Champions League Women | 4 Dec 2022

UCAM Cartagena TM concluded the Group Stage at the top of the standings

The winners of the Europe Cup last season, Spanish UCAM Cartagena TM, concluded Stage 2 of the Champions League Women at the top of the Group A. In the last match of the phase they overcame Italian club ASD Quattro Mori Cagliari. That is their third victory in the Stage two, previously they lost only to TTC Berlin eastside.

Five times winners of the Champions League, Germany’s club will also progress to the quarterfinal from the position no. two. They lost two matches; beside UCAM Cartagena, TTC Berlin eastside lost to ASD Quattro Mori Cagliari. That was the only victory Italian side recorded in Group A.

Today in Spain, Maria XIAO broke the ice with the victory over Tania PLAIAN (5:11, 11:4, 11:7, 12:10). Despite the shaky start she took over the control from the second game.

“Today, it was a very hard match despite of the result. We knew we were already qualified but we wanted to be first in the group . We are really happy about our performances in the Champions League second stage. We played really well in overall. We didn’t expect to beat Berlin at home and we also surprised them in their home soil,” said Maria.

Silvia ERDELYI succeeded against Andreea DRAGOMAN (11:6, 8:11, 11:8, 11:7) and Dora MADARASZ sealed the match in superb style. She beat Edem OFFIONG in straight games (11:9, 11:5, 11:5)

“We are very happy that we reached quarterfinals, this was our ultimate goal before group stage. First match’s victory against Berlin gave us so much confidence and we kept it until the end. We are very happy with this result. I am proud of our team” stated Dora.