Eight tournaments across the Old Continent, 36 teams and 16 places in the water polo Eurocup...
Among the 36 teams that will fight for the group stage of the second-highest European competition through the qualifications, which start today, there are also two Montenegrin trump cards - Budva and Kataro.
These two teams returned to Europe after several years, and in order to play in the group stage of the Eurocup, they will have to go through a hellish journey...
Budva will host one of the tournaments, and will open it tonight from 19:35 against the easiest rival - Banjaluka, which Jadran recently defeated with a huge 3:XNUMX in the Champions League qualifiers.
Everything after that will be much more difficult, since the club from the pool "Dragan Trifunović" will fight against Valis from Valjevo, as well as European giants Breša and Honved, for the two places that lead to the group stage.
On the other hand, Kataro is already waiting for his toughest rival at the start - from 20:XNUMX Mladost from Zagreb, which is the host of the tournament on "na Sava".
"Žapci" brought back most of the Croatian national team members this season, but also disappointed in the Champions League qualifiers - in any case, they are absolute favorites against the team from Kotor.
Qatar's remaining opponents are Enka from Istanbul, Apollon from Greece and Sant Andreu from Spain.
Budva in the qualifications for the European Cup
Budva - Banja Luka (today, 19 p.m.)
Budva - Honved (Friday, 19 p.m.)
Budva - Valis (subota, 17h)
Budva - Breša (Sunday, 10 a.m.)
Qatar in the Eurocup qualifiers
Kataro - Mladost (today, 20 p.m.)
Kataro - Apollo (petak, 18h)
Kataro - Sant Andreu (subota, 12h)
Kataro - Enka (Saturday, 20pm)
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