SEHA League
Current season, competition or edition: 2016–17 SEHA League | |
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| Countries |
 Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Hungary Macedonia Slovakia Slovenia |
|---|---|
| Confederation | EHF |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Number of teams | 10 |
| Current champions | Veszprém (2nd title) |
| Most championships | Vardar and Veszprém (2 titles each) |
South East Handball Association League or simply SEHA League is a top-level regional handball league, featuring teams from Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary, Macedonia, Slovakia and Slovenia. Due to sponsorship reasons, the league is also known as the Gazprom South Stream League. The league exists alongside scaled-down national leagues of the participating nations and all of SEHA League teams join their respective country's own competitions in late spring after the SEHA League regular season and post-season have been completed. The league's headquarters are based in Zagreb, Croatia, and the league's president is Mihajlo Mihajlovski Vardar's ex-chairman. 2011–12 was the first season of the competition, with Vardar from Skopje, Macedonia, becoming the first champions.
History of the Regional league
Initiative for establishing regional South-East European handball league was presented during the first half of 2011. After idea of forming Regional Sparkasse League failed, during the July 2011 it was published that first season of the competition named SEHA League will start during the September same year.
In the first season of SEHA League participated 14 clubs, but their number is reduced during next years. Today, there are 10 clubs in SEHA League from seven different countries.
League is based on Regular season, and the Final four, in which are participating four best placed clubs from Regular season. Until today, hosts of Final four were cities of Zagreb and Skopje.
Most successful participants of SEHA League during its first five seasons were Veszprém and RK Vardar each with two champions title. Vardar was first team with more than one title when in 2014 get his second one.
Current season (2016–17)
- Below is the list of clubs that are members of the 2016–17 SEHA League season.
| Country | Team | City | Venue (Capacity) |
| Belarus |
Meshkov Brest | Brest, Belarus | Universal Sports Complex Victoria (3,740) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Izviđač Mi grupa | Ljubuški | Ljubuški Sports Hall (4,000) |
| Croatia |
PPD Zagreb | Zagreb | Arena Zagreb (14,774) |
| Nexe | Našice | Sportska dvorana (2,500) | |
| Hungary |
Veszprém | Veszprém | Veszprém Aréna (5,096) |
| Macedonia |
Vardar | Skopje | Jane Sandanski Arena (6,000) |
| Metalurg | Skopje | Avtokomanda Sports Hall (2,000) | |
| Slovakia |
Tatran Prešov | Prešov | City Hall Prešov (4,000) |
| Slovenia |
Gorenje Velenje | Velenje | Red Hall (2,500) |
| Celje Pivovarna Laško | Celje | Zlatorog Arena (5,500) |
Final four tournaments
Winners
Below is the list of winners, finalists and other participants of Final four SEHA tournaments.
| Year | Host | Final | Match for third place | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||||
| 2011–12 Details |
Zagreb | Vardar |
21–18 | Metalurg |
Zagreb |
31–29 | Tatran Prešov | ||
| 2012–13 Details |
Skopje | Zagreb |
25–24 a.e.t. |
Vardar |
Metalurg |
26–21 | Meshkov Brest | ||
| 2013–14 Details |
Novi Sad | Vardar |
29–27 | Meshkov |
Zagreb |
36–28 | Tatran | ||
| 2014–15 Details |
Veszprém | Veszprém |
32–21 | Meshkov |
Zagreb |
26–23 | Vardar | ||
| 2015–16 Details |
Varaždin | Veszprém |
28–26 | Vardar |
PPD Zagreb |
24−23 | Meshkov Brest | ||
Hosts
| Year | Final four host | Hall | Date | Attendance | Final (att.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | Zagreb |
Arena Zagreb | 14–15 April 2012 | 5,500 | 1,500 |
| 2012–13 | Skopje |
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center | 12–13 April 2013 | 13,450 | 5,500 |
| 2013–14 |  Novi Sad |
SPC Vojvodina | 11–13 April 2014 | 15,710 | 5,160 |
| 2014–15 | Veszprém |
Veszprém Aréna | 25–29 March 2015 | 16,100 | 5,000 |
| 2015–16 | Varaždin |
Varaždin Arena | 1–3 April 2016 | 20,611 | 5,486 |
Records and statistics
By Club
Correct as of the 2015–16 SEHA League season.
| Club | Won | Runner-up | Years won | Years runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vardar |
2012, 2014 | 2013, 2016 | ||
| Veszprém |
2015, 2016 | |||
| Zagreb |
2013 | |||
| Metalurg |
2012 | |||
| Meshkov |
2014, 2015 |
By country
Correct as of the 2015–16 SEHA League season.
| Club / Nation | Won | Runner-up | Finals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macedonia |
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| Hungary |
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| Croatia |
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| Belarus |
Participating Clubs
Correct as of 2014–15 SEHA League season.
| Club | Seasons | Games | Years | Wins | F4/F6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zagreb |
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 | ||||
| Vardar |
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 | ||||
| Tatran |
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 | ||||
| Metalurg |
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 | ||||
| Nexe |
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 | ||||
| Borac |
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 | ||||
| Meshkov |
2013, 2014, 2015 | ||||
 Lovćen |
2012, 2013, 2014 | ||||
| Izviđač |
2012, 2013 | ||||
| Vojvodina |
2014, 2015 | ||||
| Sutjeska |
2012 | ||||
| Veszprém |
2015 | ||||
| Metaloplastika |
2012 | ||||
| Radnički |
2015 | ||||
| Partizan |
2014 | ||||
| Crvena zvezda |
2012 | ||||
| Sloga |
2013 | ||||
| Bosna |
2012 |