The men’s handball team of Moldova was eliminated from the European Fed Cup in the first stage. Olimpus-85 suffered a defeat to and scored a draw against Hungary’s Oroshaza, IPN reports.

Olimpus played the two matches away because it could not host the opponent team for financial reasons. The Hungarians won the first duel by 34-28 and inclined the scales in their favor after tying the second game 28-28.

“We went to Hungary by bus and tiredness had a say. It was hard to recover,” Olimpus president Anatolii Pervanciuc told the reporters.

Olimpus was the only representative of Moldova in the current season of the European cups. Universitatea Tiraspol refused to play on the international arena.