German club Kiel is European champion for the fourth time -
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Kiel won the Men's Handball Champions League for the fourth time in its history, beating Spain's Barcelona 33-28 on Tuesday in the 2019/2020 final in Cologne (Germany).
The German club, already victorious in 2007, 2010 and 2012, eliminated the Hungarians from Veszprem after a stunning match and extra time on Monday in the semi-finals.
Kiel succeeds Vardar Skopje, absent from this “Final Four”.
Barcelona, nine times winner in C1 (record), has not won a title since 2015 and falls for the first time this year.
After 2000 and 2010, 2020 ... Every ten years, history seems to repeat itself: Kiel and Barcelona faced each other for the third time in the Champions League final, ten years after the German club was crowned in the he 2009/2010 edition, season of the introduction of a four-way final, over two days, in the Lanxess-Arena in Cologne (Germany).
But this shock, which has kept all its promises, took place on Tuesday without the some 20,000 usual spectators and under a health bubble, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
And once again, the predictions were foiled, and it was not the favorite, Barcelona, who were crowned.
A little earlier in the evening, Paris SG took third place by winning 31 to 26 against the Hungarians of Veszprem.
After this "Final Four" exceptionally scheduled at the end of December, the international players will move on and now find their national team to prepare for the international events in January, including the World Championship in Egypt (January 13 to 31).
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