The EHF Excellence Awards is an annual handball awards ceremony held by the European Handball Federation.[1] It was first held in 2023 in Vienna, Austria. The best players of the season on each position both on the men's and women's side are awarded, as well as Rookie of the season, Defender of the season, and MVP of the season. The ceremony also includes Beach Handball MVP's.[2]
| Sport | Handball |
|---|---|
| Competition | European Handball |
| Awarded for | Best Performances of the season |
| History | |
| First award | 2023 |
Players can be shortlisted by their performance in the EHF Champions League, EHF European League, EHF Euro, and the IHF World Championship.[3] The winners are decided by voting from players, coaches, media representatives and fans, each group representing 25% of the votes.[4][5]
Men's Handball edit
| Season | Position | Player |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23[6] | Left wing |  Timur Dibirov
|
| Left back |  Simon Pytlick
| |
| Centre back |  Luc Steins
| |
| Right back | Mathias Gidsel
| |
| Right wing | Hans Lindberg
| |
| Line player |  Ludovic Fabregas
| |
| Goalkeeper | Niklas Landin
| |
| Defender |  Thiagus Petrus
| |
| Rookie |  Domen Makuc
| |
| MVP | Simon Pytlick
|
Women's Handball edit
| Season | Position | Player |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23[7] | Left wing | Emma Friis
|
| Left back |  Cristina Neagu
| |
| Centre back |  Henny Reistad
| |
| Right back[a] | Nora Mørk Ana Gros
| |
| Right wing | Angela Malestein
| |
| Line player | Vilde Ingstad
| |
| Goalkeeper | Katrine Lunde
| |
| Defender | Kathrine Heindahl
| |
| Rookie | Pauletta Foppa
| |
| MVP | Katrine Lunde
|
a There was a complete tie in the voting results between the two players, and they both received the award.
Beach Handball edit
| Season | Men's MVP | Women's MVP |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 |  Gabriel Conceição |
 Asun Batista
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References edit
- ^ "Glitzy EHF Excellence Awards premiere on 26 June". EHF. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "EHF Excellence Awards to honour the season's best handball players". EHF. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "EHF Excellence Awards". EHF. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "Who Will Become the Player of the Year? List of Nominated Players for the EHF Excellence Awards 2023 Released". handball-world. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "Handball EHF Excellence Awards: Lunde und Pytlick MVP". sport4final.de (in German). Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "Danish players snap up big awards". EHF. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "Golden players make the team of the season". EHF. Retrieved 26 June 2023.