HBC Nantes secured Main Round spot by beating MOL Pick Szeged 29:26 (13:11) and helped their compatriots PSG Handball to win the first place and direct battle for EHF CL Final4 in Cologne.
Nantes-Szeged 29-26 (13-11)
Nantes: Valero Rivera 8, Nicolas Tournat 6, Nicolas Claire 5, David Balaguer 3, Kiril Lazarov 2, Eduardo Gurbindo 2, Dragan Pechmalbec 1, Rock Feliho 1, Julian Emonet 1.
Szeged: Stefan Sigurmannsson 6, Mario Sostaric 4, Jonas Källman 3, Richard Bodo 3, Bence Banhidi 3, Dean Bombac 3, Joan Cañellas 1, Matej Gaber 1, Stanislav Kasparek 1, Dmitrii Zhitnikov 1.
STANDING:
1. | Paris SG | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 388:328 | 22 | |
2. | Szeged | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 385:371 | 19 | |
3. | Nantes | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 392:379 | 13 | |
4. | Flensburg-H. | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 327:320 | 12 | |
5. | PPD Zagreb | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 312:340 | 10 | |
6. | Motor Zaporozhye | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 355:358 | 9 | |
7. | Celje | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 316:345 | 7 | |
8. | Skjern | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 340:374 | 6 |