Radnicki climbed to the top of the Premier VRL League standings. The Kragujevac-based team defeated Buducnost in Podgorica 25:10 in the 8th round. But Primorac helped the Serbian champion reach 1st place. Primorac beat Sabac in a penalty shootout 21:20 (17:17) in the derby of the weekend.
Sabac, which was the league leader after seven rounds, and Radnicki are tied in points. But Radnicki defeated Sabac in the first half of the season, and because of that, it currently holds the top spot.
Sabac started quite well in the game against Primorac in Kotor, establishing an early 2:0 lead. Deep into the second quarter, the visitors increased their advantage to three goals (6:3) and maintained the difference until 8:5 (18th minute). In the following four minutes and a half, Primorac scored six goals, conceding three and level the score at 11:11. Repanovic gave Sabac a 12:11 lead. Still, Balsa Vuckovic responded immediately to equalize.
Photo by Filip Roganovic
Mrsic put Primorac in front – 13:12 in the 27th minute. In the rest of the match, the teams traded goals. Sabac leveled the score five times. Gavrilovic made it 17:17 with 26 seconds to go. Primorac didn’t regain the lead, and the match, which featured 34 goals and 40 personal fouls (19 for Primorac and 21 for Sabac), went into a shootout. After five rounds of shots, Primorac took two points.
Balsa Vuckovic, Montenegro’s best scorer at the European Championships, contributed six goals to Primorac’s victory, while Nemanja Stanojevic scored four for Sabac.
Almost all of Radnicki’s seven freshly crowned European champions played in Podgorica, except Nikola Jaksic. The visitors started strong, setting the tone for the match by building a 4:0 lead within the first four minutes. Early in the second period, Boris Vapenski extended the margin to five for the first time at 8:3.
Boris Vapenski Photo by Filip Roganovic
Buducnost managed to cut the deficit to four goals on several occasions. In the 18th minute, Brnovic made it 8:12. Radnicki then went on an 11:0 run, jumping to 23:8. Radnicki maintained a 15-goal lead until the end. Boris Vapenski was unstoppable, hitting all five of his shots in the 25:10 victory.
Jadran Herceg Novi showed no mercy to Partizan in Belgrade. The champion of Montenegro was 12:2 up at halftime. Each team scored five goals in the next 16 minutes. Strahinja Gojkovic led Jadran to a 17:7 win with four goals, and Daniil Merkulov added three.
Lazic (Jadran) and Radulovic (Partizan) Photo by Slobodan Sandic
Before the match, Partizan presented special plaques to its head coach, Stefan Ciric, and Jadran’s centre-forward, Djordje Lazic (who started playing water polo at Partizan), honoring their recent achievement: winning the gold medal at the European Championships.
The 8th round will end tomorrow. Crvena Zvezda will host Novi Beograd, which arrives with a new head coach, Miodrag Mirovic.
2026 Premier RVL League, Round 5
(quarters 1:2, 4:5, 7:5, 5:5, PSO 4:3)
(quarters 1:6, 1:6,1:1, 4:4)
(quarters 3:6, 4:5, 1:8, 2:6)
Monday, February 2
- Radnicki 8 – 19
- Sabac 8 – 19
- Primorac 8– 17
- Jadran HN 8 – 16
- Novi Beograd 7 – 14
- Crvena Zvezda 7 – 6
- Buducnost 8 – 3
- Partizan 8 – 0
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