Media Information VELUX EHF Champions League Season 2015/16 Match of the Week - Round 6 Paris Saint-Germain Handball (FRA) vs MVM Veszprem (HUN) Halle George Carpentier, Paris Sunday 25 October, 17:00 hrs
ROUND 6 Match of the Week GROUP A Paris Saint-Germain Handball (FRA) vs MVM Veszprem (HUN) Sunday, 25 October 2015, 17:00 hrs Playing hall Halle George Carpentier 81 boulevard Massena 75013 Paris, France Capacity: 4,800 Most Games vs Veszprem: Luc Abalo 4 Patrice Annonay 4 Jakov Gojun 4 Robert Gunnarsson 4 Mikkel Hansen 4 Samuel Honrubia 4 Marko Kopljar 4 Fahrudin Melic 4 Jeffrey M Tima 4 Daniel Narcisse 4 Igor Vori 4 Most Goals vs Veszprem: Mikkel Hansen 36 Jeffrey M Tima 10 Luc Abalo 9 Daniel Narcisse 9 William Accambray 7 Marko Kopljar 7 Igor Vori 7 Domestic league French LNH Division 1 Last 4 games 22.10. vs Dunkerque W34:24 14.10. @ Aix W35:25 8.10. vs Chambery W35:27 30.9. @ Charters W32:20 Next game 29.10. vs Montpellier HB Standings 1. PSG 7 239:182 14 2. Cesson Rennes 7 188:181 11... 14. Chartres 7 170:214 0 Veszprem eliminated Paris twice in a row in the quarterfinals - in 2013/14 and 2014/15 both teams have bolstered their squads enormously in the last three years: Veszprem with Momir Ilic, Christian Zeitz, Aron Palmarsson, Gasper Marguc, PSG by Thierry Omeyer, Nikola & Luka Karabatic, Daniel Narcisse, Igor Vori or Mikkel Hansen Ilic, Zeitz, Palmarsson, Omeyer, Karabatic and Narcisse have all won the VELUX EHF Champions League as THW Kiel players both sides never won the CL trophy, although they are main contenders, Veszprem were finalists twice (2002, 2015), PSG never made it to Cologne or the previous semi-finals so far Veszprem will have to replace both right back players due to injuries: Laszlo Nagy (finger) and Christian Zeitz (shoulder) both sides have new coaches: Noka Serdarusic took over PSG after the demise of Phillippe Gardent, while Xavier Sabate is still officially the interim solution after Antonio Carlos Ortega left since the return to the CL, Paris have lost only three home matches: in 2013/14 against Barcelona (group phase) and Veszprem (quarter-final) and 2014/15 against Kiel (group phase) both sides have announced that making it to Cologne is their official goal for the international season three CL top scorers: Ilic (2014/15-114 goals, 2013/14-103 goals, Veszprem), Hansen (2011/12-98 goals for AG Kobenhavn), N. Karabatic (2006/07-89 goals for Kiel) four IHF World Players of the Year in PSG: N. Karabatic (2007, 2014), Omeyer (2008), Hansen (2011), Narcisse (2012) 13 players have won the CL at least once: eight of Veszprem (Ilic, Nagy, Nilsson, Palmarsson, Ch. Rodriguez, Ugalde, Zeitz) and five of PSG (Abalo, N. Karabatic, Narcisse, Omeyer, Vori) 13 nations are represented in the squads: France (PSG), Hungary (Veszprem), Iceland (both), Slovenia (both), Croatia (both), Serbia, Sweden, Spain, Bosnia Herzegovina, Germany (all only Veszprem), Denmark, Montenegro, Ukraine (all only PSG) seven PSG players played for WCh gold-winning France last January: Karabatic brothers, Narcisse, Omeyer, Honrubia, Accambray, Barachet. The only former world champions in Veszprem are Ugalde (Spain 2013) and Zeitz (Germany 2007) N. Karabatic was part of the FC Barcelona squad, which beat Veszprem in the 2015 final, he is one of two players (besides Barcelona line player Cedric Sorhaindo), who holds all four major titles currently: CL winner, Olympic, World and EURO champion the two line players Andreas Nilsson (Veszprem) and Igor Vori (PSG) have won the CL in 2013 as HSV Hamburg players Most Games vs PSG: Mirko Alilovic 4 Peter Gulyas 4 Momir Ilic 4 Gergö Ivancsik 4 Laszlo Nagy 4 Jose Maria Rodriguez Vaquero 4 Carlos Ruesga Pasarin 4 Istvan Timuzsin Schuch 4 Renato Sulic 4 Mirsad Terzic 4 Cristian Ugalde Garcia 4 Most Goals vs PSG: Momir Ilic 30 Laszlo Nagy 20 Renato Sulic 18 Gergö Ivancsik 8 Peter Gulyas 7 Chema Rodriguez 7 Domestic league SEHA Liga Last 3 games 4.10. @ Nexe W35:21 12.9. vs Vojvodina W37:28 1.9. vs Meshkov Brest W31:24 Next game 28.10. @ Borac Standings 1. PPD Zagreb 5 156:103 15... 5. Veszprem 3 110:66 9... 10. Borac 6 152:206 1 2
Historic encounters in the EC Paris Saint-Germain Handball vs MVM Veszprém 0-1-3 (104:117) 1:7 19.04.2014 PSG Handball vs MKB-MVM Veszprém, VELUX EHF Champions League Quarter-final 26:28 (14:12) 26.04.2014 MKB-MVM Veszprém vs PSG Handball, VELUX EHF Champions League Quarter-final 31:26 (12:12) 12.04.2015 Paris Saint-Germain Handball vs MKB-MVM Veszprém, VELUX EHF Champions League Quarter-final 24:24 (10:12) 19.04.2015 MKB-MVM Veszprém vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball, VELUX EHF Champions League Quarter-final 34:28 (16:12) Matchdetails of last match - 30.05.2015 (Cologne, Germany) MKB-MVM Veszprém vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball VELUX EHF Champions League Quarter-final, 2 nd leg Referees: Nenad Nikolic/Dusan Stojkovic (Serbia) Suspensions: 10 8 (Schuch 2, Nagy 2, Zeitz 2, Maguc 2, Sulic 2 Vori 2, Barachet 2, Gunnarsson 2, Narcisse 2 ) 7m: 1/1 5/5 Attendance: 5,019 Roland Mikler Mirko Alilovic - Peter Gulyas (3) Gergö Ivancsik Istvan Timuzsin Schuch Carlos Ruesga Pasarin (2) Momir Ilic (7) Andreas Nilsson (1) Laszlo Nagy (4) Christian Zeitz Cristian Ugalde Garcia (4) Gasper Marguc (3) Chema Rodriguez (4) Mirsad Terzic (1) Renato Sulic (5) Mate Lekai Patrice Annonay Thierry Omeyer - (1) Fahrudin Melic (2) William Accambray Igor Vori Zacharia N Diaye (1) Xavier Barachet Jakov Gojun (3) Robert Gunnarsson (1) Luc Abalo (15) Mikkel Hansen (1) Daniel Narcisse Samuel Honrubia (2) Marko Kopljar (2) Jeffrey M Tima (3) Mladen Bojinovic Most Goals Paris Saint-Germain Handball vs MVM Veszprem Individual Game: Mikkel Hansen 15 19.04.2015 MKB-MVM Veszprém-Paris Saint-Germain Handball 34:28 Mikkel Hansen 9 26.04.2014 MKB-MVM Veszprém-PSG Handball 31:26 Mikkel Hansen 8 12.04.2015 Paris Saint-Germain Handball-MKB-MVM Veszprém 24:24 Samuel Honrubia 6 26.04.2014 MKB-MVM Veszprém-PSG Handball 31:26 Jeffrey M Tima 5 19.04.2014 PSG Handball-MKB-MVM Veszprém 26:28 William Accambray 5 12.04.2015 Paris Saint-Germain Handball-MKB-MVM Veszprém 24:24 Most Goals MVM Veszprem vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball Individual Game: Laszlo Nagy 9 19.04.2014 PSG Handball-MKB-MVM Veszprém 26:28 Momir Ilic 8 26.04.2014 MKB-MVM Veszprém-PSG Handball 31:26 Renato Sulic 8 26.04.2014 MKB-MVM Veszprém-PSG Handball 31:26 Momir Ilic 8 12.04.2015 Paris Saint-Germain Handball-MKB-MVM Veszprém 24:24 Momir Ilic 7 19.04.2014 PSG Handball-MKB-MVM Veszprém 26:28 Momir Ilic 7 19.04.2015 MKB-MVM Veszprém-Paris Saint-Germain Handball 34:28 3
Paris Saint-Germain Handball vs Hungarian clubs Season Opponent Home Away Competition 2013/14 MKB-MVM Veszprém 26:28 26:31 VELUX EHF Champions League Quarter-final 2014/15 MKB-MVM Veszprém 24:24 28:34 VELUX EHF Champions League Quarter-final MVM Veszprem vs French clubs Season Opponent Home Away Competition 1992/93 Olympique Marseille Vitrolles 22:23 21:23 Cup Winners Cup - Final 1996/97 US d Ivry Handball 29:21 31:29 Cup Winners Cup Semi-final 1998/99 Montpellier HB 26:17 17:21 EHF Champions League Group A 2001/02 SO Chambery 29:13 28:26 EHF Champions League Group D 2005/06 Montpellier HB 27:22 21:23 EHF Champions League Quarter-final 2008/09 Montpellier HB 22:23 30:24 EHF Champions League Main Round Group 3 2009/10 Chambery Savoie HB 31:26 29:19 EHF Champions League Group B 2010/11 Montpellier Agglomeration HB 27:26 24:30 VELUX EHF Champions League Group B 2013/14 PSG Handball 31:26 28:26 VELUX EHF Champions League Quarter-final 2014/15 Montpellier Agglomeration HB 30:29 34:20 VELUX EHF Champions League Group C 2014/15 Paris Saint-Germain Handball 34:28 24:24 VELUX EHF Champions League Quarter-final 4
Last Ten Games in VELUX EHF Champions League: Paris Saint-Germain Handball: current run - won four 21.02.2015 Logroño ESP @ Naturhouse La Rioja ESP L 33:35 14.03.2015 Dunkerque FRA @ Dunkerque HB Grand Littoral FRA W 23:21 22.03.2015 Paris FRA vs Dunkerque HB Grand Littoral FRA W 23:22 12.04.2015 Paris FRA vs MKB-MVM Veszprém HUN D 24:24 19.04.2015 Veszprém HUN @ MKB-MVM Veszprém HUN L 28:34 19.09.2015 Flensburg GER @ SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER L 32:39 27.09.2015 Paris FRA vs Orlen Wisla Plock POL W 29:24 03.10.2015 İzmit TUR @ Besiktas Jimnastik Kulubu TUR W 40:30 11.10.2015 Paris FRA vs HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb CRO W 34:23 18.10.2015 Celje SLO @ RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko SLO W 32:30 MVM Veszprem: current run - won four 21.03.2015 Veszprém HUN vs Naturhouse La Rioja ESP W 37:31 12.04.2015 Paris FRA @ Paris Saint-Germain Handball FRA D 24:24 19.04.2015 Veszprém HUN vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball FRA W 34:28 30.05.2015 Köln GER vs THW Kiel GER W 31:27 31.05.2015 Köln GER vs FC Barcelona ESP L 23:28 19.09.2015 Płock POL @ Orlen Wisla Plock POL D 27:27 26.09.2015 Veszprém HUN vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER W 28:24 03.10.2015 Zagreb CRO @ HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb CRO W 21:20 11.10.2015 Veszprém HUN vs Besiktas Jimnastik Kulubu TUR W 33:25 17.10.2015 Veszprém HUN vs THW Kiel GER W 29:27 2015/16 VELUX EHF Champions League - MOTW #6 Media Information by EHF Media & Communications, 23/10/2015 Contributors: Björn Pazen, Roy Knoppert 5
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