SEHA League

SEHA Liga
СЕХА Лига
Current season, competition or edition:
2015–16 SEHA League
Countries Belarus Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia Croatia
Hungary Hungary
Republic of Macedonia Macedonia
Montenegro Montenegro
Serbia Serbia
Slovakia Slovakia
Confederation EHF
Founded 2011 (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, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovakia. 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 two seasons were RK Zagreb and RK Vardar with one champions title.

Current season (2015–16)

Below is the list of clubs that are members of the 2015–16 SEHA League season.
Country Team City Venue (Capacity)
Belarus Belarus Meshkov Brest Brest, Belarus Universal Sports Complex Victoria (3,740)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac m:tel Banja Luka Sportska dvorana Borik (3,500)
Croatia Croatia PPD Zagreb Zagreb Arena Zagreb (16,800)
Nexe Našice Sportska dvorana (2,500)
Hungary Hungary Veszprém Veszprém Veszprém Aréna (5,096)
Republic of Macedonia Macedonia Vardar Skopje Jane Sandanski Arena (7,500)
Maks Strumica Strumica Sportska Sala Park (4,000)
Serbia Serbia Vojvodina Novi Sad Hala Slana Bara (4,000)
Spartak Vojput Subotica Hala sportova u Subotici (3,000)
Slovakia Slovakia Tatran Prešov Prešov City Hall Prešov (4,000)

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 Republic of Macedonia
Vardar
21–18 Republic of Macedonia
Metalurg
Croatia
Zagreb
31–29 Slovakia
Tatran Prešov
2012–13
Details
Skopje Croatia
Zagreb
25–24
a.e.t.
Republic of Macedonia
Vardar
Republic of Macedonia
Metalurg
26–21 Belarus
Meshkov Brest
2013–14
Details
Novi Sad Republic of Macedonia
Vardar
29–27 Belarus
Meshkov
Croatia
Zagreb
36–28 Slovakia
Tatran
2014–15
Details
Veszprém Hungary
Veszprém
32–21 Belarus
Meshkov
Croatia
Zagreb
26–23 Republic of Macedonia
Vardar
2015–16
Details
Varaždin Hungary
Veszprém
28–26 Republic of Macedonia
Vardar
Croatia
PPD Zagreb
24−23 Belarus
Meshkov Brest

Hosts

Year Final four host Hall Date Attendance Final (att.)
2011–12 Croatia Zagreb Arena Zagreb 14–15 April 2012 5,500 1,500
2012–13 Republic of Macedonia Skopje Boris Trajkovski Sports Center 12–13 April 2013 13,450 5,500
2013–14 Serbia Novi Sad SPC Vojvodina 11–13 April 2014 15,710 5,160
2014–15 Hungary Veszprém Veszprém Aréna 25–29 March 2015 16,100 5,000
2015–16 Croatia 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
Republic of Macedonia Vardar
2
2
2012, 2014 2013, 2016
Hungary Veszprém
2
0
2015, 2016
Croatia Zagreb
1
0
2013
Republic of Macedonia Metalurg
0
1
2012
Belarus Meshkov
0
2
2014, 2015

By country

Correct as of the 2015–16 SEHA League season.

Club / Nation Won Runner-up Finals
 Macedonia
2
3
5
 Hungary
2
0
2
 Croatia
1
0
1
 Belarus
0
2
2

Participating Clubs

Correct as of 2014–15 SEHA League season.

Club Seasons Games Years Wins F4/F6
Croatia Zagreb
4
82
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
1
4
Republic of Macedonia Vardar
4
80
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
2
4
Slovakia Tatran
4
78
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
3
Republic of Macedonia Metalurg
4
77
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
2
Croatia Nexe
4
77
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
1
Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac
4
76
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Belarus Meshkov
3
59
2013, 2014, 2015
3
Montenegro Lovćen
3
57
2012, 2013, 2014
Bosnia and Herzegovina Izviđač
2
38
2012, 2013
Serbia Vojvodina
2
36
2014, 2015
Montenegro Sutjeska
1
21
2012
Hungary Veszprém
1
20
2015
1
1
Serbia Metaloplastika
1
20
2012
Serbia Radnički
1
18
2015
Serbia Partizan
1
18
2014
Serbia Crvena zvezda
1
18
2012
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sloga
1
18
2013
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosna
1
17
2012

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