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EHF Excellence Awards

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

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]

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

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Position Season 2022/23[6] Season 2023/24[7]
Left wing Russia Timur Dibirov Denmark Emil Jakobsen
Left back Denmark Simon Pytlick France Elohim Prandi
Centre back Netherlands Luc Steins Sweden Felix Claar
Right back Denmark Mathias Gidsel France Dika Mem
Right wing Denmark Hans Lindberg Denmark Hans Lindberg (2)
Line player France Ludovic Fabregas France Ludovic Fabregas (2)
Goalkeeper Denmark Niklas Landin Denmark Emil Nielsen
Defender Brazil Thiagus Petrus Denmark Magnus Saugstrup
Rookie Slovenia Domen Makuc none
MVP Denmark Simon Pytlick to be announced

Women's Handball

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Position Season 2022/23[8] Season 2023/24[9]
Left wing Denmark Emma Friis France Chloé Valentini
Left back Romania Cristina Neagu Norway Henny Reistad (2)
Centre back Norway Henny Reistad Norway Stine Bredal Oftedal
Right back[a] Norway Nora Mørk
Slovenia Ana Gros
Russia Anna Vyakhireva
Right wing Netherlands Angela Malestein Hungary Viktória Győri-Lukács
Line player Norway Vilde Ingstad France Sarah Bouktit
Goalkeeper Norway Katrine Lunde Denmark Sandra Toft
Defender Denmark Kathrine Heindahl Denmark Line Haugsted
Rookie France Pauletta Foppa none
MVP Norway Katrine Lunde to be announced

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

Beach Handball

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Season Men's MVP Women's MVP
2022/23 Portugal Gabriel Conceição Spain Asun Batista

References

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  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. ^ "EHF Excellence Awards 2024: These are the season's best players". EHF. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Golden players make the team of the season". EHF. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  9. ^ "EHF Excellence Awards 2024: These are the season's best players". EHF. Retrieved 8 September 2024.