Kudlacz-Gloc and Gensheimer secure EHF Players of the Month for September 2016

After the summer break, the EHF club competitions for both men and women are back for their 24th season. Follow the first rounds of the VELUX EHF Champions League and the Women’s EHF Champions League qualification events and the start of the EHF and Challenge Cup for both genders, a panel consisting of EHF correspondents across Europe voted for their ‘EHF Players of the Month’ for September 2016.   The results both came from Champions League clubs as Karolina Kudlacz-Gloc ‘defended’ her EHF Player of the Month title after taking the last one awarded, back in June. That time she was honoured for her performances with the Polish national team and now it is for steering her club HC Leipzig, to the group matches of the Women’s EHF Champions League. In the male category, the third German since the start of those awards back in January 2016 tops the ranking as the new arrival to Paris Saint-Germain, Uwe Gensheimer, takes the honours. Gensheimer has had a great start in the French capital and is currently their VELUX EHF Champions League top scorer which included 10 strikes at Kiel on the first matchday. Fellow countrymen, goalkeeper Andreas Wolff (January) and THW left wing Dominik Klein (April) had been the previous German awardees.

Amazing Kudlacz-Gloc

“Though handball is a team sport and individual merits do not count that much for me, I really feel honoured to get this award,” said Kudlacz-Gloc who is currently with the Polish national team preparing for the Women’s EHF EURO 2016 to be held in December, in Sweden. In the Women’s EHF Champions League Qualification Tournament held in San Sebastian, the centre and left back was the outstanding player for Leipzig, first scoring seven goals in the semi-final against Gomel (Belarus), then netting nine times in the thrilling final against Hypo Niederösterreich (31:30), which secured the qualification for the group matches. “Karolina is a …

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