Primorje EB and Jug Adriatic in the Junior Final
In Zadar, we have only one more day of competition left in the junior Championship of Croatia. Sunday will bring answers to questions such as - who is the new junior champion of the country; who will win the bronze; as well as the rankings up to 8th place.
In the Višnjik pool, Saturday brought the semifinals and matches for the rankings from 5th to 8th place after the first part marked by the matches of the so-called "false quarterfinals."
Saturday evening revealed the finalists of this year's junior Championship of Croatia, which are Primorje EB and Jug Adriatic osiguranje.
9-goal difference for the Rijeka team
In the first semifinal match, Rijeka's Primorje EB very confidently defeated Split's Jadran by as much as 9 goals. The match was almost entirely one-sided from the first minute, with everything practically settled after the first half of the match. After the first two quarters, Primorje had a lead of 12-3! The Rijeka team did not stop there as they had a +10 lead in the middle of the third quarter, with a score of 13-3 and 14-4 for Primorje EB.
The most accurate for Rijeka were Ivan Šurbek with 6 goals and Gabrijel Burburan with 5 goals. Only these two Primorje players scored more goals than the entire Jadran team.
Excellent goalkeeper Antoan Špilar
In the second semifinal match, Jug players defeated Zagreb's Mladost, just like they did in their first match, back in the 1st round of the group stage. The evenly matched battle separated in the pool in the first quarter and a half, until the score was 3-3, when Jug quickly took a significant lead at 6-3. First, Petar Kulaš scored twice from the penalty spot, and then Ivano Lončar increased the lead to 6-3 from a positional attack. These were essentially decisive moments of the semifinal match because after that, Jug did not allow the opponents to come closer to less than 2 goals of difference. Moreover, at the beginning of the last period, Jug had a 12-7 lead. The Mladost team managed to reduce to 12-10 with three consecutive goals thirty seconds before the end, which turned out to be the final result of the match.
Undoubtedly, one of the key players for Jug's victory was their goalkeeper Antoan Špilar with 13 saves. As for the scorers, Petar Kulaš was the top scorer for the winners (4 goals), while Fran Dobrić scored 3 goals for Mladost.
Expecting a Spectacular Final
Therefore, in the final, Rijeka and Dubrovnik will play. Deservingly, two great teams that have been unbeatable so far in the Zadar tournament, with great attacks and defenses. Primorje EB finished the group stage with a goal difference of +24, and Jug Adriatic osiguranje with +22. According to everything shown so far, the final should be spectacular.
In the battle for rankings from 5th to 8th place, Zadar 1952 defeated POŠK 1937 (Ante Donđivić 5, Karlo Ražov 4/Luka Buljan 5 goals); while Mornar was better than Solaris (Nardo Dragaš 4/Vigo Brkić 3 goals).
Live Broadcast on HVS TV
On Sunday, the last day of the competition, HVS TV will broadcast all four matches for the final rankings, with the matches for the third place and the final also accompanied by a commentator.
Remember, the match for bronze (Jadran - Mladost) starts at 11:40 a.m., and the final (Primorje EB - Jug Adriatic osiguranje) at 1:00 p.m.
