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Vardar Junior came to Ukraine with three goals advantage from the first match from Skopje this week (22-19). It could've been more considering how many sure shots both teams missed, and technical fouls made. The Ukrainians are now the favorites for getting placed to the Challenge Cup semifinals, and there are a few reasons for that. First, their experience. Their starting lineup are 4-5 years older than Vardar's, and the home court will bring them the calm they need and lacked in Skopje. That means their fastbreaks will be more efficient. They base them on the defense and their typical set offense. Individually, the Ukrainian players already played for the senior national team. They also use more options offensively, Vardar's defense struggled against the Ukrainian offense before, and that will stand out even more today. Vardar's junior team got placed to the quarterfinals thanks to playing all the previous matches at home, so this will be their first real away match. Karpaty beat the more experienced and better Swedish team here last season (H65 Hoors 34-28). So, Vardar can't do more than they did in the first duel, I expect Karpaty to be more convincing offensively, with a lot fewer mistakes, so they should win by at least 4-5 goals advantage.