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After being part of the VELUX EHF Champions League in the past five consecutive seasons, Chambery Savoie Handball now face new international challenges in their first appearance in the EHF Cup since 2007.

Finishing fourth in the French league they secured the ticket in the EHF Cup. In the Qualification Round 2 they eliminated Turkey’s Ankara and in the last knockout round they sailed past Austrian champions Alpla Hard to the top 16 of the competition besides two other French teams Nantes and Montpellier.

Despite strong opponents like EHF Cup Finals hosts Füchse Berlin, Romanian champions HCM Constanta and group stage debutants Hlohovec from Slovakia, the hopes in the French Alps are high that the Group Phase is not the final stage for the team including three Gille brothers (Bertrande, Guillaume and Benjamin).

It is the clear objective of the club management to at least win one trophy this season – regardless if it is on domestic or on international court.

Manager Laurent Munier mainly focuses on their home matches in terms of proceeding to the quarter-finals.

“The favourite of this competition, Berlin, is in our group and there is Constanta, a young team, but with a rich experience in European Cup competitions. Our goal is to win all our home games and to try to win in Slovakia and in Romania to be sure to finish second and in overall to be one of the best two second ranked teams to proceed to the quarter-finals,” Munier says.

Club Address:

Chambery Savoie Handball 688 Avenue des Follaz 73000 Chambery France Media contact: Noémie Catalan +33 479 706 055 noemie.catalan@ chamberysavoiehandball.com Online information: www.chamberysavoiehandball.com Facebook: CSH73 Twitter: @ChamberySH_Hand Playing hall Le Phare

800 avenue du Grand Arietaz 73000 Chambery

France

Capacity: 4,600

Kit colours Light

Player shirt: white Player short: white

Goalkeeper shirt: Blue/green

Dark

Player shirt: red Player short: red

Goalkeeper shirt: blue/green

Past achievements

VELUX EHF Champions League Last 16: 2003/04, 2006/07, 2010/11 Main Round: 2008/09 Group Phase: 2001/02, 2009/10, 2011/12, 2012/13 EHF Cup Quarter-final: 2007/08 Last 16: 1998/99 Last 32: 1999/2000 Cup Winners’ Cup Quarter-final: 2002/03 Last 16: 2005/06

French champions: 2001 (runners- up: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012) French cup winners: 2002 (finalists 2005, 2009, 2011)

Trophée des champions: 2013 The road to the Group Phase:

Round 2: Chambery Savoie – BB Ankara Spor 34:26, 32:20

Round 3: Chambery Savoie – Alpla HC Hard 31:30, 25:25

Newcomers:

Remi Feutrier, Maxime Diot, Mathieu Merceron

Left the club:

Laurent Busselier, Nebojsa Grahovac, Thomas Capella, Yannick Palma, Karel Nocar

Coach:

Mario Cavalli (since 2012)

GROUP D

Team roster

Chambery Savoie Handball

No. First Name Surname Nat. Position Date of Birth Height Weight

80 Maxime Aicardi FRA Goalkeeper 5 Dec 1994 191 93

13 Edin Basic BIH Centre Back 4 May 1979 190 94

77 Damir Bicanic CRO Left Back 25 Jun 1985 194 95 6 Antoine Blanc FRA Right Back 18 Jul 1994 191 93 81 Killian Buffard FRA Right Wing 9 May 1994 175 72 25 Gregoire Detrez FRA Line Player 22 May 1981 185 96

1 Maxime Diot FRA Goalkeeper 28 Feb 1993 188 84

16 Cyril Dumoulin FRA Goalkeeper 2 Feb 1984 199 101

14 Remi Feutrier FRA Left Wing 28 Sep 1989 180 72 9 Benjamin Gille FRA Line Player 3 May 1982 191 91 10 Bertrand Gille FRA Line Player 24 Mar 1978 187 98 11 Guillaume Gille FRA Centre Back 12 Jul 1976 192 97 82 Yannis Jourdan FRA Left Wing 16 Feb 1995 194 87 83 Baptiste Malfondet FRA Left Wing 6 Sep 1995 182 68 2 Johannes Marescot FRA Line Player 4 Apr 1994 193 96 26 Guillaume Marroux FRA Left Wing 13 Jul 1990 178 88 15 Olivier Marroux FRA Right Wing 9 Jan 1986 176 78 84 Maurice Jordan Mendy FRA Right Wing 22 Feb 1996 180 85 12 Mathieu Merceron FRA Goalkeeper 7 Jan 1993 200 100 19 Timothey N’guessan FRA Left Back 18 Sep 1992 196 95 5 Alix Kevynn Nyokas FRA Right Back 28 Jun 1986 188 85 8 Marko Panic BIH Right Back 10 Mar 1991 197 101 23 Pierre Paturel FRA Line Player 26 Jan 1989 196 92 18 Cedric Paty FRA Right Wing 25 Jul 1981 195 86 85 Melvyn Richardson FRA Right Back 31 Jan 1997 0

86 Thomas Sermet Bellet FRA Centre Back 3 Mar 1995 179 70 3 Queido Traore FRA Left Wing 15 Oct 1994 185 86 4 Alexandre Tritta FRA Right Back 9 Dec 1994 186 88 87 Mael Vandelannoote FRA Centre Back 20 Apr 1995 185 72

Mario Cavalli coach

Only Barcelona’s Xavi Pascual and Montpellier’s Patrice Canayer can look back upon such a long period in the same club as Chambery coach Mario Cavalli. Born in Chambery, he joined the club as a player in 1976, before becoming part of the coaching team. After eleven years as an assistant of Philippe Gardent (now at Paris Handball) the 49-year-old Cavalli has been the coach in charge for two seasons now, with a certain success so far. Never shouting, but always a very persuasive man, he’s been keen to bring new players to the roster, especially young ones from the club’s training centre. Some say he can turn young players to key factors, like he did with Timothey Nguessan last year. His biggest success until now was becoming French champions in 2001, but surprising results from European competitions in the past, like defeating Barcelona, Kiel or Rhein-Neckar Löwen can be also remembered.

Bertrand Gille line player

After ten highly successful years at HSV Hamburg Bertrand Gille returned to the club at which his handball career started. In the meantime the line player and former World Handball Player of the Year became double Olympic champion (2008, 2012), three-time world (2001, 2009, 2011) champion and double European champion (2006, 2010). Back in Chambery, Gille has had a tough last season, often injured and missing lots of games.

Absent from this year’s European Championship due to a foot injury, he’s back in full form and shall guarantee a stable defence and goals from the six metre line. His absence partly meant Chambéry nearly got thrown out of the competition during the playoffs, but now Bertrand Gille has got the ambition to win the EHF Cup, a trophy he’s never touched in the past.

Cyril Dumoulin goalkeeper

The 30-year-old goalkeeper has played in Chambéry since he was 16. A kid of the club, he’s made every step there and played his first French league match aged 19. A solid team player, capable of beautiful saves against the best teams in the world. He’s been a key factor in the past Chambéry wins against the likes of Kielce and Barcelona. Now the kid’s grown up, and his performances at the EHF European Championships are there to prove it. In the absence of Thierry Omeyer, he played some excellent matches, and also made a good appearance during the final against Denmark.

Having suffered from a tough beginning of the season, his newly gained confidence should help Chambéry through a hard group in the EHF Cup.

But Cyril Dumoulin also has a lot of other abilities. He’s an author, writing books about handball and his inside views of the matches.

Edin Basic centre back

Born in Bosnia 34 years ago, Edin Basic travelled a lot before finally landing in Chambéry. The centre back first played for eight seasons in Zurich, winning two Swiss championships, before signing for Chambéry in December 2009. This is the club with which he discovered the EHF Champions League, playing it for five seasons in a row. For the first time this year, he will discover the EHF Cup.

Edin Basic has a prominent role in the Chambéry team as their best scorer, a real presence in the changing room, but also the man who makes the life easier on the court thanks to his magic passes, one of the reasons he has been awarded as the best centre back in the French league for three seasons in a row.

European competitions have always been kind to Chambéry, with memorable victories over favourites like Barcelona, Rhein-Neckar Löwenand Kielce in the past seasons. Edin Basic hopes that he will be able to repeat such performances this year.

OG: G 2008, G 2012, EURO: G 2006, G 2010, B 2008, WCh: G 2001, G 2011 EC trophies: CWC 2007

EURO: G 2014

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