2018–19 SEHA League

The 2018–19 SEHA League season was the eighth season of the SEHA (South East Handball Association) League and fifth under the sponsorship of the Russian oil and gas company Gazprom. Ten teams from seven countries (Belarus, Croatia, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Romania) were participating in this year's competition.[4][5][6]

2018-19 SEHA League season
LeagueSEHA League
SportHandball
Number of games90 (regular season)
94 (including F4 tournament)
Number of teams10
 Belarus (1 team)
 Croatia (2 teams)
 North Macedonia (2 teams)
 Serbia (2 teams)
 Slovakia (1 team)
 Romania (1 team)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (1 team)
Regular season
Season champions Vardar
Season MVP Zlatko Horvat[1]
Top scorer Miloš Grozdanić
(102 goals)[2]
Final Four
Finals champions Vardar[3]
  Runners-up PPD Zagreb
Finals MVP Dainis Krištopāns

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

Final four tournament was held in Brest, Republic of Belarus, on 2nd and 3rd of April. RK Vardar defeated PPD Zagreb 26–23 in the final to win their fifth title.

Team information

Venues and locations
Country Team City Venue (Capacity)
Belarus Meshkov Brest Brest Universal Sports Complex Victoria (3,740)
Croatia PPD Zagreb Zagreb Sutinska Vrela Hall (2,000)
Nexe Našice Sportska dvorana kralja Tomislava (2,500)
North Macedonia Vardar Skopje Jane Sandanski Arena (7,500)
Metalurg Skopje Boris Trajkovski Sports Center (8,000), Avtokomanda (2,000)
Serbia Železničar Niš Čair Sports Center (4,800)
Vojvodina Novi Sad SPENS (11,000), SC Slana Bara (2,000)
Slovakia Tatran Prešov Prešov City Hall Prešov (4,870)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Izviđač Ljubuški Ljubuški Sports Hall (4,000)
Romania Steaua București Bucharest Sala Polivalentă (5,300), Sala Sporturilor Concordia (1,465)

Personnel and kits

Following is the list of clubs competing in 2018–19 SEHA League, with their manager, team captain, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor.

Team Head coach Team captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (main)
Meshkov Brest Manolo Cadenas Siarhei Shylovich Joma BelGazpromBank
PPD Zagreb Branko Tamše Zlatko Horvat Hummel Prvo Plinarsko Društvo
Nexe Hrvoje Horvat Vedran Zrnić Jako Nexe
Vardar Roberto García Parrondo Stojanče Stoilov Hummel Bet City
Metalurg Danilo Brestovac Mario Tankoski Kempa ReMedika
Železničar Veselin Vujović Milan Vučković ASICS Macron
Vojvodina Boris Rojević Vukašin Stojanović NAAI Grad Novi Sad
Tatran Prešov Slavko Goluža Radovan Pekár ATAK Phoenix
Izviđač Silvio Ivandija Vedran Delić Hummel Central Osiguranje
Steaua București Ovidiu Mihăilă Marius Stavrositu Luanvi Fundația Alexandrion

Coaching changes
Round Club Outgoing coach Date of change Incoming coach
11th PPD Zagreb Lino Červar[7] 11 December 2018 Tonči Valčić
11th PPD Zagreb Tonči Valčić[8] 4 January 2019 Branko Tamše

Regular season

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Vardar 18 14 0 4 512 467 +45 42 Final four
2 PPD Zagreb 18 13 0 5 484 442 +42 39[lower-alpha 1]
3 Nexe 18 13 0 5 469 420 +49 39[lower-alpha 1]
4 Meshkov Brest 18 13 0 5 573 483 +90 39[lower-alpha 1]
5 Tatran Prešov 18 12 0 6 493 444 +49 36
6 Vojvodina 18 7 1 10 441 483 −42 22
7 Steaua București 18 6 0 12 460 524 −64 18
8 Železničar 18 5 1 12 463 507 −44 16
9 Metalurg 18 4 1 13 494 534 −40 13
10 Izviđač 18 1 1 16 444 529 −85 4
Source: SEHA Standings
Notes:
  1. PPD Zagreb 6 Pts, +2 GD; Nexe 6 Pts, 0 GD; Meshkov Brest 6 Pts, −2 GD

Results
Home \ Away MES ZAG NEX VAR MET IZV VOJ TAT ZEL STE
Meshkov Brest 31–26 25–30 35–20 41–29 40–22 35–19 28–32 28–20 35–21
PPD Zagreb 29–24 20–17 26–23 26–22 36–25 25–23 28–29 30–28 24–17
Nexe 26–29 23–22 24–21 26–23 22–17 29–23 27–22 34–25 28–23
Vardar 30–32 28–26 31–26 34–28 38–27 33–26 23–21 35–20 27–21
Metalurg 28–34 24–36 27–32 26–27 27–27 39–20 30–28 29–30 28–29
Izviđač 29–33 21–22 23–24 28–31 30–31 23–25 22–26 29–24 28–29
Vojvodina 29–23 20–23 26–21 23–26 31–30 26–18 17–27 27–27 28–25
Tatran Prešov 21–35 31–21 26–24 26–27 30–20 29–22 31–24 27–26 26–19
Železničar 30–32 32–33 18–25 22–24 27–25 30–21 20–27 25–36 28–21
Steaua București 42–33 24–31 19–31 30–34 26–28 36–32 28–27 26–25 24–31
Source: SEHA Fixtures and Results
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final Four

The SEHA - Gazprom League Executive Committee had made the decision for the final four tournament to be held at the Universal Sports Complex Victoria in Brest, Republic of Belarus, on 2nd and 3rd of April.[9]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.

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
2 April
 
 
 PPD Zagreb28
 
3 April
 
 Nexe23
 
 PPD Zagreb23
 
2 April
 
 Vardar26
 
 Vardar25
 
 
 Meshkov Brest23
 
Third place
 
 
3 April
 
 
 Nexe19
 
 
 Meshkov Brest24

Semifinals
2 April 2019
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		 PPD Zagreb 28–23 Nexe Universal Sports Complex Victoria, Brest
Attendance: 1,235
Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
Bičanić 7 (18–15) Buvinić 7
2× 2× Report 2× 3×
2 April 2019
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		 Vardar 25–23 Meshkov Brest Universal Sports Complex Victoria, Brest
Attendance: 3,420
Referees: Mandak, Rudinsky (SVK)
Stoilov 7 (14–10) three players 3
2× 2× Report 3× 4×

Match for third place
3 April 2019
16:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)		 Nexe 19–24 Meshkov Brest Universal Sports Complex Victoria, Brest
Attendance: 3,270
Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
Jaganjac, Šipić 5 (8–12) Baranau 5
3× 1× Report 3× 3×

Final
3 April 2019
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)		 PPD Zagreb 23–26 Vardar Universal Sports Complex Victoria, Brest
Attendance: 3,210
Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
Mrakovčić 4 (12–14) Krištopāns 7
2× 5× 2× Report 1× 1× 1×

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals[10]
1 Miloš Grozdanić Vojvodina 102
2 Bruno Butorac Tatran Prešov 90
3 Halil Jaganjac Nexe 85

Awards

The all-star team was announced on 3 April 2019.[11]

References
  1. "Best 7 of the regular season - elected by captains". SEHA League. 21 March 2019.
  2. "Meet the new member of the "Club 100" and the top scorer of the eighth season - Milos Grozdanic". SEHA League. 19 March 2019.
  3. "They made it again: Seven Kristopans goals pave Vardar's way to the fifth trophy". SEHA League. 3 April 2019.
  4. "Participants of the 8th SEHA - Gazprom League season". SEHA League. 27 July 2018.
  5. "CSA Steaua Bucuresti to play SEHA - Gazprom League 8th season". SEHA League. 14 August 2018.
  6. "New teams, same favourites in SEHA league". Eurohandball. 28 August 2018.
  7. "Lino Cervar to leave RK PPD Zagreb bench: Life is full of up and down moments". HandballPlanet. 22 November 2018.
  8. "Branko Tamše preuzima PPD Zagreb!". Balkanhandball. 4 January 2019.
  9. "8th SEHA – Gazprom League Final 4 to be held in Brest, Belarus". SEHA League. 11 March 2019.
  10. Goalscorers
  11. "Dainis Kristopans MVP of the Final 4, All Star Team announced". SEHA League. 3 April 2019.
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