It was easier than expected! FC Barcelona came even closer to the first place, which guarantee direct place to the VELUX EHF Champions League quarter-final, after Swedish adventure in Kristianstad, where “Orange army” couldn’t save their guys from convincing defeat against reigning champions – 31:24 (19:12). Kiril Lazarov and Wael Jallouz exploded in opening 15 minutes to show home team who are the bosses on playing court, while Danijel Šarić had very good first half to secure +7.
On the other side, attack was a real problem for Ola Lindgren guys, while only young Montenegrian goalie Nebojša Simić (14 saves) was on the level necessary to challenge Barca…
24. IFK Kristianstad (12+12): Larsson (Simic, m.14-60); Bjornsen (1), Lagregren (3), Linskog (3), Jamali (3), Gudmundsson (1), Tollbring (4), Jepson (-), Pettersson (3), Erikssen (3), Dahlin (2), J. Larsson (1) y Hanisch (-).
31. Barcelona Lassa: (19+12): Saric; Víctor Tomás (2), Sorhaindo (1), Raúl Entrerríos (4), Viran Morros (-), Jallouz (5), Sigurdsson (2) -Lazarov (9,3p), Sarmiento (3), Syprzak (1), Ariño (2), Ruesga (1), Gurbindo (1) y Aleix Gómez (-).
STANDINGS:
| 1. FC Barcelona Lassa | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 397 | : | 352 | (45) | 21 |
| 2. KS Vive Tauron Kielce | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 366 | : | 346 | (20) | 17 |
| 3. Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 325 | : | 307 | (18) | 15 |
| 4. MOL-Pick Szeged | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 349 | : | 332 | (17) | 15 |
| 5. HC Vardar | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 351 | : | 318 | (33) | 14 |
| 6. Montpellier HB | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 319 | : | 347 | (-28) | 7 |
| 7. IFK Kristianstad | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 379 | : | 416 | (-37) | 5 |
| 8. KIF Kolding Kobenhavn | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 307 | : | 375 | (-68) | 4 |
