EHF Excellence Awards

The EHF Excellence Awards is an annual handball awards ceremony held by the European Handball Federation.[1] It was first held in 2023 in Vienna, Austria. The best players of the season on each position both on the men's and women's side are awarded, as well as Rookie of the season, Defender of the season, and MVP of the season. The ceremony also includes Beach Handball MVP's.[2]

EHF Excellence Awards
SportHandball
CompetitionEuropean Handball
Awarded forBest Performances of the season
History
First award2023

Players can be shortlisted by their performance in the EHF Champions League, EHF European League, EHF Euro, and the IHF World Championship.[3] The winners are decided by voting from players, coaches, media representatives and fans, each group representing 25% of the votes.[4][5]

Men's Handball
Season Position Player
2022/23[6] Left wingRussia Timur Dibirov
Left backDenmark Simon Pytlick
Centre backNetherlands Luc Steins
Right backDenmark Mathias Gidsel
Right wingDenmark Hans Lindberg
Line playerFrance Ludovic Fabregas
GoalkeeperDenmark Niklas Landin
DefenderBrazil Thiagus Petrus
RookieSlovenia Domen Makuc
MVPDenmark Simon Pytlick

Women's Handball
Season Position Player
2022/23[7] Left wingDenmark Emma Friis
Left backRomania Cristina Neagu
Centre backNorway Henny Reistad
Right back[a]Norway Nora Mørk
Slovenia Ana Gros
Right wingNetherlands Angela Malestein
Line playerNorway Vilde Ingstad
GoalkeeperNorway Katrine Lunde
DefenderDenmark Kathrine Heindahl
RookieFrance Pauletta Foppa
MVPNorway Katrine Lunde

a There was a complete tie in the voting results between the two players, and they both received the award.

Beach Handball
Season Men's MVP Women's MVP
2022/23 Portugal Gabriel ConceiçãoSpain Asun Batista

References
  1. "Glitzy EHF Excellence Awards premiere on 26 June". EHF. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  2. "EHF Excellence Awards to honour the season's best handball players". EHF. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  3. "EHF Excellence Awards". EHF. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  4. "Who Will Become the Player of the Year? List of Nominated Players for the EHF Excellence Awards 2023 Released". handball-world. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  5. "Handball EHF Excellence Awards: Lunde und Pytlick MVP". sport4final.de (in German). Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  6. "Danish players snap up big awards". EHF. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  7. "Golden players make the team of the season". EHF. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
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