# SEHA League > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/SEHA_League > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/SEHA_League.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEHA_League > Source revision: 1343020485 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Handball league in Southeast Europe SEHA Liga Sport Handball Founded 2011; 15 years ago (2011) Folded 2023 (inactive) No. of teams (varied by season) Country Croatia Hungary North Macedonia Serbia Slovakia Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina China Montenegro Romania Russia Slovenia Ukraine The **South East Handball Association League**, or simply the **SEHA League**, was a regional men's club [handball](/source/Team_handball) league in [Southeast Europe](/source/Southeast_Europe), featuring teams from [Croatia](/source/Croatia), [Hungary](/source/Hungary), [North Macedonia](/source/North_Macedonia), [Serbia](/source/Serbia) and [Slovakia](/source/Slovakia) in its final West season. Due to sponsorship reasons, the league was also known as the [Gazprom](/source/Gazprom) League (or the Gazprom South Stream League earlier).[1] The league exists alongside scaled-down national leagues of the participating nations and all of SEHA League teams join their respective country's own competitions in late spring after the SEHA League regular season and post-season have been completed. 2011–12 was the first season of the competition, with [Vardar](/source/RK_Vardar) from [Skopje](/source/Skopje) becoming the first champions. ## History of the league The initiative for establishing the regional [South-East European](/source/Southeast_Europe) handball league was presented during the first half of 2011. After the idea of forming a Regional Sparkasse League failed, during July 2011 it was agreed that the first season of the SEHA League would start in September of the same year. In the first season of SEHA League, 12 clubs took part, but their number reduced during the following years. In the 2020–21 season, there are 10 clubs from 7 countries. The league is based on a regular season and the Final Four, in which the four best placed clubs from the regular season participate. The most successful participants of the SEHA League during its first eight seasons is [Vardar](/source/RK_Vardar) with five titles. Vardar became the first team with more than one title when it won the 2013–14 edition. During the 2021–22, season was interrupted after [Russian invasion of Ukraine](/source/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine), which led [Motor Zaporizhzhia](/source/HC_Motor_Zaporizhzhia) left the league, and [Meshkov Brest](/source/HC_Meshkov_Brest) being suspended. Siniša Ostoić, [managing director](/source/Managing_director), confirmed that the next season will not include teams from Belarus and Ukraine.[2] Also, [European Handball Federation](/source/European_Handball_Federation) suspended both Russia and Belarus, meaning they are not able to play any competitive game with other EHF members.[3] The following season these clubs founded its own Eastern Division.[4] Season 2022–23 was abandoned after six of eight played games in quarterfinals, with the last game being played on 12 April 2023 between [Telekom Veszprém](/source/Veszpr%C3%A9m_KC) and [Partizan](/source/RK_Partizan).[5] On 12 May 2023, SEHA [YouTube](/source/YouTube) account was hacked by report given on official web page.[6] In the 2022–23 season, several Russian and Belarusian clubs formed their own Eastern Division, operating independently of the original league.[7][*[AI-retrieved source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:AI-retrieved_source/doc)*] ## Final Four tournaments ### Results by season Below is the list of winners, finalists and other participants of the Final Four SEHA tournaments. Year Host Final Match for third place Champion Score Second Place Third Place Score Fourth Place 2011–12 Details Zagreb Vardar 21–18 Metalurg Zagreb 31–29 Tatran Prešov 2012–13 Details Skopje Zagreb 25–24 a.e.t. Vardar Metalurg 26–21 Meshkov Brest 2013–14 Details Novi Sad Vardar 29–27 Meshkov Zagreb 36–28 Tatran 2014–15 Details Veszprém Veszprém 32–21 Meshkov Zagreb 26–23 Vardar 2015–16 Details Varaždin Veszprém 28–26 Vardar PPD Zagreb 24−23 Meshkov Brest 2016–17 Details Brest Vardar 26–21 Veszprém Meshkov Brest 23−19 PPD Zagreb 2017–18 Details Skopje Vardar 26–24 PPD Zagreb Celje 31–28 Meshkov Brest 2018–19 Details Brest Vardar 26–23 PPD Zagreb Meshkov Brest 24–19 Nexe 2019–20 Details Zadar Telekom Veszprém 35–27 Vardar Meshkov Brest 29–24 PPD Zagreb 2020–21 Details Zadar Telekom Veszprém 27–27 (pen. 4–2) PPD Zagreb Motor Zaporizhzhia 31–20 Meshkov Brest 2021–22 Details Zadar Telekom Veszprém 32–30 PPD Zagreb Eurofarm Pelister 27–23 Nexe 2022–23 Details League canceled during the quarterfinals ### Hosts Year Final four host Hall Date Attendance Final (att.) 2011–12 Zagreb Arena Zagreb 14–15 April 2012 5,500 1,500 2012–13 Skopje Boris Trajkovski Sports Center 12–13 April 2013 13,450 5,500 2013–14 Novi Sad SPC Vojvodina 11–13 April 2014 15,710 5,160 2014–15 Veszprém Veszprém Aréna 25–29 March 2015 16,100 5,000 2015–16 Varaždin Varaždin Arena 1–3 April 2016 20,611 5,486 2016–17 Brest Universal Sports Complex Victoria 7–9 April 2017 12,150 2,750 2017–18 Skopje Jane Sandanski Arena 13–15 April 2018 16,650 6,000 2018–19 Brest Universal Sports Complex Victoria 2–3 April 2019 11,135 3,210 2019–20 Zadar Krešimir Ćosić Hall 4–6 September 2020 2,000 500 2020–21 Zadar Krešimir Ćosić Hall 3–5 September 2021 2021–22 Zadar Krešimir Ćosić Hall 2–4 September 2022 ## Records and statistics ### By club Club Won Runner-up Years won Years runner-up Vardar 5 3 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019 2013, 2016, 2020 Veszprém 5 1 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022 2017 Zagreb 1 4 2013 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 Meshkov 0 2 2014, 2015 Metalurg 0 1 2012 Total 11 11 ### By country Club / Nation Won Runner-up Finals North Macedonia 5 4 9 Hungary 5 1 6 Croatia 1 4 5 Belarus 0 2 2 Total 11 11 22 ### Participating clubs **Bold** indicates the winning years. Club Seasons Years Vardar 1961 12 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 PPD Zagreb 12 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 Tatran Prešov 12 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 Nexe Našice 12 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 Meshkov Brest 10 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 RK Vojvodina 9 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 RK Metalurg Skopje 7 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 Telekom Veszprém 7 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 Borac 5 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Izviđač 4 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019 RK Eurofarm Pelister 4 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 Lovćen 3 2012, 2013, 2014 Metaloplastika 3 2012, 2020, 2021 Partizan 3 2014, 2022, 2023 Celje 2 2017, 2018 Gorenje 2 2017, 2018 Motor Zaporizhzhia 2 2020, 2021 Spartak Moscow / CSKA Moscow 2 2020 Bosna 1 2012 Crvena zvezda 1 2012 Sutjeska 1 2012 Sloga 1 2013 Radnički 1 2015 Maks Strumica 1 2016 Spartak Vojput 1 2016 Dinamo Pančevo 1 2018 CSA Steaua București 1 2019 Železničar 1 2019 Beijing Sport University 1 2020 ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["SEHA - GAZPROM LEAGUE - Official website"](http://www.seha-liga.com/). *SEHA*. Retrieved 3 February 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["SINIŠA OSTOIĆ: 'SEHA liga ide dalje, ali bez klubova iz Ukrajine i Bjelorusije'"](https://www.nacional.hr/sinisa-ostoic-seha-liga-ide-dalje-ali-bez-klubova-iz-ukrajine-i-bjelorusije/) [SINIŠA OSTOIĆ: "SEHA league goes on, but without clubs from Ukraine and Belarus"]. *Nacional* (in Croatian). 6 August 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Russia and Belarus suspended by EHF"](https://www.handball-planet.com/russia-and-belarus-suspended-by-ehf/). *Handball planet*. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["WORLD NEWS"](https://www.handball-world.news/en/news-2-1-68-144059.html). *WORLD NEWS*. Retrieved 4 February 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Results"](http://seha-liga.com/rezultati). *SEHA*. Retrieved 22 February 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["SEHA YouTube account under cyber attack"](http://seha-liga.com/novost/3793/seha-youtube-account-under-cyber-attack). *SEHA*. 16 May 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["SEHA to form "Eastern division""](https://www.handball-planet.com/seha-to-form-eastern-division/?utm_source=chatgpt.com). *Handball planet*. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2025. ## External links - [Official website](http://seha-liga.com) v t e SEHA League Seasons 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 Active teams Eurofarm Pelister Nexe Partizan Tatran Vardar Veszprém Vojvodina PPD Zagreb Former teams Beijing Sport University Borac Bosna Celje Crvena zvezda Dinamo Gorenje Izviđač Lovćen Meshkov Metaloplastika Metalurg Motor Radnički Sloga Spartak Subotica Spartak Moscow Steaua București Strumica Sutjeska Železničar v t e Top level men's handball leagues of Europe (EHF) SEHA (multinational) BENE-League (multinational) Albania Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Scotland Serbia Serbia and Montenegro (defunct) Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Yugoslavia (defunct) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [SEHA League](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEHA_League) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEHA_League?action=history)). 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