Slovakian champion Tatran Presov beat Macedonian best team RK Vardar Skopje 37:34 (18:14) in the derby match of SEHA Gazprom South Stream League Round 4. Slovakian champion repeat the success from the last season, when they won in Skopje against the same rival – 33:29 and keep the “small tradition” of domination over Vardar. Domestic team were in lead in the first 15 minutes (7:3, 9:5) led by fantastic Timur Dibirov (9), afterwards Vardar stop to play defense.
Team of coach Hatalchik had a fantastic performance in the rest of the match. Playmaker Zarko Pejovic, right back Dainis Kristopans and right wing Tomas Urban had the best roles in this success. Tatran had a great start of the second half with maximum +7 – 22:15. Vardar managed to get back in the match, but in the last few minutes, goals of Latvian giant Kristopans (216 cm tall) were made a clear distance between two teams…
| 1. | CO Zagreb | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 117 : 74 | 9 |
| 2. | Tatran Prešov | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 136 : 122 | 9 |
| 3. | Metalurg | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 83 : 73 | 7 |
| 4. | Vardar | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 122 : 114 | 7 |
| 5. | Nexe | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 119 : 117 | 6 |
| 6. | Vojvodina | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 104 : 113 | 6 |
| 7. | Meshkov Brest | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 82 : 81 | 3 |
| 8. | Lovćen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 79 : 81 | 3 |
| 9. | Partizan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 99 : 117 | 3 |
| 10. | Borac m:tel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 87 : 136 | 0 |
PHOTO: SEHA WEBSITE
GIOX 12
2. October 2013. at 21:39
Dainis Kristopans is a reallz big man 😀
Dainis Kristopans