Radnicki finished in 3rd place in the 2023 Serbian League, thus securing itself a place in the Champions League qualifications next season.
Radnicki defeated Partizan narrowly 11:10 in the third game of the third-place playoffs, making a double comeback.
Partizan beat Radnicki in the first match in Kragujevac (10:8). Radnicki took revenge with a 11:8 victory in Belgrade. Partizan was always almost in front this evening and had a 3-goal advantage. However, Radnicki produced a comeback in the fourth quarter and recorded an 11:10 victory.
Partizan will play in the LEN Euro Cup next season.
2022/23 Serbian League, 3rd-place playoffs (best-of-three), Match 3
Radnicki – Partizan 11:10 (1:1, 3:3, 3:5, 4:1) – the score in the series 2:1
Radnicki: Draskovic 4, Kojic 2, Brankovic 1, Stanojevic 1, Jankovic 1, Cuk 1, Ukropina 1.
Partizan: Giga 3, Trtovic 2, P.Jaksic 1, Milos 1, Gladovic 1, Dimitrijevic 1, Smiljevic 1.
The beginning of the match didn’t indicate that there would be 21 goals in the match. The first one was scored in the 6th minute. Partizan’s Gladovic opened the scoring, but Jankovic leveled shortly after.
The visitors led 3:1 and 4:3 in the second quarter, but Radnicki caught up with Partizan 14 seconds before the middle break (4:4).
Partizan had an excellent start into the second quarter, building a 3-goal lead (8:5, 9:6). Still, Radnicki had the last laugh. The Kragujevac-based side scored five goals in five minutes and earned an 11:9 lead. Partizan was still in the game. The hosts cut the deficit two and a half minutes before the end (10:11) and the drama continued. Partizan had the last attack and earned a man-up in that possession, but Radnicki’s goalie posted two saves in the dying seconds and didn’t let the match enter the shootout.
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