Gorenje Velenje handball players clinched their third national championship title before the last match day. However, pride and prestige are always at stake when playing against a major rival such as HC Celje Pivovarna Laško. Gorenje defeated the second best team in the nation for the fourth time this season. The fans honoured the players with standing ovations during the dying minutes of the final game. At the trophy ceremony the Handball Association of Slovenia also announced the best player and the best goalkeeper of the league as voted by the club coaches. The honours went to the Gorenje Velenje team captain Marko Bezjak, and the goalkeeper Ivan Gajić.

The Slovenian title means that Gorenje Velenje has secured their place in the next instalment of the European Champions League. However, the club is about to see major changes in personnel: including the coach, replacement will have to be found for nine team members. Leaving the club are the players Matej Gaber, Jure Dolenec, Marko Bezjak, Fahrudin Melić, Dino Bajram, Ivan Gajić, Peter Pucelj, and David Miklavčič. There was a touch of nostalgia in the parting words of the coach Branko Tamše: "I have said goodbye to this club as a player; now, I am leaving as a coach. And I am leaving the best team in the country. I am proud of this." He will be succeeded by Ivan Vajdl.