All four tickets for direct entry into the Machineseeker EHF Champions League quarter-finals have been booked in round 11. A day after SC Magdeburg and Barça secured the top-two spots in group B, Füchse Berlin and Aalborg Håndbold did the same in group A on Thursday. Füchse won their away game against Dinamo Bucuresti 27:21, while Aalborg advanced following One Veszprém HC's dramatic 36:35 defeat against Industria Kielce in a tantalising Match of the Week in Poland.

HBC Nantes secured a dominant victory against Sporting Clube de Portugal, 38:27, and now both clubs are on 10 points in group A. Orlen Wisla Plock maintained their third position in group B as they defeated HC Eurofarm Pelister 28:25 in Bitola.