Top-level water polo returns to Belgrade as the city’s new emerging club Novi Beograd has agreed to host the next three editions of the LEN Champions League Final Eight tournament, including this year’s showcase on 3-5 June.
The Champions League’s final phase
returns to the Serbian capital after eight years and stay there till 2023. Back
in 2013, Belgrade hosted the Final Four tournament – now it’s time for another
turn, but it’s going to be three editions in a row.
Since it became official that the
originally appointed host Hannover would not be able to deliver the event, LEN
was in search to find the best option for the F8 tournament, preferably on the
long-term. Serbia’s emerging new club Novi Beograd (New Belgrade) came up with
an ambitious bid, which even offered the hosting of the 2021 edition despite no
Serbian side competes this year.
The agreement, finalised and signed
by all parties in recent days, ensures that Novi Beograd will have a wild card
in the next two seasons and also a guaranteed spot in the Final Eight in 2022
and 2023 (as usual for the hosts since 2014).
This year’s F8 will be held in the
club’s own pool (indoor) in front of empty stands, in a bubble. The 2022 and
2023 editions might be staged in the adjacent outdoor pool with temporary
stands around.
The club already took part in the
Euro Cup this season but its run was halted in the eight-finals – but by adding
a handful of outstanding players to its next season’s roster, the team will be
ready to bring back the most prestigious trophy to Serbia. The last time it
happened dates back exactly to 2013, when Crvena Zvezda clinched the title in
front of 4,000 fans in Belgrade.
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