MEDIA INFORMATION EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MEN 2020/21 MOTW Quarter-finals, Leg 2: Paris Saint-Germain HB vs THW Kiel PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN HB (FRA) VS THW KIEL (GER) QUARTER-FINALS Wednesday 19 May 2021, 18:45 CEST LEG 2 Playing hall Stade Pierre de Coubertin 82, Av. Georges Lafond 75016 Paris France Capacity: 5,400 • THW Kiel beat Paris Saint-Germain HB 31:29 in the Most games vs THW Kiel: first leg, also thanks to 10 goals from Harald Reinkind. Most games vs Paris Saint-Germain HB: Mikkel Hansen 10 Niclas Ekberg 10 • Kiel star and former PSG player Sander Sagosen Daniel Narcisse 9 Marko Vujin 9 missed the first leg due to illness. Luka Karabatic 8 Rune Dahmke 8 Thierry Omeyer 8 • Kiel line player Patrick Wiencek is out for at least five Domagoj Duvnjak 8 Luc Abalo 7 weeks after fracturing the fubula head in the first leg. Niklas Landin Jacobsen 8 Patrice Annonay 7 • PSG reached the quarter-final with two wins over RK Nikola Karabatic 7 Celje Pivovarna Laško (37:24, 31:23) in the play-offs, while Most goals vs Paris Saint-Germain HB: Benoit Kounkoud 7 Kiel beat MOL-Pick Szeged twice with the exact same Marko Vujin 50 Henrik Møllgaard 7 result (33:28 home and away). Domagoj Duvnjak 32 Joan Cañellas 24 Most goals vs THW Kiel: • PSG are currently on 100 wins in CL history. Christian Zeitz 22 Mikkel Hansen 59 • Both teams played at the VELUX EHF FINAL4 2020, Niclas Ekberg 19 Nikola Karabatic 25 with Kiel taking the trophy and PSG finishing third. Daniel Narcisse 23 Uwe Gensheimer 22 • The final of the EHF FINAL4 2020 against Barça Nedim Remili 17 (33:28) marked Kiel's 300th win in the club's CL history. • The two teams faced in the 3/4 placement match of the EHF FINAL4 2016, with PSG winning 29:27. • Kiel lead the head-to-stats against PSG, with eight wins, one draw, and five defeats. Domestic league • However, their penultimate match in Paris, in March Domestic league 2017, marked Kiel's biggest defeat in CL history (42:24) and PSG's biggest win in the competition. Lidl Starligue • PSG's biggest ever CL defeat was also against Kiel: LIQUI MOLY Handball-Bundesliga 44:28 in December 2005. Last 3 games: • Former PSG and Kiel goalkeeper Thierry Omeyer is Last 3 games: now the general manager of PSG; with Omeyer, Kiel won 07/05 @ Limoges W28:41 three of their four CL trophies - in 2007, 2010 and 2012. 15/05 vs HBW W38:34 05/05 vs Nantes L24:25 • Currently injured PSG star Nikola Karabatic played for 09/05 @ Füchse Berlin W26:28 20/04 @ Toulouse W28:40 Kiel for four seasons (2005-09). 05/05 @ Erlangen W25:31 Next game: • PSG have not won a European cup so far; they came Next game: closest in the CL final against Vardar in 2017. 23/05 @ Pays d'Aix UC 22/05 vs MT Melsungen • Both teams boast Danish players who became world champions last January: PSG have Mikkel Hansen, Kiel Standings as of 18/05: have brothers Niklas and Magnus Landin. Standings as of 18/05: 1. PSG Handball 24 832:618 46 • Kiel coach Filip Jicha is the only person in handball to 1. THW Kiel 28 897:740 51 win the EHF FINAL4 both as a player (2010, 2012) and as 2. Montpellier HB 25 786:677 43 a coach (2020) - each time with Kiel. 2. Flensburg 28 855:733 51 3. HBC Nantes 25 754:643 39 • Kiel can reach their 13th CL semi-final, PSG their fifth. 3. RN Löwen 31 921:842 42 4. Pays d'Aix UC 23 644:606 30 4. SC Magdeburg 29 874:765 40 • PSG lost one CL match at home this season - 29:28 5. USAM Nimes 24 696:654 30 against another German team, SG Flensburg-Handewitt. 5. Göppingen 29 812:789 37 ... • Kiel won all but three of their away matches this CL ... season: they drew with HBC Nantes (24:24) and lost to 16. Tremblay 24 611699 7 20. HSC Coburg 28 704:851 8 both Barça (29:25) and Telekom Veszprém HC (41:33). PREVIOUS MATCHES IN EUROPEAN CLUB COMPETITIONS Paris Saint-Germain Handball vs THW Kiel 5-1-8 (408:415) 11:17 14.12.2003 THW Kiel vs Paris Handball, EHF Cup – Last 16 34:27 (19:12) 21.12.2003 Paris Handball vs THW Kiel, EHF Cup – Last 16 30:32 (14:19) 04.12.2005 Paris Handball vs THW Kiel, EHF Champions League – Last 16 21:28 (11:13) 10.12.2005 THW Kiel vs Paris Handball, EHF Champions League – Last 16 44:28 (22:12) 16.11.2014 Paris Saint-Germain Handball vs THW Kiel, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 25:27 (13:12) 22.11.2014 THW Kiel vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 33:29 (14:15) 12.11.2015 THW Kiel vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 26:30 (10:16) 21.11.2015 Paris Saint-Germain Handball vs THW Kiel, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 37:30 (18:12) 29.05.2016 Paris Saint-Germain Handball vs THW Kiel, VELUX EHF Champions League FINAL4 – Place 3/4 29:27 (15:11) 25.09.2016 THW Kiel vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 28:27 (15:15) 12.03.2017 Paris Saint-Germain Handball vs THW Kiel, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 42:24 (22:10) 17.09.2017 THW Kiel vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 22:25 (10:12) 04.03.2018 Paris Saint-Germain Handball vs THW Kiel, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 29:29 (16:11) 12.05.2021 THW Kiel vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball, EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 31:29 (14:15) DETAILS OF THE MOST RECENT DIRECT ENCOUNTER THW Kiel vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball 31:29 (14:15) 12.05.2021 (Kiel, GER) (EHF Champions League Men, quarter-final) Referees: Matija Gubica/Boris Milosevic (Croatia). Suspensions: 8’ – 10’ (Weinhold 2’, Horak 2’, Pekeler 4’ – Steins 2’, Kristopans 2’, Remili 4’, Karabatic 2’). Number of 7m: 3/3 – 5/5. Attendance: - Niklas Landin (1) Vincent Gerard Dario Quenstedt Yann Genty -- -- Sven Ehrig (4) Luc Steins (4) Domagoj Duvnjak (4) Adama Keita Harald Reinkind (10) (2) Dainis Kristopans (2) Magnus Landin (2) (2) Benoit Kounkoud (2) Oskar Sunnefeldt Ferran Sole Sala Steffen Weinhold Henrik Toft Hansen Patrick Wiencek (2) (5) Nedim Remili (5) Niclas Ekberg (5) Mathieu Grebille Leon Maximilian Ciudad Benitez (1) Kamil Syprzak (1) Rune Dahmke (1) Luka Karabatic (1) Miha Zarabec (3) Viran Morros de Argila Malte Voigt (6) Mikkel Hansen (6) Pavel Horak Elohim Prandi Hendrik Pekeler (4) (8) Dylan Nahi (8) PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN HANDBALL VS GERMAN CLUBS 14-1-15 Season Opponent Home Away Competition 2013/14 2003/04 THW Kiel 30:32 27:34 EHF Cup – Last 16 2004/05 SC Magdeburg 25:30 23:36 EHF Cup – Round 3 2005/06 SG Flensburg Handewitt 33:31 24:37 EHF Champions League – Group H 2005/06 THW Kiel 21:28 28:44 EHF Champions League – Last 16 2014/15 THW Kiel 25:27 29:33 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2015/16 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 35:32 32:39 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2015/16 THW Kiel 37:30 30:26 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2015/16 THW Kiel 29:27 VELUX EHF FINAL4 – Place 3/4 2016/17 THW Kiel 42:24 27:28 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2016/17 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 27:22 34:33 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2017/18 THW Kiel 29:29 25:22 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2017/18 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 29:21 29:33 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2018/19 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 29:28 27:20 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2019/20 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 32:30 30:29 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2020/21 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 28:29 27:28 EHF Champions League – Group A 2020/21 THW Kiel 29:31 EHF Champions League – Quarter-final THW KIEL VS FRENCH CLUBS 26-2-8 Season Opponent Home Away Competition 1994/95 OM Vitrolles 26:19 19:23 EHF Champions League – Group B 1999/00 Montpellier HB 24:18 23:19 EHF Champions League – Group A 2003/04 Paris Handball 34:27 32:30 EHF Cup – Last 16 2004/05 US Creteil Handball 33:27 31:29 EHF Champions League – Group F 2005/06 Paris Handball 44:28 28:21 EHF Champions League – Last 16 2006/07 Chambery Savoie HB 37:27 39:33 EHF Champions League – Last 16 2007/08 Montpellier HB 32:24 34:32 EHF Champions League – Group B 2007/08 US Ivry handball 36:30 39:25 EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 1 2010/11 Chambery Savoie HB 35:23 28:26 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2011/12 Montpellier Agglomeration HB 23:24 34:31 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group D 2013/14 Dunkerque HB Grand Littoral 28:25 29:21 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2014/15 Paris Saint-Germain Handball 33:29 27:25 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2015/16 Paris Saint-Germain Handball 26:30 30:37 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2015/16 Paris Saint-Germain Handball 27:29 VELUX EHF FINAL4 – Place 3/4 2016/17 Paris Saint-Germain Handball 28:27 24:42 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2017/18 Paris Saint-Germain Handball 22:25 29:29 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2019/20 Montpellier HB 33:32 33:30 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2020/21 HBC Nantes 27:35 24:24 EHF Champions League – Group B 2020/21 Paris Saint-Germain Handball 31:29 EHF Champions League – Quarter-final MOST GOALS IN ONE GAME FOR PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN HANDBALL VS THW KIEL Zoran Lubej 10 14.12.2003 THW Kiel-Paris Handball 34:27 Mikkel Hansen 10 29.05.2016 Paris Saint-Germain Handball-THW Kiel 29:27 Uwe Gensheimer 10 25.09.2016 THW Kiel-Paris Saint-Germain Handball 28:27 Ivan Simonovic 9 21.12.2003 Paris Handball-THW Kiel 30:32 Mikkel Hansen 8 16.11.2014 Paris Saint-Germain Handball-THW Kiel 25:27 Mikkel Hansen 8 22.11.2014 THW Kiel-Paris Saint-Germain Handball 33:29 Nikola Karabatic 8 21.11.2015 Paris Saint-Germain Handball-THW Kiel 37:30 Dylan Nahi 8 12.05.2021 THW Kiel-Paris Saint-Germain Handball 31:29 MOST GOALS IN ONE GAME FOR THW KIEL VS PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN HANDBALL Marko Vujin 11 04.03.2018 Paris Saint-Germain Handball-THW Kiel 29:29 Harald Reinkind 10 12.05.2021 THW Kiel-Paris