Champions League handball: Seven Egyptians included in main-round line-up

The European Handball Federation has announced the main-round schedule for this season’s Champions League, with seven Egyptian players among the teams competing for progress in the tournament.

The group stage has concluded with 12 teams advancing to the next phase. They have been divided into two groups of six, with the main-round fixtures due to begin on Wednesday, 18 November.

Group A includes Hungarian side Veszprem, French club Paris Saint-Germain, German teams Melsungen and Fuchse Berlin, Polish side Wisła Płock and Danish club Aalborg.

Group B is made up of Spanish champions Barcelona, Sporting CP of Portugal, German side Magdeburg, Polish club Kielce, Danish team GOG and Dinamo Bucuresti of Romania.

The seven Egyptian players involved in this season’s Champions League are Yahia Khaled, who plays for Paris Saint-Germain, and Seif El-Deraa, who is with Barcelona.

Mohamed Ali represents Sporting CP, while Yahia El-Deraa, Ali Zein, Ahmed Hesham “Dodo” and Ahmed Adel are all part of the Veszprem squad.

The European Handball Federation has also set out the order of the matches for the main round, which will start on Wednesday, 18 November.