2019–20 SEHA League


The 2019–20 SEHA League season is the ninth season of the SEHA League and sixth under the sponsorship of the Russian oil and gas company Gazprom. Twelve teams from nine countries (Belarus, Croatia, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovakia, Hungary, Ukraine, Russia and China are participating in this year's competition. On 13 August the Executive Committee of the SEHA – Gazprom League has made a decision that because of the crucial disagreements over conditions regarding the participation in the 2019/20 season, Tatabánya will not participate in the SEHA – Gazprom League this season.
Vardar are the defending champions.

Competition format

Twelve teams, divided into two groups participated in the competition. Groups A and B were played with six teams each, in a round robin, home and away format. The top two teams in each group qualified directly for the quarter-finals, while the teams that finish the Group Phase in positions 3–6 played in the Play off phase.
;Play off Phase
8 teams played home and away in the Play off phase, with the teams that finish the Group Phase in positions 3–6.
;Quarter-finals
The four winners of the matches in the Play off phase will be joined by the top two of Groups A and B to play home and away for the right to contest the SEHA Final 4.
;SEHA Final 4
The culmination of the season, the SEHA Final 4, continues in its existing format, with the four top teams from the competition competing for the title over one weekend. The host and schedule for this year's Final Four tournament was announced on 25 February 2020.

Team information

The SEHA – Gazprom League Executive Committee made decision that 12 participants will play in two groups in the upcoming season. Telekom Veszprem, Motor Zaporozhye, Eurofarm Pelister, Metaloplastika Sabac, HC Spartak Moscow and Beijing Sport University are the new clubs that will join the 9th SEHA – Gazprom League season.

Venues and locations

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1 Beijing Sport University will play all of their home matches in Zagreb, Croatia.

Personnel and kits

Following is the list of clubs competing in 2019–20 SEHA League, with their manager, team captain, kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor.
TeamHead coachTeam captainKit manufacturer
Meshkov Brest Raúl Alonso Ivan PesicJoma
PPD Zagreb Veselin Vujović Zlatko HorvatHummel
Nexe Hrvoje Horvat Vedran ZrnićJako
Vardar Stevče Aluševski Stojanče StoilovHummel
Eurofarm Pelister Željko Babić Goce OjleskiUnit Sport
Telekom Veszprém David Davis Máté LékaiAdidas
Vojvodina Boris Rojević Vukašin StojanovićNAAI
Tatran Prešov Slavko Goluža Radovan PekárATAK
Metaloplastika Veselin Vuković Borivoje ĐukićUnit Sport
Motor Zaporizhia Rostislav Lanevich Zakhar DenysovHummel
Spartak Moscow Igor Lyovshin Dimitry KovalevPuma
Beijing Sport University Vlado Šola Wang WeiHummel

Coaching changes

Group phase

In the Group Phase, each team played ten matches within their respective groups. Five matches were played at home, and five matches away. The final position after the ten rounds determined if a club will play in the Play off phase or if they will earn a direct placement to the Quarter finals phase.

Group A

Group B

Play offs

The Play off phase was made up of two matches for each participating team, one match played at home and one match played away. The teams that finished the Group Phase in positions 3–6 played in the Play off phase.

Overview

Matches

Tatran Prešov won 63–45 on aggregate.
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Vojvodina won 51–48 on aggregate.
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Nexe won 45–44 on aggregate.
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Meshkov Brest won 87–49 on aggregate. won 45–44 on aggregate.''

Quarter-finals

There will be eight teams competing in the quarter-finals phase. Four teams will have earned a direct placement after the Group Phase, and four additional teams will have earned a quarter-finals spot through the playoff phase.
The SEHA – Gazprom League’s commissioner on Friday 13 March 2020 has made a decision to postpone SEHA - Gazprom League Quarter final 2nd leg matches: Telekom Veszprem – Vojvodina and Vardar - Nexe, due to the ongoing developments in the spread of COVID-19 across Europe. All further updates will be published accordingly.

Overview

Matches

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Meshkov Brest won 63–56 on aggregate.
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PPD Zagreb won 53–37 on aggregate.

Final Four

The four winners of the quarter-final matches qualify for the right to contest the SEHA final four. The SEHA - Gazprom League Executive Committee had made the decision for the final four tournament to be held at the Krešimir Ćosić Hall in Zadar, Croatia, on 3 and 5 April 2020.
Due to the current situation in the spread of COVID-19 across Europe and further objective reasons, SEHA Executive Committee has made a decision to postpone the Final 4 indefinitely. All further updates will be published accordingly.

Bracket


Semifinals

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Match for third place

Final

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Mikita Vailupau Meshkov Brest103
2 Timur Dibirov Vardar58
2 Lovro Jotić Eurofarm Pelister58