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Meshkov Brest - a team
that has been waiting
10 years for a SEHA title

For Meshkov Brest, the easiest task is to reach The easiest part of the road is over, Meshkov
the final tournament and be among the best reached Final 4. Now they have to make the
four teams in SEHA - Gazprom League. They final step. Meshkov have added some players
are the second most successful team in history and a new coach, but their goal remains the
of the league according to the number of Final same – winning a title. Spaniard Dani Gordo
4 appearances, participating in the league for sat on Meshkov’s bench took over the squad
9 seasons and playing at the same amount after Raul Alonso. His vision included only two
of Final 4. But despite that, they have never new players, Baptiste Bonnefond and Stanislav
reached the top. In this jubilee 10th season of Kasparek, while Razgor, Shkurinskiy, Obranovic
SEHA - Gazprom League, for many, Meshkov is and Panic left. Several youngster will get a
a serious candidate for the title. chance to play in Gordo’s system.

In their 8 appearances, Meshkov reached the This season, Meshkov did not play the group
final twice (2014 and 2015) and won the bronze stage of SEHA League, but started directly
medal three times (2017, 2019 and 2020). Even with the Quarter-Final matches. The Belarus
when Brest hosted the Final 4 tournament team won twice against Eurofarm Pelister with
(twice) Meshkov failed to reach the final, but an easy 4-goal difference (31:27 and 35:31),
had an opportunity to play for the bronze routinely completing the tasks.
medal. Last season, the Final 4 tournament was also
Players believe that they will break the bad held in Zadar, and Meshkov won the bronze
tradition and bring joy to the fans, sponsors medal. In the Semi-Final, they lost to Telekom
and all those who have had the patience for all Veszprem, whose players later lifted the
their ups and downs. trophy, but Meshkov got some satisfaction by
beating PPD Zagreb in a third-place match.

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