2017–18 SEHA League

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]

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
 Belarus (1 team)
 Croatia (2 teams)
 North Macedonia (2 teams)
 Serbia (2 teams)
 Slovakia (1 team)
 Slovenia (2 teams)
Regular season
Season champions Vardar
Season MVPLuka Cindrić [1]
Top scorerHalil Jaganjac
(100 goals) [2]
Final Four
Finals champions Vardar [3]
  Runners-up PPD Zagreb
Finals MVPLuka Cindrić

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 15th of April 2018.

Team information

Venues and locations
Country Team City Venue (Capacity)
Belarus Meshkov Brest Brest Universal Sports Complex Victoria (3,740)
Croatia PPD Zagreb Zagreb Arena Zagreb (15,200)
Sutinska Vrela Hall (2,000)
Nexe Našice Sportska dvorana (2,500)
Macedonia Vardar Skopje Jane Sandanski Arena (6,000)
Metalurg Skopje Boris Trajkovski Sports Center (7,000), Avtokomanda (2,000)
Serbia Dinamo Pančevo Strelište Sports Hall (1,100)
Vojvodina Novi Sad SPENS (11,000), SC Slana Bara (2,000)
Slovakia Tatran Prešov Prešov City Hall Prešov (4,000)
Slovenia Gorenje Velenje Velenje Red Hall (2,500)
Celje Pivovarna Laško Celje Zlatorog Arena (5,500)

Personnel and kits

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 Serhiy Bebeshko Dzmitry Nikulenkau Joma BelGazpromBank
PPD Zagreb Zlatko Saračević Igor Vori Hummel Prvo Plinarsko Društvo
Nexe Hrvoje Horvat Marko Mrđenović Jako Nexe
Vardar Raúl González Stojanče Stoilov Hummel Bet City
Metalurg Lino Červar Filip Kuzmanovski Kempa Duferco Makstil
Dinamo Ivan Petković Branko Radanović unit-sport Grad Pančevo
Vojvodina Kasim Kamenica Vukašin Stojanović NAAI Vinarija Zvonko Bogdan
Tatran Prešov Slavko Goluža Radovan Pekár ATAK Phoenix
Gorenje Velenje Željko Babić Niko Medved Kempa Gorenje
Celje Pivovarna Laško Branko Tamše David Razgor Nike Laško

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

Regular season

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

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

Final Four

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 15th of April. [8]

Format

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
13 April 2018
17:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		 Vardar 33–24 Meshkov Brest Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 5,380
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Cindrić 6 (17–14) Baranau 9
3× 1× Report 3× 5×
13 April 2018
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)		 PPD Zagreb 29–28 Celje Pivovarna Laško Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 2,270
Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
Pavlović 7 (14–11) Mačkovšek 6
3× 2× Report 4× 3×

Match for third place
15 April 2018
17:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		 Meshkov Brest 28–31 Celje Pivovarna Laško Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Nikolić Stojković (SRB)
Horák, Shumak 5 (14–15) Mlakar 7
 4× Report 4× 4× 1×

Final
15 April 2018
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)		 Vardar 26–24 PPD Zagreb Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Brynovski, Čanda (SVK)
Cindrić, Krištopāns 5 (14–13) Horvat 8
2× 1× Report 2× 2× 1×

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

References
  1. http://katalmedia.hr/seha/final4-2018/mobile/index.html#p=17
  2. http://www.seha-liga.com/novost/1976/halil-jaganjac-presented-with-regular-season-best-scorer-award-in-skopje
  3. http://seha-liga.com/novost/1996/vardar-crown-record-breaking-season-with-fourth-trophy
  4. http://www.seha-liga.com/o-ligi
  5. http://www.seha-liga.com/novost/1547/vojvodina-and-bosko-rudic-part-ways-kukic-to-lead-the-team-against-metalurg
  6. http://www.seha-liga.com/novost/1672/saracevic-takes-over-as-ppd-zagreb-coach-mandalinic-to-berlin-with-immediate-effect
  7. http://www.seha-liga.com/novost/1945/spring-transfers-in-seha-gazprom-league
  8. http://www.seha-liga.com/novost/1888/place-of-the-7th-final-4-is-finally-known
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