MEDIA INFORMATION EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MEN 2020/21 MOTW Round 14: Lomza Vive vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt LOMZA (POL) VS SG FLENSBURG-HANDEWITT (GER) GROUP A Thursday 4 March 2021, 18:45 CET ROUND 14 Playing hall Hala MOSiR Legionów ul. Leszka Drogosza 2 15-116 Kielce

Capacity: 4,200

• Before the final round of the EHF Champions League Most games vs Flensburg-Handewitt: Men group phase, Lomza Vive Kielce and SG Flensburg- Most games vs Lomza Vive Kielce: 4 Handewitt share the lead in group A with 19 points each. Lasse Svan 5 4 • Flensburg won the reverse fixture 31:30, so a draw 5 Michal Jurecki 4 in Thursday's Match of the Week would be enough for the Mattias Andersson 4 4 German side to finish as group winners. 4 Manuel Strlek 4 • The group winners face HC PPD Zagreb in the play- 4 Slawomir Szmal 4 offs, the runners-up play RK Celje Pivovarna Laško. Tobias Karlsson 4 Uros Zorman 4 Kentin Mahe 4 • Kielce have won all six home matches this season, Flensburg won three of four away matches they played. 4 4 • The head-to-head comparison after five duels is fully Most goals vs Flensburg-Handewitt: in balance: one win for Kielce, one for Flensburg, three Most goals vs Lomza Vive Kielce: draws; and both teams scored 144 goals. Michal Jurecki 24 24 13 • Kielce's only win against Flensburg came in the return Lasse Svan 21 Manuel Strlek 12 leg of the 2015/16 quarter-final (29:28), when the Polish Holger Glandorf 17 11 side were on their way to winning the title. Kentin Mahe 13 Krzysztof Lijewski 10 • Both Kielce and Flensburg won the CL once. Hampus Wanne 13 • Kielce played at the EHF FINAL4 four times (2013, 2015, 2016, 2019), Flensburg once (2014). • Four players of Flensburg's 2014 squad are still (or again) part of the team: Jakob Heinl (currently injured), Lasse Svan, Jim Gottfridsson and Hampus Wanne. Domestic league Domestic league • Krzystof Lijewski is the only Kielce player from 2016 still with the team; Igor Karacic and also won the CL in the past - with HC Vardar 1961. PGNiG Superliga LIQUI MOLY -Bundesliga • Goalkeepers (Kielce) and Benjamin Buric (Flensburg) share a common past: When Wolff left Last 3 games: HSG Wetzlar in 2016 to join THW Kiel, his successor was Last 3 games: Buric. Wolff went from Kiel to Kielce in 2019, the same 27/02 @ Pogon Szczecin W29:40 year Buric joined Flensburg. 21/02 vs Lemgo Lippe D27:27 20/02 @ Wybrzeze Gdansk W26:33 • Wolff, who turned 30 on Wednesday, played together 18/02 @ Füchse Berlin W29:33 with Flensburg line player in the German 14/02 @ Azoty-Pulawy W29:33 national team at the World Championship 2021. 14/02 @ TSV Hannover W26:33 Next game: • Six players involved in the MOTW also met in the Next game: WCh semi-final: Kielce’s Spanish trio Alex Dujshebaev, 06/03 vs Górnik Zabrze Dani Dujshebaev and Angel Fernandez lost to Flensburg’s 07/03 @ GWD Minden Danish players , Lasse Svan and Mads Mensah 35:33; Denmark ended up winning gold, bronze. Standings as of 02/03: Standings as of 02/03: • Flensburg’s Swedish players Gottfridsson and Wanne 1. Kielce 15 537:383 45 won silver at the WCh and were part of the All- Team. 1. Flensburg 17 520:439 30 2. Azoty-Pulawy 14 465:362 33 • Svan belongs to the rare group of players who won 2. Magdeburg 18 536:472 26 the Olympic Games, World Championship, EHF EURO, EHF 3. Wisla Plock 13 376:288 33 Champions League, and EHF Cup Winners’ Cup. 3. RN Löwen 18 533:472 26 4. Górnik Zabrze 15 382:349 30 • In the all-time CL standings, Flensburg are fourth with 4. THW Kiel 14 452:368 25 5. MKS Kalisz 15 398:397 25 293 points from 229 matches (including 137 wins, 19 5. Füchse 18 515:483 23 draws and 73 defeats)...... • Kielce are ranked ninth with 235 points from 191 14. Piotrkow 15 402:445 9 matches (109 victories, 17 draws, 65 defeats). 20. HSC Coburg 19 475:568 7 PREVIOUS MATCHES IN EUROPEAN CLUB COMPETITIONS Lomza Vive Kielce vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt 1-3-1 (144:144) 5:5

23.04.2016 SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs KS Vive Tauron Kielce, VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 28:28 (13:14) 27.04.2016 KS Vive Tauron Kielce vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt, VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 29:28 (14:13) 08.10.2017 PGE Vive Kielce vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 25:25 (10:10) 11.02.2018 SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs PGE Vive Kielce, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 32:32 (17:21) 16.09.2020 SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs Lomza Vive Kielce, EHF Champions League Men – Group A 31:30 (14:14)

MOST GOALS IN ONE GAME FOR LOMZA VIVE KIELCE VS SG FLENSBURG-HANDEWITT Michal Jurecki 9 27.04.2016 KS Vive Tauron Kielce vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt 29:28 Michal Jurecki 8 11.02.2018 SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs PGE Vive Kielce 32:32 Tobias Reichmann 7 27.04.2016 KS Vive Tauron Kielce vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt 29:28 Artsem Karalek 7 16.09.2020 SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs Lomza Vive Kielce 31:30 Karol Bielecki 6 08.10.2017 PGE Vive Kielce vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt 25:25 Uladzislau Kulesh 6 16.09.2020 SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs Lomza Vive Kielce 31:30

MOST GOALS IN ONE GAME FOR SG FLENSBURG-HANDEWITT VS LOMZA VIVE KIELCE Holger Glandorf 11 23.04.2016 SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs KS Vive Tauron Kielce 28:28 Rasmus Lauge 9 11.02.2018 SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs PGE Vive Kielce 32:32 Rasmus Lauge 8 27.04.2016 KS Vive Tauron Kielce vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt 29:28 Lasse Svan 8 27.04.2016 KS Vive Tauron Kielce vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt 29:28 Rasmus Lauge 7 23.04.2016 SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs KS Vive Tauron Kielce 28:28

DETAILS OF THE MOST RECENT DIRECT ENCOUNTER SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs Lomza Vive Kielce 31:30 (14:14) 16.09.2020 (Flensburg, GER)

(EHF Champions League Men, group A) Referees: Mirza Kurtagic/Mattias Wetterwik (Sweden). Suspensions: 4’ – 2’ (Hald Jensen 2’, Röd 2’ – Gebala 2’). Number of 7m: 2/2 – 3/2. Attendance: 0.

Benjamin Buric Torbjoern Bergerud Andreas Wolff -- -- Simon Hald (1) Branko Vujovic Lasse Svan (2) Michal Olejniczak Hampus Wanne (5) Szymon Sicko Magnus Joendal (2) Alex Dujshebaev Marius Steinhauser (1) Nicolas Tournat Mads Mensah (4) (3) Igor Karacic Gøran Johannessen (4) (6) Uladzislau Kulesh Jim Gottfridsson (5) (1) Magnus Holpert Haukur Thrastarson (2) (5) Angel Fernandez Lasse Møller (3) (2) Magnus Rød (6) Tomasz Gebala (7) Artsem Karalek (2) Sigvaldi Gudjonsson LOMZA VIVE KIELCE VS GERMAN CLUBS 16-8-16

Season Opponent Home Away Competition

1993/94 SG Wallau-Massenheim 23:34 25:32 EHF Champions League – Qualification Round 3 1997/98 THW Kiel 28:27 26:31 EHF Cup – Quarter-final 2000/01 TV Grosswallstadt 25:26 19:25 Cup Winners’ Cup – Last 16 2009/10 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 32:35 29:29 EHF Champions League – Group B 2009/10 HSV Hamburg 24:30 30:27 EHF Champions League – Last 16 2010/11 THW Kiel 27:36 29:33 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2010/11 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 23:23 27:29 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2011/12 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 32:30 VELUX EHF Champions League – Qualification Tournament W 2011/12 Füchse Berlin 32:29 27:30 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2012/13 THW Kiel 31:30 VELUX EHF FINAL4 – Place 3/4 2013/14 THW Kiel 34:29 28:28 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2013/14 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 32:28 23:27 VELUX EHF Champions League – Last 16 2014/15 THW Kiel 28:26 VELUX EHF FINAL4 – Place 3/4 2015/16 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 28:27 32:32 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2015/16 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 29:28 28:28 VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 2016/17 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 26:34 25:28 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2017/18 THW Kiel 32:21 30:29 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2017/18 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 25:25 32:32 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2017/18 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 41:17 36:30 VELUX EHF Champions League – Last 16 2018/19 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 35:32 29:30 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2019/20 THW Kiel 32:30 30:30 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2020/21 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 30:31 EHF Champions League Men – Group A

SG FLENSBURG-HANDEWITT VS POLISH CLUBS 8-3-4

Season Opponent Home Away Competition

2001/02 Orlen SSA Plock 33:27 23:25 Cup Winners’ Cup – Last 16 2007/08 Interferie Zaglebie Lubin 32:33 34:19 EHF Champions League – Group G 2014/15 Orlen Wisla Plock 35:28 29:31 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2015/16 Orlen Wisla Plock 27:25 34:30 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2015/16 KS Vive Tauron Kielce 28:28 28:29 VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 2016/17 Orlen Wisla Plock 22:20 37:30 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2017/18 PGE Vive Kielce 32:32 25:25 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2020/21 Lomza Vive Kielce 31:30 EHF Champions League Men – Group A LOMZA VIVE KIELCE PLAYERS’ CAREER STATISTICS AGAINST FLENSBURG Goalkeeper GP W D L G AVG HI PIM

Mateusz Kornecki POL 1 0 0 1 0 0,00 0 0 Milosz Walach POL 1 0 1 0 0 0,00 0 0 Andreas Wolff GER 5 2 1 2 0 0,00 0 0

Player GP W D L G AVG HI PIM

Daniel Dujshebaev ESP 3 0 0 3 9 3,00 5 0 Alex Dujshebaev ESP 7 3 2 2 22 3,14 5 (2) 0 Yusuf Faruk NGR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Angel Fernandez ESP 3 0 1 2 12 4,00 5 (2) 2’ Tomasz Gebala POL 3 0 0 3 1 0,33 1 2’ Sigvaldi Gudjonsson ISL 3 0 0 3 13 4,33 7 0 Sebastian Kaczor POL 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Igor Karacic CRO 7 3 0 4 28 4,00 9 0 Artsem Karalek BLR 1 0 0 1 7 7,00 7 0 Uladzislau Kulesh BLR 1 0 0 1 6 6,00 6 0 Krzysztof Lijewski POL 8 3 4 1 21 2,63 5 6’ Arkadiusz Moryto POL 1 0 0 1 1 1,00 1 0 Michal Olejniczak POL 1 0 0 1 0 0,00 0 0 Szymon Sicko POL 1 0 0 1 0 0,00 0 0 Cezary Surgiel POL 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Haukur Thrastarson ISL 1 0 0 1 0 0,00 0 0 Nicolas Tournat FRA 3 0 1 2 7 2,33 3 (2) 0 Branko Vujovic MNE 5 1 0 4 18 3,60 9 0

Daniel Dujshebaev (RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko 2017/18, RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko 2018/19 – DNP); Alex Dujshebaev (HC Vardar – Skopje 2013/14, HC Vardar 2016/17); Angel Fernandez (Naturhouse La Rioja 2013/14); Tomasz Gebala (Orlen Wisla Plock 2016/17); Sigvaldi Gudjonsson (Elverum Handball 2019/20); Igor Karacic (HC Bosna BH Gas 2010/11, HC Vardar – Skopje 2013/14, HC Vardar 2016/17); Krzysztof Lijewski (HSV Hamburg 2007/08, HSV Hamburg 2008/09); Nicolas Tournat (HBC Nantes 2018/19); Branko Vujovic (RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko 2017/18, RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko 2018/19); Andreas Wolff (THW Kiel 2016/17, THW Kiel 2017/18)

LAST 10 GAMES IN THE EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MEN

Lomza Vive Kielce: current run – won one 25.02.2021 Szeged HUN @ MOL-Pick Szeged HUN W 26:30 23.02.2021 Paris FRA @ Paris Saint-Germain Handball FRA L 37:26 18.02.2021 Kielce POL vs Elverum Handball NOR W 39:29 11.02.2021 Brest BLR @ HC Meshkov Brest BLR L 35:30 09.02.2021 Kielce POL vs FC Porto POR W 32:30 25.11.2020 Kielce POL vs HC Vardar 1961 MKD W36:29 19.11.2020 Skopje MKD @ HC Vardar 1961 MKD W 29:33 29.10.2020 Porto POR @ FC Porto POR D 32:32 22.10.2020 Kielce POL vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball FRA W 35:33 14.10.2020 Kielce POL vs HC Meshkov Brest BLR W 34:27

SG Flensburg-Handewitt: current run – unbeaten six 25.02.2021 Flensburg GER vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball FRA W 28:27 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 SG FLENSBURG-HANDEWITT PLAYERS’ CAREER STATISTICS AGAINST KIELCE Goalkeeper GP W D L G AVG HI PIM

Torbjoern Bergerud NOR 1 1 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Benjamin Buric BIH 1 1 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Jim Gottfridsson SWE 4 1 2 1 7 1,75 5 0 Simon Hald DEN 5 1 0 4 8 1,60 4 4’ Jacob Heinl GER 1 0 1 0 1 1,00 1 0 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 1 1 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Leon Kirschberger GER 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Mads Mensah DEN 8 4 1 3 30 3,75 6 (2) 2’ Lasse Møller DEN 1 1 0 0 3 3,00 3 0 Alexander Petersson ISL 10 6 0 4 40 4,00 7 8’ Ty Reed USA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Magnus Rød NOR 3 1 2 0 9 3,00 6 10’ Franz Semper GER 1 1 0 0 2 2,00 2 0 Gøran Johannessen NOR 1 1 0 0 4 4,00 4 0 Marius Steinhauser GER 7 3 3 1 10 1,43 0 0 Lasse Svan DEN 5 1 3 1 21 4,20 8 0 Hampus Wanne SWE 5 1 3 1 13 2,60 5 (2) 2’

Simon Hald (Aalborg Handball 2014/15, Aalborg Handbold 2017/18); Mads Mensah (Rhein-Neckar Löwen 2015/16, Rhein-Neckar Löwen 2016/17, Rhein-Neckar Löwen 2017/18, Rhein-Neckar Löwen 2018/19); Alexander Petersson (Füchse Berlin 2011/12, Rhein-Neckar Löwen 2013/14, Rhein-Neckar Löwen 2015/16, Rhein-Neckar Löwen 2016/17, Rhein-Neckar Löwen 2017/18, Rhein-Neckar Löwen 2018/19); Marius Steinhauser (Rhein-Neckar Löwen 2013/14 – DNP, Rhein-Neckar Löwen 2015/16, Rhein- Neckar Löwen 2016/17)

'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 awarded at all MOTWs in the EHF Champions League Men 2020/21 season. The trophy will be handed over on court shortly after the match. Awarded players in the 2020/21 season: Round 1: Sander Sagosen (THW Kiel) Round 2: Hampus Wanne (SG Flensburg-Handewitt) Round 3: Aron Palmarsson (Barça) Round 4: Nikola Mitrevski (FC Porto) Round 5: Sander Sagosen (THW Kiel) Round 6: Vladimir Cupara (Telekom Veszprém HC) Round 7: Kevin Møller (Barça) Round 8: Arkadiusz Moryto (Lomza Vive Kielce) Round 9: Gøran Johannessen (SG Flensburg-Handewitt) Round 10: Dominik Mathé (Elverum Handball) Round 11: Emil Nielsen (Aalborg Håndbold) Round 12: Ivan Cupic (HC Vardar 1961) Round 13: Benjamin Buric (SG Flensburg-Handewitt) Round 14: EHF Media & Communications EHF Marketing GmbH Hoffingergasse 18 Hoffingergasse 18 1120 Vienna, Austria 1120 Vienna, Austria +43 1 80 151 161 +43 1 80 151 211 www.eurohandball.com ehfcl.eurohandball.com [email protected] [email protected]