Partizan beaten in Kotor, Novi Beograd wins in Budva in round 3 of the Regional League

Partizan’s water polo players suffered a narrow defeat in Kotor, going down 16:15 (4:2, 5:4, 5:4, 2:5) to Primorac in the third round of the water polo Regional League, as Nova.rs reports.

For Partizan, Kosta Bodiroga, Miljan Đokanović, Aleksandar Kovačević and Goran Grgurević stood out with three goals each — but as Nova.rs notes, although the Belgrade side narrowed the gap considerably late in the game, it ran out of time to turn the result around.

Primorac’s stars were Đuro Radović with six goals and Balša Vučković with five. The Kotor club now has three points and sits seventh in the standings, while Partizan remains tenth with just one point.

In the other game, Novi Beograd won 16:14 (5:4, 3:6, 3:4, 3:2) away to Budva, Nova.rs reports. Vasilije Martinović led the winners with five goals and Nikola Kojić added four, while for Budva, Marko Mršić and Đorđije Stanojević scored three goals each.

With this win, Novi Beograd holds maximum points — nine — and sits second in the standings, while Budva is fifth with five points. In the next round, Novi Beograd hosts Vojvodina, while Budva travels to face Valis in Valjevo.

In the round’s other results, as Nova.rs reports, Jadran of Herceg Novi thrashed Zemun 30:9, Šabac beat Nais 14:11 in Niš, and Budućnost defeated Vojvodina 18:4 in Podgorica.