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 »
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 …
Walking on water, OSC’s 7-1 rush in the second secure big win Read More »
Day 14, Group B – FTC-Telekom Budapest (HUN) v Astralpool Sabadell (ESP) 10-12 Switching to a full-time head coach of the Hungarian national team, this was the last home game for Zsolt Varga at FTC’s bench. The encounter was advertised accordingly: a farewell party for the club’s legend who worked here for 10 years and …
Day 14, Group B – AN Brescia (ITA) v Jug Adriatic Osiguranje Dubrovnik (CRO) 14-10 Having kept the pole position for almost the entire season, Brescia would look foolish to let it go on the very last day – and the Italians did really well to keep the top spot. They came up with their …
Day 13, Group A – Pro Recco (ITA) v Jadran Split (CRO) 14-7 Recco did not disappoint their former legendary player and coach Vladimir Vujasinovic who is currently in charge at Vouliagmeni and expected an easy win from his former club against their direct rival Jadran. And it happened – and perhaps not even the …
Day 13, Group A – Waspo 98 Hannover (GER) v Radnicki Kragujevac (SRB) 7-12 When Hannover stunned many by making the Final Eight last year, the Germans’ advancing was based on their very strong home performance. For this season few players remained from the 2022 roster – and practically nothing remained from Hannover’s home power. …
Radnicki’s floor Hannover with a 0-4 run in the fourth Read More »
