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Belgium Super League 5th round

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 3rd 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.

Nicolas Goffin (here seen against RDM) scored 4 goals this weekend.

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)

 

Belgium Super League: Fourth round

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

Despite 3 goals from Jonas Trenson (MZV), RDM took an easy win (18-6) Credits: rudy Dekeyser

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 4th 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.

Belgium Super league: third round

Super League third round: Kortrijk stays leader, Mouscron beats Mechelen.

Both Kortrijk and Tournai won their third-round game, resulting in keeping the maximum of 9 points. Antwerpen had an easy night against Tielt with a 9-20 win and La Louvière was able to book their second win with an 8-14 victory against Leuven. The top game was Mouscron-Mechelen, where two title contestants were looking each other in the eyes. It ended in a 10-8 victory for the home team. Read all about it below!

ROSC Oostende – KWK Kortrijk

Kortrijk opened a 0-2 lead, but Oostende came back to 2-3. 18 seconds before the end of the first quarter, current top scorer Niels Van der Linden netted the 2-4. Two quick goals of Michiel D’hooghe, who also scored the 0-1 resulted in a 2-6 lead. The two top scorers of the Super League managed 15 goals each so far. Kortrijk managed 4 more goals in the second quarter, Oostende netted two, resulting in 4-10 halfway. Oostende didn’t manage to score in the second half of the game. Kortrijk scored another 6 goals in the third and the fourth quarter, leading to a 4-22 final standing. Michiel scored one more in the third quarter, Niels managed to score one in the third quarter and 2 more in the final quarter, keeping his top spot in top scorer standing with 18 goals.

Final score: 4-22 (2-4, 2-6, 0-6, 0-6)

Goal scorers Oostende:

Bram Verschelde (2), Pepijn Wallijn (1), Tom Callebaut (1)

Goal scorers Kortrijk:

Niels Van der Linden (4), Michiel D’hooghe (4),  Jan Nel (3), Samy Labreg (3), Robin Claeys (3), Ward Gheysen (2), Tom Nel (1), Louis Brodeur (1), Florian Iordan (1)

 

CNT Tournai – Wase WZK

We know Wase would have a very difficult season, with a lot of players who have left the team. If you play against Tournai who wants to take a third win in a row, there might be trouble ahead. Tournai won the first quarter with 5-0. The second and third quarter went to CNT with 3-0, resulting in 11-0 after three quarters. WZK didn’t manage to score, Tournai netted another four in the last quarter. Mael leseney (6) and Bastien Brismee (3) scored 9 of the 15 goals in total.

Final score: 15-0 (5-0, 3-0,3-0, 4-0)

Goal scorers Tournai:

Mael leseney (6), Bastien Brismee (3), Alexandre Kubat (1), Justin Kubat (1), Jules Keunebrock (1), Albert Minet (1), Hector Droulez (1), Sandor Hibrek (1)

 

Tielt TZK – KAZSC Antwerpen

KAZSC was looking to snatch up a win after the draw against Mouscron in the previous round. However, it was Mike Gadeyne for TZK who opened the score. KAZSC scored three times, but Mike was having a good night, always keeping TZK within the one goal marge, scoring the 2-3 and 3-4. Pieterjan D’hooghe scored the 3-5 with only 30 seconds left. In the second quarter Antwerpen quickly extended their lead with 3 goals. The 4-8 was scored by who else than Mike. If there was any doubt left of who would win the game, KAZSC took it away in the third quarter with a 2-7 standing. In the fourth quarter Jay Van Hoey scored three more goals, resulting in 6 goals, the same as Mike Gadeyne. Also notable is the performance of two youngsters: Pieterjan D’hooghe (3) and Luka Pannecoucke (4) managed to score quiet some goals, in still their first season for KAZSC.

 

Final Score: 9-20 (3-5, 1-3, 2-7, 2-5)

Goal scorers Tielt:

Mike Gadeyne (6), Brent Wyffels (2), Sebastien De Ruyck (1)

Goal scorers Antwerpen:

Jay Van Hoey (6), Luka Pannecoucke (4), Pieterjan D’hooghe (3), Bruno Martins Patiño (2), Nick Poelmans (2), Kevin Vervoort (2), Elko Van den Broucke (1)

 

RDM Mouscron – RSCM Mechelen

The top game of the 3rd round was between Mouscron and Mechelen. Both teams are contestants for the title and were looking to stay a top undefeated.

The game started rather disastrous for Mechelen, looking at a 3-goal lead for RDM after the first quarter. In the beginning of the 2nd quarter was Mechelen still unable to respond to the counter plays from Mouscron. At a certain moment, Mouscron had a 7-1 lead over Mechelen and the game looked like it was already over. By the end of the 2nd quarter Mechelen finally started to find their rhythm and were able to come back to 7-3. That come back was pushed through in the 3rd quarter as well, but every time Mechelen found the net for a 2 goal difference, Mouscron was able to score again to keep the 3 goal lead. In the last quarter it looked like Mechelen was gaining the upper hand and got the opportunities to go for the equalizer, but mistakes on crucial moments in front of goal ensured the victory for RDM and a 10-8 final score.

Nathan Quoirez (RDM) scored 4 goals against Mechelen (©️rudy Dekeyser)

 

Final Score: 10-8 (3-0, 4-3, 3-4, 0-1)

Goal scorers Mouscron:

Nathan Quoirez 4, Rostyslav Naumchyk 2, Alexander Grman 2, Julien Donche 1, Hiliane Zaoui 1.

Goal scorers Mechelen:

Nikola Pavlicevic 2, Vladyslav Dulin 2, Sven Publie 1, Sammy Claes 1, Arne Mannaerts 1, Gerry Junior Verschuren 1.

 

Leuven Aquatics – ENL La Louvière

After 2 losses, Leuven was still looking for their first points this season. It looked for a while that they would keep the three points at home on Saturday. After 2 quarters it was still a close game against La Louvière, which is the stronger team on paper, with a 5-5 standing. In the 3rd quarter ENL was able to break through for the first time and take the lead, 6-8. In the last quarter Leuven still didn’t give in and halfway through, Lukas dekeyser was able to close the gap again with his 3rd goal of the evening. 8-9. Unfortunately for Leuven, after that Numa Matthys and Tanguy Godeau had enough of it and stepped on the gas pedal, scoring 3 and 2 goals respectively to finish the game with an 8-14 score.

Final Score: 8-14 (2-1, 3-4, 1-3, 2-6)

Goal scorers Leuven:

Lukas Dekeyser 3, Joris Leemen 2, Ben Vandoren 2, Steffen Claes 1.

Goal scorers La Louvière:

Numa Matthys 6, Tanguy Godeau 3, Logan Vitrant 2, Julien Vreux 1, Alexandre Bouche 1, Yannick leemans 1.

Belgium Super league: second round

Antwerp and Mouscron share points. Kortrijk takes the lead.

 

The second round had some promising fixture, with Antwerpen facing Mouscron and Mechelen playing their first game of the new season against Eeklo. Kortrijk would be looking to keep the maximum of points facing Wase while La louvière played their first home game against Tielt. Read all about the second round below:

 

KWK Kortrijk – Wase WZK

Kortrijk played their first home game of the new season against Wase. It was a slow start of the game, with Jan Nel scoring the first goal halfway the first quarter, quickly equalized by Bob D’eer. After that, KWK shifted not one, but two gears higher and never looked back. In the last three minutes of the first quarter, KWK managed to score four more goals, resulting in a 5-1 lead. After that, Michiel D’hooghe and Niels Van der Linden were battling out who would be at the top of the goal scorer table. Both players managed 6 goals in the first game against Leuven. Michiel scored another 6 goals against Wase, Niels netted 8, resulting in being the current leader with a total of 14 goals.

Final result: 22-5 (5-1, 6-1, 5-3, 6-0)

Goal scorers Kortrijk: Niels Van der Linden (8), Michiel D’Hooghe (6), Jan Nel (2), Robin Claeys (2), Louis Brodeur (1), Florian Iordan (1), Ward Gheysen (1), Younos Chedad (1)

Goal scorers Wase: Bob D’Haeseleer (1), Stijn Jansseune (1), Paul Ariza (1), Thomas D’Hooghe (1), Bob D’Eer (1)

 

ENL La Louvière – TZK Tielt

After the loss against Mouscron, ENL was looking for a first victory this season. Logan Vitrant and Numa Matthys scored quickly, resulting in a 2-0 lead after two minutes. After that, there was not much action, Numa scored the 3-0 and Tielt scored their first goal with only 5 seconds to spare. Both teams scored quickly in the beginning of the second quarter. The last minute before half time was the big Tanguy Godeau show, scoring 3 goals in just over a minute. ENL and TZK were both able to net two goals in the third quarter, resulting in a 9-4 stand after three times. A lot of faults were committed in the fourth quarter. Julien Vreux found the net twice, resulting in the 11-4 final standing.

Final Result: 11-4 (3-1, 4-1, 2-2, 2-0)

Goal scorers La louvière: Tanguy Godeau (4), Numa Matthys (3), Logan Vitrant (2), Julien Vreux (2)

Goal scorers Tielt: Brent Wyffels (1), Mick Gadeyne (1), Herbert De Grande (1), Stan Callewaert (1)

 

RSC Mechelen – MZV Eeklo

Mechelen started their season 1 week later because of the uneven teams in the Belgian Super league. 1 team is by every competition round.

Mechelen had not too much troubles with MZV, cruising to a deserved victory . The team from Eeklo tried to hold on and made it a game worth following during the first 2 quarters. But they never got any closer than a 3 goal difference (8-5). In the second half Mechelen continued to widen the gap and eventually won relatively easy. (23-10)

Final result: 23-10 (5-2, 5-3, 7-3, 6-2)

Goals RSCM: Sven Publie 5, William Wittevrongel 3, Sammy Claes 3, Vladyslav Dulin 3, Arne Mannaerts 3, Junior Verschuren 2, Andres D’Hooghe 2, Simon Van der jeugt 1, Sepp Verstraeten 1.

Goals MZV: Tuur Damman 3, Jonas Trenson 3, Nathan Delmeire 2, Warre Basslé 1, Jente Dondeyne 1.

 

Antwerp – Mouscron

The game of the weekend was between AZSC and RDM. Both teams had serious ambitions at the beginning of the season, and this was the first real test for both teams. In a full Wezenberg stadium both teams struggled to score goals. Antwerp controlled the game for 3 quarters and had a lead of 3 goals (5-2) halfway the 3rd. Mostly thanks to man of the match and goalie, Dries Stoot, who was able to block 2 penalties. The drama unfolded in the last quarter, where Mouscron got back in the game and Alexander Grman scored the 5-6 at 23 seconds from the end. AZSC had to play all or nothing at this point and went in with the goalie as an extra man. Elko Van den Broucke was the free man, but his first shot was blocked by the goalkeeper. Now with only 9 seconds left on the clock and still with a 7 on 6 situation, the corner ball was played again to Elko, and this time the home crowd exploded as he scored the 6-6.

Final result: 6-6 ( 1-1, 2-1, 2-1, 1-3)

Goal scorers AZSC: Jay Van Hoey 3, Bruno Martins, 2, Elko Van den Broucke 1.

Goal scorers RDM: Rostyslav Naumchyk 2, Alexander Grman 1, Nathan Quoirez 1, Julien Donche 1, Amir Dedhari 1.

« Jay Van Hoey » from AZSC scored 3 goals vs RDM last weekend. – © Foto’s Alain

 

Tournai – Leuven

Due to technical difficulties we’re not able to consult the digital score sheet.

Final result: 13-4

Preview Super league and first round results

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 10th 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 2nd of the day. This quarter it was Tuur Damman who was able to find the net again for MZV.

The 3rd quarter looked promising for a moment for MZV. Tuur Damman scored his 2nd of the day for 8-3 and although Jay Van Hoey scored his 2nd 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 3rd 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

 

 

 

 

WP droit d’inscription et provision frais arbitres

Suite à la demande de plusieurs clubs de water-polo, l’Organe d’Administration de la Fédération Royale Belge de Natation a décidé le mardi 16 février 2021 de rembourser intégralement tous les droits d’inscriptions payés ainsi que le solde (positif) des provisions pour frais d’arbitres, relatifs à la saison water-polo 2020-2021, aux clubs de water-polo en question.

De cette manière, on pourra démarrer en juin 2021 la prochaine saison de water-polo 2021-2022 avec un bilan (financier) vierge et les clubs de water-polo concernés récupèrent la totalité de leurs sommes payées.

Cours Arbitres WP

Appel et information sur les cours (online) pour arbitres de water-polo organisés par la Commission Centrale des Arbitres FRBN:

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UPDATE Communication clubs * Saison WP 2020-2021

Sur recommandation de la Commission Sportive Nationale Water-polo et suite à plusieurs concertations digitales avec les clubs de water-polo, l’Organe d’Administration de la Fédération Royale Belge de Natation a décidé le mardi 2 février 2021 de cesser définitivement toutes les compétitions nationales et tous les Championnats de Belgique WP dans toutes les divisions et catégories d’âge de la saison water-polo 2020-2021.

Vu la disponibilité difficile des piscines ainsi que le manque d’activités normales (à savoir entraînements et préparation sportive), il n’est plus opportun et faisable de préparer ou d’organiser encore des compétitions nationales officielles de water-polo sur un pied d’égalité et de manière équivalente.

Dès que les mesures COVID-19 le permettraient, la FRBN conseille toutefois d’organiser encore – dans la mesure du possible – des tournois et des matches amicaux de commun accord entre les clubs de water-polo, afin de maintenir l’engagement parmi les clubs et dans le sport de water-polo.

Finalement il a été décidé de transférer les droits d’inscriptions pour la saison de water-polo 2020-2021, déjà payées par la plupart des clubs, à la prochaine saison 2021-2022 (idem quant aux provisions relatives aux frais d’arbitrage).

Nous sommes toutefois plein d’espoir de pouvoir entamer à partir du 1 juin 2021 les préparations habituelles relatives à la prochaine saison de water-polo 2021-2022.

Daniël MOTTON,                                             Denis LEEMANS,

Président FRBN.                                           Président CSWP Nationale.

Communication clubs * Saison WP 2020-2021

Ce jeudi 17 décembre 2020 s’est tenue une réunion en vidéoconférence à l’initiative de la Commission Sportive Waterpolo. Elle regroupait l’ensemble des clubs qui avait préalablement reçu un questionnaire afin de connaître leurs positions sur une éventuelle suite de la compétition. Au vu de la situation actuelle et de l’évolution incertaine de la pandémie de la COVID-19, la seule décision qui été prise est de se revoir dans la 2e quinzaine de janvier pour envisager la suite. Toutefois, la CSWP a tenu à rassurer l’ensemble des clubs en leur certifiant qu’aucune pression ne leur serait mise. Le choix de participer à une éventuelle reprise de compétition sera laissé au libre choix des clubs. En cas de non-participation, aucun forfait, aucune amende, aucune rétrogradation ne sera imposée.

La volonté de la CSWP reste de pouvoir organiser une compétition. Pour que celle-ci soit équitable, chaque club devra avoir bénéficié d’une période identique de préparation (disponibilité de piscines). À ce titre, le dernier mot revient aux pouvoirs locaux qui restent seuls décideurs de rouvrir leur piscine ou non.

En plus, lors de sa séance dd. 15 décembre 2020 l’Organe d’Administration de la FRBN a décidé à titre exceptionnel de ne pas facturer aux clubs les droits de participation par joueur individuel relatifs à la saison WP 2020-2021. Par contre, quant aux amendes réglementaires pour manque d’arbitres requis (saison 2020-2021), la moitié de ces amendes seront bien facturées début février 2021 au moment où on envisage de redémarrer les championnats.

Daniël MOTTON, Président FRBN.                                                 

Denis LEEMANS, Président CSWP Nationale.                        

UPDATE URGENT Covid-19

Lors d’une séance d’urgence dd. samedi 24 octobre 2020 le Conseil d’Administration de la Fédération Royale Belge de Natation a pris quelques nouvelles décisions et/ou mesures adaptées sur les divers Championnats de Belgique de l’année 2020, suite aux récentes arrêtés et dispositions du Comité de concertation et de la Communauté Française de Belgique.

WATER-POLO

  • suspension de toutes compétitions nationales de water-polo de la saison 2020-2021 en cours jusqu’au 31 décembre 2020, y compris les catégories d’âge U11 et U13.
  • le Conseil d’Administration demande à la Commission Sportive Nationale de Water-polo d’élaborer des scénarios et formules alternatives dans la perspective d’une possible reprise en toute sécurité en janvier 2021.