Danish Skjern and German SG Flensburg opened the VELUX EHF Champions League Round 5 with strong performance. The third team of the German DKB Bundesliga routinely outplayed outsiders from Turkey – Besiktas MOGAZ 33:25 (16:14) with 10 goals of eternal threath from the left wing – Anders Eggert. Turkish lefthander Ramazan Done netted seven goals for his team.
This is the third win for Ljubo Vranješ team, which lost two away matches in Kiel and Veszprem.
STANDINGS:
| 1. MVM Veszprém | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 109 | : | 96 | (13) | 7 |
| 2. THW Kiel | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 118 | : | 96 | (22) | 6 |
| 3. Paris Saint-Germain Handba… | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 135 | : | 116 | (19) | 6 |
| 4. SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 149 | : | 132 | (17) | 6 |
| 5. HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo … | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 93 | : | 97 | (-4) | 4 |
| 6. Orlen Wisla Plock | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 102 | : | 118 | (-16) | 3 |
| 7. RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 95 | : | 103 | (-8) | 2 |
| 8. Besiktas Jimnastik Kulubu | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 125 | : | 168 | (-43) |
Danish SKJERN continued towards two best places in the GROUP D by beating Swiss Kadetten 30:24 (12:13). Hungarian star Gabor Csaszar was simply not enough to save his team from losing the second home match in European elite competition this season. He netted 11 goals, but Bjarte Myrhol (6) and his team-mates prevented home team from scoring in the last few minutes, when crucial series 4:0 was made for a Danish victory.
STANDINGS:
| 1. Skjern Handbold | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 145 | : | 125 | (20) | 8 |
| 2. HC Motor Zaporozhye | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 118 | : | 115 | (3) | 4 |
| 3. HCM Baia Mare | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 122 | : | 121 | (1) | 4 |
| 4. HC Metalurg | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 93 | : | 93 | (0) | 4 |
| 5. Kadetten Schaffhausen | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 139 | : | 147 | (-8) | 3 |
| 6. Elverum Handball Herrer | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 101 | : | 117 | (-16) | 3 |
