This was a lecture of Macedonian champions at SAP Arena in Mannheim, where domestic team wasn’t able to stay competitive even until 20th minute. RK Vardar beat Rhein Neckar Lowen 30:27 (16:12) convincingly with +7 in some moments.
Timur Dibirov was TOP scorer in the winning team with seven goals.
Rhein-Neckar Löwen – Vardar Skopje 27:30 (12:16)
Löwen: Appelgren, Palicka – Schmid (9/2), Sigurdsson, Radivojevic, Tollbring (2), Groetzki (1), Abutovic, Guardiola (1), Taleski, Petersson (4), Mensah (2), Lipovina, Kohlbacher (8)
Skopje: Milosavljev, Ghedbane – Kristopans (4), Karacic (6), Skube (3), Stoilov (6), Dissinger, Dibirov (7), Shishkarev (2), Cupic (2), Kalarash, Vojvodic, Kiselev, Nenadovski, Popovski, Kizic
STANDING:
| 1. | Barcelona | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 351:283 | 18 | |
| 2. | Vardar | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 314:304 | 15 | |
| 3. | Rhein-Neckar | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 339:324 | 12 | |
| 4. | Vive Kielce | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 314:303 | 12 | |
| 5. | Telekom Veszprem | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 288:274 | 12 | |
| 6. | Kristianstad | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 284:334 | 5 | |
| 7. | Meshkov Brest | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 277:315 | 5 | |
| 8. | Montpellier | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 265:295 | 3 |
