The first round in the Dutch League was a false start. UZSC and Polar Bears had a number of COVID-19 infections in the selection, which resulted in postponing their matches against respectively SVH and ZVL. The other teams did come into action. The most tension was in Krommenie, where title candidate AZC only narrowly beat De Ham. Only in the very last second was the decisive hit. The matchwinner was the new Hungarian goalkeeper David Gyorgy who came forward in the last attack and hit the ball against the ropes.
It was also exciting in Barendrecht. ZPB and BZC differed little from each other. In the end, the guests won with 9:11. There was much less tension in Eindhoven, where GZC Donk beat home team PSV (14:22). Spaniard Erik Brugué was in good shape with six goals. In Zaandam, De Zaan beat ZPC Amersfoort remarkably easily: 17:10. The other promoted team, Waterpolo The Hague, was overwhelmed by Het Ravijn in the first two periods, but then gave a good match against the team from Nijverdal. However, the team of coach Mark van Engelen did not come closer than 8:12.
2020/21 Dutch League Men – Day 1
ZV De Ham – AZC 8:9 (2:1, 0:2, 2:2, 4:4)
De Ham: Luka Kaleb 4, Reinier van ‘t Veer 2, Floris van ‘t Veer 1, Finn Heemskerk 1.
AZC: Robin Lindhout 2, Andreas Miralis 2, Laszlo Nagy 1, Jort Stienstra 1, Nathan de Zwaan 1, David
Gyorgy 1, unknown 1.
ZPB H&L Productions – Schuurman BZC 9:11 (3:1, 3:4, 2:4, 1:2)
ZPB: Kevin van Baarle 5, Stephan de Ruijter 2, Dimitrije Krijestorac 1, Tom van der Veen 1.
BZC: Mika Smelt 4, Jan Willem Slaghuis 2, Adam Hamas 2, Filip Klajevic 1, Christof Vang 1, Steijn
Lammers 1.
PSV – Widex GZC Donk 14:22 (3:6, 4:4, 4:7, 3:5)
PSV: Levy Kort 5, Melle Evers 4, Niels van den Hout 2, Nino Mandrazija 2, Stijn Simons 1.
GZC Donk: Erik Brugué 6, Kjeld Veenhuis 5, Guus van Yperen 3, Stan van den Heuvel 3, Ton van der
Velden 2, Tijs Schouwerwou 1, Cas Westerwoudt 1, Jimmy Sjardijn 1.
ZV De Zaan – Schoonderbeek Bouw ZPC Amersfoort 17:10 (6:3, 4:3, 5:3, 2:1)
De Zaan: Mick van den Bree 4, Erno Snoek 3, Jacob Mercep 2, Angelo Corver 2, Jurriaan van der
Struijk 2, Pascal Jansen 2, Rick Keijzer 1, Phil Brantjes 1.
ZPC Amersfoort: Sebastiaan van Mil 3, Max van der Werve 2, Mees Keuning 2, Danny Budding 1,
Mitchell Budding 1, Jesse Koopman 1.
Waterpolo Den Haag – Het Ravijn 8:12 (1:2, 1:4, 3:3, 3:3)
Waterpolo Den Haag: Kjell Wansleeben 3, Twan Kadt 1, Bart Turk 1, Daan Heiden 1, Coen Berendse
1, Koen Heiden 1.
Het Ravijn: Sander Veltkamp 4, Lars Gottemaker 3, Jorrit Aanstoot 2, Jorn Muller 1, Ivar Schilstra 1,
Yoran Loos 1.
UZSC – SVH: postponed
Polar Bears – ZVL-1886: postponed
DUTCH LEAGUE MEN – STANDINGS
1. GZC Donk 1-3
2. ZV De Zaan 1-3
3. Het Ravijn 1-3
4. BZC 1-3
5. AZC 1-3
6. Polar Bears 0-0
7. UZSC 0-0
8. ZVL-1886 0-0
9. SVH 0-0
10. De Ham 1-0
11. ZPB 1-0
12. Waterpolo The Hague 1-0
13. ZPC Amersfoort 1-0
14. PSV 1-0
2020/21 Dutch League Women – Day 1
For the women, the favorites made no mistake. National champion GZC Donk outclassed Het Ravijn 7:22. Marit van der Weijden was on fire with six goals but did not become the top scorer of the weekend. That honor fell to Nerida Drewes of UZSC. She scored no less than ten times against ZPB. De Zaan also won convincingly. The team of coach Arjan Vos won the derby against De Zaan 6:21. Polar Bears and ZVL were more evenly matched. The home team from Ede won with 11:8. The most tension was in Eindhoven where PSV met SWOL 1894. Both teams will not play a major role in the battle for the title, so winning points will be scarce this season. PSV eventually left the pool as the winner with a minimal 15-14 victory. Notable were the six goals of SWOL-player Mieke van der Sloot. Last season she was the coach of the team from Zwolle.
Het Ravijn – Widex GZC Donk 7:22 (1:5, 2:7, 1:4, 3:6)
Het Ravijn: Noa de Vries 3, Lotte Beunk 2, Laura Boerdam 1, Kari Ankone 1.
GZC Donk: Marit van der Weijden 6, Maud Megens 4, Brigitte Sleeking 4, Nomi Stomphorst 4,
Lindsay Bouma 2, Anouk Vermeulen 2.
ZPB H&L Productions – UZSC 4:27 (2:8, 0:7, 2:5, 0:7)
ZPB: Meike van der Windt 2, Daphné van Zijl 2.
UZSC: Nerida Drewes 10, Dagmar Genee 5, Esther Scheij 3, Amarens Genee 2, Hanna Hogervorst 2,
Saloua Maafi 2, Danique Lauritsen 1, Cecil Bas 1.
ZV De Ham – ZV De Zaan 6:21 (2:5, 0:6, 1:5, 3:5)
De Ham: Lizette Rozeboom 2, Amy Rozemeijer 2, Regina van ’t Veer 1, Duchanka Kammerman 1.
De Zaan: Maxine Schaap 5, Maud Koopman 5, Takyiwa Sam 3, Lieke Rogge 2, Bente Rogge 2, Kitty
Lynn Joustra 2, Emma Soffner 1, Anouk Bergsma 1.
Polar Bears – ZVL-1886 Tetteroo 11:8 (4:1, 3:1, 4:2, 0:4)
Polar Bears: Simone van de Kraats 3, Fleurien Bosveld 2, Lola Moolhuijzen 2, Brigit Mulder 2, Nina
ten Broek 1, Nina van de Geijn 1.
ZVL: Anna Pauli 3, Isis Keijzer 2, Nikki Meijer 2, Malissa van Rijn 1.
PSV – SWOL 1894 15:14 (4:3, 2:4, 6:3, 3:4)
PSV: Annelot van Rooijen 6, Jeske Straver 3, Elza Aldenzee 2, Gazizah Khalandi 1, Alex Schouten 1,
Anouk Verhoeven 1, Viën van der Beek 1.
SWOL: Mieke van der Sloot 6, Elsemiek Sevenich 2, Rowan van der Huure 2, Judith Noordhuis 1,
Ashley de Jong 1, Kim Okoli 1, Chandra Boom 1.
DUTCH LEAGUE WOMEN – STANDINGS
1. UZSC 1-3
2. GZC Donk 1-3
3. ZV De Zaan 1-3
4. Polar Bears 1-3
5. PSV 1-3
6. SWOL 1894 1-0
7. ZVL 1886 1-0
8. Het Ravijn 1-0
9. De Ham 1-0
10. ZPB 1-0
