Handball Bundesliga team Füchse Berlin has won a European Cup for the third time in the club’s history. After winning the EHF Cup in 2015 and 2018, the people from the capital won the title in the European League on Sunday. In the final of the Final Four in Flensburg, coach Jaron Siewert’s team won 36:31 (16:12) against the Spanish representative BM Granollers. Third place had previously been secured by Frisch Auf Göppingen with a 33:29 (16:17) victory over Montpellier HB from France.
“It’s a big title for the club,” said the only 29-year-old Siewert: “It means a lot to me. I’m a young coach and I’m just at the beginning of my career.” Fabian Wiede, who was honored as the most valuable player of the final weekend, added: “We’re overjoyed to have brought the trophy back to Berlin after five years.”
In Fabian Wiede and Mathias Gidsel, Siewert had ordered two left-handers into the Berlin backcourt. The Bundesliga team quickly took the lead 3:1 (7th minute). The Catalans, who had gotten rid of Göppingen and SG Flensburg-Handewitt on their way to the final, countered and advanced to 6:4 (14th).
The momentum was quickly back on the side of the Bundesliga third. With a 4:1 run immediately after the break to 20:13 (34 th ) Berlin created a comfortable lead that was no longer in danger until the final whistle. The best Berlin thrower in the 26th victory of a German club in the 41st edition of the competition was Lasse Andersson with eight goals.
“This is my first title with Berlin. I hope that a few more will follow,” said Foxes goalkeeper Dejan Milosavljev, who played a large part in the win with ten saves. The best Berlin thrower in the 26th victory of a German club in the 41st edition of the competition was Lasse Andersson with eight goals.
