Melita Falcons Beach Handball Club are set to make their European debut as they will participate in the EHF Beach HandBall Champions Cup in Catania, Sicily, between November 1 and November 4.

Melita, who are the domestic champions, will be involved in Group A alongside defending champions Ekaterinodar Krasnodar of Russia, Sweden's BHC Goteborg and BHC 1899 Bern of Switzerland. 

Despite the competitive challenge in this tournament, the Maltese side is aiming to at least place among the top 12 of this 16-team competition and has strengthened its squad ahead of their expedition with the signings of Hungarian duo, former Beach Handball European Championship Most Valuable Player Gabor Bathori and Csaba Foldesi.

Squad: Gabor Bathori, Csaba Foldesi, Adam Sule, Mauro Camilleri Darmanin, Jean-Paul Caruana, Christopher Magro, Christian McClean, Peter Naudi, Alan Portelli, James Rausi and Daniel Tanti; Staff: Ian Psaila (coach) and Milos Stanisavljevic (Physio). 

Resukts:

November 1, 12.15pm - Melita vs Goteborg 15-16; 16-16; 3-2.

November 2, 10am - Melita vs Ekaterinodar 10-26; 6-12.

November 2, 2.30pm - Melita vs BHC 12-12; 20-24. 

All games will be streamed on www.ehftv.com.

Further information about Melita Falcons can be found on their respective Facebook and Instagram social media profiles. 

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