2020–21 SEHA League

The 2020–21 SEHA League is the 10th season of the SEHA (South East Handball Association) League and seventh under the sponsorship of the Russian oil and gas company Gazprom. Ten teams from seven countries (Belarus, Croatia, Hungary, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovakia and Ukraine are participating in this year's competition.[1]

2020–21 SEHA Gazprom League season
LeagueSEHA League
SportHandball
Duration17 December 2020–June 2021
Number of teams10
 Croatia (2 teams)
 North Macedonia (2 teams)
 Serbia (2 teams)
 Belarus (1 team)
 Hungary (1 team)
 Slovakia (1 team)
 Ukraine (1 team)
Regular season
Top scorer Janko Kević (Nexe)
(14 goals)
Final Four

Competition format

The competition begins with a group stage featuring 10 teams divided in two groups. Matches are played in a double round-robin system with home-and-away fixtures. In Groups A and B, the top two teams qualify for the quarterfinals, with teams ranked 3rd and 4th entering the playoffs. After conducted analysis and due to occasions occurred by global COVID-19 pandemic, along with correlation of European calendar issues, on 14 December 2020 in a meeting, the SEHA–Gazprom League Executive Committee has decided that, two clubs, Telekom Veszprém (2019/20 winner) and Meshkov Brest (COVID-19 issues) will be directly included in the Quarter finals and will not play in the Group phase.[2]

Play-offs

In the play-offs, teams ranked 3rd and 4th in Group A and B are paired against each other in two-legged home-and-away matches. The two aggregate winners of the playoffs will advance to the quarter-finals joining the top-two teams of Groups A and B and Telekom Veszprém and Meshkov Brest who will directly play in the quarter-finals.

Quarter-finals

The two winners of the matches in the play-off phase, joined by the top two of Groups A and B, and Telekom Veszprém and Meshkov Brest, who are playing directly in the quarter-finals will play in home and away for the right to contest the SEHA Final 4.

SEHA Final 4

The culmination of the season, the SEHA Final 4, continues in its existing format, with the four top teams from the competition competing for the title over one weekend.

Team information

The SEHA – Gazprom League Executive Committee made a decision that 10 participants will play in this season.[1]

Venues and locations

Country Team City Venue (Capacity)
Belarus Meshkov Brest Brest Universal Sports Complex Victoria (3,740)
Croatia Nexe Našice Sportska dvorana kralja Tomislava (2,500)
PPD Zagreb Zagreb Dom sportova 2 (3,100)
Hungary Telekom Veszprém Veszprém Veszprém Aréna (5,096)
North Macedonia Eurofarm Pelister Bitola Sports Hall Boro Čurlevski (3,700)
Vardar 1961 Skopje Jane Sandanski Arena (6,500)
Serbia Metaloplastika Šabac Zorka Hall (3,000)
Vojvodina Novi Sad Sportski centar Slana Bara (2,000)
Slovakia Tatran Prešov Prešov Tatran Handball Arena (4,870)
Ukraine Motor Zaporozhye Zaporizhia Yunost Sport Hall (3,600)

Group phase

In the group phase, each team played six matches within their respective groups. Three matches were played at home, and three matches away. The final position after the six rounds determined if a club will play in the play-off phase or if they will earn a direct placement to the quarter-finals phase.

All times are local.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 PPD Zagreb 1 1 0 0 25 20 +5 3 Quarter finals
2 Eurofarm Pelister 1 1 0 0 30 26 +4 3
3 Metaloplastika 1 0 0 1 26 30 4 0 Play offs
4 Tatran Prešov 1 0 0 1 20 25 5 0
Source: SEHA

21 December 2020
17:45
Eurofarm Pelister 30–26 Metaloplastika Sports Hall Boro Čurlevski, Bitola
Attendance: 0
Referees: Novica, Miljan (MNE)
(12–14)
  Report  
2 February 2021
20:30
PPD Zagreb 25–20 Tatran Prešov SD Sutinska Vrela, Zagreb
Attendance: 0
Referees: Nenad, Dušan (SRB)
(17–12)
  Report  

6 February 2021
20:00
PPD Zagreb v Eurofarm Pelister
[ Report]
13 February 2021
18:00
Tatran Prešov v Metaloplastika
[ Report]

27 February 2021
17:45
Eurofarm Pelister v Tatran Prešov
[ Report]
28 February 2021
18:00
Metaloplastika v PPD Zagreb
[ Report]

18 March 2021 Metaloplastika v Eurofarm Pelister
[ Report]
18 March 2021 Tatran Prešov v PPD Zagreb
[ Report]

24 March 2021 Metaloplastika v Tatran Prešov
[ Report]
25 March 2021 Eurofarm Pelister v PPD Zagreb
[ Report]

3 April 2021 Tatran Prešov v Eurofarm Pelister
[ Report]
3 April 2021 PPD Zagreb v Metaloplastika
[ Report]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Vardar 1961 2 2 0 0 52 47 +5 6 Quarter finals
2 Motor Zaporozhye 1 1 0 0 31 30 +1 3
3 Nexe 2 1 0 1 50 50 0 3 Play offs
4 Vojvodina 3 0 0 3 74 80 6 0
Source: SEHA

17 December 2020
17:00
Nexe 24–23 Vojvodina Sports Hall King Tomislav, Našice
Attendance: 0
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
(15–10)
   Report  
27 February 2021
21:15
Motor Zaporozhye v Vardar 1961

1 February 2021
20:15
Vardar 1961 27–26 Nexe Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 0
Referees: Boričić, Marković (SRB)
(15–12)
  Report  
2 February 2021
17:00
Motor Zaporozhye 31–30 Vojvodina Yunost Sport Palace, Zaporizhzhia
Attendance: 0
Referees: Dzmitry, Siarhei (BLR)
(18–16)
  Report  

28 January 2021
17:45
Vardar 1961 25–21 Vojvodina Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 0
Referees: Mitrović, Vešović (MNE)
(15–10)
  Report  
6 March 2021 Nexe v Motor Zaporozhye

17 March 2021 Vojvodina v Nexe
19 March 2021 Vardar 1961 v Motor Zaporozhye

24 March 2021 Nexe v Vardar 1961
27 March 2021 Vojvodina v Motor Zaporozhye

4 April 2021 Vojvodina v Vardar 1961
4 April 2021 Motor Zaporozhye v Nexe

Play offs

The Play off phase was made up of two matches for each participating team, one match played at home and one match played away. The teams that finished the Group Phase in positions 3–4 played in the Play-off phase.

Quarter-finals

There will be eight teams competing in the quarter-finals phase. Four teams will have earned a direct placement after the Group Phase, two teams will directly play in quarter-finals due to COVID-19 pandemic and two additional teams will have earned a quarter-finals spot through the playoff phase.

Final Four

The four winners of the quarter-final matches qualify for the right to contest the SEHA final four.

References

  1. "10th SEHA - Gazprom League season is about to start!". SEHA League. 15 December 2020.
  2. "SEHA – Gazprom League throws-off new season". International Handball Federation. 19 December 2020.
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