The 2018–19
SEHA League
The South East Handball Association League, or simply the SEHA League, is a regional men's club handball league in Southeast Europe, featuring teams from Croatia, Hungary, North Macedonia, Serbia and Slovakia. Due to sponsorship reasons, the le ...
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
PJSC Gazprom ( rus, Газпром, , ɡɐsˈprom) is a Russian State-owned enterprise, majority state-owned multinational Energy industry, energy corporation headquartered in the Lakhta Center in Saint Petersburg. The Gazprom name is a contract ...
. Ten teams from seven countries (
Belarus
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,
Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...
,
North Macedonia
North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe. It shares land borders with Greece to the south, Albania to the west, Bulgaria to the east, Kosovo to the northwest and Serbia to the n ...
,
Serbia
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,
Slovakia
Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...
,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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and
Romania
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) were participating in this year's competition.
Vardar
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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
A republic, based on the Latin phrase ''res publica'' ('public affair' or 'people's affair'), is a state in which political power rests with the public (people), typically through their representatives—in contrast to a monarchy. Although a ...
, on 2nd and 3 April.
RK Vardar
RK Vardar 1961 () is a professional handball club from Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. Vardar is the most successful handball team in the country, having won 15-fifteen national Macedonian Handball Super League, League titles and 17-seventeen ...
defeated
PPD Zagreb 26–23 in the final to win their fifth title.
Team information
Venues and locations
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.
Coaching changes
Regular season
Standings
Results
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
A republic, based on the Latin phrase ''res publica'' ('public affair' or 'people's affair'), is a state in which political power rests with the public (people), typically through their representatives—in contrast to a monarchy. Although a ...
, on 2nd and 3 April. 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
Semifinals
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Match for third place
Final
Top goalscorers
Awards
The all-star team was announced on 3 April 2019.
*Goalkeeper:
*Right wing:
*Right back:
*Centre back:
*Left back:
*Left wing:
*Pivot:
*Best Defender:
*
MVP
MVP most commonly refers to:
* Most valuable player, an award, typically for the best performing player in a sport or competition
* Minimum viable product, a concept for feature estimating used in business and engineering
MVP may also refer to:
...
of the Final four:
References
External links
Official website
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SEHA League
2018–19 domestic handball leagues