After some catch-up matches in the first weeks of January, the Dutch league would explode again this weekend. However, the corona pandemic still has a grip on Dutch society and water polo cannot escape from it. Only four of the twelve scheduled games were played.
Men
ZV De Zaan had no problem with SVH. In Rotterdam, Andreas Miralis’s team won 7-19. In the first period, the home team was still able to stay close to the title candidate from Zaandam, but after that it was over with SVH’s resistance. ZV De Zaan won the second period 7-0. Due to this defeat, SVH takes over the last spot in the ranking. Polar Bears won easily against BZC: 6-17. Halfway through it was 1-8 and the game was over.
Women
The women of Polar Bears were also lucky enough to play. Although they were anything but complete and had to rely on ‘good old’ Nienke Vermeer, they were much too strong with 4-16. In the first period, however, it did not look like that. The low-ranking team from Eindhoven brutally took a 4-3 lead. However, there it stops. PSV did not score anymore. Finally, UZSC won convincingly at home against De Ham (19-7). Lois den Ouden became top scorer with six goals.
Saturday 15 January
Eredivisie Men
SVH – ZV De Zaan: 7-19 (2-4, 0-7, 2-2, 3-6).
SVH: Kerem Gemalmazoglu 3, Sven Nieuwstraten 2, Laszlo Balasz Nagy 1, Frank Bot.
ZV De Zaan: Pascal Janssen 6, Thomas Lucas 4, Angelo Corver 3, Tim Ketelaars 2, Mick van den Bree 2, Bradley Sap 1, Jurriaan van der Struijk 1.
BZC – Polar Bears: 6-17 (0-4, 1-4, 2-4, 3-5).
BZC: Frank Groot Kormelinck 3, Dynand Muller 2, Filip Kljajevic 1.
Polar Bears: Lars ten Broek 3, Sam Kunz 3, Tarik Scherrenburg 3, Guus Wolswinkel 2, Kas te Riele 2, Jikke Tolsma 1, Sjors de Kater 1, Sander Roels 1, Kay Zittersteijn 1.
1 AZC 15-42
2 ZV De Zaan 16-36
3 Polar Bears 16-36
4 Het Ravijn 14-31
5 UZSC 15-30
6 ZPC Amersfoort 15-29
7 GZC Donk 14-28
8 ZVL-1886 14-16
9 BZC 14-13
10 ZPB 14-12
11 De Ham 13-11
12 PSV 14-7
13 Waterpolo Den Haag 15-3
14 SVH 15-3
Eredivisie Women
PSV – Polar Bears: 4-16 (4-3, 0-2, 0-4, 0-7).
PSV: Gazizah Khalandi 3, Annelot van Rooijen 1.
Polar Bears: Lola Moolhuijzen 5, Storm Willemsen 4, Feline Voordouw 2, Fleurien Bosveld 2, Charlie Nieuwenburg 1, Nina van de Geijn 1, Nienke Vermeer 1.
UZSC – De Ham: 19-7 (6-4, 4-1, 3-0, 6-2).
UZSC: Lois den Ouden 6, Hanna Hogervorst 3, Sterre Bijkerk 3, Sam Jutte 2, Nerida Drewes 2, Karen Haksteen 1, Marijn Borst 1, Kila van der Veen 1.
De Ham: Lizette Rozeboom 5, Lisa van Trotsenburg 1, Marije Hekhuis 1.
1 ZV De Zaan 15-39
2 UZSC 15-33
3 Polar Bears 14-30
4 GZC Donk 15-23
5 Het Ravijn 15-20
6 ZVL-1886 14-19
7 De Ham 14-10
8 PSV 16-0
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