Mladen Drnasin unanimously elected as President of the Croatian Water Polo Federation
In Zagreb on Wednesday, just a few hours before the start of the final matches of the Croatian Cup in women's and men's competitions, the regular and also election General Assembly of the Croatian Water Polo Federation was held. Out of the total of 296 votes that the HVS Assembly consists of, 208 representatives of the Union members were present at the session.
The new-old president of the Croatian Water Polo Federation is Mladen Drnasin, who was unanimously elected as the new leader of our water polo organization.
With thanks for his election, President Mladen Drnasin proposed the composition of the HVS bodies for the 2024-2028 term, which was also adopted. Based on the vote, the top of the Croatian Water Polo Federation now consists of:
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- Mladen Drnasin, president
- Perica Bukić, executive vice president
- Tomislav Dumančić, vice president
- Predrag Sloboda, vice president
- Mladen Miškulin, vice president
- Ratko Rudić, member
- Milivoj Bebić, member
- Samir Barač, member
- Adrian Ježina, member
- Vjekoslav Jadrešić, member
- Tomislav Ninić, member
- Tomislav Jukić, member
- Hrvoje Akrap, member
SUPERVISORY BOARD
- Ante Kulušić, president
- Danko Duhović, member
- Frane Mitrović, member
DISCIPLINARY COURT
- Alen Pešušić, president
- Srđan Dragojević, member
- Damir Mišić, member
- Ivan Krnić, member
- Igor Žurić, member
LIST OF ARBITRATORS
- Đuro Sessa
- Mirela Varović
- Mladen Katunarić
- Žarko Mihaljević
- Mario Pedišić
- Davor Poković
- Bruno Spitz
- Toni Vukičević
- Igor Hontić
- Marijan Miletić
- Jasna Smiljanić
- Alen Pešušić
- Ana Kebet
- Ivan Krnić
Before the election of the head of the Croatian Water Polo Federation and all bodies, reports were adopted. The first report was presented by President Mladen Drnasin for the previous term.
- The year 2024 was fantastic. I thank all the sponsors who accompanied us on this journey, especially the Government of the Republic of Croatia, which reacted excellently when we decided to organize the European Championship in January this year. Thanks to Perica Bukić, who came up with the idea of organizing in the conditions of the withdrawal of Israel, specifically Netanya, as well as to Josip Varvodić, the first vice president of European Aquatics. Thanks also go to the cities of Zagreb and Dubrovnik for co-organization. The way we organized that championship is, I believe, a great praise to our country, - said Mladen Drnasin and emphasized.
- As for the Government of the Republic of Croatia, I have never been a greater optimist in state support for further development of sports in Croatia, including water polo.
Ivan Milaković, the general secretary of HVS, presented a report from his position, as did Ratko Rudić, the president of the Expert Council of HVS.
- First of all, I congratulate the coach on all successes, victories, medals. Thanks to you, we have felt and continue to feel proud all the time. The same goes for the younger teams, as well as for the girls' or women's national teams. I can also inform you that regarding the organization of the U19 European Championship in Zagreb for girls, where we did not have any special state support, but we still ended with a surplus of 17,000 euros. According to the proposal of the President of the Expert Council, today we have professionals for working with younger age groups. So Prof. Neven Kovačević is in charge for the age group up to 15 and 16 years, and Emil Nikolić for the age of 16 to 20 years, while Milivoj Bebić is a supervisor. As you know, we have also introduced a camp for children up to 11 years old, and we have decided to change and further strengthen the criteria for the Nardelli Trophy, so we will assess in the future how many players each club contributes to the national team.
The report of the senior national team's head coach Ivica Tucko was also adopted unanimously at the Assembly.
- I have talked with Luka Lončar and Josip Vrlić. Both have made themselves available to be here, so we will see if they will succeed until 2028 or the whole new Olympic cycle. You know yourselves that they are at a certain age where it is not that easy for them to endure all the efforts. However, it is important for us that both have expressed their desire to continue making themselves available to the national team. We can manage the defender position well, but we are a bit short on the center position.
At the Assembly, all remaining reports of all HVS bodies were unanimously adopted.
Finally, 4 new clubs have been admitted to the membership of the Croatian Water Polo Federation - VK Faros Stari Grad, VK Brodarica Šibenik, VK Aqua Zagreb, and VK Ploče
