MEDIA INFORMATION DELO EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2020/21 MOTW Quarter-final, Leg 1: Vipers vs Rostov-Don (NOR) VS ROSTOV-DON (RUS) QUARTER-FINAL Saturday 10 April 2021, 14:00 CEST LEG 1 Playing hall Palace of Sports St. Khalturinskiy lane 103 344011 Rostov-on-Don Russia

Capacity: 3,500

• Vipers Kristiansand and Rostov-Don play their DELO Most games vs Rostov-Don: EHF Champions League quarter-final as a double-header Most games vs Vipers Kristiansand: June Andenaes 3 this weekend, with both matches taking place in Russia. Vladlena Bobrovnikova 3 Sunniva Andersen 3 • The second leg is on Sunday 11 April at 14:00 CEST. Viktoriya Borshchenko 3 Vilde Jonassen 3 Ksenia Makeeva 3 Tonje Refsnes 3 • Vipers edged Odense Håndbold 65:62 in the play- Iuliia Managarova 3 Henny Reistad 3 offs after losing the first leg at home; Rostov had two clear 3 3 victories over HC Podravka Vegeta and won 71:44. Hanna Yttereng 3 • Rostov have won all previous matches against Vipers. Most goals vs Vipers Kristiansand: Anna Vyakhireva 15 Most goals vs Rostov-Don: • Vipers and Rostov last met on 10 February 2021 - in Iuliia Managarova 14 Henny Reistad 21 Erd, Hungary, where the Russian side won 24:23. Ksenia Makeeva 11 Vilde Jonassen 10 • Vipers played at the EHF FINAL4 once - in 2019, Yaroslava Frolova 9 8 when they finished third; that same year Rostov played Vladlena Bobrovnikova 8 Silje Waade 8 their first final, which they lost to Györ. 8 Heidi Løke 6 • Rostov had finished fourth the previous year (2018). • Two Vipers players were CL top scorer in the past: Heidi Løke in 2010/11 (99 goals for Larvik) and Linn Jorum Sulland in 2018/19 (89 goals for Vipers). • Vipers players , Heidi Løke and Nora Domestic league Mørk are all four-time CL winners, and they all won at least Domestic league two of their titles with Györi Audi ETO KC.

REMA 1000 Ligaen • Their Vipers teammates Linn Jorum Sulland and Jana Superleague Knedlikova also won a CL title with Györ. • Vipers coach Ole Gustav Gjekstad has competed at Last 3 games: the EHF FINAL4 with two different teams: with Larvik in Last 3 games: 06/01 vs Flint Tøsberg W46:20 2015 (finishing runners-up) and Vipers in 2019 (third). 25/03 @ Ufa-Alisa W21:41 18/11 vs Raelingen W45:19 • Rostov goalkeeper Mayssa Pessoa played at the EHF 24/03 @ Izhevsk W32:46 FINAL4 with three different clubs: CSM Bucuresti, Vardar 04/11 @ Aker W24:47 and Rostov. 17/03 @ KSK Luch W30:36 • Seven Vipers players were part of the Norwegian Next game: team that won gold at the EHF EURO 2020: Katrine Lunde, Next game (play-offs): Heidi Løke, , Malin Aune, Marta - Tomac, Nora Mørk and Henny Reistad; Mørk was top 06/05 @ Astrakhanochka or Zvezda scorer and All-star Team right back.

Standings (season suspended): • Iuliia Managarova is top scorer of Rostov with 64 Final standings before play-offs: goals; Henny Reistad leads for Vipers with 56. 1. Storhamar 12 360:288 24 1. Rostov-Don 22 731:515 44 • Rostov’s squad consists of players from six different 2. Vipers 11 430:243 22 nations: Russia, Ukraine, Sweden, Serbia, France and 2. CSKA 22 708:475 36 3. Sola HK 11 331:291 18 Brazil. 3. Lada 22 674:492 36 4. Tertnes HE 13 387:349 15 • Vipers' squad includes only three players not from 4. Astrakhan. 22 622:486 30 : Evelina Eriksson (Sweden), Jana Knedlikova 5. Fana HE 13 385:374 15 (Czech Republic) and (Angola). 5. Zvezda 22 677:581 30 ... • Norway and Russia have both qualified for the Tokyo ... 13. Larvik HK 10 230:293 1 Olympics, with five Vipers players in the Norwegian squad 12. Ufa-Alisa 22 449:700 5 and seven Rostov players in the Russian squad. PREVIOUS MATCHES IN EUROPEAN CLUB COMPETITIONS

Vipers Kristiansand vs Rostov-Don 0-0-3 (78:89) 0:6

01.02.2020 Rostov-Don vs Vipers Kristiansand, DELO EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 1 33:26 (19:15) 29.02.2020 Vipers Kristiansand vs Rostov-Don, DELO EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 1 29:32 (16:15) 10.02.2021 Rostov-Don vs Vipers Kristiansand, DELO EHF Champions League – Group B 10:0 * 10.02.2021 Vipers Kristiansand vs Rostov-Don, DELO EHF Champions League – Group B 23:24 (16:15)

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

VIPERS KRISTIANSAND VS RUSSIAN CLUBS 2-0-5

Season Opponent Home Away Competition

2016/17 Club Lada 32:26 23:29 EHF Cup – Qualification Round 2 2017/18 30:21 24:29 EHF Cup – Group B 2019/20 Rostov-Don 29:32 26:33 DELO EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 1 2020/21 Rostov-Don 23:24 0:10* DELO EHF Champions League – Group A

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

ROSTOV-DON VS NORWEGIAN CLUBS 8-1-4

Season Opponent Home Away Competition

1989/90 Byasen IL 25:23 18:18 Cup Winners’ Cup – Semi-final 1990/91 Byasen IL 28:22 15:18 Champions Cup – Quarter-final 1991/92 Gjerpen IF 25:26 22:23 Champions Cup – Last 16 ------2015/16 Larvik 26:25 27:21 EHF Champions League – Group A 2016/17 Byasen Trondheim 35:21 24:29 EHF Cup – Group B 2019/20 Vipers Kristiansand 33:26 32:29 DELO EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 1 2020/21 Vipers Kristiansand 10:0* 24:23 DELO EHF Champions League – Group A

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

VIPERS KRISTIANSAND’S RECORD IN EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE – QUARTER-FINAL 2-0-0

07.04.2019 Buducnost MNE vs Vipers Kristiansand NOR 19:24 EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 13.04.2019 Vipers Kristiansand NOR vs Buducnost MNE 25:18 EHF Champions League – Quarter-final

ROSTOV-DON’S RECORD IN EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE – QUARTER-FINAL 4-0-2

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

07.04.2018 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria HUN vs Rostov-Don RUS 29:31 EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 14.04.2018 Rostov-Don RUS vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria HUN 32:22 EHF Champions League – Quarter-final

07.04.2019 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria HUN vs Rostov-Don RUS 26:29 EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 13.04.2019 Rostov-Don RUS vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria HUN 33:22 EHF Champions League – Quarter-final MOST GOALS IN ONE GAME FOR VIPERS KRISTIANSAND VS ROSTOV-DON

Henny Reistad 9 29.02.2020 Vipers Kristiansand vs Rostov-Don 29:32 Henny Reistad 8 01.02.2020 Rostov-Don vs Vipers Kristiansand 33:26 Silje Waade 6 01.02.2020 Rostov-Don vs Vipers Kristiansand 33:26 Heidi Løke 6 29.02.2020 Vipers Kristiansand vs Rostov-Don 29:32 Malin Aune 5 01.02.2020 Rostov-Don vs Vipers Kristiansand 33:26 Vilde Jonassen 5 29.02.2020 Vipers Kristiansand vs Rostov-Don 29:32

MOST GOALS IN ONE GAME FOR ROSTOV-DON VS VIPERS KRISTIANSAND

Anna Vyakhireva 10 29.02.2020 Vipers Kristiansand vs Rostov-Don 29:32 Yaroslava Frolova 7 01.02.2020 Rostov-Don vs Vipers Kristiansand 33:26 Iuliia Managarova 7 01.02.2020 Rostov-Don vs Vipers Kristiansand 33:26 Kseniya Makeeva 5 01.02.2020 Rostov-Don vs Vipers Kristiansand 33:26 Anna Sen 5 01.02.2020 Rostov-Don vs Vipers Kristiansand 33:26 Anna Vyakhireva 5 10.02.2021 Vipers Kristiansand vs Rostov-Don 23:24

LAST 10 GAMES IN THE DELO EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Vipers Kristiansand: current run – won one 14.03.2021 Odense/Fyn DEN @ Odense Håndbold DEN W 26:30 07.03.2021 Ikast DEN vs Odense Håndbold DEN L 35:36 13.02.2021 Ljubljana SLO vs RK Krim Mercator SLO W 37:30 10.02.2021 Érd HUN vs Rostov-Don RUS L 23:24 08.02.2021 Budapest HUN vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria HUN L 26:31 06.02.2021 Budapest HUN @ FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria HUN L 30:28 03.02.2021 Metz FRA @ FRA W 28:29 16.01.2021 București ROU @ CSM Bucuresti ROU W 22:29 09.01.2021 Kristiansand NOR vs DEN D 28:28 18.10.2020 Esbjerg DEN @ Team Esbjerg DEN D 27:27

Rostov-Don: current run – won four 14.03.2021 Rostov-na-Donu RUS vs HC Podravka Vegeta CRO W 42:24 06.03.2021 Koprivnica CRO @ HC Podravka Vegeta CRO W 20:29 13.02.2021 Rostov-na-Donu RUS vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria HUN W 26:24 10.02.2021 Érd HUN @ Vipers Kristiansand NOR W 23:24 06.02.2021 Ljubljana SLO @ RK Krim Mercator SLO L 28:27 16.01.2021 Rostov-na-Donu RUS vs SG BBM Bietigheim GER W 27:21 10.01.2021 Metz FRA @ Metz Handball FRA L 27:26 19.11.2020 București ROU @ CSM Bucuresti ROU W 22:27 15.11.2020 Esbjerg DEN @ Team Esbjerg DEN W 24:25 07.11.2020 Rostov-na-Donu RUS vs Team Esbjerg DEN W 28:24 VIPERS KRISTIANSAND PLAYERS’ CAREER STATISTICS AGAINST ROSTOV-DON Goalkeeper GP W D L G AVG HI PIM Evelina Eriksson SWE 1 0 0 1 0 0,00 0 0 Katrine Lunde NOR 1 0 0 1 0 0,00 0 0 Andrea Austmo Pedersen NOR 4 0 0 4 0 0,00 0 0

Player GP W D L G AVG HI PIM June Andenaes NOR 3 0 0 3 3 1,00 3 2’ Sunniva Andersen NOR 3 0 0 3 2 0,67 2 0 Emilie Hegh Arntzen NOR 3 1 0 2 13 4,33 7 0 Ragnhild Dahl NOR 2 0 0 2 2 1,00 2 0 Karine Dahlum NOR 1 0 0 1 0 0,00 0 0 Kristine Thomassen NOR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Vilde Jonassen NOR 3 0 0 3 10 3,33 5 4’ Jana Knedlikova CZE 3 2 0 1 7 2,33 4 0 NOR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Malin Aune NOR 2 0 0 2 8 4,00 5 0 Heidi Løke NOR 3 1 0 2 8 2,67 6 0 Carolina Morais ANG 1 0 0 1 1 1,00 1 0 Nora Mørk NOR 7 4 0 3 31 4,43 8 2’ Karoline Olsen NOR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Tonje Refsnes NOR 3 0 0 3 2 0,67 1 (2) 0 Henny Reistad NOR 3 0 0 3 21 7,00 9 0 Linn Jorum Sulland NOR 2 0 0 2 0 0,00 0 0 Marta Tomac NOR 3 0 0 3 4 1,33 2 (2) 0 Silje Waade NOR 3 1 0 2 13 4,33 6 6’ Hanna Yttereng NOR 4 0 0 4 1 0,25 1 8’ Emilie Hegh Arntzen (Byasen Trondheim 2016/17); Jana Knedlikova (Györi Audi ETO KC 2016/17, Györi Audi ETO KC 2017/18 – DNP, Györi Audi ETO KC 2018/19 – DNP); Heidi Løke (Györi Audi ETO KC 2016/17); Nora Mørk (Larvik 2015/16, Györi Audi ETO KC 2016/17, Györi Audi ETO KC 2017/18, Györi Audi ETO KC 2018/19, CSM Bucuresti 2019/20 – DNP); Andrea Austmo Pedersen (Byasen Trondheim 2016/17); Silje Waade (Byasen Trondheim 2016/17); Hanna Yttereng (SG BBM Bietigheim 2016/17)

DETAILS OF THE MOST RECENT DIRECT ENCOUNTER Vipers Kristiansand vs Rostov-Don 23:24 (16:15) 10.02.2021 (Erd, HUN)

(DELO EHF Champions League group A) Referees: Miklos Andorka/Robert Hucker (Hungary). Suspensions: 6’ – 6’ (Jonassen 2’, Yttereng 4’ – Sen 4’, Kuznetsova 2’). Number of 7m: 3/3 – 4/3. Attendance: 0.

Evelina Eriksson Galina Gabisova Katrine Lunde Viktoriia Kalinina -- -- Emilie Hegh Arntzen (2) (3) Iuliia Managarova Tonje Refsnes Anna Sen Malin Aune (3) (5) Anna Vyakhireva Karine Dahlum (1) Anna Lagerquist Nora Mørk (4) (4) Vladlena Bobrovnikova Vilde Jonassen (1) (2) Ksenia Makeeva Linn Jorum Sulland Alexandra Smirnova June Andenaes (2) Katarina Krpez-Slezák Ragnhild Dahl (2) Valeria Sobkalo Marta Tomac Milana Tazhenova Hanna Yttereng (1) (2) Grace Zaadi Deuna Henny Reistad (4) (4) Polina Kuznetsova Sunniva Andersen (2) (1) Viktoriya Borschenko Jana Knedlikova (4) ROSTOV-DON PLAYERS’ CAREER STATISTICS AGAINST VIPERS KRISTIANSAND Goalkeeper GP W D L G AVG HI PIM

Mayssa Pessoa BRA 2 2 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Galina Gabisova RUS 2 2 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Viktoriia Kalinina RUS 1 1 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Daria Tkacheva RUS 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0

Player GP W D L G AVG HI PIM

Vladlena Bobrovnikova RUS 3 3 0 0 8 2,67 4 (2) 0 Viktoriya Borschenko UKR 3 3 0 0 2 0,67 1 (2) 0 Yaroslava Frolova RUS 2 2 0 0 9 4,50 7 0 Kristina Kozhokar RUS 2 2 0 0 2 1,00 2 2’ Katarina Krpez-Slezák SRB 1 1 0 0 2 2,00 2 0 Polina Kuznetsova RUS 2 2 0 0 8 4,00 4 (2) 2’ Anna Lagerquist SWE 1 1 0 0 1 1,00 1 0 Anastasiya Lobach BLR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Ksenia Makeeva RUS 3 3 0 0 11 3,67 5 6’ Iuliia Managarova RUS 3 3 0 0 14 4,67 7 2’ Anna Sen RUS 3 3 0 0 6 2,00 5 6’ Alexandra Smirnova RUS 1 1 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Valeria Sobkalo RUS 1 1 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Kristina Sorokina RUS 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Milana Tazhenova RUS 1 1 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Anna Vyakhireva RUS 2 2 0 0 15 7,50 10 0 Grace Zaadi FRA 6 4 1 1 33 5,50 12 4’

Grace Zaadi (Metz Handball 2017/18, Metz Handball 2018/19, Metz Handball 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 () 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: (Brest Bretagne Handball) Round 10: Marit Røsberg Jacobsen (Team Esbjerg) Round 11: Lois Abbingh (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) Quarter-final, leg 1: Siraba Dembele (CSM Bucuresti)

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