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2 MEDIA INFORMATION Dear Media Representative, Welcome to a new season and a new competition. The Men s EHF Cup has been created out of the merging of the Men s EHF Cup and the Cup Winners Cup. There is a new look and a new playing format, resulting in what we hope will be a new and exciting challenge both for participating teams and handball fans around Europe. With the VELUX EHF Champions League at the pinnacle of the EHF s European competitions, the EHF Cup now forms a second tier of competition, with the Challenge Cup as the third competition. In the following media information you will find the essential facts you will require for the competition, including participating teams and playing schedules. Additional information including player lists and club contacts can be found on the eurohandball.com website links can be found in this document. For further information or assistance, please do not hesitate to contact the EHF Media and Communications Department and we will be happy to help you with any information you may require. EHF Cup Media Contact Vladislav Brindzak EHF Media and Communications brindzak@eurohandball.com Online EHF Media Twitter Channel

3 INFORMATION ONLINE Find more useful information about the competition and regulations HERE. For the information about the clubs and the players profiles click HERE Follow the results of the first round matches HERE List of Men s Cup Winners Cup winners 2012 SG Flensburg Handewitt (GER) 2011 VfL Gummersbach (GER) 2010 VfL Gummersbach (GER) 2009 Pevafersa Valladolid (ESP) 2008 MKB Veszprem KC (HUN) 2007 HSV Hamburg 2006 Chekhovski Medvedi (RUS) 2005 C. BM Ademar Leon (ESP) 2004 Portland San Antonio (ESP) 2003 A.D.C. Ciudad Real (ESP) 2002 A.D.C. Ciudad Real (ESP) 2001 SG Flensburg Handewitt (GER) 2000 Portland San Antonio (ESP) 1999 Prosesa Ademar Leon (ESP) 1998 Caja Cantabria Santander (ESP) 1997 Elgorriaga Bidasoa (ESP) 1996 TBV Lemgo (GER) 1995 FC Barcelona (ESP) 1994 FC Barcelona (ESP) List of Men s EHF Cup winners 2012 Frisch Auf Göppingen (GER) 2011 Frisch Auf Göppingen (GER) 2010 TBV Lemgo (GER) 2009 VfL Gummersbach (GER) 2008 HSG Nordhorn (GER) 2007 SC Magdeburg (GER) 2006 TBV Lemgo (GER) 2005 Tusem Essen (GER) 2004 THW Kiel (GER) 2003 FC Barcelona (ESP) 2002 THW Kiel (GER) 2001 Sportclub Magdeburg (GER) 2000 Metkovic Jumbo (CRO) 1999 Sportclub Magdeburg (GER) 1998 THW Kiel (GER) 1997 SG Flensburg Handewitt (GER) 1996 BM Granollers (ESP) 1995 BM Granollers (ESP) 1994 Aliza Avidesa (ESP)

4 The new Men s EHF Cup Based on a decision of the EHF Executive from 8/9 April 2011, the two men s competitions, the Men s EHF Cup and the Men s Cup Winners Cup have joined together to create a three tier men s competition system, with the VELUX EHF Champions League as the premium product, followed by the EHF Cup and then Challenge Cup. Playing system Originally, the new competition should have involved a total of 75 clubs, 60 qualifying directly and 15 coming from the qualification rounds of the VELUX EHF Champions League. But after Danish champion AG Kobenhavn were declared bankrupt, their place in the VELUX EHF Champions League was taken over by Bjerringbro Silkeborg. This created an open slot in the Wild Card Tournament of the premier continental club competition and the EHF decided to invite Slovenian side RK Cimos Koper from the EHF Cup onto the starting grid of the Wild Card Tournament. The competition will be played with three Qualification rounds, a Group Phase, Quarterfinals and a Final Tournament, with four teams playing over two days to decide the winner of the EHF Cup. The Final Tournament is scheduled for Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 May Final Tournament Applications for organisation of the Final Tournament will be accepted before the start of the Group Phase of the competition based on a set criteria defined by the EHF.These applications may come from a neutral venue or organiser or from one of the teams playing in the Group Phase. In the case where a team that has qualified for the Quarter-finals is selected as organiser of the Final Tournament, this team will then qualify directly for the Final Tournament, and the Quarter-finals will be played with six teams the top team in each group and the two best ranked second placed teams. Media and advertising rights The changes to the playing format of the EHF Cup form part of a wider strategy to develop the marketing potential of the competition, by raising the profile of the EHF Cup and increasing media/tv interest in top-class men s club handball. It is with this in mind that media/tv rights will be marketing centrally, just as they are in the VELUX EHF Champions League, by EHF Marketing GmbH, the marketing arm of the EHF, to maximise the income from the sale of rights. Complete advertising rights will remain with the participating clubs in the qualification rounds, with selected rights passing to EHF Marketing GmbH from the Group Phase to be marketed and sold centrally to major partners and sponsors.to improve the presentation of matches for both the TV audience and fans in the arenas, matches from the Group Phase onwards will be played on floors marked with only handball lines.

5 The further development of the competition in the coming and subsequent seasons has seen the EHF and EHF Marketing GmbH create a new logo for the competition as well as a unified look and branding, a strategy that has seen the VELUX EHF Champions League rapidly develop into a successful brand and competition on the international sports market. Defending champions The winners of the 2011/12 EHF Cup, Frisch Auf Göppingen, have a place in the new EHF Cup and will join the competition in the third qualification round. SG Flensburg-Handewitt, winners of the 2011/12 Cup Winners' Cup have by virtue of their second place in the German Bundesliga, already qualified for the VELUX EHF Champions League. There are six seeded clubs waiting in the third round, on the contrary another favourite KIF Kolding with several players from AG Kobenhavn will try to fight their way to the Group Phase from the first qualification round.

6 EHF Cup - 54 Participants Nation Club AUT HIT medalp Tirol - Round 1 BEL United HC Tongeren - Round 1 BIH RK "Borac m:tel" Banja Luka - Round 1 BLR HC Meshkov Brest - Round 1 BUL HC Dobrudja - Round 1 CRO HC Zamet - Round 1 CRO RK Nexe Nasice - Round 2 CRO RK Siscia - Round 1 CYP European University Cyprus - Round 1 CZE HK A.S.A. Meso Lovosice - Round 1 DEN KIF Kolding - Round 1 DEN Team Tvis Holstebro - Round 2 ESP BM Aragon - Round 3 ESP Naturhouse La Rioja - Round 3 EST HC Kehra - Round 1 FRA HBC Nantes - Round 3 GBR London GD Handball Club - Round 1 GER Frisch Auf Göppingen - Round 3 GER Rhein-Neckar Löwen - Round 3 GER SC Magdeburg - Round 3 GRE A.C. Diomidis Argous - Round 1 GRE A.E.K. Athens - Round 1 HUN Balatonfüredi KSE - Round 1 HUN Grundfos Tatabanya KC - Round 2 ISL Haukar Hafnarfjördur - Round 1 ISL HK Kopavogur - Round 2 ITA PlanetWin365 Conversano - Round 1 KOS KH BESA Famiglia - Round 1 LUX HB Dudelange - Round 1 MDA PGU-Kartina TV Tiraspol - Round 1 MKD HC Kumanovo - Round 1 MKD HC Vardar PRO Skopje - Round 2 MNE HC Mojkovac - Round 1 NED HV KRAS/Volendam - Round 1 NOR Elverum Handball Herrer - Round 1 POL Tauron Stal Mielec - Round 1 POR Madeira SAD - Round 2 POR S.L. Benfica - Round 1 POR Sporting CP - Round 1 ROU HC Odorheiu Secuiesc - Round 1 ROU Stiinta Municipal Dedeman Bacau - Round 2 RUS Permskie medvedi - Round 1 RUS Sungul Snezhinsk - Round 2 SLO RK Maribor Branik Round 1 SRB RK Vojvodina - Round SUI BSV Bern Muri - Round 1 SUI Pfadi Winterthur - Round 1 SUI Wacker Thun - Round 2 SVK HC Sporta Hlohovec - Round 1 SWE Eskilstuna Guif - Round 2 SWE IFK Kristianstad - Round 1 SWE Ystads IF - Round 1 TUR Nilüfer Belediyespor - Round 1 UKR HC Motor Zaporozhye - Round 2

7 MatchID: POR Sporting CP 002 SWE Ystads IF :30 Odivelas :15 Ystad Ref.: Pandzic, Mosorinski SRB Del.: Permuy ESP Ref.: Kouz, Zhoba UKR Del.: Lauritzen NOR 003 BIH RK "Borac m:tel" Banja Luka 004 KOS KH BESA Famiglia :00 Banja Luka :00 Pejä Ref.: Mandak, Rudinsky SVK Del.: Posavec CRO Ref.: Sirbu, Suponicov MDA Del.: Vujisic MNE 005 ISL Haukar Hafnarfjördur 006 MNE HC Mojkovac :00 Asvöllum :00 Asvöllum Ref.: Dobrovits, Tajok HUN Del.: Østerballe DEN Ref.: Dobrovits, Tajok HUN Del.: Østerballe DEN Both matches in ISL 007 SUI Pfadi Winterthur 008 POR S.L. Benfica :00 Winterthur :00 Lisboa Ref.: Gousko, Repkin BLR Del.: Germain FRA Ref.: Baranowski, Lemanowicz POL Del.: Castillo GBR 009 SLO RK Maribor Branik 010 LUX HB Dudelange :00 Maribor :00 Dudelange Ref.: Hajek, Macho CZE Del.: Kaschütz AUT Ref.: Wyss, Zowa SUI Del.: RENON FRA 011 CZE HK A.S.A. Meso Lovosice 012 CRO HC Zamet :00 Lovosice :00 Rijeka Ref.: Bounouara, Sami FRA Del.: Zabczynski POL Ref.: Erdogan, Özdeniz TUR Del.: Popov SRB 013 RUS Permskie medvedi 014 MDA PGU-Kartina TV Tiraspol :00 Perm :00 Perm Ref.: Novikov, Perepilitsy UKR Del.: Mkhitaryan ARM Ref.: Novikov, Perepilitsy UKR Del.: Mkhitaryan ARM Both matches in RUS 015 CYP European University Cyprus 016 ROU HC Odorheiu Secuiesc :00 Nicosia :00 Odorheiu Secuiesc Ref.: Bol, Van Eck NED Del.: Antonopoulos GRE Ref.: Krkacev, Kolevski MKD Del.: Vizitiu MDA 017 AUT HIT medalp Tirol 018 CRO RK Siscia :30 Innsbruck :00 Sisak Ref.: Karlubik, Struhar SVK Del.: Vitzthum SUI Ref.: Di Domenico, Fornasier ITA Del.: Metalari MKD 019 BLR HC Meshkov Brest 020 ITA PlanetWin365 Conversano :00 Brest :00 Brest Ref.: Pavicevic, Raznatovic MNE Del.: Fegir UKR Ref.: Pavicevic, Raznatovic MNE Del.: Fegir UKR Both matches in BLR 021 GRE A.C. Diomidis Argous 022 GRE A.E.K. Athens :00 Nea Kios :00 Athens Ref.: Boricic, Markovic SRB Del.: Savvides CYP Ref.: Konjicanin, Konjicanin BIH Del.: Kaplanis CYP 023 BEL United HC Tongeren 024 NOR Elverum Handball Herrer :15 Tongeren :00 Elverum Ref.: Lillepea, Kull EST Del.: Wiebrands NED Ref.: Leszczynski, Piechota POL Del.: Halldorsson ISL 025 HUN Balatonfüredi KSE 026 EST HC Kehra :00 Balatonfüred :00 Balatonfüred Ref.: Mitrevski, Todorovski MKD Del.: Stanek CZE Ref.: Mitrevski, Todorovski MKD Del.: Stanek CZE Both matches in HUN 2012/13 Men's European Cup EHF Cup Round SWE IFK Kristianstad 028 SVK HC Sporta Hlohovec :00 Kristianstad :00 Hlohovec Ref.: Liachovicius, Gecevicius LTU Del.: Järv EST Ref.: Buache, Meyer SUI Del.: Reisinger AUT EHF Report :44 1/2

8 029 TUR Nilüfer Belediyespor 030 POL Tauron Stal Mielec :00 Mielec :00 Mielec Ref.: Yudchyts, Kot BLR Del.: Asgarov AZE Ref.: Yudchyts, Kot BLR Del.: Asgarov AZE Both matches in POL 031 MKD HC Kumanovo 032 BUL HC Dobrudja :00 Kumanovo :00 Kumanovo Ref.: Pavel, State ROU Del.: Maric BIH Ref.: Pavel, State ROU Del.: Maric BIH Both matches in MKD 033 NED HV KRAS/Volendam 034 SUI BSV Bern Muri :00 Volendam :30 Bern Ref.: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann GRE Del.: Simon LUX Ref.: Argyridis, Mouttas CYP Del.: Costa POR 035 GBR London GD Handball Club 036 DEN KIF Kolding :00 Kolding :00 Vamdrup Ref.: Sigurjónsson, Petursson ISL Del.: Thelander SWE Ref.: Sigurjónsson, Petursson ISL Del.: Thelander SWE Both matches in DEN 2012/13 Men's European Cup EHF Cup Round 1 RR_B371R1 EHF Report :44 2/2

9 Winner R1 European University Cyprus/HC Odorheiu Secuiesc MatchID: Loser CL QT Besiktas JK/HC Dinamo Minsk Winner R1 IFK Kristianstad/HC Sporta Hlohovec 004 SWE Eskilstuna Guif Winner R1 HC Kumanovo/HC Dobrudja 006 RUS Sungul Snezhinsk Winner R1 HV KRAS/Volendam/BSV Bern Muri /W CL QT Winner R1 Nilüfer Belediyespor/Tauron Stal Mielec 010 DEN Team Tvis Holstebro 011 HUN Grundfos Tatabanya KC 012 Winner R1 United HC Tongeren/Elverum Handball Herrer 013 POR Madeira SAD Winner R1 A.C. Diomidis Argous/A.E.K. Athens Winner R1 Permskie medvedi/pgu- Kartina TV Tiraspol 016 SUI Wacker Thun Winner R1 Pfadi Winterthur/S.L. Benfica /3 CL QT Winner R1 London GD Handball Club/KIF Kolding /1 CL QT 021 CRO RK Nexe Nasice Winner R1 HC Meshkov Brest/PlanetWin365 Conversano Winner R1 HIT medalp Tirol/RK Siscia 2012/13 Men's European Cup EHF Cup Round /2 CL QT EHF Report :18 1/2

10 025 MKD HC Vardar PRO - Skopje 026 Winner R1 HK A.S.A. Meso Lovosice/HC Zamet 027 ISL HK Kopavogur 028 Winner R1 RK Maribor Branik/HB Dudelange 029 SRB RK Vojvodina 030 Winner R1 Balatonfüredi KSE/HC Kehra 031 UKR HC Motor Zaporozhye /13 Men's European Cup EHF Cup Round 2 Winner R1 Haukar Hafnarfjördur/HC Mojkovac 033 ROU Stiinta Municipal Dedeman Bacau 034 Winner R1 Sporting CP/Ystads IF RR_B371R2 EHF Report :18 2/2

11 EUROPEAN CUP 2012/2013 MEN Ranking for 2012/13 Number of teams for each Federation in the various competitions Last season 2011/12 Move Place 2012/13 Nation Average points Champions League European Cup Challenge Cup 1 1 GER 149, ESP 132, FRA 69, RUS 56, HUN 51, SLO 50, DEN 50, SUI 44, ROU 37, CRO 29, POR 27, MKD 23, SWE 23, BIH 22, SRB 21, POL 19, NOR 17, AUT 17, UKR 17, TUR 13, ISL 13, SVK 11, MNE 11, GRE 10, BLR 10, ISR 10, ITA 10, BUL 7, LUX 7, EST 6, NED 5, CYP 3, CZE 3, BEL 3, KOS 2, LAT 2, LTU 2, GEO 1, FAR 0, IRL 0, MDA 0, ENG 0, ALB 0, FIN 0, ARM/AND/AZE/LIE/MLT/MON/SCO 0,00 Total The ranking for the 2012/13 season is based on the results of the European Cup seasons 2008/09, 2009/10 and 2010/

12 Qualification Qualification Qualification Group Quarter Final Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Phase finals Tournament 36 teams 36 teams 32 teams 16 teams 6 teams 4 teams 08/ / / R1: 09/ / / first leg first leg first leg R2: 16/ first leg Tournament R3: 23/ / / / R4: 09/ / NATION second leg second leg second leg R5:16/ second leg R6:23/ DRAWS: 1 Def. Champ. Frisch Auf Göppingen/GER 2 2nd CL Q1 2nd CL Q1 3 2nd CL Q2 2nd CL Q2 4 2nd CL Q3 2nd CL Q3 5 2nd CL QWC 2nd CL QWC 6 3rd CL Q1 3rd CL Q1 7 3rd CL Q2 3rd CL Q2 8 3rd CL Q3 3rd CL Q3 9 3rd CL QWC 3rd CL QWC 10 GER Rhein-Neckar Löwen 11 ESP BM Aragon 12 GER SC Magdeburg 13 ESP Naturhouse La Rioja 14 FRA HBC Nantes 15 4th CL Q1 4th CL Q1 16 4th CL Q2 4th CL Q2 17 4th CL Q3 4th CL Q3 18 Loser CL Q4 Loser CL Q4 19 4th CL QWC 4th CL QWC 20 SLO RK Cimos Koper 21 DEN Team Tvis Holstebro 22 ROU M. Dedeman Bacau 23 POR Madeira Andebol 24 RUS Sungul Snezhinsk 25 SWE Eskilstuna Guif 26 SUI Wacker Thun 27 SRB Vojvodina Novi Sad 28 HUN Grundfos Tatabanya 29 UKR Motor Zaporozshe 30 MKD Vardar PRO Skopje 31 CRO HC Nexe 32 ISL HK Kopavogs 33 GRE AC Diomidis Argous 34 SLO RK Maribor Branik 35 DEN KIF Kolding 36 ROU Odorheiu Secuiesc 37 POR Sporting CP 38 RUS Permskie medvedi 39 SWE IFK Kristianstad 40 SUI Pfadi Winterthur 41 HUN Balatonfüredi KSE 42 MKD HC Kumanovo 43 CRO HC Zamet 44 NOR Elverum Handball 45 BLR Meshkov Brest 46 AUT HIT medalp Tirol 47 BIH Borac m:tel Banja Luka 48 NED HV Kras/Volendam 49 TUR Nilüfer Belediyespor 50 ISL Haukar Hafnarfördur 51 LUX HB Dudelange 52 CZE ASA Meso Lovosice 53 EST HC Kehra 54 CYP European U. Cyprus 55 ITA PlanetWin365 Conversano 56 BEL United HC Tongeren 57 GRE A.E.K. Athens 58 MNE HC Mojkovac 59 BUL HC Dobrudja 60 SVK Sporta Hlohovec 61 MDA PGU Kartina Tiraspol 62 POL Tauron Stal Mielec 63 KOS Besa Famiglia 64 GBR London GD Handball 65 POR S.L. Benfica 66 SWE Ystads IF 67 SUI Bern Muri 68 CRO RK Siscia 2012/2013 MEN'S EHF CUP 18 Winners of Qualification Round 1 18 Winners of Qualification Round 2 16 Winners of Qualification Round 3 four 1st placed teams of Group Phase as well as the three best 2nd placed teams (excl. Organiser of the Final Tournament) published version, Winners of Quarterfinals as well as the organiser of the final tournament

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