EHF Excellence Awards

EHF Excellence Awards

Sport	Handball
Competition	European Handball
Awarded for	Best Performances of the season
History
First award	2023

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

Position	Season 2022/23 [6]	Season 2023/24 [7]	Season 2024/25 [8] [9]
Left wing	Timur Dibirov	Emil Jakobsen	Emil Jakobsen (2)
Left back	Simon Pytlick	Elohim Prandi	Felix Claar (2)
Centre back	Luc Steins	Felix Claar	Gísli Þorgeir Kristjánsson
Right back	Mathias Gidsel	Dika Mem	Mathias Gidsel (2)
Right wing	Hans Lindberg	Hans Lindberg (2)	Mario Šoštarić
Line player	Ludovic Fabregas	Ludovic Fabregas (2)	Ludovic Fabregas (3)
Goalkeeper	Niklas Landin	Emil Nielsen	Emil Nielsen (2)
Defender	Thiagus Petrus	Magnus Saugstrup	Magnus Saugstrup (2)
Rookie	Domen Makuc	Martim Costa [10]	Ian Barrufet
MVP	Simon Pytlick	Emil Nielsen	Mathias Gidsel (3)

Women's handball

Position	Season 2022/23 [11]	Season 2023/24 [12]	Season 2024/25 [13] [9]
Left wing	Emma Friis	Chloé Valentini	Chloé Valentini (2)
Left back	Cristina Neagu	Henny Reistad (2)	Estelle Nze Minko
Centre back	Henny Reistad	Stine Bredal Oftedal	Henny Reistad (3)
Right back	Nora Mørk Ana Gros [a]	Anna Vyakhireva	Dione Housheer
Right wing	Angela Malestein	Viktória Győri-Lukács	Viktória Győri-Lukács (2)
Line player	Vilde Ingstad	Sarah Bouktit	Kari Brattset Dale
Goalkeeper	Katrine Lunde	Sandra Toft	Katrine Lunde (2)
Defender	Kathrine Heindahl	Line Haugsted	Kari Brattset Dale (2)
Rookie	Pauletta Foppa	Petra Simon [10]	Mia Emmenegger
MVP	Katrine Lunde	Stine Bredal Oftedal	Henny Reistad (4)

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

Beach handball

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

References

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5. "Handball EHF Excellence Awards: Lunde und Pytlick MVP". sport4final.de (in German). Retrieved 26 June 2023.
6. "Danish players snap up big awards". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
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