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Serbia-Montenegro - Croatia 9-8

Viktor Jelenic (left, SM) and Dubravko Simenc

Aquatic Centre in Kranj. Attendance: 2,000. Referees: Roberto Petronilli (Italy) and Michal Kratochvil (Slovakia).

SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO: Sefik, Nikic, Udovicic, Savic, Ikodinovic 1, Jelenic, Gojkovic 1, Ciric 1, Sapic 4, Vujasinovic 2, Djokic, Zlokovic, Kuljaca.

CROATIA: Vican, Buric, Simenc, Stritof 1, Vranjes, Smodlaka 1, Djogas 1, Frankovic 1, Barac 2, Hinic 2, Fatovic, Kobescak, Herceg, Olarevic.

Goals in man-up: Serbia and Montenegro 7/13 (53%); Croatia 5/14 (35%)

From minute to minute ...

0:1 00:47 Nikola Frankovic scores in man-up (Vlada Vujasinovic excluded)
1:1 02:11 Danilo Ikodinovic scores in man-up (Ratko Stritof excluded)
1:2 02:59 Samir Barac scores in man-up (Dejan Savic excluded)
1:3 06:05 Samir Barac scores
2:3 06:43 Vladimir Gojkovic scores in man-up (Samir Barac excluded)
3:3 13:53 Aleksandar Sapic scores in man-up (Dubravko Simenc excluded)
3:4 14:38 Igor Hinic scores in man-up (Dejan Savic excluded)
4:4 15:56 Vlada Vujasinovic scores in man-up (Teo Djogas excluded)
4:5 16:31 Teo Djogas scores in man-up (Predrag Jokic excluded)
4:6 17:46 Igor Hinic scores
4:7 18:29 Mile Smodlaka scores
5:7 18:57 Vlada Vujasinovic scores
6:7 20:20 Aleksandar Sapic scores in man-up (Elvis Fatovic excluded)
7:7 23:58 Aleksandar Sapic scores
7:7 24:16 Third exclusion for Dejan Savic
7:8 24:22 Ratko Stritof scores in man-up (Dejan Savic excluded)
7:8 25:29 Third exclusion for Ratko Stritof
8:8 25:52 Aleksandar Ciric scores
8:8 26:16 Third exclusion for Predrag Jokic
9:8 29:02 Aleksandar Sapic scores in man-up (Samir Barac excluded)
9:8 33:17 Third exclusion for Dubravko Simenc

Third place match: Hungary - Russia 12-6

26th European Water Polo Championship for Men - Final Standings

  1. Serbia and Montenegro
  2. Croatia
  3. Russia
  4. Hungary
  5. Germany
  6. Spain
  7. Greece
  8. Slovakia
  9. Romania
  10. Italy
  11. Netherlands
  12. Slovenia

R O A D      T O     F I N A L

SEMIFINAL: Serbia-Montenegro - Russia 11-7

Kranj, SLOVENIA, June 13 - The defending European champions are in the final again - Serbia and Montenegro (former FR Yugoslavia) beat Russia 11-7 in the semifinal of the European Championship in Kranj, Slovenia.

Viktor Jelenic scored first goal in the match. Russia's Revaz Chomakhidze equalised, but Dejan Savic and Aleksandar Sapic pushed the lead to two after 7 minutes - 3-1.

Russia tried to stay in the game, but the difference was the same after the second quarter.

After three quarters Serbia and Montenegro had more comfortable lead - 7-4 Reigning European champions put the match beyond doubt with 6:27 minutes left, as Viktor Jelenic scored his team's eighth goal. The difference remained the same till the end of the game.

Men's European Water Polo Championships Kranj 2003, Semifinals, Kranj, SLOVENIA, June 13

SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO - RUSSIA 11-7 (3-1, 2-2, 2-1, 4-3)

Scorers for Serbia and Montenegro: Aleksandar Sapic (4), Danilo Ikodinovic (2), Viktor Jelenic (2), Dejan Savic (1), Vladimir Vujasinovic (1) and Boris Zlokovic (1),

Scorers for Russia: Alexandre Erychov (3), Revaz Chomakhidze (2), Roman Dokoutchaev (1), Dmitry Irishichev (1).

Goals in man-up: Serbia and Montenegro 5/11 (45%); Russia 4/11 (36%).

Penalties: Serbia and Montenegro 1/1; Russia 1/1.

S E M I F I N A L S
Serbia and Montenegro 11-7
Croatia - Hungary 10-9

Third place match (June 15): Hungary - Russia
F I N A L (June 15): Croatia - Serbia and Montenegro

QUARTERFINALS: Serbia and Montenegro - Germany 9-2

Kranj, SLOVENIA, June 12 - After first half's difficulties, Serbia-Montenegro (former Yugoslavia) easily beat Germany 9-2 (3-2, 3-0, 3-0, 0-0) in the European Water Polo Championship quarterfinal.

From the second quarter, the reigning European champions made their best performance. They realised almost all the man-ups (6 of 7) and their defense was extremely well. Danilo Ikodinovic was their best scorer with three goals, but the man of the match was goalkeeper Denis Sefik with many good saves.

Men's European Water Polo Championships Kranj 2003, Quarterfinals, Kranj, SLOVENIA, June 12

SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO - GERMANY 9-2 (3-2, 3-0, 3-0, 0-0).

Scorers for Serbia and Montenegro: Danilo Ikodinovic (3), Viktor Jelenic (2), Aleksandar Sapic (2), Alexsandar Ciric (1), Slobodan Nikic (1).

Scorers for Germany: Heiko Nossek (1), Thomas Schertwitis (1).

Goals in man-up: Serbia and Montenegro 6/7 (85%); Germany 2/11 (18%).

Quarterfinals - Results
Serbia-Montenegro - Germany 9-2
Russia - Greece 10-8
Hungary - Spain 10-2
Croatia - Slovakia 10-6

SEMIFINAL (June 13)
Serbia-Montenegro - Russia
Croatia - Hungary

Men's European Water Polo Championships Kranj 2003, Group A, Gameday 5, Kranj, SLOVENIA, June 10

SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO - NETHERLANDS 7-6 (1-1, 0-2, 2-1, 4-2)

Scorers for Serbia and Montenegro: Aleksandar Sapic (2), Dejan Savic (2), Vladimir Vujasinovic (2), Alexsandar Ciric (1).

Scorers for Netherlands: Gerben Silvis (2), Eelco Uri (2), Matthijs de Bruijn (1), Arno Havenga (1).

Goals in man-up: Serbia and Montenegro 3/6 (50%); Netherlands 4/9 (44%).

Group A - Final Standings 

                      G  W  L   F-A  Pts
1. Serbia-Montenegro  5  4  1  46-30  8
2. Hungary            5  4  1  56-33  8
3. Russia             5  3  2  44-41  6
4. Slovakia           5  2  3  41-51  4
5. Netherlands        5  1  4  37-48  2
6. Romania            5  1  4  28-49  2

Group B: Greece - Croatia 7-8, Germany - Slovenia 9-12, Italy - Spain 6-7

Group B - Final standings 

                      G  W  L   F-A  Pts
1. Croatia            5  4  1  38-31  8
2. Greece             5  3  2  37-35  6
3. Spain              5  3  2  34-31  6
4. Germany            5  2  3  39-41  4
5. Italy              5  2  3  33-33  4
6. Slovenia           5  1  4  39-49  2

QUARTERFINALS (June 12): Croatia - Slovakia, Greece - Russia, Spain - Hungary, Serbia-Montenegro - Germany.

Men's European Water Polo Championships Kranj 2003, Group A, Gameday 4, Kranj, SLOVENIA, June 9

SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO - SLOVAKIA 11-5 (3-2, 3-2, 2-0, 3-1)

Scorers for Serbia and Montenegro: Aleksandar Sapic (4), Boris Zlokovic (2), Alexsandar Ciric (1), Viktor Jelenic (1), Predrag Jokic (1), Dejan Savic (1), Vladimir Vujasinovic (1).

Scorers for Slovakia: Alexander Nagy (2), Robert Kaid (1), Martin Mravik (1), Peter Nizny (1).

Goals in man-up: Serbia and Montenegro 7/9 (77%); Slovakia 2/7 (28%).

Gameday 3: Serbia-Montenegro - Hungary 7-6

Kranj, SLOVENIA, June 8 - For the second time within 24 hours reigning European champions had to play more than 35 minutes. This time, Serbia and Montenegro had more more luck. Thanks to Aleksandar Sapic's golden goal in the third extra time period, they recorded second win at the European championship in Kranj.

Key moment happened in the third quarter. Tamás Kasas had opportunity to push his team's lead to two, but his penalty was saved by Serbia-Montenegro's goalkeeper Denis Sefik.

Men's European Water Polo Championships Kranj 2003, Group A, Gameday 3, Kranj, SLOVENIA, June 8

SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO - HUNGARY 7-6 (1-2, 3-3, 0-0, 2-1, 0-0, 0-0, 1-0)

Scorers for Serbia and Montenegro: Aleksandar Sapic (2), Vladimir Vujasinovic (2), Zivko Gocic (1), Viktor Jelenic (1), Vanja Udovicic (1).

Scorers for Hungary: Peter Biros (2), Tibor Benedek (1), Tamás Kasas (1), Gergely Kiss (1), Tamas Molnar (1).

Goals in man-up: Serbia and Montenegro 4/12 (33%); Romania 3/11 (27%).

Gameday 2: Serbia-Montenegro - Russia 10-11

Kranj, SLOVENIA, June 7 - Russia beat Serbia-Montenegro by Irek Zinnourov's golden goal in the third extra time period.

Russia had a lead till the last minute of the 4th quarter, but Vladimir Gojkovic's man-up goal gave Serbia and Montenegro chance to gain victory in the extra time.

Dejan Savic for Serbia and Marat Zakirov for Russia ended the first extra time with 1-1 (9-9). The second extra time seemed to be decided for Russia as Revaz Tchomakhidze shot a wonderful center goal, but Serbia-Montenegro didn't give up and answered with a goal from Vanja Udovicic - 10-10.

The third extra time period has to bring the decision of the match with a golden goal. When nobody expected, Irek Zinnourov scored the golden goal from the long distance.

Men's European Water Polo Championships Kranj 2003, Group A, Gameday 2, Kranj, SLOVENIA, June 7

SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO - RUSSIA 10-11 (3-2, 1-2, 2-2, 2-2, 1-1, 1-1, 0-1)

Scorers for Serbia and Montenegro: Aleksandar Sapic (2), Vladimir Gojkovic (2), Vanja Udovicic (2), Alexsandar Ciric (1), Viktor Jelenic (1), Dejan Savic (1), Boris Zlokovic (1).

Scorers for Russia: Irek Zinnourov (4), Revaz Chomakhidze (2), Roman Balachov (1), Roman Dokoutchaev (1), Alexandre Erychov (1), Dmitry Stratan (1), Marat Zakirov (1).

Goals in man-up: Serbia and Montenegro 4/12 (33%); Russia 7/17 (41%).

Men's European Water Polo Championships Kranj 2003, Group A, Gameday 1, Kranj, SLOVENIA, June 6

SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO - ROMANIA 11-2 (0-2, 3-0, 5-0, 3-0)

Scorers for Serbia and Montenegro: Aleksandar Sapic (4), Vladimir Gojkovic (2), Vladimir Vujasinovic (2), Alexsandar Ciric (1), Zivko Gocic (1), Slobodan Nikic (1).

Scorers for Romania: Robert Fieresteanu (1) and Ramses Juravle (1).

Goals in man-up: Serbia and Montenegro 0/4 (0%); Romania 1/6 (16%).

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