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28 septiembre 2015

Copa Catalunya Femenina 2015





















2016 European Championships field set









Definidas todas las selecciones del Europeo


Definidas todas las selecciones del Europeo

29/09/2015 - Este fin de semana pasado se han disputado los partidos de tercera ronda que restaban del Preolímpico y hemos podido conocer las selecciones que completarán el cupo de participantes y que se unen a las ya clasificadas desde el Europeo de 2014 en Budapest, como el caso de España, que logró el billete tanto masculino como femenino en la cita de la capital húngara.
En ámbito masculino, Georgia y Holanda se han impuesto con muchísima facilidad y han cumplido los presagios en el Grupo E. En esta tercera ronda disputada en Israel, Holanda se imponía por 2-14 al combinado anfitrión y Georgia hacía lo propio ante Lituania. Así pues, neerlandeses y georgianos estarán en el bombo del sorteo en Serbia 2016.
En el Grupo F Francia y la Eslovaquia de Toni Esteller también certificaban su presencia en Belgrado. Empatados a 15 puntos como primero y segundo, no tenían piedad de Bielorrusia y Ucrania, que quedan fuera. En el G, Alemania finalizaba primera con mucha contundencia (18 puntos), mientras que Malta lograba clasificarse por mejor diferencia de goles por delante de Polonia, con la que ha quedado empatada a nueve puntos. Por último, otra mundialista como Rusia lograba el billete para el Europeo como primera destacada (18 puntos), mientras que Turquía se llevaba la otra plaza con 12. Fuera quedaban Portugal y Letonia.
12 SELECCIONES FEMENINAS Y 16 MASCULINAS
Estas ocho selecciones se unen a España, Serbia, Montenegro, Croacia, Italia, Hungría y Rumanía, Grecia para formar los 16 combinados masculinos.
En ámbito femenino, Francia y Alemania se han clasificado empatadas (15 puntos) en lo más alto del Grupo C por delante de Turquía e Israel, que quedan fuera. En el Grupo D, la mundialista Grecia, con 18 puntos, y Portugal, con 12, lograban certificar su presencia en Belgrado, donde no estarán ni Croacia ni Suiza.
Estos cuatro combinados se unen a las ya clasificadas España, Italia, Rusia, Hungría, Serbia y Holanda.
Comunicación RFEN. Foto: Lance de un partido de la Eslovaquia del español Toni Esteller.



2016 European Championships field set

The full field of participants of the 2016 European Championships is set following the last games of the qualification phase being played on Sunday morning. The results caused no changes in the rankings of the respective top 2 spots in the groups but saw Poland tieing Malta on points altough the Maltese already were secured of that second spot following a win over Poland on Saturday. In the women's tournament Croatia confirmed its third spot in the group in Portugal to also secure its presence in Belgrade mid-January 2016 while Turkey did the same already on Saturday by beating Israel to finish 3rd in the group in Krefeld, Germany which also means qualification to the European finals. Germany, France, Greece and Portugal will join them as women's representatives in Belgrade out of the qualification phase. The draw for the 2016 European Championships will be held on Sunday, 4 October at 13.00 hrs local time in the City Hall. 

2016 European Championships
Belgrade (SRB)

Men's Qualification Round 2

Programme and results

Group E (in Netanya, Israel)


Friday, 25 September

The Netherlands vs. Georgia 5-5 (1-1, 2-0, 1-2, 1-2)
Israel vs. Lithuania 8-11 (1-2, 3-2, 2-4, 2-3)

Saturday, 26 September


Lithuania vs. Netherlands 3-25 (0-5, 2-5, 0-7, 1-8)
Israel vs. Georgia 6-17 (1-5, 2-2, 1-5, 2-5)

Sunday, 27 September


Georgia vs. Lithuania 18-6 (5-1, 2-1, 6-1, 5-3)
Israel vs. Netherlands 2-14 (0-4, 2-3, 0-3, 0-4)

Final rankings:


1. Netherlands* 6-16 pts, 2. Georgia* 6-13, 3. Lithuania 6-3, Israel 6-3.

Group F (in Chalons-en-Champagne, France)


Friday, 25 September

Ukraine vs. Slovakia 3-13 (1-3, 0-4, 1-4, 1-2)
France vs. Belarus 17-4 (4-1, 6-0, 5-2, 2-1)

Saturday, 26 September

Belarus vs. Ukraine 9-9 (3-3, 2-2, 2-3, 2-1)
France vs. Slovakia 10-9 (3-3, 3-3, 1-0, 3-3)

Sunday, 27 September

Slovakia vs. Belarus 17-5 (4-2, 4-0, 5-1, 4-2)
France vs. Ukraine 17-6 (6-1, 5-2, 3-2, 3-1)

Final rankings:

1. France* 6-15 pts, 2. Slovakia* 6-15, 3. Belarus 6-3, 4. Ukraine 6-0.

Group G (in Gzira, Malta)

Friday, 25 September

Germany vs. Poland 10-3 (1-0, 4-0, 2-2, 3-1)
Switzerland vs. Malta 8-20 (5-3, 0-7, 1-6, 2-4)

Saturday, 26 September


Germany vs. Switzerland 21-0 (4-0, 7-0, 6-0, 4-0)
Poland vs. Malta 8-13 (0-3, 2-5, 3-3, 3-2)

Sunday, 27 September


Poland vs. Switzerland 13-12 (4-3, 2-1, 4-2, 3-6)
Germany vs. Malta 24-3 (5-2, 5-1, 6-0, 8-0)

Final rankings:
1. Germany* 6-18 pts, 2. Malta* 6-9, 3. Poland 6-9, 4. Switzerland 6-0.

Group H (in Astrakhan, Russia)

Friday, 25 September

Turkey vs. Portugal 14-9 (4-2, 4-2, 4-1, 2-4)
Russia vs. Latvia 37-0 (9-0, 8-0, 9-0, 11-0)

Saturday, 26 September

Latvia vs. Portugal 0-30 (0-6, 0-8, 0-7, 0-9)
Russia vs. Turkey 11-8 (4-3, 1-0, 4-1, 2-4)

Sunday, 27 September

Turkey vs. Latvia 29-0 (7-0, 10-0, 5-0, 7-0)
Portugal vs. Russia 4-16 (1-7, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4)

Final rankings:


1. Russia* 6-18 pts, 2. Turkey* 6-12, 3. Portugal 6-6, 4. Latvia 6-0.

*qualified for 2016 European Championships
In brackets: the points gained from the first round – final ranks will be based on the total points earned. First two of each group qualify for Belgrade 2016 (10-23 January).

Directly qualified - top 8 from 2014 European Championships:
Serbia, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Croatia, Greece, Spain, Romania.

Draw pots

Pot 1: Serbia, Italy, Hungary, Montenegro
Pot 2: Croatia, Greece, Spain, Romania
Pot 3: Netherlands, Russia, Germany, France
Pot 4: Georgia, Slovakia, Turkey, Malta.


Women's Qualification Round 2

Group C (in Krefeld, Germany)

Friday, 25 September

Turkey vs. France 8-16 (1-4, 1-2, 4-6, 2-4)
Germany vs. Israel 20-6 (8-2, 5-1, 5-3, 2-0)

Saturday, 26 September

Turkey vs. Israel 13-8 (3-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-4)
Germany vs. France 11-9 (2-3, 2-2, 4-1, 3-3)

Sunday, 27 September

France vs. Israel 16-4 (3-0, 3-1, 5-2, 5-1)
Germany vs. Turkey 23-10 (7-4, 4-3, 6-3, 6-0)

Final rankings:

1. Germany* 6-15 pts, 2. France* 6-15, 3. Turkey* 6-6, Israel 6-0.

Group D (in Rio Maior, Portugal)

Friday, 25 September

Croatia vs. Greece 3-24 (2-3, 0-8, 0-7, 1-6)
Switzerland vs. Portugal 1-22 (0-6, 0-6, 0-4, 1-6)

Saturday, 26 September

Greece vs. Switzerland 22-2 (6-0, 4-1, 5-0, 7-1)
Portugal vs. Croatia 8-5 (0-1, 2-1, 2-3, 4-0)

Sunday, 27 September

Croatia vs. Switzerland 17-4 (2-1, 6-1, 6-1, 3-1)
Portugal vs. Greece 3-22 (1-2, 1-7, 1-6, 0-7)

Final rankings:

1. Greece* 6-18 pts, 2. Portugal* 6-12, 3. Croatia* 6-6, 4. Switzerland 6-0.

*qualified for 2016 European Championships
First three seeded sides of the cumulative rankings from both groups (6 teams) will promote to the European Championships to be held in Belgrade (SRB) in 2016.

Directly qualified - top 5 from 2014 European Championships + host nation:

Spain, Netherlands, Hungary, Italy, Russia, Serbia



France, Malta, Georgia, Turkey secure Belgrade 2016 berths

Even more participants of the 2016 European Championship in Belgrade were determined on day 2 of the 2nd qualification round on Saturday. Thanks to a big 10-9 win over Slovakia the French home side secured their 2nd straight European Championships berth while the Slovaks on their part also found themselves sure of the 2016 European Championships as Belarus and Ukraine are too far behind with just one game left this weekend. Another team to obtain historic participance in the European finals is Malta who defeated Poland 8-13 on Saturday at home in the national pool that clinched the second spot in their group with Germany as winners after their crushing triumph over Switzerland: 21-0. Also Georgia made sure their will be back on the European stage following their Budapest 2014 participance by finishing 2nd in group E thanks to a big 6-17 victory over hosts Israel on Saturday. Turkey followed that example obtaining historic qualification claiming 2nd place in Astrakhan, Russia despite an 11-8 loss to home side Russia who clinched the group win while Portugal crush Latvia 0-30. As Turkey already beat Portugal on day 1 their 2nd place is ensured and will be confirmed Sunday when last ranked Latvia awaits.

In the women's tournaments Germany made highlights by beating France 11-9 in Krefeld on Saturday to take the group victory while securing themselves of Belgrade 2016.  As Greece did the same in the other group, as expected, the race for the final spot will be interesting with both France and Portugal with the same amount of points after day 2 of the 2nd round.

SuperCopa Six 2015

21 septiembre 2015

Jornadas Técnicas CNA RFEN Temporada 2015-2016


Una nueva Temporada está a punto de iniciarse y previo al comienzo de la misma, los próximos dias 19 en Barcelona y 20 en Madrid tendrán lugar las correspondientes jornadas Técnicas para árbitros de waterpolo del CNA de la RFEN,

Celebradas las reuniones técnicas de árbitros


Celebradas las reuniones técnicas de árbitros

21/09/2015 - Este fin de semana han tenido lugar las reuniones técnicas de árbitros que organiza el CNA antes de que empiecen las competiciones nacionales. Celebradas una en Barcelona y otra en Madrid, han reunido a colegiados procedentes de Catalunya, Valencia, Aragón, Madrid, País Vasco, Canarias, Galicia y Andalucía y han servido para transmitir los criterios de arbitraje de cara a esta nueva temporada, muchos de los cuales vienen de federaciones internacionales (LEN y FINA).
A la reunión del 19 de septiembre en las instalaciones del CN Sant Andreu de Barcelona, el Vicepresidente RFEN Pere Robert hizo la presentación de la misma conjuntamente con el presidente del Comité Nacional de Árbitros, Toni Ollé. Robert agradeció al colectivo arbitral la labor que vienen realizando y les estimuló a seguir colaborando por diferentes vías en el progreso del waterpolo en nuestro país. A esta sesión asistieron 47 árbitros y 13 delegados.
En el caso de Madrid, la reunión se celebró el día 20 en el nuevo y flamante Instituto de las instalaciones del Centro M-86, cedido amablemente por la Federación Madrileña de Natación, y congregó a 28 árbitros y 13 delegados. En ambas sesiones, Antonio Ollé expuso el contexto general en que se encuentra el arbitraje dentro de las estructuras federativas y la situación a nival nacional e internacional. Sergi Borrell, Vocal de waterpolo del CNA, llevó el desarrollo más técnico de las jornadas y Sant Rodríguez, colaborador de la Vocalía, hizo balance de la temporada anterior y de las perspectivas de cara a la venidera.
Desde aquí aprovechamos también para felicitarles a todos ellos por su labor y contribución al waterpolo nacional y les deseamos suerte de cara a este nueva e ilusionante campaña.
Comunicación RFEN. Foto: Imagen de los árbitros interactuando en las jornadas / RFEN

Este es el programa de este año :



Jornadas Técnicas Árbitros en Italia


Nel fine settimana si è svolto il consueto raduno arbitrale precampionato al Centro federale di Ostia, alla presenza del Presidente della commissione tecnica della Fina Gianni Lonzi, del vicepresidente Fin Lorenzo Ravina, del dirigente Gianfranco De Ferrari, del Ct Sandro Campagna, del tecnico Nando Pesci, e dello psicologo Diego Polani. Introduzione con il saluto di Ravina, che ha passato parola a Campagna che ha parlato dei recenti mondiali di Kazan mettendo in risalto alcune considerazioni sul centroboa che fa fallo sul difensore, sulle simulazioni in aumento, ed in generale sul buon andamento delle nazionali senior e giovanili. In seguito Pesci ha ribadito il buon momento della nazionale under 20 che ha ricevuto i complimenti della Fina per come ha applicato il movimento del gioco, molto dispendioso dal punto di vista energetico sopratutto nel 6 contro 6. Lonzi invece ha introdotto il discorso sulla omogeneità arbitrale, ribadendo anch'egli dell'incremento delle simulazioni.
Interessante poi l'intervento di Polani che ha parlato di gestioni emozionali, gestioni decisionali, e altre considerazioni inerenti l'autostima. Poi la parola agli arbitri tra cui Mario Bianchi, Massimiliano Caputi e Massimo Gomez che, insieme al designatore Maggiolo e al settorista Saeli, hanno parlato di tecnica arbitrale visionando moltissimi filmati. Per ultimo l'intervento del giudice unico Luca De Gregori inerente il campionato di serie B. Il tutto è stato coordinato dal Vice Presidente del GUG Mario Maggio.

Nel fine settimana il Centro Federale di Ostia ha ospitato il consueto raduno arbitrale pre-campionato. Nella riunione, a cui hanno partecipato i vertici della Fin e del Gug, si è discusso di alcune novità interpretative del regolamento riguardanti la stagione che prenderà il via sabato con il campionato di A1 maschile.
La novità probabilmente che inciderà di più sul gioco riguarda i tiri di rigore. Gli arbitri sono stati invitati a far rispettare con maggiore severità il piazzamento del portiere sulla linea di porta e dell’attaccante su quella dei 5 metri: come prevede il regolamento, la palla dovrà essere lasciata quando la mano del tiratore si trova a 5 metri e non oltre. Un giro di vite sul rispetto di questa norma potrebbe portare all’aumento dei penalty annullati.
È stato inoltre ribadito che il fallo da rigore va fischiato esclusivamente quando l’attaccante si trova faccia alla porta e gli viene impedito di usufruire di una chiara occasione da gol: niente 5 metri, dunque, se l’attaccante non ha ancora completato il posizionamento frontale.
Infine, verrà estesa a tutto l’arco della partita la regola riguardante l’allontanamento volontario del pallone da parte del difensoredopo un fischio in suo sfavore. Fino ad ora, tale comportamento veniva punito con l’espulsione definitiva e il rigore in favore della squadra avversaria solo se avveniva nell’ultimo minuto di gioco. Adesso, invece, potrà essere sanzionato in qualunque momento della gara. L’allontanamento del pallone, però, dovrà essere volontario e vistoso, ovvero atto a configurare un chiaro comportamento antisportivo: in caso contrario – quando, ad esempio, il difensore non sente il fischio arbitrale e nuota con il pallone appena rubato “illegalmente” – il giocatore verrà punito con la semplice espulsione temporanea.

16 septiembre 2015

Informe 18th FINA Men´s Junior World Waterpolo Championships , Almaty 2015

Un buen árbitro

Un buen árbitro ( Pérez Lima )


Hay árbitros que cuando tienen que tomar alguna decisión complicada miran hacia  otro lado, sobretodo si es en contra del equipo local, normalmente son colegiados que no suelen progresar en este mundillo, o los famosos árbitros que pasan desapercibidos (palabra que no me gusta nada), el riesgo en la toma de decisiones es la que marca la diferencia entre un árbitro de fútbol de garantías y uno mediocre; estos deberían cuestionarse las consecuencias que suelen dejar al colectivo.

Un buen árbitro asume riesgos, es valiente y no le tiembla el pulso a la hora de expulsar o de señalar un penal en el descuento, sin embargo hay otros árbitros que ante estas situaciones utilizan un repertorio de explicaciones lógicas y aceptadas por todo el mundo, cuando en realidad no son más que excusas para esconder su falta de valor. El problema está en que estos colegiados están perdiendo una oportunidad de conseguir llegar a lo más alto en este deporte por el hecho de no tomar  decisiones valientes, por falta de seguridad o por desconocimiento.

El que toma decisiones se puede equivocar y, al equivocarse puede  aprender para no volver a cometer los mismos errores en el futuro, pero con aquel que ve y no toma la decisión por falta de valor, no se puede hacer nada, tarde o temprano se le acabarán las excusas.

Durante el encuentro hay momentos en que tenemos que tomar una decisión sin tener toda la información de lo que ha sucedido en nuestra mente, no tenemos claro que hacer, cual será la sanción más acertada, pero tenemos que señalar algo sin saber que es lo más correcto, tienes que decidirse no te puedes quedar quieto esperando que pasará, hay que actuar.

Un árbitro competente no se queda bloqueado y toma la decisión que cree mas oportuna (aun sabiendo que se puede equivocar), hay que tomar siempre las decisiones  beneficiosas para el desarrollo normal del juego, para el equipo arbitral y el colectivo que representa.

En la actualidad existe una gran competencia en el arbitraje, si quieres llegar lejos hay que tomar decisiones, el no asumir riesgos es condenarse al fracaso y quedarse sin conseguir éxitos deportivo. Hay que arriesgarse y apostar fuerte si quieres llegar a las categorías superiores que es donde se requieren árbitros valientes y preparados psicológicamente.

Si estamos pensando en los perjuicios que nos puede ocasionar tomar una decisión es que no estamos preparados para ser árbitro de fútbol.

Arbitrar sin riesgo, es como triunfar sin gloria, hay que tener mano de hierro pero guante de seda.




Fuente: elsilbatodeperezlima.wordpress.com

http://mundodelarbitraje.blogspot.com.es/2015/09/un-buen-arbitro-perez-lima.html?utm_content=buffer2e5c9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

12 septiembre 2015

Almaty 2015 FINA men´s Junior World Championships (Day by day ... )



FINA officials

FINA DELEGATES:
Cornel MARCULESCUExecutive Director
Dimitris DIATHESOPOULOSFINA Bureau Liaison
Eugenio MARTINEZFINA Representative
Gianni LONZITWPC Chairman
Khosrow AMINITWPC Vice Chairman
John WHITEHOUSETWPC Honorary Secretary
Nico FIROIUTWPC Member
Takeshi INOUETWPC Member
Manuel IBERNTWPC Member
Evgeny SHARONOVTWPC Member
Bill SHAWTWPC Member
Aleksandar SOSTARTWPC Member
Alan BALFANBAYEVTWPC Member
Kyriakos NANOUSISMedical Delegate
Russell MCKINNONPress Delegate
FINA NEUTRAL REFEREES:
Mr. Ulrich SPIEGEL (GER)
Mr. Haldun TOYGARLI (TUR)
Mr. Radu MATACHE (ROU)
Mr. Daniel DANERS (URU)
REFEREES:
Viktor SALNICHENKO (KAZ)
Luca BIANCO (ITA)
Miodrag STEFANOVIC (SRB)
Balazs SZEKELY (HUN)
Andrej FRANULOVIC (CRO)
Michail SKALOCHORITIS (GRE)
Sinisa MATIJASEVIC (MNE)
Jaume TEIXIDO (ESP)
Andre DESTER (BRA)
Mikhail DYKMAN (CAN)
Kunihiro SATO (JPN)
Amirhossein SAFABAKHASH (IRI)
Akbar SADIKOV (UZB)
Mr. Ahmed KOTB (EGY)
Michael BATY (RSA)
Nicholas HODGERS (AUS)
Yaqi WANG (CHN)
Erwin SCHAPERS (NED)
Mr. Daniel VAZQUEZ (MEX) 





05 septiembre 2015

Champions League 2015-2016 Qualification Round I



http://www.microplustiming.com/LENChampionsLeague/indexCL_web.php?cal=1



Favourites held to draw in Champions League qualifier openers

On opening day of a new Champions League season and the first of three days of competition in the first qualification round some nice results were posted already with the top spots in group B and C up for grabs after draws by the favourites on Friday. In Valletta it was Vojislav Cupic who saved the day for Romanian champion CSM Oradea by scoring the equaliser in the final second of the match against Sport Management Verona for the 11-11 tie; his only goal of the game. As Budva defeated home side Valletta 5-9, the Montenegrins are now leading the group after day 1. 
Meanwhile in group C, played in Tbilisi, it was OSC Budapest who had to tie in their match-up with German squad Waspo 98 Hannover who came back nicely from trailing 4-1 at half-time and even led 6-7 with under 2 minutes remaining before Bence Batori netted the 7-7 equalising goal with 1.34 remaining after which both sides could not manage to score anymore. Marseille now leads group C after Friday's competition topping hosts Lokomotiv Tbilisi where even 2000 Olympics silver medal winner Revaz Chomakhidze played, 9-17 behind 5 goals from lefthander Ugo Crousillat. 
In Herceg Novi home team Jadran did a nice job by beating Mladost 7-5 thanks to new acquisitions Nikola Janovic and Miroslav Radnic who scored 2 goals each to lead their team to a nice and important 2-goal win in the competitive group. Euro Cup champion Spartak Volgograd topped Montpellier 18-12 in a goal-scoring festival to also post a win on day 1 of the Champions League first qualification round.


Champions League 2015-2016
Qualification Round 1

Group A (in Herceg Novi)


Friday 04-09:


Spartak Volgograd (RUS) vs. Montpellier (FRA) 18-12 (4-3, 3-3, 5-1, 6-5)
Spartak scorers: Vitaly Yurchik 4, Nikolay Lazarev 3, Pavel Khalturin 3, Igor Bychkov 3, Stepan Andryukov 2, Alexey Agarkov 2, Sergey Lisunov.

Montpellier scorers: Petar Filipovic 5, Milos Maksimovic 2, David Heinrich 2, Duje Zivkovic 2, Geoffrey Laux.

Jadran Carine (MNE) vs. HAVK Mladost (CRO) 7-5 (1-0, 0-1, 4-2, 2-2)

Jadran scorers: Nikola Janovic 2, Miroslav Randic 2, Aleksa Ukropina, Vlado Popadic, Stefan Pjesivac.

Mladost scorers: Marin Dasic 2, Luka Bukic, Ivan Milakovic, Marko Valecic.

Saturday 05-09:

17.15: Spartak Volgograd vs. HAVK Mladost
19.00: Jadran Carine vs. Montpellier

Sunday 06-09:

17.15: Montpellier vs. HAVK Mladost
19.00: Jadran Carine vs. Spartak Volgograd

Group B (in Valletta)

Friday 04-09:

Valletta (MLT) vs. VK Budva (MNE) 5-9 (1-2, 2-0, 0-4, 2-3)
Valletta scorers: Andreas Galea, Mark Meli, Matthew Zammit, Jordan Camilleri, Aurelien Nicholas Cousin.

Budva scorers: Bogdan Djurdjic 3, Blazo Mitrovic 2, Milorad Radunovic, Alexandar Radanovic, Petar Cetkovic, Branko Franeta.

Sport Management Verona (ITA) vs. CSM Digi Oradea (ROU) 11-11 (2-2, 3-4, 3-1, 3-4)
Sport Management scorers: Cristiano Mirarchi 4, Tommaso Busilacchi 2, Alessandro Brambilla 2, Andrea di Fulvio, Francesco Coppoli, Tommaso Vergano.

Oradea scorers: Mihnea Gheorghe 3, Tiberiu Negrean 2, Dusan Markovic 2, Mihnea Chioveanu, Ramiro Georgescu, Vojislav Cupic, Gheorghe Dunca.

Saturday 05-09:

18.00: VK Budva vs. CSM Digi Oradea
19.15: Valletta vs. Sport Management Verona

Sunday 06-09:

09.30: Sport Management Verona vs. VK Budva
10.45: CSM Digi Oradea vs. Valletta

Group C (in Tbilisi)

Friday 04-09:

OSC Budapest (HUN) vs. Waspo 98 Hannover (GER) 7-7 (0-0, 4-1, 0-2, 3-4)
OSC scorers: Bence Batori 2, Toni Nemet 2, Adam Decker, Zsolt Juhasz, Miklos Gor-Nagy.

Waspo scorers: Andreas Schlotterbeck 3, Aleksandar Radovic 2, Erik Bukowski, Bence Toth.

Lokomotiv Tbilisi (GEO) vs. CN Marseille (FRA) 9-17 (4-5, 0-5, 3-2, 2-5)
Lokomtiv scorers: Dragan Draskovic 4, Beka Kavtaradze, Srdjan Aksentijevic, Revaz Chomakhidze, Zurab Rurua, Filip Kljajevic.

Marseille scorers: Ugo Crousillat 5, Nicolas Constantin-Bicari 4, Sebastien Monneret 3, Mathias Olivon 2, Thibaud Simon, Guillaume Dino, Alexandre Camarasa.

Saturday 05-09:

18.00: CN Marseille vs. OSC Budapest
19.30: Lokomotiv Tbilisi vs. Waspo 98 Hannover

Sunday 06-09:


10.00: Waspo 98 Hannover vs. CN Marseille
11.30: Lokomotiv Tbilisi vs. OSC Budapest

*Top 3 of each group qualifies for qualification round 2.

* Lower ranked sides of the respective qualification rounds in the Champions League will be eliminated and cannot continue in the Euro Cup – only the four losing sides of Round 3 (the play-off) will be ‘redirected’ and join the eightfinals of the Euro Cup.

* Time mentioned is local time.

Champions League season underway

A new Champions League season is already set to get underway on Friday with the first of three qualification rounds being played in three different cities. The draw produced a though group A, to be played in Herceg Novi, while in Valletta (group B) and Tbilisi (group C) favourite sides such as debuting Sport Management Verona, CSM Oradea and OSC Budapest will battle throughout the weekend to advance to round 2 and join the seven sides representing the wild-card holding federations.

The teams to qualify out of group A will be tough to call ahead of competition. Home team Jadran Herceg Novi, with the returned star Nikola Janovic highlighting this year's roster, tries to overcome reigning Euro Cup champion Spartak Volgograd, 7-time Champions League winner Mladost Zagreb, also having done some business in transfers this summer, and ambitious French runner-up Montpellier. People visiting the Skver pool in Herceg Novi will be up for a treat with all teams well into contention for a spot in round 2. In Malta meanwhile it seems debuting Italian side Sport Management Verona and Romanian champion CSM Digi Oradea are favourites to take 2 spots. It will be up to the combined home team of Valletta, full of Maltese players, to upset Budva. In Tbilisi, where group C is contested, Hungarian powerhouse OSC enjoys the favourite status. They will meet up-and-coming German contender Waspo Hannover, full of new players including Montenegro shooter Aleksandar Radovic, French champion Marseille with the returned centre forward Nicolas Constantin-Bicari from Canada, and home side Lokomotiv Tbilisi who are up for a tough task.


Champions League 2015-2016
Qualification Round 1

Group A (in Herceg Novi)


Friday 04-09:

17.15: Spartak Volgograd (RUS) vs. Montpellier (FRA)
19.00: Jadran Carine (MNE) vs. HAVK Mladost (CRO)

Saturday 05-09:

17.15: Spartak Volgograd vs. HAVK Mladost
19.00: Jadran Carine vs. Montpellier

Sunday 06-09:

17.15: Montpellier vs. HAVK Mladost
19.00: Jadran Carine vs. Spartak Volgograd

Group B (in Valletta)

Friday 04-09:

18.00: Valletta (MLT) vs. VK Budva (MNE)
19.15: Sport Management Verona (ITA) vs. CSM Digi Oradea (ROU)

Saturday 05-09:

18.00: VK Budva vs. CSM Digi Oradea
19.15: Valletta vs. Sport Management Verona

Sunday 06-09:

09.30: Sport Management Verona vs. VK Budva
10.45: CSM Digi Oradea vs. Valletta

Group C (in Tbilisi)

Friday 04-09:

18.00: OSC Budapest (HUN) vs. Waspo 98 Hannover (GER)
19.30: Lokomotiv Tbilisi (GEO) vs. CN Marseille (FRA)

Saturday 05-09:

18.00: CN Marseille vs. OSC Budapest
19.30: Lokomotiv Tbilisi vs. Waspo 98 Hannover

Sunday 06-09:

10.00: Waspo 98 Hannover vs. CN Marseille
11.30: Lokomotiv Tbilisi vs. OSC Budapest

*Top 3 of each group qualifies for qualification round 2.
* Lower ranked sides of the respective qualification rounds in the Champions League will be eliminated and cannot continue in the Euro Cup – only the four losing sides of Round 3 (the play-off) will be ‘redirected’ and join the eightfinals of the Euro Cup.

* Time mentioned is local time.

Preliminary round draw results and more, click here.

Pictured: The 'Skver' pool of Jadran in Herceg Novi.