ECLW draw: Reigning champion against Clairefontaine

December 12, 2018
1:43 pm
Champions League Women

Quarter-final draw: Clairefontaine – Dr. CASL Hodonin – Berlin Metz – Linz AG Froschberg Sporting – Tarnobrzeg

The quarter-final draw for the 2018/19 European Champions League Women set the clash between reigning champion Dr. CASL from Croatia and ECLW debutant from France ETIVAL Clairefontaine. Other quarter-final pairs are following: SKST STAVOIMPEX Hodonin (CZE) – TTC Berlin Eastside (GER) Linz AG Froschberg (AUT) – Metz TT (FRA) Sporting Club de Portugal (POR) -KTS ENEA SIARKA Tarnobrzeg (POL).

One of two undefeated teams so far (beside Berlin) Dr. CASL (4-0 win-loss) enters the knockout phase as Group A no. 1 while Clairefontaine (2-2) finished second in Group B. Croatian side is clear favorite with its top-class players FU Yu LI Jie DOO Hoi Kem and NI Xialian.

Four-time ECLW champion TTC Berlin Eastside (4-0) best placed Group B team faces Hodinin (3-1 no. 2 Group D). German side is favourite but Czech Republic team showed its strength by beating away Tarnobrzeg 3:1.

Two-time ECLW winner Linz AG Froschberg (3-1 no. 1 Group C) will play against actual ETTU Cup Women champion Metz TT (2-2 no. 2 Group A) while two-time ECLW runner-up and current no. 2 seed Tarnobrzeg (3-1 no. 1 Group D) faces ECLW debutant Sporting Clube de Portugal (2-2 no. 2 Group C).

The 2018/19 ECLW quarter-finals

(1st leg January 25-27th)

ETIVAL Clairefontaine (FRA) – Dr. CASL (CRO)

SKST STAVOIMPEX Hodonin (CZE) – TTC Berlin Eastside (GER)

Metz TT (FRA) – Linz AG Froschberg (AUT)

Sporting Club de Portugal (POR) – KTS ENEA SIARKA Tarnobrzeg (POL)

Second leg to be held on February 8-10^th

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