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Sport | Handball |
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Competition | European Handball |
Awarded for | Best Performance in an EHF competition |
History | |
First award | January 2016 |
Most wins | Men's:![]() ![]() Women's: ![]() |
EHF Players of the Month are monthly handball awards which recognises the best male and female players from European Handball Federation competitions. The recipients are chosen by a panel of journalists assembled by the EHF Media department, and are announced on the first Thursday of the following month.
The awards were launched in January 2016 [1] and are given on a monthly basis, except for of July and August when the months are combined to allow both male and female younger age category competitions to take place.
Any player who has taken part in an EHF competition, including the EHF Champions League, EHF Cup, EHF Challenge Cup, EHF EURO, European Beach Handball Championship (disambiguation) and all European Younger Age Category events, is eligible to be nominated for the award.
Out of all the monthly winners are picked the EHF Players of the Year. [2]
Month | Player | Club | Also nominated |
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January 2016 | ![]() | ![]() | Sander Sagosen (NOR, Aalborg Handbold), Julen Aguinagalde (ESP, Vive Tauron Kielce), Antonio García Robledo (ESP, MOL-Pick Szeged), Johan Jakobsson (SWE, SG Flensburg-Handewitt) |
February 2016 [3] | ![]() | ![]() | Mikkel Hansen (DEN, Paris Saint-Germain Handball), Dean Bombač (SLO, MOL-Pick Szeged), Kiril Lazarov (MKD, FC Barcelona Lassa), Mattias Andersson (SWE, SG Flensburg-Handewitt) |
March 2016 [4] | ![]() | ![]() | Mads Mensah Larsen (DEN, Rhein-Neckar Löwen), Alem Toskić (SRB, HC Vardar), Rodrigo Corrales (ESP, Wisla Plock), Arpad Sterbik (ESP, HC Vardar) |
April 2016 [5] | ![]() | ![]() | Niklas Landin (Denmark, THW Kiel), Holger Glandorf (GER, SG Flensburg-Handewitt), Momir Ilić (SRB, MVM Veszprém), Mirko Alilović (CRO, MVM Veszprém) |
May 2016 [6] | ![]() | ![]() | Mikkel Hansen (DEN, Paris Saint-Germain Handball), Sławomir Szmal (POL, KS Vive Tauron Kielce), Krzysztof Lijewski (POL, KS Vive Tauron Kielce), Domagoj Duvnjak (CRO, THW Kiel) |
June 2016 [7] | ![]() | ![]() | Dean Bombač (SLO, MOL-Pick Szeged), Siarhei Rutenka (BLR, FC Barcelona Lassa), Petar Nenadić (SRB, Füchse Berlin), Máté Lékai (HUN, MVM Veszprem) |
July/August 2016 [8] | ![]() | ![]() | Melvyn Richardson (FRA, Chambéry Savoie), Kyllian Villeminot (FRA, Montpellier HB), Tim Suton (GER, TVB Lemgo) |
September 2016 [9] | ![]() | ![]() | Filip Taleski (MKD, HC Metalurg), Rodrigo Corrales (ESP, Orlen Wisla Plock), Kentin Mahé (FRA, SG Flensburg-Handewitt), Miha Zarabec (SLO, Celje Pivovarna Laško) |
October 2016 [10] | ![]() | ![]() | Filip Ivić (CRO, Vive Tauron Kielce), Nedim Remili (FRA, Paris Saint-Germain Handball), Nikola Karabatić (FRA, Paris Saint-Germain Handball), Wael Jallouz (TUN, FC Barcelona Lassa), Jakub Hrstka (CZE, Tatran Presov) |
November 2016 [11] | ![]() | ![]() | Thierry Omeyer (FRA Paris Saint-Germain Handball), Filip Ivić (CRO, Vive Tauron Kielce), Kiril Lazarov (MKD, FC Barcelona Lassa), Uwe Gensheimer (GER, Paris Saint-Germain Handball) |
December 2016 [12] | ![]() | ![]() | Filip Ivić (CRO, Vive Tauron Kielce), Jonas Källman (SWE, MOL-Pick Szeged), Julen Aguinagalde (ESP, Vive Tauron Kielce), Alex Dujshebaev (ESP, HC Vardar) |
January 2017 [13] | ![]() | ![]() | Nedim Remili (FRA, Paris Saint Germain Handball), Kentin Mahé (FRA, SG Flensburg-Handewitt), Vincent Gerard (FRA, Montpellier HB), Jure Dolenec (SLO, Montpellier HB) |
February 2017 [14] | ![]() | ![]() | Andy Schmid (SUI, Rhein-Neckar Löwen), Borut Mačkovšek (SLO, RK Celje Pivovarna Laško), Timur Dibirov (RUS, RK Vardar), Sørenn Rasmussen (DEN, SG Flensburg-Handewitt) |
March 2017 [15] | ![]() | ![]() | Mattias Andersson (SWE, SG Flensburg-Handewitt), Gábor Császár (HUN, Kadetten Schaffhausen), Julen Aguinagalde (ESP, Vive Tauron Kielce), Jure Dolenec (SLO, Montpellier HB) |
April 2017 [16] | ![]() | ![]() | Luka Cindrić (CRO, HC Vardar), Nikola Karabatić (FRA, Paris Saint-Germain Handball), Árpád Sterbik (ESP, HC Vardar), László Nagy (HUN, Telekom Veszprém) |
May 2017 [17] | ![]() | ![]() | Hans Lindberg (DEN, Füchse Berlin), Aron Pálmarsson (ISL, Telekom Veszprém), Lars Kaufmann (GER, Frisch Auf Göppingen), Kiril Lazarov (MKD, FC Barcelona Lassa) |
June 2017 [18] | ![]() | ![]() | Árpád Sterbik (ESP, RK Vardar), Vuko Borozan (MNE, RK Vardar), Thierry Omeyer (FRA, Paris Saint-Germain Handball), Nikola Bilyk (AUT, THW Kiel) |
July/August 2017 [19] | ![]() | ![]() | Yoav Lubroso (ISR), Giorgi Tskhonrebadze (GEO), Andre Bergsholm Kristensen (NOR, Sandefjord Handball), Lukas Hutecek (AUT, Fivers WAT Margareten) |
September 2017 [20] | ![]() | ![]() | Rasmus Lauge Schmidt (DEN, SG Flensburg-Handewitt), Mattias Andersson (SWE,SG Flensburg-Handewitt), Žiga Mlakar (SLO, RK Celje Pivovarna Laško), Sander Sagosen (NOR, Paris Saint-Germain Handball) |
October 2017 [21] | ![]() | ![]() | Andy Schmid (SUI, Rhein-Neckar Löwen), Sander Sagosen (NOR, Paris Saint-Germain Handball), Vuko Borozan (MNE, HC Vardar), Momir Ilić (SRB, Telekom Veszprém HC) |
November/December 2017 [22] | ![]() | ![]() | David Balaguer (ESP, HBC Nantes), Uwe Gensheimer (GER, Paris Saint-Germain Handball), Thierry Omeyer (FRA, Paris Saint-Germain Handball), Vuko Borozan (MNE, HC Vardar) |
January 2018 [23] | ![]() | ![]() | Jim Gottfridsson (SWE, SG Flensburg-Handewitt), Ferran Solé (ESP, Fenix Toulouse HB), Rasmus Lauge Schmidt (DEN, SG Flensburg-Handewitt), Mikael Appelgren (SWE, Rhein-Neckar Löwen) |
February 2018 [24] | ![]() | ![]() | Raul Entrerrios (ESP, FC Barcelona Lassa), Melvyn Richardson (FRA, Montpellier HB), Matthias Musche (GE, SC Magdeburg), Dika Mem (FRA, FC Barcelona Lassa) |
March 2018 [25] | ![]() | ![]() | Melvyn Richardson (FRA, Montpellier HB), Cyril Dumoulin (FRA, HBC Nantes), Marko Vujin (SRB, THW Kiel), Niklas Landin (DEN,THW Kiel) |
April 2018 [26] | ![]() | ![]() | Jonas Truchanovičius (LTU, Montpellier HB), Nicolas Tournat (FRA, HBC Nantes), Dominik Klein (GER, HBC Nantes), Alex Dujshebaev (ESP, PGE Vive Kielce) |
May 2018 [27] | ![]() | ![]() | Kiril Lazarov (MKD, HBC Nantes), Cyril Dumoulin (FRA, HBC Nantes), Nicolas Tournat (FRA, HBC Nantes), Vincent Gerard (FRA, Montpellier) |
June 2018 [28] | ![]() | ![]() | Andy Schmid (SUI, Rein-Neckar Löwen), Sander Sagosen (NOR, PSG Handball), Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (ISL, Rein-Neckar Löwen), Vid Kavtičnik (SLO, Montpellier) |
July/August 2018 [29] | ![]() | ![]() | |
September 2018 [30] | ![]() | ![]() | Dejan Milosavljev (SRB, HC Vardar), Dika Mem (FRA, Barcelona Lassa), Andy Schmid (SUI, Rein-Neckar Löwen), Vuko Borozan (MNE, HC Vardar) |
October 2018 [31] | ![]() | ![]() | Jóhan Hansen (DEN, Bjerringbro-Silkeborg), Alex Dujshebaev (ESP, PGE Vive Kielce), Uwe Gensheimer (GER), Paris Saint-Germain HB), Roland Mikler (HUN, Telekom Veszprém HC) |
November 2018 [32] | ![]() | ![]() | Valter Chrintz (SWE, IFK Kristianstad), Melvyn Richardson (FRA, Montpellier HB), Roland Mikler (HUN, Telekom Veszprém), Nico Rönnberg (FIN, Riihimäem Cocks) |
December 2018 [33] | ![]() | ![]() | Uwe Gensheimer (GER, Paris Saint-Germain), Roland Mikler (HUN, Telekom Veszprém), Melvyn Richardson (FRA, Montpellier Handball), Zlatko Horvat (CRO, RK Zagreb) |
January 2019 [34] | ![]() | ![]() | Sander Sagosen (NOR, Paris Saint-Germain), Niklas Landin (DEN, THW Kiel), Kentin Mahé (FRA, Telekom Veszprém), Rasmus Lauge Schmidt (DEN, SG Flensburg-Handewitt) |
February 2019 [35] | ![]() | ![]() | Andy Schmid (SUI, Rhein-Neckar Löwen), Kentin Mahé (FRA, Telekom Veszprém), Michal Jurecki (POL, Vive Kielce), Luc Abalo (FRA, Paris Saint-Germain) |
March 2019 [36] | ![]() | ![]() | Jannik Kohlbacher (GER, Rhein-Neckar Löwen), Mirko Alilović (CRO, MOL-Pick Szeged), Alex Dujshebaev (ESP, PGE Vive Kielce), Andy Schmid (SUI, Rhein-Neckar Löwen) |
April 2019 [37] | ![]() | ![]() | Vladimir Cupara (SRB, PGE Vive Kielce), Ludovic Fabregas (FRA, Barcelona Lassa), Igor Karačić (CRO, RK Vardar), Roland Mikler (HUN, Telekom Veszprém) |
May 2019 [38] | ![]() | ![]() | Dejan Milosavljev (SRB, Vardar), Vladimir Cupara (SRB, PGE Vive Kielce), Igor Karačić (CRO, Vardar), Nedim Remili (FRA, Paris Saint-Germain) |
June 2019 [39] | ![]() | ![]() | Igor Karačić (CRO, Vardar), Dejan Milosavljev (SRB, Vardar), Alex Dujshebaev (ESP, PGE Vive Kielce), Petar Nenadić (SRB, Telekom Veszprém) |
July/August 2019 [40] | ![]() | ![]() | |
September 2019 [41] | ![]() | ![]() | Sebastian Barthold (NOR, Aalborg), Nikola Bilyk (AUT, THW Kiel), Marin Šego (CRO, Montpellier), Melvyn Richardson (FRA, Montpellier) |
October 2019 [42] | ![]() | ![]() | Aron Pálmarsson (ISL, FC Barcelona Lassa), Luka Cindrić (CRO, FC Barcelona Lassa), Lukas Nilsson (SWE, THW Kiel), Rasmus Lauge Schmidt (DEN, Veszprém) |
November 2019 [43] | ![]() | ![]() | Luka Cindrić (CRO, FC Barcelona Lassa), Aleix Gómez (ESP, FC Barcelona Lassa), Petar Nenadić (SRB, Telekom Veszprém), Artsem Karalek (BLR, PGE Vive Kielce) |
December 2019 [44] | ![]() | ![]() | Luka Cindrić (CRO, FC Barcelona Lassa), Aron Pálmarsson (ISL, FC Barcelona Lassa), Mikkel Hansen (DEN, Paris Saint-Germain), Sander Sagosen (NOR, Paris Saint-Germain) |
January 2020 [45] | ![]() | ![]() | Sander Sagosen (NOR, Paris Saint-Germain), Alex Dujshebaev (ESP, Vive Kielce), Gonzalo Perez de Vargas (ESP, FC Barcelona Lassa), Raúl Entrerríos (ESP, FC Barcelona Lassa) |
February 2020 [46] | ![]() | ![]() | Sander Sagosen (NOR, Paris Saint-Germain), Wesley Pardin (FRA, Pays d'Aix Université Club), Joan Cañellas (ESP, MOL-Pick Szeged), Saeid Heidarirad (IRI,CS Dinamo București) |
Month | Player | Club | Also nominated |
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January 2016 | ![]() | ![]() | Ekaterina Ilina (RUS, Rostov-Don), Nycke Groot (NED, Győri Audi ETO KC), Allison Pineau (FRA, HCM Baia Mare), Dragana Cvijić (SRB, Budućnost) |
February 2016 | ![]() | ![]() | Ekaterina Ilina (RUS, Rostov-Don), Nora Mørk (NOR, Larvik HK), Katarina Bulatović (MNE, Budućnost), Amandine Leynaud (FRA, HC Vardar) |
March 2016 | ![]() | ![]() | Cristina Neagu (ROU, Budućnost), Anna Vyakhireva (RUS, Astrakhanochka), Amandine Leynaud (FRA, HC Vardar), Nerea Pena (ESP, FTC Rail-Cargo Hungaria) |
April 2016 | ![]() | ![]() | Heidi Løke (NOR, Győri Audi ETO KC), Cristina Neagu (ROU, Budućnost), Amandine Leynaud (FRA, HC Vardar), Ekaterina Ilina (RUS, Rostov-Don) |
May 2016 | ![]() | ![]() | Jelena Grubišić (CRO, CSM Bucuresti), Nathalie Hagman (SWE, Team Tvis Holstebro), Heidi Løke (NOR, Györi Audi ETO KC), Eduarda Amorim (BRA, Györi Audi ETO KC) |
June 2016 | ![]() | ![]() | Milena Raičević (MNE, Budućnost), Katarina Krpež Šlezak (SRB, ÉRD HC), Neli Irman (SLO, Budućnost), Katrin Engel (AUT, Thüringer HC) |
July/August 2016 | ![]() | ![]() | Thea Stankiewicz (SWE, Fana IL), Laerke Sofie Sörensen (DEN, SK Aarhus) |
September 2016 | ![]() | ![]() | Emilie Christensen (NOR, Glassverket), Laura Celeste Rotondo (ITA, Indeco Conversano), Laura Kamdop (FRA, Krim Mercator), Veronika Galušková (CZE, Slavia Praha) |
October 2016 | ![]() | ![]() | Andrea Penezić (CRO, HC Vardar), Nora Mørk (NOR, Györi Audi ETO KC), Eduarda Amorim (BRA, Györi Audi ETO KC), Aneta Benko (CRO, RK Krim Mercator) |
November 2016 | ![]() | ![]() | Linn Kristin Riegelhuth (NOR, Larvik), Nora Mørk (NOR, Györi Audi ETO KC), Stine Jørgensen (DEN, FC Midtjylland), Karina Sabirova (RUS, Astrakhanochka) |
December 2016 | ![]() | ![]() | Nora Mørk (NOR, Györi Audi ETO KC), Tess Wester (NED, SG BBM Bietigheim), Clara Woltering (GER, Borussia Dortmund), Cristina Neagu (ROU, Budućnost) |
January 2017 | ![]() | ![]() | Karina Sabirova (RUS, Astrakhanochka), Anita Görbicz (HUN, Györi Audi ETO KC), Stine Jørgensen (DEN, FC Midtjylland), Blanka Bíró (HUN, FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria) |
February 2017 | ![]() | ![]() | Karina Sabirova (RUS, Astrakhanochka), Amanda Kurtović (NOR, Larvik), Anita Görbicz (HUN, Györi Audi ETO KC), Andrea Penezić (CRO, RK Vardar) |
March 2017 | ![]() | ![]() | Katarina Bulatović (MNE, Budućnost), Isabelle Gulldén (SWE, CSM Bucuresti), Ana Gros (SLO, Metz Handball), Blanka Bíró (HUN, FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria) |
April 2017 | ![]() | ![]() | Carmen Martín (ESP, CSM Bucuresti), Isabelle Gulldén (SWE, CSM Bucuresti), Nora Mørk (NOR, Győri Audi ETO KC), Andrea Penezić (CRO, RK Vardar) |
May 2017 | ![]() | ![]() | Anja Althaus (GER, HC Vardar), Nycke Groot (NED, Györi Audi ETO KC), Kari Aalvik Grimsbø (NOR, Györi Audi ETO KC), Yvette Broch (NED, Györi Audi ETO KC) |
June 2017 | ![]() | ![]() | Tamara Mavsar (SLO, HC Vardar), Michaela Hrbková (CZE, Frisch Auf Göppingen), Đurđina Jauković (MNE, Budućnost), Daria Samokhina (RUS, Astrakhanochka) |
July/August 2017 | ![]() | ![]() | Kristina Jørgensen (DEN, Viborg HK), Jannela Blonbou (FRA, OGC Nice), Sorina Tîrcă (ROU, ASC Corona 2010 Brasov), Zoe Sprengers (NED, Succes Schoonmaak/VOC Amsterdam) |
September 2017 | ![]() | ![]() | Malin Aune (NOR, Vipers Kristiansand), Marija Gedroit (LTU, TSV Bayer Leverkusen), Cristina Neagu (ROU, CSM Bucuresti), Anita Görbicz (HUN, Györi Audi ETO KC) |
October 2017 | ![]() | ![]() | Iveta Luzumová (CZE, Thüringer HC), Louise Burgaard (DEN, FC Midtjylland), Cristina Neagu (ROU, CSM Bucuresti), Kim Naidzinavicius (GER, SG BBM Bietigheim) |
November/December 2017 | ![]() | ![]() | Veronica Kristiansen (NOR, FC Midtjylland), Ana Gros (SLO, Metz Handball), Cristina Neagu (ROU, CSM Bucuresti), Jovanka Radičević (MNE, HC Vardar) |
January 2018 | ![]() | ![]() | Cristina Neagu (ROU, CSM Bucuresti), Dragana Cvijić (SRB, HC Vardar), Anna Vyakhireva (RUS, Rostov-Don), Allison Pineau (FRA,Brest Bretagne) |
February 2018 | ![]() | ![]() | Iveta Luzumova (CZE, Thüringer HC), Nycke Groot (NED, Györi Audi ETO KC), Ana Gros (SLO, Metz Handball), Daria Dmitrieva (RUS, Lada Togliatti) |
March 2018 | ![]() | ![]() | Cristina Neagu (ROU, CSM Bucuresti), Stine Oftedal (NOR, Györi Audi ETO KC), Jovanka Radičević (MNE, HC Vardar), Katrine Lunde (NOR, Vipers Kristiansand) |
April 2018 | ![]() | ![]() | Veronica Kristiansen (NOR, FC Midtjylland), Anna Vyakhireva (RUS, Rostov-Don), Isabelle Gulldén (SWE, CSM Bucuresti), Milena Raičević (MNE, ZRK Buducnost) |
May 2018 | ![]() | ![]() | Amandine Leynaud (FRA, HC Vardar), Stine Oftedal (NOR, Győri Audi ETO KC), Nycke Groot (NED, Győri Audi ETO KC), Andrea Lekić (SRB, HC Vardar) |
June 2018 | ![]() | ![]() | Katarina Krpež Šlezak (SRB, Érdi VSE), Eliza Buceschi (ROU, Corona Brasov), Iveta Luzumová (CZE, Thüringer HC), Dóra Hornyák (HUN, FTC Rail-Cargo Hungária) |
July/August 2018 | ![]() | ![]() | |
September 2018 | ![]() | ![]() | Natalia Chigirinova (RUS, Podravka Vegeta), Laura van der Heijden (NED, SG BBM Bietigheim), Jelena Trifunović (SRB, SCM Craiova), Tereza Pokorná (CZE, DHC Slavia Praha) |
October 2018 | ![]() | ![]() | Anikó Kovacsics (HUN, FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria), Cristina Neagu (ROU, CSM Bucuresti), Eduarda Amorim (BRA, Györi Audi ETO KC), Ana Gros (SLO, Brest Bretagne Handball) |
November 2018 | ![]() | ![]() | Anikó Kovacsics (HUN, FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria), Anna Vyakhireva (RUS, Rostov-Don), Eduarda Amorim (BRA, Györi Audi ETO KC), Noémi Háfra (HUN, FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria) |
December 2018 | ![]() | ![]() | Katarina Krpež Šlezak (SRB, ÉRD HC), Cristina Neagu (ROU, CSM București), Amandine Leynaud (FRA, Győri Audi ETO KC), Estelle Nze Minko (FRA, Siófok KC) |
January 2019 | ![]() | ![]() | Ana Gros (SLO, Brest Bretagne Handball), Andrea Kobetić (CRO, Siófok KC), Nerea Pena (ESP, FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria), Milena Raičević (MNE, Budućnost) |
February 2019 | ![]() | ![]() | Nycke Groot (NED, Győri Audi ETO KC), Helene Gigstad Fauske (NOR, Herning Ikast Handbold), Grâce Zaadi (FRA, Metz Handball), Mireya González (ESP, Siófok KC) |
March 2019 | ![]() | ![]() | Xenia Smits (GER, Metz Handball), Anna Sen (RUS, Rostov-Don), Ana Gros (SLO, Brest Bretagne), Stine Oftedal (NOR, Győri Audi ETO KC) |
April 2019 | ![]() | ![]() | Lois Abbingh (NED, Rostov-Don), Katrine Lunde (NOR, Vipers Kristiansand), Stine Oftedal (NOR, Győri Audi ETO KC), Yulia Managarova (RUS, Rostov-Don) |
May 2019 | ![]() | ![]() | Amandine Leynaud (FRA, Győri Audi ETO KC), Andrea Kobetić (CRO, Siófok KC), Anna Vyakhireva (RUS, Rostov-Don), Estelle Nze Minko (FRA, Siófok KC) |
June 2019 | ![]() | ![]() | Heidi Løke (NOR, Storhamar HE), Katrin Klujber (HUN, FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria), Jovanka Radičević (MNE, CSM București), Mikaela Mässing (SWE, H 65 Höör) |
July/August 2019 | ![]() | ![]() | |
September 2019 | ![]() | ![]() | Katrin Klujber (HUN, FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria), Ana Gros (SLO, Brest Bretagne), Jovanka Radičević (MNE, Budućnost), Jelena Lavko (SRB, Érd HC) |
October 2019 | ![]() | ![]() | Ana Gros (SLO, Brest Bretagne), Grâce Zaadi (FRA, Metz Handball), Eduarda Amorim (BRA, Győri Audi ETO KC), Rikke Poulsen (DEN, Team Esbjerg) |
November 2019 | ![]() | ![]() | Ana Gros (SLO, Brest Bretagne), Stine Oftedal (NOR, Győri Audi ETO KC), Tess Wester (NED, Odense Håndbold), Emilie Hegh Arntzen (NOR, Vipers Kristiansand) |
December 2019 | ![]() | ![]() | Lois Abbingh (NED, Rostov-Don), Tess Wester (NED, Odense Håndbold), Estavana Polman (NED, Team Esbjerg), Alexandrina Cabral (ESP, Nantes Atlantique HB) |
January 2020 | ![]() | ![]() | Ana Gros (SLO, Brest Bretagne), Estavana Polman (NED, Team Esbjerg), Nycke Groot (NED, Odense Håndbold), Nadine Schatzl (HUN, FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria) |
February 2020 | ![]() | ![]() | Jovanka Radičević (MNE, ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica), Estavana Polman (NED, Team Esbjerg), Helene Gigstad Fauske (NOR, Herning-Ikast Håndbold), Ana Gros (SLO, Brest Bretagne HB) |
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