HC Dunarea Brăila are aiming for their second EHF European League Women group phase appearance after missing out on the 2021/22 and 2022/23 editions. However, they have a long way still to go after a narrow away win against Valur in the first leg of qualification round 2. The Romanian side want to confirm their qualification round 3 spot and one of the players ready to fight for it in Brăila is Meike Schmelzer.