25.02.2025, 10:45
Irun and Montpellier book first quarter-final tickets

DAY REVIEW 2: Wins on Tuesday confirm the Spanish and the French side as the winners of their respective main round group

Bidasoa Irun and Montpellier Handball are the first two teams to secure their place in the quarter-finals of the EHF European League Men 2024/25. On Tuesday, they both bounced back from their earlier defeats in the reverse fixtures against Limoges Handball and GOG, respectively. Arthur Lenne secured Montpellier top spot in group I when he netted for 30:28 with 15 seconds left on the clock. GOG were close to turn the match around near the end, but now are still not guaranteed of a play-off spot. Even 17 saves of goalkeeper Sven Näf did not prevent HC Kriens-Luzern from losing 31:29 against Fraikin BM. Granollers.

Elsewhere, THW Kiel remained unbeaten after their 35:30 win at FC Porto and went top of group III alone as MT Melsungen surprisingly dropped a point at home against Vojvodina: 26:26 — a result that only stood after Aaron Mensing scored the equaliser for the hosts three seconds before the end.

TEXT: EHF / Björn Pazen