Jug and Brescia return to the big stage
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...
Zvezda and Vouliagmeni completed the mission
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...
Big winners of the day: Zvezda, Vouliagmeni, Tourcoing
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...
Radnicki claims historical shootout win to beat Primorac
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...
The season begins
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),...
Unstoppable Recco completes historical three-peat
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...
Recco leaves no chance for the hosts, claims 11th title
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...
Barceloneta win the shootout this time, claim bronze
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...
Olympiacos and Jug had more desire
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’ 7-0 run keeps FTC at bay
For the 5-6th place: Olympiacos Piraeus (GRE) v FTC-Telekom Budapest (HUN) 9-4 Though Filip Filipovic hit a big one after just 16 seconds, the Greeks next five attempts went anywhere...
Jug bounce back, Brescia sink to the bottom
For places 7-8th: Jug Adriatic Osiguranje Dubrovnik (CRO) v AN Brescia (ITA) 14-10 Both teams had to work on mentality before the last game of the season – Jug arrived...
Repeating the showdown: Novi Beograd meets Pro Recco in the final.
Just like a year ago, Novi Beograd will be Recco’s challenger in the final. The Serbs came back from three goals down against Barceloneta and won in the penalty shootout,...
Recco’s 0-7 rush ended Vouliagmeni’s dream run
Semi-final: NC Vouliagmeni (GRE) v Pro Recco (ITA) 8-12 The Greeks’ fairy tale just continued in the semi-final, at least in the first half. After eliminating Brescia in the quarters,...
As usual in Belgrade, FTC edge out Brescia
For placed 5-8th: AN Brescia (ITA) v FTC-Telekom Budapest (HUN) 8-9 The two sides had regular meetings in Belgrade, but unlike their previous two encounters – a semi-final in 2021...
Novi Beograd make back-to-back finals after shootout win
Semi-final: Zodiac CNA Barceloneta (ESP) v Novi Beograd (SRB) 8-8, pen: 2-4 The Serbs took the lead, putting away their first man-up, using their best-selling scheme of setting up Nikola...
Only Olympiacos found the necessary motivation
For places 5-8th: Jug Adriatic Osiguranje Dubrovnik (CRO) v Olympiacos Piraeus (GRE) 5-14 Though the game began with a penalty save by Toni Popadic, seconds later Filip Filipovic’s fierce shot...
Vouliagmeni upset Brescia, other favourites deliver
Producing arguably the biggest upset in the history of the Champions League finals, Vouliagmeni, ranked fourth in their group in the prelims, ousted top favourite Brescia to meet Recco in...
Recco’s defence brings title-defence one step closer
Quarter-finals: Pro Recco (ITA) v FTC-Telekom Budapest (HUN) 8-4 Though FTC opened the scoring with a fine shot from Daniil Merkulov, Recco responded with a blast, Andrea Fondelli fired one...
