The first round of the new season in the Regional League has been finished this evening. The most interesting match of the opening round was the Serbian derby Partizan β Crvena Zvezda, which was ended with no winner (10:10). Titleholder Mladost, and runner-up Jug had easy tasks.
Regional League 2019/20, Day 1
A1 League
Partizan – Crvena zvezda 10:10 (3:4,3:0, 2:1, 2:5)
Partizan:RadanoviΔ 3, Radonjic 3, Radulovic 2, Nesic 1, Smiljevic 1.
Crvena Zvezda: M. Radovic 4, M. Jankovic 2, Adzic 1, Radjen 1, SUlc 1.
HAVK Mladost – Mornar 18:6 (5:2, 4:0, 5:3, 4:1)
Mladost: Bowen 4, Radu 3, Cuk 2, Bukic 2, Lazic 2, Kharkov 2, Kunac 1, Vrlic 1, Bajic 1.
Mornar: Calic 3, Rako 1, Jerkovic 1, Ban 1.
Jug β Budva 23:9 (5:1, 6:4, 7:2, 5:2)
Jug: Obradovic 5, Papanastasiou 4, Fatovic 3, Loncar 3, Zuvela 2, Benic 2, Krzic 1, Garcia 1, Lozina 1, Zvono 1.
Budva: Milradovic 4, P. Cetkovic 2, S. Cetkovic 1, Klikovac 1, Vukmirovic 1.
Sabac β Primorac 15:6 (3:1, 3:2, 5:1, 4:2)
Sabac: Vucinic 3, Velkic 3, Markovic 2, Radulovic 2, Erakovic 2, Vasic 1, Rogac 1, Da Silva 1,
Primorac: Perkovic 3, Draskovic 2, Matkovic 1.
Played earlier
Jadran S β Jadran HN 9:11
Partizan and Crvena Zvezda, two archrivals faced off in the match in the Partizanβs pool Banjica. Crvena Zvezda, which was a favourite, opened the match with a 2-goal lead (2:0 and 4:2), but the young home struck back strongly, with six goals in a row to earn an 8:4 advantage in the middle of the third period. Four minutes before the end, Partizan had a 2-goal lead (10:8). However, Crvena Zvezda netted two goals in the remaining time to secure a point β 10:10.
HAVK Mladost opened the season in style. The reigning champion, led by a newcomer from Miskolc Alex Bowen (4 goals), rushed to an 18:6 victory.
Jug Dubrovnik also had no mercy. The 4-times Regional League winner hosted Budva. The home team dominated from the opening whistle, while the match turned into a scoring festival. Jug recorded a 23:9 win. The best scorer was a returnee to Jug Paulo Obradovic, who came from Olympiacos this summer. Obradovic scored five goals.
As expected, Sabac, the champion of Serbia, convincingly beat Primorac 15:6.
A2 League
POSK – Triglav 15:7
Solaris β Cattaro 16:4
Zadar β Medvescak 14:10
Galeb β Radnicki 8:18
Vojvodina β Zemun 9:8
Nais β Primorje 8:10
