Metz secure direct quarter-final entry as Odense move second

Metz secured direct women’s Champions League quarter-final qualification with a 33–24 victory at Dortmund. Their fourth consecutive win brought a fourth straight top-two group finish and a tenth appearance among the competition’s final eight teams overall.

Storhamar defeated Budućnost in Montenegro to keep their play-off hopes alive and end an eight-match losing sequence. Anniken Obaidli scored seven goals, while goalkeeper Eli Marie Raasok recorded a forty-five per cent save rate in the Norwegian side’s victory.

Gloria Bistrita’s narrow win over Debrecen confirmed fourth position in group A. In group B, Odense defeated Ikast to move into second place on nineteen points. Five teams remained separated by four points, with the direct qualification positions still unresolved before the final round.