Rhein Neckar Lowen have suffered the second defeat in a row at EHF Champions League. German vice-champions have lost the battle in Skopje, where 6.000 crazy fans made spectacle at “Jane Sandanski” and helped Vardar to win – 28:25 (13:13). Arpad Sterbik was the key person on this match, very good in the second half (14 saves in total), when the “Lions” struggled to score the goal. When Alex Dujshebaev scored for 19:14 in 39th minute, it was obvious that team of Nikolaj Jacobsen have no power to turnover the match…
Vardar’s right wing Matjaz Brumen scored 6 goals, while Alexander Petersson was the best among Germans with one more…
Hungarian MVM MKB Veszprem had a lot of problems to break resistance of French Montpellier 30:29 (14:11). Crucial goal scored Momir Ilic 20 seconds before the end after time-out taken by Antonio Carlos Ortega. Serbian NT captain scored 6 goals in total, while Montpellier had Vid Kavticnik scored 9….
| 1 | HC Vardar Pro Skopje | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 94:79 | 6 | 15 | 0 |
| 2 | MKB Veszprem KC | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 94:85 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| 3 | Rhein-Neckar Lowen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 84:79 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 90:92 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 5 | Montpellier Handball | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 88:94 | 2 | -6 | -1 |
| 6 | Chehovski Medvedi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 90:111 | 0 | -21 | 0 |
