Women’s EHF Champions League countdown: 2016 champions CSM Bucuresti will fancy their chances of returning to Budapest for a third consecutive Women’s EHF FINAL4 after a number of impressive summer signings

FIRST-HAND INSIGHT: Dominance, experience, talents - this is why Vipers and THC managed to book the two remaining Women’s EHF Champions League tickets

QUALIFICATION REVIEW: Hosts Kristiansand win Qualification Group 1 with another big victory in the final against Podravka, while Gomel edge Kastamonu to finish third

QUALIFICATION REVIEW: The German runners-up beat Swedish champions Höörs in the qualification final on home court, while Hypo finish third

QUALIFICATION REVIEW: Vipers Kristiansand and HC Podravak Vegeta are set to meet in the Women´s Champions League Qualification Group 1 Final after coming through two contrasting semi-finals

QUALIFICATION REVIEW: Either German runners-up Thüringer HC or Swedish champions H 65 Höörs HK will proceed to the Women’s EHF Champions League Group Matches after clearly winning their semis at Nordhausen

FEATURE: For the first time in seven years, Katrine and Kristine Lunde are playing in the same team again. Both sisters will take the court for Vipers Kristiansand’s in the Women’s EHF Champions League qualifiers.

QUALIFICATION GROUP 2 PREVIEW: One place in the group matches is up for grabs in Nordhausen, where hosts Thüringer HC are expected to be the favourites.

QUALIFICATION GROUP 1 PREVIEW: While HC Podravka Vegeta are former Women’s EHF Champions League winners, the other three teams contesting qualification Group 1 in Kristiansand have never made it as far as the group matches.