Media Information VELUX EHF Champions League Season 2017/18 Last 16, Leg 2 Telekom Veszprém HC (HUN) vs Skjern Håndbold (DEN) Veszprém Arena (Veszprém, HUN) Saturday 31 March, 17:30 hrs Leg 1: Skjern Håndbold 32:25 Telekom Veszprém HC Telekom Veszprém HC (HUN) vs Skjern Håndbold (DEN) Saturday 31 March 2018, 17:30 hrs Leg 2 L AST 16 Playing hall Veszprém Arena Külso Kadartai ut 8200 Veszprém Hungary Capacity: 5,020 • The 32:25 against Skjern was Veszprém’s first defeat in a CL knockout match prior to the VELUX EHF FINAL4 (Last 16 and quarter-finals) since the 34:33 against Plock in the Last 16 in 2013/14. Since then, they had 13 wins and two draws. Most Games vs Skjern: Most Games vs Veszprém: Daniel Buday 2 • The last time Veszprém were eliminated prior to the Mikkel Holm Aagaard 2 Istvan Csoknyai 2 FINAL4 was in 2012/13 following two defeats against Kiel in the Henrik Bjerg 2 Ivo Luis Diaz 2 quarter-finals, also the last time they lost a CL knockout match. Jonas Degnbol 2 Mirza Dzomba 2 Kristian Gjessing 2 • The last time Veszprém lost a knockout match by seven Claus Baltzer Hansen 2 Nandor Fazekas 2 goals was in the Last 16 of 2011/12 against Barcelona (28:21), Brian Ostergaard Jensen 2 Gyula Gal 2 also the last time Veszprém missed the quarter-finals. Slavko Goluza 2 Jesper Jensen 2 Peter Gulyas 2 • Veszprém can become the first team with five straight Michael Knudsen Vestergaard 2 Gergö Ivancsik 2 FINAL4 participations. Thomas Elkjaer Larsen 2 Kiril Lazarov 2 • The away match against Veszprém is Skjern’s eighth CL Lars Moller Madsen 2 Ratko Nikolic 2 knockout match - including four Group C/D play-off matches in John Myrup 2 Istvan Pasztor 2 2016/17 and 2017/18. Henrik Lykke Sloth 2 Arpad Sterbik 2 József Tóth 2 • Vezsprém play their 88th CL knockout match since 1993. Most Goals vs Veszprém: They play their 23rd CL season; Skjern their fourth. Michael Knudsen Vestergaard 15 Most Goals vs Skjern: • Both Group C/D play-off winners (Skjern and Montpellier) Kristian Gjessing 13 Mirza Dzomba 15 have won their Last 16 home match in leg 1 and can hope for Jesper Jensen 6 Kiril Lazarov 15 the first ever appearance of both clubs in the quarter-finals. Lars Moller Madsen 6 Slavko Goluza 6 Markus Olsson 6 • Skjern team captain Bjarte Myrhol played one season Gasper Marguc 6 Rene Toft Brølling Rasmussen 6 (2005/06) for Veszprém. Later he was teammate of current Veszprém coach Ljubomir Vranjes at HSG Nordhorn. Domestic league • Until last season, Vranjes and Skjern’s only CL winner, Domestic league Anders Eggert, were at SG Flensburg-Handewitt. NB I 888ligaen • Eggert and Myrhol (with Rhein-Neckar Löwen) are the only Last 4 games: current Skjern players with FINAL4 experience. Last 4 games: 28/03 @ Midtjylland W21:27 18/03 @ Komloi W24:32 • Vezsprém have not yet won the CL but four of their players 14/03 vs Balatonfuredi W40:26 have - with another club: László Nagy, Cristian Ugalde (both 21/03 vs Tonder W26:22 Barcelona), Momir Ilic (Kiel) and Andreas Nilsson (Hamburg). 10/03 vs Szeged L31:32 16/03 @ Sonderjyske L24:21 • The last team from Denmark to reach the CL Quarter-finals 10/03 vs Kolding W25:24 06/03 @ Cegledi W23:29 are AG Köbenhavn in 2011/12. That season they became the Next game: only Danish team so far at the FINAL4. Next game: 10/04 vs Budakalasz • In their only previous Last 16 appearance (2003/04), Skjern 11/04 @ Arhus won the first leg at home against SC Magdeburg by five goals, but lost the second leg in Germany by 10 goals. Standings as of 30/03: Standings as of 30/03: • The best striker of each side is in the top 5 of the CL top 1. Veszprém 23 809:499 44 scorers list: Markus Olsson (Skjern/77 goals, second ranked) 1. Skjern 26 739:674 43 and Mate Lekai (Veszprém/74, fourth). 2. Szeged 23 760:556 40 2. GOG 26 759:632 42 • With an average of 32.4 goals per match, Skjern have the 3. Tatabanya 23 633:537 39 3. Bjerringbro 26 789:668 40 best attack of all CL participants while Veszprém have so far 4. Balatonfur. 22 594:542 34 scored only 28.8 goals per match. 4. Aalborg 26 711:656 32 … • Skjern lost three away matches in the current season but … never by more than two goals. 14. Oroshazi 23 536:654 6 14. Tonder 26 571:680 12 • The aggregate winners of this Last 16 pairing face Nantes or Meshkov Brest in the quarter-finals. 2 Historic encounters in the EC Telekom Veszprém HC vs Skjern Håndbold 2-0-1 (84:84) 4:2 08.11.2003 Skjern Handball vs Fotex KC Veszprém, EHF Champions League – Group G 23:26 (15:11) 29.11.2003 Fotex KC Veszprém vs Skjern Handball, EHF Champions League – Group G 33:29 (15:14) 25.03.2018 Skjern Håndbold vs Telekom Veszprém HC, VELUX EHF Champions League – Last 16 32:25 (17:13) Details of the last Telekom Veszprém HC vs Skjern Håndbold match: 25.03.2018 (Skjern, DEN) (VELUX EHF Champions League, Last 16, Leg 1) 32:25 (17:13) Referees: Andrei Gousko/Siarhei Repkin (Belarus). Suspensions: 2’ – 2’ (Myrhol 2’ – Tönnesen 2’). Number of 7m: 4/4 – 3/3. Attendance: 3,200. Emil Nielsen Roland Mikler Tibor Ivanisevic Mirko Alilovic -- -- Markus Olsson (6) (3) Dejan Manaskov Tandri Már Konradsson (2) Momir Ilic Anders Eggert Magnussen (4) (5) Kent Robin Tönnesen Christoffer Cichosz Mikkelsen (1) (1) Dragan Gajic Jesper Konradsson (4) (1) Andreas Nilsson Jonathan Stenbäcken Cristian Ugalde Garcia Bjarte Hakon Myrhol (5) (6) Gasper Marguc Bjarke Fredsted Christensen (4) (1) Gabor Ancsin Rene Toft Brølling Rasmussen (6) Mirsad Terzic Kasper Søndergaard Sarup (2) Blaz Blagotinsek Cornelius Kragh Aastrup Renato Sulic Eivind Tangen (4) Petar Nenadic (2) Mate Lekai Patrik Ligetvari 3 Most Goals in one game Telekom Veszprém HC vs Skjern Håndbold: Mirza Dzomba 10 29.11.2003 Fotex KC Veszprém-Skjern Handball 33:29 Kiril Lazarov 9 29.11.2003 Fotex KC Veszprém-Skjern Handball 33:29 Slavko Goluza 6 08.11.2003 Skjern Handball-Fotex KC Veszprém 23:26 Kiril Lazarov 6 08.11.2003 Skjern Handball-Fotex KC Veszprém 23:26 Gasper Marguc 6 25.03.2018 Skjern Håndbold-Telekom Veszprém HC 32:25 Most Goals in one game Skjern Håndbold vs Telekom Veszprém HC: Kristian Gjessing 9 08.11.2003 Skjern Handball-Fotex KC Veszprém 23:26 Michael Knudsen Vestergaard 9 29.11.2003 Fotex KC Veszprém-Skjern Handball 33:29 Michael Knudsen Vestergaard 6 08.11.2003 Skjern Handball-Fotex KC Veszprém 23:26 Markus Olsson 6 25.03.2018 Skjern Håndbold-Telekom Veszprém HC 32:25 Rene Toft Brølling Rasmussen 6 25.03.2018 Skjern Håndbold-Telekom Veszprém HC 32:25 Last Ten Games in VELUX EHF Champions League: Telekom Veszprém HC: current run – lost one 04.11.2017 Veszprém HUN vs Aalborg Håndbold DEN W 30:24 12.11.2017 Paris FRA @ Paris Saint-Germain Handball FRA L 33:28 18.11.2017 Veszprém HUN vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball FRA L 24:29 26.11.2017 Aalborg DEN @ Aalborg Håndbold DEN L 29:26 02.12.2017 Veszprém HUN vs PGE Vive Kielce POL W 31:26 07.02.2018 Kiel GER @ THW Kiel GER L 22:20 17.02.2018 Veszprém HUN vs HC Meshkov Brest BLR W 34:22 25.02.2018 Flensburg GER @ SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER D 31:31 03.03.2018 Veszprém HUN vs RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko SLO W 29:22 25.03.2018 Skjern DEN @ Skjern Håndbold DEN L 32:25 Skjern Håndbold: current run – won two 08.10.2017 Skjern DEN vs Abanca Ademar León ESP W 33:25 12.10.2017 Schaffhausen SUI @ Kadetten Schaffhausen SUI L 25:24 05.11.2017 Skjern DEN vs Kadetten Schaffhausen SUI W 32:22 09.11.2017 București ROU @ Dinamo Bucuresti ROU W 23:36 19.11.2017 Skjern DEN vs Elverum Handball NOR W 35:25 25.11.2017 León ESP @ Abanca Ademar León ESP W 26:31 03.12.2017 Herning DEN vs Rk Gorenje Velenje SLO W 35:20 24.02.2018 Kharkiv UKR @ HC Motor Zaporozhye UKR L 32:30 04.03.2018 Skjern DEN vs HC Motor Zaporozhye UKR W 33:26 25.03.2018 Skjern DEN vs Telekom Veszprém HC HUN W 32:25 4 Telekom Veszprém HC vs Danish clubs 22-0-5 Season Opponent Home Away Competition 1989/90 Virum Sorgenfri 29:20 20:23 Cup Winners’ Cup – Last 16 1991/92 GOG Gudme 26:21 24:19 Cup Winners’ Cup – Semi-final 1992/93 Kolding IF 30:27 28:20 Cup Winners’ Cup – Last 16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994/95 Kolding IF 25:20 26:25 EHF Champions League – Group A 2002/03 Kolding IF 36:26 27:31 EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 2003/04 Skjern Handball 33:29 26:23 EHF Champions League – Group G 2005/06 Arhus GF 30:21 31:28 EHF Champions League – Last 16 2006/07 KIF Kolding Elite A/S 32:22 28:31 EHF Champions League – Last 16 2007/08 KIF Kolding Elite A/S 31:27 31:29 Cup Winners’ Cup – Quarter-final 2010/11 KIF Kolding 31:28 34:29 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2011/12 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 32:25 25:19 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2016/17 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 30:29 29:24 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2017/18 Aalborg Håndbold 30:24 26:29 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2017/18 Skjern Håndbold 25:32 VELUX EHF Champions League – Last 16 Skjern Håndbold vs Hungarian clubs 3-0-2 Season Opponent Home Away Competition 2003/04 Fotex KC Veszprém 23:26 29:33 EHF Champions League – Group G 2014/15 Oroshazi FKSE-Linamar 40:20 32:25 EHF Cup – Qualification Round 3 2017/18 Telekom Veszprém HC 32:25 VELUX EHF Champions League – Last 16 5 Skjern Håndbold players’ career statistics against Telekom Veszprém HC Goalkeeper GP W D L G AVG HI PIM Tibor Ivanisevic SRB 1 1 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Emil Nielsen DEN 1 1 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Niklas Simonsen FAR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Sebastian Skov Uhrenholt DEN 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Player GP W D L G AVG HI PIM Cornelius Kragh Aastrup DEN 1 1 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Jeppe Haahr Anneberg DEN 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Bjarke Fredsted