Historical moment for Nantes! First EHF EL trophy goes to Nantes!

10.05.2021

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Historical moment for Nantes! First EHF EL trophy goes to Nantes!

First trophy of the EHF European League goes to Nantes! Nantes wrote history after after a dominant victory against Hungarian Siofok!

Everyone thought that the host Minaur Baia Mare or Siofok would win the title, but the French surprised everyone, showed great team spirit and managed to win the first European title.

After a phenomenal victory in the semifinals against the host Minaur Baia Mare, where Bruna de Paula and Nathalia Hagman led this team to victory and Nantes proved that it wasn't coincidence by dominant victory against Siofok.

In the early part of the game, Nantes gained the advantage and controlled the game. Bruna de Paula and Nathalia Hagman shone again and led this team to victory. At half time, Nantes left with a 4-goal advantage.

With goals from Maubon and Natalie Hagman at the start of the second half, Nantes increased the advantage to 13:19 and it was already clear that Siofok has very small chance for comback. By the end of the game, Nantes maintained an excellent advantage and came to a well-deserved trophy.

Nantes won the EHF European League - Handball-base

Siofok - Nantes 31:36 (13:17)

Siofok: Melinda Szikora 6/38 (16%), Kincso Csapo 0/4 (0%), Simone Bohme 1, Julia Harsfalvi 4, Fanni Juhasz, Tamara Horacek 3, Camille Aoustin 1, Julia Krasznai, Katarina Jezic 2, Csilla Mazak-Nemeth, Nelli Such 5, Nikoletta Kiss 1, Gnosiane Niombla 5, Zsuzsanna Tomori 4, Laura Lapos, Gabrilla Toth 7

Nantes: Floriane Andre 4/23 (17%), Adriana Placzek 1/13 (8%), Bruna de Paula 6, Nathalie Hagman 7, Manon Loquay, Camille Ayglon Saurina 4, Blandine Dancette, Mari Bergum, Kaba Gassama 4, Charlotte Kieffer, Orlane Ahanda 2, Gordana Mitrovic 2, Deborah Kpodar 4, Marion Maubon 3, Mateos Escribano 3, Dyenaba Sylla 1