The last time the Hungarians missed a ticket to the Final Four was in 2014/15, and now Györ have reached the semi-final for the tenth consecutive time. In 2025, they won their seventh Champions League title; a year later, they will hope to claim the trophy in in the comfort of their own home city once again.
The current campaign in the continental top flight has not been perfect for Per Johansson’s team, who faced injury challenges and lost two games in the group stage, against Team Esbjerg and DVSC Schaeffler.
However, Gyor did a perfect job in the quarter-finals, beating Odense twice, each time by a much bigger margin than the 29-27 result in last season’s final.
The Danish team, who were runners-up last year, will miss the FINAL4 this time. They came up short against Gyor’s solid defence, as a below-par 35 per cent shooting efficiency in the first half ended their hopes of a strong second-leg comeback. Overall, the visitors made too many mistakes, and a 15-goal defeat in the end left them devastated.
