Croatia’s Jug Dubrovnik and Italy’s AN Brescia secured their respective spots in the Champions League – both teams have been regular Final Eight participants, so their qualification is no surprise and indeed they were dominant in all their matches in the weekend. Crvena Zvezda (SRB), AN Brescia (ITA), Vouliagmeni NC (GRE) and Jug Adriatic Osiguranje …
Serbia’s Crvena Zvezda and Greece’s Vouliagmeni already qualified to the Champions League, while Croatia’s Jug is on its way back to the group stage. Brescia and Radnicki shall play a kind of final on Sunday to decide the top spot. Group A (Hannover) CN Barcelona (ESP)–EPS Honved (HUN) 9-8, Crvena Zvezda (SRB)–Apollon Smyrnis (GRE) 12-10, …
Serbia’s Crvena Zvezda is on its way to the Champions League after another big victory in Group A, they downed Spain’s CN Barcelona. Greece’s Vouliagmeni beat Italy’s Ortigia in the group’s big match while France’s Tourcoing upset Hungary’s OSC in Dubrovnik. Group A (Hannover) CN Barcelona (ESP) v Crvena Zvezda (SRB) 9-14, Waspo 98 Hannover …
Big winners of the day: Zvezda, Vouliagmeni, Tourcoing Read More »
As expected, thrilling matches kicked off the Champions League season. Since only the group winners shall qualify, matches in the opening round saw all-in approach from all teams. Spain’s CN Barcelona and Serbia’s Crvena Zvezda were the big winners of the opening day in Group A, while Serbia’s Radnicki landed a historical shootout win over …
Radnicki claims historical shootout win to beat Primorac Read More »
Since the upcoming season is the busiest ever with two major events for the national teams in the calendar (Europeans in January, Worlds in February, both qualifying for the Olympics), the Champions League qualifications had to be curtailed. Unlike in the previous years – with the exception of the Covid-hit 2020-21 – when the four …
Pro Recco became the second team in history to claim three Champions League titles in a row, 52 years after Mladost Zagreb had achieved that feat. The Italians downed host Novi Beograd with an overwhelming performance in the final, maintaining a three-four goals gap throughout almost the entire game. Barceloneta claimed the bronze, though they …
Unstoppable Recco completes historical three-peat Read More »
Final: Novi Beograd (SRB) v Pro Recco (ITA) 11-14 Recco opened its title-defence campaign in a cool and collected way, netted their first two man-ups – the first was a clean job, by Francesco di Fulvio, the second was a bit adventurous, but after a saved shot, Alessandro Velotto sent the ball home from the …
Recco leaves no chance for the hosts, claims 11th title Read More »
Bronze medal game: Zodiac CNA Barceloneta (ESP) v NC Vouliagmeni (GRE) 8-8, pen: 5-4 After two rather convincing wins, Barceloneta were the overwhelming favourite against the Greeks but the game took a totally different path – and it ended a shootout, the second one for the Spaniards after the semis, however, this time they emerged …
Barceloneta win the shootout this time, claim bronze Read More »
Final – Novi Beograd (SRB) v Pro Recco (ITA) • This is going to be the third time in history when the same two sides clash in the final in back-to-back years. Note that Jug and Recco reached the ultimate match three times in a row. 1994 and 1995: Ujpest (HUN) and Catalunya (ESP) 2005, …
In the new playing schedule, the third day of the Final Eight was devoted to the classification games while teams playing for the medals enjoyed a rest day in Belgrade. Olympiacos clinched the 5th place with a fine win over Ferencvaros, while Jug bounced back to down Brescia for the 7th place. For the 5-6th …
