A new handball dynasty from the north of Europe - what used to be the Danish Slagelse and Viborg with Bojana Popović, is now the Norwegian Vipers, who defended the title of European champion.
In front of 15.400 spectators in "MVM home" in Budapest, the team from Kristiansand defeated the home team Đer 33:31 (15:13) and kept the cup they won last year against Brest Đurđina Jauković.
The Hungarians started the match better, several times they had plus three, but when Vipers took the lead for the first time (11:10 in the 22nd minute), they allowed the five-time champion to equalize only once (16:16).
In the decisive moments, 42-year-old Katrine Lunde shone, who with three saves enabled her team to take a 33:29 lead.
Lunde finished the match with 12 blocked shots, and the Czechs Marketa Ježabkova with seven and Jana Knedlikova with five goals, and Sweden's Izabela Gulden with six, were the best in attack.
Denmark's Anne-Meta Hansen scored six and Lin Blom scored five goals.
This is a new blow for the Hungarian multimillion-dollar project, which brings everything it wants every year, and won the last title in 2019.
So he was left without the sixth cup intended for the European champion, but Lunde and Nora Merk did it for the sixth time and reached Popović's...
By the way, in Hungary he lost the Cup to Ferencvaros, and the title was taken from him thanks to the away goal rule, because he won 25:20 at home, and lost 29:24 in Budapest.
Bonus video:
