MEDIA INFORMATION EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MEN 2020/21 MOTW Round 13: SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball SG FLENSBURG-HANDEWITT (GER) VS PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN HB (FRA)
GROUP A Thursday 25 February 2021, 20:45 CET ROUND 13 Playing hall Flens-Arena Campusalleen 2 24943 Flensburg Germany
Capacity: 6,300
• SG Flensburg-Handewitt and Paris Saint-Germain Most games vs Paris Saint-Germain HB: Handall face each other in the EHF Champions League Most games vs Flensburg-Handewitt: Lasse Svan 11 group phase for the sixth straight season. Benoit Kounkoud 11 Holger Glandorf 10 Luc Abalo 10 • Ahead of Thursday's Match of the Week, PSG won Jim Gottfridsson 9 nine of their 13 duels so far; Flensburg won four, including Mikkel Hansen 9 Hampus Wanne 9 the reverse fixture (29:28) in Paris last September. Luka Karabatic 9 Anders Zachariassen 9 Nikola Karabatic 9 • Flensburg's last win at home against PSG came in the Nedim Remili 9 2017/18 season: 33:29 on 30 September 2017. Most goals vs Paris Saint-Germain HB: • Both sides have an additional CL match this week: Rasmus Lauge 28 PSG beat group A leaders Lomza Vive Kielce (37:26) on Most goals vs Flensburg-Handewitt: Holger Glandorf 26 Tuesday; Flensburg visit MOL-Pick Szeged on Sunday. Mikkel Hansen 51 Hampus Wanne 24 Uwe Gensheimer 38 Anders Eggert 23 • Flensburg have 15 points from nine matches, PSG 12. Nikola Karabatic 37 Lasse Svan 23 • Both sides have beaten Kielce this season. Nedim Remili 33 Sander Sagosen 25 • Danish line player Henrik Toft Hansen played for Flensburg before joining PSG in 2018. • PSG standout Mikkel Hansen was MVP of the World Championship 2021 and won gold with Denmark, which also included Flensburg trio Lasse Svan, Mads Mensah Larsen and Simon Hald. • Flensburg left wing Hampus Wanne and centre back Domestic league Jim Gottfridsson won silver with Sweden at the WCh 2021 Domestic league and both players were named in the All-star Team.
LIQUI MOLY Handball-Bundesliga • PSG players Viran Morros and Ferran Sole won bronze Lidl Starligue with EHF EURO champions Spain at the WCh 2021. • Svan, Mensah (Flensburg), Hansen and Toft Hansen Last 3 games: (PSG) also won gold together at the 2016 Olympics in Rio Last 3 games: 21/02 vs Lemgo Lippe D27:27 and the WCh 2019 in their native Denmark. 20/02 @ Chartres W29:39 18/02 @ Füchse Berlin W29:33 • In December, PSG played at the VELUX EHF FINAL4 13/02 vs Créteil Handball W28:24 for the fourth time; they reached the final once - in 2017, 14/02 @ TSV Hannover W26:33 when they lost to HC Vardar 1961. 19/12 vs Dunkerkque W34:30 Next game: • Flensburg played at the EHF FINAL4 only once - in Next game: 07/03 @ GWD Minden 2014, when they won the trophy after beating Barça in the 28/02 @ Istres Handball semi-final and THW Kiel in the final. • Four players from Flensburg's golden 2014 squad Standings as of 24/02: are still with the team: Wanne, Svan, Gottfridsson and (the Standings as of 24/02: 1. Flensburg 17 520:439 30 currently injured) Jakob Heinl. 1. Paris SG 15 527:391 30 2. RN Löwen 17 507:446 25 • Both coaches have won the CL in different functions: 2. Montpellier HB 14 435:376 24 Flensburg's Maik Machulla was assistant to head coach 3. THW Kiel 13 420:342 23 Ljubomir Vranjes in 2014; PSG's Raul Gonzalez won the 3. Pays d'Aix UC 13 383:339 22 4. Füchse 17 489:451 23 trophy as head coach of Vardar in 2017. 4. Limoges 16 476:483 22 5. Magdeburg 16 475:420 22 • Four PSG players have won the CL in the past with 5. HBC Nantes 13 391:334 18 other clubs: Dainis Kristopans (with Vardar in 2019), ... Vincent Gerard (Montpellier 2018), Nikola Karabatic ... 20. HSC Coburg 18 451:540 7 (Montpellier 2003, Kiel 2007, Barça 2015) and Viran 16. Tremblay 14 364:413 3 Morros (Ciudad Real 2008 and 2009, Barça 2015). PREVIOUS MATCHES IN EUROPEAN CLUB COMPETITIONS SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball 4-0-9 (384:389) 8:18
15.10.2005 SG Flensburg Handewitt vs Paris Handball, EHF Champions League – Group H 37:24 (17:13) 13.11.2005 Paris Handball vs SG Flensburg Handewitt, EHF Champions League – Group H 33:31 (16:16) 19.09.2015 SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 39:32 (21:16) 06.03.2016 Paris Saint-Germain Handball vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 35:32 (16:16) 16.10.2016 Paris Saint-Germain Handball vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 27:22 (13:11) 18.02.2017 SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 33:34 (18:15) 30.09.2017 SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 33:29 (13:14) 17.02.2018 Paris Saint-Germain Handball vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 29:21 (19:10) 10.11.2018 Paris Saint-Germain HB vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 29:28 (12:15) 14.11.2018 SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs Paris Saint-Germain HB, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 20:27 (9:12) 06.11.2019 SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs Paris Saint-Germain HB, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 29:30 (13:14) 17.11.2019 Paris Saint-Germain HB vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 32:30 (17:16) 23.09.2020 Paris Saint-Germain Handball vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt, EHF Champions League – Group A 28:29 (18:14)
MOST GOALS IN ONE GAME FOR SG FLENSBURG-HANDEWITT VS PSG Goran Sprem 14 13.11.2005 Paris Handball vs SG Flensburg Handewitt 33:31 Anders Eggert 13 19.09.2015 SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball 39:32 Rasmus Lauge 11 30.09.2017 SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball 33:29 Holger Glandorf 9 19.09.2015 SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball 39:32 Simon Jeppsson 9 10.11.2018 Paris Saint-Germain HB vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt 29:28
MOST GOALS IN ONE GAME FOR PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN HB VS FLENSBURG Mikkel Hansen 9 19.09.2015 SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball 39:32 Uwe Gensheimer 9 30.09.2017 SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball 33:29 Ibrahim Diaw 8 13.11.2005 Paris Handball vs SG Flensburg Handewitt 33:31 Samuel Honrubia 8 06.03.2016 Paris Saint-Germain Handball vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt 35:32 Uwe Gensheimer 8 10.11.2018 Paris Saint-Germain HB vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt 29:28
DETAILS OF THE MOST RECENT DIRECT ENCOUNTER Paris Saint-Germain Handball vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt 28:29 (18:14) 23.09.2020 (Paris, FRA)
(VELUX EHF Champions League, group A) Referees:Oscar Raluy Lopez/Angel Sabroso Ramirez (Spain). Suspensions: 8’ – 6’ (Grebille 4’, Luka Karabatic 2’, Nikola Karabatic 2’ – Johannessen 6’). Disqualification: Johannessen. Number of 7m: 5/4 – 2/2. Attendance: 954.
Vincent Gerard Benjamin Buric Yann Genty Torbjoern Bergerud -- -- Sadou Ntanzi Simon Hald Adama Keita (1) Lasse Svan Dainis Kristopans (2) (8) Hampus Wanne Benoit Kounkoud (1) Magnus Joendal Ferran Sole (4) (5) Marius Steinhauser Henrik Toft Hansen (1) (3) Mads Mensah Nedim Remili (3) (2) Gøran Johannessen Mathieu Grebille (1) (4) Jim Gottfridsson Kamil Syprzak (2) Magnus Holpert Luka Karabatic (5) (2) Franz Semper Viran Morros (2) Domen Pelko Mikkel Hansen (4) (1) Lasse Møller Nikola Karabatic (3) (2) Magnus Rød Elohim Prandi (1) PLAYERS WHO PLAYED FOR BOTH TEAMS IN THE DIRECT ENCOUNTERS (GAMES/GOALS) Henrik Toft Hansen 9 matches, 15 goals with Flensburg 6/9, with Paris 3/6
SG FLENSBURG-HANDEWITT VS FRENCH CLUBS 14-5-12
Season Opponent Home Away Competition
1997/98 Montpellier HB 28:25 21:21 EHF Cup – Round 1 1998/99 US Dunkerque HB 30:26 27:26 City Cup – Quarter-final 2004/05 Montpellier HB 32:19 22:36 EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 2005/06 Paris Handball 37:24 31:33 EHF Champions League – Group H 2008/09 Montpellier HB 22:21 25:31 EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 3 2009/10 Istres Ouest Provence HB 34:23 31:31 EHF Cup – Last 16 2012/13 Montpellier Agglomeration HB 37:37 27:25 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2015/16 Paris Saint-Germain Handball 39:32 32:35 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2015/16 Montpellier HB 31:30 28:27 VELUX EHF Champions League – Last 16 2016/17 Paris Saint-Germain Handball 33:34 22:27 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2017/18 Paris Saint-Germain Handball 33:29 21:29 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2017/18 Montpellier HB 28:28 17:29 VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 2018/19 HBC Nantes 29:29 34:31 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2018/19 Paris Saint-Germain HB 20:27 28:29 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2019/20 Paris Saint-Germain HB 29:30 30:32 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2020/21 Paris Saint-Germain Handball 29:28 EHF Champions League – Group A
PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN HANDBALL VS GERMAN CLUBS 14-1-13
Season Opponent Home Away Competition
2003/04 THW Kiel 30:32 27:34 EHF Cup – Last 16 2004/05 SC Magdeburg 25:30 23:36 EHF Cup – Round 3 2005/06 SG Flensburg Handewitt 33:31 24:37 EHF Champions League – Group H 2005/06 THW Kiel 21:28 28:44 EHF Champions League – Last 16 2014/15 THW Kiel 25:27 29:33 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2015/16 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 35:32 32:39 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2015/16 THW Kiel 37:30 30:26 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2015/16 THW Kiel 29:27 VELUX EHF FINAL4 – Place 3/4 2016/17 THW Kiel 42:24 27:28 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2016/17 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 27:22 34:33 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2017/18 THW Kiel 29:29 25:22 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2017/18 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 29:21 29:33 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2018/19 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 29:28 27:20 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2019/20 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 32:30 30:29 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2020/21 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 28:29 EHF Champions League – Group A SG FLENSBURG-HANDEWITT PLAYERS’ CAREER STATISTICS AGAINST PSG Goalkeeper GP W D L G AVG HI PIM
Torbjoern Bergerud NOR 5 1 0 4 0 0,00 0 0 Benjamin Buric BIH 7 2 0 5 0 0,00 0 0 Rasmus Pedersen DEN 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0
Player GP W D L G AVG HI PIM
Leve Carstensen GER 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Johannes Golla GER 4 0 0 4 8 2,00 5 2’ Jim Gottfridsson SWE 9 2 0 7 21 2,33 5 2’ Simon Hald DEN 5 1 0 4 6 1,20 3 4’ Jacob Heinl GER 6 1 0 5 1 0,17 1 8’ Rune Hinrichsen DEN 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Magnus Holpert GER 1 1 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Torben Hübke GER 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Magnus Joendal NOR 5 1 0 4 8 1,60 3 (2) 0 Leon Kirschberger GER 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Mads Mensah DEN 1 1 0 0 3 3,00 3 0 Lasse Møller DEN 1 1 0 0 1 1,00 1 0 Alexander Petersson ISL 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Ty Reed USA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Magnus Rød NOR 5 2 0 3 14 2,80 6 (2) 0 Franz Semper GER 1 1 0 0 2 2,00 2 0 Gøran Johannessen NOR 4 1 0 3 14 3,50 5 (2) 8’ (D) Marius Steinhauser GER 6 2 0 4 16 2,67 6 0 Lasse Svan DEN 11 3 0 8 23 2,09 6 6’ Hampus Wanne SWE 9 3 0 6 24 2,67 8 0
Benjamin Buric (RK Gorenje Velenje 2013/14); Simon Hald Jensen (Aalborg Handbold 2017/18)
LAST 10 GAMES IN THE EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MEN
SG Flensburg-Handewitt: current run – unbeaten five 04.02.2021 Brest BLR @ HC Meshkov Brest BLR W 26:28 10.12.2020 Elverum NOR @ Elverum Handball NOR W 29:30 03.12.2020 Flensburg GER vs MOL-Pick Szeged HUN W 26:24 18.11.2020 Flensburg GER vs HC Meshkov Brest BLR D 29:29 22.10.2020 Flensburg GER vs Elverum Handball NOR W 37:35 15.10.2020 Skopje MKD @ HC Vardar 1961 MKD L 31:26 30.09.2020 Flensburg GER vs FC Porto POR W 36:29 23.09.2020 Paris FRA @ Paris Saint-Germain Handball FRA W 28:29 16.09.2020 Flensburg GER vs Lomza Vive Kielce POL W 31:30 26.02.2020 Flensburg GER vs RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko SLO W 29:26
Paris Saint-Germain Handball: current run – won four 23.02.2021 Paris FRA vs Lomza Vive Kielce POL W 37:26 17.02.2021 Paris FRA vs HC Meshkov Brest BLR W 33:26 06.02.2021 Szeged HUN @ MOL-Pick Szeged HUN W 29:32 29.12.2020 Köln GER @ Telekom Veszprém HC HUN W 26:31 28.12.2020 Köln GER @ Barça ESP L 37:32 26.11.2020 Paris FRA vs FC Porto POR W 29:28 18.11.2020 Porto POR @ FC Porto POR W 31:34 22.10.2020 Kielce POL @ Lomza Vive Kielce POL L 35:33 15.10.2020 Paris FRA vs Elverum Handball NOR W 35:29 30.09.2020 Brest BLR @ HC Meshkov Brest BLR L 32:31 PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN HB PLAYERS’ CAREER STATISTICS AGAINST FLENSBURG Goalkeeper GP W D L G AVG HI PIM
Yann Genty FRA 1 0 0 1 0 0,00 0 0 Vincent Gerard FRA 9 3 2 4 0 0,00 0 0 Loick Spady FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Leo Villain FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0
Player GP W D L G AVG HI PIM
Valentin Bzdynga FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Baptiste Clay FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Louis Despreaux FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Andry Goujon Bellevue FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Mathieu Grebille FRA 2 0 1 1 8 4,00 7 4’ Mikkel Hansen DEN 9 6 0 3 51 5,67 9 4’ Luka Karabatic FRA 10 6 1 3 24 2,40 5 8’ Nikola Karabatic FRA 20 12 1 7 98 4,90 10 20’ Adama Keita FRA 5 4 0 1 4 0,80 2 2’ Benoit Kounkoud FRA 11 8 0 3 13 1,18 4 8’ Dainis Kristopans LAT 3 0 0 3 10 3,33 5 2’ Noah Lenclume FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Thomas Loppy FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Gautier Loredon FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Viran Morros ESP 16 12 0 4 14 0,88 4 16’ (D) Dylan Nahi FRA 6 5 0 1 3 0,50 2 0 Wallem-Konrad Peleka FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Louis Perreux FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Elohim Prandi FRA 1 0 0 1 1 1,00 1 0 Nedim Remili FRA 9 7 0 2 33 3,67 6 (2) 4’ Ferran Sole ESP 1 0 0 1 4 4,00 4 0 Luc Steins NED 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Kamil Syprzak POL 7 5 0 2 13 1,86 5 8’ (D) Henrik Toft Hansen DEN 5 3 0 2 11 2,20 4 2’
Vincent Gerard (Istres Ouest Provence HB 2009/10, Montpellier HB 2015/16, Montpellier HB 2017/18); Mathieu Grebille (Montpellier HB 2008/09 – DNP, Montpellier Agglomeration HB 2012/13, Montpellier HB 2015/16 – DNP, Montpellier HB 2017/18 – DNP); Luka Karabatic (Montpellier HB 2008/09, Montpellier Agglomeration HB 2012/13); Nikola Karabatic (Montpellier HB 2004/05, THW Kiel 2005/06, THW Kiel 2006/07, Montpellier Agglomeration HB 2012/13, FC Barcelona 2013/14, FC Barcelona 2014/15); Dainis Kristopans (HC Meshkov Brest 2016/17); Viran Morros (BM Ciudad Real 2007/08, Renovalia Ciudad Real 2010/11, FC Barcelona 2013/14, FC Barcelona 2014/15, FC Barcelona Lassa 2016/17); Kamil Syprzak (Orlen Wisla Plock 2014/15, FC Barcelona Lassa 2016/17); Henrik Toft Hansen (HSV Hamburg 2013/14)
'PLAYER OF THE MATCH' TROPHY
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