Peter Biros´ goals made the difference between ZF Eger and Sintez Kaszan.
Foto: Wolfgang Philipps |
The last two quarter-final berths in the current Euro-League competition were decided by close encounters in favour of the home teams. 2006 winner Jug “Croatia Osiguranje” Dubrovnik from Croatia achieved their necessary result by an 11-11 tie against head-to-head rival “Teva” Vasas-Plaket Budapest from Hungary to finish second in the difficult matches of Group B. In the matches of Group D, Hungary´s number two ZF Eger made it top eight for the first time in history by an 11-8 against Russia´s 2007 LEN Trophy winner Sintez Kasan.
The result in Eger was still 7-7 tie before the last period and this result would have been enough to go through for the guests from Russia. Finally, five goals by three-Olympic champion Peter Biros made the difference between both teams and a top eight-ranking. Once more the Russian clubs will be absent from the play-offs of the most important competition in European club waterpolo; only Shturm 2002 Chekhov finished fourth in 2004, when the competition formula was applied for the first time.
A surprising result was achieved in the head-to-head duel for the first place in Group A when Spanish champion CN Atlètic Barceloneta gained a 9-8 victory at Igalo, Montenegro against home team PVK Jadran CBK Herceg Novi. After years of missed qualifications for the play-offs, head coach Santi Fernandez´s players even finished first in their pool play. They lost only one match; this happened to the last-ranked team of VK Vojvodina Novi Sad from Serbia.
EuroLeague 2009-2010
Results day 6
Group A
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
19:00 PVK Jadran CBK Herceg Novi (MNE) vs. CN Atlètic Barceloneta (ESP) 8-9 (0-3, 3-3, 3-3, 2-2)
19:00 HAVK Mladost Zagreb (CRO) vs. VK Vojvodina Novi Sad (SRB) 11-11 (5-2, 2-2, 1-4, 3-3)
Current standings: CN Atlètic Barceloneta (ESP) 13, VK Jadran CBK Herceg Novi (MNE) 12, HAVK Mladost Zagreb (CRO) 5, VK Vojvodina Novi Sad (SRB) 4.
Group B
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
19:00 Jug “Croatia Osiguranje” Dubrovnik (CRO) vs. “Teva” Vasas-Plaket Budapest (HUN) 11-11 (4-2, 4-4, 1-2, 2-3)
20:00 Panionios GS (GRE) vs. VK Primorac Kotor (MNE) 11-12 (2-4, 3-2, 4-6, 2-0)
Current standings: VK Primorac Kotor (MNE) 16, VK Jug “Croatia Osiguranje” Dubrovnik (CRO) 8, “Teva” Vasas-Plaket Budapest (HUN) 7, Panionios GS (GRE) 3.
Group C
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
19:00 Olympiacos Piraeus (GRE) vs. “T-Mobile” Honvéd Budapest (HUN) 10-6 (2-2, 3-2, 3-0, 2-2)
17:45 VK “Partizan“ Raiffeisen Belgrade (SRB) vs. PVK Budva “M:TEL” (MNE) 12-6 (3-0, 3-1, 2-3, 4-2)
Current standings: VK Partizan “Raiffeisen“ Belgrade (SRB) 18, PVK Budva “M:TEL” (MNE) 9, Olympiacos Piraeus (GRE) 6, “T-Mobile” Honvéd Budapest (HUN) 3.
Group D
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
19:00 ZF Eger (HUN) vs. Sintez Kazan (RUS) 11-8 (1-2, 2-2, 4-3, 4-1)
19.00 Pro Recco (ITA) vs. Shturm 2002 Chekhov (RUS) 11-7(4-4, 1-1, 2-0, 4-2)
Current standings: Pro Recco (ITA) 16, ZF Eger (HUN) 8, Sintez Kazan (RUS) 6, Shturm 2002 Chekhov (RUS) 4.
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