While Polish side Plock travel to Switzerland to meet Kadetten Schaffhausen, who had arguably the most exciting qualification for this stage, Danish team GOG will visit RK Nexe and Slovenia’s Gorenje Velenje will play in SL Benfica’s fiery arena in Portugal.
In quite the battle of the titans, title holders SC Magdeburg will visit HBC Nantes in France to take on a team highly experienced in the business end of European cup competitions.
QUARTER-FINALS, FIRST LEG
Kadetten Schaffhausen (SUI) vs Orlen Wisla Plock (POL)
Tuesday 26 April, 18:45 CEST, live on EHFTV
- the 2019/20 season was the last time the teams met — in the EHF Champions League group phase, when Plock won both matches
- Plock eliminated TBV Lemgo Lippe in the Last 16 after finishing on top of group A. Schaffhausen proceeded to the quarter-finals after eliminating Sävehof thanks to the number of away goals scored, after finishing third in group D
- while Plock were participants in the EHF Finals 2021 in Mannheim, it is the first quarter-final for Kadetten in an EHF competition since 2010, when they finally made it to the final of the EHF Cup
- Samuel Zehnder has netted 91 goals for Kadetten, including their four qualification matches, while Plock’s Sergei Mark Kosorotov has 91 strikes in his tally
- Plock are ranked second in the Polish league below EHF Champions League quarter-finalists Lomza Vive Kielce; Kadetten are tied 1-1 with Bern in their quarter-final series in the Swiss league
We are extremely looking forward to the next two games against Wisla Plock. Although they are the favourites, we know that we can perform well against top teams. Let's see if we can pull off a surprise.
Benfica are the favourtes in this match, but I think we have shown this season that we can play against any team. We have a difficult match ahead of us, in which the small things will decide.
