MEDIA INFORMATION DELO EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2020/21 MOTW Quarter-final, Leg 1: CSM Bucuresti vs CSKA CSM BUCURESTI (ROU) VS CSKA (RUS) QUARTER-FINAL Saturday 3 April 2021, 16:00 CET LEG 1 Playing hall Sala Polivalenta Ioan Kunst Ghermanescu Calea Piscului Nr. 10, sector 4, Bucharest

Capacity: 5,000

• The Match of the Week is the first time that CSM Leading scorers for CSM Bucuresti in Bucuresti and CSKA meet in an official match. Leading scorers for CSKA in DELO EHF DELO EHF Champions League 2020/21: Champions League 2020/21: • Both teams came through the play-offs of the DELO (ROU) 100 EHF Champions League with one win and one defeat: Ekaterina Ilina (RUS) 62 CSKA lost 25:20 at RK Krim Mercator before winning the Barbara Lazovic (SLO) 61 home leg 27:21; CSM won 33:24 at SCM Ramnicu Valcea Polina Vedekhina (RUS) 55 Carmen Martin (ESP) 48 but lost 27:21 at home the following week. Darya Dmitrieva (RUS) 53 (ROU) 37 Polina Gorshkova (RUS) 51 • Playing their first CL quarter-final in 2015/16, CSM Siraba Dembele (FRA) 31 also met a Russian team, Rostov-Don, and advanced Antonina Skorobogatchenko (RUS) 46 Elizabeth Omoregie (SLO) 28 following a 55:53 aggregate win. Sara Ristovska (MKD) 37 Dragana Cvijic (SRB) 16 Elena Mikhaylichenko (RUS) 32 Laura Moisa (ROU) 13 • CSKA are the only club this season with a women's Marina Sudakova (RUS) 31 team and a men's team (EHF European League) reaching (NED) 10 the knockout phase of a European club competition. Kathrine Heindahl (DEN) 25 Olga Gorshenina (RUS) 17 • CSKA had the most wins (11) of all teams in the group Yuliia Markova (RUS) 14 phase, followed by Györi Audi ETO KC (10). Natalia Chigirinova (RUS) 13 • CSM are in their sixth CL season; they reached the (RUS) 11 EHF FINAL4 three times and won the title once, in 2016. • Three players from CSM's 2016 squad are still or again with the club: Croatian goalkeeper Jelena Grubisic, Spanish right wing Carmen Martin and Romanian left back . Domestic league Domestic league • While CSM are still the only Romanian club to play at an EHF FINAL4, two Russian clubs have done so: Dinamo Liga Florilor MOL Sinara from Volgograd and Rostov. Zvezda Zvenigorod, Superleague the only CL winners from Russia, lifted the trophy in 2008, before the introduction of the EHF FINAL4 format. Last 3 games: • CSM started with 11 points from seven matches but Last 3 games: lost four of their last five matches in the group phase. 25/03 vs SCM Craiova W28:21 25/03 @ Ufa-Alisa W21:41 • Four CSKA players won Olympic gold with Russia in 09/03 @ Cluj-Napoca D27:27 2016: Anna Sedoykina, Marina Sudakova, Ekaterina Ilina 24/03 @ Izhevsk W32:46 and Darya Dmitrieva; CSM player Siraba Dembele won 23/02 vs Magura Cisnadie W31:25 silver with France. 17/03 @ KSK Luch W30:36 • Dembele won the world and EHF EURO titles with Next game: France; her CSM teammates Martine Smeets (world Next game: title with Netherlands) and (EHF EURO 06/04 @ CS Dacia Mioveni title with Montenegro) also won gold medals with their TBA (play-offs) respective national teams. • CSM star Cristina Neagu has scored 100 goals so far Standings as of 01/04: this CL season; only Brest Bretagne right back Final standings before play-offs: Ana Gros has netted more times, 104. 1. CSM Bucuresti 9 274:187 27 1. Rostov-Don 22 329:234 20 • CSM’s squad includes eight different nationalities: 2. Baia Mare 9 237:200 22 Romanian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian, Montenegrin, 2. Astrakhan 10 270:201 18 3. Valcea 8 206:156 21 French, Spanish, and Dutch; CSKA's squad has four: 3. CSKA 10 310:208 16 Russian, Swedish, Danish, and Macedonian. 4. Cisnadie 9 228:190 16 4. Zvenigorod 11 346:307 16 • CSKA's Swedish line player Sabina Jacobsen played 5. Gloria Buzau 8 197:181 16 two seasons for CSM before moving to Moscow in 2019. 5. Togliatti 7 210:151 10 ... • Both teams are missing a key left back because of a ... knee injury: CSM are without Alexandrina Barbosa, CSKA 15. Cluj-Napoca 8 188:246 0 without Elena Mikhaylichenko. 12. Ufa-Alisa 8 160:248 0 PREVIOUS MATCHES IN EUROPEAN CLUB COMPETITIONS

CSM Bucuresti vs CSKA 0-0-0

No previous matches in European club competitions

CSM BUCURESTI VS RUSSIAN CLUBS 5-2-3

Season Opponent Home Away Competition

2015/16 Rostov-Don 26:25 29:28 EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 2016/17 Rostov-Don 24:21 22:20 EHF Champions League – Group C 2017/18 Rostov-Don 22:22 24:25 EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 1 2017/18 Rostov-Don 31:30 EHF FINAL4 – Place 3/4 2019/20 Rostov-Don 23:23 22:23 DELO EHF Champions League – Group B 2020/21 Rostov-Don 22:27 10:0* DELO EHF Champions League – Group A

* Match not played and points allocated. Result not included in overall stat.

CSKA VS ROMANIAN CLUBS 2-0-0

Season Opponent Home Away Competition

2020/21 SCM Ramnicu Valcea 30:20 34:24 DELO EHF Champions League – Group B

CSM BUCURESTI’S RECORD IN DELO EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE – QUARTER-FINAL 5-0-3

31.03.2016 CSM Bucuresti ROU vs Rostov-Don RUS 26:25 EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 09.04.2016 Rostov-Don RUS vs CSM Bucuresti ROU 28:29 EHF Champions League – Quarter-final

07.04.2017 CSM Bucuresti ROU vsFTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria HUN 30:25 EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 15.04.2017 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria HUN vs CSM Bucuresti ROU 26:27 EHF Champions League – Quarter-final

06.04.2018 CSM Bucuresti ROU vs FRA 34:21 EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 15.04.2018 Metz Handball FRA vs CSM Bucuresti ROU 27:20 EHF Champions League – Quarter-final

05.04.2019 CSM Bucuresti ROU vs Metz Handball FRA 26:31 EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 13.04.2019 Metz Handball FRA vs CSM Bucuresti ROU 23:22 EHF Champions League – Quarter-final

CSKA’S RECORD IN DELO EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE – QUARTER-FINAL 0-0-0

N/A MOST GOALS IN ONE GAME FOR CSM BUCURESTI VS RUSSIAN CLUBS

Cristina Neagu 11 19.11.2020 CSM Bucuresti vs Rostov-Don 22:27 Isabelle Gulldén 8 11.11.2016 Rostov-Don vs CSM Bucuresti 20:22 Andrea Lekic 8 11.10.2019 CSM Bucuresti vs Rostov-Don 23:23 Cristina Neagu 8 16.11.2019 Rostov-Don vs CSM Bucuresti 23:22 MOST GOALS IN ONE GAME FOR RUSSIAN CLUBS VS CSM BUCURESTI

Anna Vyakhireva 12 11.10.2019 CSM Bucuresti vs Rostov-Don 23:23 Ekaterina Ilina 9 31.03.2016 CSM Bucuresti vs Rostov-Don 26:25 Ekaterina Ilina 8 09.04.2016 Rostov-Don vs CSM Bucuresti 28:29 Ekaterina Ilina 6 16.10.2016 CSM Bucuresti vs Rostov-Don 24:21

MOST GOALS IN ONE GAME FOR CSKA VS ROMANIAN CLUBS

Elena Mikhaylichenko 9 26.09.2020 CSKA vs SCM Ramnicu Valcea 30:20 Marina Sudakova 7 24.01.2021 SCM Ramnicu Valcea vs CSKA 24:34 Antonina Skorobogatchenko 5 24.01.2021 SCM Ramnicu Valcea vs CSKA 24:34 Polina Vedekhina 5 24.01.2021 SCM Ramnicu Valcea vs CSKA 24:34 MOST GOALS IN ONE GAME FOR ROMANIAN CLUBS VS CSKA

Asma Elghaoui 7 24.01.2021 SCM Ramnicu Valcea vs CSKA 24:34 Marta Lopez Herrero 4 26.09.2020 CSKA vs SCM Ramnicu Valcea 30:20 Kristina Liscevic 4 24.01.2021 SCM Ramnicu Valcea vs CSKA 24:34

LAST 10 GAMES IN THE DELO EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

CSM Bucuresti: current run – lost one 13.03.2021 București ROU vs SCM Ramnicu Valcea ROU L 21:27 06.03.2021 Râmnicu Vâlcea ROU @ SCM Ramnicu Valcea ROU W 24:33 13.02.2021 Metz FRA @ Metz Handball FRA L 25:22 06.02.2021 București ROU vs Team Esbjerg DEN W 28:26 16.01.2021 București ROU vs Vipers Kristiansand NOR L 22:29 09.01.2021 Budapest HUN @ FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria HUN L 31:27 19.11.2020 București ROU vs Rostov-Don RUS L 22:27 14.11.2020 București ROU vs RK Krim Mercator SLO D 22:22 07.11.2020 Ljubljana SLO @ RK Krim Mercator SLO W 23:25 25.10.2020 Ludwigsburg GER @ SG BBM Bietigheim GER W 22:32

CSKA: current run – won one 13.03.2021 Moskva RUS vs RK Krim Mercator SLO W 27:21 06.03.2021 Ljubljana SLO @ RK Krim Mercator SLO L 25:20 13.02.2021 Győr HUN @ Györi Audi ETO KC HUN L 31:24 07.02.2021 Moskva RUS vs Buducnost MNE W 27:23 01.02.2021 Moskva RUS @ HC Podravka Vegeta CRO W 20:36 31.01.2021 Moskva RUS vs HC Podravka Vegeta CRO W 30:26 24.01.2021 Râmnicu Vâlcea ROU @ SCM Ramnicu Valcea ROU W 24:34 16.01.2021 Moskva RUS vs BV Borussia 09 Dortmund GER W 35:28 09.01.2021 Moskva RUS vs FRA W 25:24 15.11.2020 Odense/Fyn DEN @ Odense Håndbold DEN L 26:25 CSM BUCURESTI PLAYERS’ CAREER STATISTICS AGAINST CSKA N/A

CSKA PLAYERS’ CAREER STATISTICS AGAINST CSM BUCURESTI Goalkeeper GP W D L G AVG HI PIM

Anna Sedoykina RUS 6 2 2 2 0 0,00 0 0

Player GP W D L G AVG HI PIM

Ekaterina Ilina RUS 7 1 1 5 36 5,14 9 0 Sara Ristovska MKD 6 4 0 2 2 0,33 1 (2) 2’ Sabina Detloff Rosengren Jacobsen SWE 3 1 0 2 3 1,00 2 6’ Marina Sudakova RUS 5 2 1 2 7 1,40 5 0

Ekaterina Ilina (Rostov-Don 2015/16, Rostov-Don 2016/17, Rostov-Don 2017/18); Sara Ristovska (HC Vardar 2015/16, HC Vardar 2016/17, RK Krim Mercator 2018/19), Sabina Detloff Rosengren Jacobsen (FC Midtjylland 2015/16, FC Midtjylland 2016/17), Anna Sedoykina (Rostov-Don 2015/16, Rostov-Don 2016/17 – DNP, Rostov-Don 2017/18, Rostov- Don 2019/20), Marina Sudakova (Rostov-Don 2015/16, Rostov-Don 2017/18, Rostov-Don 2019/20)

'PLAYER OF THE MATCH' AWARD, PRESENTED BY DELO

The Match of the Week 'Player of the Match' trophy, introduced by EHF Marketing GmbH in the 2017/18 season, is awarded at all MOTWs in the DELO EHF Champions League 2020/21 season. The award is presented by DELO and the trophy will be handed over on court shortly after the match.

Awarded players in the 2020/21 season: Round 3: Ana Gros (Brest Bretagne Handball) Round 4: Hanna Yttereng (Vipers Kristiansand) Round 6: Ana Gros (Brest Bretagne Handball) Round 7: Polina Vedekhina (CSKA) Round 8: Iuliia Managarova (Rostov-Don) Round 9: Sandra Toft (Brest Bretagne Handball) Round 10: Marit Røsberg Jacobsen (Team Esbjerg) Round 11: (Odense Håndbold) Round 12: Barbara Arenhart (Buducnost) Round 13: Jelena Grubisic (CSM Bucuresti) Round 14: Stine Oftedal (Györi Audi ETO KC) Play-offs, leg 1: Cristina Neagu (CSM Bucuresti) Play-offs, leg 2: Jovanka Radicevic (Buducnost)

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