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Saint-Germain of Paris, represented by Dain Kristopan, sowed the first half in his field on Wednesday and lost to the European Handball Federation (EHF) Champions League 2020/2021. in the first match of the season.
Saint-Germain of Paris beat Flensburg-Handewitt of Germany by 28:29 (18:14).
Kristopan scored two goals in three shots.
The home team lost despite a five-goal lead in the first half.
Luka Karabatič was the top scorer with five “goals” in five shots, and Hampam Vannem scored six goals in eight attempts.
It has already been reported that the competitions of the best four teams of the 2019/2020 tournament have not been played yet. They will take place in Cologne, Germany, on 28 and 29 December.
The French team “Saint-Germain” from Paris, the Spanish club “Barcelona”, the German team “THW Kiel” and “Vezsprem” from Hungary will take part in the tournament. The semi-final pairs will be determined by lot.
The matches will take place in the well-known “Lanxess” arena, which has already hosted the final four tournaments and has also hosted world championship matches. In handball games, the arena can gather 19,500 spectators, but it is not known how the restrictive measures of Covid-19 will affect the attendance of the tournament.
In the same arena, the ULEB Euroleague basketball final four tournament is planned for the end of May next year.
In the spring of 2019, in Cologne, in the final of the competition, Kristopan scored four goals and promoted the triumph of the North Macedonian club Skopje “Vardar” with the result 27:24 (16:11), beating the Hungarian club Vespremes “Telekom”.
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