News: COMPETITION

Tatran Presov will on Wednesday (17.30 CET) in Presov welcome Izvidjac in a match in which Slavko Goluza and his players will most definitely look to secure three new points and remain in the final tournament race with Meshkov. Guests will on the other side be eager to keep up with solid performances after last round and their premier win of the season at home...

Meshkov Brest - Steaua Bucuresti 35:21 (19:10) (Yurinok 4, Baranau 4, Obranovic 4, Djordjic 4 / Milosevic 4, Florea 4, Vegar 4) Ovidiu Mihaila, Steaua Bucuresti coach:  We experienced challenges with 3 key players being injured. Currently, we have a very intensive schedule in the national championship, which is a top priority now. This is why I had to save 2-3 players. I am...

Meshkov Brest keep on marching towards this season's Final 4 tournament. They were on Tuesday afternoon with 35:21 better than Steaua Bucuresti at home making a bold statement that their goal is to keep up with strong, quality performances from right before the winter break and once again book their place among best four regular season teams in the regional competition.  Match was a one-way street from the very first minute with hosts opening...

Belarusian champions have a great chance to make another step towards F4 placement this season hosting Steaua on Tuesday (18.30 local time). As it is now clear, Meshkov and Tatran will most likely decide fourth final tournament participant with PPD Zagreb, Vardar and NEXE managing to enlarge the gap between...

Nexe - Tatran Presov 27:22 (14:9) (Tomic 7, Buvinic 4; Car 11 saves / Hrstka 3, Lapajne 3, Kosteski 3, Stranovsky 3) Hrvoje Horvat, Nexe coach:  We prepared well for the match and I feel like this was our best attacking performance since I arrived here. Moreno Car was also excellent between posts and when we...

Nexe have on Sunday night at home managed to make a big step towards F4 placement defeating Tatran Presov 27:22 for what was their 12th win of the season. On the other hand, this was 6th defeat for Slavko Goluza and his players. Guests opened the match much better with Martin Stranovsky putting them in front early with a few...

NEXE will on Sunday (19.00 CET) in Nasice welcome Tatran Presov. Match will be broadcasted on Arena sport channels.  This will be the first official match in 2019 in Nasice which means fans will finally be able to welcome their Croatian national team players Marin Sipic and Ivan Vida after their quite solid WCh outings. The end result of the...

Metalurg - PPD Zagreb 24:36 (10:15) (Arsenovski 5 / Buric 7, Potocnik 6, Mrakovcic 5) Danilo Brestovac, Metalurg coach: Well-deserved win for Zagreb. We did not play good, our aggressiveness was far from ideal, we weren't running the court good enough, our defensive transition was poor. We were able to stay...

Croatian champions managed to take three new points with a confident 36:24 win over Metalurg in Branko Tamse's official debut on PPD Zagreb' bench. This was Metalurg eleventh defeat this season while Zagreb on the other hand remain first with 36 points after what was their sixth triumph over Metalurg in Skopje. Hosts opened the match better with teams being completely...

Izvidjac - Zeleznicar 1949 29:24 (12:10) (Alilovic 7, Ivanovic 6; Kvesic 20 saves / Spasic 5; Stosic 11 saves) Mario Bjelis, Izvidjac coach:  Finally, a victory for us. Tough game overall but we needed this one and I believe it will boost our players with self-confidence. Defense was good...