In group A of the Dutch Cup competition, AZC made no mistake against SVH. With an 11:8 victory, the team from Alphen aan den Rijn takes the lead in group A. Still, it took a long time before the record cup holder shook off the visitors. SVH came back to 9:8 in the fourth quarter. But after that Thomas Glansdorp and Laszlo Balasz Nagy threw the door permanently closed for SVH. GZC Donk did good business against ZV De Zaan. In Zaandam, the team from Gouda won 10:14. The difference was made in the first half of the match. BZC took its first points. Against ZPB it became 11:9. It was not easy. In the second quarter, BZC seemed to take the game by turning a 2:0 deficit into a 5:2 lead. In the third quarter, however, ZPB came back completely. A final BZC-sprint in the last quarter ensured that ZPB returned home with a defeat.
UZSC is sovereign in the lead in group B. The team from Utrecht beat ZVL-1886 (16:9). Only in the first and the third quarter in particular UZSC was convincingly the better team. The team of Roeland Spijker ran from 7:5 to 12:6. Joep de Jong became the top scorer with five goals. There was more tension in Eindhoven, where Polar Bears was just too strong for PSV in a goal-rich duel. It became 16:17 with a star role for Kas te Riele (seven goals). Because of this win, PSV sees the gap with the competitors at the bottom of the ranking in group B widening. In the same group, Het Ravijn raged against De Ham. The visitors from Nijverdal returned home with a clear 7:20 victory. With that, Het Ravijn made a jump in the rankings to second place.
Women
In the women category, ZV De Zaan won the topper in group A from UZSC (10:7). Both teams were still unbeaten, so the bet was the lead. Maxine Schaap was the biggest tease for the team from Utrecht. She scored four times. Polar Bears got its first points by beating PSV with 9:15. The home team could follow Polar Bears for one quarter. After that, the team from Ede steadily progressed to the big victory.
It is very exciting in group B. Three teams lead together. ZVL-1886, GZC Donk and Het Ravijn all have six points from three matches. On Saturday, GZC Donk beat ZVL (14:8) thanks to a strong last period (6:1). De Ham is the only team in this group that has no points yet. This time the team from Krommenie lost big to Het Ravijn (20:11).
Men Group A – third round
ZV De Zaan – GZC Donk 10:14 (1:3, 1:2, 5:5, 3:4)
ZV De Zaan: Mick van den Bree 3, Erno Snoek 2, Angelo Corver 2, Koen de Jong 2, Don Rempt 1.
GZC Donk: Stan van den Heuvel 3, Cas Westerwoudt 3, Maurice Dentro 2, Erik Brugué, Quint van den Heuvel 2, Ton van der Velden 1, Mart van der Weijden 1.
AZC – SVH 11:8 (4:2, 2:3, 3:2, 2:1)
AZC: Laszlo Balasz Nagy 3, Jacoppo Mandolini 2, Jort Stienstra 2, Thomas Glansdorp 2, Nathan de Zwaan 1, Zoltan Keleman 1.Â
SVH: Unknown.
BZC – ZPB 11:9 (0:2, 5:0, 1:4, 5:3)
BZC: Unknown
ZPB: Unknown
Men Group B – third round
UZSC – ZVL-1886 16:9 (6:3, 1:2, 5:1, 4:3)
UZSC: Joep de Jong 5, Sebastiaan Hessels 4, Benjamin Hoepelman 2, Flemming Kastrop 2, Joost van der Burg 1, Sook Willemsen 1, Jeroen Rouwenhorst 1.Â
ZVL: Jasper Haasnoot 2, Claudio Brancatello 2, David Spijker 2, Stan van Ruiten 1, Ruben van Vierzen 1, Mark Visser 1. Â
PSV – Polar Bears 16:17 (3:5, 7:5, 2:2, 4:5)
PSV: Unknown
Polar Bears: Kas te Riele 7, Lars ten Broek 3, Sander Roels 2, Jikke Tolsma 2, Sjors de Kater 1, Marnick Snel 1, Kay Zittersteijn 1.
De Ham – Het Ravijn 7:20 (3:5, 1:6, 1:5, 2:4)
De Ham: Floris vant Veer 3, Bradley Sap 2, Justin Spaans 1, Reinier van t Veer 1.
Het Ravijn: Emiel Wouters 6, Bas ter Brake 3, Joorit Aanstoot 2, Lars Gottemaker 2, Yoran Loos 2, Ivar Schilstra 1, Bas Jan Dijkink 1, Rob Gottemaker 1, Kenai Heitink 1, Finn Kuijpers 1.
Standings Group AÂ
1 AZC 3-9
2 Waterpolo Den Haag 2-6Â
3 ZV De Zaan 3-4
4 GZC Donk 2-3
5 BZC 3-3
6 ZPB 3-1
7 SVH2-0
Standings Group BÂ
1 UZSC 3-9
2 Het Ravijn 2-4
3 Polar Bears 3-4
4 ZVL-1886 3-4
5 ZPC Amersfoort 2-3
6 De Ham 2-1
7 PSV 3-0
Women Group A – third round
PSV – Polar Bears 9:15 (5:4, 1:5, 2:3, 1:3)
PSV: Annelot van Rooijen 4, Sofie de Klein 2, Alex Schouten 2, Tessa Kimenai 1.
Polar Bears: Laura Schinkel 4, Storm Willemsen 3, Fleurien Bosveld 2, Lola Moolhuijzen 2, Jill Oort 2, Nina van de Geijn 1, Nienke Vermeer 1.Â
ZV De Zaan – UZSC 10:7 (2:1, 3:1, 4:3, 1:2)
ZV De Zaan: Maxine Schaap 4, Sigrid Vleeshakker 3, Lotus Plugge 1, Yara Galjé 1, Jessie van der Kamp 1.
UZSC: Hanna Hogervorst 2, Danique Lauritsen 2, Saloua Maafi 2, Anne van Rossum 1.
Women Group B – third round
GZC Donk – ZVL-1886 14:8 (1:2, 5:3, 2:2, 6:1)
GZC Donk: Isabella van Toorn 3, Anouk Vermeulen 2, Lindsay Bouma 2, Iris Snoeij 2, Vivianne Kretzmann Bahia 2, Saskia Vos 1, Marit van der Weijden 1, Sabine Bergsma 1.
ZVL: Nikki Meijer 3, Renée de Kleer 1, Laura Roels 1, Hanneke Slagter 1, Lizzy Terpstra 1, Sterre Bijkerk 1.
Het Ravijn – De Ham 20:11 (7:5, 6:2, 4:1, 3:3)
Het Ravijn: Lieke Schokker 5, Margreet ter Schure 4, Charlotte Mensink 2, Laura Boerdam 2, Noa de Vries 2, Noa Donker 2, Lotte Beunk 1, Kari Ankone 1, Dian Scholten 1.
De Ham: Noha Zwiers 3, Rhea Damianos 2, Rachelle Steur 2, Duchanka Kammerman 2, Marije Hekhuis 1 en Lizette Rozeboom 1.Â
Standings Group AÂ
1 ZV De Zaan 3-9
2 UZSC 3-6
3 Polar Bears 3-3
4 PSV 3-0
Standings Group BÂ
1 ZVL 3-6
2 GZC Donk 3-6
3 Het Ravijn 3-6
4 De Ham 3-0
