Barça extends its reign in the Plenitude League.

Liga NEXUS ENERGIA ASOBAL
13/04/2024 | Marc Graupera Liga NEXUS ENERGIA ASOBAL

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The azulgrana team took advantage of its first opportunity to mathematically conquer the Plenitude League 2023/2024 title with a narrow victory in the Catalan derby against a combative Fraikin BM. Granollers (40-37) that showed up at the Palau with an average age of 21 years in the squad and with the notable absences of captain Antonio García and Oriol Rey.

The Barça maintains its hegemony in the domestic championship adding its 31º title and its 14º consecutively in a streak that started in the 2010/2011 campaign. The Plenitude League is the fourth trophy that Carlos Ortega's pupils lift this season, after the Catalan supercup, the Iberian supercup and the Spanish cup and they still have the Final8 of the Copa de S.M. El Rey and the quarterfinals of the EHF Champions League against PSG to achieve a ticket for the Final4 in Cologne. The course in the 34ª Plenitude League started with the surprise of the draw against Bidasoa Irun in Artaleku (26-26), but the Barça pushed the accelerator to maintain its undefeated condition and resolve, five rounds before the end of the championship, the title.

The Match of the Day was a good representative sample of the extremely high level of Spanish handball elite, with a vallesano team that showed its competitive gene and exhibited the talent and daring of the younger players. Fraikin BM. Granollers conceded its first defeat of 2024 at the Palau Blaugrana, but did not lower its arms in the 60 minutes of the match and bid farewell to the 40x20 with a resounding ovation from its fans and also from the local public in a handball day of many carats that seduced more than 3,000 spectators.

The fight for Europe intensifies

The battle for the European places is more open than ever after Fraikin BM. Granollers' defeat at the Palau and the victories of BM. Logroño La Rioja and ABANCA Ademar León. The franjivino team beat TM Benidorm (33-23) and is fourth with 33, only one point behind the vallesanos, while the ademarista team took the victory from its visit to Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto (27-31) and continues stalking from the fifth position with 29 points.