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Champions League debutants among finalists
- Updated: May 6, 2016
CSM Bucuresti’s first ever Women’s EHF Champions League season was certainly not a walk in the park – the Romanian team overcame injuries, a change in coach and much-needed time to gel with several new players joining the squad this season. But the Champions League debutants exceeded expectations, qualifying for the Women’s EHF FINAL4 after winning both matches against previously unbeaten Rostov-Don in the quarter-final phase. Now, CSM face a daunting path toward the Women’s EHF Champions League Final, a qualification only achieved once before by a Romanian team, when former powerhouse Oltchim Rm. Valcea played Viborg HK in the 2009/10 double-leg final. The odds seem to be stacked against CSM, who met all the FINAL4 teams during the season – their best result being a 23:23 draw against Buducnost in Podgorica. The Romanian team lost twice against Györ and twice against Vardar, with the Macedonian side in particular wreaking havoc against CSM’s defence to win by five goals (30:25) in Bucharest.
Vardar: Rasmussen’s team to beat Paradoxically, a CSM-Vardar semi-final is ideal for both teams. After suffering defeat at the hands of the Montenegrin team in both previous
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