In the Netherlands, only the men took action this weekend. Polar Bears won the battle for third place in the rankings and Waterpolo Den Haag and PSV surprisingly won.
In Ede, Polar Bears won against UZSC and thus settles more firmly in place 3. The most spectacle took place in the fourth period when there were still nine goals to be scored. UZSC also had some personnel problems at the end with three players on the side with three personal fouls. Then UZSC couldn’t stop Polar Bears going from 9-9 to 12-10.
GZC Donk lashed out against BZC. In the east of the Netherlands it was no less than 10-27. BZC seems to have lost its form quite a bit. GZC Donk moved easily through the BZC defense and the team of former international Jeroen Kuilman, as in fact all season, lacked power in the attacks. Guus van Yperen became top scorer with six goals.
PSV surprisingly won against ZVL-1886. In the ranking the difference was more than twenty points, but in the water there was nothing to notice. PSV handed out the final blow in the last period. Then the home team turned a 10-11 deficit into the 14-11 victory.
Waterpolo Den Haag also won. It became 10-9 against ZPB. The turnaround came in the third period when The Hague broke a 4-6 deficit into the 10-7 end score in the fourth period. On behalf of ZPB Petar Filipovic did something back twice, but it was not enough for at least one point. With this victory, Waterpolo Den Haag rose one spot in the ranking to the eleventh place.
Due to the victories of PSV and Waterpolo Den Haag, SVH saw the difference with the other relegation candidates only grow. Because SVH itself could not beat ZPC Amersfoort. In Rotterdam it became 8-17. The match got off to a strange start. The first three Amersfoort goals came from penalty’s, so SVH quickly faced a 0-3 deficit. In the second and third period, the visitors further increased the goal production, making it impossible for SVH to hook up.
Eredivisie Men
Saturday 26 February
PSV – ZVL-1886: 14-11 (3-2, 2-3, 5-5, 4-1).
PSV: Tijn Ritman 4, Julian van Oorschodt 2, Mees Schouten 2, Quint Pijnenburg 1, Alain van de Bovenkamp 1, Stijn Simons 1, Thijs Gevers 1, Melle Evers 1, Wessel Brands 1.
ZVL-1886: Ruben van Vierzen 4, David Voorvelt 2, Attila Kincses 2, Claudio Brancatello 1, Jasper Haasnoot 1.
SVH – ZPC Amersfoort: 8-17 (1-3, 2-5, 3-6, 2-3).
SVH: Rudolf Cvanciger 2, Kerem Gemalmazoglu 2, Sven Nieuwstraten 1, Frank Bot 1, Mathijs Haksteen 1, Tomas Kostelnik 1.
ZPC Amersfoort: Milan Borcsok 4, Max van der Werve 3, Gergely Palotas 3, Sebastiaan van Mil 3, Jan-Willem Slaghuis 1, Dominic van de Bunt 1, Jaime Bertus 1, Mark Siewers 1.
BZC – GZC Donk: 10-27 (3-7, 2-6, 2-9, 3-5).
BZC: Adam Tamas 4, Filip Kljajevic 2, Frank Groot Kormelinck 1, Pim Reinders 1, Sven Dijkhuis 1, Abel Lukacs 1.
GZC Donk: Guus van Yperen 6, Tijs Schouwerwou 4, Quint van den Heuvel 4, Stan van den Heuvel 3, Mart van der Weijden 3, Cas Westerwoudt 2, Jimmy Sjardijn 2, Daan Schouwerwou 1, Rick Terlouw 1, Kjeld Veenhuis 1.
Waterpolo Den Haag – ZPB: 10-9 (2-2, 2-4, 4-1, 2-2).
Waterpolo Den Haag: Koen Heiden 2, Jeroen Willemsen 2, Fabian van Niekerk 2, Bram Goedhart 1, Twan de Kadt 1, Bart Turk 1, Coen Berendse 1.
ZPB: Maurice Dentro 2, Petar Filipovic 2, Jari Krijgsman 2, Michael de Kreek 1, Ton van der Velden 1, Sven SIlvis 1.
Polar Bears – UZSC: 12-10 (4-2, 1-3, 1-2, 6-3).
Polar Bears: Kas te Riele 4, Jens Wijgers 3, Sam Kunz 2, Sjors de Kater 1, Sander Roels 1, Lars ten Broek 1.
UZSC: Joep de Jong 4, Sook Willemsen 2, Joost van der Burg 1, Gies Wijnhoven 1, Tom ten Wolde 1, Flemming Kastrop 1.
1 AZC 20-51
2 ZV De Zaan 21-49
3 Polar Bears 20-46
4 UZSC 20-40
5 Het Ravijn 19-39
6 GZC Donk 19-36
7 ZPC Amersfoort 20-36
8 ZVL-1886 21-28
9 ZPB 19-15
10 BZC 17-13
11 Waterpolo Den Haag 20-13
12 De Ham 16-11
13 PSV 20-10
14 SVH 18-4
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