Savona was the first to qualify for the Italian championship play-offs semi-finals Wednesday but it was a close call. A winning goal by veteran Goran Fiorentini on a counter attack with less than a minute to play was needed to restore the goal difference in Savona's favour after a 12-7 game 1 result looked to have the Alberto Angelini coached side in a seemingly comfortable position for the return...
The battle for the Croatian championship could have an interesting battle coming up already in the semi-finals after Mladost, building form throughout the season, caused an upset by beating favorites and defending champions Jug in Dubrovnik 10-11 in game 1 on Wednesday. The back-and-forth contest featured multiple lead changes before the visitors from the Croatian capital delivered a blow by taking...
Match of the Union Sportive Cettoise at the Docks of Sete, South France in the 1920's. Source: private collection ...
In the final day of action in the women's World League preliminary round in Europe it was Greece who took a big 8-10 win from Hungary finishing their campaign on a positive note and second place in group B. All effort was not enough to get the Greek women into the Super Final though as the goal difference with group A's second ranked Russia still is in the world's number four favour as they grab the...
The team of Union Sportive Cettoise (Sète) in the 1920’s Source: Private collection ...
After the Maltese senior men's team made it to the final at the 2014 Commonwealth Water Polo Championships in Aberdeen, Scotland recently, another promising sign came from the national junior team who won an 8-nation tournament in Brno, Czech Republic last week topping Austria the final 9-8. Both teams cruised through the tournament on the way to the gold medal final which turned out to be a close...
Who will take the third and final World League Super Final spot from Europe? Despite still controlling their own destiny both Hungary and Greece are up for a fierce task qualifying for the World League Super Final with just the final preliminary round game up ahead on Tuesday night. When Hungary hosts the 2011 world champions both teams know in the current situation group A's Russia is the favorite...
The time for which all teams work and prepare an entire season long, has finally come. These weeks determine whether this hard work paid off, or if it was all in vain. Szolnok, Szeged and Honvéd are the crown princes that will try to dethrone reigning champions Eger. As winners of the regular season Szolnok appear to be on pole position and look to be the team to beat. However, Honvéd have Gergely...
GB women's captain Rosie Morris looks back on Team England's water polo gold in Aberdeen and ahead to what the future holds for women's water polo...
Two student-athletes with a wealth of international experience have signed a National Letter of Intent to join Cal’s Women’s Water Polo program, head coach Richard Corso announced Thursday. Carla Carrega, who has been a member of Italy’s national team program since 2009, and Kindred Paul, a member of Canada’s Junior National Team, will each enroll at Cal in the fall and join the team for the 2015...
A successful Dubai International Junior Championships saw the water polo tournament being concluded on Saturday in the Hamdan Sports Complex. The four competitions each gained seperate medalists and even individual award winners. The Hungarian boys from Szeged dominated the U13 Golden league to capture the gold medal with Egyptian representative Heliopolis having two teams taking the silver and bronze...
The team of Circolo Nautico Posillipo, Napoli, Champions of Italy in 1985. The team coached by Paolo De Crescenzo: Giampaolo DE MEDICI, Carlo SIENA, Stefano POSTIGLIONE, Attila SUDAR, Gennaro FIORILLO, Michele BAVIERA, Franco PORZIO, Mario FIORILLO, Giuseppe PORZIO, Claudio PALUMBO, Marco POSTIGLIONE, Massimo FIORENTINO, Piero FIORENTINO, Antonello POSTIGLIONE, Andrea DE LAURENZIO, Carmine ARGENTIERO....
The play-offs in the Italian men's league Serie A1 were kicked off on Wednesday with regular season runners-up Brescia visiting Como in the quarter-finals first match-up. The Champions League Final Six contenders posted a solid win big enough to virtually having sealed their spot in the next round now enjoying a six-goal advantage: 6-12. Team top scorer Valerio Rizzo and French centre forward Michaël...
The second day of water polo action at the inaugural Dubai International Aquatics Championships saw the Hungarian team of Szeged (pictured together with Italy's men's national team head coach Alessandro Campagna) claiming the lead in the U13 tournament. Other teams to join them with second wins include local top clubs Al Jazira and Al Wasl. In the U11 tournament Jug Dubrovnik defeated Tigers 9-2 in...
The Champions League Final Six tournament has come alive. With just one more round in the preliminary phase to go the organising committee this week launched the tournament website and the ticket service meaning fans of the teams already sure of qualification, and other enthusiasts, can now secure their tickets for this three-day sensational climax of Europe's top club teams competition. The website...
Once a dominant force in Hungarian and European water polo, Újpest won their last league national championship in 1995 as Újpesti TE and have been gone from the highest domestic stage for some years now. Legendary names like Mihály Mayer and Dezső Gyarmati, and more recently, Tamás Kásás and Tibor Benedek played or even started their successful careers at the fallen Hungarian record champion. However,...
As part of the 1st Dubai International Aquatics Championships the 2nd edition of the Dubai Junior Water Polo Championships are underway in the Hamdan Sports Complex from Wednesday on. Apart from local clubs such as Al Jazira, Al Nasr, Al Wasl and the national juniors of Qatar well-known clubs Jug Dubrovnik from Croatia and Hungary's Szeged have travelled to the United Arab Emirates to compete in either...
VIDEO Primorje 8 Jug 7 Final Jadranska Liga 2014 13 4 14 http://youtu.be/nk3q9yRcC3A Sosiego y Calma...
Montenegro are the third and last team to qualify for this year's World League Super Final in Dubai out of Europe. On the final day 6 of the preliminary round the 2013 World Championships runners-up took home a 8-10 victory from Germany which was needed to win group C and secure their spot in the Super Final. Last year's World League bronze medal winners saw a returned captain Nikola Janovic who previously...
Reigning World Championships runners-up Montenegro are on the verge of the third available European spot in this year's World League Super Final in Dubai with just one more game to play in the preliminaries. In fact, an expected win over Germany will seal the deal as the Ranko Perovic coached side then wins group C and is set to book the tickets for the World League final tournament to be played mid-June....