in the first round of preliminary group a, hungarian westprem defeated german berlin 32:31 away. the winners' right winger, vitebsk resident nikita vailupov, threw three goals in group b. polish kölce left no chance at home to croatian zagreb 30-23. the home team's lineman, grodno resident artem korolek, scored four goals against the opponents. and in the visiting team, belarusian igor belyavskiy scored the first goal of his career at the main continental club tournament. for professionalism and high results. state awards were given to athletes and coaches of the national team. of the country in invosport. the corresponding decree was signed the day before by president alexander lukashenko, so the order of the fatherland of the second degree was awarded to twenty-one-time paralympic champion igor bokey. the medal for labor merits was awarded to the senior coach of the national committee gennady vishnyakov and the silver medalist of the start in paris dmitry salei. to the champion of the french games egor shchelkanov was awarded the title of honored master of sports of belarus. i