Rhein Neckar Lowen won another away battle in EHF Champions League! The “Lions” kept chances to win the Preliminary Round first place and ensure direct placement at quarter-final by beating IFK Kristianstad 31:29 (15:16) in front of 4.000 fans.
IFK Kristianstad – Rhein-Neckar Löwen 29:31 (16:15)
IFK Kristianstad: Larsson, Simic; Lipovac (1), Arnarsson (2), Henningsson (3), Sörensen, Moen, Lagergren (8), Larsson, Gudmundsson (9), Hallen, Tollbring (5/1), Jonsson (1), Hanisch, Eriksen
Rhein-Neckar Löwen: Appelgren, Palicka; Schmid (7), Sigurdsson (3/1), Baena (8), Mensah (4), Pekeler (1), Groetzki (5), Reinkind, Guardiola, Petersson (3), Keller
STANDINGS:
| 1. HC Vardar | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 319 | : | 289 | (30) | 16 |
| 2. Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 312 | : | 305 | (7) | 15 |
| 3. KS Vive Tauron Kielce | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 327 | : | 310 | (17) | 14 |
| 4. MOL-Pick Szeged | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 296 | : | 277 | (19) | 13 |
| 5. HC Meshkov Brest | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 302 | : | 299 | (3) | 12 |
| 6. RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 311 | : | 335 | (-24) | 7 |
| 7. IFK Kristianstad | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 300 | : | 328 | (-28) | 6 |
| 8. HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo … | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 262 | : | 286 | (-24) | 5 |
