Third title in a row! Waspo Hannover German Water Polo Champion | NDR.de – Sports
Status: 05/25/2022 7:04 p.m
Waspo 98 Hannover has won the German water polo championship for the third time in a row. The Lower Saxony prevail in the play-off final against their long-term rivals WF Spandau 04 Berlin.
In the open air at the Volksbad Limmer, the Hanoverians made everything clear on Wednesday evening. With the 16:9 (3:0, 5:3, 4:3, 4:3) home win, she won the “Best of Five” series against the record champions from Berlin (37 titles) 3:1. With that, the Lower Saxony makes the double perfect. At the beginning of May they had also won the cup – in the final against Spandau 04, of course.
Nagaev best waspo launcher
In the fourth game of the play-off series, Waspo was superior to the guests from the start. The Lower Saxony team quickly took a 3-0 lead, gradually extended their lead through well-considered moves and celebrated a well-deserved win against Spandau, who had to play without key players Dmitri Kholod and assistant coach Peter Röhle after penalties from the previous game.
In the team of Waspo coach Karsten Seehafer, Ivan Nagaev (4) and Julian Real (3), who was retiring, were the top scorers; at Spandau, Marin Restovic (3), Yannek Chiru and Denis Strelezkij (2 each) scored best.
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