Media Information DELO WOMEN'S EHF Champions League Season 2019/20

Group A, Round 3 Vipers (NOR) vs Metz (FRA) Aquarama Kristiansand (Kristiansand, NOR) Sunday 20 October, 15:00 CEST (NOR) vs (FRA)

Group A Sunday 20 October 2019, 15:00 CEST Round 3 Playing hall Aquarama Kristiansand Tangen 8 4608 Kristi ansand Capacity: 2,200

• Metz won two of three previous duels against the Vipers, but lost the most important one - the placement match at the 2019 edition of the DELO WOMEN’S EHF FINAL4 in Budapest. Most games vs Metz: • Both sides had their first ever appearance at the pinnacle Most games vs Vipers: 3 event of women’s club handball this year. Beatrice Edwige 3 (Larsen) 3 3 Eline Fagerheim 3 • Metz were the first ever French side to be part of the event 3 Mathilde Kristensen 3 (and even the semi-final of the competition), while Vipers were 3 the second Norwegian club after Larvik in 2015. 3 Marion Maubon 3 3 • While Metz currently have their 21st appearance in the CL, it Meline Nocandy 3 Sunniva Amalie Naes Andersen 3 is only the third season for Kristiansand. Grace Zaadi Deuna 3 Tonje Refsnes 3 • Vipers coach Ole Gunnar Gjekstad steered Larvik already to Linn Jorum Sulland 3 Budapest before. Most goals vs Metz: • Vipers right back Linn Sulland was last season’s top scorer of Most goals vs Vipers: Linn Jorum Sulland 19 the DELO WOMEN’S EHF Champions League with 89 goals. Grace Zaadi Deuna 16 Malin Aune (Larsen) 13 • Metz goalkeeper suffers from a partly torn Ana Gros 14 Emilie Hegh Arntzen 10 ACL from the last CL match at FTC and even will miss the WCh in Manon Houette 11 Jeanett Kristiansen 10 December, Xenia Smits is out for month after a shoulder injury. Laura Flippes 7 Mathilde Kristensen 5 Xenia Smits 6 Henny Ella Reistad 5 • On the other hand and goalkeeper Katrine Lunde still is out after tearing the ACL at Budapest in May. • Heidi Loke and Lunde are four times CL winners each. Loke with Larvik in 2011 and three times Györ (2013, 2014, 2017), Lunde with Viborg (2009, 2010) and Györ (2013, 2014). So both have the chance to win the trophy with their third different club. • Sulland won the CL in 2011 with Larvik and was two times in a row finalist at Budapest: 2015 with Larvik and 2016 with Györ. • Metz do not have any player in their squad, who won the CL before. Even none of them ever played a final. Domestic league Domestic league • The Vipers squad only includes two Non-Norwegian players: Division 1 REMA 1000-ligaen Miranda Morais from Angola and Yurou Yang from China. Both are Last 3 games: the only CL players of their countries. Last 3 games: 16/10 @ Molde W24:33 • Metz count on players from six countries: France, 16/10 @ Chambray Touraine W22:34 09/10 vs Sola W37:27 Netherlands, Germany, Ukraine, Denmark and Croatia. 09/10 vs Besancon W28:24 22/09 @ Fana W28:38 • 6 current Metz players were a core part of the French team, 21/09 @ Merignac W23:36 which won the EHF EURO 2018 trophy on home ground, beating Next game: 27/10 @ Storhamar Russia in the thrilling final at Paris. Including (left to Siofok) and Beatrice Edwige (now Györ) it were even eight. Next game: 26/10 vs Nice Standings as of 18/10: • One Metz player was born in the Caribbean: Dutch Standings as of 18/10: 1. Kristiansand 7 241:177 14 international Jurswally Luciano comes from Curacao. 2. Storhamar 7 217:162 12 1. Metz 8 272:193 24 3. Byasen 7 200:164 12 • France and Norway top the nations ranking of current DELO 2. Brest Bretagne 8 236:192 23 … WOMEN’S EHF Champions League players: 40 French and 35 3. Nantes 8 241:207 19 Norwegian players are part of the 16 squads of the group matches. 12. Sola 6 155:187 0 … • Metz coach Emmanuel Mayonnade also steers the Dutch 12. Merignac 8 198:269 8 national team. He was voted best coach of the 2018/19 CL. • Only Györ (81 goals) have scored more often in the first two group matches than Metz (74 strikes)

2 Previous matches in European Cup competitions

Vipers Kristiansand vs Metz Handball 1-0-2 (75:85) 2:4

08.10.2017 Metz Handball vs Vipers Kristiansand, EHF Champions League – Group D 30:22 (14:12) 10.11.2017 Vipers Kristiansand vs Metz Handball, EHF Champions League – Group D 22:25 (11:12) 12.05.2019 Metz Handball vs Vipers Kristiansand, DELO WOMEN‘S EHF FINAL4 – Place 3/4 30:31 (16:15)

Details of last Vipers Kristiansand vs Metz Handball match: 12.05.2019 (Budapest, HUN) Metz Handball vs Vipers Kristiansand 30:31 (16:15) (DELO WOMEN´S EHF FINAL4 – Place 3/4) Referees: Maike Merz/Tanja Schilha (Germany). Suspensions: 0 – 8’ (Kristensen 4’, Waade 2’, Tomac 2’). Number of 7m: 8/6 – 6/6. Attendance: 12,000.

Laura Glauser Eline Fagerheim Ivana Kapitanovic Katrine Lunde - - Beatrice Edwige (2) Karoline Olsen Daphne Gautschi (4) Emilie Hegh Arntzen Grace Zaadi Deuna (6) Tonje Refsnes Laura Flippes (3) (4) Malin Aune Astride N’Gouan (5) Carolina Marlene Miranda Morais Meline Nocandy (5) Mathilde Kristensen Manon Houette (3) Vilde Kaurin Jonassen Ekaterina Levsha (2) (2) Silje Katrine Waade Orlane Kanor (10) Linn Jorum Sulland Aleksandra Zych Pernille Bjorseth Wibe Xenia Smits (5) Jeanett Kristiansen Marion Maubon (2) (1) Gnonsiane Niombla (2) (5) Henny Ella Reistad Ilona Di Rocco Sunniva Amalie Naes Andersen

3 Most goals in one game for Vipers Kristiansand vs Metz Handball:

Linn Jorum Sulland 10 12.05.2019 Metz Handball-Vipers Kristiansand 30:31 Malin Larsen Aune 6 08.10.2017 Metz Handball-Vipers Kristiansand 30:22 Jeanett Kristiansen 6 10.11.2017 Vipers Kristiansand-Metz Handball 22:25 Emilie Hegh Arntzen 5 10.11.2017 Vipers Kristiansand-Metz Handball 22:25 Linn Jorum Sulland 5 10.11.2017 Vipers Kristiansand-Metz Handball 22:25 Mathilde Kristensen 5 12.05.2019 Metz Handball-Vipers Kristiansand 30:31 Henny Ella Reistad 5 12.05.2019 Metz Handball-Vipers Kristiansand 30:31

Most goals in one game for Metz Handball vs Vipers Kristiansand:

Ana Gros 7 08.10.2017 Metz Handball-Vipers Kristiansand 30:22 Ana Gros 7 10.11.2017 Vipers Kristiansand-Metz Handball 22:25 Grace Zaadi Deuna 6 12.05.2019 Metz Handball-Vipers Kristiansand 30:31 Manon Houette 5 08.10.2017 Metz Handball-Vipers Kristiansand 30:22 Grace Zaadi Deuna 5 08.10.2017 Metz Handball-Vipers Kristiansand 30:22 Grace Zaadi Deuna 5 10.11.2017 Vipers Kristiansand-Metz Handball 22:25 Astride N’Gouan 5 12.05.2019 Metz Handball-Vipers Kristiansand 30:31 Xenia Smits 5 12.05.2019 Metz Handball-Vipers Kristiansand 30:31

Last 10 games in the DELO WOMEN'S EHF Champions League:

Vipers Kristiansand current run – lost one 13.10.2019 Koprivnica CRO @ HC Podravka Vegeta CRO L 25:24 05.10.2019 Kristiansand NOR vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria HUN W 31:22 12.05.2019 Budapest HUN vs Metz Handball FRA W 30:31 11.05.2019 Budapest HUN vs Györi Audi ETO KC HUN L 22:31 13.04.2019 Kristiansand NOR vs Buducnost MNE W 25:18 07.04.2019 Podgorica MNE @ Buducnost MNE W 19:24 09.03.2019 Kristiansand NOR vs Györi Audi ETO KC HUN L 26:33 03.03.2019 Nordhausen GER @ Thüringer HC GER W 21:29 23.02.2019 Kristiansand NOR vs RK Krim Mercator SLO W 29:21 09.02.2019 Győr HUN @ Györi Audi ETO KC HUN L 33:29

Metz Handball: current run – won two 13.10.2019 Érd HUN @ FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria HUN W 28:34 06.10.2019 Metz FRA vs HC Podravka Vegeta CRO W 40:26 12.05.2019 Budapest HUN vs Vipers Kristiansand NOR L 30:31 11.05.2019 Budapest HUN vs Rostov-Don RUS L 25:27 13.04.2019 Metz FRA vs CSM Bucuresti ROU W 23:22 05.04.2019 București ROU @ CSM Bucuresti ROU W 26:31 10.03.2019 Brøndbyvester/ Sjælland DEN @ Kobenhavn Handball DEN L 36:33 03.03.2019 Metz FRA vs FRA W 39:26 23.02.2019 Rostov-na-Donu RUS @ Rostov-Don RUS W 18:26 10.02.2019 Metz FRA vs Kobenhavn Handball DEN W 36:24

4 Vipers Kristiansand vs French clubs 4-0-5 Season Opponent Home Away Competition

2003/04 ESBF Besancon 31:26 30:32 EHF Cup – Last 16 2017/18 Metz Handball 22:25 22:30 EHF Champions League – Group D 2017/18 Issy Paris Hand 22:23 25:24 EHF Cup – Group B 2017/18 Brest Bretagne Handball 26:17 29:34 EHF Cup – Quarter-final 2018/19 Metz Handball 31:30 DELO WOMEN’S EHF FINAL4 – Place 3/4

Metz Handball vs Norwegian clubs 8-1-9 Season Opponent Home Away Competition

1991/92 Byaasen IL 17:22 16:11 Cup Winners’ Cup – Quarter-final ------1996/97 Byasen 16:17 17:23 EHF Champions League – Group C 1998/99 Baekkelagets Oslo 17:17 22:28 Cup Winners’ Cup – Semi-final 2008/09 Byasen HE 32:33 EHF Champions League – Qualification Tournament 2 Group 2 2009/10 Byasen HE 24:20 27:31 Cup Winners’ Cup – Quarter-final 2014/15 Larvik 25:26 20:25 EHF Champions League – Group D 2016/17 Glassverket 25:19 24:22 EHF Champions League – Group A 2017/18 Vipers Kristiansand 30:22 25:22 EHF Champions League – Group D 2018/19 Larvik HK 31:20 31:21 EHF Champions League – Group A 2018/19 Vipers Kristiansand 30:31 DELO WOMEN’S EHF FINAL4 – Place 3/4

5 Vipers Kristiansand players’ career statistics against Metz Handball

Goalkeeper GP W D L G AVG HI PIM

Ida Gabrielsen NOR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Katrine Lunde NOR 7 5 0 2 0 0,00 0 0 Andrea Austmo Pedersen NOR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Benedicte Udjus NOR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Yurou Yang CHN 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0

Player GP W D L G AVG HI PIM

June Andenaes NOR 3 0 0 3 4 1,33 3 6’ Emilie Hegh Arntzen NOR 3 1 0 2 10 3,33 5 0 Malin Aune NOR 3 1 0 2 13 4,33 6 0 Ingvild Bersas Westersjo NOR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Ragnhild Valle Dahl NOR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Karine Emilie Dahlum NOR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Josefine Intelhus NOR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Vilde Kaurin Jonassen NOR 2 1 0 1 0 0,00 0 0 Heidi Loke NOR 4 4 0 0 20 5,00 7 4’ Kristine Lunde Borgesen NOR 4 2 0 2 10 2,50 4 4’ Carolina Martene Miranda Morais ANG 1 1 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Sunniva Amalie Naes Andersen NOR 3 1 0 2 0 0,00 0 0 Karoline Olsen NOR 1 1 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Tonje Refsnes NOR 3 1 0 2 3 1,00 3 0 Henny Ella Reistad NOR 1 1 0 0 5 5,00 5 0 Linn Jorum Sulland NOR 5 3 0 2 21 4,20 10 0 Kristine Hartveit Thomassen NOR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Marta Tomac NOR 1 1 0 0 1 1,00 1 2’ Ingrid Vehushela NOR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Silje Katrine Waade NOR 1 1 0 0 2 2,00 2 2’ Pernille Bjorseth Wibe NOR 4 3 0 1 1 0,25 1 0 Hanna Maria Yttereng NOR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0

June Andenaes (Glassverket 2016/17, Larvik HK 2018/19); Heidi Loke (Györi AUDI ETO KC 2011/12, Györi Audi ETO KC 2014/15, Györi Audi ETO KC 2016/17 – DNP); Katrine Lunde (Viborg HK 2008/09, Györi AUDI ETO KC 2011/12, Györi Audi ETO KC 2014/15 – DNP); Kristine Lunde Borgesen (2008/09 Viborg HK); Linn Jorum Sulland (Larvik 2014/15); Pernille Bjorseth Wibe (Byasen HE 2008/09, Byasen HE 2009/10); Hanna Maria Yttereng (Byasen HE 2008/09 – DNP)

6 Metz Handball players’ career statistics against Vipers Kristiansand

Goalkeeper GP W D L G AVG HI PIM

Laura Glauser FRA 1 0 0 1 0 0,00 0 0 Ivana Kapitanovic CRO 2 0 0 2 0 0,00 0 0 Laura Portes FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0

Player GP W D L G AVG HI PIM

Anne Emmanuelle Augustine FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Lea Ballureau FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Sarah Bouktit FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Louise Katharina Burgaard DEN 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Mahoua Audrey Dembele FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Sitha Laureen Dembele FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Ilona Di Rocco FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Laura Flippes FRA 3 2 0 1 7 2,33 3 (2) 0 Manon Houette FRA 3 2 0 1 11 3,67 5 2’ Emma Jacques FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Orlane Kanor FRA 3 2 0 1 5 1,67 4 4’ Julie Le Blevec FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Jurswailly Luciano NED 2 2 0 0 5 2,50 4 0 Marion Maubon FRA 3 2 0 1 3 1,00 2 0 Meissa Maurice FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Astride N'Gouan FRA 3 1 0 2 8 2,67 5 2’ Meline Nocandy FRA 3 2 0 1 4 1,33 2 (2) 0 Olga Perederiy UKR 2 0 0 2 9 4,50 5 4’ Helene Sajka FRA 2 2 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Xenia Smits GER 2 1 0 1 6 3,00 5 0 Grace Zaadi Deuna FRA 3 2 0 1 16 5,33 6 2’

Ivana Kapitanovic (HC Podravka Vegeta 2017/18); Astride N'Gouan (Brest Bretagne Handball 2017/18); Olga Perederiy (RK Krim Mercator 2018/19)

MOTW #2 Media Pack 17/10/2019 EHF Media & Communications Contributors: Björn Pazen, Roy Knoppert

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