Vardar beat Germany's Kiel away 29:28 in the first leg of the handball champions league quarterfinals on Sunday.
Vardar took an early lead and held a two-goal advantage at halftime (13:11) but Kiel came back and took a three-goal lead midway through the second period. However, the European champions did not crumble under pressure and scored the winning goal in the final seconds.
Moraes, Stoilov and Cupic were Vardar's leading scorers with five each, while Vujin, Bilyk and Ekberg scored four each for Kiel.
The return leg will be played in Skopje on April 29.
