Best denied fast break - VELUX EHF Champions League

Arpad Sterbik led wire-to-wire early, holding a 51-56% edge over Roland Mikler through day 4. Mikler flipped it day 5, riding Hungarian support to a 52% lead by day 7 — a back-and-forth Balkans-vs-Hungary duel with the final outcome nowhere in sight.

Then Yunas Ösmusul erupted out of nowhere on day 7-8, rocketing to 43% and never looking back, locking in 73% by day 11 and holding it flat for the poll's final two weeks. The finish: a landslide built almost entirely on a single-day surge.

• Two lead changes · Sterbik led early, Mikler flipped it day 5, Ösmusul flipped it day 8
• Türkiye's late flood · 3,351 votes, nearly all for Ösmusul, arrived starting day 7
• Country loyalty split · Hungary backed Mikler, North Macedonia backed Sterbik, both lost to Türkiye
• Runaway finish · 73% share held rock-steady from day 11 through day 25