Media Information VELUX EHF Champions League Season 2015/16

Match of the Week - Round 6

Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) vs MVM Veszprem (HUN) Halle George Carpentier, Paris Sunday 25 October, 17:00 hrs ROUND 6 Match of the Week GROUP A Paris Saint-Germain Handball (FRA) vs MVM Veszprem (HUN)

Sunday, 25 October 2015, 17:00 hrs

Playing hall Halle George Carpentier 81 boulevard Massena 75013 Paris, Capacity: 4,800

• Veszprem eliminated Paris twice in a row in the quarter- finals - in 2013/14 and 2014/15 Most Games vs Veszprem: Most Games vs PSG: • both teams have bolstered their squads enormously in the 4 Mirko Alilovic 4 Patrice Annonay 4 last three years: Veszprem with Momir Ilic, Christian Zeitz, Aron Palmarsson, Gasper Marguc, PSG by , Nikola & Peter Gulyas 4 4 Luka Karabatic, , or Momir Ilic 4 Robert Gunnarsson 4 Gergö Ivancsik 4 • Ilic, Zeitz, Palmarsson, Omeyer, Karabatic and Narcisse have Mikkel Hansen 4 Laszlo Nagy 4 all won the VELUX EHF Champions League as THW Kiel players 4 Jose Maria Rodriguez Vaquero 4 4 • both sides never won the CL trophy, although they are main Carlos Ruesga Pasarin 4 Fahrudin Melic 4 contenders, Veszprem were finalists twice (2002, 2015), PSG Istvan Timuzsin Schuch 4 Jeffrey M’Tima 4 never made it to Cologne or the previous semi-finals so far Renato Sulic 4 Daniel Narcisse 4 • Veszprem will have to replace both right back players due Mirsad Terzic 4 Igor Vori 4 to injuries: Laszlo Nagy (finger) and Christian Zeitz (shoulder) Cristian Ugalde Garcia 4 • both sides have new coaches: Noka Serdarusic took over Most Goals vs Veszprem: Most Goals vs PSG: Mikkel Hansen 36 PSG after the demise of Phillippe Gardent, while Xavier Sabate is still officially the interim solution after Antonio Carlos Ortega left Momir Ilic 30 Jeffrey M’Tima 10 Laszlo Nagy 20 Luc Abalo 9 • since the return to the CL, Paris have lost only three home Renato Sulic 18 Daniel Narcisse 9 matches: in 2013/14 against Barcelona (group phase) and Gergö Ivancsik 8 Veszprem (quarter-final) and 2014/15 against Kiel (group phase) 7 Peter Gulyas 7 Marko Kopljar 7 • both sides have announced that “making it to Cologne” is Chema Rodriguez 7 Igor Vori 7 their official goal for the international season • three CL top scorers: Ilic (2014/15 - 114 goals, 2013/14 Domestic league - 103 goals, Veszprem), Hansen (2011/12 - 98 goals for AG Domestic league French LNH Division 1 Kobenhavn), N. Karabatic (2006/07 - 89 goals for Kiel) SEHA Liga Last 4 games • four IHF World Players of the Year in PSG: N. Karabatic Last 3 games (2007, 2014), Omeyer (2008), Hansen (2011), Narcisse (2012) 22.10. vs Dunkerque W34:24 4.10. @ Nexe W35:21 • 13 players have won the CL at least once: eight of Veszprem 14.10. @ Aix W35:25 (Ilic, Nagy, Nilsson, Palmarsson, Ch. Rodriguez, Ugalde, Zeitz) and 12.9. vs Vojvodina W37:28 8.10. vs Chambery W35:27 five of PSG (Abalo, N. Karabatic, Narcisse, Omeyer, Vori) 1.9. vs Meshkov Brest W31:24 30.9. @ Charters W32:20 • 13 nations are represented in the squads: France (PSG), Next game Hungary (Veszprem), Iceland (both), Slovenia (both), Next game (both), , Sweden, Spain, Bosnia Herzegovina, Germany (all 28.10. @ Borac 29.10. vs Montpellier HB only Veszprem), Denmark, Montenegro, Ukraine (all only PSG) • seven PSG players played for WCh gold-winning France last January: Karabatic brothers, Narcisse, Omeyer, Honrubia, Standings Accambray, Barachet. The only former world champions in Standings 1. PSG 7 239:182 14 Veszprem are Ugalde (Spain 2013) and Zeitz (Germany 2007) 1. PPD 5 156:103 15 2. Cesson Rennes 7 188:181 11 • N. Karabatic was part of the FC Barcelona squad, which ... beat Veszprem in the 2015 final, he is one of two players (besides ... Barcelona line player Cedric Sorhaindo), who holds all four major 5. Veszprem 3 110:66 9 14. Chartres 7 170:214 0 titles currently: CL winner, Olympic, World and EURO champion ... • the two line players Andreas Nilsson (Veszprem) and Igor 10. Borac 6 152:206 1 Vori (PSG) have won the CL in 2013 as HSV Hamburg players

2 Historic encounters in the EC

Paris Saint-Germain Handball vs MVM Veszprém 0-1-3 (104:117) 1:7 19.04.2014 PSG Handball vs MKB-MVM Veszprém, VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 26:28 (14:12) 26.04.2014 MKB-MVM Veszprém vs PSG Handball, VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 31:26 (12:12) 12.04.2015 Paris Saint-Germain Handball vs MKB-MVM Veszprém, VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 24:24 (10:12) 19.04.2015 MKB-MVM Veszprém vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball, VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 34:28 (16:12)

Matchdetails of last match - 30.05.2015 (Cologne, Germany) MKB-MVM Veszprém vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final, nd2 leg Referees: Nenad Nikolic/Dusan Stojkovic (Serbia) Suspensions: 10’ – 8’ (Schuch 2’, Nagy 2’, Zeitz 2’, Maguc 2’, Sulic 2’ – Vori 2’, Barachet 2’, Gunnarsson 2’, Narcisse 2’) 7m: 1/1 – 5/5 Attendance: 5,019

Roland Mikler Patrice Annonay Mirko Alilovic Thierry Omeyer - - Peter Gulyas (3) (1) Fahrudin Melic Gergö Ivancsik (2) William Accambray Istvan Timuzsin Schuch Igor Vori Carlos Ruesga Pasarin (2) Zacharia N’Diaye Momir Ilic (7) (1) Andreas Nilsson (1) Jakov Gojun Laszlo Nagy (4) (3) Robert Gunnarsson Christian Zeitz (1) Luc Abalo Cristian Ugalde Garcia (4) (15) Mikkel Hansen Gasper Marguc (3) (1) Daniel Narcisse Chema Rodriguez (4) Samuel Honrubia Mirsad Terzic (1) (2) Marko Kopljar Renato Sulic (5) (2) Jeffrey M’Tima Mate Lekai (3) Mladen Bojinovic

Most Goals Paris Saint-Germain Handball vs MVM Veszprem Individual Game:

Mikkel Hansen 15 19.04.2015 MKB-MVM Veszprém-Paris Saint-Germain Handball 34:28 Mikkel Hansen 9 26.04.2014 MKB-MVM Veszprém-PSG Handball 31:26 Mikkel Hansen 8 12.04.2015 Paris Saint-Germain Handball-MKB-MVM Veszprém 24:24 Samuel Honrubia 6 26.04.2014 MKB-MVM Veszprém-PSG Handball 31:26 Jeffrey M’Tima 5 19.04.2014 PSG Handball-MKB-MVM Veszprém 26:28 William Accambray 5 12.04.2015 Paris Saint-Germain Handball-MKB-MVM Veszprém 24:24

Most Goals MVM Veszprem vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball Individual Game:

Laszlo Nagy 9 19.04.2014 PSG Handball-MKB-MVM Veszprém 26:28 Momir Ilic 8 26.04.2014 MKB-MVM Veszprém-PSG Handball 31:26 Renato Sulic 8 26.04.2014 MKB-MVM Veszprém-PSG Handball 31:26 Momir Ilic 8 12.04.2015 Paris Saint-Germain Handball-MKB-MVM Veszprém 24:24 Momir Ilic 7 19.04.2014 PSG Handball-MKB-MVM Veszprém 26:28 Momir Ilic 7 19.04.2015 MKB-MVM Veszprém-Paris Saint-Germain Handball 34:28

3 Paris Saint-Germain Handball vs Hungarian clubs

Season Opponent Home Away Competition 2013/14 MKB-MVM Veszprém 26:28 26:31 VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 2014/15 MKB-MVM Veszprém 24:24 28:34 VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final

MVM Veszprem vs French clubs

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

4 Last Ten Games in VELUX EHF Champions League:

Paris Saint-Germain Handball: current run - won four 21.02.2015 Logroño ESP @ Naturhouse La Rioja ESP L 33:35 14.03.2015 Dunkerque FRA @ Dunkerque HB Grand Littoral FRA W 23:21 22.03.2015 Paris FRA vs Dunkerque HB Grand Littoral FRA W 23:22 12.04.2015 Paris FRA vs MKB-MVM Veszprém HUN D 24:24 19.04.2015 Veszprém HUN @ MKB-MVM Veszprém HUN L 28:34 19.09.2015 Flensburg GER @ SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER L 32:39 27.09.2015 Paris FRA vs Orlen Wisla Plock POL W 29:24 03.10.2015 İzmit TUR @ Besiktas Jimnastik Kulubu TUR W 40:30 11.10.2015 Paris FRA vs HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb CRO W 34:23 18.10.2015 Celje SLO @ RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko SLO W 32:30

MVM Veszprem: current run - won four 21.03.2015 Veszprém HUN vs Naturhouse La Rioja ESP W 37:31 12.04.2015 Paris FRA @ Paris Saint-Germain Handball FRA D 24:24 19.04.2015 Veszprém HUN vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball FRA W 34:28 30.05.2015 Köln GER vs THW Kiel GER W 31:27 31.05.2015 Köln GER vs FC Barcelona ESP L 23:28 19.09.2015 Płock POL @ Orlen Wisla Plock POL D 27:27 26.09.2015 Veszprém HUN vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER W 28:24 03.10.2015 Zagreb CRO @ HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb CRO W 21:20 11.10.2015 Veszprém HUN vs Besiktas Jimnastik Kulubu TUR W 33:25 17.10.2015 Veszprém HUN vs THW Kiel GER W 29:27

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