The team of E. Pelister failed to perform a feat. In the first historical participation of The F4-tournaments in the SEHA Gazprom League, the "greens" from Bitola suffered a heavy defeat from Hungarian Veszprém (41:27). On the stands in Zadar E. Pelister had the support of a group of fans, part of the faithful "Chkembari".

The Macedonian vice-champion was equal in the first five-six minutes of the meeting, several times he had and had the lead, and then in draws 5:5 the opponent began to play on experience, with a solid defense and a series of quick hits in the attack for a series of 6:2. In the case of a negative of 13:9, the current champion made a new streak of 6:2 for 19:11 on the scoreboard after 20 minutes of play, after which the second finalist was already announced.

At the break, Veszprém led with 24:16, and in the second part it reached a double-digit difference of 29:18. The positive was constantly growing, and the biggest one was "plus 16" (40:24) at 55 minutes.

The players of coach Lars Walter will have to settle for a match for the third place in the regional competition. Pelisterci's rival on Sunday (September 4) from 16.30:XNUMX p.m. in the battle for bronze in the small final will be Croatian Nexe., while Veszprém will play for the SEHA title with PPD Zagreb from 19.00.

Again in Zadar, the same teams as last year will meet in the grand final. Last year, the Hungarians were better after the penalty shootout with 4:2. The Hungarian giant will attack for its fifth title in the regional competition, in an attempt to match the number of titles with Vardar.