Media Information VELUX EHF Champions League Season 2015/16 Match of the Week - Round 9 MVM Veszprem (HUN) vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball (FRA) Veszprem Arena, Veszprem Saturday 28 November, 15:00 hrs
ROUND 9 Match of the Week MVM Veszprem (HUN) vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball (FRA) Saturday, 28 November 2015, 15:00 hrs Playing hall: Veszprém Arena Külso Kadartai ut 8200 Veszprém Hungary Capacity: 5,020 GROUP A Most Games vs PSG: Mirko Alilovic 5 Peter Gulyas 5 Momir Ilic 5 Gergö Ivancsik 5 Jose Maria Rodriguez Vaquero 5 Istvan Timuzsin Schuch 5 Renato Sulic 5 Mirsad Terzic 5 Cristian Ugalde Garcia 5 Most Goals vs PSG: Momir Ilic 36 Renato Sulic 22 Laszlo Nagy 20 Gergö Ivancsik 9 Gasper Marguc 8 Cristian Ugalde Garcia 8 Domestic league SEHA Liga Last 4 games 10.11. vs Vardar D24:24 30.10. @ Spartak Vojput W31:15 29.10. @ Vojvodina W42:22 28.10. @ Borac W34:20 Next game 9.12. @ Meshkov Brest Standings 1. Presov 10 339:256 27... 4. Veszprem 7 241:147 19... 14. Maks Strumica 10 214:323 2 Veszprem suffered their first defeat in a competitive match this season in the reverse fixture in Paris in Round 6 PSG left back Mikkel Hansen is the current best scorer of the season with 65 goals, while Veszprem s best striker and the last two seasons top scorer Momir Ilic, is already 17 goals behind (like PSG s second best scorer Nikola Karabatic) Veszprem were the end of all PSG hopes on the way to the VELUX EHF FINAL4 twice in the row in the quarter-finals (2013/14 with two wins, 2014/15 after a draw in Paris and a home win) Ilic, Zeitz, Palmarsson, Omeyer, Karabatic and Narcisse all have won the CL as players of THW Kiel both sides have to replace injured right backs: Christian Zeitz (Veszprem) and Xavier Barachet (PSG) both sides have new coaches: Noka Serdarusic took over PSG after the departure of Phillippe Gardent this summer, while Xavier Sabate is now officially the successor of his former boss Antonio Carlos Ortega, who left after the first match vs Plock Veszprem s last home defeat (28:29) was against THW Kiel in the 2012/13 quarter-finals three former CL top scorers on court: Ilic (2014/15-114 goals, 2013/14-103, Veszprem), Hansen (2011/12-98 for AG Kobenhavn), N. Karabatic (2006/07-89 for Kiel four former or current IHF World Handball Players of the Year are part of the PSG squad: 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, 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) 7 PSG players part of the winning French squad at the WCh 2015: Karabatic brothers, Narcisse, Omeyer, Honrubia, Accambray, Barachet. The former world champions in Veszprem are Ugalde (Spain 2013) and Zeitz (Germany 2007) PSG new arrival Nikola Karabatic was part of the FC Barcelona squad, which beat Veszprem in the 2015 final; he is one of two players (besides Barca line player Cedric Sorhaindo), who holds all four major titles in handball at the same time currently: CL winner, Olympic, World and EHF 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 Veszprem: Luc Abalo 5 Patrice Annonay 5 Robert Gunnarsson 5 Mikkel Hansen 5 Fahrudin Melic 5 Jeffrey M Tima 5 Igor Vori 5 Most Goals vs Veszprem: Mikkel Hansen 47 Luc Abalo 16 Jeffrey M Tima 11 Igor Vori 8 William Accambray 7 Marko Kopljar 7 Domestic league French LNH Division 1 Last 4 games 25.11. vs Creteil W34:27 18.11. @ Toulouse W38:33 29.10. @ Montpellier L31:32 22.10. vs Dunkerque W34:24 Next game 2.12. vs Cesson Rennes Standings 1. PSG 10 342:274 18 2. Montpellier 11 350:312 15... 14. Chartres 11 273:332 1 2
Historic encounters in the EC MVM Veszprém vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball 3-1-1 (144:133) 7:3 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) 25.10.2015 Paris Saint-Germain Handball, VELUX EHF Champions League Group A 29:27 (16:12) Matchdetails of last match - 25.10.2015 (Paris, France) Paris Saint-Germain Handball (FRA) vs MVM Veszprem 29:27 (16:12) VELUX EHF Champions League Group A Referees: Jonas Eliasson/Anton Palsson (Iceland) Suspensions: 8 12 (Vori 2, Luka Karabatic 2, Nikola Karabatic 2, M Tima 2 Nilsson 2, Ugalde Garcia 2, Marguc 2, Terzic 2, Sulic 2, Sliskovic 2 ). Disqualification: Nikola Karabatic. 7m: 5/5 5/4 Attendance: 4,800 Patrice Annonay Thierry Omeyer - Fahrudin Melic (1) Henrik Møllgaard Igor Vori (1) Benoit Kounkoud Xavier Barachet (3) Robert Gunnarsson Luc Abalo (7) Luka Karabatic (1) Mikkel Hansen (11) Daniel Narcisse (3) Sergiy Onufryienko Nikola Karabatic (1) Jeffrey M Tima (1) Roland Mikler Mirko Alilovic - Peter Gulyas (1) Gergö Ivancsik Istvan Timuzsin Schuch (6) Momir Ilic (7) Aron Palmarsson (3) Andreas Nilsson (2) Cristian Ugalde Garcia (3) Gasper Marguc Chema Rodriguez Vaquero Martin Varju Mirsad Terzic (4) Renato Sulic Mate Lekai (1) Ivan Sliskovic Most Goals MVM Veszprem vs Paris Saint-Germain 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 Aron Palmarsson 7 25.10.2015 Paris Saint-Germain Handball-MVM Veszprém 29:27 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 11 25.10.2015 Paris Saint-Germain Handball-MVM Veszprém 29:27 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 Luc Abalo 7 25.10.2015 Paris Saint-Germain Handball-MVM Veszprém 29:27 3
MVM Veszprem vs French clubs Season Opponent Home Away Competition 1992/93 Olympique Marseille Vitrolles 22:23 21:23 Cup Winners Cup - Final (pre-ehf competition) 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 2015/16 Paris Saint-Germain Handball 27:29 VELUX EHF Champions League Group A 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 2015/16 MVM Veszprém 29:27 VELUX EHF Champions League Group A 4
Last Ten Games in VELUX EHF Champions League: MVM Veszprem: current run - won two 30.05.2015 Cologne GER vs THW Kiel GER W 31:27 31.05.2015 Cologne 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 25.10.2015 Paris FRA @ Paris Saint-Germain Handball FRA L 27:29 15.11.2015 Celje SLO @ RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko SLO W 30:27 21.11.2015 Veszprém HUN vs RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko SLO W 34:28 Paris Saint-Germain Handball: current run - won seven 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 25.10.2015 Paris FRA vs MVM Veszprém HUN W 29:27 12.11.2015 Kiel GER @ THW Kiel GER W 30:26 21.11.2015 Paris FRA vs THW Kiel GER W 37:30 2015/16 VELUX EHF Champions League - MOTW #9 Media Information by EHF Media & Communications, 27/11/2015 Contributors: Björn Pazen, Roy Knoppert 5
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