2018–19 Serie A1 (men's water polo) explained

Competition:Serie A1
Season:2018–19
Winners:Pro Recco (33rd title)
Relegated:Bogliasco Bene
Nuoto Catania
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Pro Recco
AN Brescia
Sport Management
Continentalcup2:Euro Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:CN Posillipo
CC Ortigia
League Topscorer:Stefano Luongo
(81 goals)
Prevseason:2017–18
Nextseason:2019–20

The 2018–19 Serie A1 is the 100th season of the Serie A1, Italy's premier Water polo league.

Team information

The following 14 clubs compete in the Serie A1 during the 2018–19 season:

bgcolor=dodgerblue align="center" colspan="17"Serie A1
TeamCityPoolFoundedColours
AN BresciaBresciaCentro natatorio Mompiano
BogliascoBogliascoStadio del nuoto Gianni Vassallo
CanottieriNaplesPiscina Circolo Canottieri Napoli
CataniaCataniaPiscina Comunale "F. Scuderi"
FlorentiaFlorencePiscina Goffredo Nannini
LazioRomeStadio Olimpico del Nuoto
OrtigliaSyracusePiscina Paolo Caldarella
PosillipoNaplesPiscina "Alba Oriens"
Pro ReccoReccoPiscina Comunale
QuintoGenoaStadio del Nuoto di Albaro
RomaRomeStadio Olimpico del Nuoto
SavonaSavonaPiscina Carlo Zanelli
Sport ManagementBusto ArsizioPiscine Manara
TriesteTriestePolo Natatorio "Bruno Bianchi"

Regular season

TeamPldWDLGFGADiffPtsQualificationHead-to-head
1 26 25 0 1 347 155 +192 75 Qualification for the Playoffs
2 26 24 0 2 399 135 +264 72
3 26 22 0 4 337 185 +152 66
4 26 13 4 9 232 215 +17 43
5 26 11 2 13 212 246 −34 35
6 26 11 1 14 210 231 −21 34
7 26 10 1 15 189 279 −90 31 LAZ: 15 pts
QUI: 7 pts
FLO: 6 pts
SAV: 4 pts
8 26 10 1 15 199 255 −56 31
9 26 10 1 15 212 258 −46 31
1026 9 4 13 154 225 −71 31
1126 9 2 15 207 264 −57 29
1226 9 1 17 217 291 −74 27
1326 5 1 20 194 274 −80 16 BOG - CAT: 17–11
CAT - BOG: 15–9
1426 5 1 20 191 287 −96 16
Pld - Played; W - Won; D - Drawn; L - Lost; GF - Goals for; GA - Goals against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.

Playoffs

The final six was held on 23–26 May 2019 at the Bruno Bianchi Swimming Stadium in Trieste.

Semi-finals

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Final

Final standings

width=25TeamQualification or Relegation
Pro Recco Champions League preliminary round
Champions League second qualifying round
Champions League first qualifying round
4Euro Cup first qualifying round
5 CC Ortigia
6 AS Roma Nuoto

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

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RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Stefano Luongo Sport Management81
2 Pietro Figlioli AN Brescia67
3 Gonzalo Echenique Pro Recco59
Aleksandar Ivović Pro Recco59
5 Steven Camilleri Roma54
6 Francesco Di Fulvio Pro Recco53
7 Robin Lindhout Quinto48
8 Giacomo Lanzoni Bogliasco47
Eduardo Campopiano CC Napoli47
10 Draško Gogov Trieste45

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Federnuoto.it. federnuoto.it. it. 2019-06-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20190328061704/https://www.federnuoto.it/home/pallanuoto/campionato-a1-maschile/regular-season.html. 2019-03-28. dead.