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15-02-2010 - Wolfgang Philipps - waterpolo-world.com |
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Three Montenegrin teams to battle for EuroLeague crown |
Norbert Madaras scored five goals when Pro Recco downed Sintez Kazan, 15-8.
Foto: Oliver Schwandt |
One game day is still left in the Preliminary Round of EuroLeague, but all three teams from Montenegro have already advance to the quarter-finals of the top-class competition in European club waterpolo. In the matches of day 5 the team of PVK Budva “M:TEL” gained an 11-9 victory against Greek series champion Olympiacos Piraeus to the secure the second place in Group B after Serbian powerhouse VK Partizan “Raiffeisen“ Belgrade. The final game day will be held 3 March with eight Wednesday night matches.
After day 5, six teams already made it to the round of last eight: Italian champion Pro Recco, Partizan Raiffeisen Belgrade and Spanish powerhouse CN Atlètic Barceloneta are joining three teams from Montenegro - VK Primorac Kotor, VK Jadran CBK Herceg Novi and PVK Budva. One famous club from Croatia, HAVK Mladost Zagreb, already had to say good-bye after a 7-8 loss to Barceloneta in the crucial away match.
On game day 6 to be held on 3 April there will be two head-to-head duels for the two remaining quarter-final berths being held at marvellous waterpolo pools. In Group B, 2006 champion VK Jug “Croatia Osiguranje” Dubrovnik from Croatian, the first winner of the trans-national Adriatic League in 2009, will face Hungarian champion “Teva” Vasas-Plaket Budapest. There will be one name in the round of last eight in any case, as Hungarian representative ZF Eger will face Russia´s Sintez Kazan in the clash for the second place in Group D.
EuroLeague 2009-2010
Preliminary Round - schedule and results day 5
Group A
Saturday, 13 February 2010
12:00 CN Atlètic Barceloneta (ESP) vs. HAVK Mladost Zagreb (CRO) 8-7 (5-2, 2-2, 1-1, 0-2)
Sunday, 14 February 2010
19:00 VK Vojvodina Novi Sad (SRB) vs. PVK Jadran CBK Herceg Novi (MNE) 5-9 (-2, 1-0, 1-2, 1-5)
Current standings: VK Jadran CBK Herceg Novi (MNE) 12, CN Atlètic Barceloneta (ESP) 10, HAVK Mladost Zagreb (CRO) 4, VK Vojvodina Novi Sad (SRB) 3.
Group B
Saturday, 13 February 2010
18:00 “Teva” Vasas-Plaket Budapest (HUN) vs. Panionios GS (GRE) 14-7 (3-2, 3-1, 4-1, 4-3)
20:00 VK Primorac Kotor (MNE) vs. VK Jug “Croatia Osiguranje” Dubrovnik (CRO) 14-19 (2-3, 4-2, 6-1, 2-4)
Current standings: VK Primorac Kotor (MNE) 10, VK Jug “Croatia Osiguranje” Dubrovnik (CRO) 7, “Teva” Vasas-Plaket Budapest (HUN) 6, Panionios GS (GRE) 3.
Group C
Saturday, 13 February 2010
18:00 PVK Budva “M:TEL” (MNE) vs. Olympiacos Piraeus (GRE) 11-9 (3-4, 6-2, 2-0, 0-3)
Sunday, 14 February 2010
17:15 “T-Mobile” Honvéd Budapest (HUN) vs. VK Partizan “Raiffeisen” Belgrade (SRB) 6-9 (2-3, 1-2, 1-3, 2-1)
Current standings: VK Partizan “Raiffeisen“ Belgrade (SRB) 15, PVK Budva “M:TEL” (MNE) 9, Olympiacos Piraeus (GRE) 3, “T-Mobile” Honvéd Budapest (HUN) 3.
Group D
Saturday, 13 February 2010
18:00 Shturm 2002 Chekhov (RUS) vs. ZF Eger (HUN) 5-5 (1-2, 1-2, 2-1, 1-0)
Sunday, 14 February 2010
17:15 Sintez Kazan (RUS) vs. Pro Recco (ITA) 8-15 (1-4, 4-3, 0-6, 3-2)
Current standings: Pro Recco (ITA) 13, Sintez Kazan (RUS) 6, ZF Eger (HUN) 5, Shturm 2002 Chekhov (RUS) 4.
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