Three home teams celebrated wins in the first matches of the EHF Cup quarter-finals. Danish Skjern beat MT Melsungen 25:20, while Swedish Eskilstuna overplayed German HSV Handball 29:26.
The most interesting match has been seen in Slovenia, where Gorenje took one goal advantage before trip to Denmark.
Gorenje Velenje : Team Tvis Holstebro 28:27 (13:14)
Gorenje: B. Burić (16 saves), Zaponšek (0); Božović, Cehte 1, Medved, S. Burić 5, Szyba 4, Skube 5 (3), Golčar, Šoštarič 6, Kleč, Dobelšek, Gams, Nosan 4, Dujmović 3 (1), Bećiri.
Holstebro: Lind (12 saves), Gade; Hansen 3, Larsen 3, Larholm 4 (2), Nielsen 5, Sörensen 1, Bramming 5, Bomholt, Madsen, Noerager, Oechsler, Jensen 1, Christensen 4, Jörgensen 1
The first team qualified for the EHF Cup F4 is German host Fuchse Berlin.
