RK Metalurg have won the third trophy at the 42nd International Handball Tournament in Struga in a row. Macedonian best team beat the biggest rival in the final – RK Vardar 25:19 (12:8).
VARDAR – METALURG 19:25 (8:12)
VARDAR: šterbik 6 saves, Milić 9 saves, Lacković 0/1, Brumen 2/4, Pribak 3/3, Terzić 1/2, Toskić, Gorbok 2/4, Marković, Karačić 6 (3)/11, Dušebaev 0/4, Abutović, Lazarov, Dibirov 3(1)/7, Čipurin 0/2, Stoilov 2/4
METALURG: Kocić 14 saves, Mitrevski 1 save, Ojleski, Lipovina 4/5, Georgijevski 1, Vugrinec 7 (2)/9, Manaskov 0/4 V. Markovski, N. Markovski, Jonovski, Atman 1/2, Cindrić 6 (2)/9, Kukoski, Borozan 4/9, Peševski 1/1, Đukić 1/2
RESULTS: 1:2 (5.) 2:2 (7.) 4:3 (12.) 5:3 (13.) 14.to 6:3 (15.) 7:4 (15.) 7:6 (18.) 10:6 (26.) 12:7 (29.) 13:12 (38.) 17:13 (43.) 18:16 (47.) 20:17 (49.) 21:18 (54.) t.o 22:18 (55.)
The third place won Russian team Sankt Petersburg ahead of Polish Azoty Pulawy. The fifth is French Creteil, while the last, 6th is Serbian RK Metaloplastika Šabac.
