01.12.2013, 10:15
Seedings for the EHF Cup Group Phase Draw

NEWS REPORT: 16 participants of the group phase will be divided into four pots of four teams before the draw on Thursday.

Seedings for the EHF Cup Group Phase Draw

Three qualification rounds of the Men's EHF Cup are over and remaining 16 teams will learn their next opponents on Thursday, 5 December at 12:00 hrs, when the draw of the group phase in Vienna will define all four groups.

Based on the competition's ranking four pots have been determined with four teams in each. There will be a country protection applied during the draw as two teams from the same country cannot meet in the same group. France has three sides, while Germany, Hungary, Slovakia and Sweden have a double representation in the top 16.

Live coverage of the draw event

All handball fans can follow the whole draw event on Thursday, 5 December live on various channels. There will be a live streaming from the draw venue – Gartenhotel Altmannsdorf 2 in Vienna on www.ehfTV.com, which will also cover the draw of the Men's Challenge Cup Last 16 at 11:00 hrs local time.

The up-to-the-second coverage of both draws will be also available via liveticker on www.eurohandball.com and on @ehfmedia Twitter channel.

Seedings for the EHF Cup Group Phase Draw (Thursday, 5 December, 12:00 hrs local time):

Pot 1: Pick Szeged (HUN), Montpellier Agglomeration HB (FRA), Füchse Berlin (GER), TSV Hannover-Burgdorf (GER)

Pot 2: Tatran Presov (SVK), Skjern Haandbold (DEN), HCM Constanta (ROU), Reale Ademar Leon (ESP)

Pot 3: Lugi HF (SWE), Chambery Savoie Handball (FRA), HBC Nantes (FRA), HC Zomimak-M (MKD)

Pot 4: IFK Kristianstad (SWE), Csurgoi KK (HUN), Sporta Hlohovec (SVK), Sporting CP (POR)

Further information

Read the review of the second leg matches of the Qualification Round 3 here

TEXT: EHF / br