Hypo Niederösterreich | |
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Full name | Hypo Niederösterreich |
Short name | Hypo |
Founded | 1972 |
Arena | Bundessport- und Freizeitzentrum Südstadt, Maria Enzersdorf |
Capacity | 1,200 |
President | Alois Ecker |
Head coach | Martin Matuschkowitz |
League | Women Handball Austria |
2015–16 | Women Handball Austria, 1st |
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Website Official site |
Hypo Niederösterreich (Hypo NÖ) is an Austrian women's handball club, headquartered in Maria Enzersdorf. They are one of the most successful teams on the EHF Champions League, having won the title eight times. They are also former winners of the EHF Champions Trophy in 2000.
Between 2011 and 2014, Hypo NÖ had a partnership with the Brazilian Handball Confederation, playing host to various players of the Brazil women's national handball team - including Alexandra Nascimento, who already played for Hypo since 2003 - and coach Morten Soubak. During the period, Brazil won the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship with six Hypo Nö players in its roster. Hypo Nö also won the EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup that year.