Media Information VELUX EHF Champions League Season 2016/17 Round 8 KS Vive Tauron Kielce (POL) vs HC PPD Zagreb (CRO) Hala M. O. S. I. R. Legionow, Kielce Sunday, 27 November, 18:00 hrs
GROUP B Round 8 Vive Tauron Kielce (POL) vs HC PPD Zagreb (CRO) Most Games vs Zagreb: Julen Aguinagalde Akizu 1 Karol Bielecki 1 Dean Bombac 1 Darko Djukic 1 Filip Ivic 1 Mateusz Jachlewski 1 Mariusz Jurkiewicz 1 Mateusz Kus 1 Krzysztof Lijewski 1 Pawel Paczkowski 1 Tobias Reichmann 1 Manuel Strlek 1 Slawomir Szmal 1 Uros Zorman 1 Most Goals vs Zagreb: Krzysztof Lijewski 5 Dean Bombac 4 Julen Aguinagalde Akizu 3 Darko Djukic 3 Manuel Strlek 3 Domestic leagues Polish Superliga Last 4 games 23.11. vs Azoty-Pulawy W39:38ET 18.11. @ Kwidzyn W27:32 08.11. vs Legionowo W32:26 26.10. @ Chrobry Glogow W24:39 Next game: 29.11. vs Wybrzeze Gdansk Standings - Group A 1. Kielce 12 398:297 30 2. Kwidzyn 11 302:279 22... 7. Elblag 11 228:280 3 Standings - Group B 1. Plock 11 375:245 28 * 3 points for a win vs own group rivals, 2 points for a win vs other group rivals Sunday, 27 November 2016, 18:00 hrs Playing hall Hala M.O.S.I.R Legionów ul. Boczna 15A 25-093 Kielce Poland Capacity: 4,000 Kielce s 26:23 away win over Zagreb at Varazdin ended a series of two straight (and clear) defeats of the defending champions in the previous match Kielce s goalkeeper Filip Ivic, who arrived at from Zagreb, shone in glance both Croats, currently part of Kielce s squad, have played for Zagreb before. Besides Ivic, it is left wing Manuel Strlek, who join the Polish side in 2011 before the current season, three more Croats left Kielce: Marin Sego, Denis Buntic and Ivan Cupic while Zagreb s squad only consists of players from former Yugoslavia countries (Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia and FYR Macedonia), Kielce count on players from seven different countries: Poland, Slovenia and Germany, Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro and Spain Kielce s German EURO champion Tobias Reichmann is supposed to be ruled out by an ankle injury, which occurred in Varazdin the Slovenian internationals Darko Cingesar, David Miklavcic and Matevz Skok (all from Zagreb) will face their national teammates Dean Bombac and Uros Zorman Zagreb are fourth ranked in the CL s All-time ranking, having exactly the double number of CL matches played compared to tenth ranked Kielce so far (233:117). PPD aim for their 111th win, while the defending CL winners have taken 71 victories so far Kielce play their 11th CL season, while it is already season number 23 for Zagreb - funny enough last week s duel was the first ever match of both sides in official competitions Zagreb s only win in this season was the MOTW match against Vardar, maybe a good omen Kielce lost two matches so far, one was the MOTW against Vardar scoring only 171 goals, Zagreb have the weakest attack in groups A and B, but a highly stable defence, conceding only 190 goals so far, nine fewer than Kielce Zagreb s last CL away win was the sensational 31:29 against Rhein-Neckar Löwen in last season s Last16 under the helm of their new coach Silvio Ivandija (successor of Veselin Vujovic), Zagreb took one victory and two defeats no other team than Zagreb had been more often CL finalist, without winning the trophy: four times (1995, 1997, 1998, 1999), ahead of Veszprem (2002, 2015, 2016) Most Games vs Kielce: Zlatko Horvat 1 Lovro Jotic 1 Tin Kontrec 1 Stipe Mandalinic 1 Dobrivoje Markovic 1 David Miklavcic 1 Luka Sebetic 1 Matevz Skok 1 Lovro Sprem 1 Ivan Stevanovic 1 Leon Susnja 1 Josip Valcic 1 Tonci Valcic 1 Igor Vori 1 Igor Vujic 1 Stefan Vujic 1 Most Goals vs Kielce: Zlatko Horvat 6 Stipe Mandalinic 6 Tin Kontrec 3 David Miklavcic 3 Domestic league SEHA Liga Last 4 games 22.11. vs Celje W28:27 29.10. vs Izvidac Ljubuski W34:29 26.10. @ Meshkov Brest D28:28 18.10. vs Tatran Presov W27:22 Next game 06.12. @ Gorenje Velenje Standings 1. Vardar 11 376:308 31 2. Zagreb 9 261:227 22 3. Meshkov Brest 11 326:297 20... 14. Izvidac 10 279:344 3 * 3 points for a win 2
Historic encounters in the EC KS Vive Tauron Kielce vs HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb 1-0-0 (26:23) 2:0 16.11.2016 HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb vs KS Vive Tauron Kielce, VELUX EHF Champions League Group B 23:26 (12:11) Matchdetails of last match - 16.11.2016 (Varazdin, Croatia) HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb vs KS Vive Tauron Kielce 23:26 (12:11) VELUX EHF Champions League Group B Referees: Sorin-Laurentiu Dinu/Constantin Din (Romania). Suspensions: 4 4 (Valcic 2, Jotic 2 Kus 4 ). Number of 7m: 2/2 2/2. Attendance: 5,000. Ivan Stevanovic Matevz Skok - Igor Vujic (1) Stefan Vujic (1) Tin Kontrec (3) Igor Vori (2) Lovro Sprem Luka Sebetic (1) Dobrivoje Markovic Zlatko Horvat (6) Leon Susnja Josip Valcic Lovro Jotic Tonci Valcic Stipe Mandalinic (6) David Miklavcic (3) Slawomir Szmal Filip Ivic - Tobias Reichmann Mateusz Kus (3) Julen Aguinagalde (2) Karol Bielecki (2) Mateusz Jachlewski (3) Manuel Strlek (5) Krzysztof Lijewski Mariusz Jurkiewicz (2) Pawel Paczkowski (2) Uros Zorman (4) Dean Bombac (3) Darko Djukic 3
Most goals in one game Vive Tauron Kielce vs HC PPD Zagreb: Krzysztof Lijewski 5 16.11.2016 HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb-KS Vive Tauron Kielce 23:26 Dean Bombac 4 16.11.2016 HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb-KS Vive Tauron Kielce 23:26 Julen Aguinagalde Akizu 3 16.11.2016 HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb-KS Vive Tauron Kielce 23:26 Darko Djukic 3 16.11.2016 HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb-KS Vive Tauron Kielce 23:26 Manuel Strlek 3 16.11.2016 HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb-KS Vive Tauron Kielce 23:26 Most goals in one game HC PPD Zagreb vs Vive Tauron Kielce: Zlatko Horvat 6 16.11.2016 HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb-KS Vive Tauron Kielce 23:26 Stipe Mandalinic 6 16.11.2016 HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb-KS Vive Tauron Kielce 23:26 Tin Kontrec 3 16.11.2016 HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb-KS Vive Tauron Kielce 23:26 David Miklavcic 3 16.11.2016 HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb-KS Vive Tauron Kielce 23:26 Igor Vori 2 16.11.2016 HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb-KS Vive Tauron Kielce 23:26 Last Ten Games in VELUX EHF Champions League: Vive Tauron Kielce: current run - won one 27.04.2016 Kielce POL vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER W 29:28 28.05.2016 Köln GER @ Paris Saint-Germain Handball FRA W 26:28 29.05.2016 Köln GER @ MVM Veszprém HUN W 38:39a7m 24.09.2016 Brest BLR @ HC Meshkov Brest BLR W 24:29 01.10.2016 Kielce POL vs IFK Kristianstad SWE W 38:28 09.10.2016 Szeged HUN @ MOL-Pick Szeged HUN W 27:29 15.10.2016 Kielce POL vs RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko SLO W 31:23 23.10.2016 Kielce POL vs Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER L 26:34 12.11.2016 Skopje MKD @ HC Vardar MKD L 40:34 16.11.2016 Varaždin CRO @ HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb CRO W 23:26 HC PPD Zagreb: current run - lost two 27.03.2016 Mannheim GER @ Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER W 29:31 23.04.2016 Zagreb CRO vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball FRA L 20:28 01.05.2016 Paris FRA @ Paris Saint-Germain Handball FRA D 32:32 24.09.2016 Celje SLO @ RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko SLO L 30:28 01.10.2016 Zagreb CRO vs MOL-Pick Szeged HUN L 24:26 08.10.2016 Kristianstad SWE @ IFK Kristianstad SWE L 29:22 15.10.2016 Zagreb CRO vs HC Meshkov Brest BLR L 22:27 22.10.2016 Zagreb CRO vs HC Vardar MKD W 28:27 10.11.2016 Frankfurt am Main GER @ Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER L 25:24 16.11.2016 Varaždin CRO vs KS Vive Tauron Kielce POL L 23:26 4
KS Vive Tauron Kielce vs Croatian clubs 1-0-0 Season Opponent Home Away Competition 2016/17 HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb 26:23 VELUX EHF Champions League Group B HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb vs Polish clubs 4-1-2 Season Opponent Home Away Competition 1989/90 Pogon Zabrze 29:20 17:19 IHF Champions Cup Round 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2008/09 Wisla Plock SA 34:17 27:24 EHF Champions League Group H 2015/16 Orlen Wisla Plock 29:25 23:23 VELUX EHF Champions League Group A 2016/17 KS Vive Tauron Kielce 23:26 VELUX EHF Champions League Group B VELUX EHF Champions League 2016/17 - MOTW #8 Media Information by EHF Media & Communications, 25/11/2016 Contributors: Björn Pazen, Roy Knoppert 5