The playoffs in the leagues of Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro are approaching
The regular season in Montenegro was finished with a derby match – Jadran HN defeated Primorac. Jug Dubrovnik confirmed first place in the standings before the playoffs of the Croatian Championship. Radnicki mathematically secured 1st place in the regular season of the Serbian League
2020/21 Montenegrin League, Day 6
Jadran – Primorac 9:6 (3:1, 1:4, 1:1, 4:0)
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The regular season in Montenegro has been completed with a derby game. Jadran Herceg Novi hosted Primorac and recorded a 9:6 win.
But, this match didn’t affect the standings. Primorac secured 1st place before the last match. Still, the derby was quite interesting. Jadran was better in the first quarter (3:1). Primorac dominated the second period and had a 5:4 lead at halftime. After a balanced third quarter (1:1), Jadran produced a 4:0 series in the final eight minutes for a 9:6 victory. The reigning champion took revenge for a 12:14 defeat in the first half of the season. Konstantin Averka and Djuro Radovic were the best scorers in the winning team, with two goals each.
The playoffs begin on April 10.
The semifinals (best-of-three): Primorac – Cattaro, Jadran HN – Budva.
1 Primorac 6 – 15
2 Jadran HN 6 – 12
3 Budva 6 – 9
4 Cattaro 6 – 0
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2020/21 Croatian League, Day 16
Group I (1st – 6th)
Primorje – Mladost 4:9 (0:3, 2:4, 1:1, 1:1)
Mornar – Jug 6:17 (1:2, 1:6, 2:6, 2:3)
Solaris – Jadran S postponed
The last round of the regular season has been held in the Croatian League, too. But the season hasn’t been completed, because a few postponed games have to be played before the playoffs.
But, most of the pairs of the quarterfinals are known. The titleholder Jug will face POSK, Mladost will play Medvescak, etc.
Jug kept 1st place with a comfortable win over Mornar 17:6. Daniil Merkulov scored four goals.
Mladost played without injured Konstantin Kharkov, and five members of the Croatian national team Buslje, Bukic, Milos, Marcelic and J.Vrlic, who got a day off. Despite that fact, Mladost easily defeated Primorje in Rijeka. The visitors earned a 5:0 lead and they maintained the difference until the end – 9:4. Cosmin Radu and Franko Lazic netted two goals each.
Playoffs, quarter-finals: Jug Adriatic osiguranje (1st place) – POSK (8th place), Mladost (2nd)– Medvescak (7th), Jadran (3rd)– 6th (Mornar BS or Solaris) i Primorje EB (4th)– 6th (Solaris/Mornar BS).
1 Jug AO 15 – 39*
2 Mladost 15 -39*
3 Jadran S 14 – 33
4 Primorje 15 – 27
5 Mornar 14 – 18*
6 Solaris 13 – 18*
*Head to head: Jug 6 pts, Mladost 0; Mornar 3pts, Solaris 0 pts
Group II (7th – 11th)
Galeb – Medvescak 7:14 (2:6, 0:2, 3:3, 2:3)
POSK – Zadar 1952 16:9 (6:1, 2:1, 3:4, 5:3)
KPK bye
7 Medvescak 14 – 21
8 POSK 13 – 15
9 KPK 13 – 10
10 Galeb 14 – 10
11 Zadar 14 – 0
2020/21 Serbian League, Day 15
Radnicki – Banjica 13:6 (5:1, 1:1, 4:2, 3:2)
Vojvodina – Partizan 9:14 (0:5, 3:5, 5:2, 1:2)
Zemun – Nais 10:9 (3:1, 3:2, 2:3, 2:3)
Stari Grad – Novi Beograd 6:17 (2:4, 0:5, 0:2, 4:6)
Sabac – Crvena Zvezda on Wednesday
A derby match of the 15th round of the Serbian League has been postponed. The reigning champion Sabac and the Serbian Cup winner Crvena Zvezda will meet on Wednesday because Crvena Zvezda played in the LEN Euro Cup semifinals this weekend.
The Regional League winner Radnicki played without a few experienced players, but the Kragujevac-based side easily defeated Banjica and cemented 1st place before the playoffs. Luka Panic netted three goals.
Partizan recorded a big win in Novi Sad. The former European champion defeated Vojvodina 14:9. The hosts were favorites, especially after a surprising victory over Novi Beograd two weeks ago. However, Partizan proved that it had improved its shape significantly (on Wednesday, they suffered a narrow 11:12 loss to Radnicki). The Belgrade-based side had even a 9-goal advantage early in the third quarter (12:3). Vojvodina’s Ivan Gusarov was the best scorer of the match (4 goals). Andrej Barac led Partizan with three goals. Olympic champion Stefan Mitrovic scored two goals for the visiting team, as well as Andrin and Zivojinovic.
As expected, Novi Beograd convincingly defeated Stari Grad.
Zemun edged out Nais and secured 7th position in the standings.
1 KVK Radnicki 15 – 42
2 Novi Beograd 011 15 – 37
3 Crvena Zvezda 14 – 34
4 Sabac 14 – 30
5 Vojvodina 15 – 24
6 Partizan 15 – 21
7 Zemun 15 – 16
8 Nais 15 – 11
9 Stari Grad 15 – 2
10 Banjica 15 – 1
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