Media Information VELUX EHF Champions League Season 2019/20

Group B Sunday 23 February 2020, 17:00 CET Round 13

Playing hall Veszprém Arena Külso Kadartai ut 8200 Veszprém Hungary Capacity: 5,096

• Telekom Veszprém HC have won 10 of the previous 15 matches against Montpellier HB in the VELUX EHF Champions Most games vs Montpellier HB: League, while the French side won the other five matches. Most games vs Telekom Veszprém HC: Gergö Ivancsik 10 • Four of Montpellier's five wins against Veszprém came on Michael Guigou 7 Peter Gulyas 9 home court; their only away win was in 2009. Mathieu Grebille 6 Mirsad Terzic 9 David Juricek 6 Carlos Enrique Reinaldo Perez 8 • Montpellier beat Veszprém 23:18 earlier this season in the Vid Kavticnik 6 Andreas Nilsson 7 group B match with the fewest goals so far. Mladen Bojinovic 5 • Both sides have already qualified for the Last 16, with Baptiste Bonnefond 5 Most goals vs Montpellier HB: Veszprém currently ranked second with 16 points and Montpellier Daouda Karaboue 5 Andreas Nilsson 29 third with 15. THW Kiel have already secured top spot in group B. Valentin Porte 5 Gergö Ivancsik 28 Diego Simonet 5 Carlos Perez 28 • Veszprém’s only French player, Kentin Mahe, has never Issam Tej 5 played for a French club as he grew up in Germany. Renato Sulic 21 Momir Ilic 17 • Montpellier goalkeeper and Croatian EHF EURO silver Most goals vs Telekom Veszprém HC: Laszlo Nagy 17 medallist Marin Sego will face a former national teammate, Melvyn Richardson 24 Veszprém wing Manuel Strlek, in Sunday's Match of the Week. William Accambray 20 David Juricek 20 • Veszprém’s Slovenian team member Dragan Gajic and Borut Michael Guigou 18 Mackovsek have played for Montpellier before. Vid Kavticnik 16 • Marin Sego is the only Montpellier player who has played for an Hungarian club, Pick Szeged. • Veszprém have played at the VELUX EHF FINAL4 five times but are yet to win the trophy. • Montpellier have taken part in the four-team finals event in Domestic league Domestic league Cologne only once, in 2018, but immediately won the title. K&H Férfi Kézilabda Liga Lidl Starligue • Montpellier's quad includes the sole CL winners from Switzerland (Nikola Portner), Argentina (Diego Simonet) and Lithuania (Jonas Truchanovicius). Last 3 games: Last 3 games: 18/02 @ Mezökövesdi KC W26:46 • Sego is the only Montpellier player who won the CL with a 20/02 @ Chambéry Savoie L27:24 different club: with Kielce in 2016, beating Veszprém in the final. 15/02 vs Orosházi FKSE W33:22 12/02 vs Istres Provence HB L27:28 31/01 @ VKSE KFT Vác W26:39 • The two coaches have won the CL six times in total: David 05/02 @ US Ivry Handball W30:25 Davis (Veszprém) won three times as a player with Ciudad Real (2006, 2008, 2009) and once as assistant coach with Vardar (2017), Next game: Patrice Canayer twice as coach of Montpellier (2003, 2018). Next game: 25/02 @ Budakalász KC • Montpellier are the only French men’s club team with a 26/02 @ Saint-Raphaël Var HB European Cup title, though PSG (2017) and Nantes (2018) each reached the CL final once. Standings as of 21/02: • Veszprém have not won the CL title yet but six of their current Standings as of 21/02: 1. Veszprém 16 585:398 32 players have lifted the trophy with another club: Arpad Sterbik 1. PSG Handball 16 568:440 32 2. Szeged 17 612:406 32 (with Ciudad Real and Vardar), Andreas Nilsson (with Hamburg), 2. Nantes 16 497:415 26 3. Tatabánya 15 431:388 20 Manuel Strlek, Pawel Paczkowski (both with Kielce), Vuko Borozan 3. Nimes 16 489:438 24 5. Ferencváros 16 455:426 20 and Rogerio Moraes (both with Vardar). 4. Toulouse 16 458:445 20 5. Gyöngyös 15 448:410 19 • Veszprém are currently competing in their 25th CL season, 5. Montpellier 16 452:433 18 ... Montpellier in their 22nd. ... 14. Vác 15 343:494 1 • Veszprém are ranked second in the all-time CL standings (188 14. Créteil 16 419:484 5 wins-14 draw-76 defeats), Montpellier are fifth (127-15-88).

2 Previous matches in European Cup competitions Telekom Veszprém HC vs Montpellier HB 10-0-5 (387:354) 20:10

08.11.1998 Montpellier HB vs Fotex KC Veszprém, EHF Champions League – Group A 21:17 (12:10) 03.01.1999 Fotex KC Veszprém vs Montpellier HB, EHF Champions League – Group A 26:17 (9:8) 26.02.2006 Montpellier HB vs MKB Veszprém KC, EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 23:21 (11:10) 04.03.2006 MKB Veszprém KC vs Montpellier HB, EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 27:22 (14:11) 22.02.2009 Montpellier HB vs MKB Veszprém KC, EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 3 24:30 (11:14) 07.03.2009 MKB Veszprém KC vs Montpellier HB, EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 3 22:23 (11:10) 09.10.2010 MKB Veszprém KC vs Montpellier Agglomeration HB, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 27:26 (13:15) 06.03.2011 Montpellier Agglomeration HB vs MKB Veszprém KC, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 30:24 (13:11) 12.10.2014 MKB-MVM Veszprém vs Montpellier Agglomeration HB, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group C 30:29 (14:11) 22.02.2015 Montpellier Agglomeration HB vs MKB-MVM Veszprém, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group C 20:34 (9:14) 22.04.2017 Telekom Veszprém vs Montpellier HB, VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 26:23 (13:10) 30.04.2017 Montpellier HB vs Telekom Veszprém, VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 25:30 (15:11) 13.10.2018 Montpellier HB vs Telekom Veszprém HC, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 29:30 (16:14) 02.12.2018 Telekom Veszprém HC vs Montpellier HB, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 25:19 (15:11) 29.09.2019 Montpellier HB vs Telekom Veszprém HC, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 23:18 (11:10)

Most goals in one game for Telekom Veszprém HC vs Montpellier HB

Renato Sulic 8 06.03.2011 Montpellier Agglomeration HB-MKB Veszprém KC 30:24 Gasper Marguc 8 22.02.2015 Montpellier Agglomeration HB-MKB-MVM Veszprém 20:34 József Éles 7 03.01.1999 Fotex KC Veszprém-Montpellier HB 26:17 Daniel Buday 7 04.03.2006 MKB Veszprém KC-Montpellier HB 27:22 Marko Vujin 7 09.10.2010 MKB Veszprém KC-Montpellier Agglomeration HB 27:26 Aron Palmarsson 7 30.04.2017 Montpellier HB-Telekom Veszprém 25:30

Most goals in one game for Montpellier HB vs Telekom Veszprém HC

William Accambray 9 09.10.2010 MKB Veszprém KC-Montpellier Agglomeration HB 27:26 Mathieu Grebille 9 12.10.2014 MKB-MVM Veszprém-Montpellier Agglomeration HB 30:29 Vid Kavticnik 9 12.10.2014 MKB-MVM Veszprém-Montpellier Agglomeration HB 30:29 Jure Dolenec 9 30.04.2017 Montpellier HB-Telekom Veszprém 25:30 Melvyn Richardson 9 02.12.2018 Telekom Veszprém HC-Montpellier HB 25:19

Details of last Telekom Veszprém HC vs Montpellier HB match on 29.09.2019 in Montpellier (FRA) Montpellier HB vs Telekom Veszprém HC 23:18 (11:10) (VELUX EHF Champions League, Group B) Referees: Evgeny Zotin/Nikolay Volodkov (RUS). Suspensions: 4’ – 6’ (Grebille 2’, Duarte Brito 2’ – Tönnesen 2’, Lauge Schmidt 2’, Strlek 2’). Number of 7m: 3/2 – 6/5. Attendance: 3,000.

Marin Sego Marton Szekely Kevin Bonnefoi Vladimir Cupara ------

Paul-Louis Guiraudou Dejan Manaskov Diego Simonet Omar Yahia Kyllian Villeminot Kent Robin Tönnesen Hugo Descat (3) Dragan Gajic Mathieu Grebille (2) (3) Andreas Nilsson Julien Bos (2) Gasper Marguc Marco Mengon (2) Rasmus Lauge Fredric Pettersson (3) (1) Manuel Strlek Melvyn Richardson (8) Mirsad Terzic Valentin Porte (1) (1) Blaz Blagotinsek Yanis Lenne (4) Petar Nenadic Banjamin Afgour (5) Kentin Mahe Mohamed Soussi (1) Borut Mackovsek Gilberto Duarte (3) (2) Vuko Borozan

3 Telekom Veszprém HC vs French clubs 20-1-13

Season Opponent Home Away Competition 1992/93 Olympique Marseille Vitrolles 22:23 21:23 Cup Winners’ Cup – Final ------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 28:20 27:29 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2016/17 Paris Saint-Germain Handball 28:29 24:28 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2016/17 Montpellier HB 26:23 30:25 VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 2016/17 Paris Saint-Germain Handball 26:27 VELUX EHF FINAL4 – Semi-final 2017/18 Paris Saint-Germain Handball 24:29 28:33 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2018/19 Montpellier HB 25:19 30:29 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2019/20 Montpellier HB 18:23 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B

Last 10 games in the VELUX EHF Champions League

Telekom Veszprém HC: current run – lost one 12.02.2020 Kiel GER @ THW Kiel GER L 29:28 08.02.2020 Porto POR @ FC Porto Sofarma POR W 24:31 01.12.2019 Skopje MKD @ HC Vardar MKD W 29:38 23.11.2019 Veszprém HUN vs PGE VIVE Kielce POL W 28:24 16.11.2019 Veszprém HUN vs HC Meshkov Brest BLR W 31:25 09.11.2019 Brest BLR @ HC Meshkov Brest BLR W 30:37 02.11.2019 Kielce POL @ PGE VIVE Kielce POL L 34:33 19.10.2019 Veszprém HUN vs HC Vardar MKD W 39:30 13.10.2019 Veszprém HUN vs FC Porto Sofarma POR W 38:28 29.09.2019 Montpellier FRA @ Montpellier HB FRA L 23:18

Montpellier HB: current run – won two 15.02.2020 Montpellier FRA vs HC Meshkov Brest BLR W 30:26 08.02.2020 Montpellier FRA vs PGE VIVE Kielce POL W 25:24 30.11.2019 Kiel GER @ THW Kiel GER L 33:32 23.11.2019 Montpellier FRA vs FC Porto Sofarma POR L 22:27 17.11.2019 Montpellier FRA vs HC Motor Zaporozhye UKR W 34:30 10.11.2019 Zaporozhye UKR @ HC Motor Zaporozhye UKR W 25:26 02.11.2019 Porto POR @ FC Porto Sofarma POR D 23:23 19.10.2019 Pérols FRA vs THW Kiel GER L 30:33 12.10.2019 Kielce POL @ PGE VIVE Kielce POL W 27:29 29.09.2019 Montpellier FRA vs Telekom Veszprém HC HUN W 23:18

4 Montpellier HB vs Hungarian clubs 12-1-17

Season Opponent Home Away Competition 1993/94 Elektromos Budapest 17:18 17:19 EHF Cup – Last 16 1994/95 SC Pick Szeged 22:20 24:27 EHF Cup – Last 16 1998/99 Fotex KC Veszprém 21:17 17:26 EHF Champions League – Group A 2000/01 Dunaferr SE 30:22 25:27 EHF Champions League – Group B 2003/04 SC Pick Szeged 27:26 22:29 EHF Champions League – Last 16 2005/06 MKB Veszprém KC 23:21 22:27 EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 2008/09 MKB Veszprém KC 24:30 23:22 EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 3 2009/10 Pick Szeged 30:23 33:26 EHF Champions League – Group A 2010/11 MKB Veszprém KC 30:24 26:27 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2011/12 Pick Szeged 29:26 35:38 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group D 2013/14 Pick Szeged 28:29 EHF Cup Final Tournament – Final 2014/15 MKB-MVM Veszprém 20:34 29:30 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group C 2015/16 MOL-Pick Szeged 29:29 27:28 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2016/17 Telekom Veszprém 25:30 23:26 VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 2018/19 Telekom Veszprém HC 29:30 19:25 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2019/20 Telekom Veszprém HC 23:18 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B

Telekom Veszprém HC players’ career statistics against Montpellier HB

Goalkeeper GP W D L G AVG HI PIM

Vladimir Cupara SRB 5 1 0 4 1 0,20 1 0 Kristóf Palasics HUN 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Arpad Sterbik ESP 7 4 1 2 0 0,00 0 0 Márton Székely HUN 1 0 0 1 0 0,00 0 0

Player GP W D L G AVG HI PIM

Blaz Blagotinsek SLO 6 3 0 3 6 1,00 3 14’ (D2) Márk Bodor ROU 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Vuko Borozan MNE 3 1 0 2 16 5,33 8 2’ Dragan Gajic SLO 5 4 0 1 10 2,00 5 0 Bence Hornyák HUN 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Zoran Ilic HUN 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Rasmus Lauge DEN 5 2 1 2 15 3,00 5 4’ Mate Lekai HUN 7 6 0 1 18 2,57 8 0 Borut Mackovsek SLO 3 2 0 1 5 1,67 3 2’ Kentin Mahe FRA 7 4 1 2 7 1,00 5 0 Dejan Manaskov MKD 5 4 0 1 13 2,60 7 0 Gasper Marguc SLO 6 5 0 1 13 2,17 8 0 Viktor Melnicsuk HUN 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Rogerio Moraes BRA 3 2 0 1 6 2,00 3 2’ László Nagy HUN 12 9 1 2 36 3,00 6 (2) 18’ Petar Nenadic SRB 7 3 0 4 28 4,00 5 (3) 0 Andreas Nilsson SWE 9 8 0 1 32 3,56 6 2’ Pawel Paczkowski POL 5 2 0 3 10 2,00 6 0 Manuel Strlek CRO 9 5 0 4 17 1,89 6 2’ Bence Szücs HUN 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Lev Szuharev HUN 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Mirsad Terzic BIH 9 7 0 2 4 0,44 2 (2) 10’ Kent Robin Tönnesen NOR 3 2 0 1 5 1,67 4 8’ Omar Yahia EGY 1 0 0 1 0 0,00 0 0

Blaz Blagotinsek (RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko 2014/15); Márk Bodor (Barça Lassa 2018/19 – DNP); Vuko Borozan (HC Vardar 2017/18, HC Vardar 2018/19); Vladimir Cupara (Abanca Ademar Leon 2017/18, PGE Vive Kielce 2018/19); Dragan Gajic (Celje Pivovarna Lasko 2000/01 – DNP); Rasmus Lauge (SG Flensburg-Handewitt 2015/16, SG Flensburg-Handewitt 2017/18); Mate Lekai (Pick Szeged 2011/12); Kentin Mahe (SG Flensburg-Handewitt 2015/16, SG Flensburg-Handewitt 2017/18); Dejan Manaskov (HC Vardar 2015/16); Rogerio Moraes (HC Vardar 2017/18, HC Vardar 2018/19); László Nagy (FC Barcelona 2000/01, FC Barcelona-Cifec 2006/07, FC Barcelona Intersport 2011/12); Petar Nenadic (Pick Szeged 2009/10, Orlen Wisla Plock 2013/14); Andreas Nilsson (HSV Hamburg 2012/13); Pawel Paczkowski (Orlen Wisla Plock 2013/14 – DNP, KS Vive Tauron Kielce 2015/16, KS Vive Tauron Kielce 2016/17, HC Motor Zaporozhye 2017/18); Arpad Sterbik (BM Ciudad Real 2004/05 – DNP, BM Ciudad Real 2007/08, HC Vardar 2014/15, HC Vardar 2015/16, HC Vardar 2017/18); Manuel Strlek (KS Vive Tauron Kielce 2014/15, KS Vive Tauron Kielce 2015/16, KS Vive Tauron Kielce 2016/17)

5 Montpellier HB players’ career statistics against Telekom Veszprém HC

Goalkeeper GP W D L G AVG HI PIM

Charles Bolzinger FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Kevin Bonnefoi FRA 1 1 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Nikola Portner SUI 4 0 0 4 0 0,00 0 0 Marin Sego CRO 4 3 0 1 0 0,00 0 0

Player GP W D L G AVG HI PIM

Benjamin Afgour FRA 2 1 0 1 0 0,00 0 0 Julien Bos FRA 4 1 0 3 2 0,50 2 0 Hugo Descat FRA 1 1 0 0 3 3,00 3 0 Gilberto Duarte POR 5 2 1 2 10 2,00 3 (2) 4’ Mathieu Grebille FRA 6 1 0 5 14 2,33 9 2’ Paul-Louis Guiraudou FRA 1 1 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Yanis Lenne FRA 1 1 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Marco Mengon ITA 1 1 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Simone Mengon ITA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Fredric Pettersson SWE 3 1 0 2 6 2,00 3 2’ Valentin Porte FRA 5 1 0 4 12 2,40 5 2’ Melvyn Richardson FRA 3 1 0 2 24 8,00 9 0 Diego Simonet ARG 5 1 0 4 6 1,20 4 4’ Mohamed Soussi TUN 2 1 0 1 4 2,00 3 2’ Jonas Truchanovicius LTU 3 0 0 3 4 1,33 2 (2) 2’ Giorgi Tskhovrebadze GEO 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Kyllian Villeminot FRA 4 1 0 3 4 1,00 2 (2) 0 Elio Zammit FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0

Gilberto Duarte (Orlen Wisla Plock 2016/17, Barça Lassa 2018/19); Yanis Lenne (Barça Lassa 2018/19 – DNP); Marin Sego (Orlen Wisla Plock 2013/14, KS Vive Tauron Kielce 2015/16)

Gorenje to present 'Player of the Match' trophy

The Match of the Week 'Player of the Match' trophy, introduced by EHF Marketing GmbH in 2017, is being awarded at all MOTWs in the VELUX EHF Champions League 2019/20 season. The trophy will be handed over on court shortly after the match by alternating sponsors throughout the season. In round 13 the sponsor is Gorenje and the trophy will be handed over by Gorenje representative Zita Böhm. Awarded players in the 2019/20 season: Round 1: Nikola Bilyk (THW Kiel) Round 7: Vladimir Cupara (Telekom Veszprém HC) Round 2: Harald Reinkind (THW Kiel) Round 8: Andreas Wolff (PGE VIVE Kielce) Round 3: Rodrigo Corrales (PSG Handball) Round 9: Aleix Gómez (Barça) Round 4: Bence Banhidi (MOL-Pick Szeged) Round 10: Aron Palmarsson (Barça) Round 5: Lukas Nilsson (THW Kiel) Round 11: Hugo Descat (Montpellier HB) Round 6: Gilberto Duarte (Montpellier HB) Round 12: Joan Canellas (MOL-Pick Szeged)

VELUX EHF Champions League 2019/20 - MOTW #13 Media Information by EHF Media & Communications, 21/02/2020 Contributors: Björn Pazen, Roy Knoppert