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]

EHF Excellence Awards
SportHandball
CompetitionEuropean Handball
Awarded forBest Performances of the season
History
First award2023

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

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Position Season 2022/23[6] Season 2023/24[7]
Left wing   Timur Dibirov   Emil Jakobsen
Left back   Simon Pytlick   Elohim Prandi
Centre back   Luc Steins   Felix Claar
Right back   Mathias Gidsel   Dika Mem
Right wing   Hans Lindberg   Hans Lindberg (2)
Line player   Ludovic Fabregas   Ludovic Fabregas (2)
Goalkeeper   Niklas Landin   Emil Nielsen
Defender   Thiagus Petrus   Magnus Saugstrup
Rookie   Domen Makuc none
MVP   Simon Pytlick   to be announced

Women's Handball

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Position Season 2022/23[8] Season 2023/24[9]
Left wing   Emma Friis   Chloé Valentini
Left back   Cristina Neagu   Henny Reistad (2)
Centre back   Henny Reistad   Stine Bredal Oftedal
Right back[a]   Nora Mørk
  Ana Gros
  Anna Vyakhireva
Right wing   Angela Malestein   Viktória Győri-Lukács
Line player   Vilde Ingstad   Sarah Bouktit
Goalkeeper   Katrine Lunde   Sandra Toft
Defender   Kathrine Heindahl   Line Haugsted
Rookie   Pauletta Foppa none
MVP   Katrine Lunde   to be announced

a There was a complete tie in the voting results between the two players, and they both received the award.

Beach Handball

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Season Men's MVP Women's MVP
2022/23   Gabriel Conceição   Asun Batista

References

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  1. ^ "Glitzy EHF Excellence Awards premiere on 26 June". EHF. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  2. ^ "EHF Excellence Awards to honour the season's best handball players". EHF. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  3. ^ "EHF Excellence Awards". EHF. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Handball EHF Excellence Awards: Lunde und Pytlick MVP". sport4final.de (in German). Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Danish players snap up big awards". EHF. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  7. ^ "EHF Excellence Awards 2024: These are the season's best players". EHF. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Golden players make the team of the season". EHF. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  9. ^ "EHF Excellence Awards 2024: These are the season's best players". EHF. Retrieved 8 September 2024.