When Vipers Kristiansand surprisingly won the EHF FINAL4 in 2021, Merkéta Jerábková was still with Thüringer HC in Germany but already knew she would join the Norwegian team for the 2021/22 season.

“I was really proud to see them claiming the trophy,” the Czech left back says.

Now a Vipers player, Jerábková has an excellent chance to reach her first EHF FINAL4, after the titleholders won the first leg of the EHF Champions League Women quarter-final at Krim Mercator Ljubljana by seven goals (32:25) last week.