsbo 

@CamillaHerrem 

herremcamilla 

@KristiansenV 

veronicakristiansen 

• Oslo-born Oftedal made her international debut in 2010 

• Plays her club handball with her younger sister Hanna in Issy Paris HB, France 

• Was awarded All-star center back at WCh 2015 and MVP of French League 2013/14 

• Known for her explosiveness and ability to break through defense; her idol growing up was 

Bojana Popovic 

OG: B 2016; EURO: G 2010, 2014 S 2012; WCh: G 2011, 

2015 

@StineOftedal 

stineoftedal 

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NORA MØRK 

right back 

• At 19 made her debut for Norway; plays her club handball for the Hungarian champions and 

CL side Györ 

• Overall top scorer in Rio 2016 with 62 goals; had a record-breaking 2015/16 CL season scoring 

93 goals for Larvik 

• All-star right back WCh 2015, EURO 2014 (top scorer 41 goals); best right back CL 2015/16 

• Her twin sister and former teammate, Thea, plays for Larvik 

OG: B 2016; EURO: G 2010, 2014; WCh: G 2015 


nora_mork9 

AMANDA KURTOVIC 

right wing 

• Born in Karlskrona, Sweden to a Swedish mother and Croatian father; moved to Norway at age 6 

• Made debut for Norway in 2011 against Russia 

• Plays her club handball in Larvik and is expected to have a bigger role for her club with the 

departure of Nora Mørk, but will take up right wing in Sweden 

• Had huge shoulder problems which had her out of action for over two years; she made her 

comeback for Norway against Brazil in 2015 

• Top scorer for Norway in EURO qualification with 26 goals 

OG: G 2012, B 2016; WCh 2011, 2015 


MARIT MALM FRAFJORD 

line player 

amandakurto 

• Tromso-born Frafjord will take on a big role in Sweden with Løke out pregnant 

• Made her international debut back in 2005 against Portugal 

• Played in back court as a youth player but switch to the line around senior level 

• She retired from international handball in 2015 due to injury issues, but returned again 

for Rio 2016 

• Had to take a university exam in her hotel room during the WCh 2007 in France 

OG: G 2012, 2008, B 2016; EURO: G 2010, 2008, 2006, S 2012; WCh: G 2011, S 2007, B 2009 

EC trophies: Cup Winners’ Cup 2014 

THORIR HERGEIRSSON 

coach 

• In 2009 Icelander Hergeirsson was promoted from assistant to head coach, taking over from 

Marit Breivik 

• A major highlight of his career was winning three goal medals in 20 months with Norway 

• In the run up to EURO 2016 Norway won the Golden League beating Olympic champions 

Russia, silver medallists France as well as hosts Denmark 

• Voted best women’s handball team coach by the IHF in 2011, 2012, 2014 & 2015 

OG: G 2012 B 2016; EURO: G 2010, 2014 S: 2012; 

WCh: G 2011, 2015 B 2009 (as a coach) 

109

NORWAY 


STATS 



Karoline Dyhre BREIVANG 52 2000, 2004-2014 

Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth KOREN 48 2004-2014 

Tonje LARSEN 43 1994-1998, 2002, 2008-2010 

Katrine LUNDE (HARALDSEN) 39 2002-2012 

Gro HAMMERSENG 38 2000-2006, 2010 



Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth KOREN 190 2004-2014 

Gro HAMMERSENG 146 2000-2006, 2010 

Heidi LØKE 125 2008-2014 

Tonje LARSEN 105 1994-1998, 2002, 2008-2010 

Kjersti GRINI 104 1994-1998 


Biggest win: 41:18 (16:8) vs. Slovenia @ Győr HUN, 16.12.2004 

43:20 (19:9) vs. Slovenia @ Göteborg SWE, 07.12.2006 

Biggest defeat: 19:24 (6:13) vs. Sweden @ Lillehammer NOR, 12.12.2010 





Current run: W2 (19.12.2014 – 21.12.2014) 

Most goals: 44 vs. Hungary 44:29W @ Budapest HUN, 18.12.2004 

Most goals opponent: 35 vs. Denmark 33:35L @ Beograd SRB, 13.12.2012 

Most goals both teams: 73 vs. Hungary 44:29W @ Budapest HUN, 18.12.2004 

Fewest goals: 14 vs. Austria 14:11W @ Bonn GER, 21.09.1994 

Fewest goals opponent: 11 vs. Austria 14:11W @ Bonn GER, 21.09.1994 

Fewest goals both teams: 25 vs. Austria 14:11W @ Bonn GER, 21.09.1994 

110


NOR VS ROU MATCHES – LAST 5 


10.12.2015 Frederikshavn DEN ROU-NOR WCh – Group D 22:26 (10:13) 

18.12.2015 Herning DEN NOR-ROU WCh – 1/2-final 35:33 (17:14, 27:27) 

09.03.2016 Cluj-Napoca ROU ROU-NOR ECh-Qual. 2 – Group 1 25:20 (16:09) 

13.03.2016 Stavanger NOR NOR-ROU ECh-Qual. 2 – Group 1 27:17 (12:08) 

14.08.2016 Rio de Janeiro BRA NOR-ROU OG – Group A 28:27 (14:13) 


All matches 23 15 523 3 5 471 


NOR VS CRO MATCHES – LAST 5 


19.09.1994 Waiblingen GER NOR-CRO ECh – Group A 15:16 (10:10) 

07.12.1997 Saarbrücken GER NOR-CRO WCh – Group B 22:25 (11:13) 

15.12.2005 St. Petersburg RUS CRO-NOR WCh – MR-Group I 25:37 (12:18) 

09.12.2007 Metz FRA NOR-CRO WCh – MR-Group I 35:29 (15:14) 

14.12.2011 São Paulo BRA CRO-NOR WCh – 1/4-final 25:30 (12:16) 


All matches 5 3 139 0 2 120 


NOR VS RUS MATCHES – LAST 5 


23.08.2008 Beijing CHN NOR-RUS OG – Place 1/2 34:27 (18:13) 

13.12.2008 Skopje MKD NOR-RUS ECh – 1/2-final 24:18 (12:07) 

18.12.2009 Nanjing CHN NOR-RUS WCh – 1/2-final 20:28 (12:17) 

05.12.2015 Frederikshavn DEN NOR-RUS WCh – Group D 25:26 (11:14) 

18.08.2016 Rio de Janeiro BRA NOR-RUS OG – 1/2-final 37:38 (16:18, 31:31) 


All matches 15 7 370 1 7 370 


111

RUSSIA 


GROUP D 



2006 

2000, 2008 

OLYMPIC GAMES 

2016 

2008 


2001, 2005, 2007, 2008 

MEDIA CONTACT 

IVAN VORONTSOV 

+7 495 637 09 21 

i.vorontsov@rushandball.ru 

www.rushandball.ru 

SOCIAL MEDIA 

rushandball.ru 

@rushandball 

rushandball 

TEAM PROFILE 

Russia enter the Women’s EHF EURO 2016 as the reigning Olympic champions. 

The team beat 2008 and 2012 winners Norway after extra time in the semi-final 

and eventually won gold with a victory against France in the final. 

This might very well be a sign of Russia returning back to former strength. 

They were, alongside Norway, from 2001 to 2009 the dominant team in the world 

of women’s handball. In that era they won four World Championship titles (2001, 

2005, 2007 and 2009) and an Olympic silver medal in 2008. But at the European 

Championships, Russia never secured a title; the biggest EHF EURO success 

came in 2006 when the team won silver. 

Russia’s recent rise to Olympic glory is even more remarkable, as the last few 

years have not been marked by success at all. In 2013, for the first time in their 

history, they failed to qualify for a World Championship, one year later they did 

not make it to the main round at the EHF EURO 2014. Even Evgeny Trefilov, who 

had been coaching the team from 1999 to 2012 and was reinstalled in the autumn 

of 2013, seemed not be able to bring back the ultimate success, but the Russian 

federation kept its faith in him. 

Trefilov started a huge transition in his team, giving the responsibility to young 

players from Russia’s successful youth programmes and this has started to pay off. 

At the Women’s World Championship 2015 Russia reached the quarter-final and 

their campaign en route to the EHF EURO 2016 was flawless - they won all their 

six matches. And a mere two months after the final qualifier, Russia conquered the 

very top of the Olympic podium. 



1. Russia 6 6 0 0 200:145 55 12 

2. Denmark 6 4 0 2 162:135 27 8 

3. Turkey 6 1 0 5 157:190 -33 2 

4. Portugal 6 1 0 5 134:183 -49 2 

112


VENUE 


Helsingborg 


5 December 18:30 hrs Russia vs Croatia 

7 December 18:30 hrs Romania vs Russia 

9 December 20:45 hrs Norway vs Russia 









2000 Play-off 2 1 0 1 53:53 0 2:2 Won vs. ESP 















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RUSSIA 

PROFILES 

POLINA KUZNETSOVA 

left wing 

• Born in Shopokov, Kyrgyzstan, she wears colours of Kuban Krasnodar domestically 

• Competes internationally with her sister Anna Vyakhireva; both sisters were the top two 

scorers for Russia in their OG gold medal campaign (Kuznetsova with 30 goals) 

• Together with her sister won the Russian championship 2015/16 with Astrakhanochka 

• All-star left wing Olympic Games: 2016; EURO 2012; WCh 2007 

OG: G 2016; EURO: S 2006; WCh: G 2005, 2007 

MARINA SUDAKOVA 

right wing 

bigipo 

• Started playing handball in school in Volgograd 

• Before her marriage she was called Marina Yartseva 

• Is the second smallest in the squad at 166cm with Vyakhireva beating her by one centimetre 

• Played all of her club handball at Rostov-Don before switch to Kuban Krasnodar this season 

• Has scored over 110 goals in her 70 odd appearances for the NT 

OG: G 2016; EURO: B 2008; WCh: G 2009 

VLADLENA BOBROVNIKOVA 

left back 

• Was impressive in Rio 2016 scoring 29 goals en route to Russia’s gold 

• Moved abroad in 2009, play half a season for Serbia’s Kikinda and then two and a half years in Italy 

for Sassari and HC Teramo; married to an Italian named Federico and speaks Italian at home 

• With Akopian, Sen and Shymkute out, a lot more attacking responsibilities will fall on her shoulders 

• Named best left back in the Russian league 2015/16 for her performances with Rostov-Don 

• Nicknamed “The Queen of Instagram” because of her social media presence 

OG: G 2016 

DARIA DMITRIEVA 

centre back 

marinasudakova15 

vlada17bobr 

• Along with Vyakhireva is seen as the future of Russian women’s handball 

• Plays her club handball in her home town of Togliatti with EHF Cup side Handball Club Lada 

• Was named All-star centre back Olympic Games 2016 

• Netted 28 goals in Rio and 17 in qualification for EURO 2016 

OG: G 2016 

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EKATERINA ILINA 

centre back 

• One of the best playmakers around and the big revelation of the 2015/16 season 

• In 2008 became the Junior World Champion with Russia in Bratislava 

• Was the team’s top scorer in EURO qualification with 26 goals 

• Moved to Rostov-Don in 2014 from Lada Toliatti just after winning the EHF Cup 

• Won her first domestic trophies later than international ones, having become 

Russian champion and Supercup winner with Rostov in 2015 

OG: G 2016 


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ANNA VYAKHIREVA 

right wing 

• Has had great success representing Russia at under-age EUROs and WCh where she has won 

copious amounts of all-star and MVP awards 

• Plays her club handball in Rostov-Don; won the Russian league in the 2015/16 season with 

Astrakhanochka & was elected the MVP and the best right back 

• Comes from a handball family; her father Viktor is a well-known coach and her elder sister 

Polina Kuznetsova plays for Kuban Krasnodar and for the Russian national team 

• Voted MVP at Rio 2016 

WCh: G 2013 

annavyakhireva13 

KSENIA MAKEEVA 

line player 

• Moving out of Petrova’s shadow will likely take on a much more central role in Sweden 

• Is the second tallest member of the squad coming in at 185cm 

• No stranger to winning titles having won domestic titles in Romania and Russia along with 

international and YAC ones with the Russian NT 

• Plays her club handball with CL side Rostov-Don; could earn her 100th cap if Russia make 

it to the final 

WCh: G 2009 

EC trophies: EHF Cup: 2008 

EVGENY TREFILOV 

coach 

• Started coaching in 1984 working mostly with men’s teams; as assistant to the men’s NT he won 

gold at the WCh 1997 

• In 1999 Trefilov was hired at head coach of the women’s NT; resigned again in 2009 after some 

poor results, but was back in charge again in 2013 

• After a poor EURO 2014 (finishing 14 th ), form improved for the WCh 2015 (finishing 5 th ) from 

there Trefilov led the Russian ladies to gold at Rio 2016 

• Voted best women’s handball team coach by the IHF in 2009 

OG: G 2016 S 2008; EURO: S 2006; WCh: G 1997 (men), 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009; 

EC trophies: CL: 2008; EHF Cup: 2007, 2012; Cup Winners’ Cup: 2002 

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RUSSIA 


STATS 



Maria SIDOROVA 44 1998, 2002-2006, 2010-2014 

Emiliia TUREI 42 2002-2012 

Liudmila BODNIEVA 30 2000-2006 

Nadezda MURAVYEVA 30 2000-2004, 2008 

Irina POLTORATSKAYA 27 2000-2002, 2006-2008 



Irina POLTORATSKAYA 129 2000-2002, 2006-2008 

Emiliia TUREI 122 2002-2012 

Liudmila BODNIEVA 103 2000-2006 

Liudmila POSTNOVA 88 2004-2006, 2012 

Svetlana MOZGOVAIA 79 1994-1998 


Biggest win: 43:24 (15:12) vs. FYR Macedonia @ Skopje MKD, 08.12.2008 

Biggest defeat: 22:30 (12:16) vs. Spain @ Herning DEN, 14.12.2010 





Current run: L2 (09.12.2014 – 11.12.2014) 

Most goals: 43 vs. FYR Macedonia 43:24W @ Skopje MKD, 08.12.2008 

Most goals opponent: 32 vs. Ukraine 40:32W @ Stockholm SWE, 10.12.2006 

32 vs. Denmark 30:32L @ Beograd SRB, 15.12.2012 

Most goals both teams: 72 vs. Ukraine 40:32W @ Stockholm SWE, 10.12.2006 

Fewest goals: 17 vs. Czech Republic 17:19L @ Oldenburg GER, 19.09.1994 

Fewest goals opponent: 14 vs. Romania 21:14W @ Oldenburg GER, 18.09.1994 

14 vs. Slovakia 31:14W @ Magdeburg GER, 21.09.1994 

Fewest goals both teams: 35 vs. Romania 21:14W @ Oldenburg GER, 18.09.1994 

116


ROU VS RUS MATCHES – LAST 5 


18.12.2005 St. Petersburg RUS RUS-ROU WCh – Place 1/2 28:23 (17:12) 

15.12.2007 Paris FRA ROU-RUS WCh – 1/2-final 20:30 (08:17) 

16.12.2010 Herning DEN ROU-RUS ECh – MR-Group I 20:35 (10:19) 

04.12.2012 Vršac SRB ROU-RUS ECh – Group D 21:21 (12:07) 

11.12.2015 Frederikshavn DEN ROU-RUS WCh – Group D 27:30 (16:17) 


All matches 9 1 198 1 7 241 


RUS VS CRO MATCHES – LAST 5 


07.12.2006 Stockholm SWE RUS-CRO ECh – Group C 27:22 (14:10) 

06.12.2007 Metz FRA CRO-RUS WCh – MR-Group I 25:30 (10:16) 

10.12.2008 Skopje MKD RUS-CRO ECh – MR-Group II 24:21 (11:10) 

09.12.2010 Århus DEN RUS-CRO ECh – Group B 30:24 (16:11) 

01.08.2012 London GBR RUS-CRO OG – Group A 28:30 (15:15) 


All matches 10 7 264 0 3 242 


NOR VS RUS MATCHES – LAST 5 


23.08.2008 Beijing CHN NOR-RUS OG – Place 1/2 34:27 (18:13) 

13.12.2008 Skopje MKD NOR-RUS ECh – 1/2-final 24:18 (12:07) 

18.12.2009 Nanjing CHN NOR-RUS WCh – 1/2-final 20:28 (12:17) 

05.12.2015 Frederikshavn DEN NOR-RUS WCh – Group D 25:26 (11:14) 

18.08.2016 Rio de Janeiro BRA NOR-RUS OG – 1/2-final 37:38 (16:18, 31:31) 


All matches 15 7 370 1 7 370 


117

ROMANIA 


GROUP D 



2010 


1962 

1973, 2005 

2015 

MEDIA CONTACT 

LORAND BALINT 

+40 751 751 315 

lorand.balint@frh.ro 

www.frh.ro 

SOCIAL MEDIA 

FRH - Federația Română de 

Handbal Official 

TEAM PROFILE 

Even though they arrive as one of the main medal contenders at nearly every 

major tournament, Romania have continously missed the podium at EHF EURO 

events, with one exception: in 2010 taking home bronze - their first, and, so far, 

only medal on this European stage. Despite losing to Sweden in the semi-final, the 

team, led by the EHF EURO top scorer of that year Cristina Neagu, secured third 

spot by beating Denmark. More recently the team won another bronze when it 

placed third at the Women’s World Championship 2015 in Denmark. 

The nation’s pool of skilled handball players is huge, which is proven by them 

being crowned youth world champions in 2014 and more top results in the past 

decade at younger age category events. Add to this Neagu, who has been playing 

at her very best in the past few seasons and was awarded IHF World Handball 

Player of the Year for 2015. 

The team of newly appointed head coach Ambros Martin (who took over 

from Thomas Ryde in October) were impressive in qualification en route to the 

Women’s EHF EURO 2016 in which they beat champions Norway but eventually 

ending up behind them, losing to Norway on aggregate as well as their final 

qualifier to Belarus. 



Norway 6 5 0 1 178:128 50 10 

Romania 6 4 0 2 150:137 13 8 

Belarus 6 3 0 3 159:168 -9 6 

Lithuania 6 0 0 6 140:194 -54 0 

118


VENUE 


Helsingborg 


5 December 20:45 hrs Norway vs Romania 

7 December 18:30 hrs Romania vs Russia 

9 December 20:45 hrs Romania vs Croatia 











2004 Play-off 2 1 1 0 58:55 +3 3:1 Won vs. NED 


2006 Play-off 2 0 1 1 47:51 -4 1:3 Lost vs. SCG 

2008 Play-off 2 2 0 0 70:46 +24 4:0 Won vs. ISL 






2014 Qualification 4 2 0 2 103:103 0 4:4 2nd Group 6 





119

ROMANIA 

PROFILES 

PAULA UNGUREANU 

goalkeeper 

• After Luminita Hutupan retired in 2009 she became Romania’s first choice in the goal 

• Second best save ratio at the EURO 2014 with 40 per cent 

• Two-time recipient of the “best handball player in Romania” award (2012 & 2014) 

• After a ligament tear in 2010 she took a 2-year hiatus and had a baby (Paul) in January 2012; 

her husband is a football player, also a goalkeeper, and has followed Paula almost everywhere 

she has played 

EURO: B 2010; WCh: S 2005, B 2015 

ANA-MARIA TANASIE 

left wing 

• With Valentina Neli Ardean Elisei out of the picture, she can expect increased left 

wing responsibilities 

• Started playing handball in Hunedoara with her sister Angela 

• She has gathered CL experience with HCM Baia Mare in 2013/14 & 2014/15 

• Now plays her club handball with H.C. Dunarea Braila 

• Was not present in the Rio 2016 Olympics due to injury 

WCh: B 2015 

CRISTINA NEAGU 

left back 

• Up there with some of the best back court players in the world; she was named ‘World Handball 

Player of the Year’ twice (2015, 2010) 

• Top scorer (63 goals), best left back & MVP at WCh 2015 

• All-star left back EURO: 2014 (plus 2nd top scorer with 49 goals), in 2010 & top scorer with 53 goals 

• Has had major issues with shoulder and knee ligaments; this led to two-and-half years of 

recuperation (2012 to 2014) 

EURO: B 2010, WCh: B 2015 


ELIZA BUCESCHI 

centre back 

cristinaneagu08 

• Started to make herself known in 2011/12 when she became top scorer in the 

Romanian League with 100 goals 

• In 2011 she was called up to earn her first international cap against Portugal 

• Awarded best rookie at centre back at WCh 2015; best young CL player 2014/15 

• She now plays her club handball in Denmark with FC Midtjylland 

WCh: B 2015 

eliza.buceschi 

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MELINDA GEIGER 

right back 

• After only three years in handball, she was featured in Baia Mare’s roster at 16 years of age 

• Most expensive Romanian player ever after Oltchim paid 50,000 euro to Baia Mare in 2010 

• Now plays her handball with Brest Bretagne Handball in France 

• Has scored plus 200 goals for Romania; her handball role models are Bojana Radulovic and 

Gro Hammerseng 

EURO: B 2010; WCh: B 2015 

@MelyGeiger5 

mely_geiger 

LAURA CHIPER 

right wing 

• Has spent her whole handball career in two Romanian clubs: CS Stiinta Bacau & her current 

EHF Cup side, ASC Corona 2010 Brasov 

• Has represented Romania at 2 WCh and 1 EURO 

• Scored 14 goals during EURO qualification & 20 last season in Brasov’s surprise run to the 

EHF Cup semi-final 

• Was top scorer in the Romanian Cup (2013) with 36 goals, beating international teammates 

Buceschi & Geiger to the top spot 

WCh: B 2015 

OANA MANEA 

line player 

• Awarded Romanian handball player of the year 2011 

• Known for her ability to rally players around her; hence why she has often worn the captain’s 

armband for club & country 

• Retired from international handball in January 2013 due to personal reasons and reversed the 

decision later in the year 

• Her late father, Dumitru, was a football coach of Romania U18 

EURO: B 2010; WCh: B 2015 EC trophies: CL 2016; 

Cup Winners’ Cup 2007; Champions Trophy 2007 

AMBROS MARTIN 

coach 

• Won the CL as player (winger) for San Antonio in 2000/01 

• Appointed coach a mere two months ahead of EURO 2016; took over from Tomas Ryde who 

brought them bronze at WCh 2015 

• Part of the Spanish double-pack at the Romanian Handball Federation with Xavier Pascual 

taking over the men’s team in June 2016 

• Voted best coach in the CL 2014/15 & 2015/16 with Györ 

EC trophies: CL: 2013, 2014, (& 2000/01); EHF Cup: 2009 

121

ROMANIA 


STATS 



Aurelia BRADEANU (STOICA) 38 2000-2004, 2010-2014 

Luminiţa DINU (HUTUPAN) 32 1998-2004, 2008 

Valentina-Neli ARDEAN-ELISEI 28 2004, 2008-2010, 2014 

Oana Andreea MANEA 28 2004, 2008-2012 

Carmen-Andreea LUNGU (AMARIEI) 27 1998, 2002-2004, 2008 



Christina Georgiana NEAGU 147 2008-2014 

Carmen-Andreea LUNGU (AMARIEI) 142 1998, 2002-2004, 2008 

Steluta LUCA (LAZAR) 117 1994, 1998-2002 

Simona-Silvia GOGIRLA 113 1998-2000, 2004 

Aurelia BRADEANU (STOICA) 93 2000-2004, 2010-2014 


Biggest win: 40:28 (20:14) vs. Serbia @ Aalborg DEN, 11.12.2010 

Biggest defeat: 20:35 (10:19) vs. Russia @ Herning DEN, 16.12.2010 


Longest unbeaten run: 5 matches (07.12.1996 – 13.12.1996; 16.12.2004 – 07.12.2008) 



Current run: W2 (15.12.2014 – 17.12.2014) 

Most goals: 40 vs. Ukraine 40:32W @ Ohrid MKD, 10.12.2008 

40 vs. Serbia 40:28W @ Aalborg DEN, 11.12.2010 

Most goals opponent: 37 vs. Norway 31:37L @ Ohrid MKD, 11.12.2008 

Most goals both teams: 72 vs. Ukraine 40:32W @ Ohrid MKD, 10.12.2008 

Fewest goals: 14 vs. Russia 14:21L @ Oldenburg GER, 18.09.1994 

Fewest goals opponent: 15 vs. Denmark 16:15W @ Herning DEN, 19.12.2010 

Fewest goals both teams: 31 vs. Denmark 16:15W @ Herning DEN, 19.12.2010 

122


NOR VS ROU MATCHES – LAST 5 


10.12.2015 Frederikshavn DEN ROU-NOR WCh – Group D 22:26 (10:13) 

18.12.2015 Herning DEN NOR-ROU WCh – 1/2-final 35:33 (17:14, 27:27) 

09.03.2016 Cluj-Napoca ROU ROU-NOR ECh-Qual. 2 – Group 1 25:20 (16:09) 

13.03.2016 Stavanger NOR NOR-ROU ECh-Qual. 2 – Group 1 27:17 (12:08) 

14.08.2016 Rio de Janeiro BRA NOR-ROU OG – Group A 28:27 (14:13) 


All matches 23 15 523 3 5 471 


ROU VS CRO MATCHES – LAST 5 


06.04.1996 Osijek CRO CRO-ROU ECh-Qual. – Group 3 24:20 (10:11) 

13.12.1996 Fredericia DEN CRO-ROU ECh – Place 5/6 17:23 (10:09) 

13.12.2008 Skopje MKD ROU-CRO ECh – Place 5/6 36:33 (17:15, 29:29) 

13.12.2010 Herning DEN ROU-CRO ECh – MR-Group I 31:22 (14:12) 

12.12.2011 São Bernardo do Campo BRA ROU-CRO WCh – 1/8-final 27:28 (18:15) 


All matches 6 4 159 0 2 142 


ROU VS RUS MATCHES – LAST 5 


18.12.2005 St. Petersburg RUS RUS-ROU WCh – Place 1/2 28:23 (17:12) 

15.12.2007 Paris FRA ROU-RUS WCh – 1/2-final 20:30 (08:17) 

16.12.2010 Herning DEN ROU-RUS ECh – MR-Group I 20:35 (10:19) 

04.12.2012 Vršac SRB ROU-RUS ECh – Group D 21:21 (12:07) 

11.12.2015 Frederikshavn DEN ROU-RUS WCh – Group D 27:30 (16:17) 


All matches 9 1 198 1 7 241 


123

CROATIA 


GROUP D 

MEDIA CONTACT 

DANIJELA LEMAIC 

+ 385 95 9999 151 

d.lemaic@hrs.hr 

www.hrs.hr 

SOCIAL MEDIA 

Hrvatski.rukometni.savez 

@HRStwitt 

hrs_insta 

TEAM PROFILE 

After failing to reach the main round of the EHF EURO 2014, the then head 

coach Vladimir Canjuga resigned and Goran Mrdjen took over. 

He was not able to lead the team to the World Championship 2015 in Denmark, 

however, he started a transition within the team that looks as if it slowly paying 

off - with the successful qualification to the EHF EURO 2016 being the first 

reward. Experienced players such as team captain Andrea Penezic and and Vesna 

Milanovic-Litre are still in the squad. 

Croatia’s best result to date at an EHF EURO was 5 th in 1994. But they reached 

the quarter-final at the World Championship 2011 and at the 2012 Olympic Games, 

losing to eventual bronze medallists Spain. Missing out on the qualification for the 

2016 Olympic Games means the team will be eager to show their true strength 

again come the EHF EURO 2016. 



Montenegro 6 5 0 1 147:129 18 10 

Croatia 6 4 0 2 173:137 36 8 

Slovenia 6 3 0 3 142:134 8 6 

FYR Macedonia 6 0 0 6 114:176 -62 0 

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VENUE 


Helsingborg 


5 December 18:30 hrs Russia vs Croatia 

7 December 20:45 hrs Croatia vs Norway 

9 December 18:30 hrs Romania vs Croatia 








2000 Play-off 2 1 0 1 42:45 -3 2:2 Lost vs. GER 

2002 Play-off 2 0 1 1 46:49 -3 1:3 Lost vs. GER 



2006 Play-off 2 2 0 0 51:48 +3 4:0 Won vs. POR 


2008 Play-off 2 1 0 1 66:63 +3 2:2 Won vs. MNE 






2014 EHF EURO 3 1 0 2 83:83 0 2:4 13th Place 



Total EHF EURO 40 19 0 21 988:1020 –32 38:42 

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CROATIA 

PROFILES 

IVANA KAPITANOVIC 

goalkeeper 

• The 22-year-old was born in Split 

• Has spent her whole career with HC Podravka Vegeta 

• Gained valuable CL experience with Podravka from a very young age during 

the 2011/12 season 

• Has also represented Croatia at junior level at two WCh 

EKATERINA NEMASKALO 

left wing 

• Born in Kiev, Ukraine but moved to Croatia when she was 7 

• Her mother Elena was a star left winger for the USSR 

• Coached by her mother when she played in Sesvete 

• Suffered two knee injuries, which have hindered her development somewhat 

ANDREA PENEZIC 

left back 

• The real star of the team has scored plus 620 goals for the NT 

• Was an All-star at WCh 2011 as best left back; voted best Croatian handball player 7 times in a row 

• Overall top scorer in EURO 2016 qualification with 52 goals; joint (with Neagu) top scorer of 

CL 2014/15 with 102 goals 

• Has extended her contract at Vardar to 2017; EHF Player of the Month in March 2016 and CL 

All-star team nominee in 2015/16 

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SONJA BASIC 

centre back 

• Born in Zagreb, daughter of legendary Croatian goalkeeper Mirko Basic 

• Plays her club handball with Hungarian side Ipress Center-Vac 

• Had a solid EURO qualification campaign with 27 goals 

• Her biggest success was reaching the quarter-finals at London 2012 

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ZANA MARIC 

right back 

• Born in Trogir outside of Split 

• Apart from playing for numerous clubs in Croatia, has spent time in Germany with 

SG BBM Bietigheim and now resides in Poland wearing the colours of MKS Zaglebie Lubin 

• Scored 23 goals in 2015/16 season of the Challenge Cup 

• Had her best performance in EURO qualification scoring 6 away to Montenegro 

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NATASA JANKOVIC 

right wing 

• Born in Zagreb 

• The 25-year-old winger spent her whole career with HC Lokomotiva Zagreb before 

moving to Ardesen GSK in Turkey in 2015 

• Has won the Croatian championship and cup in 2014 

• Her best performance in qualification was 5 goals against FYR Macedonia 

VESNA MILANOVIC-LITRE 

line player 

• A veteran of the national team, she started handball at 12 in her hometown of Sinj 

• Spent the majority of her career in HC Lokomotiva Zagreb and HC Podravka picking 

up valuable CL experience with the latter 

• Györ was her first adventure abroad before making the move to current club CL club 

RK Krim Mercator in 2015 

• Typical end-to-end player who relishes her defensive duties 

GORAN MRDJEN 

coach 

• Began coaching in 1990 in Durdevac; was assistant coach for 7 years before becoming head of 

the handball school Podravka in Koprivnica, where is now coaching the senior team 

• Between 1998 - 2013 he had a double role between HC Tvin Trgocentar HC Zelina and HC 

Podravka, winning national titles with the latter. 

• Started working with national teams back in 2000 leading junior teams to EURO and WCh 

events up until 2005 

• Acting as assistant to both junior and senior teams once Zlatko Canjuga resigned in 2014 

Mrdjen stepped up a year later; en route to EURO 2016 Mrdjen & Co dispatched Montenegro, 

FYR Macedonia and Slovenia 

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CROATIA 


STATS 



Anita GACE 27 2004-2014 

Maja ZEBIC 27 2004-2014 

Lidija HORVAT 25 2004-2010, 2014 

Ivana JELCIC 23 2004-2008, 2010-2014 

Andrea PENEZIC 22 2006-2010, 2014 



Andrea PENEZIC 111 2006-2010, 2014 

Kristina ELEZ (FRANIC) 76 2008-2014 

Maja ZEBIC 71 2004-2014 

Maida ARSLANAGIC 65 2004-2008 

Lidija HORVAT 64 2004-2010, 2014 


Biggest win: 35:25 (19:12) vs. Iceland @ Århus DEN, 07.12.2010 

Biggest defeat: 19:31 (10:16) vs. Denmark @ Herning DEN, 14.12.2010 





Current run: W1 (12.12.2014) 

Most goals: 43 vs. Belarus 43:35W @ Skopje MKD, 08.12.2008 

Most goals opponent: 36 vs. Romania 33:36L aet @ Skopje MKD, 13.12.2008 

Most goals both teams: 78 vs. Belarus 43:35W @ Skopje MKD, 08.12.2008 

Fewest goals: 14 vs. Austria 14:13W @ Waiblingen GER, 18.09.1994 

Fewest goals opponent: 13 vs. Austria 14:13W @ Waiblingen GER, 18.09.1994 

Fewest goals both teams: 27 vs. Austria 14:13W @ Waiblingen GER, 18.09.1994 

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NOR VS CRO MATCHES – LAST 5 


19.09.1994 Waiblingen GER NOR-CRO ECh – Group A 15:16 (10:10) 

07.12.1997 Saarbrücken GER NOR-CRO WCh – Group B 22:25 (11:13) 

15.12.2005 St. Petersburg RUS CRO-NOR WCh – MR-Group I 25:37 (12:18) 

09.12.2007 Metz FRA NOR-CRO WCh – MR-Group I 35:29 (15:14) 

14.12.2011 São Paulo BRA CRO-NOR WCh – 1/4-final 25:30 (12:16) 


All matches 5 3 139 0 2 120 


ROU VS CRO MATCHES – LAST 5 


06.04.1996 Osijek CRO CRO-ROU ECh-Qual. – Group 3 24:20 (10:11) 

13.12.1996 Fredericia DEN CRO-ROU ECh – Place 5/6 17:23 (10:09) 

13.12.2008 Skopje MKD ROU-CRO ECh – Place 5/6 36:33 (17:15, 29:29) 

13.12.2010 Herning DEN ROU-CRO ECh – MR-Group I 31:22 (14:12) 

12.12.2011 São Bernardo do Campo BRA ROU-CRO WCh – 1/8-final 27:28 (18:15) 


All matches 6 4 159 0 2 142 


RUS VS CRO MATCHES – LAST 5 


07.12.2006 Stockholm SWE RUS-CRO ECh – Group C 27:22 (14:10) 

06.12.2007 Metz FRA CRO-RUS WCh – MR-Group I 25:30 (10:16) 

10.12.2008 Skopje MKD RUS-CRO ECh – MR-Group II 24:21 (11:10) 

09.12.2010 Århus DEN RUS-CRO ECh – Group B 30:24 (16:11) 

01.08.2012 London GBR RUS-CRO OG – Group A 28:30 (15:15) 


All matches 10 7 264 0 3 242 


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EHF EURO HISTORY 

11 th European Championship 

7 – 21 December 2014 

Hungary & Croatia 

Norway 

Spain 

Sweden 


4 – 16 December 2012 

Serbia 

Montenegro 

Norway 

Hungary 


7 – 19 December 2010 

Denmark & Norway 

Norway 

Sweden 

Romania 


2 – 14 December 2008 

FYR Macedonia 

Norway 

Spain 

Russia 


7 – 17 December 2006 

Sweden 

Norway 

Russia 

France 


9 – 19 December 2004 

Hungary 

Norway 

Denmark 

Hungary 


6 – 15 December 2002 

Denmark 

Denmark 

Norway 

France 


8 – 17 December 2000 

Romania 

Hungary 

Ukraine 

Russia 

3 rd European Championship 

11 – 20 December 1998 

The Netherlands 

Norway 

Denmark 

Hungary 

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THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 

2 nd European Championship 

6 – 15 December 1996 

Denmark 

Denmark 

Norway 

Austria 

1 st European Championship 

17 – 25 September 1994 

Germany 

Denmark 

Germany 

Norway 

WHERE NEXT? 

WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2017 IN GERMANY 

1 to 17 December 2017 

Following the Women’s EHF EURO 2016 in Sweden, the next major women’s 

handball tournament on the calendar is the Women’s World Championship 2017 

in Germany. Following 1965 and 1997 it is the third time that Germany hosts the 

event. The final tournament will take place from 1 to 17 December 2017; the host 

cities are Trier, Bietigheim-Bissingen, Oldenburg and Leipzig for the preliminary 

round, Magdeburg and Leipzig for the Last 16 and the quarter-finals as well as 

Hamburg for semi-finals and the final. 

Apart from organisers Germany, defending champions Norway are also 

directly qualified. Furthermore, the three best ranked teams at the Women’s EHF 

EURO 2016 in Sweden earn a direct place at the World Championship 2017. 

The remaining eleven teams from the Women’s EHF EURO 2016 will play the 

play-offs in June next year at which they will be joined by seven teams that have 

made it to the play-offs through the first qualification phase. For more info also 

visit www.germanyhandball2017.com 

WOMEN’S EHF EURO 2018 IN FRANCE 

30 November to 16 December 2018 

For the first time in the history of EHF EURO events for both men and women, 

the European Handball Federation’s flagship national team event comes to France. 

The Women’s EHF EURO 2018 will take place from 30 November to 16 December 

2018. Host cities are Brest, Montbéliard, Nancy, Nantes and Paris, with the French 

capital already confirmed for the final weekend. 

Organisers France are the only team already qualified, the remaining 15 

will be confirmed through qualification. Depending on the number of entries 

received for the qualification, a first phase may be played in the summer of 2017. 

The qualification draw will take place in April 2017. The first rounds of the main 

qualification phase will be played in the autumn of 2017. 

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EHF EURO ALL-TIME STATS 



Karoline Dyhre BREIVANG NOR 52 2000, 2004-2014 

Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth KOREN NOR 48 2004-2014 

Katalin PALINGER HUN 46 1998-2010 

Marta Elisabet MANGUE GONZALEZ ESP 44 2002-2014 

Maria SIDOROVA RUS 44 1998, 2002-2006, 2010-2014 

Tonje LARSEN NOR 43 1994-1998, 2002, 2008-2010 

Emiliia TUREI RUS 42 2002-2012 

Macarena AGUILAR DIAZ ESP 41 2004-2014 

Katrine LUNDE (HARALDSEN) NOR 39 2002-2012 

Aurelia BRADEANU (STOICA) ROU 38 2000-2004, 2010-2014 

Gro HAMMERSENG NOR 38 2000-2006, 2010 

Stephanie SUBKE (OFENBOCK) AUT 38 1996-2006 



Agnes FARKAS HUN 205 1994, 1998-2002 

Grit JURACK GER 194 1996, 2000, 2004-2010 

Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth KOREN NOR 190 2004-2014 

Marta Elisabet MANGUE GONZALEZ ESP 168 2002-2014 

Ausra FRIDRIKAS (ZIUKIENE) AUT 159 1996-1998, 2002 

Christina Georgiana NEAGU ROU 147 2008-2014 

Gro HAMMERSENG NOR 146 2000-2006, 2010 

Carmen-Andreea LUNGU (AMARIEI) ROU 142 1998, 2002-2004, 2008 

Linnea TORSTENSSON SWE 139 2006-2014 

Anita GORBICZ HUN 137 2002-2008, 2012 

EHF EURO GOALS IN ONE GAME TOP 10 

Karolina KUDLACZ POL 17 vs. FYR Macedonia 35:33W @ Göteborg SWE, 12.12.2006 

Aleksandra PAWELSKA POL 16 vs. Lithuania 30:27W aet @ Herning DEN, 13.12.1996 

Olena TSYGYTSA UKR 16 vs. Russia 28:24W @ Bucureşti ROU, 16.12.2000 

Marina NAOUKOVITCH RUS 16 vs. Hungary 39:29W @ Farum/Sjælland DEN, 10.12.2002 

Olena REZNIR UKR 16 vs. Russia 24:28L @ Győr HUN, 15.12.2004 

Simona GOGIRLA ROU 15 vs. Denmark 33:26W @ Bucureşti ROU, 13.12.2000 

Tanja LOGVIN AUT 15 vs. Romania 28:32L @ Debrecen HUN, 16.12.2004 

Simona GOGIRLA ROU 14 vs. Hungary 24:25L @ Bucureşti ROU, 16.12.2000 

Agnes FARKAS HUN 14 vs. Ukraine 32:30W aet @ Bucureşti ROU, 17.12.2000 

Agnes FARKAS HUN 14 vs. Yugoslavia 43:39W @ Århus DEN, 15.12.2002 

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EHF EURO BIGGEST WINS TOP 10 

23 Hungary vs. Austria 35:12 (13:6) @ Râmnicu Vâlcea ROU, 10.12.2000 

23 Norway vs. Slovenia 41:18 (16:8) @ Győr HUN, 16.12.2004 

23 Norway vs. Slovenia 43:20 (19:9) @ Göteborg SWE, 07.12.2006 

22 Norway vs. The Netherlands 35:13 (18:9) @ Lillehammer NOR, 15.12.2010 

21 Norway vs. Hungary 34:13 (19:7) @ Lillehammer NOR, 10.12.2010 

19 Hungary vs. Austria 42:23 (15:12) @ Skövde SWE, 07.12.2006 

19 Russia vs. FYR Macedonia 43:24 (15:12) @ Skopje MKD, 08.12.2008 

18 Norway vs. Lithuania 36:18 (17:9) @ Vejle DEN, 06.12.1996 

17 Russia vs. Slovakia 31:14 (16:8) @ Magdeburg GER, 21.09.1994 

17 Denmark vs. Sweden 30:13 (13:6) @ Brøndby/Sjælland DEN, 06.12.1996 

EHF EURO MOST GOALS TOP 5 

44 Norway vs. Hungary 44:29 (21:16) @ Budapest HUN, 18.12.2004 

43 Hungary vs. Yugoslavia 43:39 (24:20) @ Århus DEN, 15.12.2002 

43 Norway vs. Slovenia 43:20 (19:9) @ Göteborg SWE, 07.12.2006 

43 Croatia vs. Belarus 43:35 (21:18) @ Skopje MKD, 08.12.2008 

43 Russia vs. FYR Macedonia 43:24 (15:12) @ Skopje MKD, 08.12.2008 

EHF EURO MOST GOALS BOTH TEAMS TOP 5 

82 Yugoslavia vs. Hungary 39:43 (20:24) @ Århus DEN, 15.12.2002 

79 Hungary vs. Serbia 41:38 (21:19, 33:33) @ Beograd SRB, 16.12.2012 

78 Belarus vs. Croatia 35:43 (18:21) @ Skopje MKD, 08.12.2008 

77 Yugoslavia vs. FYR Macedonia 39:38 (14:16, 29:29, 32:32) @ Bucureşti ROU, 15.12.2000 

73 Norway vs. Hungary 44:29 (21:16) @ Budapest HUN, 18.12.2004 

EHF EURO FEWEST GOALS TOP 5 

10 Austria vs. Sweden 10:24 (5:11) @ Ohrid MKD, 04.12.2008 

11 Austria vs. Norway 11:14 (6:8) @ Bonn GER, 21.09.1994 

12 Austria vs. Hungary 12:35 (6:13) @ Râmnicu Vâlcea ROU, 10.12.2000 

13 FYR Macedonia vs. Norway 13:28 (10:17) @ Göteborg SWE, 13.12.2006 

13 Ukraine vs. The Netherlands 13:25 (8:13) @ Larvik NOR, 07.12.2010 

13 The Netherlands vs. Norway 13:35 (9:18) @ Lillehammer NOR, 15.12.2010 

* 3 more matches finished with 13 goals 

EHF EURO FEWEST GOALS BOTH TEAMS TOP 5 

25 Austria vs. Norway 11:14 (6:8) @ Bonn GER, 21.09.1994 

27 Croatia vs. Austria 14:13 (8:8) @ Waiblingen GER, 18.09.1994 

31 Norway vs. Croatia 15:16 (10:10) @ Waiblingen GER, 19.09.1994 

31 Denmark vs. Romania 15:16 (7:9) @ Herning DEN, 19.12.2010 

33 Germany vs. Slovakia 20:13 (10:8) @ Oldenburg GER, 19.09.1994 

33 Croatia vs. Germany 16:17 (7:8) @ Novi Sad SRB, 07.12.2012 

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EHF EURO MOST GOALS IN ONE HALF TOP 5 

28 Russia vs. FYR Macedonia - 2nd half 43:24 (15:12)W @ Skopje MKD, 08.12.2008 

27 Hungary vs. Austria - 2nd half 42:23 (15:12)W @ Skövde SWE, 07.12.2006 

25 Norway vs. Slovenia – 2nd half 41:18 (16:8)W @ Győr HUN, 16.12.2004 

24 Hungary vs. Yugoslavia – 1st half 43:39 (24:20)W @ Århus DEN, 15.12.2002 

24 Norway vs. Slovenia – 2nd half 43:20 (19:9)W @ Göteborg SWE, 07.12.2006 

EHF EURO MOST GOALS IN ONE HALF BOTH TEAMS TOP 5 

44 Yugoslavia vs. Hungary – 1st half 39:43 (20:24) @ Århus DEN, 15.12.2002 

40 Russia vs. FYR Macedonia – 2nd half 43:24 (15:12) @ Skopje MKD, 08.12.2008 

40 Hungary vs. Serbia – 1st half 41:38 (21:19, 33:33) @ Beograd SRB, 16.12.2012 

40 Sweden vs. Germany – 1st half 39:32 (23:17) @ Varaždin CRO, 12.12.2014 

39 Yugoslavia vs. Germany – 2nd half 34:28 (12:11) @ Râmnicu Vâlcea ROU, 13.12.2000 

39 Belarus vs. Croatia – 1st half 35:43 (18:21) @ Skopje MKD, 08.12.2008 

39 Belarus vs. Croatia – 2nd half 35:43 (18:21) @ Skopje MKD, 08.12.2008 

EHF EURO FEWEST GOALS IN ONE HALF TOP 5 

3 FYR Macedonia vs. Norway – 2nd half 13:28 (10:17)L @ Göteborg SWE, 13.12.2006 

3 Serbia vs. France – 1st half 16:27 (3:11)L @ Osijek CRO, 10.12.2014 

4 The Netherlands vs. Norway – 2nd half 13:35 (9:18)L @ Lillehammer NOR, 15.12.2010 

5 Austria vs. Croatia – 2nd half 13:14 (8:8)L @ Waiblingen GER, 18.09.1994 

5 Slovakia vs. Germany – 2nd half 13:20 (8:10)L @ Oldeburg GER, 19.09.1994 

5 Norway vs. Croatia – 2nd half 15:16 (10:10)L @ Waiblingen GER, 19.09.1994 

5 Austria vs. Norway – 2nd half 11:14 (6:8)L @ Bonn GER, 21.09.1994 

5 The Netherlands vs. Hungary – 1st half 19:28 (5:12)L @ Amsterdam NED, 13.12.1998 

5 FYR Macedonia vs. Denmark – 1st half 20:19 (5:9)W @ Bucureşti ROU, 08.12.2000 

5 Austria vs. Sweden – 1st half 10:24 (5:11)L @ Ohrid MKD, 04.12.2008 

5 Austria vs. Sweden – 2nd half 10:24 (5:11)L @ Ohrid MKD, 04.12.2008 

5 Russia vs. Sweden – 1st half 19:19 (5:8)D @ Ohrid MKD, 06.12.2008 

5 Ukraine vs. The Netherlands – 2nd half 13:25 (8:13)L @ Larvik NOR, 07.12.2010 

5 Montenegro vs. France – 1st half 19:23 (5:12)L @ Herning DEN, 18.12.2010 

EHF EURO FEWEST GOALS IN ONE HALF BOTH TEAMS TOP 5 

11 Croatia vs. Austria – 2nd half 14:13 (8:8) @ Waiblingen GER, 18.09.1994 

11 Norway vs. Croatie – 2nd half 15:16 (10:10) @ Waiblingen GER, 19.09.1994 

11 Austria vs. Norway – 2nd half 11:14 (6:8) @ Bonn GER, 21.09.1994 

13 Iceland vs. Romania – 2nd half 19:22 (13:15) @ Vršac SRB, 05.12.2012 

14 Austria vs. Ukraine – 2nd half 24:16 (16:10) @ Waiblingen GER, 17.09.1994 

14 Austria vs. Norway – 1st half 11:14 (6:8) @ Bonn GER, 21.09.1994 

14 Denmark vs. FYR Macedonia – 1st half 19:20 (9:5) @ Bucureşti ROU, 08.12.2000 

14 FYR Macedonia vs. Norway – 2nd half 13:28 (10:17) @ Göteborg SWE, 13.12.2006 

14 Serbia vs. France – 1st half 16:27 (3:11) @ Osijek CRO, 10.12.2014 

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REFEREEING GUIDELINES AT THE WOMEN’S EHF EURO 2016 

As it is essential that the referees, coaches and players speak the same language in terms of rule interpretation, the following 

refereeing guidelines have been set by the EHF Technical Refereeing Committee (TRC) for all participants. The main goal 

of the guidelines is to protect the players and the image of the game. 

PIVOT PLAY 

It is essential to control the actions between the pivot and 

the defender(s) on the 6-metre line from the first moment of 

the game. The referees will not allow shirt grabbing, long 

holding and/or defenders pulling down the line player. 

PROGRESSIVE PUNISHMENT 

The EHF EURO referees will be advised to take firm 

actions in form of a two-minunte suspension or a direct 

disqualification from the very first minute of the match for: 

• pushing an opponent who is up in the air (immediate 

two-minute suspension) 

• long holding and pushing from the side or from behind 

(immediate two-minute suspension) 

• hitting the face (immediate two-minunte or direct 

disqualification depending on the hit’s type and 

its severity) 

PENALTIES 

For the purpose of awarding a penalty in connection with 

a goalkeeper leaving the goal area, a clear chance of scoring 

exists when an opponent with ball and body control has a 

clear and unobstructed opportunity to throw the ball into 

the empty goal and the defender destroys this opportunity 

by means of an illegal action. 

However, if the attacking player is not trying to shot on 

the empty goal (i.e. when dribbling or passing the ball to 

a teammate) no penalty will be awarded, regardless of the 

distance the player will be away from the empty goal 

OFFENSIVE FOULS 

Based on the position of the defender the referees shall 

decide whether the player who is in possession of the ball 

committed an offensive foul or not. A non-movement action 

by the defender is generally an offensive foul just as actions 

where the defender is 

• moving backwards (and eventually using own arms to 

protect herself) 

• taking a legal defending position before the contact 

• hit by the attacker’s leg or arm 

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NEW TECHNOLOGY AT THE WOMEN’S EHF EURO 2016 

Following the introduction and use of goal-line technology, 

a goal-light signal as well as instant video replay technology 

at major club events in this and the past years, the EHF now 

rolls out these developments at its EHF EURO events. 

At the Women’s EHF EURO 2016 in Sweden all three 

technologies will be in use at all five venues (Stockholm, 

Kristianstad, Malmö, Helsingborg and Gothenburg) and for 

the entire duration of the tournament. 

Instant replay was used for the first time at the VELUX 

EHF FINAL4 2016. It offers the possibility to the referees to 

immediately watch a situation on a TV screen if they were 

not able to see the complete action on the court and if they 

wish to check again before reaching a decision. 

This specifically refers to key match situations where the 

referees decide to consult the TV picture additionally to 

their own view on the court. The instant replay includes the 

standard TV picture as well as additional camera angles 

offering an overall view of the court. 

GOAL-LIGHT 

An LED light installed behind the goal lights up at the 

same time as the buzzer sounds for team timeouts and at the 

end of each half. 

A visual signal therefore provides all those involved in the 

match an additional signal to show that the time has stopped 

or ended. The signal also provides further help to the 

referees in deciding whether a last-second shot has crossed 

the line or not. 

DECISION RESTS WITH REFEREES 

GOAL-LINE CAMERAS 

First introduced at the VELUX EHF FINAL4 back in 

2013, goal-line technology allows referees to utilise a number 

of cameras fixed to the goal to check whether the ball has 

crossed the goal-line. 

The technology provides referees with the opportunity – if 

they decide – to pause the game if they are unsure whether 

the ball has completely crossed the line, or, as the video is 

linked to the match clock, if the ball crossed the goal-line 

before the end of half-time or full-time. 

The use of both the instant replay and goal-line 

technology is exclusively the responsibility of the referees 

and only the referees can decide to make use of it or not. 

Neither the EHF Delegate nor the Supervisor nor any of 

the teams have the right to intervene or make use of these 

technologies. The handling is therefore completely in the 

hands of the referees. 

A decision of the referees after having consulted any of 

the three technologies is considered as a ‘statement of fact’ 

and has the same status as any other decision taken by the 

referees on the court. 

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