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Venue is the same and so are two of the teams
- Updated: September 9, 2016
Just like last year, Drammenshallen in Norway is hosting a qualification group for the Women’s EHF Champions League.
Two of the four participating teams, hosts Glassverket and Dutch champions SERCODAK Dalfsen were also part of the qualification group last year, but both without reaching the group phase.
This year, they have company by Turkish champions Ankara Yenimahalle BSK and Croatian titleholders HC Podravka Vegeta.
Only the group winners proceed to the group matches, where they can look forward to meeting Montenegrin Buducnost, German Thüringer HC and French Metz Handball. Glassverket (NOR) vs Ankara Yenimahalle (TUR) Saturday 10 September, 16:30 hrs local time, live on ehfTV.com
Neither of the two teams, who open the qualification group in Drammenshallen has ever made it to the group phase yet.
For both sides, the qualification tournament last year was the closest they ever got so far. Saturday afternoon, at least one of the teams will maintain the hope to proceed to the group stage, though. “Our team has undergone many changes compared to last year, and we may be in a slightly poorer condition than last …
