Sporting defeated Cascais 9:7 in the 16th round of the Portuguese League and qualified for the playoffs.
The top six teams will advance to the playoffs, while Sporting secured at least 6th position. The first half was decisive for the outcome. At halftime, Sporting led 8:4. Although they scored only one goal in the third and the fourth period, Sporting water polo players kept the win – 9:7.
Most of the other matches offered a lot of goals.
The league-leader Vitoria beat 4th-placed Alges 27:14. Parades, which holds 2nd position, demolished Academica 34:7. Povoense recorded a convincing win over Aminata – 24:7. Fluvial was better than Pacense 13:9.
Portuguese League 2019/20, Day 16
Sporting – Cascais 9:7 (4:2, 4:2, 0:2, 1:1)
Sporting CP : Gonçalo Silva, Tiago Lé, Tiago Gomes (1), Henrique Castro, Ricardo Mendes (2), Guilherme Gaspar, Tomás Cabecinha, Ivo Barbosa (1), Edoardo Colella (2), Vasco Veríssimo, João Ramos (1), Francisco Silva, Tomás Gomes (2), Tomás Marques.
Cascais WPC : Duarte Costa, Duarte Grego (1), Manuel Branco, Diogo Catarino (1), Guilherme Correia, Pedro Borges (1), Diogo Marques (1), André. Machado, Gonçalo Lousa, Guilherme Loureiro, Rui Gonçalves, Nuno Branco (3), Tiago Vaz, Francisco Grego.
Povoense – Aminata 24:7 (7:1, 3:2, 7:1, 7:3)
CN Povoense : Tiago Carvalhais, Bruno Sousa (2), Tiago Mineiro (5), Nuno Santos (1), Tiago Silva (5), João Brito (2), Pedro Coentrão (3), André Vieira (1), José Pereira, Ricardo Ferreira (1), Diogo Fonte (2), Jorge Figueiredo (1), Miguel Costa, Guilherme Silva, Hugo Marques (1).
Aminata CNE : Vasco Cecílio, Filipe Gonçalves, Diogo Siquenique (3), Pedro Gomes (2), João Gordo (1), José Santos (1), Tiago Velhinho, Pedro Patrão.
Vitoria – Alges 27:14 (5:5, 10:2, 5:3, 7:4)
Vitoria SC : João Serra, João Camacho, Tiago Teixeira, André Rocha (1), Dumitru Sobetchi (3), João Costa (2), Miguel Castro (3), Kincses Attila (4), Pedro Sousa (6), Nuno Fernandes, André Pereira (2), Pedro Cunha (1), Milan Vitorovic, Miguel Mariani (5), Afonso Magalhães.
S Alges D : António Pombinho, Miguel Caramelo, Tiago Catarino (1), Catalin Caus, Luís Abreu (2), Alberto Júnior, Cristiano Joaquim (7), Lucas Souza (2), Gonçalo Carmo, Jairo Campos (1).
Fluvial – Pacense 13:9 (4:2, 2:3, 3:2, 4:2)
C Fluvial P : Tiago Aparício, Tomás Magalhães (2), Ricardo Santos (1), Filipe Oliveira, Tiago Paraty (5), Nuno Marques, Salvador Lopes (3), José Brandão (2), Cássio Zanatto, Leonardo Duarte, André Leite, Samuel Veiga, Claúdio Bastos, Miguel Oliveira.
CA Pacense : Konstantinos Kavouras, Rodrigo Rodrigues, Bruno Silva, Gonçalo Rodrigues, Tiago Leal (1), Luís Carneiro, Luís Moreira, Ricardo Sousa (3), Emanuel Moura (1), Daniel Pereira, José Moreira (2), Tiago Costa (2).
Academica – Parades 7:34 (0:7, 2:7, 2:12, 3:6)
A Academica C : Alexandre Serra, Gonçalo Lopes, Filipe Santos (2), Tiago Pacheco (2), Vasco Lourenço, João Santos (1), Gonçalo Dias (2), Francisco Rodrigues, Luís Lourenço, Francisco Santos.
SSCM Parades : João Silva, André Rocha, José Fougo (3), Jorge Carneiro (2), Gonçalo Sampaio (1), Rafael Sousa (1), Luís Sousa, Tiago Pinto, Francisco Sousa, Nuno Alexandre (4), Cristiano Santos (4), Ricardo Teixeira (14), Jorge Sousa, José Saraiva (2), Xavier Sousa (3).
1 Vitoria 16 – 48
2 Parades 16 – 43
3 Fluvial 16 – 34
4 Alges 16 – 30
5 Sporting 16 – 27
6 Pacense 16 – 24
7 Povoense 16 – 18
8 Cascais 16 – 9
9 Academica 16 – 3
10 Aminata 16 – 3
