Barceloneta has achieved two away wins in the Spanish League this week.
In both matches, the reigning champion played without four experienced members of the Spanish national team: Munarriz, Aguirre, Sanahuja, and Tahull. Additionally, Hungarian Vince Vigvari was also absent.
First, Barceloneta traveled to the Canary Islands to face Tenerife in a postponed game of the 10th round. The hosts offered strong resistance. At halftime, Barceloneta led 5:4. Tenerife caught up with the favorite by the end of the third quarter (7:7). The hosts opened the fourth period with a goal for 8:7. Barceloneta retook control and produced a 5:1 run (Burian scored three goals, and Echenique and Gomila added one each. After the visitors took a 12:9 lead, the hosts scored one goal. Left-handed Hungarian Gergely Burian contributed four goals to a 12:10 win, but the top scorer was Tenerife’s Luis Araya, who netted six goals.
In the match of the 13th round, Barceloneta recorded a comfortable 22:8 win over bottom-place Encinas de Boadilla. Burian found the net six times, but he wasn’t the best scorer, as Marc Valls scored eight goals.
Tenerife recovered from the loss to Barceloneta with a 13:10 away win over Sant Andreu. Luis Araya scored four goals this time.
Caballa upset Mataro with a 12:7 victory. Caballa got off to an excellent start, taking a 4:0 lead in the first four minutes. Mataro reduced the gap to one goal once (4:5), but couldn’t equalize.
Sabadell and Barcelona easily beat Rubi and Catalunya, respectively.
2026 Spanish League, Round 13
Sabadell – Rubi 19:7 (3:1, 6:0, 5:3, 5:3)
Mataro – Caballa 7:12 (1:5, 3:1, 2:3, 1:3)
Barcelona – Catalunya 17:9 (4:2, 3:1, 4:5, 6:1)
Terrassa – Mediterrani 17:8 (6:2,1:1, 5:2, 5:3)
Encinas de Boadilla – Barceloneta 8:22 (0:5, 2:8, 2:4, 4:5)
Sant Andreu – Tenerife 10:13 (3:4, 1:5, 5:3, 1:1)
Rescheduled matches, played earlier this week
Rubi – Mataro 11:17 (3:4, 2:2, 3:6, 3:5)
Tenerife – Barceloneta 10:12 (2:2, 2:3, 3:2, 3:5)
- Barceloneta 13 – 36
- Sabadell 13 – 36
- Barcelona 13 – 36
- Terrassa 13 – 27
- Mataro 13 – 24
- Mediterrani 13 – 17
- Caballa 13 – 14
- Rubi 13 – 13
- Tenerife 13 – 13
- Sant Andreu 13 – 12
- Catalunya 13 – 6
- Boadilla 13 – 0
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