NEWS REPORT: Bjerringbro-Silkeborg, Sporting CP, Dinamo Bucuresti and Orlen Wisla Plock will return to action in the end of February in the group phase knock-out phase.
What follows next for the four qualifiers from C&D?
Following the Round 10 matches this season’s VELUX EHF Champions League campaign is over for eight teams ranked third to sixth in Groups C and D. While Tatran Presov, Elverum Handball, Chekhovskie Medvedi, Ademar Leon, Besiktas Mogaz HT, Rihiimäen Cocks, HC Metalurg and Wacker Thun will focus only on their domestic competitions, the group phase knock-out round awaits the top two teams in both groups.
The Group C winners Bjerringbro-Silkeborg will face the Group D runners-up Orlen Wisla Plock, while the Group D winners Dinamo Bucuresti will take on the second team of Group C Sporting CP. The first leg will be played during the Round 13 in Groups A&B (20-24 February 2019) on the courts of the second teams Sporting and Plock, while the second leg will follow during the Round 14 one week later and the group winners BSV and Dinamo will play hosts to the games.
The exact playing times will be announced in due time.
The winners of these knock-out matches will qualify for the Last 16 and will face the second teams of Group A and B respectively.
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