The Serbian youth water polo team took first place at the very strong Easter tournament for players under 15 in Budva!
Serbian players born in 2011 and later were better than Greece, Hungary, Italy and Montenegro, while their only defeat was against Croatia.
Serbia was represented by: Vuk Milošević, Pavle Gaceša, Jovan Stanković (Novi Beograd), Lazar Vujčić (Spartak – Bečej), Viktor Todorović (Valis), Nemanja Grgić (Vojvodina), Marko Abadžić, Danilo Panović, Maksim Krečković, Nebojša Maljugić, Teodor Tršić (Šabac), Ilija Ranitović, Vuk Mitrović (Radnički), Andrej Popović, Mihajlo Tulimirović (TENT), Andrija Stojiljković, Damjan Dimitrijević, Vanja Bulatović, Filip Adžić and Vuk Ganović (Partizan).
This generation is led by Vojislav Čupić, and the coaching staff also included Veljko Ličanin (coach) and Luka Petić (goalkeeping coach).
Results and standings
First round: Serbia – Greece 16:11 (4:1, 2:4, 5:2, 5:4), Croatia – Hungary 14:11, Montenegro – Italy 12:14.
Second round: Hungary – Serbia 16:17 (4:3, 5:6, 4:4, 3:4), Italy – Greece 12:5, Croatia – Montenegro 14:15
Third round: Croatia – Serbia 18:10 (3:3, 4:5, 5:2, 6:0), Hungary – Italy 17:15, Montenegro – Greece 16:8.
Fourth round: Italy – Serbia 13:14 (2:4, 2:3, 1:1, 5:2, 3:4), Montenegro – Hungary 13:15, Croatia – Greece 14:11.
Fifth round: Montenegro – Serbia 11:13 (3:1, 3:5, 3:5, 2:2), Croatia – Italy 14:17, Greece – Hungary 12:22.
Ranking: Serbia 11, Italy 10, Croatia 9, Hungary 9, Montenegro 6, Greece no points.
