The other teams in the pool look good, though. The German squad is led by captain Anja Folberth and a clutch of players with some international experience, but have seen some turnover since 2019 and seem to have a few younger players getting their first taste of elite European competition. HeidelbГ¤rchen (Karlsruhe and Heidelberg) are second seeds. The French team will be favorites in this group but itвЂ™s a tough one. American star Robyn Fennig is joining the French in Bruges as well, so YAKA seem well set up to go one step further than they have ever gone 6 and make a European final. Their path to third saw them meet Shout in the semi-final, where they held a 12-11 lead in a game to 13 before seeing that lead slip through their fingers. Petersburg) and took silver, one spot ahead of the Parisians who finished in 2019 with bronze. Bringel last played at EUCF for Cosmic Girls (St. They also return Dutch EuroStar Paula Baas, and have added another EuroStar in 2019 defensive player of the year runner-up InГЄs Bringel from Portugal. They return captain and EuroStar Aline Mondiot, as well as stalwarts like Jeanne Della Valle, Aude Richon and Alexia Chassigneux. YAKA (Noisy-le-Sec, France) is a team with expectations. ThereвЂ™s plenty of other players with international experience for a variety of teams, so the Swedes will feel good about their chances to break seed given their position at the bottom of this pool. Valkyria feature former EuroStars Sarah Eklund and Barbora KundelytД— as well as Saskia Beeck who has made the shortlist for GermanyвЂ™s World Games team. Monkeys have several Czech national team players and plenty of legs with a squad of 23. The pool is rounded out by Terrible Monkeys (Prague), the Czech nationals runners up, and SUFC Valkyria (Stockholm). There are a number of players who played a part in the silver medallist Swiss team from EUC 2019, including Laura Niederhauser, Olivia Hauser, Sarina Schenk and Azra Avdukic, so thereвЂ™s plenty of experience here and they should have a good shot at second in the pool and a possible spot in the power pools. The Italian team will be aiming to complete a hat-trick of European titles, a feat that has only ever been accomplished once before 5, but their pool is a tough one to start off the campaign.Дў016 EUCF winners FABulous (Bern) are likely to pose the Italians their stiffest test in the pool. 4 LeЕЎnik in particular is exciting having flashed the ability to make huge plays in all facets of the game, with expansive throws, layout blocks and big skies all in her bag. Three new additions will add quality too: explosive Denmark mixed cutter Helle RГёrvang, Swiss womenвЂ™s star defender Linnea Seibert, and up-and-coming Slovenian Aurora LeЕЎnik. Stalwarts Laura Farolfi, Anna Ceschi and 2021 captain Irene Scazzieri have been written about plenty before and will play crucial roles as ever, but there are experienced winners throughout the roster, which is the largest in the division. Two-time reigning champions CUSB Shout (Bologna) look set to be as strong as ever.

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