The draw for the Champions League Main Round was held in the Spaladium Arena, site of the ongoing European Water Polo Championships in Split. The group stage starts on 15 November, and right the first round will see a great clash between the 2018 champion Olympiacos and the last two seasons’ victor Pro Recco. Group …
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Groups and venues decided for the first round of qualifications The draw for the first qualification round of the men’s water polo Champions League was held yesterday and groups and host venues has been confirmed. However, while the first two ranked sides from each group will qualify for the second round, exact details of the …
Recco scores 12sec from time and retains its title with a shootout win Pro Recco is crowned for the 10th time after another thrilling Champions League final, decided by penalties for the second time after 2019. Host Novi Beograd was close as it led 11-9 after three periods and Nikola Jaksic’s 6th goal 50 seconds …
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19.30, Final – Novi Beograd v Recco 13-13, pen: 3-4 Igor Milanovic, coach, Novi Beograd “As a coach I don’t count on and definitely not with the penalties, those are pure luck, so it’s better to focus on the game itself. I think we did well for most of the time, I’m only a bit …
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Final – Pro Recco (ITA) v Novi Beograd (SRB) • This can be Recco’s 10th Champions League title – an absolute record. Partizan Beograd (SRB) and Mladost Zagreb (CRO) are tied second in the all-time ranks with 7 apiece. Novi Beograd can win its first title in its brief history. • Italian clubs claimed 14 …
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Novi Beograd wins the game of miracles against Brescia, faces Recco in the final Host Novi Beograd and last year’s bronze medallist Brescia produced arguably the most thrilling match in recent years which offered everything and even more, brilliant goals, a goalkeeper’s blast to tie the game and a winner 5 seconds from time by …
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14.30, For 5-8th places: Hannover v Marseille 11-9 Karsten Seehafer, coach, Hannover “For us this is a big win. We did it last year against Olympiacos, done it again now against Marseille, two great teams of quality so for us this is a huge achievement. We played much better today than yesterday, especially in defence, …
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General • In the Prelims, Group A has been labelled as the toughest group ever in the history of the Champions League. Quarter-finals mirrored that: three of the semi-finalists come from Group A (ranked 1-3rd) and the 4th placed side Barceloneta almost upset title-holder Recco to make a complete sweep by Group A teams. • …
14.30, Quarter-final: AN Brescia v Waspo 98 Hannover 12-5 Alessandro Bovo, coach, Brescia “I think during the whole game we played very well in defence, that was the key today. We had many exclusions but we played our man-down well, we have good energy, good pace, controlled the game so I’m very satisfied with our …
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Recco, Ferencvaros survive thrillers, Novi Beograd, Brescia enjoy easy cruises Last season’s finalists survived thrillers to reach the semis once again. Title-holder Recco did it for the 7th time in a row after downing Barceloneta 11-10, while Ferencvaros won its 3rd quarter-final in as many appearances, coming back from two goals down in the fourth …
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