The Black Sea International Cup 2026 opened on Thursday with three wins for the favourites. Pro Recco and CN Marseille made comfortable starts, and Ferencvaros closed the day by beating Novi Beograd 20:14 in Group B.
Pro Recco 26:5 Bourbon Kashiwazaki
Pro Recco opened Group A with a 26:5 win over Bourbon Kashiwazaki, the Japanese club that joined the field after Olympiacos and CNA Barceloneta declined their invitations. Sandro Sukno’s side led 8:1 after the first quarter and 13:3 at half time, then won the third quarter 7:0.
Alvaro Granados was the story of the game with 15 goals from 21 shots. Max Irving and Tommaso Gianazza scored three each and Gergo Zalanki added two, while Giacomo Cannella finished with four assists. Gianmarco Nicosia made 10 saves and Luca Perrone 7 in the Recco goal.
Takanori Maeno scored twice for Kashiwazaki, with Sora Ikeda, Tatsumasa Yoneda and Issei Noda adding one each. Goalkeeper Yusuke Ogura made 8 saves.
Dinamo Tbilisi 4:13 CN Marseille
Dinamo Tbilisi took the lead through Artsiom Dzikhtsiarenka, but CN Marseille replied with four straight goals for a 1:4 lead after the first quarter. The Georgian side then held Marseille scoreless in the second quarter, and Nikoloz Kurashvili made it 2:4 at half time.
Marseille settled the game with a 5:1 third quarter and added four more in the fourth. Thomas Vernoux led the French side with 4 goals, three of them from penalties, and Ugo Crousillat scored twice, both with an extra player. Romain Marion-Vernoux had a goal and three assists. Petar Tesanovic made 8 saves.
Dzikhtsiarenka finished with two goals for Dinamo, Fiodar Averka scored the other, and goalkeeper Giorgi Gvetadze made 10 saves.
Ferencvaros 20:14 Novi Beograd
Vasilije Martinovic put Novi Beograd ahead from a penalty, but Ferencvaros answered with ten straight goals. Stylianos Argyropoulos scored twice in the first quarter, which ended 5:1, and Vendel Vigvari made it 11:1 midway through the second. Matyas Meszaros and Nika Shushiashvili pulled two back before half time for 11:4.
Novi Beograd won the second half 10:9, with the third quarter level at 5:5 and the fourth 4:5. Luka Bajic scored twice in the last eight minutes to keep the gap at six, and Akos Nagy scored the final goal one second before the end.
Edoardo Di Somma, Argyropoulos and Vigvari scored three each for Nyeki’s side, while Vince Varga, Dusan Mandic, Marton Vamos and Krisztian Manhercz added two each. Argyropoulos also had four assists and Manhercz three. Martinovic was the top scorer of the game with 6 goals from 10 shots, and Shushiashvili added three for Novi Beograd.
Waspo Hannover delayed
Waspo Hannover have been stuck in Istanbul for two days because of bad weather, so their Group A game against hosts A-Polo Sport Management moves to Saturday, 17 October, at 10:00 CEST.
Friday schedule (CEST)
12:00 Novi Beograd vs CN Marseille (Group B)
14:00 Bourbon Kashiwazaki vs Waspo Hannover (Group A)
16:00 Ferencvaros vs Dinamo Tbilisi (Group B)
18:00 A-Polo Sport Management vs Pro Recco (Group A)
All results and statistics are live on our Black Sea Cup 2026 page.
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