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)
 Macedonia (2 teams)
 Serbia (2 teams)
 Slovakia (1 team)
 Slovenia (2 teams)
Regular season
Season championsNorth Macedonia Vardar
Season MVPLuka Cindrić[1]
Top scorerHalil Jaganjac
(100 goals) [2]
Final Four
Finals championsNorth Macedonia Vardar[3]
  Runners-upCroatia 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 15 April 2018.

Team information

Venues and locations
Country Team City Venue (Capacity)
Belarus Belarus Meshkov Brest Brest Universal Sports Complex Victoria (3,740)
Croatia Croatia PPD Zagreb Zagreb Arena Zagreb (15,200)
Sutinska Vrela Hall (2,000)
Nexe Našice Sportska dvorana (2,500)
North Macedonia Macedonia Vardar Skopje Jane Sandanski Arena (6,000)
Metalurg Skopje Boris Trajkovski Sports Center (7,000), Avtokomanda (2,000)
Serbia Serbia Dinamo Pančevo Strelište Sports Hall (1,100)
Vojvodina Novi Sad SPENS (11,000), SC Slana Bara (2,000)
Slovakia Slovakia Tatran Prešov Prešov City Hall Prešov (4,000)
Slovenia 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 Ukraine Serhiy Bebeshko Belarus Dzmitry Nikulenkau Joma BelGazpromBank
PPD Zagreb Croatia Zlatko Saračević Croatia Igor Vori Hummel Prvo Plinarsko Društvo
Nexe Croatia Hrvoje Horvat Croatia Marko Mrđenović Jako Nexe
Vardar Spain Raúl González North Macedonia Stojanče Stoilov Hummel Bet City
Metalurg Croatia Lino Červar North Macedonia Filip Kuzmanovski Kempa Duferco Makstil
Dinamo Serbia Ivan Petković Serbia Branko Radanović unit-sport Grad Pančevo
Vojvodina Bosnia and Herzegovina Kasim Kamenica Serbia Vukašin Stojanović NAAI Vinarija Zvonko Bogdan
Tatran Prešov Croatia Slavko Goluža Slovakia Radovan Pekár ATAK Sportswear Phoenix
Gorenje Velenje Croatia Željko Babić Slovenia Niko Medved Kempa Gorenje
Celje Pivovarna Laško Slovenia Branko Tamše Slovenia David Razgor Nike Laško

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

Regular season

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

Results
Home \ Away Belarus MES Croatia ZAG Croatia NEX North Macedonia VAR North Macedonia MET Serbia DIN Serbia VOJ Slovakia TAT Slovenia GOR Slovenia CEL
Belarus Meshkov Brest 24–23 35–23 25–25 35–30 29–26 32–27 32–26 32–33 30–34
Croatia PPD Zagreb 27–24 27–19 24–25 30–28 40–29 35–25 32–26 26–25 25–25
Croatia Nexe 19–29 29–30 21–30 31–31 27–19 33–28 23–27 24–24 23–35
North Macedonia Vardar 31–23 30–23 29–25 31–24 42–32 37–22 32–28 32–19 35–27
North Macedonia Metalurg 37–33 26–32 29–22 23–32 33–25 30–26 31–30 24–29 28–26
Serbia Dinamo 26–33 28–28 25–25 23–27 20–25 22–20 26–26 27–29 26–37
Serbia Vojvodina 27–36 21–29 29–28 32–36 21–19 24–29 23–23 27–39 26–31
Slovakia Tatran Prešov 24–23 33–28 26–26 22–30 27–19 36–24 35–26 27–27 25–26
Slovenia Gorenje Velenje 37–28 23–25 30–30 24–30 37–25 34–24 37–20 27–25 22–25
Slovenia 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 15 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 North Macedonia 33–24 Belarus Meshkov Brest Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 5,380
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Cindrić 6 (17–14) Baranau 9
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13 April 2018
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)		 PPD Zagreb Croatia 29–28 Slovenia Celje Pivovarna Laško Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 2,270
Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
Pavlović 7 (14–11) Mačkovšek 6
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Match for third place
15 April 2018
17:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		 Meshkov Brest Belarus 28–31 Slovenia Celje Pivovarna Laško Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Nikolić Stojković (SRB)
Horák, Shumak 5 (14–15) Mlakar 7
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Final
15 April 2018
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)		 Vardar North Macedonia 26–24 Croatia PPD Zagreb Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Brynovski, Čanda (SVK)
Cindrić, Krištopāns 5 (14–13) Horvat 8
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Top goalscorers
As of 15 April 2018
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Croatia Halil Jaganjac North Macedonia Metalurg 100
2 Croatia Bruno Butorac Slovakia Tatran Prešov 95
3 Croatia Zlatko Horvat Croatia PPD Zagreb 92

References
  1. "FINAL4_magazin_2018".
  2. "Halil Jaganjac presented with regular season best scorer award in Skopje".
  3. "Vardar crown record-breaking season with fourth trophy".
  4. "SEHA league - official website".
  5. "Vojvodina and Bosko Rudic part ways, Kukic to lead the team against Metalurg".
  6. "Saracevic takes over as PPD Zagreb coach, Mandalinic to Berlin with immediate effect".
  7. "Spring transfers in SEHA - Gazprom League".
  8. "Place of the 7th Final 4 is finally known!".
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