The Moldovan teams were eliminated from the first round of the men’s 2018-2019 EHF Challenge Cup. For financial reasons, the three teams played both of the matches away, IPN reports.
Thus, PGU Tiraspol was beaten by Dicken of Finland 26-37 and 20-29. Olimpus-85 Chisinau lost both of the games to Hurry-Up of the Netherlands 16-30 and 21-42, while Ciobruciu was eliminated by Bregenz of Austria after losing 20-54 and 14-60.
PGU Tiraspol won the national men’s handball championship the last season.