Chambéry will go through Lorraine well this season. Winner of Aix-en-Provence (27-26) at the end of the suspense Wednesday night at the Phare in the quarter-final of the Handball League Cup, thanks to a goal scored two seconds from the buzzer by the Slovenian center-half Sebastian Skube, Chambéry wins ticket for the Final Four of the competition organized in Metz on December 18 and 19. The hope for the Savoyards to win a title, but also a European qualification, on the occasion of this weekend during which the semi-finals and the final will follow. Paris, Montpell
A little revenge on the Covid
For Chambéry, winner of the competition in 2002, this qualification is also a small “revenge” on the health crisis. During the 2019-2020 season, Erick Mathé’s men qualified for the last four had been cut off by the Covid, the Final Four having been canceled at the very last moment. Last season, the League Cup was simply not organized, again due to the pandemic.