It wasn’t nice to see empty seats in large “Zagreb Arena” (only 2.000 fans), which didn’t inspired home players against PICK Szeged 24:26 (12:12). The “new-constructed” team of Juan Carlos Pastor is ready to show their best at the start of the season after home draw with Rhein Neckar Lowen.
PPD Zagreb-MOL-Pick Szeged 24-26 (12-12)
PPD Zagreb: Stevanovic – Horvat 5/2, Miklavicic, Vori 4, Kontrec, T. Valcic, Markovic 5. Csere: Skok (kapus), Sebetic 4, Mandalinic 6, J. Valcic, Vujic,Susnja, Jotic,
MOL-Pick Szeged: Sego – Sostaric 6/2, Balogh 1, Skube, Bánhidi 2, Gorbok 5, Källman 5. Csere: Sierra (kapus), Blazevic, Thiagus Petrus, Gaber, Obranovic 5, Pedro, Buntic 2
RK Vardar Skopje needeed 20 minutes of the second half to break resistance of Belarus champions – Meshkov Brest 31:27 (13:13).
RK Vardar – Meshkov 31-27 (13-13)
RK Vardar: Šterbik, Milic, Stoilov, Rogerio 1, Maqeda 1, Dereven, Karačic, Dushebaev 9, Abutovic 1, Canelas, Cindric 4, Čupic 2, Dibirov 4, Shiskharev 2, Borozan 7, Marsenic.
Meshkov: Pešic, Rutenka 1, Babichev, Kristopans 3, Nikulenkau, Stojkovic 8, Tiumentcev 2, Atman, Shumak 2, Vukic 2, Prodanovic, Mijatovic, Razgor, Ostroushko 2, Jamali 5, Šilovic 1.
STANDINGS:
| 1. KS Vive Tauron Kielce | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 67 | : | 52 | (15) | 4 |
| 2. HC Vardar | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 59 | : | 50 | (9) | 4 |
| 3. MOL-Pick Szeged | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 54 | : | 52 | (2) | 3 |
| 4. Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 59 | : | 58 | (1) | 3 |
| 5. RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 60 | : | 59 | (1) | 2 |
| 6. HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo … | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 52 | : | 56 | (-4) | 0 |
| 7. HC Meshkov Brest | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51 | : | 60 | (-9) | 0 |
| 8. IFK Kristianstad | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51 | : | 66 | (-15) | 0 |
PHOTO: Jozo Cabraja, RK PPD Zagreb
