Today, in the first match of the 1/16 finals in the European Cup in women's competition, the team of Vardar in SC "Jane Sandanski" - Skopje lost convincingly with 25:35 from EURO Unirek.

The first half did not announce such a convincing victory of the guests from the Netherlands, at the beginning of the match Vardar had a positive of 4: 2.

The opponent made a series of 4: 0 for a 4: 6 advantage on the scoreboard. Several times the positive of the Dutch women reached "plus five" (8:13, 9:14), but by the break the Macedonian representative reduced the negative to only "minus one" (17:18).

Vardar held the lead in the second half, in the 46th minute it was only 24:26 and instead of the match entering an uncertain ending, in the finish the concentration of the handball players of the coach Dragana Pecevska Ristova dropped.

With a deficit of 24:28, Vardar scored only one goal in the final 12 minutes, and conceded as many as seven. Stojanovska was the most efficient in the home ranks with seven goals, Dinevska and Trpevska had four each, and on the opposite side Stal scored 11 goals and Steverink seven.

The return match will be played in seven days in the Netherlands starting at 19.00.