15.04.2016, 12:02
Women's EHF FINAL4: Title holders Buducnost meet Györ in the semi-final

Györ are the first obstacle that stand in the way of a potential title defence for Buducnost, the 2015 winners of the Women's EHF FINAL4

Women's EHF FINAL4: Title holders Buducnost meet Györ in the semi-final

2014 champions Györ are the first obstacle that stand in the way of a potential title defence for Buducnost, the 2015 winners of the Women's EHF FINAL4.

Buducnost club representative Srdjan Markoc said “It’s better to play against Györ in the semi-final than in the final. Anyway, it will be a very hard match and there will be a lot of supporters for Györ. But we are already used to that kind of atmosphere. I hope that in the end the best team will win.”

Györ's Tamas Szabo admitted: ”It’s a great draw, we play against the title holders so it will be a great battle and a great game. The most remembering game of Györ against Buducnost is for us the FINAL4 final in 2014, but all the games between those two teams are special. “

The other semi-final pairing that was determined on the occasion of the draw for the 2016 Women's EHF FINAL4 on Friday in Budapest sees two-time bronze medallists Vardar playing against newcomers CSM Bucuresti.

Vardar club representative Anna Stojkov commented on the draw: “We are here for the third time and now we want to win. We are very happy with this draw as we did not want to play against Buducnost in the semi-final again. It will be a very tough match though against Bucuresti. We will prepare ourselves for three weeks now and then we will see what happens.”

CSM Bucuresti's Nicolae Luca said: “It is a dream draw for our fans to play against Vardar. We started confident at the beginning of the season and a lot of injuries made it hard for us during the season. But now we reached our goal by reaching the FINAL4. Of course, now we want to win."

The third edition of the Women's EHF FINAL4 takes place on 7/8 May 2016 in the Papp László Sportaréna in Hungary's capital, Budapest. The semi-finals on Saturday will take place at 15:15 hrs (Buducnost vs Györ) and 17:45 hrs (Bucuresti vs Vardar) respectively as well as the match for third place and the final on Sunday.

Buducnost and HC Vardar return to the showpiece event of the Women's EHF Champions League for the third time and have thus participated at all FINAL4 editions to date, Györi Audi ETO KC return to the event after a one-year absence and CSM Bucuresti are the only newcomers.

Watch the full draw and catch the reactions of players from each of the participating clubs from 1:06:00 onwards here.

Tickets still available

The 2016 Women's EHF FINAL4 takes place in front of more than 10,000 spectators. With the four participants confirmed, the demand has steadily increased over the past few days, but tickets are still available and can be purchased via the official website, www.ehfFINAL4.com.

The ticket prices are as follows

Category 1: 39,990 HUF (approx. 130 €)

Category 2: 27,990 HUF (approx. 90 €)

Category 3: 19,990 HUF (approx. 65 €)

TEXT: EHF / ts