Regional Water Polo League

Regional Water Polo League
Official logo
SportWater polo
Founded2008; 16 years ago (2008)
No. of teams12
Country Croatia
 Montenegro
 Serbia
 Slovenia
 Italy (former)
ContinentLEN (Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)
Novi Beograd (2nd title)
(2023–24)
Most titlesJug (5 titles)
TV partner(s)Arena Sport
Level on pyramid1
Domestic cup(s)No
Official websiterwp-league.com

The Regional Water Polo League (abbr. RWP), commonly known as the Regional League or Adriatic League, is a regional water polo league in Southeast Europe. Originally, the league featured clubs from Croatia, Montenegro, and Slovenia. In later years, clubs from Serbia joined the league and in one season club from Italy participated in the league.

History

The league was established in 2008 as the "Adriatic Water Polo League" and the inaugural 2008–09 season consisted of clubs from Croatia, Montenegro and Slovenia. Members of the inaugural season were Jug, Mladost, Primorje, POŠK, Jadran Split, Medveščak Zagreb, Šibenik, Mornar, Jadran, Primorac, Budva, and Koper. The first league champions were VK Jug.

In the 2009–10 season, Cattaro joined the league and the Final Four was introduced into the league. In the 2011–12 season, the Italian water polo club Pro Recco request to join the Adriatic League was granted and immediately in their first season they became champions, but left the league after the season. The Serbian clubs (Partizan, Crvena zvezda, Radnički and Vojvodina) joined the league in the 2014–15 season.[1]

Starting from the 2015–16 season, second-tier Regional League A2 was introduced.[2]

In February 2019, three team members of Serbian club Crvena zvezda were attacked in Split by Croatian ultra-nationalists, before regional league game against Mornar.[3] The incident was condemned by Croatian and Serbian public, and by many organizations and officials as well.[4] Following the incident, the Water Polo Federation of Serbia and Serbian clubs in competition sought to not play any further games in Split, and competition's Board of Directors made a decision to postpone any further games in Split in which Serbian clubs are included.[5]

Starting with the 2020–21 season, the league is played in different format due to the COVID-19 pandemic, having two groups (2020–21 season with host cities being Belgrade and Dubrovnik, and 2021–22 season with host cities Belgrade and Split) and final tournament (2020–21 host being Zagreb, and 2021–22 host being Belgrade);[6] In 2020–21 season, the Serbian club Radnički eventually won their first championship, thus ending 8-year dominance of the Croatian clubs. In 2021–22 season, the newcomer to the competition, Novi Beograd, lifted its maiden trophy.[7]

Current clubs

Location of clubs in the 2024–25 season.
Red: Regional Water Polo League Clubs

Clubs that participate in the 2024–25 season:

Regional Water Polo League
Club City
Croatia Jug Dubrovnik
Croatia Mladost Zagreb
Montenegro Jadran Herceg Novi
Serbia Šabac Šabac
Serbia Novi Beograd Belgrade
Serbia Valis Valjevo
Serbia Radnički Kragujevac
Croatia Jadran Split
Serbia Crvena zvezda Belgrade
Croatia Solaris Šibenik
Croatia Primorje Rijeka
Montenegro Primorac Kotor

All-time participants

The following is a list of clubs who have played in the Regional Water Polo League at any time since its formation in 2008 to the current season. A total of 22 clubs from five countries have played in the top-tier of the Regional League.

Played in second-tier division (established 2015–16)
1st Champions
2nd Runners-up
3rd Third place
SF Semi-finalists
R Regular season champions
Club 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Total
seasons
Highest
finish
Slovenia Branik Maribor 12th 15th 2 12th
Montenegro Budva 5th 5th 5th 7th 4th 6th 11th 7th 9th 8th 12th 13th 12 4th
Montenegro Cattaro 6th 12th 2 6th
Serbia Crvena zvezda 8th 10th 7th 5th 5th 6th 6th 5th 8 5th
Croatia Jadran Split 9th 10th 10th 12th 7th 9th 12th 8th SF SF SF 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 15 2nd
Montenegro Jadran Herceg Novi 2nd 1st 1st 5th 8th SF 5th SF 2nd SF SF SF 6th 5th 8th 4th 16 1st
Croatia Jug 1st 2ndR 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1stR 1stR 1stR 2nd 2nd 2ndR 3rd 1st 3rd 16 1st
Slovenia Koper 10th 13th 8th 11th 4 8th
Croatia Medveščak 11th 11th 9th 9th 10th 10th 14th 7 9th
Croatia Mladost 4th 4th 4th 4th 3rd 3rd SF SF SF 2nd 1stR 1stR 4th 9th 5th 9th 16 1st
Croatia Mornar 8th 8th 7th 6th 5th 5th 7th 6th 6th 5th 6th 10th 12th 10th 11th 15 5th
Serbia Novi Beograd 1stR SFR 1stR 3 1st
Serbia Partizan 6th 5th SF 6th 9th 9th 10th 7th 9th 12th 10 SF
Croatia POŠK 12th 12th 13th 8th 6th 8th 10th 9th 7th 10th 10 6th
Montenegro Primorac 3rd 3rd 6th 10th 9th 7th 13th 8th 8th 6th 9th 8th 12th 13 3rd
Croatia Primorje 7th 7th 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 1stR 2nd 5th 10th 11th 7th 12 1st
Italy Pro Recco 1st 1 1st
Serbia Radnički SF 7th 1st 4th SF 6th 6 1st
Croatia Solaris 8th 10th 11th 8th 4 8th
Serbia Šabac 5th 7th 7th 11th 7th 10th 6 5th
Croatia Šibenik 6th 9th 11th 13th 12th 11th 6 6th
Slovenia Triglav Kranj 11th 1 11th
Serbia Vojvodina 9th 8th 9th 3 8th

Finals

Season[8] Champions Runners-up Result 1st of Regular Season
2008–09
Croatia Jug Montenegro Jadran
note
Croatia Jug
2009–10
Montenegro Jadran Croatia Jug
11–8
Croatia Jug (2)
2010–11
Montenegro Jadran (2) Croatia Jug
9–7
Montenegro Jadran
2011–12
Italy Pro Recco Croatia Primorje
15–4
Italy Pro Recco
2012–13
Croatia Primorje Croatia Jug
9–8
Croatia Primorje
2013–14
Croatia Primorje (2) Croatia Jug
8–7
Croatia Primorje (2)
2014–15
Croatia Primorje (3) Croatia Jug
15–9
Croatia Primorje (3)
2015–16
Croatia Jug (2) Croatia Primorje
9–5
Croatia Jug (3)
2016–17
Croatia Jug (3) Montenegro Jadran
15–3
Croatia Jug (4)
2017–18
Croatia Jug (4) Croatia Mladost
15–8
Croatia Jug (5)
2018–19
Croatia Mladost Croatia Jug
13–12
Croatia Mladost
2019–20
Croatia Mladost (2) Croatia Jug
15–11
Croatia Jug (6)
2020–21
Serbia Radnički Croatia Jug
14–12
Croatia Jug (7)
2021–22
Serbia Novi Beograd Croatia Jadran Split
14–11
Serbia Novi Beograd
2022–23
Croatia Jug (5) Croatia Jadran Split
14–12
Serbia Novi Beograd (2)
2023–24
Serbia Novi Beograd (2) Croatia Jadran Split
16–14
Serbia Novi Beograd (3)

note The league was played in a round-robin tournament format.

Awards

Season[9] MVP Top Scorer
2008–09 Montenegro Aleksandar Ivović (Jadran)
2009–10 Montenegro Aleksandar Ivović (Jadran)
2010–11 Hungary Denes Varga (Primorje Rijeka) Hungary Denes Varga (Primorje Rijeka)
Croatia Sandro Sukno (Primorje Rijeka)
2011–12 Serbia Filip Filipović (Pro Recco) Montenegro Darko Brguljan (Budva)
2012–13 Croatia Sandro Sukno (Primorje Rijeka) Montenegro Aleksandar Ivović (Jug)
2013–14 Croatia Paulo Obradović (Primorje Rijeka) Hungary Denes Varga (Primorje Rijeka)
2014–15 Croatia Sandro Sukno (Primorje Rijeka)
2015–16 Spain Felipe Perrone (Jug)
2016–17 Croatia Luka Loncar (Jug) Croatia Paulo Obradović (Jug)
2017–18 Croatia Marko Macan (Jug) Croatia Luka Bukić (Jug)
2018–19 Romania Cosmin Radu (Mladost) Russia Daniil Merkulov (Jug)
2019–20 Croatia Luka Bukić (Mladost)
2020–21 Serbia Lazar Dobožanov (Radnički) Russia Daniil Merkulov (Jug)
2021–22 Serbia Duško Pijetlović (Novi Beograd) Serbia Nikola Lukić (Radnički)
2022–23 Croatia Toni Popadić (Jug) Croatia Loren Fatovic (Jug)
2023–24 Spain Álvaro Granados (Novi Beograd)

Records and statistics

Performance by clubs

Club Winners Runners-up Years won Years runners-up
Croatia Jug 5 8 2008–09, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2022–23 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
Croatia Primorje 3 2 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 2011–12, 2015–16
Montenegro Jadran 2 2 2009–10, 2010–11 2008–09, 2016–17
Croatia Mladost 2 1 2018–19, 2019–20 2017–18
Serbia Novi Beograd 2 0 2021–22, 2023–24
Italy Pro Recco 1 0 2011–12
Serbia Radnički 1 0 2020–21
Croatia Jadran Split 0 3 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24

By country

Club / Nation Won Runners-up
 Croatia
10
14
 Serbia
3
0
 Montenegro
2
2
 Italy
1
0

References

  1. ^ "Predstavljena nova regionalna vaterpolo liga". dnevnik.hr (in Croatian). 5 September 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Regionalna liga od 25.septembra". waterpoloserbia.org (in Serbian). 26 August 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Serbian water polo team attacked in Croatia". washingtonpost.com. Associated Press. 9 February 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Srbi sazvali izvanrednu konferenciju zbog napada u Splitu, HVS i HOO najoštrije osudili izgred". dnevnik.hr (in Croatian). 9 February 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  5. ^ "ODRŽANA SEDNICA UO REGIONALNE LIGE: Mornar ne snosi odgovornost za napad, utakmice sa splitskim klubovima se odlažu do daljnjeg". novosti.rs (in Serbian). Tanjug. 18 February 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Regionalna vaterpolo liga počinje u januaru: Beograd i Dubrovnik domaćini polufinalnih turnira". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 21 December 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Novi Beograd šampion Regionalne lige, prvi trofej u klupskoj istoriji!". regionalnavaterpololiga.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Regionalna vaterpolo liga". www.rwp-league.com. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Regionalna vaterpolo liga". www.rwp-league.com. Retrieved 8 March 2022.

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