Media Information VELUX EHF Champions League Season 2016/17 Round 13 THW Kiel vs FC Barcelona Lassa Sparkassen-Arena Sunday, 5 March, 19:45 hrs GROUP A Round 13 THW Kiel vs FC Barcelona Lassa Sunday, 05 March, 19:45 hrs Playing hall Sparkassen-Arena Europaplatz 1 24103 Kiel Germany Capacity: 10,049 • Both THW Kiel and FC Barcelona Lassa have eleven EHF Most Games vs THW Kiel: Most Games vs FC Barcelona Lassa: Champions League trophies between them: Kiel have won the competition three times (2006/07, 2009/10, 2011/12), while Laszlo Nagy 17 Marcus Ahlm 13 Barcelona have won eight times (1995/96, 1996/97, 1997/98, David Barrufet Bofill 13 Dominik Klein 13 1998/99, 1999/00, 2004/05, 2010/11, 2014/15). Jesper Brian Nöddesbo 13 Stefan Lövgren 12 • Barcelona top the all-time ranking of the EHF Champions Victor Tomas Gonzalez 13 Henrik Lundström 12 League with 193 wins, 17 draws and 46 defeats in 256 matches- Iker Romero Fernandez 12 Christian Zeitz 12 ahead of Kiel who have 252 total matches with 173 wins, 15 draws and 64 losses. • Both clubs are equal in terms of participation in the EHF Most Goals vs THW Kiel: Most Goals FC Barcelona Lassa: Champions League: Both take part in the competition for the 20th time, while they both have been quarter-finalists 17 times. While Laszlo Nagy 53 Filip Jicha 78 Barcelona made it to the semi-final 13 times, Kiel managed this 12 Iker Romero Fernandez 50 Marcus Ahlm 51 times. Juan Garcia Lorenzana 48 Dominik Klein 42 Jesper Brian Nöddesbo 41 Stefan Lövgren 42 • Both clubs top the VELUX EHF FINAL4 ranking of participation: Kiel made it to Cologne six of seven times, Barcelona did so five Demetrio Lozano Jarque 39 Henrik Lundström 30 times. • Funnily enough, despite both teams’ extensive participation in the competition, they have only faced each other twice in the EHF Champions League Final: In 2000, Barcelona won on aggregate, Domestic leagues while in 2010, Kiel became the first ever VELUX EHF FINAL4 winner Domestic league by beating Barcelona 36:34 in Cologne. Bundesliga ASOBAL • Last season, Barcelona topped their group to skip the Last 16- Last 4 games but they were eliminated by Kiel in the quarter-finals. Last 4 games 08.02. @ Flensburg L30:29 • Both sides are the record champions of their respective 28.02. vs Benidorm W38:28 19.02. vs Wetzlar W34:25 domestic league. Barcelona have won the Spanish Liga ASOBAL 23 22.02. @ Ciudad Encantada W27:23 times; Kiel have won the German Handball-Bundesliga 20 times. 22.02. vs Melsungen W30:28 Currently, Barcelona have won nearly 120 Asobal league matches in 18.02. vs Ciudad de Logroño W28:24 01.03. @ Magdeburg L27:26 a row. For Kiel on the other hand, last season was their first season 08.02. vs BM Guadalajara W32:21 without a trophy in 13 years. Next game: Next game • Jicha and Kiel’s Domagoj Duvnjak were awarded IHF World 08.03. vs Gummersbach Handball Player of the Year in 2010 and 2013, respectively. Duvnjak 11.03. vs BM Valladolid and his teammate Andreas Wolff are currently shortlisted for the 2016 voting. Standings Standings • Both coaches for Barcelona and Kiel are at the helm in their 1. Flensburg 22 681:518 41 respective clubs nearly for the same period: Alfred Gislason 1. Barcelona 20 651:492 40 2. Kiel 22 631:534 36 started at Kiel in the summer of 2008, while Xavi Pascual started in 2. Ademar Leon 19 538:456 33 Barcelona in February of 2009. Since then, both coaches have won 3. RNL 19 564:479 34 the VELUX EHF Champions League twice.. 3. Logroño 20 600:512 31 ... • Never before in any EHF Champions League Group Phase ... 18. Coburg 20 492:581 6 have Kiel lost three home matches like they have in the current 16. Benidorm 20 490:549 9 season. This season, they lost at home to Flensburg, Veszprem and Bjerringbro. 2 Historic encounters in the EC THW Kiel vs FC Barcelona Lassa 10-1-11 (662:653) 21:23 22.04.2000 THW Kiel vs FC Barcelona, EHF Champions League – Final 28:25 (15:14) 29.04.2000 FC Barcelona vs THW Kiel, EHF Champions League – Final 29:24 (15:12) 25.03.2001 THW Kiel vs FC Barcelona, EHF Champions League – Semi-final 28:24 (12:11) 31.03.2001 FC Barcelona vs THW Kiel, EHF Champions League – Semi-final 33:28 (14:11) 20.04.2002 THW Kiel vs FC Barcelona, EHF Cup – Final 36:29 (19:13) 28.04.2002 FC Barcelona vs THW Kiel, EHF Cup – Final 28:24 (14:8) 05.03.2005 THW Kiel vs FC Barcelona, EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 30:25 (13:14) 12.03.2005 FC Barcelona vs THW Kiel, EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 33:27 (17:14) 06.04.2008 THW Kiel vs FC Barcelona, EHF Champions League – Semi-final 41:31 (20:15) 13.04.2008 FC Barcelona vs THW Kiel, EHF Champions League – Semi-final 44:37 (19:20) 19.10.2008 FC Barcelona Borges vs THW Kiel, EHF Champions League – Group C 27:31 (15:15) 23.11.2008 THW Kiel vs FC Barcelona Borges, EHF Champions League – Group C 33:26 (16:11) 11.10.2009 FC Barcelona Borges vs THW Kiel, EHF Champions League – Group D 27:30 (17:20) 14.02.2010 THW Kiel vs FC Barcelona Borges, EHF Champions League – Group D 30:32 (15:17) 30.05.2010 FC Barcelona Borges vs THW Kiel GER, VELUX EHF Champions League FINAL4 – Final 34:36 (20:17) 03.10.2010 THW Kiel vs FC Barcelona Borges, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 28:28 (14:10) 05.12.2010 FC Barcelona Borges vs THW Kiel, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 32:29 (13:15) 24.04.2011 FC Barcelona Borges vs THW Kiel, VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 27:25 (14:15) 01.05.2011 THW Kiel vs FC Barcelona Borges, VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 33:36 (15:19) 24.04.2016 THW Kiel vs FC Barcelona Lassa, VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 29:24 (16:12) 30.04.2016 FC Barcelona Lassa vs THW Kiel, VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 33:30 (13:14) 01.10.2016 FC Barcelona Lassa vs THW Kiel, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 26:25 (10:13) Details of last match - 01.10.2016, Barcelona, Spain FC Barcelona Lassa vs THW Kiel (VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A) 26:25 (10:13) Referees: Nenad Krstic/Peter Ljubic (Slovenia). Suspensions: 4’ – 12’ (Andersson 2’, Morros de Argila 2’ – Toft Hansen 6’, Wiencek 2’, Zeitz 2’, Santos 2’). Disqualification: Toft Hansen. Number of 7m: 2/2 – 2/1. Attendance: 3,500 Moreno Perez de Vargas Niklas Landin Jacobsen Borko Ristovski Andreas Wolff Jesper Nöddesbo (7) Domagoj Duvnjak Victor Tomas (5) Rene Toft Hansen Wael Jallouz (2) Blazenko Lackovic Cedric Sorhaindo (3) Christian Sprenger L Kiril Lazarov (2) (1) Steffen Weinhold Aitor Arino Bengoechea (2) Patrick Wiencek Valero Rivera Folch (6) (3) Niclas Ekberg Timothey N’Guessan (1) Christian Zeitz Kamil Syprzak (2) Ilija Brozovic Dika Mem (2) (3) Marko Vujin Viran Morros de Argila (3) Nikola Bilyk Filip Jicha (1) (2) Lukas Nilsson Raul Entrerrios Rodriguez (1) (3) Raul Santos Lasse Bredekjaer Andersson (2) 3 Most Goals in one game THW Kiel vs FC Barcelona Lassa: Nenad Perunicic 11 22.04.2000 THW Kiel-FC Barcelona 28:25 Filip Jicha 11 30.05.2010 FC Barcelona Borges-THW Kiel 34:36 Nikola Karabatic 10 13.04.2008 FC Barcelona-THW Kiel 44:37 Filip Jicha 10 14.02.2010 THW Kiel-FC Barcelona Borges 30:32 Nenad Perunicic 9 31.03.2001 FC Barcelona-THW Kiel 33:28 Johan Pettersson 9 20.04.2002 THW Kiel-FC Barcelona 36:29 Filip Jicha 9 06.04.2008 THW Kiel-FC Barcelona 41:31 Dominik Klein 9 24.04.2016 THW Kiel-FC Barcelona Lassa 29:24 Most Goals in one game FC Barcelona Lassa vs THW Kiel: Juan Garcia Lorenzana 13 30.05.2010 FC Barcelona Borges-THW Kiel 34:36 Demetrio Lozano 10 31.03.2001 FC Barcelona-THW Kiel 33:28 Iker Romero Fernandez 10 13.04.2008 FC Barcelona-THW Kiel 44:37 Dragan Skrbić 9 05.03.2005 THW Kiel-FC Barcelona 30:25 Demetrio Lozano Jarque 9 06.04.2008 THW Kiel-FC Barcelona 41:31 Iker Romero Fernandez 9 06.04.2008 THW Kiel-FC Barcelona 41:31 Demetrio Lozano Jarque 9 13.04.2008 FC Barcelona-THW Kiel 44:37 Juan Garcia Lorenzana 9 23.11.2008 THW Kiel-FC Barcelona Borges 33:26 Last Ten Games in VELUX EHF Champions League: THW Kiel: current run – lost two 09.10.2016 Silkeborg DEN @ Bjerringbro-Silkeborg DEN W 25:28 15.10.2016 Veszprém HUN @ Telekom Veszprém HUN L 21:19 22.10.2016 Kiel GER vs Kadetten Schaffhausen SUI W 32:29 09.11.2016 Płock POL @ Orlen Wisla Plock POL L 24:22 20.11.2016 Kiel GER vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER L 22:30 23.11.2016 Flensburg GER @ SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER W 25:26 03.12.2016 Kiel GER vs Orlen Wisla Plock POL D 24:24 11.02.2017 Schaffhausen SUI @ Kadetten Schaffhausen SUI W 25:30 15.02.2017 Kiel GER vs Telekom Veszprém HUN L 25:27 25.02.2017 Kiel GER vs Bjerringbro-Silkeborg DEN L 21:24 FC Barcelona Lassa: current run – won six 05.10.2016 Flensburg GER @ SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER W 27:28 12.10.2016 Barcelona ESP vs Kadetten Schaffhausen SUI W 38:25 22.10.2016 Barcelona ESP vs Telekom Veszprém HUN W 26:23 12.11.2016 Paris FRA @ Paris Saint-Germain Handball FRA L 33:26 20.11.2016 Silkeborg DEN @ Bjerringbro-Silkeborg DEN W 23:27 27.11.2016 Barcelona ESP vs Bjerringbro-Silkeborg DEN W 34:19 03.12.2016 Barcelona ESP vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball FRA W 35:32 11.02.2017 Veszprém HUN @ Telekom Veszprém HUN W 22:25 16.02.2017 Schaffhausen SUI @ Kadetten Schaffhausen SUI W 24:31 26.02.2017 Barcelona ESP vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER W 26:23 4 THW Kiel vs Spanish clubs 32-2-26 Season Opponent Home Away Competition 1989/90 Cajamadrid 25:24 20:25 IHF Cup – Quarter-final ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994/95 Elgorriaga Bidasoa 23:21 18:25 EHF Champions League – Group B 1995/96 Elgorriaga Bidasoa 24:22 27:30 EHF Champions League – Group A 1996/97 Caja Cantabria Santander 24:19 23:26 EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 1998/99 Portland San Antonio 21:24 27:26 EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 1999/00 Prosesa Ademar Leon 39:24 25:29 EHF Champions League – Group A 1999/00 FC Barcelona 28:25 24:29 EHF Champions League – Final 2000/01 FC Barcelona 28:24 28:33 EHF Champions League – Semi-final 2000/01 Portland San Antonio 28:29ª7m ECh for Club Teams – Semi-final 2001/02 FC Barcelona 36:29 24:28 EHF Cup – Final 2001/02 ADC Ciudad Real 20:32 ECh for Club Teams – Place 3/4 2003/04 BM.