FC Barcelona Intersport (ESP) - European Handball Federation
FC Barcelona Intersport (ESP) - European Handball Federation
FC Barcelona Intersport (ESP) - European Handball Federation
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Defending VELUX EHF Champions League champions <strong>FC</strong> <strong>Barcelona</strong> <strong>Intersport</strong> (formerly <strong>FC</strong> <strong>Barcelona</strong><br />
Borges), their Spanish counterparts Atletico Madrid (former BM Ciudad Real) and VELUX EHF<br />
Champions League 2010 winners THW Kiel lost only one of their 10 matches, topping their groups in<br />
the process.<br />
The closeness of the VELUX EHF Champions League 2011/12 Group Phase was shown by the fact that<br />
five of the Last 16 participants were decided in the final round of matches in the Group Phase. The last<br />
team to qualify were Polish champions Orlen Wisla Plock after winning their Group C duel at St.<br />
Petersburg on Sunday (26 February).<br />
Group B ended in particularly thrilling circumstances – four teams fought for the three open places in<br />
the Last 16 in the final matches, with two of the decisive matches ending with a one goal margin<br />
victory and one with a draw.<br />
The variety of those 16 teams qualified for the Last 16 is huge. Even though all three Spanish and<br />
German teams have made their way to the knockout stage, clubs from 11 countries will be fighting for<br />
the qualification through to the Quarter-Finals in the two-legged matches on their way to the final<br />
destination of Cologne – and only eight of them were part of last season’s Last 16.
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