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2017–18 SEHA League

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2017–18 SEHA League season
LeagueSEHA League
SportHandball
Duration30 August 2017 – 17 March 2018
Number of games90 (regular season)
94 (including F4 tournament)
Number of teams10
 Weißrussland (1 team)
 Kroatien (2 teams)
 Mazedonien (2 teams)
 Serbien (2 teams)
 Slowakei (1 team)
 Slowenien (2 teams)
Regular season
Season championsNorth Macedonia Vardar
Season MVPLuka Cindrić[1]
Top scorerHalil Jaganjac
(100 goals) [2]
Final Four
Finals championsNorth Macedonia Vardar[3]
  Runners-upKroatien PPD Zagreb
Finals MVPLuka Cindrić
SEHA League seasons

The 2017–18 SEHA League season was the seventh season of the SEHA (South East Handball Association) League and fourth under the sponsorship of the Russian oil and gas company Gazprom. Ten teams from six countries (Belarus, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia) participated in this year's competition.[4]

Vardar are the defending champions. The SEHA League consists of two phases – the first one has 18 rounds in which all teams play one home and one away games against each other. Afterwards, the four best ranked clubs played on the Final Four tournament.

The campaign began on 30 August 2017 with three matches from the first round. The regular season ended on 17 March 2018.

The final four tournament was held at the Jane Sandanski Arena in Skopje, Macedonia from 13th to 15 April 2018.

Team information

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Venues and locations

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Land Team City Venue (Capacity)
Weißrussland Weißrussland Meshkov Brest Brest Universal Sports Complex Victoria (3,740)
Kroatien Kroatien PPD Zagreb Zagreb Arena Zagreb (15,200)
Sutinska Vrela Hall (2,000)
Nexe Našice Sportska dvorana (2,500)
North Macedonia Mazedonien Vardar Skopje Jane Sandanski Arena (6,000)
Metalurg Skopje Boris Trajkovski Sports Center (7,000), Avtokomanda (2,000)
Serbien Serbien Dinamo Pančevo Strelište Sports Hall (1,100)
Vojvodina Novi Sad SPENS (11,000), SC Slana Bara (2,000)
Slowakei Slowakei Tatran Prešov Prešov City Hall Prešov (4,000)
Slowenien Slowenien Gorenje Velenje Velenje Red Hall (2,500)
Celje Pivovarna Laško Celje Zlatorog Arena (5,500)

Personnel and kits

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Following is the list of clubs competing in 2017–18 SEHA League, with their manager, team captain, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor.

Team Head coach Team captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (main)
Meshkov Brest Ukraine Serhiy Bebeshko Weißrussland Dzmitry Nikulenkau Joma BelGazpromBank
PPD Zagreb Kroatien Zlatko Saračević Kroatien Igor Vori Hummel Prvo Plinarsko Društvo
Nexe Kroatien Hrvoje Horvat Kroatien Marko Mrđenović Jako Nexe
Vardar Spanien Raúl González North Macedonia Stojanče Stoilov Hummel Bet City
Metalurg Kroatien Lino Červar North Macedonia Filip Kuzmanovski Kempa Duferco Makstil
Dinamo Serbien Ivan Petković Serbien Branko Radanović unit-sport Grad Pančevo
Vojvodina Bosnien und Herzegowina Kasim Kamenica Serbien Vukašin Stojanović NAAI Vinarija Zvonko Bogdan
Tatran Prešov Kroatien Slavko Goluža Slowakei Radovan Pekár ATAK Sportswear Phoenix
Gorenje Velenje Kroatien Željko Babić Slowenien Niko Medved Kempa Gorenje
Celje Pivovarna Laško Slowenien Branko Tamše Slowenien David Razgor Nike Laško

Coaching changes

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Round Club Outgoing coach Date of change Incoming coach
3rd Vojvodina Serbien Boško Rudić 18 September 2017[5] Serbien Dragan Kukić
7th PPD Zagreb Bosnien und Herzegowina Kasim Kamenica 27 November 2017[6] Kroatien Zlatko Saračević
12th Vojvodina Serbien Dragan Kukić 6 January 2018 Bosnien und Herzegowina Kasim Kamenica
18th Vojvodina Bosnien und Herzegowina Kasim Kamenica 28 March 2018[7] Serbien Boris Rojević

Regular season

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 North Macedonia Vardar 18 17 1 0 565 445 +120 52 Final four
2 Kroatien PPD Zagreb 18 12 2 4 514 463 +51 38
3 Slowenien Celje Pivovarna Laško 18 11 2 5 540 489 +51 35
4 Weißrussland Meshkov Brest 18 10 1 7 532 499 +33 31
5 Slowenien Gorenje Velenje 18 9 3 6 523 482 +41 30
6 Slowakei Tatran Prešov 18 6 4 8 494 487 +7 22
7 North Macedonia Metalurg 18 7 1 10 487 521 −34 22
8 Kroatien Nexe 18 2 6 10 455 510 −55 12
9 Serbien Dinamo 18 2 3 13 456 554 −98 9
10 Serbien Vojvodina 18 2 1 15 461 567 −106 7
Source: SEHA Standings

Results

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Home \ Away Weißrussland MES Kroatien ZAG Kroatien NEX North Macedonia VAR North Macedonia MET Serbien DIN Serbien VOJ Slowakei TAT Slowenien GOR Slowenien CEL
Weißrussland Meshkov Brest 24–23 35–23 25–25 35–30 29–26 32–27 32–26 32–33 30–34
Kroatien PPD Zagreb 27–24 27–19 24–25 30–28 40–29 35–25 32–26 26–25 25–25
Kroatien Nexe 19–29 29–30 21–30 31–31 27–19 33–28 23–27 24–24 23–35
North Macedonia Vardar 31–23 30–23 29–25 31–24 42–32 37–22 32–28 32–19 35–27
North Macedonia Metalurg 37–33 26–32 29–22 23–32 33–25 30–26 31–30 24–29 28–26
Serbien Dinamo 26–33 28–28 25–25 23–27 20–25 22–20 26–26 27–29 26–37
Serbien Vojvodina 27–36 21–29 29–28 32–36 21–19 24–29 23–23 27–39 26–31
Slowakei Tatran Prešov 24–23 33–28 26–26 22–30 27–19 36–24 35–26 27–27 25–26
Slowenien Gorenje Velenje 37–28 23–25 30–30 24–30 37–25 34–24 37–20 27–25 22–25
Slowenien Celje Pivovarna Laško 24–29 23–30 27–27 28–31 34–25 39–25 36–27 32–28 31–27
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final Four

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The SEHA - Gazprom League Executive Committee has made the decision for the final four tournament to be held at the Jane Sandanski Arena in Skopje, Macedonia from 13th to 15 April.[8]

Format

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The first-placed team of the standings faced the fourth-placed team, and the second-placed team played against the third-placed team from the standings in the Final Four.

Semifinals

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13 April 2018
17:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) 		Vardar North Macedonia 33–24 Weißrussland Meshkov Brest Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 5,380
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Cindrić 6 (17–14) Baranau 9
3×Yellow card 1×number 2 in light blue rounded square Bericht 3×Yellow card 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square
13 April 2018
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00) 		PPD Zagreb Kroatien 29–28 Slowenien Celje Pivovarna Laško Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 2,270
Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
Pavlović 7 (14–11) Mačkovšek 6
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Match for third place

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15 April 2018
17:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) 		Meshkov Brest Weißrussland 28–31 Slowenien Celje Pivovarna Laško Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Nikolić Stojković (SRB)
Horák, Shumak 5 (14–15) Mlakar 7
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Final

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15 April 2018
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00) 		Vardar North Macedonia 26–24 Kroatien PPD Zagreb Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Brynovski, Čanda (SVK)
Cindrić, Krištopāns 5 (14–13) Horvat 8
2×Yellow card 1×number 2 in light blue rounded square Bericht 2×Yellow card 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square 1×Red card

Top goalscorers

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As of 15 April 2018
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Kroatien Halil Jaganjac North Macedonia Metalurg 100
2 Kroatien Bruno Butorac Slowakei Tatran Prešov 95
3 Kroatien Zlatko Horvat Kroatien PPD Zagreb 92

References

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  1. ^ "FINAL4_magazin_2018".
  2. ^ "Halil Jaganjac presented with regular season best scorer award in Skopje".
  3. ^ "Vardar crown record-breaking season with fourth trophy".
  4. ^ "SEHA league - official website".
  5. ^ "Vojvodina and Bosko Rudic part ways, Kukic to lead the team against Metalurg".
  6. ^ "Saracevic takes over as PPD Zagreb coach, Mandalinic to Berlin with immediate effect".
  7. ^ "Spring transfers in SEHA - Gazprom League".
  8. ^ "Place of the 7th Final 4 is finally known!".
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