Four best teams from EHF Champions League Group C and D will compete for two places in knock-out stage for TOP 16, where they will meet the second teams from Groups A and B. Belarussian Meshkov Brest and Ukrainian Motor Zaporozhye won the first spots, which means that they won’t meet in small “semi-final”.
La Rioja will play against Motor, while Meshkov wait Danish Skjern.
Matches will be played between February 24-28, the second clashes in a week after.
The weakest team in European elite competition this season was Tatran Prešov.
GROUP C:
| 1. HC Meshkov Brest | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 321 | : | 264 | (57) | 16 |
| 2. Naturhouse La Rioja | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 298 | : | 270 | (28) | 14 |
| 3. Futebol Clube do Porto | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 296 | : | 265 | (31) | 14 |
| 4. Chekhovskie Medvedi | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 271 | : | 292 | (-21) | 8 |
| 5. Vojvodina | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 241 | : | 297 | (-56) | 4 |
| 6. TATRAN Presov | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 240 | : | 279 | (-39) | 4 |
GROUP D:
| 1. HC Motor Zaporozhye | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 296 | : | 277 | (19) | 15 |
| 2. Skjern Handbold | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 293 | : | 271 | (22) | 14 |
| 3. Kadetten Schaffhausen | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 270 | : | 270 | (0) | 11 |
| 4. HCM Baia Mare | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 264 | : | 268 | (-4) | 9 |
| 5. Elverum Handball Herrer | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 274 | : | 289 | (-15) | 7 |
| 6. HC Metalurg | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 219 | : | 241 | (-22) | 4 |
