EHF Players of the Year

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EHF Players of the Year
Sport Handball
CompetitionEuropean Handball
Given forBest Performance in an EHF competition
History
First award2017
Most wins Cristina Neagu Flag of Romania.svg (2017, 2018)
Most recentMen's - Casper U. Mortensen Flag of Denmark.svg (1st Title)
Women's - Cristina Neagu Flag of Romania.svg (2nd Title)

The EHF Players of the Year are handball awards given annually to the best male and female players who are considered to have performed the best in the previous year. They are awarded based on the EHF Players of the Month list of winners. [1]

European Handball Federation voluntary association

The European Handball Federation (EHF) is the umbrella organisation for European handball. Founded on 17 November 1991, it is made of 50 member federations and two associated federations, and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria. The current EHF President is Michael Wiederer, who was elected on 17 November 2016 and will serve until 2020. The federation celebrated its 20th anniversary on 17 November 2011 at a gala event under the slogan 'HeartBeat Handball'.

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.

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Men

YearWinnerCountryPositionRef.
2017 Luka Cindrić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Centre back [2]
2018 Casper Ulrich Mortensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Left wing [3]

Women

YearWinnerCountryPositionRef.
2017 Cristina Neagu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Left back [4]
2018 Cristina Neagu (2)Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Left back [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "INSIDE THE EHF". European Handball Federation . 26 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "Luka Cindrić najbolji europski rukometaš u 2017. godini!" (in Croatian). RTL Televizija. 7 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "MORTENSEN AND NEAGU VOTED EHF PLAYERS OF THE YEAR". European Handball Federation. 7 February 2019.
  4. ↑ "Cristina Neagu, cea mai valoroasă jucătoare a Europei în 2017" (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 7 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "Women's handball: Cristina Neagu is best player of the year 2018 in Europe". Agerpres. 26 January 2019.
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