PSG Handball going strong for the first place in EHF Champions League Preliminary Group which lead straight to the quarter-final. The French champions beat PPD Zagreb 25:23 (15:10) in front of 15.200 fans at “Arena Zagreb”. Mikkel Hansen netted seven goals for the winners, while Thierry Omeyer had a good first period with 12 saves in total. The Croatian champions managed to come-back in the match led by inspired Ivan Stevanovic (13 saves) between the posts, but that wasn’t enough for a complete turnover…
PPD ZAGREB – PSG 23:25 (10:15)
PPD ZAGREB: Ivić (7 saves, 1.p), Stevanović (13 saves, 2.p); Vujić 2, Kontrec 1, Šebetić 4, Marković, Raković, Horvat 4 (2), Šušnja, J. Valčić 1, T. Valčić, Mandalinić 5, Obranović 2, Markovski, Kovačević, Pavlović 4; coach: Veselin Vujović
PSG: Omeyer (12 saves), Annonay; Melić 1 (1), Molgaard 1, Vori 3, Kounkoud 1, Gunnarsson, Abalo 3, L. Karabatić 1, Hansen 7 (3), Narcisse 3, Onufriyenko, Honrubia 2, N. Karabatić 3; coach: Zvonimir Serdarušić
RESULT:3:0 (6′), 3:4 (12′), 5:6 (14′), 6:9 (19′), 6:11 (22′), 8:13 (26′), 10:15 (30′), 13:17 (37′), 15:21 (42′), 17:23 (49′), 19:24 (52′), 21:24 (54′), 21:25 (59′), 23:25 (60′)
Man of the Match: Mikkel Hansen
STANDINGS:
| 1. Paris Saint-Germain Handba… | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 340 | : | 307 | (33) | 18 |
| 2. SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 302 | : | 263 | (39) | 16 |
| 3. MVM Veszprém | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 281 | : | 252 | (29) | 15 |
| 4. THW Kiel | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 284 | : | 271 | (13) | 11 |
| 5. HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo … | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 280 | : | 286 | (-6) | 9 |
| 6. Orlen Wisla Plock | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 275 | : | 286 | (-11) | 8 |
| 7. RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 262 | : | 289 | (-27) | 3 |
| 8. Besiktas Jimnastik Kulubu | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 264 | : | 334 | (-70) | 2 |
