Montpellier won the first trophy of the season “Champions Trophy” which was an intro to season 2018/2019. The VELUX EHF Champions League winners beat Saint Raphael 32:27 at the final, while HBC Nantes beat Paris Saint Germain after 7-meter series – 46:45.
MONTPELLIER HB – SAINT-RAPHAËL 32:27 (17:14)
Saint-Raphaël : Demaille (9 saves), Popescu (1 save); Simicu, Mapu (5/7), Sarmiento (6/9 dont 4/4 pén), Lynggaard (0/2), Kolakovic (1/1), Jurka (2/2), Caucheteux (1/3 dont 1/2 pén), Vigneron (1/1), Toto, Trottet, Krakowski (1/1), Dipanda (3/5), Eponouh, Gayduchenko (7/11)
Montpellier : Gérard (7 saves), Portner (4 saves); Simonet (3/4), Caussé (2/3), Truchanovicius (4/7), Grébille (8/9), Pettersson (1/1), Richardson (1/3 dont 0/1), Kavticnik (2/3 dont 2/3 pén), Bonnefond (1/1), Faustin (0/1), Porte (3/8), Bingo (0/1), Afgour, Soussi (1/1), Mamdouh (4/5)
HBC Nantes : Cyril DUMOULIN (5/26), Arnaud SIFFERT (5/27), Romain LAGARDE, Florian DELECROIX (3/5), Rudi FALUVEGI, Romaric GUILLO (0/1), Olivier NYOKAS (2/4), Nicolas CLAIRE (6/8), Lucien AUFFRET, Espen LIE HANSEN (1/1), Nicolas TOURNAT (2/3), Julian EMONET (2/2), Valero RIVERA (12/15), Kiril LAZAROV (8/8), Eduardo GURBINDO, David BALAGUER (10/11).
PSG Handball : Rodrigo CORRALES (10/32), Thierry OMEYER (0/23), Uwe GENSHEIMER (8/11), Luka STEPANCIC, Adama KEITA, Sander SAGOSEN (7/10), Benoît KOUNKOUD (2/2), Henril TOFT HANSEN (1/1), Nedim REMILI (9/12), Luc ABALO (3/4), Luka KARABATIC (6/8), Viran MORROS, Nikola KARABATIC (4/5), Kim EKDAHL DU RIETZ (5/6), Dylan NAHI.
