This season, BZC is emerging as the giant killer in the Dutch Eredivisie. After beating AZC last week, the team from Borculo was too strong for ZV De Zaan this week. A painful loss for the team from Zaandam, as a victory had resulted in the lead in the ranking. At the bottom, the tension is also back after the first victory of Water Polo Den Haag.
BZC provided a new surprise in the small pool in Borculo. Zeno Reuten’s team defeated ZV De Zaan, who could have taken the lead after the victory on Saturday against PSV (9:16). The match was completely in balance for a long time, but when Bilal Gbadamassi and Frank Kormelinck put BZC at 11:9 in the last period, the visitors could not get over that. Thomas Lucas took care of 11:10, but ZV De Zaan didn’t get any closer.
On Saturday BZC had also won. And again with only one goal difference (12:13). SVH was the victim. After the 12:11 by Max van Genabeek, SVH could smell the victory in the last period, but in the last minute, Bilal Gbadamassi and Mika Smelt turned the score in favor of BZC. Because Waterpolo Den Haag won for the first time (14:10 against ZPB), The Hague is now rid of the hateful zero. In the second and fourth period, Mark van Engelen’s team made the difference. Competitor for the last place De Ham did lose. Leader UZSC was much too strong with 7:23. As a result, Water Polo Den Haag and De Ham now both have three points and The Hague suddenly has spot twelve of SVH in its sights. SVH only has one point more, although Petar Ivosevic’s team still has some games to catch up with due to corona.
AZC recovered after last bad weekend with a 16:9 victory in the regional derby against ZVL-1886. The team from Alphen aan den Rijn is now in place 3, but feels the hot breath of ZPC Amersfoort in its neck. With a 13:10 victory over Het Ravijn, the team from Amersfoort did good business for a place in the top-4 that gives a home advantage in the play-offs. But GZC Donk, BZC, Het Ravijn and even Polar Bears also claim that. In short, the coming weeks promise a lot of excitement.
Eredivisie Men
Saturday April 17
Waterpolo Den Haag – ZPB 14:10 (2:2, 5:2, 2:3, 5:3)
Den Haag: Daan Heiden 3, Twan de Kadt 3, Fabian van Niekerk 2, Koen Heiden 2, Patrick Zoutenbier 2, Jorim Amesz 1, Jeroen Ruigrok 1.
ZPB: Onno Kuller 4, Steven Bloemberg 1, Tom van der Veen 1, Sven Silvis 1, Unknown 3.
PSV – ZV De Zaan 9:16 (2:3, 1:3, 3:5, 3:5)
PSV: Sammy Claes 3, Tijn Ritman 2, Bram Swinkels 2, Nino Mudrazija 1, Niels van den Hout 1.
ZV De Zaan: Thomas Lucas 3, Angelo Corver 3, Erno Snoek 1, Mick van den Bree 1, Phil Brandjes 1, Unknown 7.
De Ham – UZSC 7:23 (2:8, 3:2, 1:6, 1:7)
De Ham: Floris vant Veer 3, Tom Geestman 2, Kjeld Gravesteijn 1, Bradley Sap.
UZSC: Benjamin Hessels 5, Sook Willemsen 4, Sebastian Hessels 4, Joost van der Burg 3, Arjan de Haas 2, Joep de Jong 2, Bram van den Bersselaar 1, Gies Wijnhoven 1, Tim de Mey 1.
SVH – BZC 12:13 (3:3, 4:5, 2:2, 3:3)
SVH: Jesse Nispeling 5, Jelle Kleiss 2, Frank Bot 2, Milos Filipovic 1, Rick Vermeulen 1, Max van Genabeek 1.
BZC: Bilal Gbadamassi 7, Mika Smelt 3, Jan-Willem Slaghuis 1, Dynand Muller 1, Frank Groot Kormelinck 1.
AZC – ZVL-1886 16:9 (4:2, 5:2, 3:3, 4:2)
AZC: Robin Lindhout 4, Adam Maklari 3, Jacoppo Mandolini 2, Laszlo Balasz Nagy 2, Andreas Miralis 2, Thomas Glansdorp 1, Attila Kincses 1, Zoltan Keleman 1.
ZVL: Claudio Brancatello 3, Jasper Haasnoot 2, David Spijker 2, Niek van Gent 1, Nick van der Plas 1.
GZC Donk – Polar Bears 13:9 (4:2, 2:3, 2:2, 5:2)
GZC Donk: Stan van den Heuvel 3, Erik Brugué 3, Kjeld Veenhuis 2, Cas Westerwoudt 2, Guus van Yperen 1, Mart van der Weijden 1, Maurice Dentro 1.
Polar Bears: Tom de Weerd 3, Rick Meijer 2, Sander Roels 1, Lars ten Broek 1, Kas te Riele 1, Tarik Scherrenburg 1.
Sunday April 18
BZC – ZV De Zaan 11:10 (4:3, 1:2, 3:3, 3:2)
BZC: Bilal Gbadamassi 3, Jan-Willem Slaghuis 2, Frank Kormelinck 1, Dynand Muller 1, Duuk Reinders 1, Unknown 3.
ZV De Zaan: Mick van den Bree 4, Thomas Lucas 3, Phil Brandjes 1, Unknown 2.
ZPC Amersfoort – Het Ravijn 13:10 (3:1, 5:2, 2:2, 3:5)
ZPC Amersfoort: Sam Kunz 3, Max van der Werve 3, Mitchell Budding 2, Sebastiaan van Mil 2, Lars Reuten 2, Jorren Hanselaar 1.
Het Ravijn: Yoran Loos 3, Jorrit Aanstoot 2, Sam Stertefeld 1, Emiel Wouters 1, Lars Gottemaker 1, Rob Gottemaker 1, Kenai Heitink 1.
Standings Eredivisie Men
1 UZSC 12-33
2 ZV De Zaan 12-31
3 AZC 12-24
4 ZPC Amersfoort 12-23
5 GZC Donk 12-22
6 BZC 12-22
7 Het Ravijn 11-21
8 Polar Bears 11-19
9 PSV 11-11
10 ZVL 12-9
11 ZPB 11-6
12 SVH 9-4
13 Waterpolo Den Haag 10-3
14 De Ham 11-3
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