The Tigresses are hot. Even after two weeks of European club break. In the fifth round of the elite EHF Champions League, in their home town of Tivoli, they competed well against the three consecutive European champions, Vipers Kristiansand, and in the end they shared the points (24:24)!
Exceptional, excellent, fantastic and the adjectives to describe her could go on and on. Who? Ana Gros, of course! The captain of the Slovenian national team, who will strengthen the #KrimovaDruzina next season. She will move to Ljubljana from Győr, Hungary, where she first shone under the European spotlight. She has signed a contract until 2026.
Krim Mercator’s handball players made a strong start to the EHF Champions League Fourth Round game. Determined to come back from the away leg in Denmark with two new points. But unfortunately it didn’t work out. The plan was spoiled by Markéta Jerábková, who scored with four seconds left to make it 33:32. The Tigresses will now face a new European test in less than three weeks when they host Vipers Kristiansand in Hala Tivoli.
The Krim’s winning streak continues! Also after Saturday’s match against last year’s finalists of the elite EHF Champions League, the handball players of the Hungarian FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria. The atmosphere in Stožice Arena was electrified, the fight on the floor was even harder, and the joy at the end was indescribable. 32:26 for the third win in a row and the second in a row in front of the home fans.
Krim Mercator’s players extended their winning streak in the 2023/24 season at their home European overture. In front of 1945 loud fans at Arena Stožice, they defeated Team Esbjerg, last year’s participant of the final four tournament. Tamara Mavsar scored a massive eight goals and Jovanka Radičević five for a final score of 33:27.
Krim Mercator’s handball players opened the EHF Champions League with a victory after nine years! In the opening match of their 29th consecutive season in Europe’s most elite club competition, they defeated MKS Zagłębie Lubin from Poland (18:36). The team performance was the most creditable, with four players scoring five goals each.
The handball players of Krim Mercator have discovered their opponents for the group stage of the 2023/24 EHF Champions League. The Tigresses will embark on their journey in the European handball elite for the 29th consecutive season, starting in Group B. Their first challenge awaits them on September 9th or 10th.
Itana Grbić, Tamara Mavsar, Maja Vojnovič, Nina Zulič and Tatjana Brnović, the handball players who will be changing their club before the new season, stopped in Ljubljana before their well-deserved summer break.
Before the official end of the 2022/2023 season, the players of Krim Mercator won the double crown in the domestic competitions. They won both the national championship and the cup competition.
After finishing the European season, the Krim family has already turned its thoughts to the new one, when a strong team will once again be the key to achieving its ambitious goals. The club will strengthen its ranks with five new handball players, including Itana Grbić, Nina Zulić, Maja Vojnovič, Tamara Mavsar and Tatjana Brnović, while the management has extended contracts with six more players.