The worst draw for HBC Nantes.
On the occasion of the Final Four in Cologne, which will take place on the weekend of June 12-13, Nantes handball players will have to get rid of the ogre of FC Barcelona, eighteen victories this season in as many Ligue des champions, but who had hardly beaten the "H" in the group stage in his Palau Blaugrana (30-29) last February.
Nantes, finalists of Final 4 in 2018, achieved the feat in the quarter-finals by exiting the Hungarians from Veszprem.
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The # EHFinal4 draw has taken place.
Semi-final: 𝐇𝐁𝐂 𝐍𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬 🆚 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 # WeHback pic.twitter.com/KsZ4KzI8p9
- HBCNantes (@HBCNantes) May 25, 2021
The handball players of Paris SG, qualified for their fifth Final 4 of the Champions League, will face the Danes of Aalborg, novices at this stage of the competition.
The Parisians eliminated the German club THW Kiel, European champion 2020, in the quarter-finals, after a clearly controlled return match at home at Coubertin.
For a place in the final, the Parisians will start favorites against Aalborg, the surprise of this season and who released the Germans from Flensburg in the quarter-finals.
The two semi-finals are scheduled for Saturday, June 12 in the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, which will still be empty of spectators due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The match for 3rd place and the final takes place on Sunday, June 13.
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