Sabac convincing at the start of the European Cup qualifiers, Valis also starts today
Šapčani are the hosts of one of the eight qualifying tournaments, and from Thursday to Sunday, Strasbourg, Dinamo Bucharest, German OSC Potsdam and OSC from Budapest are staying in the city on the Sava. In the first round, Nemanja Ličanin's team defeated OSC Potsdam with 17:8, and at halftime it was already leading with 9:5, so it routinely gained a bigger advantage in the sequel, and the most effective were Ognjen Stojanović and Aljoša Mačić with three goals each.
Valis is visiting Budva, where he will play with the Montenegrin team, then Italian Brescia, Hungarian Honved and Banja Luka. Miloš Saković's team will play its first match on Friday at 17:00 against Breša.
Serbia has a large number of coaches in European competitions this season. Uroš Stevanović (Radnički), Živko Gocić (Novi Belgrade), Dejan Stanojević (Dinamo Tbilisi) and Slobodan Nikić (Vašaš) are in the Champions League. In the European Cup, in addition to Nemanja Ličanin (Šabac) and Miloš Saković (Valis), their teams are led by Vladimir Vujasinović (Vuljagmeni), Vladimir Marković (Špandau 04), Vuk Vuksanović (Duizburg) and Miloš Ćirić (Pomoćni u Pro Rek), while Nemanja Stevanović with the Finnish Cetus is the only Serbian coach in the Challenger Cup for water polo players.
QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE EUROPEAN CUP
Group A: Sabac, Strasbourg, Dinamo Bucharest, OSC Potsdam, OSC Budapest.
Group B: Budva, Breša, Honved, Banja Luka, Valis.
Group C: Barcelona, Irene, Solaris, Vuljagmeni.
Group D: HAVK Mladost, Enka, Saint Andrea, Kataro, Apollon.
Group E: Tenerife, Panionios, Spandau 04, Solnok.
Group F: Panathinaikos, South, Aix-en-Provence, Louisburg, De Acker.
Group G: Duizburg, Triglav, Ortiđa, PAOK.
Group H: Primorje, Pro Reko, Terasa, BVSC.
