Rookie of 2016 | Women's EHF Champions League
In a Facebook poll of 2,144 respondents, 50.5% chose “B - Estavana Polman (Team Esbjerg)”. How we count
B - Estavana Polman (Team Esbjerg)
50.5%1,083
F - Laura Van Der Heijden (Team Esbjerg)
22.6%484
C - Xenia Smits (Metz Handball)
11.9%256
E - Manon Houette (Thüringer HC)
9.9%212
A - Djurdjina Jaukovic (Buducnost)
4.1%88
D - Karina Sabirova (Astrakhanochka)
1%21
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Estavana Polman collected 1,083 votes and 50.5%, exceeding the other five candidates’ combined total of 1,061. Laura Van Der Heijden, her Team Esbjerg teammate, finished second with 484 votes and 22.6%.
Polman led every checkpoint across the nine-day contest, never falling below 51% in the reported cumulative standings before finishing at 50.5%. The Netherlands, the largest country bloc with 1,232 voters, leaned her way.
- Majority Winner · Polman captured 50.5% of the vote
- Field Beaten · She outpolled all five rivals combined
- Team Sweep · Team Esbjerg players finished first and second
- Dutch Backing · The largest country bloc leaned Polman