Rhein Neckar Lowen celebrated another thight home win at VELUX EHF Champions League. The “Lions” beat PPD Zagreb 25:24 (14:10) in the replay of the last year TOP 16 match, which was the last for the German champions.
Rhein-Neckar Löwen – RK Zagreb 25:24 (14:10)
Rhein-Neckar Löwen: Appelgren, Palicka – Schmid (7/2), Sigurdsson (n.e.), Manaskov (4), Banea Gonzalez, Larsen (1), Reinkind (1), Guardiola (1), Steinhauser (7), Groetzki (n.e.), Ekdahl du Rietz (1), Pekeler (1), Petersson (2), Abt (n.e.)
HC Zagreb: Skok (ab 53.), Stevanovic – Horvat (4/2), Jotic (4), Kontrec (1), Mandalinic (8), Markovic, Miklavcic (1), Sebetic (1), Sprem (1), Susnja, Josip Valcic, Tonci Valic, Vori (2), Igor Vujic, Stefan Vujic (2)
STANDINGS:
| 1. FC Barcelona Lassa | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 146 | : | 123 | (23) | 10 |
| 2. Paris Saint-Germain Handba… | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 158 | : | 135 | (23) | 8 |
| 3. SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 149 | : | 144 | (5) | 7 |
| 4. Telekom Veszprém | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 128 | : | 125 | (3) | 6 |
| 4. THW Kiel | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 154 | : | 152 | (2) | 6 |
| 6. Bjerringbro-Silkeborg | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 132 | : | 137 | (-5) | 4 |
| 7. Orlen Wisla Plock | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 149 | : | 166 | (-17) | 3 |
| 8. Kadetten Schaffhausen | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 157 | : | 191 | (-34) | 0 |
