MOTW Quiz - Barça vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt
Barça and Flensburg are the only clubs in European men’s handball to win the EHF Champions League, EHF Cup and Cup Winners’ Cup. Which additional European trophy did Flensburg win?
Flensburg won the City Cup trophy in 1999, beating Ciudad Real in the final.
How many current Barça players have won the EHF Champions League three times with the club?
1 is correct. Only team captain Victor Tomas was part of the winning squads in 2005, 2011 and 2015.
Who is the only player of the current Barça squad, who won the VELUX EHF Champions League twice with a different club?
Palmarsson won the Champions League in 2010 and 2012 with THW Kiel. Fabregas (2018 with Montpellier) and Cindric (2017 with Vardar) have won once been victorious at Cologne.
How many players of the current Barça squad played for German clubs before?
3 is correct: Kevin Möller (Flensburg), Casper U. Mortensen (Hannover) and Aron Palmarsson (Kiel).
Who scored Flensburg’s crucial final goal in the penalty shoot-out of the historic 2014 VELUX EHF FINAL4 semi against Barcelona?
Wanne’s penalty even was awarded best goal of 2014 in Germany.
Who is the only player on court in the MOTW, who won the EHF Champions League, the Cup Winners’ Cup and gold medals at World Championship, EHF EURO and Olympic Games?
Lasse Svan won the EHF EURO in 2012, Olympics in 2016 and World Championship 2019, the Cup Winners’ Cup in 2012 and VELUX EHF Champions League in 2014.
Which former Flensburg player won the EHF Champions League with Barcelona and Kiel?
Lars Krogh Jeppesen is correct, the Dane played for SG from 2000 to 2004, then transferred to Barcelona, where he won the trophy in 2005, before he joined Kiel and won again in 2007.