2008-09 SEASON EUROPEAN CUP WITH JUG
Tony Azevedo and VK Jug are also involved in the on-going European
Cup.
Follow the action by clicking here of the EuroLeague website.
Here are the results below:
RESULT |
AZEVEDO GOALS |
NOTES |
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Record: 10 -4-1 |
26 |
Jug finished with
a Bronze Medal at the EuroCup Championships in May. Tony scored
four goals a piece in the Semifinals and Final Four round matches,
after scoring eight goals in the preliminaries. Jug opened up
with a perfect 5-0-0 record in round two behind 10 goals from
Azevedo. |
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EUROCUP ROUND TWO |
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DATE |
OPPONENT |
RESULT |
AZEVEDO GOALS |
NOTES |
| Record: 5-0-0 |
10 |
Perfect record
in round two. |
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10/16/08 |
v. Posillipo (Italy) |
W 17-10 |
2 |
Jug continued play in Group
G of the Second round in Duisberg, Germany by scoring five times
in the first and second periods, leading 10-7 at the break before
blowing it open in the second half, 7-3. |
10/17/08 |
v. Budvanska
Rivijera (Montenegro) |
W 14-8 |
0 |
Jug scored four goals in the
first and then blew open the game in the fourth period with
a 6-1 score in the final frame. Budvanska finished in second
place in the standings at the end of round two. |
10/18/08 |
at Duisberg
(Germany) |
W 18-5 |
5 |
Jug beat the hosts, Duisberg,
18-5 behind five goals from Azevedo. Jug, after a close first
period (4-3) opened up with a 5-0 run in the second period and
5-1 run in the third en route to their third-straight win. |
| 10/18/08 |
v. Olympic
Nice (France) |
W 17-3 |
1 |
Jug scored six goals in the
first period and cruise from there to remain undefeated in pool
play. |
| 10/19/08 |
v. WC Sintez
Kazan (Russia) |
W 12-8 |
2 |
Jug finished off pool play
with a perfect record (5-0), doubling a 2-1 lead to 4-2 at the
half, and creeping further ahead at 7-4 after three periods.
Jug now moves onto the Preliminaries. |
| EUROCUP
PRELIMINARIES |
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DATE |
OPPONENT |
RESULT |
AZEVEDO GOALS |
NOTES |
| Record: 3-2-1 |
8 |
Finished second
to Pro Recco (Italy) in the preliminary round, losing first
place on the final day to Recco. Still move onto Quarterfinals
with second place showing. |
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| 11/22/08 |
at ASD Pro
Recco (Italy) |
W 10-9 |
1 |
After a close first period
(3-3), a 2-0 score in the second frame proved to be the difference,
as each team traded goals in the third (3-3) , before Pro Recco
outscored Jug 3-2 in the fourth, as Jug held on for the win
in the first of six preliminary matches of four pools. Jug at
one point led 10-7. |
| 12/13/08 |
v. WC Shturm
(Russia) |
T 8-8 |
2 |
In the Second Day of Preliminaries,
Jug jumped out to a 2-1 first period lead, before Shtum shutout
Jug in the second period, 2-0, to lead 3-2 at the break. Both
teams traded goals in the third period, before Jug tied it up
with a 3-2 advantage in the fourth. |
| 1/17/09 |
at Spartak
City Volgograd (Russia) |
W 16-5 |
3 |
On the Third Day of Preliminaries,
Jug scored the first four goals of the first quarter, than added
five goals in the second, leading 9-3 at the break and continuing
their undefeated run in the Euro League Cup. |
| 2/7/09 |
v. Spartak
City Volograd (Russia) |
L 6-7 |
1 |
On the Fourth Day of Preliminaries,
Spartak was able to even their two-match series by outscoring
Jug 5-2 in the second half. Jug took a 4-2 lead at the break
following a 3-1 second quarter. Jug remains atop the ladder
with seven points. |
| 2/28/09 |
at WC Shturm
(Russia) |
W 16-5 |
1 |
On the Fifth Day of Preliminaries,
Jug jumped out to a 4-2 lead after the first period and then
scored five unanswered goals in the second to cruise to the
victory. With 10 points, Jug remains in first place, a point
ahead of Pro Recco. |
| 3/21/09 |
v. ASD Pro
Recco (Italy) |
L 8-9 |
0 |
On the Sixth and Final Day
of Preliminaries, Azevedo was shutout in scoring and Pro Recco
came back to win the final preliminary. In a tight first half,
Jug led 4-3 at the break, but could not counter Pro Recco, which
outscored Jug 3-2 in each of the final two quarters to win.
The win keeps Pro Recco at the top of the ladder at 4-2-0 (12
points), while Jug is second with 10 points and finish 3-2-1
in the preliminaries. |
| EUROCUP
QUARTERFINALS |
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DATE |
OPPONENT |
RESULT |
AZEVEDO GOALS |
NOTES |
| Record: 1 -1-0 |
4 |
ABOUT PARTIZAN:
Partizan Raiffeisen went 5-0-1 in one pool, going undefeated
against teams from Hungary and France. The bottom two teams
combined for just five points, while the second place team,
VasasPlaket Budapest, from Hungary, went 4-2-0. |
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| 4/8/09 |
v. Partizan Raiffeisen (Serbia) |
L 9-11 |
1 |
Jug went up 3-1 after the first period, but saw one of the top teams from Serbia, rebound and tie it at 5-5 at the break. Partizan slowly pulled away in each of the next two quarters, outdueling Jug, 3-2 in each.
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| 4/22/09 |
at Partizan Raiffeisen (Serbia) |
W 11-7 |
3 |
In a must-win game, Jug did
just that, beating Partizan by four goals and in doing so, Jug
moves onto the Eurocup Final Four (based on a tiebreaker based
on goal differential). Azevedo led with three goals as Jug led
3-2 after the first period and went up 7-4 at the break. After
closing to within 9-7, Jug outscored Partizan, and fellow National
teammate Ryan Bailey, 2-0 in the final period to move onto the
championship. |
| EUROCUP
FINAL FOUR |
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DATE |
OPPONENT |
RESULT |
AZEVEDO GOALS |
NOTES |
| 5/22-5/23/09 |
Record: 1 -1-0 |
4 |
ABOUT THE TEAMS: Recco spit their two games with VasaPlaket (Budapest), splitting the two matches, but winning their first contest by three goals, moving them to the Finals. Pro Recco finished first ahead of Jug in the quarterfinals, going 4-2-0 and and splitting their two contests with Jug. Mladost finished 2-1-3 and in second place in one division and Primorac was 4-2-0 and second in another division. Mladost split its two games, winning its final contest to move on. Primorac tied its first match and won its second match by a single goal. |
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5/22/09 |
vs. Pro Recco (Italy) |
L 6-9 |
1 |
Jug fell behind 2-1 in each of the first two quarters, trailing 4-2 at the half, before Pro Recco put the contest out of reach with two unanswered goals in the third period to lead 6-2. |
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5/22/09 |
vs. Mladost (Croatia) |
W 14-13 |
3 |
In the Third Place match, Jug won a shootout with Croatian rival Mladost, 14-13. Jug opened up with a 5-4 lead and then took a 8-6 lead at the break, before the rivals closed to within one (11-10) at the end of three quarters. Jug and Mladost would trade goals in the final period to give Jug the bronze medal |
