In the Dutch league it remains exciting. The differences are small at the top. After Saturday, Het Ravijn and AZC are in the lead together, but UZSC, ZV De Zaan and ZPC Amersfoort follow closely.
Het Ravijn regained the lead by beating ZPB. It was not easy for the team from Nijverdal. Until the beginning of the fourth period, ZPB gave excellent resistance, but in the last period ZPB had to bend and Het Ravijn ran out to 12-16.
AZC is the only remaining co-leader. The team from Alphen aan den Rijn won by a small margin to Polar Bears. After a lead in the initial phase, it went straight for a long time. Lars Reuten and Robin Lindhout made it 8-6, but because Rick Meijer of Polar Bears made it 8-7 with four minutes to play, it was an exciting final phase. However, no more goals were scored.
ZPC Amersfoort drew against ZV De Zaan: 10-10. The home team got off to a good start in Amersfoort. Sebastiaan van Mil (2x) and Max van der Werve (3x) gave ZPC Amersfoort a 5-1 lead. ZV De Zaan then slowly fought back into the race. In the third period, Andreas Miralis’ team turned the score in Zaan’s favor, but ZPC Amersfoort still tied the score. In a tense final period, hardly any more goals were scored. Don Rempt made the 9-10, but Milan Borcsok made the final equalizer four seconds before the end.
UZSC also drew. In Leiden it became 9-9 against ZVL-1886. UZSC went into the last period with a 5-7 lead, but ZVL-1886 came back all the way and scored three times in a row. Flemming Kastrop (picture above) shot the equalizer against the ropes in a man-up.
GZC Donk won at home against PSV (16-10), De Ham recorded his second victory of the season at the expense of Waterpolo Den Haag (11-7) and BZC defeated SVH: 7-12.
Women
In the women’s league only ZVL-1886 and PSV came into action. The home team from Leiden won 13-8 and rose to the third place in the ranking.
Saturday 16 October
Eredivisie Men
ZPB – Het Ravijn: 12-16 (3-2, 3-4, 5-4, 1-6).
ZPB: Maurice Dentro 4, Ton van der Velden 3, Dominick de Waal 1, Onbekend 4.
Het Ravijn: Emiel Wouters 5, Yoran Loos 4, Bas ter Brake 2, Ivar Schilstra 2, Lars Gottemaker 2, Thijmen Karel 1.
GZC Donk – PSV: 16-10 (4-4, 4-2, 3-2, 5-2).
GZC Donk: Stan van den Heuvel 5, Kjeld Veenhuis 3, Guus van Yperen 3, Daan Schouwerwou 1, Quint van den Heuvel 1, Mart van der Weijden 1, Tijs Schouwerwou 1, Cas Westerwoudt 1.
PSV: Bram Swinkels 3, Levy Kort 2, Niels van den Houdt 2, Quint Pijnenburg 1, Stijn Simons 1, Wessel Brands 1.
ZPC Amersfoort – ZV De Zaan: 10-10 (3-1, 3-3, 3-5, 1-1).
ZPC Amersfoort: Max van der Werve 3, Sebastiaan van Mil 3, Milan Borcsok 2, Dominic van de Bunt 1, Gergely Palotas 1.
ZV De Zaan: Don Rempt 2, Mick van den Bree 2, Thomas Lucas 2, Pascal Janssen 2, Stan Meijn 1, Tim Ketelaars 1.
AZC – Polar Bears: 8-7 (3-2, 2-3, 2-1, 1-1).
AZC: Robin Lindhout 2, Jacoppo Mandolini 2, Milos Filipovic 2, Lars Reuten 1, Jesse Nispeling 1.
Polar Bears: Lars ten Broek 2, Rick Meijer 2, Jens Wijgers 1, Kas te Riele 1, Guus Wolswinkel 1.
De Ham – Waterpolo Den Haag: 11-7 (4-0, 2-3, 2-3, 3-1).
De Ham: Luka Kaleb 3, Hamish Booker 2, Floris vant Veer 2, Tom Geestman 2, Reinier van t Veer 1, Sjoerd Beets 1.
Waterpolo Den Haag: Koen Heiden 2, Twan de Kadt 2, Fabian van Niekerk 1, Daan Heiden 1, Darko Jovanovic 1.
SVH – BZC: 7-12 (0-2, 1-2, 2-7, 3-1).
SVH: Laszlo Balasz Nagy 3, Rudolf Cvanciger 2, Kerem Gemalmazoglu 2.
BZC: Abel Lukacs 4, Dynand Muller 4, Adam Tamas 2, Gergely Dobay 1, Dorian Lukacs 1.
ZVL-1886 – UZSC: 9-9 (2-2, 1-3, 2-2, 4-2).
ZVL-1886: Claudio Brancatello 4, David Spijker 2, Attila Kinkces 2, Jasper Haasnoot 1.
UZSC: Bram van den Bersselaar 3, Benjamin Hoepelman 2, Flemming Kastrop 1, Luuk Gielen 1, Jeroen Rouwenhorst 1, Gies Wijnhoven 1.
Standings Eredivisie Men
1 Het Ravijn 6-15
2 AZC 6-15
3 ZV De Zaan 6-13
4 UZSC 6-13
5 ZPC Amersfoort 6-13
6 ZVL-1886 5-10
7 BZC 5-9
8 GZC Donk 6-9
9 De Ham 6-7
10 Polar Bears 3-4
11 PSV 6-3
12 SVH 6-3
13 Waterpolo Den Haag 5-0
14 ZPB 6-0
Eredivisie Women
ZVL-1886 – PSV: 13-8 (4-1, 3-1, 3-5, 3-1)
ZVL-1886: Renée de Kleer 4, Danique Gras 2, Lizzy Terpstra 2, Jolijn Joor 1, Esmee Roijen 1, Noha Zwiers 1, Laura Roels 1, Duchanke Kammerman 1.
PSV: Annelot van Rooijen 2, Eline Bekkers 2, Elza Aldenzee 2, Fréderique Bouwmeister 1, Nian van der Beek 1.
Stands Eredivisie Women
1 ZV de Zaan 4-12
2 UZSC 4-9
3 ZVL-1886 5-9
4 Het Ravijn 4-7
5 Widex GZC Donk 5-7
6 Polar Bears 3-3
7 De Ham 4-3
8 PSV 5-0
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