At the TruckScout24 EHF FINAL4 2026 on 13–14 June, defending champions SC Magdeburg will be aiming for their third EHF Champions League title in four years. Their first top-flight title, though, came almost a quarter of a century ago, when the German side stopped the dominance of the Spanish teams by lifting the trophy at the end of the 2001/02 season.

Then Magdeburg head coach Alfred Gislason, currently in charge of the Germany national team, looks back on that triumph — and ahead to this year's season finale.