66 female EHF Champions League players vie for glory at Rio 2016

The handball tournaments at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro have just started, and the clubs of the Women’s EHF Champions League are represented by 66 players. That’s almost 40 per cent of all 168 female players.

Only the Non-European countries Angola, Korea and Argentina do not have any Champions League participants in their squads.

Each team was able to nominate 14 players which were confirmed at the technical meeting on 5 August. These lists are the basis for this overview.

In the Montenegrin squad (11 of 14 players), at France, Russia and Norway (10 of 14 players) a vast majority of players have Champions League experience.

Three can write Olympic history: If Norway win their third consecutive gold after Beijing 2008 and London 2012, goalkeeper Katrine Lunde (Rostov-Don), right wing Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth-Koren (Larvik) and left wing Camilla Herrem (HC Vardar) would all add a third Olympic gold to their tally as well.

However, Norway lost their opener 31:28 against Brazil on Sunday. Taking to the court for Brazil in this game was two times EHF Champions League winner Eduarda Amorim who plays for Györi Audi ETO KC.

The 2016 and 2015 Women’s EHF Champions League winners, Buducnost and CSM Bucuresti, have each sent nine players to Rio.

Buducnost even have their sports director on court: Bojana Popovic, who carried the flag for Montenegro, ended …

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