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Media Information VELUX EHF Champions League Season 2019/20

Group A, Round 10 Paris Saint-Germain HB (FRA) vs Barça (ESP) Stade Pierre de Coubertin (Paris, FRA) Sunday 1 December, 17:00 CET Paris Saint-Germain HB (FRA) vs Barça (ESP)

Group A Sunday 1 December 2019, 17:00 CET Round 10

Playing hall Stade Pierre de Coubertin 82, Avenue Georges Lafond, 75016 Paris Capacity: 3,500

• Paris Saint-Germain HB and Barça are the two most successful teams so far this VELUX EHF Champions League season, Most games vs Barça: each with 16 points from nine matches. Bidasoa Irun (group C) and Most games vs Paris Saint-Germain: 5 Dinamo Bucuresti (D) have 15 points, THW Kiel (B) 14. Aitor Arino 5 4 • Barça’s only loss was to MOL-Pick Szeged in their opener; Raul Entrerrios 5 Jeffrey M’Tima 4 PSG’s only defeat was the away match against Barça (36:32). Victor Tomas 5 4 Kiril Lazarov 4 Luka Karabatic 3 • Nine French internationals are involved in this MOTW: PSG’s 4 Nikola Karabatic 3 squad includes the Karabatic brothers Luka and Nikola, Vincent Jesper Nöddesbo 4 Benoit Kounkoud 3 Gerard, Benoit Konkoud and ; Barça have got Dika Joan Saubich 4 Nedim Remili 3 Mem, Cedric Sorhaindo, Timothy N’guessan and . Cedric Sorhaindo 4 • Seven Spain internationals are involved: PSG’s Rodrigo Most goals vs Barça: Corrales and Viran Morros; Barça’s Aitor Arino, Raul Entrerrios, Most goals vs Paris Saint-Germain: Luc Abalo 20 Aleix Gómez, Gonzalo Perez de Vargas and Victor Tomas. Victor Tomas 23 Luka Karabatic 18 Kiril Lazarov 19 • Danish duels: PSG’s Mikkel Hansen and Siarhei Rutenka 13 Mikkel Hansen 17 face Kevin Møller, Casper Mortensen and . Nedim Remili 13 12 Daniel Narcisse 9 • Two cornerstones of the Icelandic national team also feature: Aitor Arino 11 Gudjon Valur Sigurdsson (PSG) and Aron Palmarsson (Barça). • Nikola Karabatic, Morros and Sigurdsson have all previously played for Barça, winning the CL together in 2015. Hansen also played for Barça, from 2008 to 2010. • Vincent Gerard (PSG) and Ludovic Fabregas (Barça) won the CL as teammates - with Montpellier HB in 2018. Domestic league • Both coaches have won the CL: PSG’s Raul Gonzalez in 2017 Domestic league with Vardar; Barça’s Xavi Pascual in 2011 and 2015 with Barça. Lidl Starligue Liga ASOBAL • Nikola Karabatic is the only player with three CL titles from three different clubs: Montpellier (2003), Kiel (2007), Barça (2015). Last 3 games: Last 3 games: • Eight Barça players have won the CL, three of them with 27/11 vs St.-Raphaël W39:26 different clubs: Aron Palmarsson (with Kiel in 2010 and 2012), Luca 26/11 @ CB Ademar Léon W28:35 20/11 @ US Créteil HB W29:38 Cindric (Vardar 2017) and Ludovic Fabregas (Montpellier 2018). 19/11 vs Balonmano Sinfín W45:21 14/11 vs Montpellier HB W35:30 • Barça hold the record for most VELUX EHF FINAL4 12/11 @ CB Nava W24:39 participations: seven. PSG took part in the season-ending event in Cologne three times but are yet to win the trophy. Next game: Next game: • Aleix Gómez is third in the CL top scorer standings this season 11/12 @ Tremblay-en-France with 53 goals, while PSG have no player in the top 50. 04/12 vs Liberbank Cuenca • Barça won four of the five previous CL duels against PSG, with Standings as of 29/11: the French side only winning a home game in 2016. Standings as of 29/11: 1. PSG 11 378:301 22 • PSG have been unbeaten in CL matches at home for five 1. Barça 12 469:295 24 2. USAM Nîmes 11 325:299 16 years, since losing to Kiel in November 2014. 2. Ademar Léon 12 347:318 20 3. Fenix Toulouse 11 321:305 16 • Barça have scored the most goals of all CL teams this season - 3. BM Logroño 12 371:322 18 4. Montpellier HB 11 315:294 16 321, or 35.6 goals per game. PSG have scored 282 times so far. 4. Bidasoa Irun 12 322:298 18 5. Nantes 11 338:293 16 5. Cuenca 12 304:272 16 • From 35 European Cup matches against French teams, Barça ...... have won 26 and lost seven - most recently in the Last 16 of the CL 14. US Créteil HB 11 284:328 3 2017/18 season against eventual champions Montpellier (28:25). 14. CB Cangas 11 273:337 5

2 Previous matches in European Cup competitions Paris Saint-Germain HB vs Barça 1-0-4 (154:168) 2:8

20.10.2013 PSG Handball vs FC Barcelona, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group C 29:33 (17:17) 15.02.2014 FC Barcelona vs PSG Handball, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group C 38:28 (19:9) 12.11.2016 Paris Saint-Germain Handball vs FC Barcelona Lassa, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 33:26 (15:12) 03.12.2016 FC Barcelona Lassa vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 35:32 (14:14) 19.10.2019 Barça vs Paris Saint-Germain HB, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 36:32 (19:15)

Most goals in one game for Paris Saint-Germain HB vs Barça

Nedim Remili 9 12.11.2016 Paris Saint-Germain Handball-FC Barcelona Lassa 33:26 Luka Karabatic 8 19.10.2019 Barça-Paris Saint-Germain HB 36:32 Mikkel Hansen 7 03.12.2016 FC Barcelona Lassa-Paris Saint-Germain Handball 35:32 Luc Abalo 6 20.10.2013 PSG Handball-FC Barcelona 29:33 Fahrudin Melic 6 20.10.2013 PSG Handball-FC Barcelona 29:33

Most goals in one game for Barça vs Paris Saint-Germain HB

Victor Tomas 10 15.02.2014 FC Barcelona-PSG Handball 38:28 Kiril Lazarov 9 03.12.2016 FC Barcelona Lassa-Paris Saint-Germain Handball 35:32 Siarhei Rutenka 8 20.10.2013 PSG Handball-FC Barcelona 29:33 Aleix Gomez 8 19.10.2019 Barça-Paris Saint-Germain HB 36:32 Kiril Lazarov 6 20.10.2013 PSG Handball-FC Barcelona 29:33 Victor Tomas 6 20.10.2013 PSG Handball-FC Barcelona 29:33 Wael Jallouz 6 03.12.2016 FC Barcelona Lassa-Paris Saint-Germain Handball 35:32 Dika Mem 6 19.10.2019 Barça-Paris Saint-Germain HB 36:32

Details of last Paris Saint-Germain HB vs Barça match on 19.10.2019 in Barcelona (ESP) Barça vs Paris Saint-Germain HB 36:32 (19:15) (VELUX EHF Champions League, Group A) Referees: Slave Nikolov/Gjorgji Nachevski (North Macedonia). Suspensions: 4’ – 6’ (Sorhaindo 4’ – Sigurdsson 2’, Kounkoud 2’, Morros 2’). Number of 7m: 4/3 – 1/1. Attendance: 4,315.

Moreno Perez de Vargas Vincent Gerard Kevin Møller ------

Victor Tomas (1) (1) Sadou Ntanzi Raul Entrerrios (4) (4) Gudjon Sigurdsson Cedric Sorhaindo Adama Keita Lasse Andersson (1) (4) Benoit Kounkoud Aitor Arino (5) (4) Nedim Remili Abel Serdio (3) Luc Abalo Timothey N’guessan (2) Edouard Kempf Aleix Gomez (8) (5) Kamil Syprzak Thiagus Petrus (1) (8) Luka Karabatic Dika Mem (6) (1) Viran Morros Luka Cindric (2) (1) Nikola Karabatic Alex Garcia (1) Dylan Nahi Aron Palmarsson (4) Ludovic Fabregas (2)

3 Paris Saint-Germain HB vs Spanish clubs 2-0-5

Season Opponent Home Away Competition 2013/14 FC Barcelona 29:33 28:38 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group C 2014/15 Naturhouse La Rioja 32:25 33:35 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2016/17 FC Barcelona Lassa 33:26 32:35 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2019/20 Barça 32:36 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A

Barça vs French clubs 26-2-7

Season Opponent Home Away Competition 1984/85 USM Gagny 25:17 15:15 Cup Winners’ Cup – Quarter-final 1989/90 US Créteil 23:18 20:19 Champions Cup – Semi-final 1990/91 US Nîmes 23:16 18:16 Champions Cup – Quarter-final ------1993/94 OM Vitrolles 26:14 20:23 Cup Winners’ Cup – Final 2000/01 Montpellier HB 24:17 25:25 EHF Champions League – Group B 2006/07 Montpellier HB 29:23 25:28 EHF Champions League – Last 16 2007/08 US Ivry handball 34:26 29:27 EHF Champions League – Group A 2010/11 Chambery Savoie HB 38:23 26:27 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2011/12 Chambery Savoie HB 28:25 30:19 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2011/12 Montpellier Agglomeration HB 36:20 28:30 VELUX EHF Champions League – Last 16 2013/14 PSG Handball 38:28 33:29 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group C 2015/16 Montpellier HB 37:27 31:23 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2016/17 Paris Saint-Germain Handball 35:32 26:33 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2017/18 HBC Nantes 31:25 25:29 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2017/18 Montpellier HB 30:28 25:28 VELUX EHF Champions League – Last 16 2018/19 Montpellier HB 35:27 36:28 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2018/19 HBC Nantes 29:26 32:25 VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 2019/20 Paris Saint-Germain HB 36:32 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A

Last 10 games in the VELUX EHF Champions League

Paris Saint-Germain HB: current run – won four 24.11.2019 Aalborg DEN @ Aalborg Handbold DEN W 29:32 17.11.2019 Paris FRA vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER W 32:30 06.11.2019 Flensburg GER @ SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER W 29:30 02.11.2019 Paris FRA vs Aalborg Handbold DEN W 37:24 19.10.2018 Barcelona ESP @ Barça ESP L 36:32 13.10.2019 Paris FRA vs RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko SLO W 27:18 28.09.2019 Lillehammer NOR @ Elverum Handball NOR W 22:25 22.09.2019 Paris FRA vs MOL-Pick Szeged HUN W 30:25 14.09.2019 Zagreb CRO @ HC PPD Zagreb CRO W 29:37 05.05.2019 Paris FRA vs PGE POL W 35:26

Barça: current run – won eight 23.11.2019 Barcelona ESP vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER W 31:27 16.11.2019 Barcelona ESP vs Aalborg Handbold DEN W 44:35 10.11.2019 Aalborg DEN @ Aalborg Handbold DEN W 30:34 30.10.2019 Flensburg GER @ SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER W 27:34 19.10.2019 Barcelona ESP vs Paris Saint-Germain HB FRA W 36:32 12.10.2019 Barcelona ESP vs Elverum Handball NOR W 33:24 28.09.2019 Zadar CRO @ HC PPD Zagreb CRO W 19:36 21.09.2019 Barcelona ESP vs RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko SLO W 45:21 14.09.2019 Szeged HUN @ MOL-Pick Szeged HUN L 31:28 02.06.2019 Köln GER @ PGE Vive Kielce POL W 35:40

4 Paris Saint-Germain HB players’ career statistics against Barça

Goalkeeper GP W D L G AVG HI PIM

Rodrigo Corrales ESP 5 1 0 4 0 0,00 0 0 Vincent Gerard FRA 9 2 0 7 0 0,00 0 0 Gauthier Ivah FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Loick Spady FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0

Player GP W D L G AVG HI PIM

Luc Abalo FRA 10 3 0 7 42 4,20 8 4’ Adrien Charlette FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Adrien Chaudanson FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Louis Despreaux FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Kim Ekdahl du Rietz SWE 4 2 0 2 10 2,50 5 2’ Andry Goujon Bellevue FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Mikkel Hansen DEN 8 3 0 5 40 5,00 8 8’ Luka Karabatic FRA 5 2 0 3 18 3,60 8 0 Nikola Karabatic FRA 9 5 0 4 43 4,78 10 8’ Adama Keita FRA 1 0 0 1 0 0,00 0 0 Edouard Kempf FRA 1 0 0 1 0 0,00 0 0 Benoit Kounkoud FRA 3 1 0 2 4 1,33 4 2’ Gautier Loredon FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Viran Morros ESP 4 2 0 2 2 0,50 1 (2) 6’ Dylan Nahi FRA 1 0 0 1 1 1,00 1 0 Sadou Ntanzi FRA 1 0 0 1 1 1,00 1 0 Nedim Remili FRA 3 1 0 2 13 4,33 9 0 Sander Sagosen NOR 2 0 0 2 6 3,00 3 (2) 2’ Adrien Schaff FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Gudjon Sigurdsson ISL 9 3 2 4 27 3,00 8 2’ Kamil Syprzak POL 3 1 0 2 14 4,67 5 (2) 2’ Henrik Toft Hansen DEN 6 1 0 5 9 1,50 3 (2) 6’

Luc Abalo (US Ivry handball 2007/08, BM Ciudad Real 2008/09, Renovalia Ciudad Real 2010/11); Rodrigo Corrales (Orlen Wisla Plock 2014/15, Orlen Wisla Plock 2016/17); Kim Ekdahl du Rietz (Rhein-Neckar Löwen 2013/14, Rhein-Neckar Löwen 2015/16, Rhein-Neckar Löwen 2017/18 – DNP); Vincent Gerard (Montpellier HB 2006/07, Montpellier HB 2015/16, Montpellier HB 2017/18, Montpellier HB 2018/19); Mikkel Hansen (GOG Svendborg TGI Gudme 2007/08, AG Kobenhavn 2011/12); Luka Karabatic (Montpellier Agglomeration HB 2011/12); Nikola Karabatic (Montpellier HB 2000/01 – DNP, THW Kiel 2007/08, THW Kiel 2008/09, Montpellier Agglomeration HB 2011/12); Viran Morros (BM Ciudad Real 2008/09, Renovalia Ciudad Real 2010/11); Sander Sagosen (Aalborg Handball 2014/15); Gudjon Sigurdsson (Tusem Essen 2002/03, Rhein-Neckar Löwen 2010/11, AG Kobenhavn 2011/12, Rhein-Neckar Löwen 2017/18, Rhein-Neckar Löwen 2018/19); Kamil Syprzak (Orlen Wisla Plock 2014/15); Henrik Toft Hansen (AG Kobenhavn 2011/12, Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 2012/13, SG Flensburg-Handewitt 2016/17)

'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 10 the trophy will be handed over by the winners of the "MOTW Experience" fan activation. 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) Round 7: Vladimir Cupara (Telekom Veszprém HC) Round 8: Andreas Wolff (PGE VIVE Kielce) Round 9: Aleix Gómez (Barça)

5 Barça players’ career statistics against Paris Saint-Germain HB

Goalkeeper GP W D L G AVG HI PIM

Kevin Møller DEN 6 2 0 4 0 0,00 0 0 Gonzalo Perez de Vargas ESP 3 2 0 1 0 0,00 0 0 Joan Pau Puget ESP 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Francisco Revuelta ESP 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0

Player GP W D L G AVG HI PIM

Lasse Andersson DEN 3 2 0 1 6 2,00 3 0 Aitor Ariño ESP 5 4 0 1 11 2,20 5 0 Alejandro Barbeito ESP 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Oriol Blanco ESP 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Diego Cadelo ESP 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Luka Cindric CRO 7 3 0 4 30 4,29 7 2’ Mamadou Diocou ESP 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 SLO 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Raul Entrerrios ESP 5 4 0 1 9 1,80 4 0 Ludovic Fabregas FRA 1 1 0 0 2 2,00 2 0 Daniel Fernandez ESP 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Aleix Gómez ESP 1 1 0 0 8 8,00 8 0 Thiagus Petrus BRA 4 1 1 2 6 1,50 5 0 Adria Leon ESP 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Dika Mem FRA 3 2 0 1 12 4,00 6 0 DEN 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Timothey N'guessan FRA 3 2 0 1 5 1,67 3 0 Pau Oliveras ESP 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Nil Orts ESP 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Aron Palmarsson ISL 5 2 0 3 21 4,20 7 0 Alex Garcia ESP 1 1 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Albert Pujol ESP 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 David Roca ESP 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Robert Rosell ESP 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Abel Serdio ESP 1 1 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Cedric Sorhaindo FRA 4 4 0 0 7 1,75 3 (2) 8’ Victor Tomas ESP 5 4 0 1 23 4,60 10 6’

Luka Cindric (HC Metalurg 2013/14, HC Metalurg 2014/15, HC Vardar 2016/17, HC Vardar 2017/18, PGE Vive Kielce 2018/19); Thiagus Petrus (Naturhouse La Rioja 2014/15, MOL-Pick Szeged 2016/17); Kevin Møller (SG Flensburg-Handewitt 2015/16, SG Flensburg- Handewitt 2016/17, SG Flensburg-Handewitt 2017/18); Aron Palmarsson (THW Kiel 2014/15 – DNP, MVM Veszprém 2015/16, Telekom Veszprém 2016/17)

VELUX EHF Champions League 2019/20 - MOTW #10 Media Information by EHF Media & Communications, 29/11/2019 Contributors: Björn Pazen, Roy Knoppert

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