Champions League Round 2: Radnicki - Szolnok 12-10, Mladost - Jaadran 7-7

   

Champions League   Round 2

The Champions League second round opening day matches saw a highlight being made in Kragujevac, Serbia where the hosts stunned red-hot favourites Szolnok 12-10 for a kick-start of their tournament. Newly acquired Marko Cuk led the way for the home team scoring 3 goals while Denes Varga finished as the game's top scorer with 4. In the opening match in central Serbia Posillipo defeated Turkish representative Yuzme Istanbul 6-14 in a solid performance. Meanwhile in Budapest the expected favourites made no mistake as Sintez Kazan kicked things off by beating ASC Duisburg in a high-scoring encounter 10-17 followed by home side OSC coming out firing for a quick 5-0 lead to eventually top CSM Oradea 12-7 in front of the home crowd. In group A in Hannover, Germany title favorites Pro Recco did what was expected although the dominance with which last year's Euro Cup winners Spartak Volgograd were downed was convincing: 8-14. Home side Waspo made their first but big step towards a 3rd-place finish as they edged Serbian opponents Red Star Belgrade, thanks to strong performances from veteran Predrag Jokic, Marko Bolovic (3 goals each) and a superior 3rd quarter in which the Germans secured the close victory. In group C, in Zagreb, Primorje lived up to the expectations as they proved too strong for Marseille who suffered from a 6-2 setback in the opening period as well as the final quarter for the 17-8 win. Sandro Sukno earned top scoring honours scoring 4 goals while Damir Buric and Petar Muslim added 3 for the winners. Alexandre Camarasa produced the same offence for Marseille who will face hosts Mladost on Saturday.


Champions League
Round 2

Group A (played in Hannover, Germany)

Friday, 17 October:

Spartak Volgograd (RUS) vs. Pro Recco (ITA) 8-14 (0-4, 2-4, 2-3, 4-3)
Spartak scorers: Pavel Khalturin 2, Alexey Agarkov 2, Stepan Andryukov, Sergey Lisunov, Andrey Rekechninsky, Nikolay Lazarev.

Pro Recco scorers: Dusko Pijetlovic 3, Alex Giorgetti 3, Aleksandar Ivovic 2, Maro Jokovic 2, Filip Filipovic 2, Massimo Giacoppo, Andrija Prlainovic.

Waspo 98 Hannover (GER) vs. Red Star Belgrade (SRB) 11-10 (3-3, 2-2, 4-1, 2-4)
Waspo scorers: Predrag Jokic 3, Marko Bolovic 3, Erik Bukowski 2, Bence Toth, Bojan Paunovic, Mate Balatoni.

Red Star scorers: Strahinja Rasovic 4, Dimitrije Obradovic 2, Viktor Rasovic, Radomir Drasovic, Nikola Eskert, Ivan Rackov.

Saturday, 18 October:

18.00: Spartak Volgograd vs. Red Star Belgrade
20.00: Waspo 98 Hannover vs. Pro Recco

Sunday, 19 October:

10.30: Pro Recco vs. Red Star Belgrade
12.30: Waspo 98 Hannover vs. Spartak Volgograd

Group B (played in Budapest, Hungary)

Friday, 17 October:

ASC Duisburg (GER) vs. Sintez Kazan (RUS) 10-17 (3-4, 0-6, 4-3, 3-4)
Duisburg scorers: Paul Schueler 3, Petru Ianc 2, Philipp Kalberg 2, Dennis Eidner, Manuel Grohs, Daniel Grohs.

Kazan scorers: Vladislav Timakovc 4, Zeljko Kovacic 3, Ivan Nagaev 3, Alexey Alenichev Rizhov 3, Roman Shepelev 2, Igor Pliskevich, Viacheslav Zhitnik.

OSC (HUN) vs. CSM Digi Oradea (ROU) 12-7 (5-0, 4-3, 2-0, 1-4)
OSC scorers: Bence Batori 4, Adam Decker 2, Ferenc Salamon 2, Drasko Brguljan 2, Gabor Hegedus, Kevin Graham.

Oradea scorers: Marko Avramovic, Tiberiu Negrean, Milos Korolija, Catalin Alexa, Alex Popoviciu, Gheorghe Dunca, Ramiro Georgscu.

Saturday, 18 October:

14.45: CSM Digi Oradea vs. ASC Duisburg
16.30: OSC vs. Sintez Kazan

Sunday 19 October:

16.00: OSC vs. ASC Duisburg
17.45: CSM Digi Oradea vs. Sintez Kazan

Group C (played in Zagreb, Croatia)

Friday, 17 October:

HAVK Mladost Zagreb (CRO) vs. Jadran Herceg Novi (MNE) 7-7 (1-2, 3-1, 1-1, 2-3)
Mladost scorers: Ivan Zivkovic 2, Luka Bukic, Ivan Milakovic, Luka Loncar, Marin Dasic, Ante Vukicevic.

Jadran HN scorers: Aleksa Ukropina 2, Luka Sekulic 2, Nikola Moskoc, Dragan Draskovic, Stefan Pjesivac

Primorje Rijeka (CRO) vs. CN Marseille (FRA) 17-8 (6-2, 4-3, 1-1, 6-2)Primorje scorers: Sandro Sukno 4, Damir Buric 3, Petar Muslim 3, Cosmin Radu 2, Ivan Krapic 2, Marko Elez 2, Andelo Setka.

Marseille scorers: Alexandre Camarasa 3, Ugo Crousillat 2, Thibaut Simon, Tyler Martin, Igor Kovacevic.

Saturday, 18 October:

18.00: HAVK Mladost Zagreb vs. CN Marseille
19.45: Primorje Rijeka vs. Jadran Herceg Novi

Sunday, 19 October:

10.30: Jadran Herceg Novi vs. CN Marseille
12.30: HAVK Mladost Zagreb vs. Primorje Rijeka

Group D (played in Kragujevac, Serbia)

Friday, 17 October:
Yuzme Istanbul (TUR) vs. CN Posillipo (ITA) 6-14 (0-4, 2-4, 2-4, 2-2)
Yuzme scorers: Ivan Bebic 3, Josip Sutalo 2, Yigitan Hantal.

Posillipo scorers: Vicenzo Renzuto Iodice 4, Lorenzo Briganti 2, Filip Klikovac 2, Vicenzo Dolce, Aleksandar Radovic, valentino Gallo, Elio Russo, Stefano Mauro.

VK Radnicki Kragujevac (SRB) vs. Szolnok (HUN) 12-10 (6-3, 3-2, 1-2, 2-3)
Radnicki scorers: Marko Cuk 3, Filip Trajkovic 2, Nikola Dedovic 2, Boris Popovic, Dusan Markovic, Josip Vrlic, Ivan Basara, Srdjan Vuksanovic.

Szolnok scorers: Denes Varga 4, Norbert Madaras 2, Daniel Varga 2, Tamas Mezei, Stefan Mitrovic.

Saturday, 18 October:

18.30: VK Radnicki Kragujevac vs. Yuzme Istanbul
20.00: Szolnok vs. CN Posillipo

Sunday, 19 October:

10.00: Yuzme Istanbul vs. Szolnok
11.30: VK Radnicki Kragujevac vs. CN Posillipo

Top 2 of these groups advance to play-off qualification round 3 (29 October; leg 1 - 12 November; leg 2).