The first two tournaments of the 2nd Nordic League have been finished today. LSTW Lodz (Poland) clinched the first place in Group A in Stockholm, while VMSC- Baltic Amadeus dominated Group B in Vilnius. Both teams, which are newcomers in the competitions, have a perfect record. LSTW recorded three wins in as many games. VMSC-Baltic Amadeus, the host of Group B, collected 12 points in four games.
The League will be continued in a month and a half. The second tournament of Group A will be played in Lodz, while Turku will host the teams that are competing in Group B (6 – 8 December). The best three teams of each group will advance to the Final Six which will be held in Stockholm (7-9 February).
2nd Nordic Water Polo League, Day 3
Group A (Stockholm)
Kuhat Academy – LSTW Lodz 7:18 (3:4, 1:6, 2:3, 1:5)
Kuhat Academy: Pihlajamaki 2, Juutilainen 2, Alajoki 1, Sutinen 1, L. Lehtonen 1.
LSTW Lodz: Szymanski 6, Chupryna 4, Czapczynski 2, Michalski 2, Sielski 2, Troczynski 1, Zdziech 1.
SPIF Vatennpolo – Jarfalla Vatenpollo 9:14 (4:3, 2:4, 3:4, 0:3)
SPIF: Petkovic 4, Lee 1, Vang 1, Cubukcu 1, Thiel 1, Malek 1.
Jarfalla: Bjeren 4, Hanserkers 3, Enerstad 2, A. Sahlberg 2 , Nord 2, Hassan 1.
LSTW Lodz secured the 1st place yesterday, by beating Swedish clubs Jarfalla (10:9) and SPIF (14:12). Today, the Polish team confirmed the 1st place with an easy win over Kuhat Academy (Finland) – 18:7.
Jarfalla defeated SKIF in the Swedish derby to take the 2nd place in the group. SKIF trailed just 9:10 in the last minute of the 3rd period. However, Jarfalla, the reigning champion, scored four unanswered goals for a fine 14:10 win.
1 LSTW Lodz (POL) 3 – 9
2 Jarfalla Vattenpolo (SWE) 2 – 6
3 SPIF Vattenpolo (SWE) 3 -3
4 Kuhat Academy (FIN) 3 – 0
Group B (Vilnius)
Morning session
Kuopion Uimaseura – Turun Uimarit 13:16 (1:4, 6:4, 2:4, 4:4)
Kuopion: Soinen 4, Koponen 3, Linnus 2, Lehtinen 1, Heikkinen 1, Mannienen 1, Kilpelainen 1.
Turun: Strontsev 4, Arslangaliev 3,Aalto 3, Raitanen 2, Varinowski 2, Mojic 1, Niinvirta 1.
VMSC – Baltic Amadeus – Cetus 17:6 (4:2, 4:1, 5:2, 4:1)
VMSC-Baltic Amadeus:Dzikhtsiarenka 7, Khypachou 4, Blazevic 2, Tomasevski 2, Brekys 1, Marciukaitis 1.
Cetus: Ryhanen 2, Johansson 2, Ollila 2.
Afternoon session
Hellas SK – Cetus 19:9 (8:1, 3:2, 4:4, 4:2)
Hellas SK: Holm 4, Isaksson 4, Cumurija 3, Sjosten 3, Jutner 3,Lofroth 1, Douagi 1.
Cetus: Ryhanen 4, Johansson 1, Penttinen 1, Saarelainen 1, Ollila 1, Salmi 1.
VMSC-Baltic Amadeus – Turun Uimarit 16:4 (4:2, 8:0, 3:0, 1:2)
VMSC: Dzikhtsiarenka 5, Khrypachou 3, Reutt 2, Blazevic 3, Brekys 1, Kizys 1, Tomasevski 1.
Turun: Aalto 2, Strontsev 1, Niinvirta 1.
Home team VMSC-Baltic Amadeus was too strong for all rivals at the tournament in Vilnius. The Lithuanians trashed two Finnish clubs on the last competition day – Turun Uimarit (16:4) and Cetus (17:6).
Hellas SK from Stockholm won cemented the 2nd place, as it beat Cetus by 10 goals today (19:9).
The best of the three Finnish clubs which took part in Group B was Turun Uimarit.
1 VMSC- Baltic Amadeus (LTU) 4 – 12
2 Hellas SK (SWE) 4 – 9
3 Turun Uimarit (FIN) 4 – 6
4 Cetus Espoo (FIN) 4 – 3
5 Kuopion Uimaseura (FIN) 4 – 0
