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It’s all about playing attractive handball
- Updated: September 29, 2016
Three times in their club’s history, HC Leipzig proceeded to the main round of the EHF Champions League – and to continue this series is the next goal for the German record champions.
The team of head coach, Norman Rentsch, finished the previous German Bundesliga season ranked third and then to follow, the current German Cup winner successfully applied for a Champions League wild card.
In the qualification tournament at San Sebastian, HC Leipzig defeated Belorussian champions, Gomel and then overcame Champions League record winners, Hypo Niederösterreich.
The German squad came out on top, thanks to a thrilling end game and the crucial goals netted from their Polish super star, Karolina Kudlacz-Gloc, who was shortlisted for the IHF World Handball Player of the Year 2015.
For the ninth time, Leipzig are participating in the group matches, following a one-year absence from Europe’s top competition and after failing last season in the EHF Cup quarter-final against their national rivals, TuS Metzingen, who were Cup finalists.
Now, HCL will face Vardar, Astrakhanochka and FTC in the demanding Group B.
Leipzig’s squad did not change that much, as the club continued to rejuvenate the team. One Icelandic international …
