AZC seemed to be the unapproachable leader in the Dutch league for a long time, but on Saturday ZV De Zaan showed that there are more title candidates. The runner-up won the mutual top match with 10-16.
ZV De Zaan made the difference in a strong second period. Center Thomas Lucas excelled in that phase with three goals and gave his side a 4-8 lead. AZC was unable to close that gap. With this victory, ZV De Zaan has come within three points to AZC.
At the bottom, SVH and Waterpolo Den Haag shared the points: 10-10. In Rotterdam, The Hague thought it was heading for the second win of the season at the end of the third period, but SVH came back nicely in the last period. After Koen Heiden’s 8-10, Laszlo Balasz Nagy and Tomas Kostelnik secured the point.
GZC Donk and Het Ravijn also played a draw. In Gouda it became 12-12. The visitors could live with the point. From the second period, GZC Donk controlled the game more. After Guus van Yperen’s 6-6, it was always the home team that took the lead. But just as often Het Ravijn fought back. Jorrit Aanstoot was the last to bring the teams into balance two minutes before the end.
On Sunday GZC Donk played again. Against Polar Bears (which on Saturday had won 10-16 against De Ham with debuting Joran Heerink), GZC Donk lost by the smallest difference: 11-10. For a long time there seemed nothing to worry about for Polar Bears; halfway through they were on a comfortable 9-4 lead. However, in the second half, GZC Donk recovered in such a way that it became very exciting in the last period. With three minutes to play, Mart van der Weijden scored the 11-10 and it could have gone either way. But Polar Bears keeper Eelco Wagenaar managed to keep his goal clean in those final minutes.
UZSC booked a narrow victory over ZPB: 11-12. ZPB briefly headed for a big stunt when Onno Kuller and Ton van der Velden reduced ZPB to 10-10. Flemming Kastrop and Joost van der Burg prevented further damage. Petar Filipovic’s last goal came too late for a new resurrection from Barendrecht.
ZPC Amersfoort also played anything but convincing. At home they recorded a 10-6 victory over PSV.
ZVL-1886 won convincingly against BZC: 15-7. The team form Borculo didn’t have much to contribute in Leiden. Especially in the last period it was one-way traffic.
Women
Leader ZV De Zaan beat GZC Donk. In Gouda it was 7-10. After Isabella van Toorn’s 4-5, De Zaan struck the decisive gap. The visitors, led by Lieke Rogge, ran out to 6-10.
Number 2 UZSC lost against close attacker Polar Bears: 7-8. Due to the Utrecht defeat, the teams now have an equal number of loss points. UZSC however has played one more match. The difference in quality between the two teams was small. Storm Willemsen and Lola Moolhuijzen brought the visitors from Ede to 3-5 in the second period, but three Utrecht goals in a row quickly nullified that lead. Then Polar Bears found the net three times in a row. With one and a half minutes left on the clock, Kila van der Veen made it 7-8 and an exciting finish followed. However, no more goals were scored.
ZVL-1886 had great difficulty with PSV. Only in the last period Iefke van Belkum’s team did secure the victory: 11-9. The game seemed to have been over for a while. In the third period, Noha Zwiers and Renée de Kleer let ZVL run to 9-6, but Annelot van Rooijen and Viën van der Beek did not give in and brought PSV back to 9-8. The two goals by De Kleer (her fourth and fifth of the game) in the fourth period, however, brought the decision.
Eredivisie Men
Saturday 29 January
SVH – Waterpolo Den Haag: 10-10 (3-4, 2-2, 2-3, 3-1).
SVH: Tomas Kostelnik 2, Laszlo Balasz Nagy 1, Frank Bot 1, Kerem Gemalmazoglu 1, Onbekend 5.
Waterpolo Den Haag: Twan de Kadt 4, Fabian van Niekerk 2, Bart Turk 1, Jorik Amesz 1, Koen Heiden 1, Coen Berendse 1.
ZPB – UZSC: 11-12 (2-3, 2-3, 4-4, 3-2).
ZPB: Petar Filipovic 3, Ton van der Velden 2, Onno Kuller 2, Kevin van Baarle 2, Stephan de Ruijter 1, Maurice Dentro 1.
UZSC: Flemming Kastrop 4, Joep de Jong 3, Benjamin Hoepelman 2, Bram van den Bersselaar 1, Joost van der Burg 1, Jeroen Rouwenhorst 1.
ZPC Amersfoort – PSV: 10-6 (3-2, 0-0, 4-2, 3-2).
ZPC Amersfoort: Gergely Palotas 3, Milan Borcsok 3, Mark Siewers 1, Jort van der Werve 1, Sebastiaan van Mil 1, Max van der Werve 1.
PSV: Quint Pijnenburg 3, Niels van den Hout 1, Levy Kort 1, Melle Evers 1.
ZVL-1886 – BZC: 15-7 (3-2, 4-1, 2-2, 6-2).
ZVL-1886: Jasper Haasnoot 5, Patrik Simac 2, Mark Visser 2, Claudio Brancatello 2, Bas Grummer 1, David Voorvelt 1, Yannick van den Burg 1, Ruben van Vierzen 1.
BZC: Adam Tamas 3, Dynand Muller 1, Frank Groot Kormelinck 1, Dorian Lukacs 1, Abel Lukacs 1.
GZC Donk – Het Ravijn: 12-12 (3-6, 3-2, 3-2, 3-4).
GZC Donk: Stan van den Heuvel 4, Guus van Yperen 3, Mart van der Weijden 3, Erik Brugué 1, Jimmy Sjardijn 1.
Het Ravijn: Emiel Wouters 4, Jorrit Aanstoot 3, Lars Gottemaker 2, Bas ter Brake 2, Yoran Loos 1.
AZC – ZV De Zaan: 10-16 (3-4, 0-4, 3-3, 4-5).
AZC: Jesse Nispeling 3, Robin Lindhout 3, Jort Stienstra 2, Jacoppo Mandolini 1, Nathan de Zwaan 1.
ZV De Zaan: Thomas Lucas 5, Angelo Corver 3, Pascal Janssen 3, Daan Bakker 2, Phil Brantjes 2, Tim Ketelaars 1.
De Ham – Polar Bears: 10-16 (3-3, 2-7, 0-2, 5-4).
De Ham: Floris vant Veer 3, Hamish Booker 2, Florian Lukas 2, Tom Geestman 1, Edu van den Brom 1, Sven Gravesteijn 1.
Polar Bears: Sam Kunz 7, Kas te Riele 4, Tarik Scherrenburg 2, Jikke Tolsma 1, Sander Roels 1, Jens Wijgers 1.
Sunday 30 January
Polar Bears – GZC Donk: 11-10 (5-3, 4-1, 1-3, 1-3).
Polar Bears: Kas te Riele 4, Sander Roels 2, Lars ten Broek 2, Sam Kunz 2, Marnick Snel 1.
GZC Donk: Stan van den Heuvel 3, Mart van der Weijden 3, Quint van den Heuvel 2, Jimmy Sjardijn 1, Cas Westerwoudt 1.
1 AZC 18-48
2 ZV De Zaan 19-45
3 Polar Bears 18-42
4 Het Ravijn 17-38
5 UZSC 17-36
6 ZPC Amersfoort 17-32
7 GZC Donk 16-29
8 ZVL-1886 17-22
9 BZC 16-13
10 ZPB 17-12
11 De Ham 15-11
12 PSV 17-7
13 Waterpolo Den Haag 16-4
14 SVH 16-4
Eredivisie Women
Saturday 29 January
GZC Donk – ZV De Zaan: 7-10 (1-2, 2-3, 3-3, 1-2).
GZC Donk: Anouk Vermeulen 3, Saskia Vos 2, Sabine Bergsma 1, Isabella van Toorn 1.
ZV De Zaan: Lieke Rogge 5, Takyiwa Sam 2, Maxine Schaap 1, Danique Sap 1, Anouk Bergsma 1.
ZVL-1886 – PSV: 11-9 (2-1, 3-2, 4-5, 2-1).
ZVL-1886:Renée de Kleer 5, Noha Zwiers 3, Duchanka Kammerman 1, Laura Roels 1, Jolijn Joor 1.
PSV: Annelot van Rooijen 5, Viën van der Beek 1, Sam Eveleens 1, Fréderique Bouwmeister 1, Eline Bekkers 1.
UZSC – Polar Bears: 7-8 (2-2, 3-3, 1-2, 1-1).
UZSC: Kila van der Veen 2, Nerida Drewes 2, Sam Jutte 1, Esther Scheij 1, Marijn Borst 1.
Polar Bears: Lola Moolhuijzen 3, Nina van de Geijn 1, Storm Willemsen 1, Laura Schinkel 1, Fleurien Bosveld 1, Jill Oort 1.
1 ZV De Zaan 17-45
2 UZSC 18-39
3 Polar Bears 17-36
4 ZVL-1886 16-25
5 GZC Donk 17-23
6 Het Ravijn 16-20
7 De Ham 15-10
8 PSV 18-0
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