Media Information VELUX EHF Champions League Season 2019/20

Group B Saturday 9 November 2019, 17:30 CET Round 7

Playing hall Sportshall Victoria Leningradskaya 4 224028 Brest Belarus Capacity: 3,500

• HC Meshkov Brest have lost all four previous encounters with Telekom Veszprém HC in the VELUX EHF Champions League. Most games vs HC Meshkov Brest: Most games vs Telekom Veszprém HC: • Brest and Veszprém already met twice this season - in the Petar Djordjic 4 SEHA League; Veszprém won 28:27 away and 32:23 at home. Blaz Blagotinsek 4 Pavel Horak 4 Dragan Gajic 4 Ivan Pesic 4 • Veszprém beat Brest 32:21 in the final of the SEHA League in Momir Ilic 4 Vid Poteko 4 2015, still the biggest winning margin in a final of this competition. Mate Lekai 4 Siarhei Shylovich 4 • In their 25-season-long CL history, Veszprém have not faced Dejan Manaskov 4 Andrei Yurynok 4 any other team from Belarus than Brest. Roland Mikler 4 Laszlo Nagy 4 Most goals vs Telekom Veszprém HC: • Veszprém have won 191 of their 284 CL matches so far, Brest Andreas Nilsson 4 Petar Djordjic 12 have won 28 of their 102 matches. Mirsad Terzic 4 Darko Djukic 9 • Brest have won only one of their six matches this CL season Alexsander Shkurinskiy 9 (33:31 against Zaporozhye), while Veszprém have won three but Most goals vs HC Meshkov Brest: Rastko Stojkovic 8 also lost three matches so far. Momir Ilic 21 Konstantin Igropulo 6 Dragan Gajic 14 • Veszprém have lost both their away matches this CL season - Mate Lekai 14 against Montpellier (23:18) and Kielce (34:33). Andreas Nilsson 11 • Brest reached the Last 16 in each of the last four CL seasons. Laszlo Nagy 10 • Meshkov Brest are named after their founder Anatoli Domestic / regional leagues Meshkov; his son Alexander Meshkov is the current club president and vice president of the SEHA League. Chempiyanat 1 • Veszprém played four CL finals (2002, 2015, 2016, 2019) but Domestic / regional leagues Last game: are yet to win the trophy. Nemzeti Bajnokság I 30/10 vs BGUFK Minsk W37:24 • Both teams have a Spanish coach: Raul Alonso (Brest) and Next game: David Davis (Veszprém). Last 3 games: 13/11 @ Kronon Grodno • Alonso and Davis have both won the CL multiple times: Davis 05/11 vs Csurgói KK W36:20 won three times as player of Ciudad Real (2006, 208, 2009), Alonso 15/10 vs Gyöngyösi KK W34:27 Standings as of 08/11: won as assistant coach of Alfred Gislason at THW Kiel (2010, 2012). 08/10 @ CYEB Budakalász W24:41 1. Meshkov Brest 9 304:210 16 • Brest newcomer William Accambray played for Veszprém in Next game: 2. SKA Minsk 9 307:231 16 2017/18, and on loan for Celje in 2018/19. 3. HC Masheka 9 245:277 7 11/11 @ Komlói Bányász SK • This MOTW features six Slovenian players: Jaka Malus and Standings as of 08/11: Simon Razgor for Brest; Blaz Blagotinsek, Dragan Gajic, Borut SEHA League Mackovsek and Gasper Marguc for Veszprém. 1. Telekom Veszprém 9 342:219 18 Last 3 games: • Veszprém goalkeeper Arpad Sterbik has won four CL titles, 2. MOL-Pick Szeged 9 326:219 18 more than any other player involved in this MOTW. Sterbik won 3. Gyöngyösi KK 9 268:242 12 05/11 @ Eurofarm Rabotnik W32:35 the trophy with Ciudad Real (2006, 2008, 2009) and Vardar (2017). 08/10 vs Eurofarm Rabotnik W31:22 05/10 @ Telekom Veszprém L32:23 • Veszprém boast three more players who won the CL with SEHA League another club: newcomers Vuko Borozan and Rogerio Moraes won Next game: with Vardar in 2017, and Andreas Nilsson with Hamburg in 2013. Last 3 games: 19/11 vs HC PPD Zagreb • No Brest players have won the CL, though William Accambray 05/11 vs Spartak Moscow W37:32 Group B standings as of 08/11: has played at the VELUX EHF FINAL4 three times - twice with PSG 05/10 vs HC Meshkov Brest W32:23 Handball and once with Veszprém. 02/10 @ Eurofarm Rabotnik L26:24 1. Veszprém 6 183:159 15 2. Meshkov Brest 6 184:173 9 • Brest goalkeeper Ivan Pesic and Veszprém wing Manuel Strlek Next game: 3. Rabotnik 6 169:164 9 are former teammates: they played together for RK Zagreb from 19/11 vs HC Metaloplastika Sabac 2009-12 and for the Croatian national team.

2 Previous matches in European Cup competitions HC Meshkov Brest vs Telekom Veszprém 0-0-4 (96:120) 0:8

30.09.2017 HC Meshkov Brest vs Telekom Veszprém HC, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 26:29 (12:14) 17.02.2018 Telekom Veszprém HC vs HC Meshkov Brest, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 34:22 (20:11) 06.10.2018 HC Meshkov Brest vs Telekom Veszprém HC, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 28:29 (16:15) 24.02.2019 Telekom Veszprém HC vs HC Meshkov Brest, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 28:20 (9:10)

Most goals in one game for HC Meshkov Brest vs Telekom Veszprém HC

Petar Djordjic 7 30.09.2017 HC Meshkov Brest-Telekom Veszprém HC 26:29 Konstantin Igropulo 6 30.09.2017 HC Meshkov Brest-Telekom Veszprém HC 26:29 Rastko Stojkovic 5 30.09.2017 HC Meshkov Brest-Telekom Veszprém HC 26:29 Darko Djukic 5 06.10.2018 HC Meshkov Brest-Telekom Veszprém HC 28:29 Vid Poteko 4 06.10.2018 HC Meshkov Brest-Telekom Veszprém HC 28:29 Darko Djukic 4 24.02.2019 Telekom Veszprém HC-HC Meshkov Brest 28:20 Artsiom Kulak 4 24.02.2019 Telekom Veszprém HC-HC Meshkov Brest 28:20 Simon Razgor 4 24.02.2019 Telekom Veszprém HC-HC Meshkov Brest 28:20 Alexsander Shkurinskiy 4 24.02.2019 Telekom Veszprém HC-HC Meshkov Brest 28:20

Most goals in one game for Telekom Veszprém HC vs HC Meshkov Brest

Mate Lekai 8 30.09.2017 HC Meshkov Brest-Telekom Veszprém HC 26:29 Momir Ilic 8 17.02.2018 Telekom Veszprém HC-HC Meshkov Brest 34:22 Dragan Gajic 6 17.02.2018 Telekom Veszprém HC-HC Meshkov Brest 34:22 Manuel Strlek 6 06.10.2018 HC Meshkov Brest-Telekom Veszprém HC 28:29 Momir Ilic 5 30.09.2017 HC Meshkov Brest-Telekom Veszprém HC 26:29 Laszlo Nagy 5 17.02.2018 Telekom Veszprém HC-HC Meshkov Brest 34:22 Momir Ilic 5 06.10.2018 HC Meshkov Brest-Telekom Veszprém HC 28:29 Andreas Nilsson 5 06.10.2018 HC Meshkov Brest-Telekom Veszprém HC 28:29

Details of last HC Meshkov Brest vs Telekom Veszprém HC match on 24.02.2019 in Veszprém (HUN) Telekom Veszprém HC vs HC Meshkov Brest 28:20 (9:10) (VELUX EHF Champions League, Group A) Referees: Bojan Lah/David Sok (Slovenia). Suspensions: 8’ – 8’ (Tönnesen 2’, Nagy 2’, Terzic 2’, Blagotinsek 2’ – Poteko 4’, Obranovic 2’, Selvasiuk 2’). Number of 7m: 1/0 – 3/1. Attendance: 5,019.

Arpad Sterbik Ivan Pesic Roland Mikler Ivan Matskevich ------

Dejan Manaskov (1) (4) Artsiom Kulak Momir Ilic (3) (4) Alexsander Shkurinskiy Kent Tönnesen (2) (1) Andrei Yurynok Dragan Gajic (1) Vid Poteko Andreas Nilsson (4) (1) Sime Ivic Laszlo Nagy (3) (1) Viachaslau Shumak Gasper Marguc Maksim Baranau Manuel Strlek (1) Pavel Horak Mirsad Terzic (1) (4) Simon Razgor Blaz Blagotinsek (1) Sandro Obranovic Petar Nenadic (1) Artsiom Selvasiuk Kentin Mahe (4) (4) Darko Djukic Borut Mackovsek (4) Petar Djordjic Mate Lekai (2) (1) Siarhei Shylovich

3 HC Meshkov Brest vs Hungarian clubs 2-0-10

Season Opponent Home Away Competition 2003/04 Györi Tento ETO 32:26 22:27 EHF Cup – Round 2 2006/07 SC Pick Szeged 24:30 23:28 EHF Champions League – Group B 2007/08 Pick Szeged 22:24 24:33 EHF Champions League – Group H 2016/17 MOL-Pick Szeged 25:23 22:24 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2017/18 Telekom Veszprém HC 26:29 22:34 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2018/19 Telekom Veszprém HC 28:29 20:28 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A

Telekom Veszprém HC vs Belarusian clubs 4-0-0

Season Opponent Home Away Competition

2017/18 HC Meshkov Brest 24:22 29:26 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2018/19 HC Meshkov Brest 28:20 29:28 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A

Last 10 games in the VELUX EHF Champions League

HC Meshkov Brest: current run – lost two 03.11.2019 Skopje MKD @ HC Vardar MKD L 36:31 19.10.2019 Brest BLR vs PGE VIVE Kielce POL L 27:31 12.10.2019 Brest BLR vs HC Motor Zaporozhye UKR W 33:31 25.09.2019 Kiel GER @ THW Kiel GER L 31:23 21.09.2019 Brest BLR vs Montpellier HB FRA L 25:27 14.09.2019 Porto POR @ FC Porto Sofarma POR L 27:25 31.03.2019 Flensburg GER @ SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER L 30:20 23.03.2019 Brest BLR vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER L 28:30 02.03.2019 Brest BLR vs IFK Kristianstad SWE W 32:23 24.02.2019 Veszprém HUN @ Telekom Veszprém HC L 28:20

Telekom Veszprém HC: current run – lost one 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 21.09.2019 Veszprém HUN vs THW Kiel GER L 31:37 15.09.2019 Veszprém HUN vs HC Motor Zaporozhye UKR W 40:28 02.06.2019 Köln GER @ HC Vardar MKD L 27:24 01.06.2019 Köln GER @ PGE Vive Kielce POL W 30:33 04.05.2019 Veszprém HUN vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER W 29:25 24.04.2019 Flensburg GER @ SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER W 22:28

4 'Player of the Match' trophy

The Match of the Week 'Player of the Match' trophy, introduced by EHF Marketing GmbH in the 2017/18 season, 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 7 the trophy will be presented by VELUX and handed over by the winners of the #MOTWexperience. Awarded players in the 2019/20 season: Round 1: Nikola Bilyk (THW Kiel) Round 2: Harald Reinkind (THW Kiel) Round 3: Rodrigo Corrales (PSG Handball) Round 4: Bence Banhidi (MOL-Pick Szeged) Round 5: Lukas Nilsson (THW Kiel) Round 6: Gilberto Duarte (Montpellier HB)

HC Meshkov Brest players’ career statistics against Telekom Veszprém HC

Goalkeeper GP W D L G AVG HI PIM

Aliaksei Babko BLR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Ivan Matskevich BLR 3 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Ivan Pesic CRO 4 0 0 4 0 0,00 0 0 Ilya Usik BLR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0

Player GP W D L G AVG HI PIM

William Accambray FRA 9 5 1 3 27 3,00 9 2’ Daniel Andrejew GER 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Aliaksandr Bachko BLR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Maksim Baranau BLR 2 0 0 2 3 1,50 3 0 Yahor Budzeika BLR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Dzmitry Datchuk BLR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Darko Djukic SRB 6 0 1 5 28 4,67 8 4’ Branko Kankaras MNE 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Artsiom Kulak BLR 3 0 0 3 5 1,67 4 0 Jaka Malus SLO 3 0 0 3 13 4,33 6 (2) 2’ Nemanja Obradovic SRB 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Sandro Obranovic CRO 5 0 0 5 9 1,80 3 (2) 6’ Marko Panic BIH 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Mihail Piliuk BLR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Simon Razgor SLO 3 0 0 3 5 1,67 4 0 Artsiom Selviasiuk BLR 3 0 0 3 2 0,67 2 6’ Alexsander Shkurinskiy RUS 3 0 0 3 9 3,00 4 0 Viachaslau Shumak BLR 3 0 0 3 1 0,33 1 0 Valiantsin Silko BLR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Ilya Tomashuk BLR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Mikita Vailupau BLR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Danila Viarheichyk BLR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Andrei Yurynok BLR 4 0 0 4 4 1,00 2 4’

William Accambray (Montpellier HB 2005/06 – DNP, Montpellier HB 2008/09, Montpellier Agglomeration HB 2010/11, Paris Saint-Germain Handball 2014/15, Paris Saint-Germain Handball 2015/16 – DNP, Paris Saint-Germain Handball 2016/17); Darko Djukic (Besiktas Jimnastik Kulubu 2015/16, PGE Vive Kielce 2017/18); Jaka Malus (Celje Pivovarna Lasko 2013/14 – DNP, RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko 2014/15, RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko 2017/18); Sandro Obranovic (HC Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb 2013/14, HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb 2015/16)

5 Telekom Veszprém HC players’ career statistics against HC Meshkov Brest

Goalkeeper GP W D L G AVG HI PIM

Vladimir Cupara SRB 2 2 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Kristof Laszlo Palasics HUN 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Arpad Sterbik ESP 6 5 0 1 0 0,00 0 0 Marton Szekely HUN 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0

Player GP W D L G AVG HI PIM

Blaz Blagotinsek SLO 4 4 0 0 5 1,25 2 6’ Mark-Daniel Bodor ROU 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Vuko Borozan MNE 3 1 0 2 9 3,00 7 2’ Dragan Gajic SLO 4 4 0 0 14 3,50 6 0 Bence Hornyak 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 7 7 0 0 29 4,14 8 6’ Mate Lekai HUN 4 4 0 0 14 3,50 8 0 Borut Mackovsek SLO 6 2 3 1 10 1,67 4 0 Kentin Mahe FRA 6 6 0 0 12 2,00 6 0 Dejan Manaskov MKD 7 4 1 2 11 1,57 8 2’ (D) Gasper Marguc SLO 3 3 0 0 3 1,00 3 0 Viktor Melnicsuk HUN 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Rogerio Moraes BRA 2 2 0 0 1 0,50 1 0 Laszlo Nagy HUN 4 4 0 0 10 2,50 5 2’ Petar Nenadic SRB 3 3 0 0 5 1,67 2 (2) 4’ (D) Andreas Nilsson SWE 4 4 0 0 11 2,75 5 4’ Pawel Paczkowski POL 3 3 0 0 5 1,67 3 0 Manuel Strlek CRO 8 7 0 1 26 3,25 6 0 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 4 4 0 0 1 0,25 1 4’ Kent Tönnesen NOR 3 3 0 0 5 1,67 2 (2) 2’ Omar Yahia EGY 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0

Mark-Daniel Bodor (Barça Lassa 2018/19 – DNP); Vuko Borozan (HC Metalurg 2014/15, HC Vardar 2016/17, HC Vardar 2018/19 – DNP); Vladimir Cupara (PGE Vive Kielce 2018/19); Rogerio Moraes (HC Vardar 2016/17, HC Vardar 2018/19); Rasmus Lauge (THW Kiel 2014/15, SG Flensburg- Handewitt 2016/17, SG Flensburg-Handewitt 2017/18, SG Flensburg-Handewitt 2018/19); Borut Mackovsek (RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko 2016/17, RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko 2017/18); Kentin Mahe (SG Flensburg-Handewitt 2016/17, SG Flensburg-Handewitt 2017/18); Dejan Manaskov (HC Metalurg 2010/11 – DNP, HC Metalurg 2014/15, Rhein-Neckar Löwen 2016/17); Pawel Paczkowski (KS Vive Tauron Kielce 2015/16, KS Vive Tauron Kielce 2016/17); Arpad Sterbik (BM Ciudad Real 2006/07, HC Vardar 2016/17); Manuel Strlek (KS Vive Tauron Kielce 2015/16, KS Vive Tauron Kielce 2016/17, PGE Vive Kielce 2017/18)

VELUX EHF Champions League 2019/20 - MOTW #7 Media Information by EHF Media & Communications, 08/11/2019 Contributors: Björn Pazen, Roy Knoppert