Oltchim Valcea – Toulon Saint Cyr 28:19 (15:9)

Oltchim Valcea is back on track after losing their opener in Randers. The Romanians didn’t have any problems in beating the French debutant clearly. Elisei, Özel and Neagu showed a brilliant performance, especially after the break, as Valcea extended the gap minute by minute, frenetically cheered by a great audience. Top scorers were Elisei (7), Stanca and Neagu (each 5, all Valcea) and Mwasesea (5 for Toulon).

Group D:

Györi Audi ETO – Podravka Vegeta Koprivnica 27:25 (18:15)

Hard work to get their first points after the opening defeat in Zvenigorod: Despite being in lead constantly, Györ couldn’t decide the match early and had to shiver until the last minute, before the victory was secured. Gros (8) and Verten (7) were the top scorers for the Hungarians which had the better start. But Koprivnica fought hard again (like in the opening defeat against Krim) and equalized at the score of 14:14. Györ seemed to be on the winner’s way in the middle of the second half and the intermediate score of 22:16 – but it only took some minutes, before the Croats had caught up again (23:22). The final stage was full of tension and the last goal had to decide the game, which had been equal until the 26:25. Top scorer for the still pointless team from Koprivnica were Milanovic and Nikcevic with each four goals.