Men's EHF Cup group phase trivia quiz

Before the Men's EHF Cup group phase throws off this weekend, test your knowledge of the teams, players and competition history with our trivia quiz!

How many former EHF Cup winners (old and new format) are part of the current group phase?

a is correct. German sides Magdeburg, Füchse Berlin and Rhein-Neckar Löwen.

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How many of the 16 teams still part of the competition have been part of the EHF Cup Finals since the format’s introduction in 2013?

b is correct. Berlin (four times), Magdeburg (three), Holstebro, Nantes (each two), Rhein-Neckar Löwen, Velenje (each one).

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How many EHF EURO 2020 medallists are playing the EHF Cup group phase?

c is correct. Iosu Goni (PAUC) and Gedeon Guardiola (Rhein-Neckar Löwen) from EURO winners Spain; Marino Mamic (Melsungen), Zeljko Musa (Magdeburg) and Vlado Matanovic (Velenje) from runners-up Croatia; and Christian O’Sullivan (Magdeburg) from bronze medallists Norway.

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Which team were the only non-German EHF Cup winners since the competition was merged in the 2012/13 season?

c is correct. The Hungarian side won in 2014 in Berlin, beating Montpellier in the final.

Montpellier Handball

Granollers

Pick Szeged

How many former top scorers of the EHF Cup are part of the 2019/20 group phase?

c is correct. Hans Lindberg (Berlin), who was top scorer in the 2016/17 and 2017/18 seasons, and Magnus Bramming (Holstebro), top scorer of the 2018/19 season.

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Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin will host the EHF Cup Finals on 23 and 24 May 2020. Including the upcoming edition, how many times was this arena host for the finals?

b is correct. After 2014 and 2015, Berlin host the event for the third time in 2020.

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Which city hosted the first ever EHF Cup Finals?

b is correct. HBC Nantes were the hosts in 2013 and 2016, Göppingen hosted the event in 2017, and Magdeburg in 2018.

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Nantes

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How many of the 16 sides are EHF Cup group phase debutants?

a is correct. PAUC, Nimes and Opole.

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Which four-time world champion and two-time Champions League winner is part of the group phase?

c is correct. After 20 seasons with Montpellier, French international Michael Guigou transferred to Nimes for 2019/20.

Cedric Sorhaindo

Luc Abalo

Michael Guigou

Which is the only one of the 16 squads that is composed of players from a single country?

a is correct. Only Polish players are part of Opole’s squad.

Opole

Holstebro

Velenje

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