Four teams have already secured their places at EHF Cup 1/4 finals this season. Hungarian PIK Szeged and French Montpellier booked their tickets for the final stage before F4 tournament in Berlin, with four victories in a row. Close to that stage are also Portuguese Sporting CP and last year finalist HBC Nantes. Sporting beat Danish Skjern 32:25 in their first clash, and Danes have to made a real surprise by beating rival with 8 or more goals in second match in Portugal.
In same situation will be Slovakian Tatran Presov. SEHA F4 team will have to beat French HBC Nantes with over than 10 goals (first match 37:27, what is almost impossible) in front of domestic fans.
The most interesting situatio is in Group A, where four teams have chances to progress to the next round. Currently the last team is German Hannover, which was the first favorite to win the group before the start…
Group A:
| 1. Lugi HF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 112 | : | 109 | (3) | 5 |
| 2. Reale Ademar Leon | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 114 | : | 106 | (8) | 4 |
| 3. Csurgói KK | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 106 | : | 106 | (0) | 4 |
| 4. TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 113 | : | 124 | (-11) | 3 |
Group B:
| 1. Montpellier Agglomeration HB | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 124 | : | 97 | (27) | 8 |
| 2. Sporting CP | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 134 | : | 101 | (33) | 6 |
| 3. Skjern Handbold | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 97 | : | 108 | (-11) | 2 |
| 4. HC Zomimak-M | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 91 | : | 140 | (-49) | 0 |
Group C:
| 1. Pick Szeged | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 122 | : | 110 | (12) | 8 |
| 2. HBC Nantes | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 116 | : | 101 | (15) | 6 |
| 3. TATRAN Presov | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 124 | : | 135 | (-11) | 2 |
| 4. IFK Kristianstad | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 99 | : | 115 | (-16) | 0 |
Group D:
| 1. Füchse Berlin | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 122 | : | 111 | (11) | 7 |
| 2. Chambery Savoie Handball | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 112 | : | 104 | (8) | 5 |
| 3. HCM Constanta | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 117 | : | 110 | (7) | 4 |
| 4. HC Sporta Hlohovec | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 94 | : | 120 | (-26) | 0 |
