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Champions League: Chase for last three F8 berths begins

April 18, 2021

Photo by P.Mesiano/Deepbluemedia

The end of the Preliminary Stage of the Champions League is very near.

The last “bubble” tournaments will be played in Ostia and Budapest next week.

After seven rounds, five teams have secured their spots at the Final Eight, which will be held in Belgrade (June 3-5): Pro Recco, Jug (Group A), Barceloneta, Brescia, Ferencvaros (Group B). None of the remaining seven teams still isn’t out of the race for the F8 berths.

Olympiacos, which is currently 3rd in Group A, needs one point to earn a Final Eight berth. But, the Greeks will have demanding tasks in the third “bubble” (Jug, Pro Recco, Marseille).

Marseille, Spandau, and Ortigia are in a chase for the fourth ticket from Group A.

Marseille is very close to achieving that goal. The French are in 4th place now, while they will play against Ortigia and Spandau in the third “bubble”. If they win in these two games, they will play at the F8.

On Friday, Spandau was out of the race, since it canceled the trip to Ostia because of the corona cases. But, a day later, all players tested negative at repeated testing, and the Germans arrive in Italy with solid chances. They can’t count on points in the opening match of the tournament, against Pro Recco, but after that, they will meet Marseille and Ortigia, so everything is still open. Ortigia has won only three points so far, but their hopes are still alive.

Barceloneta, Brescia and Ferencvaros are in a battle for the top position in Group B in Budapest. The crucial encounters will be the derby matches Barceloneta – Brescia on Tuesday and Barceloneta – Ferencvaros on Wednesday. Ferencvaros has three points fewer than Barceloneta and Brescia, but the Hungarians will play with a recovered Denes Varga, who missed the second “bubble”, and they have realistic chances to reach 1st place.

Waspo Hannover, Jadran and Dinamo Tbilisi are in a race for the fourth ticket. Hannover has six points, while Dinamo and Jadran have three each. The duels Jadran – Dinamo and Dinamo – Hannover will probably determine the classification from 4th to 6th.

Group A (Ostia), third “bubble”

Monday, April 19

15:15 Spandau 04 – Pro Recco
17:45 Jug Dubrovnik – Olympiacos
20:15 Ortigia – Marseille

Tuesday, April 20

15:15 Ortigia – Jug Dubrovnik
17:45 Marseille-Spandau 04
20:15 Pro Recco-Olympiacos

Wednesday, April 21

15:15 Ortigia – Spandau 04
17:45 Marseille – Olympiacos
20:15 Jug Dubrovnik – Pro Recco

Group A
1Pro Recco101000127:6830
2Jug AO10613102:10619
3Olympiacos Piraeus1042489:9214
4CN Marseille1041593:9413
5Spandau 041013679:1046
6CC Ortigia1011869:954

Group B (Budapest), third “bubble”

Tuesday, April 20

14.00 Ferencvaros – Waspo Hannover
16.30 Jadran Herceg Novi – Dinamo Tbilisi
19.00 Barceloneta- Brescia

Wednesday, April 21

14.00 Dinamo Tbilisi-Hannover
16.30 Brescia – Herceg Novi
19.00 Barceloneta – Ferencvaros

Thursday, April 22

14.00 CNA Barceloneta – Jadran HN
16.30 Ferencvaros -Dinamo Tbilisi
19.00 Hannover – Brescia

Group B
1Ferencvaros Telekom10802113:7324
2Zodiac CNA Barceloneta10802119:8124
3AN Brescia10703117:8021
4Waspo 98 Hannover1030789:1229
5Dinamo Tbilisi1020874:1216
6Jadran Herceg Novi1020874:1096

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