Unfortunately, the Krim Mercator was not able to say goodbye to the calendar year 2023 with a victory. With a reduced squad, they had to concede once again to a strong Metz side. Despite another outstanding performance by Radičević (ten goals). The final score was 40:31.
After two home victories in Stožice Arena and a draw in Tivoli Hall, the Krim Mercator handball players had to concede to French Metz. The guests took the reins of the game right from the start and held them until the end. The score was 22:28.
Krim Mercator suffered their worst defeat of the season in Mioven, Romania. Despite a fighting performance, they were always chasing the hosts, but in the end they had to concede the upper hand. The scoreboard read 27:22 after 60 minutes of play.
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)!
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.
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.
Unfortunately, the handball players of Krim Mercator failed to solve the Romanian puzzle once again. In the second leg of the EHF Champions League play-off, they lost 29:24 against CS Rapid Bucuresti and thus ended their European journey. The total score of the two games was 53:54.