The best was saved for the last at the 2012 European Championships here in Eindhoven, The Netherlands day 12. The second semi-final between Montenegro and Hungary produced a real nailbiter as Montenegro eventually prevailed and gained the big upset winning 14-13 after extra time. The winning goal was made by veteran Predrag Jokic who characteristic hit from the left corner on a man-up with 2.15 to play in the second half of extra time. A hectic final phase could not bring goals to neither sides with Montenegro reaching their first final since the 2008 Europeans in Malaga who will now have the same participants as in Spain back in 2008 with Serbia as their opponent. Mladjan Janovic was unstoppable scoring five goals fo...
The Romanian men’s team is playing for the seventh place at the 2012 European Waterpolo Championships again. Today the Tricolori gained a precious 16-15 victory on penalties against the dethroned champion Croatia and qualified for the Olympic Games Qualification Tournament. Spain beat the hosts Netherlands in the next match to secure the final available ticket for 'Edmonton' as they won 14-9 with Xavi Garcia scoring five goals. The first finalist of the tournament is 2011 world championships runners-up Serbia as they gained a big and confident 8-12 win over Italy in a packed Pieter van den Hoogenband Swim Stadium on Friday. Italy benefited from a slumpy start by the normal solid&nbs...
The men’s tournament at the current European Championships here in Eindhoven, Netherlands will advance to the semi-finals round on Friday with two big clashes that will decide if the European Championships title will remain in former Yugoslavian hands or could go to Hungary or Italy. In a rematch of the 2011 World Championships and World League final, Italy will face Serbia. The other semi-final will see a matchup between Montenegro and Hungary, for the first time since the 2008 Olympics semi-finals where Hungary beat Montenegro 11-9. Italy lost the World League Super Final to Serbia in 2011 with the Serbians earning a 2012 Olympics berth with the 8-7 final win but got beat by Alessandro Campagna’s t...
The exciting women´s semi-final day of the 2012 European Waterpolo Championships here at Eindhoven, Netherlands was crowned by an upset, when three-time European champion Russia was stopped on the way to the unprecedented fourth title in row by Italy. The setterosa as the team is often called at home took a 13-12 victory in a real nailbiter and made it to the final game for the first time since 2006. Italy will now play Greece in the final game to be held on Saturday afternoon. It will be the first clash between both nations in a gold medal game in the history of women’s waterpolo.
At the occasion of the European Championships, here in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, the draw for the ...
Game day 11 at the European Championships here in Eindhoven, The Netherlands started with a 11-10 wi...
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