Starting their away game in Skopje, Macedonia with a line-up of Karim Hendawy, Faruk Vrazalic, Ramazan Döne, Nemanja Pribak, Marko Krsmancic, Tomislav Nuic and Tolga Özbahar, the Black Eagles went into the half locked in a 14:14 draw. However, Beşiktaş eventually took control in the second half to register their first VELUX EHF Champions League victory.