Noon draw to determine the Last 16 pairings

There are still some pieces of the Last 16 puzzle to put together over the upcoming weekend, however 15 out of 16 have already secured their place in the first knock-out stage on the way to the VELUX EHF FINAL4.

The draw of the VELUX EHF Champions League Last 16 will take place on Tuesday, 25 February, at 12:00 hrs local time at the EHF Office in Vienna and it will be live streamed on ehfTV.com with commentary from Tom O Brannagain.

While Zagreb (vs St. Petersburg) and Zaporozhye (vs Veszprem) will play for the last ticket in the Last 16 on Saturday, there is still plenty to fight for in other matches as only six teams have clinched their positions in a particular pot.

Veszprem, Kiel and Barcelona have cemented their group victory and Pot 1 positions, while Rhein Neckar Löwen will certainly end up in the Pot 2, Celje in the Pot 3 and Plock in the Pot 4.

A fourth ranked team of the group phase will play the first match at home against a first ranked team except against the winner of its own group of the Group Phase.

A third ranked team of the Group Phase will play the first match at home against the second ranked team except against the second ranked team of its own group of the Group Phase.

The first leg is scheduled for 19-23 March, the second leg will be played 26-30 March. The winning teams of the Last 16 qualify for the quarter-finals.

Provisional overview of pots for the VELUX EHF Champions League Last 16 draw:
(teams in bold have secured their position)

Pot 1
MKB Veszprém KC (HUN)
THW Kiel (GER)
FC Barcelona Intersport (ESP)
HSV Hamburg (GER) or SG Flensburg-Handewitt (GER)

Pot 2
Rhein Neckar Löwen (GER)
KIF Kolding Kobenhavn or Vive Targi Kielce (POL)
PSG Handball (MKD) or HC Vardar – Skopje (MKD) or HC Metalurg (MKD)
HSV Hamburg (GER) or SG Flensburg-Handewitt (GER)

Pot 3
Celje Pivovarna Lasko (SLO)
KIF Kolding Kobenhavn or Vive Targi Kielce (POL)
PSG Handball (MKD) or HC Vardar – Skopje (MKD) or HC Metalurg (MKD)
Aalborg Handball (DEN) or RK Gorenje Velenje (SLO)

Pot 4
HC Motor Zaporozhye (UKR) or HC Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb (CRO)
Orlen Wisla Plock (POL)
PSG Handball (MKD) or HC Vardar – Skopje (MKD) or HC Metalurg (MKD)
Aalborg Handball (DEN) or RK Gorenje Velenje (SLO)

Additional information

On ehfTV.com there will be live streaming of the draw followed by interviews and reactions from the various team representatives, a live ticker of the draw will go live on Tuesday morning on eurohandball.com and the event will also be extensively covered on the official Twitter channel of the VELUX EHF Champions League @ehfcl.