Celebration in Serbia and Slovenia. Two most popular teams celebrate the first victories in this edition of the VELUX EHF Champions League. Serbian champion, Partizan beat Spanish Ademar Leon 33:31 (17:15) and that is the first triumph of team coached by Aleksandar Brkovic in the last 12 matches, if we take the last season score 0-10.
RK PARTIZAN – REALE ADEMAR LEON 33:31 (17:15)
Niš – Hala Čair. Spectators: 2500
RK PARTIZAN: Vasić 8 saves, Radovanović 9 saves, Ilić V.,Milošević 1, Mešter 2, Radanović, Pavlović, Maksić 3, Žujović 2, Kajganić, Radivojević 2/2, Ilić N 8., Kostadinović 4, Ivošević 2, Mitrović 7, Marsenić 2.
REALE ADEMAR LEON: Malumbres 8 saves, Asanin 3, Cabanas 1, Goni 3, Carou 4, Campos 11, Pineiro, Ruesga 5/1, Castro, Carrillo 1, Borges 4, Golubović, Vrazalić 2, Vranješ.
Results: 5:2 (8.) 8:5 (15.) 9:8 (19.) 14:12 (27.) 17:17 (37.) 23:21 (40.) 25:22 (43.), 26:25 (46.) 30:27 (52.) 31:28 (53.) 31:30 (57.)
MoM: Nemanja Ilic
After two defeats, Slovenian vice-champion Celje Pivovarna Laško won against Swedish Savehof 31:25.
RK Celje Pivovarna Laško : IK Savehof 31:25 (17:14)
Dvorana Zlatorog, 2600 gledalaca
RK Celje Pivovarna Laško: Lesjak 4 sav, Skok 16 sav, Kastelic; Marguč 9/1, Janc, Razgor 3, Toskič 2, Ranevski, Skube 6, Poteko, Zelenovič 5, Mačkovšek 6, Lekai; coac Vladan Matič
IK Savehof: Forsberg 3 odb, Johannesson 8 sav; Johansson 2, Rhodin, Apelgren 1, Nielsen 5, Friden 2, Johansson 4, Tonnesen 2, Albrechtson 1, E. F. Schefvert 3, Ottosson 3, O. F. Schefvert1, Bliznac 1, coach: Magnus Johansson
