Veterans of Water Polo — 2018 European Masters Championships, Slovenia – Day One

More than 5,000 participants in the historical ‘all-in’ edition

For the first time in its history, the European Masters Championships will welcome the continent’s top Masters athletes in all five disciplines. More than 5,000 participants will compete in four cities in the next two weeks.

The story began 31 years ago when Blackpool (GBR) hosted the first edition of the European Masters Championships in aquatics. Until 2013 every odd year welcomed the Masters’ community members in different cities, including Kranj in 2007.

After a little more than a decade – and a switch in the calendar which pushed the event to even years – Slovenia welcomes back the Masters, this time facing with a huge task as the organizers offered to stage the competitions of all five disciplines. Usually, the water polo meet was a stand-alone event, but now all aquatics-loving Masters athletes are heading to Slovenia to compete for the medals in the different age categories.

According to the entries, more than 5,000 participants are to show their very best – 2,787 in swimming, 225 in artistic swimming, 79 in diving, 882 in water polo and 1104 in the open water swimming.

The water polo event will take place in Kranj, and it will last six days.

Day One Results

Playground 1

(M30+) 09:00 BVSC Heavy Tools8
 Uerdingen Masters WPC2

(M30+) 10:00 VAC Senso Media4
 Somovi4

(M30+) 11:00 Neptun VSC4
 CWK Stari AS4

(M35+) 12:00 ESE Masters5
 Jadran Veterani9

(M35+) 14:00 Real Canoe NC Madrid6
 Campos de Deportes Larraina6

(M40+) 15:00 OSC KFT13
 SK Decin3

(M40+) 16:00 Somovi3
 VVK Magla 197512

(M40+) 17:00 Europa Sporting Roma6
 SCV Cannstatt3

(M60+) 18:00 Europa Sporting Roma8
 Oazis12

Playground 2

(M45+) 09:00 Real Canoe NC Madrid6
 Budai Ltd.3

(M45+) 10:00 Veteran 70 Split9
 BVSC Heavy Tools3

(M45+) 11:00 YBL Octopus13
 Helsingfors Simsallskap2

(M45+) 12:00 ESE Masters5
 Dubrovacki Veterani13

(M70+) 14:00 SV Poseidon Hamburg3
 SV Canstatt5

(M60+) 15:00 Nuoto 2000 Napoli5
 HSC de Robben7

(M60+) 16:00 Europa Sporting Roma6
 SV Canstatt3

(M65+) 17:00 SC Kalev Talinn4
 KVP H2O Piestany3

(M65+) 18:00 SV Dusseldorf 18985
 SV Canstatt2

Playground 3

(W30+) 09:00 City of Sheffield3
 Budakalaszi SC12

(W30+) 10:00 SIS Roma9
 Russia 30+8

(W30+) 11:00 ETV Hamburg6
 Rose Buds Masters WPC4

(W34/45+) 12:00 English Roses WPC 3
 Stepp Prague8

(M55+) 14:00 Helsingfors Simsallskap3
 SV Canstatt7

(M55+) 15:00 Campos de Deportes Larraina6
 Old Boys Stepp Prague2

(M50+) 16:00 Ukrainian Veterans9
 Europe Sporting Roma4

(M50+) 17:00 PZVK Stara Sava10
 Old Boys Stepp Prague4

(M50+) 18:00 Happy Hippos Budapest9
 BVSC Heavy Tools2