Foxes Berlin on title hunt: championship and champions League final!

Foxes Berlin on title hunt: championship and champions League final!

The Foxes Berlin secured the title of the German Championship in an exciting season and are now traveling to the EHF Final4 tournament in Cologne with a lot of confidence. There they meet HBC Nantes in the semi -finals, a blatant outsider in competition. The games start on Saturday at 3 p.m., and according to the bookmaker "Bwin", the foxes are the favorites for winning the title with a quota of 2.25. In the other places, FC Barcelona followed with 2.75 and SC Magdeburg with 4.50, while Nantes is classified as an outsider with a quotation of 4.75 as an outsider, how rbb24 reported.

Preparations for the final Four began immediately after the celebrations for the championship on Wednesday. Sports board member Stefan Kretzschmar emphasizes the enormous importance of reaching the final Four in the first year. However, Managing Director Bob Hanning expresses concerns about the team's energetic constitution after an intensive Bundesliga season. In addition, coach Jaron Siewert emphasizes that the team should not travel to the Champions League as the title holder, so the championship does not play a role.

foxes on the hunt for the title

Kretzschmar also warns of an underestimation of Nantes, especially in view of the unfavorable betting odds. Siewert sees FC Barcelona as the strongest competitor because as defending champions they won the most Champions League trophies. Hanning and Siewert hope that the team can revive the attractive speed handball again in order to increase the chances of increasing the second title of the season [Sport4final] (https://sport4final.de/sport-aktuell/champions-league-maenner/ehf-final4-koeln-2025/handball-hf-final4- halffinale-fuechse-berlin-vs-hbc-nantes/2025/06/08/).

A key player in the tournament will be Mathias Gidsel, who is seen by many as the best handball player in the world. Gidsel, who recently won his third world championship with the Danish national team, is seen as a decisive factor for the opportunities of the foxes. Even two months ago, Hanning expressed the conviction that the team can win the Champions League, as zdfheute.

The other semi -finals and the goal of a German final

In the other semi -finals, FC Barcelona and SC Magdeburg meet. The possibility of a purely German final was, the last took place in 2014 when SG Flensburg-Handewitt successfully defended its title in the European League. Magdeburg achieved the surprise victory against the Hungarian representative Veszprem in the quarterfinals. However, the Situation around her director Gisli Thorgyr Kristjansson is unclear because he is struck and it remains questionable whether he can play. Trainer Wiegert is planning for now without him.