ZV De Zaan won the “double crown” last weekend. After the female team of the Zaandam won the Dutch Cup, the ZV De Zaan’s men did the same.
A few hours after the women’s final, the match for the trophy in the men’s competition was played in the Hofbad pool in the Hague. The rivals were the same – De Zaan and Polar Bears. But this match was more exciting than the female’s final. De Zaan celebrated the win only after a penalty shootout – 13:10 and retained the trophy won last year.
2023 Dutch Cup, Men, Final
ZV De Zaan – Polar Bears 13:10 (4:2, 1:2, 1:1, 3:4, PSO 4:1)
ZV De Zaan: Meijn 3, Rempt 2, Janssen 2, Van der Struijk 1, Ketelaars 1, Lucas 1, Bakker 1, Mandolini 1, Brantjes 1.
Polar Bears: Snel 3, Szoke 2, Wolswinkel 2, Ten Broek 2, Wijgers 1
De Zaan started better and had a 4:2 advantage at the first break. Polar Bears halved the deficit by the end of the second period (5:4). Midway through the third, the team from Ede equalized (5:5), but De Zaan regained a slim lead and entered the final quarter with a slight 6:5 advantage.
The fourth period produced seven goals. Polar Bears leveled at 6:6 and 7:7, but Meijn and Mandolini gave De Zaan a 9:7 lead. However, the battle wasn’t over yet. Polar Bears closed the fourth quarter with two goals from Ten Broek and Snel. The teams were tied at 9:9 after 32 minutes and the match entered a penalty shootout.
De Zaan made no mistake in the first four rounds of shots. Polar Bears hit the back of the net just once, and everything was over.
All winners
AZC Alphen: 21 trophy (the last one in 2019)
AZ&PC – 6 (the last in 2012)
Polar Bears – 6 (the last 2021)
HZ Zian – 5 (the last one in 1980)
GZC Donk – 4 (the last one in 2015)
HZC de Robben – 2 (the last in 2002)
UZSC – 3 (the last in 2021)
ZV De Zaan – 2 (the last in 2023)
Het Ravijn – 1 (1995)
ZPV Barendrecht – 1 (2007)
BZC – 1 (2011)
Dutch Men’s League, Day 19
In the shadow of the Cup final, several matches of the 19th matchday of the Dutch League were played last weekend. The most exciting was an encounter between ZVL-1886 Center and UZSC. ZLV earned a solid 7:3 lead in the first half. UZSC started coming back, but it just reduced the gap to one (10:11).
ZVL and UZSC are tied in points and share 5th and 6th place, but UZSC has played one match less.
ZVL-1886 Center – UZSC 11:10 (2:1, 5:2, 2:3, 2:4).
ZVL-1886: Van Vierzen 2, Brancatello 2, Jovanovic 2, Kincses 1, Spijker 1,
UZSC: De Jong 4, Van den Bresselaar 3, Kastrop 1, Willemsen 1, Athymaritis 1.
De Ham – ZPC Amersfoort 9:20 (3:4, 3:5, 2:6, 1:6).
De Ham: F. Van t Veer 3, Brons 2, R. van t Veer 2, Sap 2.
ZPC Amersfoort: M. Van der Werve 6, Van Mil 4, J. van de Werve 3, Borcsok 2, Hanselaar 2, Palotas 2 Muller 1.
Het Ravijn – PSV 13:8 (4:2, 3:2, 2:2, 4:2).
Het Ravijn: Muller 5, J. Wouters 3, Gottemaker 2, Wouters 1, Hageman 1, Veltkamp 1.
PSV: Simons 3, Brands 2, Van den Hout 1, Pijnenburg 1, Jukic 1.
GZC Donk – De Linge/PCG 21:3 (7:2, 5:0, 3:0, 6:1).
GZC Donk: Westerwoudt 5, Winkelhorst 5, Yperen 3, Van der Weijden 2, Van den Heuvel 2, Brugue 1, Schouwerwou 1, Sjardijn 1, Terlouw 1,
De Linge/PCG: Visser 2, Van Heuven 1
1. GZC Donk 19- 49
2 ZV De Zaan 18 – 45
3 Polar Bears 19 – 40
4 AZC 19 – 38
5 UZSC 18 – 31
6 ZVL-1886 Center 19 – 31
7 ZPB H&L Productions 19 – 29
8 Het Ravijn 19 – 25
9 ZPC Amersfoort 19 – 23
10 PSV 19 – 15
11 De Ham 19 – 7
12 De Linge/PCG 19 – 0
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