The handball players from SC Magdeburg secured third place at the end of the club world championship. The team of coach Bennet Wiegert defeated the Egyptian outsider Al Ahl in bronze game with 32:23 (19:11) and thus ensured a conciliatory tournament. The German Champions League winner missed the final after four final participants in series.
Best Magdeburg goal scorer in the New Capital Sports Hall in the still nameless new capital of Egypt was the Danish Olympic champion Magnus Saugstrup with seven goals. The SCM had the game under control against the Egyptians, sat down early and no longer had to go to its limits.
FC Barcelona won the final led by the German referees Robert Schulze and Tobias Tönnies after a real thriller and two extensions with 31:30 (26:21, 13:12) against defending champion Veszprem HC (Hungary), who had beaten Magdeburg in the semi -finals 23:20. For record champion Barcelona it was the sixth title and the first since 2019.
The view at the SCM, world champion in 2021, 2022 and 2023, is now going back towards the Bundesliga. On Sunday, the difficult away game at HSV Hamburg is on the program, after which seven more competitive games are waiting in October.