Frisch Auf Göppingen sealed a comfortable win against RK Nexe in the first leg of the quarter-finals. In their first EHF European League Men season, the German club produced their best performance backed by an outstanding performance by goalkeeper Marin Sego.

Nexe struggled both in attack and defence and were unable to break their opponents, especially in one-on-one duels, leaving a lot of work for the rematch next Tuesday.