Summary: Historic night for Fivers with Last16 berth
22:52
And now it is crunch-time for the remaining 16 teams! Some really interesting ties. If you head over to social media now you can give us your picks for the quarter-finals!
22:51
Let's take a look at the final standings of each group!
22:45
And for C & D...
Here are the results from all of today's group A & B matches...
20:26
Up next is the all-important match for the final ticket to the last 16: Fenix Toulouse Handball vs Fivers!
Toulouse need to beat Fivers by five goals, as the Austrian side won the first leg 37:32.
Fivers have been the surprise package for a lot of people this season having taken down some big names this season already.
But in an Instagram poll on EHF European League I put up earlier as massive 71% of fans felt like the French side would do the job versus the side from the fifth district in Vienna, Austria.
20:23
Elsewhere in Europe we have a lot of close matches with only Rhein-Neckar Löwen seeing clear daylight between them and their Danish opponents, GOG.
20:14
FULL-TIME: HC CSKA 27:35 SC Magdeburg
The full-time score may be a little flattering for the German side but they shut out the game in the last 10 minutes with their trio of Mertens (7 goals), Hornke (9) and O'Sullivan (7) stepped up along with Thulin (15 saves) in goal who had the CSKA backcourt players in his pocket by the end.
The win means that SC Magdeburg now are the winners of group C and join their fellow Bundesliga sides of Füchse Berlin (group B), Rhein-Neckar Löwen (group D) as respective group winners.
20:02
Christian O'Sullivan's shooting today is fire, the Norway international is 6/6 and has netted some serious clutch goals. That plus some important saves by Swede Tobias Thulin (12/39) has made the difference.
19:44
And just when it looked like SC might pull away to a decent lead, CSKA take the lead! The German side opened up the first half with three-goal lead thanks to two goals from Mertens and one from Hornke. However, Fokin on the break for CSKA is just incredible and two quick goals from him helped the Russia hosts to a 23:22 lead.
19:31
All the times I have seen CSKA this season, they often do have this period in the second half when their speed drops and it is often when teams pull back. Will we see it again tonight? Can SC take advantage of it or have CSKA another card up their sleeve?
19:23
Everyone is fired up for tonight's matches! Goals flying in from all angles!
HALF-TIME: CSKA 17:18 SC Magdeburg
19:14
What a first half! This is electric stuff, a game for the fans of "all gas, no breaks" style of handball. The lead has changed hands seven times so far in the first half.
Bennet Wiegert (SC Magdeburg) had some harsh words for his side during the time out, saying "(they) are losing the ball too often with poor passes to the line and their one vs one i.e. driving towards the goal has been very poor".
19:00
Strap yourselves in as neither side is holding back here! Goals, goals, goals in the opening minutes as the be expected with CSKA and SC Magdeburg are by no means trying to slow it down, they are up for a run and gun style of game it seems too. After 15 minutes we are 11:11.
18:50
For the live blog we will focus now on the group C final between CSKA & SC Magdeburg, the winner here will top the group, it is as easy as that.
The Russian side have been tricky to deal with all season but this is their biggest test so far. Join us HERE to watch it with us.
18:31
FULL-TIME: Füchse Berlin 29:19 Sporting
With this win the German side have now won group B with 14 points having won six, drawn two and lost two.
18:26
Füchse are just enjoying themselves now, open-net goals galore as Genz, the Füchse keeper, even nets himself one. The second half has been a total disaster for Sporting, very lethargic vibe off the side from Portugal with them often not even attempting to run back on the fast break. It's an evening to forget for them...
18:08
Red card for Marsenic for a faulty substitution, it was his third 2-minutes suspension so the Serbian international will spend the rest of the game in the stands.
But his side are well in control, it really looks like Füchse have Sporting all figured out. They currently lead 21:13 as the games seems all but over.
17:39
HALF-TIME: Füchse Berlin 14:10 Sporting
Sporting are knocking at the door but Füchse look to have that extra bit of class in the set attacks and set defences - for the moment. Paul Drux is having his moments in centre back where he seems to be able to open up the Sporting defence with some excellent passing.
The German side played some lovely handball at some points (see clip below). But this is far from over, it will be interesting to what changes Sporting will make in the second half to deal with his rock solid defence.
Stay tuned....
17:19
Füchse have opened a three-goal lead in the first 15 minutes, 8:5. Time for a Sporting team timeout!
17:02
We are running! And Füchse are off to quick lead.
16:45
Just a quarter of an hour and this bumper day of EHF European League action throws off with Füchse against Sporting in... Poland.
Füchse are top of group B and will be guaranteed the group win if they get at least a point. However, Sporting could still finish on that No. 1 position if they win this afternoon.
Here is your direct link to Füchse vs Sporting on EHFTV.
12:24
In one of the many highlights of the day, we have the battle for the 16th and final place in the next round between FENIX Toulouse and Fivers at 20:45 CET.
Fivers are fourth in group A with six points, while Toulouse are fifth with four. The French side can still hope to qualify for the Last 16, but they need to beat Fivers by six goals, reversing a 37:32 result in their first meeting.
Here are the highlights from that round 3 clash, a memorable night for the young side from Vienna.
12:00
Good afternoon and welcome to live coverage of the final day of the European League Men group phase. 15 of the 16 places in the knockout phase have been confirmed but there is plenty to play for in each of the four groups.
While Fivers and Toulouse battle over the one remaining Last 16 spot, there is a tussle for second place in group A between Chekhov and Leon.
We could have three teams finish level on points at the top of group B with all four qualified teams vying for a favourable final position.
CSKA and Magdeburg are in direct competition for top spot in group C this evening in Moscow.
Rhein Neckar-Löwen have secured first place in group D but three teams are competing for second place.
