Pro Recco completed its impressive trophy collection by winning the only title that was missing until this evening: the Euro Cup.
The Italian powerhouse claimed its first Euro Cup title by defeating Radnicki at home – 12:9 – in the second match of the 2025 Euro Cup. The Serbian champion was never close to overcoming a big 4-goal deficit from the first match (12:16). Recco’ killed all Radnicki’s hopes, earning a 9:3 advantage in the 18th minute of the game played in front of the packed stands of the pool in Sori.
Recco has played in the Euro Cup final three times. It lost to Ujpest in 1993 and to Brescia in 2002. After 23 years, it returned to the final of the second-tier European club competition and did what it wanted, finishing the season with a “triple crown” (this year, Recco defended the trophies in the Italian League and the Italian Cup). It became the 6th Italian club to win the Euro Cup.
2025 Euro Cup, Final, 2nd leg
Pro Recco – Radnicki 12:9 (3:2, 4:1, 2:3, 3:3) – 1st match 16:12
Pro Recco: Cannella 4, Condemi 3, Younger 2, Di Fulvio 1, Vujosevic 1, Hallock 1.
Radnicki: N.Jaksic 3, Vapenski 3, Dadvani 1, Rasovic 1, Drasovic 1.
Both teams demonstrated strong defensive play in the first quarter. This rhythm worked in Recco’s favor, as the hosts held a 4-goal advantage before the match even began. Pro Recco’s Petar Vujosevic opened the scoring in the fourth minute. Radnicki responded with a goal during a man-up situation. However, the hosts quickly converted their next 6-on-5 opportunity, with Condemi finding the net. A minute and a half before the end of the first quarter, Radnicki earned a penalty shot. Del Lungo made an initial save against Drasovic, but Drasovic scored on the rebound. Immediately after, Cannella scored for Pro Recco with an extra player, giving his team a 3:2 lead heading into the second quarter.
Early in the second quarter, Nikola Jaksic added to the scoreline with a close-range shot to level for the last time (3:3). In the following minutes. Recco made the crucial steps on its way to the win and the title by a 6:0 run. Between the 11th and 14th minutes, Pro Recco scored three unanswered goals, all from penalties—two by Cannella and one by Condemi. Radnicki failed to capitalize on three power-play opportunities, and after their third missed chance, Pro Recco launched a counterattack in the final seconds of the first half. Giacommo Cannella finished the play, increasing the lead to 7:3.
Before the final 16 minutes of the 2025 Euro Cup, Recco had an 8-goal advantage on aggregate and had effectively secured the trophy.
The Italians kept momentum and added two more goals (by Condemi and Younger), going to 9:3 in the 18th minute.
In the second half, the Serbian champion played for pride and didn’t want to surrender. Valiko Dadvani ended Radnicki’s eight-minute scoring silence. In the middle of the quarter, Vapenski made it 5:9. Strahinja Rasovic narrowed the distance to three from a penalty. At the beginning of the fourth period, Nikola Jaksic reduced the gap to two goals, scoring on an extra (7:9). Less than 20 seconds later, Aaron Younger broke Radnicki’s 4:0 series. The Australian, who played his last match for Recco today, converted a 6-on-5 for 10:7. In the rest of the final, the hosts maintained a 3-goal difference.
It should be mentioned that, besides Younger, Ben Hallock and goalkeeper Marco Del Lungo said goodbye to Recco after the last game of the successful season.
All winners
LEN Trophy
1992/93: Ujpest Budapest (HUN)
1993/94: Racing Rome (ITA)
1994/95: Barcelona (ESP)
1995/96: Pescara (ITA)
1996/97: Ujpest Budapest (HUN)
1997/98: Partizan Beograd (YUG)
1998/99: Ujpest Budapest (HUN)
1999/00: Jug Dubrovnik (CRO)
2000/01: Mladost Zagreb (CRO)
2001/02: Brescia (ITA)
2002/03: Brescia (ITA)
2003/04: Barcelona (ESP)
2004/05: Savona (ITA)
2005/06: Brescia (ITA)
2006/07: Sintez Kazan (RUS)
2007/08: Shturm Chekhov (RUS)
2008/09: Szeged (HUN)
2009/10: Cattaro Kotor (MNE)
2010/11: Savona (ITA)
LEN Euro Cup
2011/12: Savona (ITA)
2012/13: Radnicki Kragujevac (SRB)
2013/14: Spartak Volgograd (RUS)
2014/15: Posillipo Naples (ITA)
2015/16: Brescia (ITA)
2016/17: Ferencvaros (HUN)
2017/18: Ferencvaros (HUN)
2018/19: Marseille (FRA)
2019/20: season canceled
2020/21: Szolnok (HUN)
2021/22 Sabadell (ESP)
2022/23 Vasas (HUN)
2023/24 Jug Dubrovnik (CRO)
2024/25 Pro Recco (ITA)
