Elche Handball Club VisitElche.com is confident that it will soon receive official confirmation that it will be able to compete in Europe next season, according to the assurances of Juan Ávila, the head of the side, to the Efe news agency. This newspaper contacted the club, which is currently cautious: “We haven’t received any official confirmation yet so we can’t say officially, but we believe the news will be known this week.”

In this way, CBM Elche VisitElche.com will be the third consecutive year in the European competition. Ávila is convinced that the invitation to his club is independent of the possible resignation of fourth-classed Unicaja Banco Gijón from the tournament, and admits it will be “crucial” for Elche to grow as an asset and team. To add a third season in Europe.

The Elche leader knows that the Royal Spanish Handball Federation (RFEMM) has requested an invitation for the Elche club before the deadline, which ends this Wednesday, and therefore understands that “there should be no problem to achieve this”. “I spoke to the federation and they told me not to worry, it should be okay,” said the president, whose team finished sixth in the Iberdrola Warriors League last season.

Elche club participates in sports and economic planning in Europe. In fact, the business did not want to leave homework for the summer and closed the roster for next season in June.

The Elche team has undergone a major restructuring with eight players and eleven players continuing from last season.

The most important arrival was right-back Tessa Van Zijl, who plays for the Dutch national team. Another important signing is Spanish-Portuguese winger Danilo So Delgado, who left Aula Valladolid.

Israeli winger Keren Teplisky, who had previously faced franjiverdes fighters Macabbi in the EHF European Cup qualifier, also joined the Elche project; and young Dutch center Pipy Wolf. The other four transfers were future-oriented. Agustinos de Alicante’s pearl winger María Carrillo, Elda Prestigio’s central defender Zaira Benítez, San Vicenc de Cataluña’s winger Raquel Moré and winger Lisa Oppedal, who was the Spanish junior champion two years ago. torrevieja

Added to the eight additions is a key base from last season. Goalkeepers Nicole Morales and Pamela Rodrigues. Wingers Clara Gascò and Celia Guilabert. Headquartered by Paola Bernabé and Ivet Musons. The guards are María Flores, Nuria Andreu and Elena Martínez. And center Katia Zhukova. Patricia Méndez continues. The club announced yesterday that it will continue to be a part of Visitelche.com CB Elche next season, as a key pillar of Rocamora’s plan and a player part of the club’s academy that represents Elche’s values.

As one of the players representing the values ​​of the franchise team, Patricia signed for her fifth season at the club, which forms part of the Honor Division. The proof of this is that the woman from Elche has been in the club, from school sports to being a part of the first team, but also a source of pride and a sign of improvement for the entire base of the team.

Furthermore, the franciverde centre-back has been part of the team that made history at the club as part of the project from the very beginning that Rocamora put together. Patricia is slowly spending quality minutes in the league due to the large number of casualties from the franciverde team, which is betting more and more on her speed and great defensive work.

Méndez says he is very happy to continue at Elche and hopes to have even more success with his teammates and club next season. He also emphasizes that it is proud to continue to be an example for one more year so that everyone working at the Base can reach the A team.

19 “warriors” in total. Elche will be the sole representative of the Community in the Guerreras-Iberdrola League and has set the bar very high in recent seasons with the Queen’s Cup and Spanish Super Cup titles. It showed its quality even in the European competition, where the recently completed campaign advanced to the quarterfinals and was eventually eliminated by champion Rocasa Canaria.