The pause in the national leagues of Serbia and Croatia is over.
After the series of competitions for national teams, the championships have been continued.
The matches of the first rounds after the break have been played in from the middle of the last week until yesterday because several clubs from both countries participate in the LEN Champions League and LEN Euro Cup.
2020/21 Serbian League, Day 10
Radnicki – Sabac 13:7 (4:1, 2:2, 3:2, 4:2)
Partizan – Crvena zvezda 8:11 (2:2, 0:2, 0:3, 6:4)
Vojvodina – Zemun 11:7 (1:2, 3:0, 2:2, 5:3)
Stari grad – Nais 14:14 (1:3, 5:4, 4:5, 4:2)
Novi Beograd – Banjica 20:4 (4:1, 5:1, 6:1, 5:1)
The big derby was played in Serbia on Wednesday. Radnicki, the Serbian Cup winner, hosted reigning champion Sabac. Radnicki, the eighth-finalist of the LEN Euro Cup, dominated the first quarter and gained a 5:1 lead early in the second period. Sabac cut the deficit (3:5), but Radnicki built a 4-goal lead in the third period and controlled the match until the end. The Russian center-forward Nikita Krug scored five goals for Radnicki. Sabac’s center-forward Djordje Vucinis also netted three goals
Crvena Zvezda, playing with two newcomers – Nikola Radjen (returned from AEK Athens), and Japanese Yusuke Shimizu – beat Partizan in the Belgrade-derby. After a balanced first quarter (2:2), Crvena Zvezda produced a 5:0 series in the middle two quarters for 7:2 and there was no way back for Partizan. Crvena Zvezda’s captain Milos Vukicevic and his teammate Veljko Tankosic were the best scorers (three goals each). Andraj Barac and Brazilian Rafael Vergara scored two goals apiece for Partizan, Olympic champion Stefan Mitrovic added one…
Novi Beograd, the league-leader, ran over bottom-placed Banjica.
1 Novi Beograd 10 – 28
2 Radnicki 10 – 27
3 Crvena Zvezda 10 – 25
4 Sabac 10 – 18
5 Vojvodina 10 – 18
6 Partizan 10 – 12
7 Nais 10 – 8
8 Zemun 10 – 7
9 Stari Grad 10 – 2
10 Banjica 10 – 1
2020/21 Croatian League, Day 11
Zadar 1952 – Mladost 2:23 (2:6, 0:7, 0:5, 0:5).
KPK Korcula – Jug AO 5:19 (2:7,2:4, 1:5, 0:3)
Galeb – Primorje 10:17 (2:6, 2:5, 2:2, 4:4)
Medvescak – Jadran S 5:20 (0:5, 0:6, 3:4, 2:5)
POSK – Solaris 6:13 (1:5, 1:2, 2:4, 2:2)
Mornar bye
The 11th round was played in Croatia. There were no surprises. All favorites recorded convincing wins. Jug defeated KPK Korcula 19:5, Mladost played without a few of the most experienced players, but it beat Zadar easily – 23:2
The first phase of the regular season has been completed with the 11th round.
The teams are now split into two groups (1st – 6th place and 7th – 11th place). In the second part, there will be five rounds (a single round-robin system). The teams ranked 1st-8th after the 16th round will advance to the playoffs.
Jug, Mladost, Jadran, Primorje, Mornar and Solaris will play in the group for places 1st-6th. Besides these six, the best from the second group will take part in the playoffs.
1 Jug 10 – 30
2 Mladost 10 – 27
3 Jadran S 10 – 24
4 Primorje 10 – 21
5 Mornar 10 – 18
6 Solaris 10 – 15
7 POSK 10 – 9
8 Medvescak 10 – 9
9 KPK 10 – 6
10 Galeb 10 – 6
11 Zadar 10 – 0
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