Dinamo Minsk win the first game of 2013/2014 EHF Champions League

The handball club Dinamo Minsk have won the first game of the 2013/2014 EHF Champions League against FYR Macedonia’s Vardar. HC Dinamo Misnk won 26:24 (11:11). Head coach Boris Denic’s Dinamo are set to play their next game against Switzerland’s Wacker Thun at the Palace of Sport on 10 October. In the first tour the Swiss side lost to another FYR Macedonian club HC Metalurg 22:23 away. On 28 September Wacker Thun will encounter Spain’s Barcelona away. The same day will see France’s PSG facing HC Metalurg in Skopje. 

Four best teams from each of the four groups will enter the playoff round. The last 16 round fixtures are scheduled for late March 2014, while the quarterfinals will be played in the second half of April. Winners of these quarterfinals will proceed to the VELUX EHF Final Four, which will be played on 31 May and 1 June in Germany’s Koln.