Danish Skjern Handbold secured place at knock-out stage for TOP 16 phase of the VELUX EHF Champions League. The winners of Danish Cup 2017, beat Abanca Ademar Leon 31:26 in Spain and ensured one of TOP two places in the group.
26 – Abanca Ademar: Cupara (Biosca); Juanín García (6, 5 p), Juanjo Fernández (2), Carou, S. Simonet (1), Vieyra (4), Mario López (5); Piñeiro (1), Costoya (4), Marques (2), David Fernández, Gonzalo Pérez (1), Jaime Fernández, Pesic.
31 – Skjern Handball: Nielsen (Ivanisevic); Eggert (2, 1 p), Stenbacken (1), Olsson (3), Myrhol (10), Jesper Konradsson (5), Rasmussen (1); Sondergaard (8), Tandri Konradsson (1), Mikkelsen.
RK Gorenje Velenje beat Kadetten Schaffhausen 27:21 to come closer to the battle for TOP 16. Slovenians need a point from the last match in Denmark against Skjern to qualify if Ademar Leon win in Norway against Elverum.
GORENJE VELENJE : KADETTEN SCHAFFHAUSEN 27:21 (10:11)
Gorenje Velenje: Ferlin 1, Zaponšek, Cehte 4, Medved 5, Haseljić, Ovniček 5, Grebenc 2, Toskić 3, Potočnik 1, Golčar, Markotić, Verdinek, Kleč, Tajnik, Brumen 4, Pejović 2.
Kadetten Schaffhausen: Marinović, Stevanović, Meister, Delhees, Liniger 3, Küttel, Pendić 7, Gerbl, Zehnder 1, Norouzinezhad 3, Szyba 1, Koch 1, Ostrouška, Tominec 5.
STANDINGS:
| 1. | Skjern | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 291:232 | 14 | |
| 2. | Gorenje Velenje | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 251:236 | 12 | |
| 3. | Ademar | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 240:245 | 10 | |
| 4. | Elverum | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 228:241 | 8 | |
| 5. | Kadetten | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 236:249 | 6 | |
| 6. | Dinamo Bucuresti | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 220:263 | 2 |
