The year has only just started, but the first sports competitions of 2024 are already being played. The orange ladies and men start their European Championship matches in water polo (with Zaanse input), the selections of KZ, Groen Geel and men’s selections of the water polo clubs will be in action again this weekend.
A cup match is scheduled for Wednesday for the volleyball players (m) of VV Zaanstad. There is also badminton on Sunday.
This is the sports agenda for January 6, 7 and 10.
European Water Polo Championships for women and men with Zaanse input
The European Water Polo European Championships will start from Friday 5 January in both Eindhoven (women) and Croatia (Dubrovnik and Zagreb / men). The ladies play in Eindhoven with no fewer than three players trained by Zv de Zaan. The sisters Bente and Lieke Rogge and goalkeeper Britt van den Dobbelsteen have been selected by trainer/coach Evangelos Doudesis to defend the colors of the Netherlands.
Last summer, the Dutch team unexpectedly claimed the world title in Japan by beating Spain via penalties in a super exciting final. Expectations are therefore high for Orange. The Netherlands is divided into Hungary, Croatia and Greece.
The match will be played against Croatia on Friday at 7 p.m. Hungary follows on Saturday and Greece awaits on Sunday. The first two teams advance directly to the quarter-finals. The last two teams play an intermediate round before the quarter-finals. A total of 16 national teams are participating in the European Championships.
The Dutch team has already qualified for the World Cup (February) and the Olympic Games (August).
The tournament in Eindhoven ends on January 13.
ZV de Zaan goalkeeper Ted Huijsmans defends the colors of the Dutch team in Croatia.
National coach Harry van der Meer must ensure that his team finishes in the first two places in the group with Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia in order to maintain a top-8 ranking, which means that qualification for the World Cup (later in the year) is in sight. stays. The last matches for the men will be played on January 16.
Zaanse orange ladies Bente Rogge, Britt van den Dobbelsteen and Lieke Rogge. (Photo: van den Dobbelsteen family)
Saturday January 6
Korfball (Room)
The selections of KZ and Groen Geel will be in action in round seven of the Korfball League.
Koog-Zaandijk opens the new year at home as number 4 in the standings against the surprising leader LDODK from Friesland.
Groen Geel travels to Capelle aan den IJssel at the bottom (1 point) for a match against KCC, which is one spot higher with two points.
The other divisions will be at a standstill for another week.
MatchTime Korfball LeagueKCC – Groen Geel19.00KZ – LDODK20.00 Selection KZ korfball 2023-2024
Water polo
The winter cup is an interim competition that is played without internationals. This is to fill the period in which European Championship matches are played. All matches will be played on Saturday in the Inge de Bruijn swimming pool in Barendrecht.
MatchTimeWintercup menZV de Zaan – ZPB14.00ZVL 1886 – ZV de Ham15.30
Sunday January 7
Badminton
Matchpoint selection 1 plays at home on Sunday in the De Koog sports center.
MatchTime4th division division 7Matchpoint – Duinwijck10.00
Wednesday January 10
Volley-ball
The gentlemen of VV Zaanstad play for the cup. The opponent from Nijmegen will come to Koog aan de Zaan on Wednesday evening. The teams are competing for a place in the quarter-finals of the cup tournament.
MatchTimeCup 1/8th final menMerkala Zaanstad h1 – VoCASA20.30
Water polo
Sunday’s matches will be played in the Crommenije swimming pool in Krommenie.
MatchTimeWinter Cup menZV de Zaan – PSV15.00ZPB – ZV de Ham18.30
Door Edwin Kleiss.
2024-01-05 12:44:08
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