There have been a lot of games in Croatia, Serbia, and Montenegro this week. Jug (Croatia), Novi Beograd 011 (Serbia), Primorac (Montenegro) keep 1st places in their respective leagues. Crvena Zvezda defeated reigning champion Sabac in the Serbian derby.
The season in Slovenia has started with the national cup.
2020/21 Croatian League
Day 8
KPK Korcula – Jadran S 12:16 (3:2, 3:3, 2:6, 4:5)
Day 9
Mladost – Galeb 24:4 (6:1, 6:0, 7:2, 5:1)
KPK – Medvescak 9:11 (2:2, 3:3, 2:3, 2:3)
Jadran S – Mornar 15:7 (3:2, 3:2, 6:1, 3:2)
Solaris – Primorje 9:10 (1:2, 2:3, 3:2, 3:3)
Played earlier
Jug – POSK 17:4
Day 10
HAVK Mladost – Medvescak 22:6 (6:1, 7:1, 5:0, 4:4)
Jug – Zadar 1952 20:1 (5:0, 6:1, 2:0, 7:0)
Jadran S – POSK, Solaris – Galeb, and Primorje – Mornar will be played on Tuesday and Wednesday
After a successful start in the Champions League, Jug had an easy task in the national league. The Dubrovnik-based team hosted the last-placed Zadar 1952. The title-holder played with a rejuvenated squad, without a few stars. The young players didn’t disappoint head coach Vjekoslav Kobescak. All 11 field players managed to score in this game.
Mladost played two matches this week, and recorded two convincing wins, against Galeb Makarska and Medevscak.
In the last game of the 8th round, Jadran Split defeated KPK Korcula. The hosts kept up with the favorites in the first half, but Jadran broke the rival in the third period.
1 Jug AO 9 – 27
2 Mladost 9 – 24
3 Jadran S 8 – 18
4 Mornar BS 9 – 18
5 Primorje EB 8 – 15
6 Solaris 8 – 9
7 POSK 8 – 9
8 Medvescak 9 – 9
9 KPK 9 – 6
10 Galeb 8 – 6
11 Zadar 1952 9 – 0
2020/21 Serbian League
Day 6
Crvena Zvezda – Sabac 12:9 (2:3, 4:4, 3:2, 3:0)
Day 8
Nais – Radnicki 7:18 (0:4, 3:4, 2:4, 2:6)
Novi Beograd 011 – Partizan 16:8 (3:1, 4:2, 3:1, 6:4)
Crvena Zvezda defeated title-holder Sabac in the derby of Day 8. The visitors had an 8:6 lead early in the third period. But, Sabac managed to score just one goal in the remaining time, while Zvezda found the net six times and celebrated a 12:9 win. Centre-forward Milos Vukicevic and Veljko Tankosic scored three goals each for the winners. Red Star climbed to 3rd place, ahead of Sabac.
Novi Beograd 011 kept the top position with an easy win over Partizan. Olympic champion Milos Cuk recovered from an injury and returned to the team of Novi Beograd. He scored three goals.
1 Novi Beograd 011 8 – 22
2 KVK Radnicki 8 – 21
3 Crvena Zvezda 8 – 19
4 Sabac 8 – 18
5 Vojvodina 8 – 12
6 Partizan 8 – 9
7 Zemun 8 – 7
8 Nais 8 – 7
9 Stari Grad 8 – 1
10 Banjica 8 – 1
2020/21 Montenegrin League
Rounds 4 – 6
Cattaro – Primorac 4:18 (1:4, 0:3, 2:3, 1:8)
Primorac – Budva 12:9 (4:2, 5:5, 1:1, 2:1)
Budva – Cattaro 17:12 (3:2, 5:1, 5:5, 4:4)
Jadran HN – Primorac postponed
Cattaro – Jadran HN postponed
Jadran HN – Budva postponed
The second quarter of the Montenegrin League has started this week. Jadran Herceg Novi, the reigning champion, played in the Champions League from Tuesday to Thursday, so their matches have been postponed.
Primorac Kotor continued to dominate and holds 1st place with five wins in as many games.
1 Primorac 5 – 15
2 Budva 5 – 9
3 Jadran HN 3 – 3
4 Cattaro 5 – 0
All scores, detailed statistics, the table of the Montenegrin Championship
2020/21 Slovenian Cup
Semifinals, 1st leg
Calcit Kamnik – Ljubljana Slovan 17:6 (4:1, 4:1, 4:1, 5:3)
Koper 1958 – Triglav 5:11 (0:3, 1:3, 1:3, 3:2)
Semifinals,2nd leg
Ljubljana Slovan – Calcit Kamnik 11:18 (2:5, 5:4, 4:6, 0:3)
Triglav – Koper 1958 10:0 (technical score, Koper withdrew)
Final match
Triglav – Calcit Kamnik 5:10 (1:5, 1:2, 2:2, 1:1)
Calcit Kamnik won the Slovenian Cup for the season 2020/21. The final game was played in Kranj this evening. Calcit defeated home team Triglav 10:5. The visitors built a 5-goal lead by the middle break (7:2), and that proved crucial for the final score.
In the semifinals, Calcit was better than Ljubljana Slovan, while Triglav beat Koper.
(UPDATED December 20, 20:00 CET)
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