Going into the final round, 14 of the 16 teams that continue their journey in the EHF European League are already known. The two open spots will go to one team from group B – either FTC or PAUC Handball – and one from group D – either HC Eurofarm Pelister for HC Motor.
The article What teams need to do before the Last 16 lists all possible scenarios for Tuesday.
GROUP A
Fejer B.A.L.-Veszprém (HUN) vs SL Benfica (POR)
Tuesday 28 February, 17:00 CET, live on EHFTV
- Veszprém cannot qualify for the Last 16 anymore; Benfica finish fourth and will play group B winners Flensburg next
- Benfica won the reverse fixture 39:35 in round 3
- Veszprém have conceded the most goals of any team in the competition: 319
- Veszprém’s Benedek Éles: “We would like to play a similarly good and close match at home as we did at Benfica, thus saying goodbye to the EHF European League and thanking our fans for their support.”
- last weekend, Veszprém lost to Cegléd (28:22) in the Hungarian league; Benfica defeated Vitória (29:27) in the Portuguese championship
Frisch Auf Göppingen (GER) vs Montpellier HB (FRA)
Tuesday 28 February, 18:45 CET, live on EHFTV
- Göppingen and Montpellier will finish on the top two spots; this match decides which team ranks first and which second
- Göppingen need to win by at least eight to win the group; any other result will confirm Montpellier as the No. 1 team
- Montpellier won the first game between the two teams 35:27 at home in round 3
- Göppingen’s best scorer in the competition, Josip Sarac, has netted 47 times across nine games, three times more than Montpellier’s Kyllian Villeminot
- Montpellier remain leaders of the French league after their weekend win against Créteil (36:27) while Göppingen lost at home to Rhein-Neckar Löwen (27:25)
Kadetten Schaffhausen (SUI) vs Tatran Presov (SVK)
Tuesday 28 February, 18:45 CET, live on EHFTV
- both teams already know their fate: Kadetten finish third, Presov will not advance
- Kadetten took the two points the first time the two teams played against each other this season: 37:31
- this season marks the third time in a row Schaffhausen make it to through the Last 16; last season, they even reached the quarter-finals but lost to Plock
- Kadetten coach Adalsteinn Eyjolfsson: “It's our goal to keep the flow and to reach the highest points total in our history in the European league.”
- both teams’ best scorers have netted almost the same number of goals: 54 for Kadetten’s Odinn Thor Rikhardsso, 53 for Presov’s Oliver Rabek
- last weekend, both teams won their domestic games: Presov in Zahoraci (30:26) and Kadetten against Winterthur (31:24)