01.04.2015, 01:30
Fan vote for Women's EHF Champions League All-star team starts

NEWS REPORT: Now it is the fans' time to have their say and vote for the season's top female players. Best young player and best coach will be awarded for the first time.

Fan vote for Women’s EHF Champions League All-star team starts

Europe’s handball fans cannot go wrong and this is why the European Handball Federation for the second year in a row puts its trust in its most loyal fans, giving them the chance to vote online for the Women’s EHF Champions League All-star team of the 2014/15 season.

Last season more than 18,000 fans participated in the week leading up to the 2014 MVM EHF FINAL4 at the beginning of May, the final weekend of the Women’s EHF Champions League.

Following this huge success voting will start much earlier with the poll opening on 1 April and voting lasting until Sunday, 3 May 2015.

Fans can choose their Women’s EHF Champions League 2014/15 team online and via the ehfCL.com website.

And with a new chance to vote come new developments as for the first time fans have the chance not only to vote for the best player in each position and the best defender – there will be five nominees each –, but also for the best young player (born in 1992 or younger) and the best coach.

This means that all in all there are 50 players and coaches that have been preselected by the EHF.  

These players represent 18 different nations and 12 clubs from the current Women’s EHF Champions League season.

The fans’ choice for the All-star team will be announced during the MVM EHF FINAL4 in Budapest on 9 and 10 May 2015.

Players have been nominated on the basis of their comprehensive performance throughout the season so far; not just their goal-getting prowess, but also their performance in defence, the number of blocks, assists and reaction in crucial moments during each match.

The players nominated for the 2014/15 season are:

Goalkeepers:

Marta Zderic (CRO) – Buducnost (MNE)
Sandra Toft (DEN) – Larvik HK (NOR)
Anna Sedoykina (RUS)    Dinamo-Sinara (RUS)
Amandine Leynaud (FRA) – WHC Vardar SCBT (MKD)
Katja Schülke (GER) – HC Leipzig (GER)

Left wings:

Tamara Mavsar (SLO) – RK Krim Mercator (SLO)
Paule Baudouin (FRA) – Metz Handball (FRA)
Valentina Ardean (ROU) – HCM Baia Mare (ROU)
Siraba Dembele (FRA) – WHC Vardar SCBT (MKD)
Maria Fisker (DEN) – Viborg HK A/S (DEN)

Left backs:

Cristina Neagu (ROU) – Buducnost (MNE)
Nadja Nadgornaja (GER) – Thüringer HC (GER)
Andrea Penezic (CRO) – WHC Vardar SCBT (MKD)
Alina Wojtas (POL) – Larvik HK (NOR)
Olga Akopian (RUS) – Dinamo-Sinara (RUS)

Line players:

Heidi Loke (NOR) – Györi Audi ETO KC (HUN)
Luisa Schulze (GER) – HC Leipzig (GER)
Danick Snelder (NED) – Thüringer HC (GER)
Dragana Cvijic (SRB) – Buducnost (MNE)
Nina Kamto (FRA) – Metz Handball (FRA)

Centre backs:

Karolina Kudlacz (POL) – HC Leipzig (GER)
Ida Oden (SWE) - IK Sävehof (SWE)
Isabelle Gulldén (SWE) – Viborg HK A/S (DEN)
Aniko Kovacsics (HUN) – Györi Audi ETO KC (HUN)
Andrea Lekic (SRB) – WHC Vardar SCBT (MKD)

Right backs:

Ana Gros (SLO) – Metz Handball (FRA)
Anna Kochetova (RUS) – Dinamo-Sinara (RUS)
Nora Mørk (NOR) – Larvik (NOR)
Katarina Bulatovic (MNE) – Buducnost (MNE)
Susann Müller (GER) – Györi Audi ETO KC (HUN)

Right wings:

Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren (NOR) – Larvik (NOR)
Katrin Engel (AUT) – Thüringer HC (GER)
Radmila Petrovic (MNE) – Buducnost (MNE)
Alexandra Do Nascimento (BRA) – HCM Baia Mare (ROU)
Jovanka Radicevic (MNE) – WHC Vardar SCBT (MKD)

Best defenders:

Rikke Skov (DEN) – Viborg HK A/S (DEN)
Anja Althaus (GER) – WHC Vardar SCBT (MKD)
Marit Malm Frafjord (NOR) – Larvik HK (NOR)
Gabriella Szücs (HUN) – HCM Baia Mare (ROU)
Dorina Korsos (HUN) – Györi Audi ETO KC (HUN)

Best young players (born in 1992 or younger):

Daria Dmitrieva (RUS) – Dinamo-Sinara (RUS)
Eliza Iulia Buceschi (ROU) – HCM Baia Mare (ROU)
Elizabeth Omoregie (BUL) – RK Krim Mercator (SLO)
Louise Sand (SWE) – IK Sävehof (SWE)
Lois Abbingh (NED) – HCM Baia Mare (ROU)

Best coaches

Ambros Martin (ESP) – Györi Audi ETO KC (HUN)
Ole Gustav Gjekstad (NOR) – Larvik HK (NOR)
Dragan Adzic (MNE) – Buducnost (MNE)
Viktor Ryabykh (RUS) – Dinamo-Sinara (RUS)
Tone Tiselj (SLO) – HCM Baia Mare (ROU)

Enter the vote of the 2014/15 Women's EHF Champions League All-star team here.

Profiles

A complete list of player and coaches profiles can be found on here

TEXT: EHF / ts