The German club teams can be trusted with a dominant position in European League. The season premiere was no exception with two points for SG Flensburg-Handewitt, TSV Hannover-Burgdorf, MT Melsungen and THW Kiel.
Interestingly, there was a two-goal margin and thus no easy rides for each of the Bundesliga sides in action.
Fredericia HK came close to an impressive comeback versus Hannover-Burgdorf but vital goals from Justus Fischer fought off the opposition.
SG Flensburg-Handewitt steered both halves to 16–15 over Saint-Raphael Var and controlled the final minutes after Lasse Møller´s sixth goal in the game.
MT Melsungen relied on a solid team effort to take down SL Benfica and Ruben Marchan Criado made sure no equalising attempt could be produced towards the end.
Among the successful teams on Tuesday night, IFK Kristianstad travelled home from Fenix Toulouse having completed a 30–28-surprise with the goalkeeper Hayder Al-Khafadji in prime focus. Another away triumph meant that SkanderborgAarhus got off to a splendid start, 31–26 against Granollers.
European League
Group A, Potaissa Turda–Bidasoa Irun 33–34
SG Flensburg-Handewitt–Saint-Raphael Var 32–30
Group B, Montpellier HB–THW Kiel 28–30
Ostrovia Ostrow–BSV Bern 32–28
Group C, BM Granollers–SkanderborgAarhus 26–31
RD Slovan–Minaur Baia Mare 35–29
Group D, Fram–FC Porto 26–38
Elverum HH–HC Kriens-Luzern 31–34
Group E, MT Melsungen–SL Benfica 28–26
Ferencvaros–HF Karlskrona 31–29
Group F, RK Vardar–MRK Sesvete 34–29
Fenix Toulouse–IFK Kristianstad 28-30
Group G, Fredericia HK–TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 29–31
Tatran Presov–IK Sävehof 30–30
Group H, Kadetten Schaffhausen–Ademar Leon 30–22
RK Nexe–RK Partizan 30–22