CSM Bucharest – Crimea Ljubljana, Champions League quarter-final second-leg play-off, scheduled for Sunday 24 March at 17:00 at Polyvalent Hall and will be broadcast live on Digi Sport 1, Orange Sport 1 and Prima Sport 1.

CSM Bucharest are heavy favorites to win and reach the quarter-finals of the EHF Champions League, especially after they beat Crimea Ljubljana 30-24 in the first leg.

The winner of the “double” between CSM Bucharest and Crimea Ljubljana will play in the quarter-finals of the EGF Champions League against Metz (April 27/28 – home match and May 4/5 – away).

CSM Bucharest finished 4th in Group A (from which Győr and Odense advanced directly to the quarter-finals), in which they recorded eight wins, one draw and four losses.

The star of the champion of Romania, Christina Nyagu, ranks 4th in the ranking of the best scorers of the competition with 89 goals from 144 shots on goal (Brest’s Valeria Maslova leads with 93 goals from 154 shots on goal). .

In the Florilor League (domestic championship), Adrian Vasile’s team is leading after 19 stages, having 54 points, six more than Gloria Bistrica (Tigers have 18 successes and only one failure, 28-30 with Rapid); CSM Bucharest also qualified for the semi-finals of the Romanian Cup.

CSM Bucharest won the Champions League once, in 2016, after 27-21 in the semi-final with Vardar and 29-26 in the final with Gyor (22-22 after 60 minutes, 25-25 after 70 minutes – overtime – and 4-1 for kicks from 7 meters); the Romanians finished in 3rd place twice, in 2017 and 2018, and have not reached the final since then 4).

“Krim Ljubljana” took 5th place in Group B (from where “Metz” and “Esbjerg” went directly to the quarter-finals), in which they won six, drew one and lost seven.

The best scorer of Slovenians in the Champions League is Russian Daria Dmitrieva, who has 74 goals from 116 shots on goal.

In the 1. zenska rokometna liga (domestic league), the team coached by Dragan Adzic won the regular season with 14 successes in as many games played and will start the playoffs in 1st place with 6 points (Ajdovshchyna also qualified with 4 points, Celje – 2 points and Lithia – 0 points).

Crimea Ljubljana have two EHF Champions League trophies, won in 2001 and 2003, and have lost three more finals in 1999, 2004 and 2006.

The two teams have met eight times in recent years, with CSM Bucharest having five wins, one match ending in a draw, and Krim Ljubljana winning twice.

Superbet offers odds of 1.38 on prediction 1: victory of the home team in the match CSM Bucharest – Crimea Ljubljana.

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