05.04.2017, 11:00
Women’s EHF Champions League All-star team vote starts

NEWS REPORT: For the first time the online vote for the season's top female players will be presented by UNIQA

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

For the fourth consecutive season the European Handball Federation gives fans the opportunity to vote for their Women’s EHF Champions League All-star team. For the first time the online vote is presented by the long-standing premium sponsor of the competition, UNIQA.

Last season more than 28,000 fans participated in the vote and following this huge success, the EHF has once again nominated 50 players and coaches as a preliminary all-star selection.

Voting starts on 5 April at 11:00 hrs and closes on Tuesday, 2 May 2017 at midnight. Fans can choose their team online.

Voters have the chance not only to select 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 1994 or later) and the best coach.

These players represent no fewer than 18 different nations and 12 clubs from the current Women’s EHF Champions League season.

While seven of last season’s All-star team made it back to the vote, in total only 23 nominees out of 50 names from the 2015/16 edition have returned.

For the first time, handball media professionals and a panel of experts will also be involved with each branch having a fair, one-third weight on the final selection alongside fans.

The All-star team will be announced during the TIPPMIX EHF FINAL4 in Budapest on 6/7 May 2017.

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.

Enter the vote here

The players nominated for the 2016/17 All-star team presented by UNIQA are:

Goalkeeper

Amandine Leynaud (FRA) - HC Vardar/MKD
Sandra Toft (DEN) – Larvik/NOR
Kari Aalvik Grimsbö (NOR) – Györi Audi ETO KC/HUN
Laura Glauser (FRA) – Metz Handball/FRA
Sabine Englert (GER) – FC Midtjylland/DEN                           

Left wing

Manon Houette (FRA) – Thüringer HC (GER)
Camilla Herrem (NOR) – HC Vardar (MKD)
Majda Mehmedovic (MNE) – CSM Bucuresti/ROU
Thea Mørk (NOR) – Larvik/NOR
Nadine Schatzl (HUN) – FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria/HUN

Left back                            

Nerea Pena (ESP) - FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria/HUN
Cristina Neagu (ROU) – Buducnost/MNE
Stine Jørgensen (DEN) – FC Midtjylland/DEN
Andrea Penezic (CRO) – HC Vardar/MKD
Jenny Alm (SWE) – Team Esbjerg/DEN                           

Centre back                      

Nycke Groot (NED) - Györi Audi ETO KC/HUN
Veronica Kristiansen (DEN) -– FC Midtjylland/DEN
Anita Görbicz (HUN) - Györi Audi ETO KC/HUN
Andrea Lekic (SRB) – HC Vardar/MKD
Isabelle Gulldén (SWE) – CSM Bucuresti/ROU                            

Line player                        

Marit Malm Frafjord (NOR) – Larvik/NOR
Yvette Broch (NED) - Györi Audi ETO KC/HUN
Danick Snelder (NED) - FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria/HUN
Sladana Pop-Lazic (SRB) - Metz Handball/FRA
Anastasiya Lobach (BLR) – CSM Bucuresti/ROU

Right back                         

Nora Mørk (NOR) - Györi Audi ETO KC/HUN
Laura van der Heijden (NED) – Team Esbjerg/DEN
Amanda Kurtovic (NOR) – Larvik/NOR
Katarina Bulatovic (MNE) – Buducnost/MNE
Ana Gros (SLO) - Metz Handball/FRA                           

Right wing                         

Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren (NOR) – Larvik/NOR
Carmen Martin (ESP) – CSM Bucuresti/ROU
Jovanka Radicevic (MNE) – HC Vardar/MKD
Aneta Benko (CRO) – RK Krim Mercator/SLO
Luciano Jurswailly (NED) – Metz Handball/FRA                          

Best defender                 

Kinga Achruk (POL) – Buducnost/MNE
Eduarda Amorim Taleska (BRA) - Györi Audi ETO KC/HUN
Beatrice Edwige (FRA) - Metz Handball/FRA
Alexandra Lacrabere (FRA) – HC Vardar/MKD
Sabina Jacobsen (SWE) – FC Midtjylland/DEN

Young players                  

Karina Sabirova (RUS) – Astrakhanochka/RUS
Xenia Smits (GER) - Metz Handball/FRA
Djurdjina Jaukovic (MNE) – Buducnost/MNE
Biro Blanka (HUN) - FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria/HUN
Elizabeth Omoregie (BUL) – RK Krim Mercator/SLO

Coach                  

Gabor Elek (HUN) - FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria/HUN
Tor Odvar Moen (NOR) – Larvik/NOR
Ambros Martin (ESP) - Györi Audi ETO KC/HUN
Emmanuel Mayonnade (FRA) - Metz Handball/FRA
Dragan Adzic (MNE) – Buducnost/MNE

Enter the vote of the Women's EHF Champions League 2016/17 All-star team presented by UNIQA here.

Profiles

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

TEXT: EHF / br