Since each favourite did its job on the last day of the prelims, title-holder Ferencvaros finished atop in this group, ahead of Barceloneta, which they had beaten twice. Though Brescia defeated the Hungarians both times they had met but their loss to Jadran on Wednesday cost them the top spot at the end – they had to settle for the third place.
FLASH QUOTES
Group B, Round 10: Zodiac Atletic
Barceloneta (ESP) v Jadran Herceg Novi (MNE) 13-11, FTC-Telekom Budapest (HUN)
v Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO) 15-11, Waspo 98 Hannover (GER) v AN Brescia (ITA) 10-18
Final rankings: 1. Ferencvaros 24, 2.
Barceloneta 24, 3. Brescia 21, 4. Hannover 9, 5. Dinamo 6, 6. Jadran 6
Tie-breakers: FTC-Barceloneta 10-9,
8-7 – Dinamo v Jadran 11-8, 13-10
Final Eight – Quarter-finals Pro
Recco (ITA) v Waspo 98 Hannover (GER), Jug Adriatic Osiguranje Dubrovnik (CRO)
v AN Brescia (ITA), Olympiacos Piraeus (GRE) v Zodiac Atletic Barceloneta
(ESP), CN Marseille (FRA) v FTC-Telekom Budapest (HUN)
F8 to be played on 3-5 June in
Belgrade (SRB).
With everything already being settled
and the favourites meeting the lower ranked sides, the last day of the prelims
offered less excitements. The concentration levels also dropped, especially in
the camps of the ‘big boys’ – they just tried to make sure that their
respective matches would not turn into embarrassments, plus no one got injured
before the most important weeks of the season.
This ended in a bit tighter contests
in the afternoon as the underdogs felt that their rivals did not hit the top
speed and tried to stay as close as possible to end their campaigns with some
good feelings. For sure, by losing by only two goals to Barceloneta, the
youngsters of Jadran could leave the pool with their heads held high and the
players of Dinamo could also be satisfied with scoring 11 against title-holder Ferencvaros
(netted 4 in their previous encounter).
The evening match was a bit different
as Brescia offered its ‘normal’ performance against Hannover after its stunning
defeat against Jadran a day earlier. The Italians may feel sorry for going down
in that match – should they have beaten the Montenegrins, they would have
finished first. Anyway, after back-to-back losses here, they had a high-scoring
game against Hannover, much more worthy of their previous showing when they won
4/4 in March. Next is the Final Eight in Belgrade where the quarter-finals day
already looks thrilling with games like 2016 winner Jug’s encounter with
Brescia, the clash of the champions featuring Olympiacos (triumphed in 2018)
and Barceloneta (first in 2014), or the re-match of the last Super Cup final,
played in 2019, between Marseille and Ferencvaros.
The event takes place on 3-5 June in
the Serbian capital.
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