Vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball

Saturday, 28 November 2015, 15:00 hrs

Playing hall: Veszprém Arena Külso Kadartai ut 8200 Veszprém Hungary Capacity: 5,020

• Veszprem suffered their first defeat in a competitive match this season in the reverse fixture in Paris in Round 6 Most Games vs PSG: Most Games vs Veszprem: Mirko Alilovic 5 • PSG left back Mikkel Hansen is the current best scorer of the season with 65 goals, while Veszprem’s best striker and Luc Abalo 5 Peter Gulyas 5 the last two seasons’ top scorer Momir Ilic, is already 17 goals Patrice Annonay 5 Momir Ilic 5 behind (like PSG’s second best scorer Nikola Karabatic) Robert Gunnarsson 5 Gergö Ivancsik 5 Mikkel Hansen 5 • Veszprem were the end of all PSG hopes on the way to the Jose Maria Rodriguez Vaquero 5 Fahrudin Melic 5 Istvan Timuzsin Schuch 5 VELUX EHF FINAL4 twice in the row in the quarter-finals (2013/14 with two wins, 2014/15 after a draw in Paris and a home win) Jeffrey M’Tima 5 Renato Sulic 5 Igor Vori 5 Mirsad Terzic 5 • Ilic, Zeitz, Palmarsson, Omeyer, Karabatic and Narcisse all Cristian Ugalde Garcia 5 have won the CL as players of THW Kiel • both sides have to replace injured right backs: Christian Most Goals vs PSG: Zeitz (Veszprem) and Xavier Barachet (PSG) Most Goals vs Veszprem: Momir Ilic 36 • both sides have new coaches: Noka Serdarusic took over Mikkel Hansen 47 Renato Sulic 22 Luc Abalo 16 Laszlo Nagy 20 PSG after the departure of Phillippe Gardent this summer, while Xavier Sabate is now officially the successor of his former “boss” Jeffrey M’Tima 11 Gergö Ivancsik 9 Antonio Carlos Ortega, who left after the first match vs Plock Igor Vori 8 Gasper Marguc 8 William Accambray 7 • Veszprem’s last home defeat (28:29) was against THW Kiel Cristian Ugalde Garcia 8 Marko Kopljar 7 in the 2012/13 quarter-finals • three former CL top scorers on court: Ilic (2014/15 - 114 goals, 2013/14 - 103, Veszprem), Hansen (2011/12 - 98 for AG Kobenhavn), N. Karabatic (2006/07 - 89 for Kiel Domestic league • four former or current IHF World Handball Players of Domestic league SEHA Liga the Year are part of the PSG squad: N. Karabatic (2007, 2014), Omeyer (2008), Hansen (2011), Narcisse (2012) French LNH Division 1 Last 4 games • 13 players have won the CL at least once: eight of Veszprem Last 4 games 10.11. vs Vardar D24:24 (Ilic, Nagy, Nilsson, Palmarsson, Rodriguez, Ugalde, Zeitz) and 25.11. vs Creteil W34:27 30.10. @ Spartak Vojput W31:15 five of PSG (Abalo, N. Karabatic, Narcisse, Omeyer, Vori) 18.11. @ Toulouse W38:33 29.10. @ Vojvodina W42:22 • 13 nations are represented in the squads: France (PSG), Hungary (Veszprem), Iceland (both), Slovenia (both), Croatia 29.10. @ Montpellier L31:32 28.10. @ Borac W34:20 (both), Serbia, Sweden, Spain, Bosnia Herzegovina, Germany (all 22.10. vs Dunkerque W34:24 Next game only Veszprem), Denmark, Montenegro, Ukraine (all only PSG) Next game 9.12. @ Meshkov Brest • 7 PSG players part of the winning French squad at the WCh 2015: Karabatic brothers, Narcisse, Omeyer, Honrubia, 2.12. vs Cesson Rennes Accambray, Barachet. The former world champions in Veszprem Standings are Ugalde (Spain 2013) and Zeitz (Germany 2007) Standings 1. Presov 10 339:256 27 • PSG new arrival Nikola Karabatic was part of the FC Barcelona squad, which beat Veszprem in the 2015 final; he is 1. PSG 10 342:274 18 ... one of two players (besides Barca line player Cedric Sorhaindo), 2. Montpellier 11 350:312 15 4. Veszprem 7 241:147 19 who holds all four major titles in handball at the same time currently: CL winner, Olympic, World and EHF EURO champion ...... • the two line players Andreas Nilsson (Veszprem) and Igor 14. Chartres 11 273:332 1 14. Maks Strumica 10 214:323 2 Vori (PSG) have won the CL in 2013 as HSV Hamburg players

2 Historic encounters in the EC

MVM Veszprém vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball 3-1-1 (144:133) 7:3 19.04.2014 PSG Handball vs MKB-MVM Veszprém, VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 26:28 (14:12) 26.04.2014 MKB-MVM Veszprém vs PSG Handball, VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 31:26 (12:12) 12.04.2015 Paris Saint-Germain Handball vs MKB-MVM Veszprém, VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 24:24 (10:12) 19.04.2015 MKB-MVM Veszprém vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball, VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 34:28 (16:12) 25.10.2015 Paris Saint-Germain Handball, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 29:27 (16:12)

Matchdetails of last match - 25.10.2015 (Paris, France) Paris Saint-Germain Handball (FRA) vs MVM Veszprem 29:27 (16:12) VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A Referees: Jonas Eliasson/Anton Palsson (Iceland) Suspensions: 8’ – 12’ (Vori 2’, Luka Karabatic 2’, Nikola Karabatic 2’, M’Tima 2’ – Nilsson 2’, Ugalde Garcia 2’, Marguc 2’, Terzic 2’, Sulic 2’, Sliskovic 2’). Disqualification: Nikola Karabatic. 7m: 5/5 – 5/4 Attendance: 4,800

Patrice Annonay Roland Mikler Thierry Omeyer Mirko Alilovic - - Fahrudin Melic (1) Peter Gulyas Henrik Møllgaard (1) Gergö Ivancsik Igor Vori (1) Istvan Timuzsin Schuch Benoit Kounkoud (6) Momir Ilic Xavier Barachet (3) (7) Aron Palmarsson Robert Gunnarsson (3) Andreas Nilsson Luc Abalo (7) (2) Cristian Ugalde Garcia Luka Karabatic (1) (3) Gasper Marguc Mikkel Hansen (11) Chema Rodriguez Vaquero Daniel Narcisse (3) Martin Varju Sergiy Onufryienko Mirsad Terzic Nikola Karabatic (1) (4) Renato Sulic Jeffrey M’Tima (1) Mate Lekai (1) Ivan Sliskovic

Most Goals MVM Veszprem vs Paris Saint-Germain Individual Game:

Laszlo Nagy 9 19.04.2014 PSG Handball-MKB-MVM Veszprém 26:28 Momir Ilic 8 26.04.2014 MKB-MVM Veszprém-PSG Handball 31:26 Renato Sulic 8 26.04.2014 MKB-MVM Veszprém-PSG Handball 31:26 Momir Ilic 8 12.04.2015 Paris Saint-Germain Handball-MKB-MVM Veszprém 24:24 Momir Ilic 7 19.04.2014 PSG Handball-MKB-MVM Veszprém 26:28 Momir Ilic 7 19.04.2015 MKB-MVM Veszprém-Paris Saint-Germain Handball 34:28 Aron Palmarsson 7 25.10.2015 Paris Saint-Germain Handball-MVM Veszprém 29:27

Most Goals Paris Saint-Germain Handball vs MVM Veszprem Individual Game:

Mikkel Hansen 15 19.04.2015 MKB-MVM Veszprém-Paris Saint-Germain Handball 34:28 Mikkel Hansen 11 25.10.2015 Paris Saint-Germain Handball-MVM Veszprém 29:27 Mikkel Hansen 9 26.04.2014 MKB-MVM Veszprém-PSG Handball 31:26 Mikkel Hansen 8 12.04.2015 Paris Saint-Germain Handball-MKB-MVM Veszprém 24:24 Luc Abalo 7 25.10.2015 Paris Saint-Germain Handball-MVM Veszprém 29:27

3 MVM Veszprem vs French clubs

Season Opponent Home Away Competition 1992/93 Olympique Marseille Vitrolles 22:23 21:23 Cup Winners’ Cup - Final (pre-EHF competition) 1996/97 US d’Ivry Handball 29:21 31:29 Cup Winners’ Cup – Semi-final 1998/99 Montpellier HB 26:17 17:21 EHF Champions League – Group A 2001/02 SO Chambery 29:13 28:26 EHF Champions League – Group D 2005/06 Montpellier HB 27:22 21:23 EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 2008/09 Montpellier HB 22:23 30:24 EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 3 2009/10 Chambery Savoie HB 31:26 29:19 EHF Champions League – Group B 2010/11 Montpellier Agglomeration HB 27:26 24:30 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2013/14 PSG Handball 31:26 28:26 VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 2014/15 Montpellier Agglomeration HB 30:29 34:20 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group C 2014/15 Paris Saint-Germain Handball 34:28 24:24 VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 2015/16 Paris Saint-Germain Handball 27:29 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A

Paris Saint-Germain Handball vs Hungarian clubs

Season Opponent Home Away Competition 2013/14 MKB-MVM Veszprém 26:28 26:31 VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 2014/15 MKB-MVM Veszprém 24:24 28:34 VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 2015/16 MVM Veszprém 29:27 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A

4 Last Ten Games in VELUX EHF Champions League:

MVM Veszprem: current run - won two 30.05.2015 Cologne GER vs THW Kiel GER W 31:27 31.05.2015 Cologne GER vs FC Barcelona ESP L 23:28 19.09.2015 Płock POL @ Orlen Wisla Plock POL D 27:27 26.09.2015 Veszprém HUN vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER W 28:24 03.10.2015 Zagreb CRO @ HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb CRO W 21:20 11.10.2015 Veszprém HUN vs Besiktas Jimnastik Kulubu TUR W 33:25 17.10.2015 Veszprém HUN vs THW Kiel GER W 29:27 25.10.2015 Paris FRA @ Paris Saint-Germain Handball FRA L 27:29 15.11.2015 Celje SLO @ RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko SLO W 30:27 21.11.2015 Veszprém HUN vs RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko SLO W 34:28

Paris Saint-Germain Handball: current run - won seven 12.04.2015 Paris FRA vs MKB-MVM Veszprém HUN D 24:24 19.04.2015 Veszprém HUN @ MKB-MVM Veszprém HUN L 28:34 19.09.2015 Flensburg GER @ SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER L 32:39 27.09.2015 Paris FRA vs Orlen Wisla Plock POL W 29:24 03.10.2015 İzmit TUR @ Besiktas Jimnastik Kulubu TUR W 40:30 11.10.2015 Paris FRA vs HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb CRO W 34:23 18.10.2015 Celje SLO @ RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko SLO W 32:30 25.10.2015 Paris FRA vs MVM Veszprém HUN W 29:27 12.11.2015 Kiel GER @ THW Kiel GER W 30:26 21.11.2015 Paris FRA vs THW Kiel GER W 37:30

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