In the second leg of the play-off of the EHF Champions League, the women of Krim Mercator ran out of sporting luck. Rapid Bucuresti reached the European quarter-finals with 30:24.
The first match of the EHF Champions League play-off against Rapid from Bucharest was also watched by the President of the Republic of Slovenia, dr. Nataša Pirc Musar.
With an excellent game in the second half, Krim Mercator took a five-goal advantage (29:24). The second leg of the EHF Champions League play-off will take place in Bucharest on Sunday, March 26, at 4 p.m. Slovenian time.
Krim Mercator reached their goal accompanied by many fans! They defeated the leading team of Group A and qualified for the play-offs of the EHF Champions League via fifth place. In March, at least two more European matches await them, the opponents will be the Romanian handball players Rapid Bucuresti.
Krim Mercator’s handball players celebrated a great victory against the Czech Banik Most (42:31) and remain in the fight to jump to the places that bring the playoffs of the EHF Champions League Women.
In Hungary, the Krim Mercator failed to extend their winning streak to three. Home team FTC was better with 37:26, and the tigresses will look for new points in the fight for promotion against Banik.
Krim Mercator’s handball players entered 2023 through the big door. In the Tivoli Hall, Germany’s Bietigheim outplayed themselves in the first half and in the end were happy with the victory with 35:28, with which they once again jumped to the place that leads to the continuation of the European elite competition.