KWK Kortrijk – CNT Tournai

This game would determine the leader of the competition after 5 rounds. CNT was leading with the maximum of points, Kortrijk could become at the same height, although they played one game less. The game was also a battle between the top 3 in the goal scorers standing. It was Mael Leseney, the current top scorer of CNT who opened the score. The equalizer followed only 18 seconds later: a penalty scored by Michiel D’hooghe. With 49 seconds to play, Jan Nel netted the 2-1. Michiel D’hooghe scored his second on of the evening for 3-1. Hector Droulez made sure CNT was staying in the game. After the 3-2, KWK netted three more goals, resulting in a 6-2 standing halfway. Michiel D’hooghe scored his second penalty for a 7-2 standing. The second goal of Mael Leseney resulted in a comeback of CNT, with a 7-5 standing after three quarters. Things got exiting when Guillame Kubat scored the 7-6. After the 8-6 of Samy Labreg, both teams couldn’t net any goals, resulting in 8-6 final standing. Currently Michiel D’hooghe and Mael Leseny are tied at the top of goal scorer standing with 19 goals

Final Result: KWK Kortrijk 8-6 CNT Tournai

Goal scorers KWK: Michiel D’hooghe (3), Florian Iordan (2), Jan Nel (1), Tom Nel (1), Samy Labreg (1)

Goal scorers CNT: Mael Leseney (2), Guillaume Kubat (1), Jules Keunebrock (1), Mehdi Sidhoum (1), Hector Droulez (1).

 

WZK Wase – KAZSC Antwerpen

Another weekend, another hard game for WZK. The first 6 minutes they give the impression KAZSC could be matched, with a 2-3 standing. But Antwerpen managed three more goals in last two and a half minute, giving a 2-6 standing. WZK managed only 1 goal in the second quarter, KAZSC netted 8. Same playbook in the third quarter: 1 goal from WZK, 6 netted by Antwerpen. Last quarter was a 0-6 standing for Antwerp, resulting in a hard 4-25 result. Worth noticing is that 10 out of 13 players managed to score for KAZSC.

Final standing WZK Wase 4 – 25 KAZSC Antwerpen

Goal scorers WZK: Paul Ariza (2), Matthias Onbekent (1), Thomas D’Hooghe (1)

Goal Scorers KAZSC: Pieterjan D’Hooghe (5), Greg Heirman (4), Elko Van den Broucke (3), Luka Pannecoucke (3), Kevin Vervoort (2), Igor Maksymiuk (2), Bo Junior Tignol (1), Niels Bus (1), Nick Poelmans (1)

 

TZK Tielt-MZV Eeklo

Tielt is still looking for their first points of the season and was hoping to make it a close game with MZV Eeklo. But luck hasn’t been on their side so far. Pretty early in the game they lost a key player with a broken nose and soon after a second player with 3 major fouls.  Eeklo took advantage of that and was able to bring it home fairly easy. 8-14 was the final result.

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Leuven Aquatics – RSC Mechelen (0-5, 0-5, 0-5, 4-6)

Mechelen was hungry after their loss to Mouscron 2 weeks ago and their postponed game from last week against Tielt. The first 3 quarters Mechelen made no mistakes in defense and played a very well controlled game in offence. Resulting in a 0-15. The last quarter Leuven was finally able to break through a couple times, finishing the game with a score of 4-21.

Final standing Leuven Aquatics 4 – 21 RSC Mechelen

Goal scorers Leuven: Steffen Claes 1, Nathan Dompas 1, Maarten Dompas 1, Hannes Van Kerckhove 1.

Goal scorers Mechelen: William Wittevrongel 3, Sven Publie 3, Simon Van der Jeugt 3, Sepp Verstraeten 1, Lucas Gervais 1, Vladyslav Dulin 2, Nikola Pavlicevic 4, Eben Lemmens 1, Junior Verschuren 1, Sammy Claes 2.

 

ROSC Ostend – ENL La Louvière (2-2, 2-3, 1-3, 2-2)

The youngsters from Ostend played a good game against ENL and were almost able to surprise the team of Kevin Chavepeyer. Ostend was able to take the lead in the beginning of the first quarter, but La Louvière always found an answer to come back. The second quarter it was ENL with the initiative, but twice their lead wasn’t enough to break ROSC. The 3^rd quarter however, the wolves from La Louvière were finally able to get the lead they were looking for thanks to Numa Matthys and Logan Vitrant. Ostend Didn’t give in and kept on battling until the very. It wasn’t enough unfortunately, but a good result for the debuting team.

Final Score: ROSC Ostend 7-10 ENL La Louvière

Goal scorers Ostend: Bram Verschelde (2), Pepijn Walijn (2), Miel Vandaele (1), Pieter-Jan Wellecan (1), Tom Callebaut (1)

Goal Scorers La Louvière: Nicolas Goffin (4), Yannick Leemans (2), Numa Matthys (2), Tanguy Godeau (2)

 

Only three fixtures this weekend. Tournai keeps top of the league with the maximum of 12 points after a victory against ROSC Oostende. RDM Mouscron and ENL La louvière booked easy victories against MZV Eeko and WZK Wase.

 

ENL La Louvière – Wase WZK

Another though weekend for WZK. ENL scored after just 30 seconds and netted five more in the first quarter. Same one-way water polo in the second quarter, resulting in 10-0 halfway. WZK managed to score on goals in the third and fourth quarter, but ENL scored 9 more. Final standing: 19-2

La louvière – Wase 19-2 (6-0,4-0, 6-1,3-1)

Goal scorers La louvière : Numa Matthys (4), Hugo Bouche (3), Robin Leemans (3) Tanguy Godeau (2), Logan Vitrant (2), Yannick Leemans (2), Louis Brasseur (2), Sami Hassaini (1)

Goal scorers Wase: Paul Ariza (1), Simon De Greef (1)

 

RDM Mouscron – MZV Eeklo

In the first half of the first quarter, both teams had troubles finding the back of the net. The next two minutes, RDM managed to score 4 goals in a little over 2 minutes. MZV scored the 4-1 in the beginning of the second quarter, followed by 3 goals of RDM. The last minute and 15 seconds of the second quarter were exiting, with 4 goals, 2 on each side, resulting in a 9-3 score halfway. The third quarter started like the second one: with a goal from Jonas Trenson. RDM scored 5 more goals, 14-4 after three quarters. Same story at the beginning of the fourth quarter: first goal socred by Jonas Trenson. RDM netted 4 goals in the remaining time of the fourth quarter, MZV one. Final standing: 18-6.

Mouscron – Eeklo 18-6 (4-0, 5-3, 5-1, 4-2)

Goal scorers Mouscron: Alexander Grman (3), Nathan Quoirez (3), Maxime Desloovere (2), Amir Dhedari (2), Julien Donche (2), Valentin Roussel (2), Julien Reinquin (2),  Rostyslav Naumchyk (1), Hiliane Zaoui (1)

Goal scorers Eeklo: Jonas Trenson (3), Tuur Damman (2), Wout Mathys (1)

 

CNT Tournai – ROSC Oostende

Due to a malfunctioning game sheet, we don’t have many details. CNT booked his 4^th victory with a 12-8 win, staying atop of the league. They played four home matches against the smaller teams. Next week we will know more about how far CNT can get this season with an away game against KWK Kortrijk, battling for the first place.

When the Covid pandemic hit Europe in 2020, all competitions were postponed or cancelled. In Belgium, like in a lot of countries, the federation decided eventually to cancel the competition completely and not to appoint any winner. Antwerp (AZSC) was steamrolling through the competition in the 2019-2020 season, and it looked like there was no opponent that year who would be able to match their level. Unfortunately for them, they couldn’t finish their great season.

2020-2021 started with a lot of doubt and uncertainty. The Belgian federation and clubs tried to start with the new season, but in the end, it was once again cancelled due to the Covid pandemic, and the strict measures imposed by the Belgian government.

Finally, 2021-2022 promises a lot of action again in Belgium and for now it looks like everything will proceed as normal. Most clubs were able to keep their team roster and are preparing to start again with competition on the last weekend of September or early october. Nevertheless, a lot of transfers happened in the last couple of months. Below we give a small summary of the incoming and outgoing transfers in the Belgian first division.

Antwerp (AZSC)

As mentioned before, Antwerp had a very good season in 2019-2020, but unfortunately couldn’t finish their it with a price. Since then, there have been a lot of changes on the team. The biggest loss for Antwerp was without a doubt their center forward, Toni Opacak. After the 2019 season, Toni left the club for the Croatian club VK Osijek. Another great miss will be one of their key players, Greg Heirman who retired.

For the upcoming season AZSC invested in a lot of young talent, Pieter-Jan Dhooghe (WZK) joined the team together with Luka Pannecoecke (ROSC), both Belgian youth internationals of the U19’s squad. Head coach Jorn Dams stepped down and was replaced with a new Spanish coach, Luis Ramón Lalinde Sanches.

Incoming transfers:

Kristof Van Eynde ( From WZK wase)

Pieter-jan Dhooghe (From WZK Wase)

Luka Pannecoucke (From ROSC Ostend)

Axel Andreev (From SCC Strombeek)

Bruno Martins Patiño (Free player – No former club)

Sander Hermans (From KHZS Hasselt)

 

Outgoing transfers:

Greg Heirman (Retired)

Toni Opacak (To VK Osijek – Croatia)

Tournai (CNT)

Club Natation de Tournai who have been regular contestants for the title and/or Belgian cup in the last couple of years will probably know a more difficult season in 2021. The club near the French border are investing into new and upcoming youth players.

3 key players left the club or retired. Kevin Sterling returned to France, after only a single game played in the 2020 season due to Covid. The strong center forward went back to his former club of CN Noisy le sec. Furthermore, Gregory Moronval and Nicolas Golejewski retired. Tournai was able to convince 2 young talents (only 17 years old) to join them. Hector Droulez joined the club again after playing in France for ENT Tourcoing’s youth selections and Maël Leseney who comes from Douai.

Incoming transfers:

Hector Droulez (From ENT Tourcoing – FRA)

Maël Leseney (From Douai – FRA)

Sandor Hirbek (Back from retirement)

 

Outgoing transfers:

Kevin Sterling (To Noisy le Sec – FRA)

Gregory Moronval (Retired)

Nicolas Golejewski (Retired)

 

Eeklo (MZV)

No big changes in Eeklo for next season. Simon De Lange decided to retire and former Belgian international Michael De Boever came back out of retirement to join the squad again as a player/coach.

 

Kortrijk (KWK)

The last couple of years Kortrijk has been a steady team in the top 5 of the Belgian competition with very few transfers. The 2021 season is no difference with no new players joining or leaving the club.

La Louviere (ENL)

ENL started the 2020 season with a new head Coach Kristjan Sundic, but never got the chance to see what the Croatian coach could bring to the team. Kristjan Sundic now took on a new challenge as assistant coach for the Belgian national team. He got replaced by Kevin Chavepeyer, former player of La Louviere who retired after the last (Covid) season.

No other Transfers noted for ENL.

Incoming Transfers: None

Outgoing transfers: None

 

Leuven Aquatics (LAQUA)

Neither for Leuven there were any changes to the team roster, besides head coach Stephane Degand who decided to quit. At the moment, no news was published regarding a new head coach.

Incoming transfers: None

Outgoing transfers: None

 

Mechelen (RSCM)

Mechelen has been busy on the transfer market in Belgium as well. Last year they already had a couple of new younger players added to their team roster, but also experience with a talented Croatian and former player of Jug Dubrovnic, Nikola Pavlicevic.  Now they can add 3 more experienced players. Vladyslav Dulin (23) coming back to his former club after playing 3 years in Stade de Reims (FR), Simon Van der Jeugt (24) who played for 2 years with Polar Bears Ede and Sammy Claes the 34 old captain of the national team who also played in the Dutch league last season with PSV.

Incoming transfers:

Vladyslav Dulin (From Reims – FR)

Simon Van der Jeugt (From Ede – NL)

Sammy Claes (From PSV – NL)

 

Outgoing transfers: None

 

Moeskroen (RDM)

RDM is the last official Belgian champion (2018-2019), which was their 10^th title in the club’s history. In the last 10 years Moeskroen won the competition 6 times, so we can expect a lot of them again for the coming season.

Last season RDM had some great arrivals but weren’t able to keep them after 1 year without competition. Since then, Matthieu Almuzara decided to retire and Christos Papapostolou left the club again for a different adventure.

However, Mouscron was able to make all the necessary arrangements and complete the process for Iranian refugee Amir Dehdari to be eligible to play. A 28-year-old lefthander who played for the Iranian national team.

Furthermore, RDM convinced some younger players to join the squad. 21-year-old Rodrigo Silva, Guillaume Wartelle-Hugues, a 22-year-old goalkeeper and 20-year-old Nathan Quoirez.

 

Incoming transfers:

Amir Dehdari (Former club unknown – IRA)

Rodrigo Silva (From EN Tourcoing – FR)

Guillaume Wartelle-Hugues (From SN Harnes – FR)

Nathan Quoirez (From EN Tourcoing – FR)

Also joined since last season:

Hilliane Zaoui (From Douai – FR)

Tom Lepoint (From CN Tournai – BEL)

Outgoing transfers:

Matthieu Almuzara (Retired)

Christos Papapostolou (Back to Greece?)

 

Ostend Bears (ROSC)

The 2020 season was supposed to be their reappearance in the first division after 13 years, unfortunately Ostend never really had the chance of proving themselves. For the 2021 season ROSC lost one of their young talents, Luka Panncoucke (18), to AZSC Antwerp. Luka will try to earn his place with the 2018 Belgian champion. As the newest member of the Superleague Ostend will probably have a tough season with one of the youngest squads of the competition.

Incoming transfers: None

Outgoing transfers: Luka Pannecoucke (To AZSC Antwerp)

 

Tielt (TZK)

TZK had been a steady newcomer in the Super league the last couple of years. Working slowly but surely towards a better position in the competition, but still battling every year to stay in the highest league. Luckily, one of their experienced players, Mick Gadeyne came back from retirement to help the team and especially the youngsters towards their goals this season.

Incoming transfers:

Mick Gadeyne (Back from retirement)

Outgoing transfers: None

Wase (WZK)

The team of Sint-Niklaas will know a difficult season since the departure of 3 key players and none of them have been replaced so far. Pieter-Jan D’hooghe and Kristof Van Eynde joined Antwerp,  Dries Baudonck and Robin Ryckaert went back to their home team in Ghent.

Incoming transfers: None

Outgoing transfers:

Pieter-Jan D’hooghe (To AZSC Antwerp)

Kristof Van Eynde (To AZSC Antwerp)

Dries Baudonck (To KGZV Ghent)

Robin Ryckaert (To KGZV Ghent)

 

Antwerp – Eeklo

A difficult first task for MZV on their first gameday in the Olympic swimming pool Wezenberg. Antwerp with the home advantage and supporters in the stands again, had an explosive start. Captain Niels Bus scoring the 3-0, lead the team to a 5-1 score after the first quarter. Jonas Trenson was able to take the 0 of the board for MZV. The second quarter was nearly a copy of the first, Antwerp kept widening the gap from 5-1 to 8-2. Niels Bus and youngster Pieter-Jan D’hooghe scoring their 2^nd of the day. This quarter it was Tuur Damman who was able to find the net again for MZV.

The 3^rd quarter looked promising for a moment for MZV. Tuur Damman scored his 2^nd of the day for 8-3 and although Jay Van Hoey scored his 2^nd for AZSC as wel, it was Michiel Heynssens who brought MZV a little closer again with 9-4. Remarkable, because Michiel usually is the goalie for MZV. But Antwerp never gave the momentum back to MZV and continued to control the game towards the end of the 3^rd quarter, finishing 12-4. The last quarter was just more of the same. Worth to mention, also 19yo Luka Pannecoucke, who made his debut in the Super league, also made his first goals for Antwerp.

5-1, 3-1, 4-2, 5-3

Goal scorers Antwerp:

Jay van Hoey 3, Pieter-Jan D’hooghe 3, Luka Pannacoucke 2, Bo Tignol 2, Niels Bus 2, Igor Maksymiuk 1, Kevin Vervoort 1, Kristof Van Eynde 1, Nick Poelmans 1, Bruno Martins 1.

Goal scorers Eeklo:

Jonas Trenson 4, Tuur Damman 2, Michiel Heynssens 1.

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Leuven Aquatics – Kortrijk

No surprise either in the game between Leuven and Kortrijk. KWK took the lead in the first quarter and never got into trouble during the rest of the game. Both Niels van der Linden and Michiel D-hooghe were in good shooting form and got 6 goals each.

3-7, 1-6, 4-5, 4-4

Goal scorers Leuven:

Joris Leemen 3, Nathan Dompas 2, Ben Van Doorn 4, Jef De Cat 1, Joram Luts 1, Lukas de Keyser 1, Maarten Dompas 1.

Goal Scorers Kortrijk:

Niels van der Linder 6, Michiel D’Hooghe 6, Ward Geysen 4, Thomas Delorge 1, Jan Nel 2, Florin Jordan 1, Samy labreg 1, Stan Caron 1.

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Wase WZK – Oostende ROSC

Despite quite some players leaving the team, WZK put in a more than decent effort, trailing ROSC with only one goal after the first quarter (2-3). The second quarter Oostende shifted a gear or two higher, 3-8 at half time. The second half of the game the difference between both teams was much smaller, resulting in 2-3 in the third quarter and 2-2 in the final one. End standing was 7-13

2-3, 3-8, 2-3, 2-2

Goal scorers Wase:

Elias De Greef 2, Simon De Greef 1, Thomas D’Hooghe 1, Paul Ariza 1, Stijn Jansseune 1, Bob D’Haeseleer 1

Goal scorers Oostende :

Jeroen Michiels 3, Tom Callebaut 2, Pieter-Jan Wellecan 2, Bram Verschelde 1, Alec Van Sundert 1, Pepijn Wallijn 1, Matisse Vandermeulen 1, Tim Devlies 1, Lars Goormachtigh 1

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Tournai CNT – Tielt TZK

Tielt scored the first goal of the match, but after that Tournai took over and scored 4 goals, resulting in 4-1 after the first quarter. After that, Tielt did what they could, but Tournai always kept the upper hand, resulting in a 14-9 final score. Both Mael Leseney (CNT) and Brent Wyffels scored 4 goals.

4-1 2-1, 3-3, 5-4

Goal scorers Tournai:

Mael Leseney 4, Medhi Sidhoum 3, Justin Kubat 2, Sandor Hibrek 2, Florent Boulogne 1, Jules Keunebrock 1, Bastien Brismee 1

Goal scorers Tielt :

Brent Wyffels 4, Yarne Wyffels 2, Arne Verhelst 1, Herbert De Grande 1, Sergei Shmeliov 1

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Mouscron RDM – La Louvière ENL

Mouscron started furious, scoring 4 goals in the first quarter, where ENL wasn’t able to score. After three minutes in the second quarter, the game seemed already over, as Mouscron was leading with 7-0. Halfway the second half, ENL was able to score the first one, quickly followed by a second one. 8 seconds before half time Amir Dehdari scored the 8-2. In the third quarter both teams managed to score 2 goals. The last quarter was for Moucron again, with 4-2, resulting in the 14-6 final standing.

4-0 / 4-2 / 2-2 / 4-2

Goal scorers Mouscron

Nathan Quoirez 3, Rostyslav Naumchyk 3, Julien Donche 2, Hilaine Zaoui 2, Mathias Zwart 1, Alexander Grman 1, Amir Dehdari 1, Valentin Roussel 1

Goal scorers La Louvière :

Nicolas Goffin 3, Robin Leemans 1, Logan Vitrant 1, Alexander Bouche 1

 

 

 

 

Op vraag van diverse waterpoloclubs heeft het Bestuursorgaan van de Koninklijke Belgische Zwembond op dinsdag 16 februari 2021 beslist om alle inschrijvingsgelden alsook het (positieve) saldo van de provisies voor scheidsrechterskosten die reeds door de clubs betaald werden met betrekking tot het waterpoloseizoen 2020-2021, integraal terug te storten.

Op die manier kan er in juni 2021 gestart worden met een blanco (financiële) lei met het oog op het volgende waterpoloseizoen 2021-2022 en recupereren de betrokken waterpoloclubs al hun betaalde sommen.

Oproep en informatie over cursus waterpoloscheidsrechters (online) van Centrale Scheidsrechterscommissie KBZB:

oproep scheidsrechters nl

Op advies van de Nationale Sportcommissie Waterpolo en volgend op een aantal digitale overlegmomenten met de waterpoloclubs heeft het Bestuursorgaan van de Koninklijke Belgische Zwembond op dinsdag 2 februari 2021 beslist om een definitief punt te zetten achter alle nationale competities en Belgische WP-kampioenschappen in alle leeftijdscategorieën en afdelingen van het waterpoloseizoen 2020-2021.

Gelet op de moeilijke beschikbaarheid van zwembaden en het gebrek aan normale sportieve trainings- en voorbereidingsmogelijkheden, is het niet meer opportuun en haalbaar om nog officiële nationale waterpolocompetities op een gelijkwaardige manier voor te bereiden en te organiseren.

Van zodra de COVID19-maatregelen dit zouden toelaten, raadt de KBZB echter wel aan om in vriendschappelijk verband en in onderlinge afspraak tussen waterpoloclubs nog waterpolowedstrijden en -tornooien te organiseren, teneinde betrokkenheid bij de clubs en in de waterpolosport te behouden.

Tenslotte werd beslist dat de inschrijvingsgelden voor het waterpoloseizoen 2020-2021, die reeds door het merendeel van de clubs betaald werden, zullen overgedragen worden naar het volgende waterpoloseizoen 2021-2022 (idem dito voor de provisies van de scheidsrechterskosten).

We zijn niettemin hoopvol dat we vanaf 1 juni 2021 kunnen aanvangen met de normale voorbereidingen van het volgende waterpoloseizoen 2021-2022.

Daniël MOTTON,                                            Denis LEEMANS,

Voorzitter KBZB.                                           Voorzitter Nationale SCWP.

Op donderdag 17 december 2020 werd er op initiatief van de Sportcommissie Waterpolo via videoconferentie een overleg gehouden, waarop alle clubs vertegenwoordigd waren die vooraf via een bevraging hun standpunten over het eventuele vervolg van de competitie hadden kenbaar gemaakt. Gelet op de huidige toestand en op de onzekere evolutie van de COVID-19 pandemie, werd uiteindelijk slechts de beslissing genomen om elkaar tijdens de 2^e helft van de maand januari terug te zien om de verdere gang van zaken te overwegen. In elk geval wenst de SCWP aan alle waterpoloclubs te verzekeren dat er op hen geen enkele druk zal uitgeoefend worden. De keuze om deel te nemen aan een eventuele vervolg-competitie zal volledig overgelaten worden aan de vrije beslissing van elke club afzonderlijk. In geval van niet-deelname, zullen er geen forfaits, boetes of degradaties opgelegd worden.

Het blijft de intentie van de SCWP om nog een competitie te kunnen organiseren. Teneinde dit op een gelijkwaardige manier te doen, moet elke club beschikken over een identieke voorbereidingsperiode (beschikbaarheid van zwembaden). Op dit vlak hebben echter de lokale autoriteiten het laatste woord, aangezien zij finaal beslissen over de al dan niet heropening van deze zwembaden.

Daarnaast besliste het Bestuursorgaan van de KBZB tijdens haar zitting van 15 december 2020 om uitzonderlijk geen deelnamerechten per individuele speler aan de clubs te factureren met betrekking tot het waterpoloseizoen 2020-2021. Wat betreft de reglementaire boetes voor tekort aan vereiste scheidsrechters (seizoen 2020-2021), zal de helft van deze boetes aangerekend worden op het moment waarop men voorziet om de kampioenschappen te heropstarten (begin februari 2021).

Daniël MOTTON, Voorzitter KBZB.                                                 

Denis LEEMANS, Voorzitter Nationale SCWP.                                  

Tijdens een spoedvergadering op zaterdag 24 oktober 2020 heeft de Raad van Bestuur van de Koninklijke Belgische Zwembond enkele bijgewerkte en/of nieuwe beslissingen en maatregelen genomen over de diverse Belgische Kampioenschappen van het jaar 2020, volgend op de recente bepalingen en besluiten van het Overlegcomité en de Franstalige Gemeenschap van België.

WATERPOLO

• opschorting van alle nationale waterpolocompetities van het lopende seizoen 2020-2021 tot 31 december 2020, met inbegrip van de leeftijdscategorieën U11 en U13.
• de Raad van Bestuur zal aan de Nationale Sportcommissie Waterpolo vragen om alternatieve scenario’s en formules uit te werken met het oog op een mogelijke veilige hervatting in januari 2021.