Two clear favorites FC Barcelona and PSG finished their jobs in Saturday’s matches without problems. Spanish champion beat Belarus TOP side Dinamo Minsk 35:25 (13:9) in front of 2400 fans in “Blaugrana”. Same as in the first match in Minska last weekend, Barca broke the resistance of the solid rival in the second half. Top scorers where Rutenka with seven and Noddesbo with one goal less…
35 – Barcelona (13+22): Saric; JuanÃn (5), Sorhaindo (-), VÃctor Tomás (4), Morros (-), Karabatic (4), Lazarov (2) -siete inicial-, Noddesbo (6), EntrerrÃos (2), Sarmiento (-), Ariño (3), Gurbindo (-), Rutenka (7, 5p), Stranovsky (-), Morros (-) y Saubich (2).
25 – Dinamo Minsk (9+16): Bogdanovic; Dzanis Rutenka (1), Shelmenko (3), Nikulenkau (3), Aguirrezabalaga (1), Bundalo (1), Brouka (3) -siete inicial- Pejanovic (p), Babichev (5), Doroschuk (2), Markelau (-), Miklavcic (2), Doborac (4, 1p) y Harbuz (-).
French champion PSG beat Swiss Wacker Thun 38:24 (22:11).
STANDINGS:
| 1. FC Barcelona | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 212 | : | 151 | (61) | 11 |
| 2. PSG Handball | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 185 | : | 167 | (18) | 7 |
| 3. HC Metalurg | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 123 | : | 139 | (-16) | 6 |
| 3. HC Vardar – Skopje | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 141 | : | 125 | (16) | 6 |
| 5. HC Dinamo Minsk | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 162 | : | 181 | (-19) | 4 |
| 6. Wacker Thun | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 144 | : | 204 | (-60) | 0 |
