TEAMS: 1. Budućnost 2. Thüringer HC 3. Zvezda Zvenigorod 4. Viborg HK. Expert Grit Jurack says:

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2 TEAMS: 1. Budućnost 2. Thüringer HC 3. Zvezda Zvenigorod 4. Viborg HK Expert Grit Jurack says: Group D will see some very interesting matches. Thüringer HC coach Herbert Müller is always modest, but no one should underestimate the German champions - they can be one of the biggest surprises despite their tough opponents, especially on home ground. Zvezda are another candidate for the semi-finals. Look at their reinforced squad with interesting players: even a world class player like Liudmila Postnova is sitting on the bench. The Croatian coaches are doing a really good job and breathed new life into this club. Nearly all their top stars have left, so defending champions Budućnost have a tough task ahead to reach the Main Round, as I estimate they cannot perform as well as their opponents. They can count on emotional players and their lion s den in Podgorica, but I don t know if this is enough to proceed. My former team Viborg have been hit hard by injuries, especially on the right side. By signing Anita Bulath VHK now have an alternative, but it will take some time to integrate her. Of course I hope that they proceed to the Main Round and I rate Viborg even higher than Budućnost, but below Zvezda as this season they are completely focused on the EHF Champions League. 74

3 Group D matches won draw lost goal-difference points 1 MNE Buducnost : GER Thüringer HC : RUS Zvezda Zvenigorod : DEN Viborg HK :0 0 0 MatchID: MNE Buducnost vs. RUS Zvezda Zvenigorod :00 Podgorica / MNE Del.: Metalari MKD 038 GER Thüringer HC vs. DEN Viborg HK :00 Nordhausen / GER Del.: Cuderman SLO 040 RUS Zvezda Zvenigorod vs. GER Thüringer HC :00 Chekhov / RUS 2012/13 Women's European Cup EHF Champions League Group Matches 039 DEN Viborg HK vs. MNE Buducnost :00 Viborg / DEN 041 GER Thüringer HC vs. MNE Buducnost :00 Nordhausen / GER 042 DEN Viborg HK vs. RUS Zvezda Zvenigorod :00 Viborg / DEN 044 RUS Zvezda Zvenigorod vs. DEN Viborg HK :30 Chekhov / RUS 043 MNE Buducnost vs. GER Thüringer HC :00 Podgorica / MNE 045 RUS Zvezda Zvenigorod vs. MNE Buducnost :00 Chekhov / RUS 046 DEN Viborg HK vs. GER Thüringer HC :00 Viborg / DEN 048 GER Thüringer HC vs. RUS Zvezda Zvenigorod :00 Nordhausen / GER 047 MNE Buducnost vs. DEN Viborg HK :00 Podgorica / MNE 75 RR_B365R3 EHF Report :40 4/4

4 BUDUĆNOST PODGORICA (Montenegro) Qualification for the Women s EHF Champions League 2012/13 season: Montenegrin Champions Season Preview: They secured the trophy and successfully finished their major long-term project by winning the Women s EHF Champions League title for the first time. Many of their players then followed that up with the Olympic silver medal in London but now everything has changed at defending champions Budućnost Podgorica. The team for the forthcoming season is completely different to the one which won the title. Top stars Bojana Popović and Maja Savić retired with former becoming the new team manager, back court shooter Katarina Bulatović transferred to Oltchim Vâlcea, and goalkeeper Sonja Barjaktarović and pivot Ana Djokić now play for Rostov. Coach Dragan Adžić has the challenge of integrating seven new and mostly young players and has to build up a new team, so their objective for the coming season is only to reach the Main Round. Explaining the changes, club president Predrag Bošković said: We decided that, after a season in which we achieved all our dreams, we should make a new young team with high quality." We signed the best European players from the 1990 generation. And maybe there are still two players who could be of that age and play in Budućnost. I am convinced that Buducnost will secure a lot of top results in the next season and that we will be a most pleasant surprise. The playmaker and national team player Milena Knežević is also convinced for the future. This is a totally new team, so we will need some time to get into shape, she said. I am sure we will have a good time together and we will show a great fighting spirit and a strong defence. The team is young, we cannot suddenly gain a lot of experience but we will do our best. Club address: Budućnost Ivana Milutinovića B.B Podgorica, Montenegro Contact numbers: Tel Fax srdjan.markoc@t-com.me Arena: S.C. Morača Str. Ivana Milutinovića b.b Podgorica, Montenegro Capacity: 4525 Media contact: Savo Laković, zrkbuducnost@t-com.me Online: Club website: Facebook: ŽRK-Budućnost-T-Mobile ehfcl.com EHF Champions League: Participations (including 2012/13 season): 17 Winners: 2011/12 Semi-finalists: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2011 Quarter-finals: 2003, 2004 Last 16: 1996 Group Phase/Champions League: 1997, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 Cup Winners Cup: Winners: 1984/85, 2005/06, 2009/10 IHF Cup: Winners: 1986/87 Montenegrin champions: 24 titles (1985,1989,1990, ) Montenegrin Cup winners: 17 titles 76

5 The squad No. First Name Family Name Nat. Position Date of Birth Weight Height 40 Katarina Bralo CRO Goalkeeper Andjela Bulatovic MNE Centre Back Dragana Cvijic SRB Line Player Elena Gjeorgjievska MKD Right Back Jelena Despotovic MNE Left Back Bojana Popovic MNE Left Back Katarina Perovic MNE Goalkeeper Ivana Stojanovic Bozovic MNE Left Back Katarina Jezic CRO Line Player Milena Knezevic MNE Back Suzana Lazovic MNE Line Player Majda Mehmedovic MNE Left Wing Claudine Mendy FRA Left Back Radmila Miljanic MNE Right Wing Zeljka Nikolic SRB Right Wing Biljana Pavicevic MNE Left Wing Jelena Trifunovic SRB Left Back Marina Vukcevic MNE Goalkeeper Clara Woltering GER Goalkeeper Jelena Zivkovic SRB Right Back New signings (including former club): Claudine Mendy (Metz Handball/FRA) Katarina Ježić (Lokomotiva Zagreb/CRO) Katarina Bralo (HBC Nimes/FRA) Jelena Živković (FTC Hungaria Rail Cargo/HUN) Jelena Trifunović (Crvena Zvezda Beograd/SRB) Biljana Pavičević (Zito Prilep/SRB) Željka Nikolić (Zork Jagodina/SRB) Left the club (including new club): Bojana Popović, Maja Savić (end of careers) Katarina Bulatović (Oltchim Vâlcea/ROU) Ana Radović (KIF Vejen/DEN) Sonja Barjaktarović, Ana Djokić (both Rostov/RUS) Dijana Golubić (destination unknown) Dijana Števin (Jagodina) Gabriela Adriana Tacalie (Brasov/ROU) 77

6 Key players Clara Woltering: Charismatic Clara Woltering was educated by Andreas Thiel, one of the greatest German goalkeepers of all time. After playing in Leverkusen for more than ten years, Woltering transferred to Budućnost Podgorica in 2011 and won the Women s EHF Champions League in her first season in Montenegro. And in 2005 she won the Challenge Cup with her former club Bayer Leverkusen. The 29-yearold is the most experienced player in the German national team with nearly 150 caps. Her biggest success was the bronze medal at the 2007 world championship. And after Sonja Bajraktarović left Budućnost to Rostov, Woltering has even more responsibility to carry on her shoulders. Milena Knežević: The 22-year-old playmaker is one of the biggest talents in Montenegro and already has a leading role at Budućnost as well as in the national team. Knežević was captain of the Montenegrin junior team that won bronze at the world championship 2010 and was member of the All-Star-Team at the same tournament. Her next milestone was to become a senior national team player, and she was part of the team which successfully finished the Olympic Games 2012 with the silver medal. And as a large number of stars left the club, Knežević has stepped up to play a major part in the Budućnost attack. Dragana Cvijić: The Serbian line player (22) is one of the most powerful attackers and defenders in the Women s EHF Champions League. Cvijić arrived in Podgorica in 2011 after she had played for the Slovenian side Krim Mercator for two seasons. Born in Belgrade, Cvijić became a member of the Serbian national team very early and was a key part of Budućnost s victory in last year s Women s EHF Champions League. Coach Dragan Adžić: 42-year-old Adžić is already a legend in women s handball especially in Montenegro since they won Olympic silver in London. His list of successes started in 2010 when his women s junior team won the bronze medal at the world championship in Korea. Then he led Montenegro women for the first time ever to European (2010) and World Championship (2011) titles. Despite missing the quarter finals in Brazil, Montenegro qualified for the Olympic Games and eventually made their way to the finals. But perhaps Adžić s biggest success occurred on club level when he led Budućnost Podgorica to their first ever title in the Champions League in May

7 THÜRINGER HC (Germany) Qualification for the Women s EHF Champions League 2012/13 season: German Champions Season Preview: With just one point from six matches in their debut season, 2011/12 was disappointing for Thüringer HC in the Women s EHF Champions League. But this year the German champions are aiming for more, although they have a tough task ahead with matches against defending champions Budućnost and the former Women s EHF Champions League champions Viborg and Zvezda. But coach Herbert Müller, who has much experience in European competitions having worked with Nuremberg and Braşov in the past, has strengthened his squad with top international players, including two times Champions League winner Anja Althaus, arriving from Viborg, and the Danish international Mie Augustesen, arriving from CL participant Randers. On top of that, Ana Gros has signed from Women s EHF Champions League 2012 finalist Györi and goalkeeper Katarina Tomašević joins from Serbian champions Zaječar. Two big names have left Thüringer HC: former trophy winner Nora Reiche has returned to her home club HC Leipzig and Brazilian wing player Idalina Borges Mesquita has retired. And as well as the squad looking different, THC will now play home matches at Nordhausen after being based at Erfurt last season. Just as they did in 2011, THC became German champion by the closest possible margin, with just one goal giving them the play-off final verdict against Buxtehuder SV, who have also booked their ticket for the Women s EHF Champions League Group Matches, by winning the qualification tournament in Trondheim. The international objective of THC sounds easy, but is hard to reach: to win their first ever match in the Women s EHF Champions League. Club address: Thüringer HC Mittelhäuser Str Erfurt, Germany Contact numbers: Tel Fax bundesliga@thueringer-hc.de Arena: Wiedigsburghalle Nordhausen August-Bebel-Platz Nordhausen, Germany Capacity: 2218 Media contact: Bernd Hohnstein, hohnstein@thueringer-hc.de Online: Club website: Facebook: thueringerhc ehfcl Club achievements: EHF Champions League: Participations (including 2012/13 season): 2 Group Matches: 2011/12 Other EC records: Challenge Cup: Finalists: 2008/09 German champions: 2011, 2012 German Cup winners:

8 The squad No. First Name Family Name Nat. Position Date of Birth Weight Height 20 Anja Althaus GER Line Player Mie Augustesen DEN Left Wing Stefanie Bischof GER Back Marieke Blase GER Back Nadja Bolze GER Line Player Dinah Eckerle GER Goalkeeper Katrin Engel AUT Right Back Sonja Frey AUT Centre Back Frenzy Geis GER Back Ana Gros SLO Right Back Lydia Jakubisova SVK Right Wing Maike März GER Goalkeeper Ewgenija Minevskaja GER Left Back Nadja Nadgornaja GER Left Back Petra Popluharova SVK Left Back Danick Snelder NED Line Player Katarina Tomasevic SRB Goalkeeper Kerstin Wohlbold GER Centre Back New signings (including former club): Anja Althaus (Viborg HK) Mie Augustensen (Randers HK), Katarina Tomašević (Zaječar/SRB) Sonja Frey ( MGA Fivers Wien) Ana Gros (Györ) Left the club (including new club): Nora Reiche (HC Leipzig) Ulrike Jahn (retired) Idalina Borges Mesquita (retired) Katrin Schröder (retired) Dagmara Stuparičová (Halle- Neustadt/GER) 80

9 Key players Nadja Nadgornaja: At 24 years old and standing tall at just over six feet, Nadja Nadgornaja is one of the new faces in the German national team. The left back was born in Kiev, Ukraine, but learned everything about handball in Germany and in the spring of 2011 was selected for the national team. Her biggest success on international level was the gold medal at the 2008 junior world championship. For the last two years she has played for Thüringer HC, becoming German champions twice and cup winner once. Nadgornaja is well-known for her precise jump-shots. Anja Althaus: Apart from Grit Jurack, 30-year-old Althaus is the most successful German player ever in the Women s EHF Champions League. The line player, who started her career in Trier (German champions 2003), won the trophy twice with Danish side Viborg HK in 2009 and After five years in Denmark, Althaus returned to Germany at the start of this season. With nearly 200 international matches, she is one of the most experienced German national team players. Mie Augustesen: The Danish winger was the only participant from the German League at the 2012 Olympic Games. From 2005 to 2012 she played for Danish side Randers HK who became national champion in 2012, before transferring to Thüringer HC. Since 2007 Augustesen (24) has been a member of the Danish national team and plays a key role in the rejuvenated squad of Jan Pytlick. During the EHF EURO 2010 she was the top Danish scorer until the Main Round, but then had to miss the final weekend including semi-final and bronze medal match due to an injury. Coach Herbert Müller: Nicknamed the motivator, Romanian born Müller (50) knows how to treat his players to achieve success. Thüringer HC is the third club he has coached in the Women s EHF Champions League. Müller started his coaching career at FC Nürnberg and led them to three German championship titles and two cup victories. Twice he reached the Main Round of the Champions League. After that club went bankrupt he moved to Romanian side Brasov, before returning to Thüringer HC two seasons ago, again being the key to two national championships and one cup triumph. Besides working at club level, Müller is the coach of the Austrian women s national team. 81

10 ZVEZDA ZVENIGOROD (Russia) Qualification for the Women s EHF Champions League 2012/13 season: Winner of Wildcard Tournament, third ranked in Russia Season Preview: Never ever a debutant had won the Women s EHF Champions League before then the Russian star of Zvezda ( star ) arose quickly. In 2007 the team of former coach Evgeny Trefilov became Russian champions for the first time after winning the EHF Cup, and in their first ever season they went all the way to the final, then beating Hypo Niederösterreich twice. But the star fell as it had risen before: Three more times Zvezda qualified for the Women s EHF Champions League, three more times they were eliminated in the Group Matches. Now the Russian team are willing to prove that they belong to the top of Europe again. Though they only ranked third in the strong Russian league below champions Dinamo and Rostov they made it to the Group Matches by winning the wildcard tournament in Paris. And the team of Croatian coach Zdravko Zovko, who arrived in the Moscow Region last season with famous goalkeeper s coach Vlado Šola, is estimated to be a contender for the semi-finals at least as they added international top class to their strong squad. Samira Rocha is the first ever Brazilian to join the Russian club, French international Alexandra Lacrabére is another top newcomer like the two Russian internationals Maria Sidorova and Ekaterina Marennikova, both arriving from their big domestic rivals Lada Togliatti. With this squad Zvezda are fighting for their second Russian title, on which they wait since 2007, and at minimum to proceed to the Main Round of the European heavy-weight class. Zdravko Zovko, who is also manager of the team, is looking forward to a new challenge: 16 top teams compete for this most important trophy. It is our dream to be part of the top four teams of the Champions League. Club address: Zvezda Zvenigorod Chaykovskogo st. 59/ Zvenigorod Russia Contact numbers: Tel Fax: nikkav@bk.ru skzvezda@list.ru Arena: Sport Hall "Olimpiyskiy" Chekhov Poligrafistov Str Chekhov, Russia Capacity: 3000 Media contact: Artem Shmelkov, artem.shmelkov@ntvplus.com Online: Club website: Facebook: Звезда ehfcl.com EHF Champions League records: Participations (including 2012/13 season): 5 Winners: 2008 Group Matches: 2009, 2010, 2011 Other EC records: EHF Cup: Winners: 2007 Cup Winners Cup: Quarter-finalists: 2010, 2011, 2012 Russian champions: 2007 Russian cup winners: 2009, 2010,

11 The squad No. First Name Family Name Nat. Position Date of Birth Weight Height 63 Anastasia Alexeeva RUS Alena Amelchenko RUS Irina Antonova RUS Line Player Yulia Arefyeva RUS Natalia Chernova RUS Right Wing Samira Pereira Da Silva Rocha BRA Left Wing Elena Dmitrieva RUS Left Wing Natalia Ivanova RUS Victoriya Kalinina RUS Goalkeeper Julia Khavronina RUS Right Back Victoria Klimantceva RUS Left Wing Oxana Koroleva RUS Back Kristina Kozhokar RUS Polina Kuznetcova RUS Left Wing Alexandra Lacrabere FRA Back Anastasia Lagina RUS Anastasia Lobach BLR Line Player Ekaterina Marennikova RUS Right Wing Victoria Nikitina RUS Julija Nikolic MKD Centre Back Anastasia Novitskaya RUS Left Wing Maria Palyukh RUS Liudmila Postnova RUS Left Back Nadezda Potapenko RUS Centre Back Maria Sidorova RUS Goalkeeper Valeria Szabo HUN Line Player Yana Uskova RUS Right Wing Anna Vyakhireva RUS Right Back Regina Yakupova RUS Goalkeeper New signings (including former club): Left the club (including new club): Maria Sidorova, Ekaterina Marennikova (both Lada Togliatti) Alexandra Lacrabére, Julia Nikolić (both Arvor 29 Brest/FRA) Anastasia Lobach (Dunarea Braila) Samira Rocha (Hypo NÖ) Nigina Saidova (Vardar) Marina Skladchikova (Rostov-Don) Tatiana Dronina (Kuban Krasnodar) Svetlana Pasicnik, Simona Spiridon (end of career) Daria Gruzdeva, Dina Sashurkova, Inga Gaijutite (both Luch Moscow) Olga Vinogradova 83

12 Key players Liudmila Postnova: Postnova is the hub of the Russian National team as well as Zvezda. The playmaker and shooter has enjoyed her biggest successes with the national team, becoming three times world champion (2005, 2007, 2009), Olympic silver medallist 2008 and EHF EURO silver (2006) and bronze medallist (2008). At the world championship 2009 Postnova was awarded most valuable player and later-on was nominated three times for the world handball player of the year award. In her younger years she was junior world champion in 2003 and youth and junior European champion in 2001 and At club level the playmaker was EHF Champions League finallist with her former club Lada Togliatti, and five times Russian champion. She has played for Zvezda since Maria Sidorova: Since the start of this season 32-year-old Sidorova has been the first choice in the Zvezda goal, after more than a decade playing for Lada. After giving birth to her son, she returned three years ago and became number one in the Russian National team again. She was a Champions League finalist with Lada in 2007, and became world champion in 2007 and Olympic silver medallist in Alexandra Lacrabére: The 24 year old right back arrived in Russia from French champions Brest. Lacrabére has been a member of the French National team since 2006, and has already played in several clubs in her homecountry as well as Spain (Bera Bera). Her biggest success with the National was winning the silver medal at the 2011 world championship after winning EHF EURO bronze in She is teaming up with her Brazilian colleague Samira da Silva, who also moved to Zvezda before this season. Coach Zdravko Zovko: It was a big surprise when 57-year-old Zovko arrived at Zvezda a year ago, together with his fellow Croat and Olympic champion Vlado Šola, the goalkeeping coach at the Russian side. As a player Zovko was Olympic champion with Yugoslavia in 1984 and runner-up in the world championship Later on in his career he coached the Croatian men s national team, leading them to silver at the 1995 world championship and the 1994 EHF EURO, and he was successful coach of the men s team at RK Zagreb (Champions Cup winner in 1992 and 1993) and later at MKB Veszprém. Before arriving at Zvezda, Zovko had his first job in women s club handball as coach of 84 Croatian record champions Podravka.

13 VIBORG HK (Denmark) Qualification for the Women s EHF Champions League 2012/13 season: Danish runners-up Season Preview: They are three times Women s EHF Champions League winner and twice finalists, but in the past two seasons Viborg HK have been eliminated after the Group Matches. In 2011/12 they made their way to the Cup Winners Cup final, but missed another trophy for their cabinet against FTC from Hungary. Now an era has come to an end, as several experienced players left the club such as Christina Pedersen, Anja Althaus or Cristina Vărzaru, or finished their career like Louise Bager Due or Henriette Mikkelsen. The rejuvenated team was supposed to be led by German right back Grit Jurack, but at the end of August both her and the club were shocked to learn of her forced retirement due to a shoulder injury. Before the start of the new Women s EHF Champions League season, Viborg had big problems on the right, as newcomer and lefthanded Olympic champion Amanda Kurtovic is also out with a long-term injury, therefore they signed Anita Bulath from Podravka. Viborg also signed a new and internationally experienced - goalkeeping duo in Cléopatre Darleux and Cecilia Grubbström, and additionally added some hopeful talents to the squad. But despite the loss of experience Viborg still aim to reach the Main Round. New goalkeeper Darleux starts her first international season at Viborg with mixed emotions. "I think it is a very hard group with three strong opponents, including last years champions Budućnost. I hope Bojana (Popović) won't play for them, but they are strong even if she doesn't," she said. To proceed to the next stage would be the icing on the cake for the club which celebrated its 25th anniversary this summer. Their celebrations included voting for the all-time best players and. Heidi Holme Astrup received the award for the most valuable player. Club address: Viborg HK Tingvej 7, 2. sal 8800 Viborg, Denmark Contact numbers: Tel Fax mail@vhk.dk Arena: Viborg Stadionhal Tingvej Viborg, Denmark Capacity: 3000 Media contact: Inger Fog, mail@vhk.dk Online: Club website: Facebook: viborghk ehfcl.com EHF Champions League: Participations (including 2012/2013 season): 17 Winners: 2006, 2009, 2010 Finalists: 1997, 2001 Semi-finalists: 2003 Quarter-finals: 1998, 2005, 2007 Last 16: 1995 Main Round: 2008 Group Phase: 1996, 2000, 2002, 2011, 2012 EHF Cup: Winners: 1994, 1999, 2004 Cup Winners Cup: Finalists: 2012 Danish champions: 13 titles (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010) Danish Cup winners: 8 titles 85

14 The squad No. First Name Family Name Nat. Position Date of Birth Weight Height 22 Johanna Ahlm SWE Centre Back Johanne K. Andersen DEN Right Wing Emily Andersen Baunsgaard DEN Centre Back Mouna Chebbah TUN Left Back Cleopatre Darleux FRA Goalkeeper Anne Cecilie Dornonville de la Cour DEN Right Back Maria Fisker DEN Left Wing Marit Malm Frafjord NOR Line Player Cecilia Skagerstam Grubbström SWE Goalkeeper Isabelle Gulldén SWE Centre Back Signe Hald DEN Line Player Amanda Kurtovic NOR Right Back Holly Elisabeth Lam-Moores GBR Left Wing Pernille Holst Larsen DEN Left Back Louise Knak Lyksborg DEN Right Wing Sabine Pedersen DEN Line Player Rikke Erhardsen Skov DEN Left Back Anita Bulath HUN Left Back Søs Simone Søby DEN Goalkeeper New signings (including former club): Cléopatre Darleux (Arvor 29, France) Søs Søby (Aalborg DH, to which she is loaned out currently) Cecilia Grubbström (IK Sävehof) Sabine Pedersen (Aalborg DH) Amanda Kurtovic (Larvik) Holly Lam-Moores (British National Team) Louise Lyksborg (HC Leipzig) Johanne K. Andersen (Youth Team) Anita Bulath (Podravka Vegeta) Left the club (including new club): Christina Pedersen (FIF) Louise Bager Due (retired) Grit Jurack (retired) Henriette Mikkelsen (retired) Anja Althaus (Thüringer HC) Cristina Vărzaru (CSM Bucharest) Camilla Mikkelsen (Hadsten) 86

15 Key players Isabelle Gulldén: Sweden s current female handball player of the year started her career at Sävehof IK and became EHF EURO silver medallist with Sweden in 2010, having been a National team player since In 2011 Gullden (whose nickname is Bella) moved to Viborg HK and became Danish cup winner twice and finallist of the EHF Cup Winners Cup in Cléopatre Darleux: The French national team goalkeeper has arrived at Viborg this season, as a replacement for Christina Pedersen, who has retired. Cléopatre Darleux (23) has previously played for top French clubs Besancon, Issy, Metz and Brest, becoming twice national champion, three times cup winner and once (in 2010 with Metz) semi-finalist of the EHF Cup. In 2011/12 she was voted best goalkeeper in the French League after becoming champion with Brest. With the French national team she was runner-up in the world championships in 2009 and 2011 and was a member of the 2012 Olympic team. Marit Malm Frafjord: The Norwegian line player signed her contract in Viborg in 2010 and moved from Byasen Trondheim. Frafjord (27) is captain of the Norwegian national team and has won all major titles Olympic champion in 2008 and 2012, world champion in 2011 and EHF EURO champion in 2006, 2008 and 2010 as well as world championship silver medal in 2007 and a world championship bronze medal in On club level she won the silver medal at the beach handball EHF EURO in 2010 and was Danish cup winner with Viborg in 2011 and Coach Martin Albertsen: Albertsen (37) is part of the VHK coaching staff for the second time since 2011 he has been head coach, but from 1998 to 2004 he had been in an assistant role and coached the youth teams. In between his two spells with VHK he worked for German side HC Leipzig and both the men s and women s clubs at Randers in Denmark. His first major success with Viborg was winning the EHF Cup, but later-on he led his teams to German and Danish championship and cup titles. 87

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