{"id":6556,"date":"2026-01-03T20:09:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T19:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waterpoloserbia.org\/the-pool-at-the-belgrade-arena-has-begun-filling-up-ahead-of-the-european-championship\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T20:42:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T18:42:36","slug":"the-pool-at-the-belgrade-arena-has-begun-filling-up-ahead-of-the-european-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waterpoloserbia.org\/en\/the-pool-at-the-belgrade-arena-has-begun-filling-up-ahead-of-the-european-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"The pool at the Belgrade Arena has begun filling up ahead of the European Championship."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The filling of the pool where the European Water Polo Championship will be held from January 10 to 25 began today in the Belgrade Arena. Symbolically, the first jets of water were released by the President of the VSS Viktor Jeleni\u0107 and the State Secretary for Sports Marko Ke\u0161elj.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The head of the Serbian Water Polo Federation said:<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2013 <strong>We have started filling the pool, everything will be fine, as always when Belgrade organizes major competitions. I expect a spectacle and I hope that Serbia will reach the end and fight to win gold. The most important thing is what the boys will do in the pool. I hope that we will show what we are and that we will manage to reach the final and win gold<\/strong> .<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-09d157bb wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:waterpoloserbia.orgwp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Punjenje-bazena-Keselj-Jelenic.jpg ,https:waterpoloserbia.orgwp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Punjenje-bazena-Keselj-Jelenic.jpg 780w, https:waterpoloserbia.orgwp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Punjenje-bazena-Keselj-Jelenic.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 150px\" src=\"https:waterpoloserbia.orgwp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Punjenje-bazena-Keselj-Jelenic.jpg\" alt=\"Filling the pool Keselj Jelenic\" class=\"uag-image-2841\" width=\"1000\" height=\"661\" title=\"Filling the pool Keselj Jelenic\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\"><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The President of the Serbian Water Polo Association stressed that he expects full stands to watch the matches of Serbian water polo players:<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2013 <strong>The competition system is different now. You reach the semi-finals by playing in two group rounds. It is a fairer system in terms of sport. In the past, with good games in the group, you could have a bad day in the quarter-finals and vice versa. Now it is different and I would say fairer for the participants<\/strong> .<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is certain that the Arena&#8217;s record from 2016, when the Serbia-Montenegro final was watched by nearly 19,000 spectators, will not be broken. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2013 <strong>There will be no record. The pool level had to be raised and now the total capacity is 12,500 spectators<\/strong> .<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marko Ke\u0161elj expressed his satisfaction with the appearance of the Arena:<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2013 <strong>Everything is fantastic, as always, when Belgrade and Serbia host major competitions. We have repeatedly shown that we are the center of European and world sports and that we can, with the help of the state, be organizers of major events. I am proud that this year&#8217;s sports season begins with a major competition such as the European Water Polo Championship. I invite fans to be with our water polo players and thus be part of a great spectacle<\/strong> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The filling of the pool where the European Water Polo Championship will be held from January 10 to 25 began today in the Belgrade Arena. Symbolically, the first jets of water were released by the President of the VSS Viktor Jeleni\u0107 and the State Secretary for Sports Marko Ke\u0161elj. 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