The reigning VELUX EHF Champions League winners RK Vardar Skopje opened doors of their hall “Jane Sandanski” with only solid performance, but enough to beat the French vice-champions HBC Nantes 27:23. Arpak Sterbik stopped 10 balls of the rivals, while Ferreira Moraes netted six, one more than Latvian giant Dainis Kristopans, who scored five.
Team of Thierry Anti was close, but after Gurbindo decreased gap on 24:23, they didn’t score in the last seven minutes of the match for the first defeat in the season.
