Rapid Bucharest missed the chance to go directly to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, losing to group leader Metz 36-34.

Rapid qualified for eighth place – Champions will host Lokomotiv Zagreb in the last match of the group.

Although the girls coached by Carlos Weaver drew the match in Bucharest (32-32), the French girls from Metz mostly controlled the game, especially in the first half when they went into the booths with a 3-goal lead.

In the second half, Julestense came back, but never even managed to restore equality in the table.

The team from the Hexagon is one step ahead of the champion of Romania, who has to settle for eighth in the qualification.

Champions League group B standings:

1. Metz 23p

2. Esbjerg 20p

3. Gyor 18p

4. Rapid Bucharest 18b

5. Future 11b

6. Storhamar 8p

7. Kastamonu 3p

8. Lok Zagreb 1b