A small town with a big heart for handball

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In the 2015/16 season, Elverum Handball Herrer embarked on their maiden voyage to the group phase of the VELUX EHF Champions League after they had won the qualification tournament in Banja Luka.

This season, for the first time, the Norwegian champions have been granted with a direct place in the group phase.

For the third time after 2013 and 2015, the team of coach Michael Apelgren won the Norwegian championship. For this season the club’s aim is to continue developing the team on international level and edge closer to the European top clubs.

In 2015/16 Elverum won three of their ten matches – it should be more this season.

In order to do so, Elverum signed the highly experienced former Hungarian international Tamas Ivancsik who arrives from Baia Mare. However, on the other side one of last season’s key players, Steffen Stegavik, has left the club.

Club manager Bjørnar Myhren hopes that participation in the VELUX EHF Champions League pushes the team’s development.

“We want to get closer and closer to the level of performance the best teams in Europe deliver. We want to fight for points, and want to be a good representative for Norwegian …

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