VELUX EHF FINAL4 officials announced

The European Handball Federation has announced the nominations for the VELUX EHF FINAL4, which will take place in the LANXESS arena, Cologne, Germany on 1 and 2 June 2013.

The final match of the season's highlight will be led by Norwegian referees Kenneth Abrahamsen and Arne Kristiansen, who will take part in the VELUX EHF FINAL4 for the second time in a row as they whistled the all-German semi-final between THW Kiel and Füchse Berlin last year. They were also nominated for the final of the Men's EHF EURO in 2012 between Serbia and Denmark.

The Portuguese couple Ivan Cacador and Eurico Nicolau will lead the 3/4 place match, while Hlynur Leifsson and Anton Palsson from Iceland ISL will take over the first semi-final Vive Targi Kielce vs FC Barcelona and Thierry Dentz and Denis Reibel from France have been nominated for the all-German semi-final between THW Kiel and HSV Hamburg.

Nomination of Officials of the VELUX EHF FINAL4
EHF Representative
Jean Brihault EHF President

Tournament Management:
Arne Elovsson EHF Vice President
Leopold Kalin EHF Competitions Commission Chairman
Michael Wiederer EHF Secretary General
Peter Vargo EHFM Managing Director

Referees/Delegates/Timekeepers and Secretaries:

Saturday, 01.06.2013 at 15:15 hrs.
POL KS Vive Targi Kielce vs. ESP FC Barcelona Intersport
Ref.: Hlynur LEIFSSON and Anton PALSSON / ISL
Del.: Dragan Nachevski (EHF Competitions Commission / MKD) and
Viktor Konopliastyi (EHF Court of Handball / UKR)
Timekeeper and Secretary: Dieter Leukel and Klaus vom Dorff / GER

Saturday, 01.06.2013 at 18:00 hrs.
GER THW Kiel vs. GER HSV Hamburg
Ref.: Thierry DENTZ and Denis REIBEL / FRA
Del.: Bozidar Djurkovic (EHF Comptrollers / SRB) and
Henrik La Cour Laursen (EHF Technical Refereeing Committee / DEN)
Timekeeper and Secretary: Mirjana Radic and Ivana Radic / SRB

Sunday, 02.06.2013 at 15:15 hrs.
Match Place 3/4: Loser SF 1 vs. Loser SF 2
Ref.: Ivan CACADOR and Eurico NICOLAU / POR

Sunday, 02.06.2013 at 18:00 hrs.
Match Place 1/2: Winner SF 1 vs. Winner SF 2
Ref.: Kenneth ABRAHAMSEN and Arne M. KRISTIANSEN / NOR

VELUX EHF FINAL4 Disciplinary Commission:
Markus Plazer (EHF Court of Appeal / AUT - Chairman)
Further members tbn

EHF Office
Markus Glaser (Business Group Competitions)
Ines Capek (Business Unit Club Competitions)