From the very first whistle match proved its Derby of the round title. It was on both sides of the court visible that the encounter in Rdeca dvorana might end up being crucial for both PPD Zagreb and Gorenje Velenje in their mission to secure a place on League's Final Four tournament. It was a real battle of defenses with back shooters...
Gorenje will in SEHA - Gazprom Round 7 on Tuesday in Velenje host PPD Zagreb. Teams are waiting for the match in quite different atmospheres - Slovenians are playing way better than it was expected...
European silver medal winner with the Serbian national team, an important piece of Gorenje Velenje’s rotation and an athlete who appeared for some of the strongest handball clubs in his illustrious career, Alem Toskic shared a few interesting details of...
Celje PL - Vardar 28:31 (13:16) (Anic 5, Kodrin 5, Mlakar 5, Vujovic 5 / Dibirov 6, Shishkarev 6) Raul Gonzalez, Vardar coach: I would like to congratulate Celje because they played really good and we had to make...
Vardar Skopje have managed to reach another SEHA - Gazprom League triumph defeating Celje PL in their Zlatorog sports hall 31:28 (16:13). Reigning SEHA champions had a difficult task playing against motivated home team whose recognizable playing style, fast transition and attractive actions already proved to be a deadly weapon against some other favored teams. However, despite of their...
Urban Lesjak was born and raised as a handball player in Celje Pivovarna Lasko. The 27-year old Slovenian goalie gathered a lot of experience playing for ’Yellow&Blue’ - EHF Champions League winners back from 2004. Back then he was only 14 but now, he is leading his club in matches against European...
The most accolated Croatian handball coach, Olympic and World champion that has been living for handball for the past half a century: Lino Cevar is currently the head coach of the Croatian national team, as well as handball club Metalurg. Cervar has greatly contributed to handball in Croatia and Macedonia. Handball is a team sport, and every individual needs to be engaged in order to...
PPD Zagreb - Celje PL 25:25 (16:14) (Kontrec 4, Mandalinic 5 / Marguc 4, Mackovsek 5: Lesjak 16 saves) Kasim Kamenica, PPD Zagreb coach: Derbies are always extra tense bringing that extra something. We've opened the match well but after 10:5 we kind of stopped...
Matches between Zagreb and Celje are European handball evergreen. Huge rivalry which often goes over the line.Nowadays things are much steadier than back in the day when they were both a part of Europe’s top elite. Bigger stakes, higher tension. It is expected. Financial aspect of the game is quite more important now that it was in the past but finances can never turn off the rivalry. It was well visible last season when they...
Matches between these two teams are always quite tense and narrow. There is no reason for that not to occur in this season’s premier clash of great rivals PPD Zagreb and Celje PL on Tuesday (19.00 CET) in Sutinska vrela. Teams are entering the duel with six points each. Interesting is Celje have managed to reach their...
