The water polo players of Serbia are the new champions of the world, after they oulasted Spain in a nail-biting penalty shoot-out. The game finished 6-6 at full time and 7-7 after an extra period, and then 7:6 on penalties for Serbia.
Serbia became victorius after one-hour clinching drama at the Foro Italico complex in Rome. Our selection led during the all match, but at the end Milan Aleksic’s penalty was crucial.
It was the first time that Serbia have won this title as a single country, having previously triumphed as Yugoslavia and then Serbia and Montenegro.
The water polo team made Serbia take 4 medal at the World Championship – three gold (Cavic and Higl) and one argent (Cavic).
THE 2009 WORLD CHAMPIONS ARE:
* Slobodan Soro
* Marko Avramović
* Živko Gocić
* Vanja Udovičić
* Slavko Gak
* Duško Pijetlović
* Slobodan Nikić
* Milan Aleksić
* Nikola Rađen
* Filip Filipović
* Andrija Prlainović
* Stefan Mitrović
* Gojko Pijetlović
Managing HQ: Dejan Udovičić (selector), Vladimir Pavlović, Dejan Stanojević (trainers), Nebojša Jeremić (doctor), Goran Golubović (physiotherapist), Miloš Ćirić (cameraman), Nikola Kuljača (team leader) i Nenad Manojlović.
Besides them, on trainings were also Branislav Mitrović i Petar Filipović.
On Tuesday , August 4, 2009 our great champions were amazingly welcomed by 40,000 fans in front of the Belgrade City Hall. The water polo team, Cavic, Higl all our winners of the medal showed up to celebrate their victories together with the citizens of Belgrade and Serbia.
SERBIA IS THE WORLD CHAMPION!!!