All News Men's 2004/05
FC BARCELONA DO IT AGAIN!FC Barcelona Cifec have won their seventh European Cup title, beating Ciudad Real 29-27 in Barcelona. Once again the Palau did its magic and Xesco Espar carried off his first European title.
CIUDAD REAL HOLD ON BY A WHISKEROne goal advantage makes things tough The team of Ciudad Real won the first leg match of the final with only one goal difference (28-27). According to Juan de Dios Roman, coach of Ciudad Real, the final score was too close......
BIG HANDBALL WEEKENDS AWAIT USThe Men's Champions League will see the clash of two Spanish clubs for the first time since the 2001 Champions League final between Portland San Antonio and Barcelona. This final brought the Champions League run of Barcelona to an end......
BARCELONA ON THE WAY TO THE TOPIt was difficult to say before the second half of the match whether Barcelona would be able to beat Celje Pivovarna Lasko and go through to the final of the Champion's League. But in their home hall Blaugrana that is exactly what happened.
MONTPELLIER WENT OUT IN STYLEFeeling confident with last week's win (30-24), the team-mates of Talant Dujshebaev started this semi-final return match with serenity in the face of the pressure.....
CELJE STAYS UNDEFEATED IN ZLATOROGOn Saturday, in Celje, it was all about handball. The European champions were playing host to FC Barcelona - one of the best clubs in the world. As predicted, the match was.....
WELL DESERVED VICTORY!Ciudad Real made a first step to the final of the Champions League by winning with 30-24 against Montpellier. The victory was well deserved after a very intense match in Quijote Arena packed with 5'000 spectators.
CIUDAD REAL ADVANCES WITH DOUBLE VICTORYThe visitors had to miss their No.1 goalkeeper, Sterbik, who was replaced by the Spanish World Champion Hombrados. It shows the strength of the Iberian squad quite clearly, as they have two international stars....
NO CHANCE FOR LEMGOUnbelievable! In the second meeting in a row between Celje and Lemgo in the quarterfinals of the Champions League and it ends in the same result. Celje was just too strong for Germans. Some believe that they are even stronger...
FLENSBURGS CL DREAM IN SHREADSSG Flensburg Handewitt was on the verge of compensating the crude 22:36 defeat by Montpellier HB from the first leg. The 60 handball minutes turned conditions from the first meeting practically on its head....
BARCELONA ARE THROUGH TO CL SEMIFINALAfter suffering a 27:33 (14:17) defeat at the hands of Barcelona, THW Kiel was eliminated in the quarterfinal of the Champions League.The "hell" of the Palau Blaugrana was almost sold out - 7800 euphoric Spaniards.....
COMEBACK FOR JAUME FORT MAURIThe last few days were quite busy in Ciudad Real. On the one hand Coach Juan de Dios Roman Seco was happy with the team's performance and the 29:22 win against Fotex Veszprem in last Saturday's Champions League quarterf-final first leg ....
RECORD DEFEAT FOR THE GERMAN CHAMPIONThe Champions League winner of 2003, Montpellier HB, put the reigning German Champion to shame. This was Flensburg's 89th appearance on the international stage and SG Flensburg-Handewitt experienced its biggest flop.....
THW STEAMROLLED BARCA IN CLOSING MINUTESTHW Kiel has propped open the door to the semi-finals of the Champions League: in the ¼ finals 1st leg, the Zebras won in a heated "Duel of the Giants", beating FC Barcelona by 30:35 (13:14).....
REAL WINS IN A REAL DERBYThe beautiful town of Ciudad Real saw the clash of two sides that could easily be the favourites for the final victory in the Champions League as well. However, one of them has to leave the tournament rather prematurely next week......
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