Pro Recco secured its first trophy of the season by winning the Italian Cup. The 11-time European champions defeated Savona 13:7 in the gold-medal match of the Final Four, held in Genoa. With this triumph, Pro Recco added a 19th Coppa Italia to its collection.
Brescia finished in 3rd, and Posillipo in 4th place.
Semifinals
The Italian Swimming Federation has made significant changes to the format of the national cup for this season. Unlike previous years, the Italian Cup is no longer a separate competition as it was until 2025. This season, there were no qualification tournaments; instead, the semifinalists were determined by Serie A1 standings. The top four teams after 13 rounds of the Italian League qualified for the Final Four.
Pro Recco, the league leader, faced 4th-placed Posillipo in the semifinals and won 21:6. Posillipo scored its last goal in the 20th minute for 6:11. Pro Recco went on a 10:0 run in the remaining 12 minutes. Alvaro Granados, Giacomo Cannella, and Francesco Condemi scored four goals each.
Savona reached the final after a penalty shootout win over Brescia. At the start of the fourth quarter, Brescia had a 13:10 lead. However, Savona started coming back in time and leveled at 13:13 midway through the final quarter. Figlioli then converted a penalty put Savona in front for the first time in the match, 14:13, with three minutes left on the clock. Just 30 seconds before the end, Viskovic leveled at 14:14. Each team had one miss apiece in a shootout, while only Savona’s experienced goalkeeper, Marco Del Lungo, posted the save, and his team secured a ticket for the final. Luca Damone scored three goals for Savona, but the game’s best scorer was Brescia’s Filippo Ferrero, who hit the back of the net six times.
Final
The final in Genoa was the replay of the last season’s gold medal game in Naples, when Pro Recco defeated Savona 11:5.
This evening, Savona started bravely, taking a 1:0 and 2:1. Pro Recco replied with two goals. Figlioli equalized at 3:3 from a penalty in the 8th minute, but that wasn’t the end of the scoring in the first quarter. Thirteen seconds before the first break, Matteo Iocchi Gratta scored with an extra player. Recco added three consecutive goals in the third quarter, going to 7:3.
Savona couldn’t recover from that 0:4 run. Early in the fourth period, Recco stretched the margin to six for the first time, 11:5. Each side scored two goals apiece in the remainder of the match. Therefore, six goals separated Pro Recco and Savona just as in the 2025 final.
Max Irving was the best scorer of the final game with three goals, and Pietro Fuglioli scored four for Savona.
Brescia beat Posillipo 16:6 in the bronze-medal game, with four goals from Filippo Ferrero.
2026 Italian Cup Final Four
Semifinals
Pro Recco – Posillipo 21:6 (3:2, 6:3, 8:1, 4:0)
Brescia – Savona 17:18 (4:3, 5:3, 3:4, 2:4 PSO 3:4)
Final
Pro Recco – Savona 13:7 (4:3, 4:1, 1:1, 4:2)
Pro Recco: Irving 3, Iocchi Gratta 2, Cannella 2, Buric 2, Condemi 2, Pavillard 1, Cassia 1.
Savona: Figlioli 4, Damonte 1, Condemi 1, Guidi 1.
3rd-place match
Posillipo – Brescia 6:16 (2:6, 1:2, 1:2, 2:6)
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