SCM group games planned in the Champions League

SCM Group Matches in the Champions League

This year, the SCM team, coached by Bennet Wiegert, has a balanced group in the Champions League. Their group includes three clubs:

• Kolstadt IL from Norway – the Norwegian champion
• Industria Kielce from Poland – the Polish champion
• HC Kriens-Luzern from Switzerland – the Swiss champion

The Swiss team, HC Kriens-Luzern, is playing in the Champions League for the first time. They have Andy Schmid, a famous player who was the best player in the German Bundesliga before. The Norwegian team, Kolstadt IL, has been playing in the Champions League for many years. One of their players is Magnus Gullerud, who used to play for Magdeburg in Germany.

Kielce from Poland won the Champions League in 2016. They often get far in the competition, like in the knockout phase (the part where teams get eliminated after losing). Their new coach is Krzysztof Lijewski, who played in Hamburg and for Rhein-Neckar-Löwen, two German teams. Kielce wants to do well again this year.

Matches

• SCM will start by playing at home against Kolstadt IL.
• Then they will travel to Switzerland to play against HC Kriens-Luzern.
• After that, they will play two games against Kielce.

New Format for the Champions League

The competition has a new system this year. 24 clubs will play in the Champions League. They will be divided into six groups with four teams each.

The rules are:

• The top two teams in each group will go to the main round.
• The teams in third and fourth place will continue in another competition called the EHF European League.

In the main round, there will be two groups with six teams each. The best four teams in each group will go to the quarterfinals.

• The teams ranked fifth will move to the EHF European League.
• The last team will be out of the competition.

The semi-finals and final games will be played at the TruckScout24 EHF FINAL4 in Cologne (a city in Germany). This event will happen on June 12 and 13, 2027, at the LANXESS arena.

SCM Champions Card

Like other years, SCM will sell a Champions Card for their home games. The games will be played in the GETEC Arena.