Ten-time LEN Champions League winners Pro Recco are three games away from becoming the first team since 1970 to win three titles in a row. However, there are some strong candidates who may prevent the Italians’ Belgrade Triple. The LEN Champions League Final Eight tournament kicks off on Wednesday in the Serbian capital. Winning the …
Pre-game quotes Zodiac CNA Barceloneta (ESP) v Jug Adriatic Osiguranje Dubrovnik (CRO) Elvis Fatovic, coach, Barceloneta “In the past I’ve managed to get used to coaching teams against Croatians and deal with the emotions. I did that on the Australian bench when we played with Croatia and we also met Jug last season here in …
General Clubs • Recco are after a more than 50 years-old record: to win the trophy three times in a row. This happened only once in the history of the competition, Mladost Zagreb made the triple in 1968-69-70. Besides this, there were eight more title-defences: Partizan Beograd (YUG) – 1966, 1967 Partizan Beograd (YUG) – …
Day 14, Group A – Jadran Split (CRO) v Waspo98 Hannover (GER) 12-8 Days after a historical victory and the first-ever championship title (having beaten Jug in a thrilling five-match series), Jadran had one last game to have a worthy ending of the season. On contrary, Waspo’s transformation season didn’t unfold as they perhaps wished …
Day 14, Group A – Vouliagmeni (GRE) v Radnicki Kragujevac (SRB) 9-10 With everything settled, this game was about prestige and for the Greeks, about preparing for their first-ever Final Eight. It was a fine battle, Radnicki wanted to end the season on a high, to leave all the problems they had to deal with …
Day 14, Group A – Zodiac CNA Barceloneta (ESP) v Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO) 13-6 Barceloneta needed a single point to secure the top spot, but it was obvious that they would bag all three as Dinamo were not on their level. Still, it wasn’t as one-sided as many expected as the Spaniards couldn’t hit the …
Slower than usual, but Barceloneta cruise to the top Read More »
Day 14, Group A – Pro Recco (ITA) v Olympiacos Piraeus (GRE) 10-9 Novi Beograd or Ferencvaros – at first sight, an easy choice, even though these two sides were medallists last season. NBG reached the final, finished runners-up after a shootout loss to Recco and are playing at home – so it was understandable …
Recco’s 5-0 run with a 13:49min shutout did enough damage Read More »
Barceloneta did a clean job, beat Dinamo and kept the first place in Group A. The big game of Recco and Olympiacos turned into a thriller as the title-holders were trailing 3-7, but they turned the game with a 5-0 run and won 10-9, avoiding to repeat last year’s final against F8 host Novi Beograd …
Day 14, Group B – Novi Beograd (SRB) v Spandau 04 (GER) 13-8 Novi Beograd really took some home field advantage: the organisers managed to finish the construction of the F8 site for this round so the team could test the outdoor venue at the last game of the prelims. Alvaro Granados continued where he …
Day 14, Group B – Genesys-OSC Budapest (HUN) v CN Marseille (FRA) 18-13 Winning only a single game in the first ten rounds, OSC were never in a position to become a serious candidate for an F8 berth. However, even the top ranked rivals went through some tough moments from time to time, when the …
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