22.04.2013, 03:40
15,000 votes for the VELUX EHF Champions League All-star team

Fans can vote for the best eight players of the 2012/13 season, results will be announced at the VELUX EHF FINAL4 on 1/2 June 2013

15,000 votes for the VELUX EHF Champions League All-star team

Launched in mid-April 2013, the VELUX EHF Champions League All-star vote is proving a hit with fans of Europe’s premier club competition.

15,000 votes have already been cast for the best players of the season in seven playing positions as well as best defender.

A total of 32 players have been nominated from 15 nations and 12 clubs in the current VELUX EHF Champions League season.

Fans can vote online for the eight players of their choice.

The All-star team will be announced at the VELUX EHF FINAL4 in Cologne on 1/2 June 2013. Deadline for fans to cast their vote is 1 May 2013.

Complete profiles of all 32 players can be found at ehfCL.com. The nominations are as follows:

Left wing

1. Anders Jensen EGGERT (DEN) / SG Flensburg Handewitt (GER)
2. Jonas KÄLLMAN (SWE) / BM Atlético Madrid (ESP)
3. Valur Guðjón SIGURÐSSON (ISL) / THW Kiel (GER)
4. Timur DIBIROV (RUS) / Chekhovskie Medvedi (RUS)

Left back

1. Siarhei RUTENKA (BLR) / FC Barcelona Intersport (ESP)
2. Filip JÍCHA (CZE) / THW Kiel (GER)
3. Borut MAČKOVŠEK (SLO) / RK Celje Pivovarna Laško (SLO)
4. Michał JURECKI (POL) / KS Vive Targi Kielce (POL)

Line player

1. Julen Akuizu AGUINAGALDE (ESP) / BM Atlético Madrid (ESP)
2. Igor VORI (CRO) / HSV Hamburg (GER)
3. Marcus AHLM (SWE) / THW Kiel (GER)
4. Matej GABER (SLO) / Gorenje Velenje (SLO)

Centre back

1. Daniel NARCISSE (FRA) / THW Kiel (GER)
2. Thomas MOGENSEN (DEN) / SG Flensburg Handewitt (GER)
3. Marko BEZJAK (SLO) / RK Gorenje Velenje (SLO)
4. Daniel SARMIENTO (ESP) / FC Barcelona Intersport  (ESP)

Right back

1. László NAGY (HUN) / MKB Veszprém (HUN)
2. Kiril LAZAROV (MKD) / BM Atlético Madrid (ESP)
3. Jure DOLENEC (SLO) / Gorenje Velenje (SLO)
4. Steffen WEINHOLD (GER) / SG Flensburg Handewitt (GER)

Right wing
1. Hans LINDBERG (DEN) / HSV Hamburg (GER)
2. Ivan ČUPIĆ (CRO) / KS Vive Targi Kielce (POL)
3. Gašper MARGUČ (SLO) /  RK Celje Pivovarna Laško (SLO)
4. Christian SPRENGER (GER) / THW Kiel (GER)

Goalkeeper

1. Thierry OMEYER (FRA) / THW Kiel (GER)
2. Mattias ANDERSSON (SWE) /  SG Flensburg Handewitt (GER)
3. Darko STANIĆ (SRB) / HC Metalurg (MKD)
4. Silvio HEINEVETTER (GER) / Füchse Berlin (GER)

Best defender

1. Tobias KARLSSON (SWE) / SG Flensburg Handewitt (GER)
2. Viran MORROS (ESP) / FC Barcelona Intersport (ESP)
3. Joan CAÑELLAS (ESP) / BM Atlético Madrid (ESP)
4. István Timuzsin SCHUCH (HUN) / MKB Veszprém KC (HUN)

TEXT: EHF / jjr