The Elite U15 Cup Sabac 2026 got underway on Thursday, 22 October, with four opening round matches. Waterpolo Brains, CSA Steaua, Semmelweis OSC and hosts Šabac Elixir all started with a win. The tournament continues on Friday with rounds two and three, before the quarterfinals, semifinals and classification games on Saturday and the medal matches on Sunday, 25 October.
All results and statistics are live on our Elite U15 Cup Sabac 2026 page.
Waterpolo Brains 15:10 Budva BR
Quarters: 5:1, 3:4, 4:2, 3:3
Waterpolo Brains settled this one early. Santiago Mondini opened the scoring on a power play, Matija Bulajić levelled from a penalty, and then the Spanish side scored four in a row through Mario De Dios, Mondini, Folco Alonso and Sergio Sanchez-Toril to lead 5:1 after the first quarter. Budva BR won the second quarter 4:3, with Bulajić, Nikola Tomović and Lazar Ilić scoring, and Bulajić’s goal 54 seconds before halftime made it 8:5.
Brains answered after the break: Sanchez-Toril, Guillermo Servera on a counterattack, De Dios and Sanchez-Toril again pushed the score to 12:6. Mondini added two more in the fourth quarter and Pablo Escalante scored on the counterattack 31 seconds from the end, before Špiro Zenović closed the scoring at 15:10.
Mondini finished with 5 goals from 9 shots, Sanchez-Toril scored 4 and De Dios 3. Martin Barrigas provided 4 assists. For Budva, Bulajić scored 3 and Ilić drew 7 exclusions.
Partizan 7:9 CSA Steaua
Quarters: 3:2, 1:4, 1:3, 2:0
Partizan led 3:2 after the first quarter thanks to Lazar Vukašinović and two goals from Lazar Rašević. CSA Steaua then took over: Tudor Iriciuc equalised, Dacian Mihalachi and David Dănilă made it 3:5, and after Vukašinović converted a penalty, Mihalachi restored the two goal gap at 4:6.
Steaua extended the run in the third quarter with Mihalachi and James Asgian, and Mihalachi’s fifth goal made it 5:9 with 1:35 left in the period. Partizan kept Steaua scoreless in the fourth quarter and scored twice, through Rašević and Vanja Janković five seconds from the end, but the gap was too large.
Mihalachi scored 5 goals and drew 5 exclusions. Rašević scored 4 for Partizan. Steaua committed only 4 exclusions to Partizan’s 11, and Partizan scored all 3 of its power play shots.
Semmelweis OSC 17:6 Dinamo Tbilisi
Quarters: 5:3, 2:2, 6:1, 4:0
Dinamo Tbilisi stayed close for a half. The teams traded goals early, OSC led 5:3 after the first quarter, and Irakli Loladze’s power play goal levelled the score at 5:5 in the second. Áron József Martinkó then scored twice before halftime for 7:5. OSC pulled away in the third quarter, winning it 6:1, and kept Tbilisi scoreless in the fourth.
Barnabás Attila Demjén led OSC with 5 goals, Hunor György Tóth and Martinkó scored 3 each, and Martinkó added 3 assists. Nikoloz Khvedeliani scored twice for Dinamo Tbilisi.
Šabac Elixir 7:4 Post SV Nurnberg
Quarters: 1:1, 2:1, 3:1, 1:1
The hosts closed the day with a tight, low scoring game. Andrej Popović and Nico Khokhobashvili traded goals in the first quarter, and after 2:2 Popović converted a penalty seven seconds before halftime for 3:2. Dušan Srdanović made it 4:2 early in the third quarter, Khokhobashvili answered on a power play, and then Ognjen Radaković and Srdanović scored within 26 seconds for 6:3.
Radaković’s counterattack goal with 1:10 left settled it at 7:3, before Milan Hoffman scored on a power play for the final 7:4. Srdanović scored 3 for Šabac and Popović and Radaković 2 each. Nurnberg goalkeeper Karlo Thiele made 8 saves, the most of the day.
Leaders after round one
| Category | Leader |
|---|---|
| Goals | Santiago Mondini (Waterpolo Brains), Dacian Mihalachi (CSA Steaua), Barnabás Attila Demjén (Semmelweis OSC) 5 |
| Saves | Karlo Thiele (Post SV Nurnberg) 8 |
| Assists | Martin Barrigas (Waterpolo Brains) 4 |
| Balls won | Matija Bulajić (Budva BR), Luka Urošević (Partizan) 4 |
| Exclusions drawn | Lazar Ilić (Budva BR) 7 |
Sergio Sanchez-Toril (Waterpolo Brains) and Lazar Rašević (Partizan) follow on 4 goals. Sebestény Flórián Andréka (Semmelweis OSC) and Đorđe Stevanović (Šabac Elixir) made 5 saves each.
Friday schedule
| Time | Match |
|---|---|
| 09:00 | Waterpolo Brains v CSA Steaua |
| 10:15 | Semmelweis OSC v Post SV Nurnberg |
| 11:30 | Budva BR v Partizan |
| 12:45 | Dinamo Tbilisi v Šabac Elixir |
| 17:00 | CSA Steaua v Budva BR |
| 18:15 | Waterpolo Brains v Partizan |
| 19:30 | Post SV Nurnberg v Dinamo Tbilisi |
| 20:45 | Semmelweis OSC v Šabac Elixir |
All results and statistics are live on our Elite U15 Cup Sabac 2026 page.
Photos: Lila Bajic
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