Elite U15 Cup Sabac 2026: Semmelweis OSC are the first Elite Cup champions

Semmelweis OSC are the first champions of the Elite U15 Cup Sabac 2026. The Hungarian side beat Waterpolo Brains 7:11 in the gold medal game on Sunday, 25 October, and finished the tournament with six wins in six games. Post SV Nurnberg won the bronze medal against hosts Šabac Elixir.

All results and statistics are live on our Elite U15 Cup Sabac 2026 page. Catch up with our day one report, day two report, quarterfinals report and semifinals report.

Gold medal game

Waterpolo Brains 7:11 Semmelweis OSC

Quarters: 1:4, 2:2, 2:2, 2:3

OSC scored the first three goals: Dávid Sziva on a power play and on a counterattack, and Botond Máté Kiss from a penalty. Folco Alonso answered for Brains, but Barnabás Attila Demjén converted a penalty for 1:4 after the first quarter. Demjén and Andor Levente Kaszás made it 2:6 in the second quarter, and Sergio Sanchez-Toril’s goal left it 3:6 at halftime.

Brains came back to 5:7 in the third quarter through Sanchez-Toril on a power play and Alonso. Demjén restored the three goal lead a minute before the end of the quarter, and in the fourth quarter Kaszás, Kiss and Demjén pulled OSC clear at 5:11. Sanchez-Toril from a penalty and Mario De Dios on a power play on the final buzzer set the final score. Demjén scored four goals, and goalkeeper Sebestény Flórián Andréka made nine saves.

Bronze medal game

Šabac Elixir 7:11 Post SV Nurnberg

Quarters: 1:2, 1:3, 3:4, 2:2

Ognjen Radaković gave the hosts the lead on a power play, but Timon Wurz and Nico Khokhobashvili turned it around. Nurnberg won the second quarter 1:3, with Wurz scoring on a power play six seconds before halftime for 2:5.

Jovan Dobric made it 2:6 from a penalty, before Stefan Gajić scored twice in a row for 4:6. Nurnberg answered with three goals from Milan Hoffman, Wurz and Paul Bäuning, and later Dobric and Khokhobashvili pushed the lead to 5:11. Gajić and Lazar Marković scored late for Šabac. Wurz, Khokhobashvili and Gajić scored three each, and Karlo Thiele made 13 saves for Nurnberg.

Classification games

Budva BR 12:7 CSA Steaua (5th place)

Quarters: 3:1, 3:3, 2:1, 4:2

Matija Bulajić scored twice in the first quarter for 3:1, and Budva led 5:1 before Dacian Mihalachi, twice, and David Dănilă brought Steaua back to 5:4. Bulajić scored again nine seconds before halftime for 6:4. Lazar Ilić scored three times in the second half, and Bulajić’s sixth goal made it 12:6 with 1:47 to play, before Serghei Vaculeac closed the scoring at 12:7.

Dinamo Tbilisi 4:11 Partizan (7th place)

Quarters: 2:2, 2:2, 0:3, 0:4

The game was level at 4:4 at halftime, with Aleksandre Vasadze scoring twice on the power play and Gabriel Khubua equalising three seconds before the break. Partizan then won the second half 0:7. Lazar Vukašinović scored three goals in 82 seconds in the third quarter, Andrija Vranić finished with three and Luka Urošević scored twice late in the game.

Final standings

Trophies and medals were presented to the top three: gold for Semmelweis OSC, silver for Waterpolo Brains and bronze for Post SV Nurnberg.

Individual awards

The Elite Cup hands out six individual awards: Best Goalkeeper, Best Centre Forward, Best Playmaker, Best Defender, Top Scorer and MVP. They are decided only by performance, through the TotalScore24 live statistics, with no votes and no guesswork. That standard sets the Elite Cup apart from youth tournaments where awards come down to opinion.

Final stat leaders

Sergio Sanchez-Toril (Waterpolo Brains) finished on 24 goals and Dacian Mihalachi (CSA Steaua) on 23. Sebestény Flórián Andréka (Semmelweis OSC) made 45 saves.

All results and statistics are live on our Elite U15 Cup Sabac 2026 page.

Photos: Lila Bajic

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