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For the first time, four teams from the same country have won their respective groups in the EHF Cup Men Germany While the host and defending champions Frisch Auf Göppingen already booked their ticket to the Liqui Moly EHF Cup, MT Melsungen and the former EHF Cup winners SC Magdeburg and Füchse Berlin will be in the same pot for the draw of the final quarter Thursday as no any German duel may occur in the next step of knockout, a Liqui Moly all German Cup final EHF can still occur.
And for the first time since this competition is merged from the former EHF Cup and the former Cup Winners Cup, the champions qualified for final title Liqui Moly EHF Cup and the fate in their pretty funny hands Göppingen was the last winner of the previous format in 2012 - and that time had defended their 2011 trophy.
Here are some facts and figures about the EHF Cup 2016 17 G roup phase.
0 teams, which started in the second qualifying round, are still competing.
0 champions have successfully defended their title in the new format, implemented in 2012 13 season After their success in 2013 and 2014, Löwen and Szeged continued in the Champions League, while 2015 champions Berlin failed in 2015 16 Göppingen qualification are the first side to make it to the final of the EHF Cup.
0 Scandinavian qualified for the quarterfinals - the second time after the 2013 season 14.
1 beginner group phase Tatabanya made the quarter-finals.
1 former winner of the EHF Champions League - as every year so far - is still in the race for the trophy of the EHF Cup final SC Magdeburg shifts the same club was a quarter-finalist in 2013 and 2016, and more to say later about the finalists Montpellier in 2014 and Hamburg in 2015.
1 team - Magdeburg again - had failed twice against the later champions of the EHF Cup Bundesliga quarter-finals in 2013 against 2016 against Löwen Göppingen.
January 48 group matches ended in a draw, the 23 23 Kolding vs Magdeburg.
1 German team was at least part of the final of the EHF Cup so far this series continues without a doubt.
1 host the final of the EHF Cup won the trophy to Berlin in 2015, the same team has failed in the semifinals in 2014 on a plot of the house, like Nantes failed twice in the final against Löwen 2013 2016 Göppingen.
Two former winners of the EHF Cup are part of the quarter-final Magdeburg old version in 1999, 2001 and 2007 and the new version of Berlin in 2015 Göppingen won both versions 2011, 2012, 2016.
2 - meaning that all countries - representing 2013-2016 winners of the new EHF are still in the race for the trophy Germany 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2014 Pick Szeged Hungary.
2 teams - Magdeburg and St Raphael was a quarter-finalist last season too - both failed on the way to Nantes.
2 times, three of the four semi-finalists of the old version of the EHF Cup were Germany, in 2006 and 2011.
3 teams - beginners in Ribnica group stage, and Cocks Tel Aviv - finished this stage without any points on their account.
4 nations are represented by les six quarter-finalists Germany 3 France, Hungary, Spain 1 each last season, it was Germany, France 2, Spain and Denmark.
May 48 group matches finished with 45 goals or less.
5 times which means that every time, including the current season, guests at the final of the EHF Cup qualify directly for the final tournament by skipping quarterfinals Nantes in 2013 and 2016, Berlin in 2014 and 2015 and now Göppingen .
5 times, therefore, the second ranked team the lowest was eliminated in the quarterfinals for the fourth time in five years, it was again the Spanish team Granollers in 2014 as Las Rioja and Leon before.
6 of 48 group matches ended with a distance of ten or more goals.
7 nations so far have been represented by the teams that had qualified for the final of the EHF Cup since 2013 Germany 6 teams, 4 France, Denmark 2, Romania 1 Hungary 1 Slovenia 1 Spain 1 Two other nations Sweden and Portugal were also represented by the quarter-finalists.
9 group matches involving more than 3,000 fans.
11 EHF Cup matches in a row including last season were won by Göppingen.
12 points from six group matches - optimum - were taken by Göppingen The defending champions were the second team ever with this result in the group stage after Montpellier in 2013 14 season also ended the Magdeburg phase group being unbeaten eleven points.
14 of 48 group matches finished with 60 or more goals scored.
14 times between implementation in 1993 94 season until the competition was merged in 2012, the German teams won the old format of the EHF Cup three times Löwen in 2013, Berlin in 2015, in Göppingen 2016, German teams won the new format.
18 goals were the largest margin in a group match, when Magdeburg beat Tel Aviv 42 24.
29 times in 48 group matches, the home team won the victory in the end.
44 goals scored in games Tel Aviv Tatabanya vs 20 vs 24 and Cocks Benfica 21 23 were the lowest score group phase.
54 is the best goal difference in the group phase, by Magdeburg.
60 goals were scored by the Dane Hans Lindberg Füchse Berlin for the best scorer in the competition so far.
68 goals were scored in the Berlin games vs. Ribnica 38 30 and St. Raphael vs GOG 32 36 to be the best group stage score.
140 goals were admitted into the group stage by Melsungen have the best defense.
200 goals were scored by Magdeburg to have the best attack in the group stage.
5926 fans were the highest participation in the group stage, when Berlin hosted Ribnica.
15726 attended three home games in Berlin, an average of 5242 spectators.
68 goals Berlin vs Ribnica 38 30 68 St. Raphael goals vs GOG 32 36 67 Ribnica goals vs GOG 31 36 67 Kolding goals vs Tel Aviv 36 31 66 Magdeburg goals vs Tel Aviv 42 24, Berlin vs GOG 37 29 Granollers vs Midtjylland 34 32.
44 goals Tel Aviv vs Tatabanya 20 24 44 21 Benfica tails goals vs 23 vs 45 goals Anaitasuna Melsungen 23 22 45 goals Porto vs Granollers 23 22 45 Ribnica goals vs Berlin 20 25.
18 goals Magdeburg vs 42 24 16 Tel Aviv Tel Aviv goals Magdeburg vs 22 vs 38 14 Melsungen goals tails 33 19 12 goals Magdeburg vs Kolding 36 24 11 goals Granollers vs Porto 33 22.
5926 Ribnica Berlin vs 4902 vs GOG Berlin 4898 Berlin vs St. Raphael Göppingen vs 4800 4351 vs Porto Magdeburg Kolding.
Magdeburg 187 200 goals goals goals Berlin GOG 185 181 179 goals Göppingen St. Raphael goals.
Melsungen 140 goals conceded 146 goals conceded Magdeburg 155 goals conceded 163 goals conceded Göppingen Berlin 164 goals against St. Raphael.
54 Magdeburg 28 Melsungen Göppingen 26 22 15 Berlin St. Raphael.
EHF European Cup 2016, 2016, completed the group matches, final Liqui Moly, first time.