MOTW quiz: Elverum Handball vs Paris Saint-Germain HB
How well do you know Elverum Handball and Paris Saint-Germain HB? Find out with our MOTW quiz for round 3 of the VELUX EHF Champions League 2019/20.
Hakons Hall in Lillehammer will see the biggest handball crowd ever in Norway on Saturday, with more than 12,000 fans expected. Which match was the previous record holder in the same arena?
C is correct. 11,200 fans saw this match.
How many times have Elverum and Paris clashed in the Champions League before?
A is correct – it is the first ever international duel between these sides.
Despite the fact that he will not play due to an injury, it will be a special match for PSG and Norwegian superstar Sander Sagosen. Which was the last Norwegian club the centre back played for, before he moved to Aalborg and then to Paris?
B is correct – in 2013/14, Sagosen played for Haslum.
Though PSG have never won the EHF Champions League, some of their current players have raised the trophy with other clubs. How many have done so?
B is correct: Nikola Karabatic (Montpellier, Kiel, Barcelona), Viran Morros (Ciudad Real, Barcelona), Luc Abalo (Ciudad Real), Vincent Gerard (Montpellier), Rodrigo Corrales and Gudjon Valur Sigurdsson (both Barcelona).
How many players from these two clubs met in the 2017 World Championship final, France vs Norway, in Paris?
A is correct. PSG's Vincent Gerard, Luc Abalo, Nedim Remili and Nikola Karabatic raised the trophy with France, while Sander Sagosen played for Norway. None of the Elverum players were part of this final.
Who is the only current Elverum player to have been part of a World Championship final?
B is correct – 19-year-old Blonz was part of the silver-medal winning Norway squad at the 2019 World Championship.
Which PSG player played five VELUX EHF FINAL4 tournaments in a row with four different clubs before he finally won the trophy?
C is correct. Sigurdsson played for Löwen (2011), Kobenhavn (2012) and Kiel (2013 and 2014), before he won the Champions League in Cologne with Barcelona in 2015.