The first leg victory (38-34) will not have been enough. Toulouse’s Fenix Handball failed to qualify for the C2 quarter-finals on Tuesday evening in Lisbon, Portugal. Victory 36 to 30 of the Portuguese Benfica. It was the first time in their history that Toulouse played in the round of 16. “The Fenix marks the end of its magnificent and historic European adventure. Congratulations and thank you gentlemen for all these emotions, the season is not over”, writes the club on its Twitter account. The Fenix finds the StarLigue this Friday in Limoges.
Nantes however qualified for the quarter-finals after their victory in Berlin. A success in the last minutes of the match, the Nantes have long been led.