SUMMARY: Flensburg clinches the top spot; Valur, Bidasoa and Benfica secure L16

SUMMARY: Flensburg clinches the top spot; Valur, Bidasoa and Benfica secure L16

The penultimate round of group phase action in the European League Men is now behind us. 

  • despite the loss to Kadetten, Benfica has secured the EHF European League Last 16 ticket
  • similar thing happened to Bidasoa which has, despite the loss to Motor, managed to secure the L16 ticket with one group stage round left ahead
  • home win over PAUC Handball helped Icelandic Valur book a L16 spot for themselves
  • win in a group B derby match against Ystads helped Flensburg clinch the group stage top spot 
  • L16 matchups: Benfica is going to face Flensburg, and Skjern will meet Füchse.
  • only two more EHF European League Last 16 tickets up for grabs in the final group stage round scheduled for Tuesday, 28 February 2023

TUESDAY, 21 FEBRUARY 2023

[Kadetten Schaffhausen] is a very tough team to play against - a team that plays well and has a good rotation. Our goal is to win the match and secure the knock-out stage ticket. 'Benfiquistas' are important for us in every match, as they mean two or three more goals in a match. In the most difficult games, and we're expecting this one to be as difficult as they come, their support really means a lot to us.
Chema Rodriguez, SL Benfica head coach
We have only one step ahead of us in order to officially book the Last 16 ticket, and we're going to Düsseldorf with nothing but victory in our minds. Motor has a reallly good team that is growing match in - match out, but we're aiming for the win.
Jacobo Cuétara, Bidasoa Irun head coach

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