MOTW quiz: Bidasoa Irun vs Orlen Wisla Plock

Bidasoa Irun and Orlen Wisla Plock will play for a place in the VELUX EHF Champions League Last 16 on Saturday, with the Spanish hosts needing to overturn a seven-goal deficit after the first leg. Test your knowledge of the teams in our quiz.

How many Spanish teams have previously qualified from the group C/D knockout stage for the Last 16 of the VELUX EHF Champions League?

0 is correct. La Rioja (2016 and 2017) and Leon (2018) were eliminated in this round in previous years.

How often have Plock been part of this stage of the competition?

1 time is correct. In the 2018/19 season, the Polish side eliminated Silkeborg in the play-offs.

0 times

1 time

2 times

Which trio of national team coaches formerly played for Irun?

Alfred Gislason, Bogdan Wenta and Jovica Cvetkovic are correct – they all played for Irun in the late 1980s.

Lino Cervar, Gudmundur Gudmundsson, Talant Dujshebaev

Jordi Ribera, Valero Rivera, Ljubomir Vranjes

Alfred Gislason, Bogdan Wenta, Jovica Cvetkovic

Which club has more appearances in EHF Champions League semi-finals?

Irun is correct. They reached the semi-final stage in 1995 and 1996 and progressed to the final both times, winning the trophy in 1995. Plock’s best Champions League result is six Last 16 participations.

Irun

Plock

Both the same

Which two countries are represented in both squads on Saturday?

Spain and Hungary is correct. Plock include two Spanish players: Niko Mindegia and Alvaro Ruiz (and also a Spanish coach: Javier Sabate), and both teams have one Hungarian player in their squad: Irun’s Donat Bartok and Plock’s Zoltan Szita.

Spain and Poland

Spain and Hungary

Poland and Croatia

Who is the only former EHF Champions League winner on court in this Match of the Week?

Konstantin Igropulo is correct. He won the trophy with Barcelona in 2015 while Renato Sulic was a finalist with Veszprém in 2015 and 2016.

Renato Sulic

Rodrigo Salinas

Konstantin Igropulo

What was the largest deficit overturned in the second leg of the play-offs since the stage was implemented in 2015/16?

4 goals is correct. Plock lost 22:26 at home against Silkeborg last season, but won the away match 27:20.

4 goals

5 goals

6 goals

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