Veszprem complete perfect Champions League group stage as Egyptian quartet score 10

Veszprem completed the group stage of the European Handball Champions League with a perfect record after beating Porto 34-29, with its four Egyptian players contributing 10 goals.

Yahia El-Deraa, Ahmed Hashem “Dodo”, Ali Zein and Ahmed Adel Dola all featured for Veszprem in the final round of the group stage.

Dodo led the Egyptian scorers with five goals, while Yahia El-Deraa added three and Ali Zein scored twice. The result maintained Veszprem’s 100% record and took them to 12 points from the group.

Fuchse Berlin finished second on six points.

A total of 24 teams are competing across six groups for places in the main round. The top two sides in each group qualify, with the 12 successful teams then divided between two groups.

Yahia Khaled helps Paris Saint-Germain finish top

In Group C, Yahia Khaled scored seven second-half goals as Paris Saint-Germain defeated Aalborg 32-25 in their final group-stage match.

Paris Saint-Germain, Aalborg, Dinamo Zagreb and Slovenian club Celje made up Group C.

Paris Saint-Germain finished first with nine points, ahead of Danish side Aalborg on goal difference.