ŽRK Vardar won battle for the third place in Women’s EHF Champions League Main Round group in Bucharest. Kim Rasmussen couldn’t stop his ex-players to beat Romanian team on home soil – 25:30 (11:17) which would be enough for Macedonian champions to avoid Russian Rostov in the quarter-final.
CSM Bucureşti – Vardar Skopje 25-30 (11-17)
CSMB: Grubisic, Pessoa, Iordache, Gullden 4, Curea, Franca Da Silva 3, Rodrigues 3, Vărzaru 1, Brădeanu 1, Bazaliu, Torstensson 5, Nan, Vetkova, Martin 6, Manea 2, Fisker. Kim Rasmussen
Vardar: Leynaud, Suslina, Radicevic 2, Klikovac 3, Damnjanovic, Lazovic 4, Dembele 1, Sokac, Althaus 3, Penezic 7 , Chernoivanenko 1, Covic, Ikhneva, Lekic 9, Ristovska. David Davis – Indira Kastratovic
STANDINGS:
| 1. Buducnost | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 213 | : | 164 | (49) | 13 |
| 2. Györi Audi ETO KC | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 196 | : | 182 | (14) | 11 |
| 3. HC Vardar | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 215 | : | 196 | (19) | 10 |
| 4. CSM Bucuresti | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 192 | : | 192 | (0) | 7 |
| 5. FC Midtjylland | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 176 | : | 206 | (-30) | 5 |
| 6. IK Sävehof | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 173 | : | 225 | (-52) | 2 |
