A few days after hard battles at the Regional League Final Four, Radnicki, Jug, Jadran S, and Mladost returned to the domestic competitions.
Mladost ran over Jadran Split in the derby of the Croatian League Round 15 and took revenge for a defeat at the F4.
The Regional League winner Radnicki survived a real drama before it defeated Partizan in the postponed match of round 14 of the Serbian League.
2020/21 Croatian League, Day 15
Group I (1st – 6th place)
Jadran – Mladost 5:15 (1:5, 0:5, 2:5, 2:0)
Jug AO – Primorje EB 15:5 (5:0, 5:4, 2:0, 3:1)
Solaris – Mornar postponed
On Sunday, Jadran Split defeated Mladost in the bronze-medal match at the Regional League Final Four (11:8) in Zagreb. The league match between the same teams, played in Split, was completely different. Mladost dominated from the first whistle. Already in the middle of the third quarter, the visitors had a 10-goal advantage (11:1). Mladost entered the final period with a 15:3 and let Jadran score two consolation goals in the final period. Ante Viskovic, who moved to Mladost from Jadran last summer, led the visiting team with four goals, while Franko Lazic added three.
Jug didn’t let surprise and convincing defeated Primorje. Daniil Merkulov was the best scorer with four goals.
A round before the end of the regular season, Jug almost secured the “pole position”, while Mladost will probably enter the playoffs from the second place
1 Jug 14 – 36*
2 Mladost 14 – 36*
3 Jadran S 14 – 33
4 Primorje 14 – 27
5 Mornar 13 – 18
6 Solaris 13 – 18
*Head to head: Jug 6 pts, Mladost 0.
Group II (7th – 11th place)
POSK – Galeb 13:7 (3:1, 2:1, 6:4, 2:1)
Medvescak – KPK 13:11 (2:3, 4:4, 5:1, 2:3)
Zadar bye
7 Medvescak 13 – 18
8 POSK 12 – 12
9 KPK Korvula 13 – 10
10 Galeb 13 – 10
11 Zadar 13 – 0
2020/21 Serbian League, Day 14
Partizan – Radnicki 11:12 (4:3, 3:2, 2:3, 2:4)
Radnicki was exhausted after a series of challenging matches, while Partizan was highly motivated to beat the favorite. Still, a young home team didn’t upset the Regional League winner.
Partizan kept Radnicki under pressure for more than three quarters. Radnicki took an opening 3:1 lead. The hosts responded with four goals and gained a 2-goal advantage (5:3) early in the second quarter, and maintained the difference until the middle break (7:5).
Radnicki scored three unanswered goals in the third period and went in front (8:7), but Partizan had a 9:8 lead before the final quarter. Radnicki opened the fourth period in the same manner as the third – with a 3:0 series for an 11:9 lead. But, Partizan responded immediately for 10:11. The visitors, finally, secured the win ten seconds before the final buzzer, when Strahinja Rasovic sent the ball into the net for 12:10. Olympic champion Stefan Mitrovic was the man of the match. He scored five goals for Partizan. Aleksa Ukropina netted four for Radnicki.
1 KVK Radnicki 14 – 39
2 Novi Beograd 011 14 – 34*
3 Crvena Zvezda 14 – 34*
4 Sabac 14 – 30
5 Vojvodina 14 – 24
6 Partizan 14 – 18
7 Zemun 14 – 13
8 Nais 14 – 11
9 Stari Grad 14 – 2
10 Banjica 14 – 1
*Head to head: Novi Beograd 4 pts, Crvena Zvezda 1.
2020/21 Montenegrin League, Day 5
Cattaro – Jadran HN 6:8 (1:0, 2:3, 1:3, 2:2)
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Cattaro fought hard, but Jadran took all three points in the postponed match of the Day 5. Jadran secured the win early in the fourth period, when it gained a 7:4 lead.
The regular season will be closed by the derby Primorac – Jadran, but that match will change nothing in the standings. Primorac secured 1st place before the playoffs, while Jadran will finish the league in 2nd place.
1 Primorac 5 – 15
2 Jadran 5 – 9*
3 Budva 6 – 9*
4 Cattaro 6 – 0
*Head to head: Budva – Jadran 9:8, Jadran – Budva 14:5
Remaining league game
Jadran HN – Primorac (April 3, 18:00) – follow live
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