Major surprise in the Women’s Handball Champions League! Bietigheim qualified for the Final Four

Odense has made important investments in recent seasons. Last summer, Ole Gustav Gjekstad, the man who had established European hegemony with Vipers, was brought in as coach.

The Danes started as big favorites in the “double” with Bietigheim in the quarter-finals. The two had also been opponents in the group stage. The Nordics won 28-25 on the road and 42-29 at home.

Bietigheim eliminated Odense in the “quarters” of the Women’s Handball Champions League

Today, Odense had to recover the deficit of 4 goals in the round. The match started excellently, and halfway through the first half the scoreboard read 10-6. Everything was going according to the calculations. But Smits (8 goals) and Dulfer (7) did not give up. The Germans defended well at the start of the second half. They took advantage and managed to complete the mission.

The Women’s Handball Champions League Final Four is scheduled for June 1 and 2 in Budapest. They have already qualified there Metz, to the detriment of CSM Bucharest, and Gyor. The Hungarians eliminated Kristiansand.

For Bietigheim it is the first presence in history in the Final Four.

The last ticket will be handed out today. Esbjerg receives the visit of Ferencvaros. The Danes prevailed in the round, score 26-25.

Bietigheim, with a former coach at Vâlcea and CSM Bucharest

SG BBM Bietigheim is the revelation of the season in the Champions League. Since the start of the current season, the team has been trained by Jakob Vestergaard, the former coach of Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea and CSM Bucharest.

The 2022 European League winners were not among the favorites at the start of the current edition of the Champions League. It took the last qualifying place in Group A, 7 wins and 7 losses, and in the “eighties” it passed the limit of Herning-Ilkast, 60-58 overall.

The batch is a real multinational. Only 3 German women regularly catch the game sheet, Smith, Behrend and Doll.

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