With one round to go of the preliminary round, 16 teams secured a spot in the main rond of the second tier-cup. SL Benfica, SG Flensburg-Handewitt, THW Kiel, MT Melsungen and Montpellier HB have won all their games so far in European League.
Although the top two discussion in each group is over, there will still be interesting duels next Tuesday as some teams battle for points to bring along.
In the summary below the Main round groups are listed, with advancing teams and points achieved so far. Germany has four representatives among the top 16, notably Flensburg plus VfL Gummersbach and MT Melsungen plus THW Kiel will face each other in the next stage.
Flensburg is reigning champion, having beaten Füchse Berlin in the 2023/24 final.
Group I
GOG 2p
Montpellier HB 2p
BM Granollers 0p
Kriens-Luzern 0p
Kriens-Luzern–GOG, Montpellier–Granollers meet in the last group matches.
Group II
SL Benfica 2p
Bidasoa Irun 2p
Limoges HB 0p
Ystads IF 0p
Limoges–Benfica, Bidasoa Irun–Ystad meet in the last group matches.
Group III
MT Melsungen 4p
THW Kiel 2p
Vojvodina 0p
FC Porto 0p
Kiel–Vojvodina meet in the last group match.
Group IV
SG Flensburg-Handewitt 4p
VfL Gummersbach 2p
Fenix Toulouse 2p
Tatabanya 0p