Category: Water Polo

Hungary, Montenegro advance, clash for Rio in semis Montenegro ousted Italy, Hungary downed Montenegro, both by three goals – the winners will clash for Rio in the semis. Another penalty shootout occurred in the lower half, the Dutch managed to beat Georgia and maintain their chance to go for the Olympic qualifiers. On the last…

Serbia: as usual, Greece: second time after 1999 An extraordinary day in the Kombank Arena, with the first penalty shootout of the tournament which might be decisive on the spots in the Olympic Qualification Tournament (the Germans won over Slovakia). Followed by three women games, all ended with exactly the same result: 11-10! And finally…

Russia is back after 13 years Thirteen years after finishing 4th in Kranj, the Russian team managed to reach the best eight at the European Championships for the first time. The others are well-known ‘figures’ at this phase: today Italy, Hungary and Greece all cleared the hurdles with ease in the eight-finals. Among the women…

No hiccups in the men’s eight-finals so far Nations of the former Yugoslavia made full progress in the eight-finals, Serbia, Croatia and Montenegro all passed the first serious test with ease, just as Spain. The Netherlands demonstrated their strength against the Russians in the women’s tournament and clinched the top spot in Group A.

Italy and Hungary on top, Greece sinks to 3rd place Italy sailed through in Group C matches as expected while Hungary finished atop in Group D after the Greeks couldn’t widen the gap enough against Russia to better their goal difference, what’s more they went down by the end and had to settle for the…

Spain and Serbia clinch top spots Spain finished atop in Group A, ahead of Montenegro, thanks to its better goal-difference. The Serbs struggled against France in the first half but showed their strength in the second part. Croatia set the single-game scoring record against Malta by netting 22 goals. Among the women, Russia downed Greece…

Italy marches, Hungary comes back from 1-4 Italy looked pretty strong while defeating Romania 11-5 with ease in Group C. In Group D the Hungarians woke up after being 1-4 down against Russia and with a 11-2 rush they finally earned a 12-6 win. The Serbs defeated Croatia again, this time 8-4 in the women’s…

Montenegrin miracle in the last 74 seconds Another 8-8 was the highlight of the daily actions: this time Montenegro and Spain earned a point apiece after the Montenegrins had came back from 6-8 in the last 74 seconds. Serbia and Croatia netted 20 goals apiece, while the Netherlands stopped at 25, the Russians scored 21…

Excitements arrived to the Kombank Arena on the second day of the championships: in the men’s competition Hungary and Greece produced a thriller, ending in the first tie of the event (8-8), while the Serbian women offered their best against Germany but finally they lost 13-14.