SC Magdeburg is crowned champion after beating Füchse Berlin!

SC Magdeburg is crowned champion after beating Füchse Berlin!

The closing ceremony was quite something: SC Magdeburg triumphed in the 2025 Handball Champions League and was crowned King of Europe for the third time. In a thrilling final, which took place in front of 20,074 paying spectators in Cologne's Lanxess Arena, the team defeated Füchse Berlin 32:26. With this, the SCM put an exclamation mark and destroyed the first titleless season in five years, while the Berliners had to accept their first defeat since February after a previous championship title and an impressive series eurosport.de reported.

From the start it was a game between two Bundesliga clubs who met in the final again after eleven years. The SCM was able to demonstrate in the first half and led 16:12 at the break. Coach Bennet Wiegert, who won his second Champions League title as a coach, put together a strong defense that neutralized Berlin's offensive power, especially world handball player Mathias Gidsel. Gidsel had repeatedly wanted to put himself in the spotlight over the course of the game, but never really got going, which was largely due to Magdeburg's stable defensive performance.

A game with turning points

The second half brought extra momentum to the match when Antonio Serradilla Cuenca was shown a red card in the 34th minute. Many saw this as a turning point because the sending off changed the pace of the game. Magdeburg took advantage of this opportunity and extended its lead to 23:17. Andreas Milosavljev, the Foxes' goalkeeper, had no saves in the first twenty minutes and was replaced by Lasse Ludwig in the second half. However, this measure did not bring the hoped-for success for Berlin, as the Füchse also made many unnecessary mistakes offensively, as reported by zdf.de.

Gisli Kristjansson was the standout player for Magdeburg and, in addition to his eight goals, scored crucial goals that put the team on the road to victory. Next to him, SCM goalkeeper Sergey Hernandez showed his class and improved as the game progressed, which helped him defuse the Berlin attacks.

The conclusion

This is how the 2025 Champions League season comes to an end, and SC Magdeburg can look back on an impressive season in which they defeated defending champions FC Barcelona in the semi-finals. The entire team knew what was at stake and performed excellently on both defense and offense. Magdeburg can now look forward to its third title in the club's history, the previous ones being won in 2002 and 2023. However, a bad aftertaste remains for the Füchse, as the desired second title failed to materialize within a few days, while SC Magdeburg set an important milestone with its victory, which will certainly be talked about in the city for a long time, according to reports spiegel.de.