MEDIA INFORMATION EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MEN 2020/21 MOTW Round 6: THW Kiel vs Telekom Veszprém HC THW KIEL (GER) VS TELEKOM VESZPRÉM HC (HUN) GROUP B Wednesday 28 October 2020, 18:45 CEST ROUND 6 Playing hall Wunderino-Arena Europaplatz 1 24103 Kiel Germany Capacity: 10,285 • After four matches each in the EHF Champions League Men, Most games vs Telekom Veszprém HC: THW Kiel are on six points and Telekom Veszprém HC on eight. Most games vs THW Kiel: Niclas Ekberg 15 • Veszprém have scored at least 37 goals in each of their last Mirsad Terzic 15 Marko Vujin 13 three CL matches, and they are one of only two teams - alongside Mirko Alilovic 13 Patrick Wiencek 12 Barça - who are still undefeated in the CL this season. Peter Gulyas 13 Christian Sprenger 11 • Both Kiel and Veszprém have already won two matches with Timuzsin Schuch 13 Rene Toft Hansen 11 a double-digit margin this CL season. Cristian Ugalde 13 • The head-to-head stats after 20 duels are fully balanced: Both teams won 10 times and no match ended in a draw. Most goals vs Telekom Veszprém HC: Most goals vs THW Kiel: Marko Vujin 54 • Kiel lost at home only once to Veszprém, in 2016/17 (27:25). Laszlo Nagy 60 Niclas Ekberg 42 • Veszprém are in their 26th CL season, Kiel in their 23rd. Momir Ilic 48 Gudjon Valur Sigurdsson 26 Renato Sulic 30 Filip Jicha 24 • Veszprém are second in the all-time CL standings (202 wins, Cristian Ugalde 27 14 draws, 80 defeats), just ahead of Kiel (196, 20, 78). Aron Palmarsson 21 Gasper Marguc 26 Patrick Wiencek 21 • Kiel vs Veszprém was a semi-final at the EHF FINAL4 for three years in a row: In 2014, Kiel won before losing the final to Flensburg; in 2015 and 2016, Veszprém won but both times lost the final - against Barça and Kielce, respectively. • Both teams are part of the VELUX EHF FINAL4 2020 on 28/29 December in LANXESS arena in Cologne. Domestic league • Though Kiel played in seven CL finals and Veszprém in four, Domestic league they have never met in a CL final. • Kiel are three-time CL winners (2007, 2010 and 2012), LIQUI MOLY Handball-Bundesliga Veszprém still wait for their first title. K&H liga • Both coaches have met in three CL finals: in 2008 and 2009, David Davis (Veszprém) was the winner with Ciudad Real; in Last 3 games: 2012, Filip Jicha (Kiel) won with Kiel against Atletico Madrid. Last 3 games: 24/10 @ Nordhorn-Lingen W29:35 • Two former Kiel players now wear the Veszprém jersey: Line 17/10 @ Gyöngyös W25:35 player Rogerio Moraes and left back Rasmus Lauge. 18/10 vs Flensburg W29:21 11/10 vs Balatonfüred W38:11 • Five more Veszprém players have played for German clubs 10/10 @ Wetzlar L31:22 in the past: Dejan Manaskov, Andreas Nilsson, Kent Tönnesen, 07/10 @ Cegléd W20:48 Petar Nenadic and Kentin Mahe. Next game: • MOTW features the goalkeepers of world and Olympic Next game: champions Denmark (Niklas Landin, Kiel) and EHF EURO 01/11 vs GWD Minden champions Spain (Rodrigo Corrales, Veszprém). 11/11 vs FTC • Kiel's Sander Sagosen and Veszprém's Rodrigo Corrales were teammates at Paris Saint-Germain HB last season. Standings as of 27/10: Standings as of 27/10: • No player of the current Kiel squad has won the CL with the 1. Löwen 5 138:119 8 club: Domagoj Duvnjak won with Hamburg (2013) and Steffen 1. Veszprém 8 304:161 16 Weinhold with Flensburg (2014). 2. Flensburg 5 144:128 8 2. Szeged 4 133:97 8 • However, coach Filip Jicha, his assistant Christian Sprenger 3. Kiel 5 156:142 8 (both in 2010 and 2012) and sports director Viktor Szilagyi 3. FTC 4 124:88 8 4. Leipzig 5 130:113 7 (2007) all won the CL with Kiel. 4. Gyöngyös 5 139:138 6 • The Veszprém squad contains three players who won the 5. BHC 5 141:130 7 CL with another club: Rodrigo Corrales (Barça), Rogerio Moraes 5. Tatabánya 4 103:99 5 ... (Vardar) and Andreas Nilsson (Hamburg). ... 16. Coburg 5 119:150 0 • Also, Veszprém stand-by players Arpad Sterbik (Ciudad Real 14. Dabas 3 69:79 0 and Vardar) and Laszlo Nagy (Barça) are multiple CL winners. PREVIOUS MATCHES IN EUROPEAN CLUB COMPETITIONS THW Kiel vs Telekom Veszprém HC 10-0-10 (562:555) 20:20 24.01.1996 THW Kiel vs Fotex Veszprém SE, EHF Champions League – Group A 28:25 (17:15) 13.02.1996 Fotex Veszprém SE vs THW Kiel, EHF Champions League – Group A 23:21 (11:9) 25.10.2002 THW Kiel vs Fotex KC Veszprém, Eur. Championship for Club Teams – Semi-final 23:31 (11:15) 24.02.2007 MKB Veszprém KC vs THW Kiel, EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 39:36 (19:20) 01.03.2007 THW Kiel vs MKB Veszprém KC, EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 39:32 (22:15) 18.10.2012 MKB Veszprém KC vs THW Kiel, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 31:30 (14:15) 17.02.2013 THW Kiel vs MKB Veszprém KC, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 32:21 (17:13) 21.04.2013 THW Kiel vs MKB Veszprém KC, VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 32:31 (15:16) 27.04.2013 MKB Veszprém KC vs THW Kiel, VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 28:29 (14:12) 31.05.2014 MKB-MVM Veszprém vs THW Kiel, VELUX EHF FINAL4 – Semi-final 26:29 (13:13) 30.05.2015 THW Kiel vs MKB-MVM Veszprém, VELUX EHF FINAL4 – Semi-final 27:31 (13:13) 17.10.2015 MVM Veszprém vs THW Kiel, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 29:27 (17:15) 06.12.2015 THW Kiel vs MVM Veszprém, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 25:24 (11:12) 28.05.2016 THW Kiel vs MVM Veszprém, VELUX EHF FINAL4 – Semi-final 28:31 (15:12, 25:25) 15.10.2016 Telekom Veszprém vs THW Kiel, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 21:19 (13:10) 15.02.2017 THW Kiel vs Telekom Veszprém, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 25:27 (15:15) 08.10.2017 Telekom Veszprém HC vs THW Kiel, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 26:24 (12:15) 07.02.2018 THW Kiel vs Telekom Veszprém HC, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 22:20 (14:9) 21.09.2019 Telekom Veszprém HC vs THW Kiel, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 31:37 (13:16) 12.02.2020 THW Kiel vs Telekom Veszprém HC, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 29:28 (15:15) DETAILS OF THE MOST RECENT DIRECT ENCOUNTER THW Kiel vs Telekom Veszprém HC 29:28 (15:15) 12.02.2020 (Kiel, GER) (VELUX EHF Champions League, group B) Referees: Dalibor Jurinovic/Marko Mrvica (Croatia). Suspensions: 2’ – 4’ (Duvnjak 2’ – Terzic 2’, Borozan 2’). Number of 7m: 4/4 – 1/1. Attendance: 10,285. Niklas Landin Arpad Sterbik Dario Quenstedt Vladimir Cupara --- -- Domagoj Duvnjak (2) (3) Dejan Manaskov Harald Reinkind (1) (4) Yahia Omar Magnus Landin (1) (2) Rogerio Moraes Steffen Weinhold (2) (1) Dragan Gajic -> Limoges Niclas Ekberg (8) (5) Andreas Nilsson Ole Rahmel -> Benfica (1) Gasper Marguc Rune Dahmke (1) (1) Rasmus Lauge Miha Zarabec (4) (2) Manuel Strlek Pavel Horak Mirsad Terzic -> Plock Nikola Bilyk Blaz Blagotinsek Hendrik Pekeler (7) (2) Petar Nenadic Lukas Nilsson -> Löwen (3) (2) Borut Mackovsek -> Szeged Mate Lekai (5) Vuko Borozan MOST GOALS IN ONE GAME FOR THW KIEL VS TELEKOM VESZPRÉM HC Holger Meinke 10 13.02.1996 Fotex Veszprém SE-THW Kiel 23:21 Nikola Karabatic 10 24.02.2007 MKB Veszprém KC-THW Kiel 39:36 Henrik Lundström 10 01.03.2007 THW Kiel-MKB Veszprém KC 39:32 Aron Palmarsson 9 30.05.2015 THW Kiel-MKB-MVM Veszprém 27:31 Gudjon Valur Sigurdsson 8 18.10.2012 MKB Veszprém KC-THW Kiel 31:30 Marko Vujin 8 21.04.2013 THW Kiel-MKB Veszprém KC 32:31 Marko Vujin 8 06.12.2015 THW Kiel-MVM Veszprém 25:24 Marko Vujin 8 28.05.2016 THW Kiel-MVM Veszprém 28:31 Steffen Weinhold 8 08.10.2017 Telekom Veszprém HC-THW Kiel 26:24 Harald Reinkind 8 21.09.2019 Telekom Veszprém HC-THW Kiel 31:37 Niclas Ekberg 8 12.02.2020 THW Kiel-Telekom Veszprém HC 29:28 MOST GOALS IN ONE GAME FOR TELEKOM VESZPRÉM HC VS THW KIEL Laszlo Nagy 11 21.04.2013 THW Kiel-MKB Veszprém KC 32:31 Laszlo Nagy 9 18.10.2012 MKB Veszprém KC-THW Kiel 31:30 Kiril Lazarov 8 25.10.2002 THW Kiel-Fotex KC Veszprém 23:31 Momir Ilic 8 30.05.2015 THW Kiel-MKB-MVM Veszprém 27:31 Momir Ilic 8 28.05.2016 THW Kiel-MVM Veszprém 28:31 LAST 10 GAMES IN THE EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MEN THW Kiel: current run – won two 21.10.2020 Aalborg DEN @ Aalborg Håndbold DEN W 23:31 01.10.2020 Celje SLO @ RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko SLO W 24:35 24.09.2020 Kiel GER vs HBC Nantes FRA L 27:35 17.09.2020 Zagreb CRO @ HC PPD Zagreb CRO W 21:31 29.02.2020 Kielce POL @ PGE VIVE Kielce POL L 32:30 22.02.2020 Brest BLR @ HC Meshkov Brest BLR L 33:30 12.02.2020 Kiel GER vs Telekom Veszprém HC HUN W 29:28 05.02.2020 Kiel GER vs HC Vardar MKD W 34:23 30.11.2019 Kiel GER vs Montpellier HB FRA W 33:32 20.11.2019 Kiel GER vs HC Motor Zaporozhye UKR D 32:32 Telekom Veszprém HC: current run – won six 14.10.2020 Veszprém HUN vs RK Celje Pivovarna Laško SLO W 39:24 30.09.2020 Zaporizhia UKR @ HC Motor UKR W 34:37 24.09.2020 Veszprém HUN vs HC PPD Zagreb CRO W 37:25 16.09.2020 Nantes FRA @ HBC Nantes FRA W 24:28 29.02.2020 Zaporizhia UKR @ HC Motor Zaporozhye UKR W 22:32 23.02.2020 Veszprém HUN vs Montpellier HB FRA W 24:23 12.02.2020 Kiel GER @ THW Kiel GER L 29:28 08.02.2020 Porto POR @ FC Porto Sofarma POR W 24:31 01.12.2019 Skopje MKD @ HC Vardar MKD W 29:38 23.11.2019 Veszprém HUN vs PGE VIVE Kielce POL W 28:24 THW KIEL VS HUNGARIAN CLUBS 16-0-14 Season Opponent Home Away Competition 1995/96 Fotex Veszprém SE 28:25 21:23 EHF Champions League – Group A 1997/98 Dunaferr Sportegyesület 26:21 23:24 EHF Cup – Last 16 2002/03 Fotex KC Veszprém 23:31 ECh for Club Teams – Semi-final 2006/07 MKB Veszprém KC 39:32 36:39 EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 2011/12 Pick Szeged 34:24 38:26 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group D 2012/13 MKB Veszprém KC 32:21 30:31 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2012/13 MKB Veszprém KC 32:31 29:28 VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 2013/14 MKB-MVM Veszprém 29:26