Hungarian PICK Szeged promoted RK Vardar Skopje in the winner of the Preliminary Round – Group B of the VELUX EHF Champions League and the first quarter-finalists. The team of Juan Carlos Pastor smashed Rhein Neckar Lowen 30:24 in Frankfurt to overtake second place at the table.
Rhein-Neckar Löwen – MOL-Pick Szeged 24:30 (12:14)
Rhein-Neckar Löwen: Palicka, Appelgren (n.e.) – Schmid (3/1), Sigurdsson (3/1), Banea Gonzalez, Steinhauser (n.e.), Larsen (2), Reinkind, Gedeon Guardiola (3), Groetzki (2), Pekeler (6), Petersson, Du Rietz (5), Manaskov (n.e.)
MOL-Pick Szeged: Sierra Mendez, Nagy – Obranovic (3), Källmann (7), Bodo (1), Gorbok (1), Goncalves Dos Santos, Zubai, Sunajko, Balogh (5), Skube (5), Blazevic (1), Sostaric, Rodriguez Alvarez, Banhidi (6), Buntic (1)
STANDINGS:
| 1. HC Vardar | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 380 | : | 349 | (31) | 18 |
| 2. MOL-Pick Szeged | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 376 | : | 350 | (26) | 17 |
| 3. Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 392 | : | 396 | (-4) | 17 |
| 4. KS Vive Tauron Kielce | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 380 | : | 363 | (17) | 16 |
| 5. HC Meshkov Brest | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 356 | : | 350 | (6) | 14 |
| 6. RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 378 | : | 401 | (-23) | 9 |
| 7. IFK Kristianstad | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 352 | : | 379 | (-27) | 8 |
| 8. HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo … | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 309 | : | 335 | (-26) | 7 |
