SEHA Gazprom League's participants have finished with preparations for the season. Only thing left are PPD Zagreb's matches on Marrane tournament in France. This is second part of pre-season's preview.

VARDAR: Vardar will enter the season with nothing but victories from pre-season. They have celebrated on tournaments in Kanjiža and at home in Skopje and it is visible that coach Raul has much stronger team than last season. Seven wins from as much matches seem to make SEHA double champion's ambitions for the season clear enough.

Friendly match: Nilufer 43:28 (Manaskov 6).

Kanjiža tournament: Partizan 40:28 (Shishkarev 8), Gorenje 30:24 (Toskić 6); finals Szeged 22:19 (Karačić 7).

Skopje tournament: Nexe 36:26 (Dereven 6), Chehovskie Medvedi 40:32 (Manaskov 7); finals Kristianstad 32:24 (Maqueda 5).

NEXE: Team from Našice has managed to make roster stronger and preparation matches were ideal chance for them to try new options on some positions. Results are not revealing the whole story but victories against Gorenje and Metalurg surely are a sign that Zdenko Kordi' team is stronger than ever.

Kanjiža tournament: Saudi Arabia 27:21 (Halilković 4), Szeged 22:28 (Božić-Pavletić 5); 3rd place match Gorenje 24:22 (Božić-Pavletić 5).

Skopje tournament: Vardar 26:36 (Barišić-Jaman 5), Chehovskie Medvedi 24:24 (Zrnić 8) ; 5th place match Metalurg 24:19 (Nuić 6).

 

SPARTAK: After a success in Hungary, League's rookies from Subotica have concluded preparations with a triumph on traditional Riđica tournament. Interesting is that Branislav Zeljković' roster has 5 wins from as much matches in preparations period.

Riđica tournament: Dalmatinac Riđica 28:18, finals Spačva Vinkovci 29:18 (Lojaničić 7).

 

MAKS STRUMICA: After an appearance in Struga team from Strumica has managed to finish preparations with two victories.

Friendly matches: Pelister 23:17, Radoviš 33:23.