2018–19 Serie A1 (men's water polo)

Serie A1
Season	2018–19
Champions	Pro Recco (33rd title)
Relegated	Bogliasco Bene; Nuoto Catania
Champions League	Pro Recco; AN Brescia; Sport Management
Euro Cup	CN Posillipo; CC Ortigia
Top goalscorer	Stefano Luongo; (81 goals)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

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

Team information

Catania

Lazio

Ortiglia

Roma

Sport Man.

Trieste

Location of teams in 2018–19 Serie A1

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

Team	City	Pool	Founded
Serie A1
AN Brescia	Brescia	Centro natatorio Mompiano	1973
Bogliasco	Bogliasco	Stadio del nuoto Gianni Vassallo	1951
Canottieri	Naples	Piscina Circolo Canottieri Napoli	1916
Catania	Catania	Piscina Comunale "F. Scuderi"	1939
Florentia	Florence	Piscina Goffredo Nannini	1904
Lazio	Rome	Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto	1900
Ortiglia	Syracuse	Piscina Paolo Caldarella	1928
Posillipo	Naples	Piscina "Alba Oriens" (Casoria)	1925
Pro Recco	Recco	Piscina Comunale (Sori)	1913
Quinto	Genoa	Stadio del Nuoto di Albaro	1921
Roma	Rome	Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto	2008
Savona	Savona	Piscina Carlo Zanelli	1948
Sport Management	Busto Arsizio	Piscine Manara	1987
Trieste	Trieste	Polo Natatorio "Bruno Bianchi"	2003

Regular season

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Pts	Qualification	Head-to-head
1	AN Brescia	26	25	0	1	347	155	+192	75	Qualification for the Playoffs
2	Pro Recco	26	24	0	2	399	135	+264	72
3	Sport Management	26	22	0	4	337	185	+152	66
4	CN Posillipo	26	13	4	9	232	215	+17	43
5	CC Ortigia	26	11	2	13	212	246	−34	35
6	Roma Nuoto	26	11	1	14	210	231	−21	34
7	Lazio Nuoto	26	10	1	15	189	279	−90	31		LAZ: 15 pts QUI: 7 pts FLO: 6 pts SAV: 4 pts
8	Iren Genova Quinto	26	10	1	15	199	255	−56	31
9	RN Florentia	26	10	1	15	212	258	−46	31
10	RN Savona	26	9	4	13	154	225	−71	31
11	CC Napoli	26	9	2	15	207	264	−57	29
12	Pallanuoto Trieste	26	9	1	17	217	291	−74	27
13	Bogliasco Bene	26	5	1	20	194	274	−80	16	Relegation to Serie A2	BOG - CAT: 17–11 CAT - BOG: 15–9
14	Nuoto Catania	26	5	1	20	191	287	−96	16	Relegation to Serie A2	BOG - CAT: 17–11 CAT - BOG: 15–9

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.

Quarter-finals			Semi-finals			Final

			1	AN Brescia	9
4	Posillipo	10	4	Posillipo	7
5	Ortigia	7				1	AN Brescia	10
						2	Pro Recco	11
			2	Pro Recco	11
3	Sport Management	14	3	Sport Management	3	Third place
6	Roma	6				4	Posillipo	9
						3	Sport Management	11

Semi-finals

24 May 2019 (2019-05-24) 17:30 (CEST)	Report	AN Brescia	9–7	CN Posillipo	Polo Natatorio "Bruno Bianchi", Trieste Attendance: 500 Referees: Paoletti, Ercoli
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2-1, 3–2, 2–2
		Nora 2	Goals	Manzi 3

24 May 2019 (2019-05-24) 18:45 (CEST)	Report	Pro Recco	11–3	Sport Management	Polo Natatorio "Bruno Bianchi", Trieste Attendance: 500 Referees: Petronilli, Lo Dico
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–1, 0–3, 2–1
		Echenique 3	Goals	Fondelli, Drašović, Luongo 1

Third place

25 May 2019 (2019-05-25) 18:30 (CEST)	Report	CN Posillipo	9–11	Sport Management	Polo Natatorio "Bruno Bianchi", Trieste Attendance: 400 Referees: Štampalija (CRO), Bianco
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 2–0, 2–3, 4–3
		G. Di Martire, Marziali 2	Goals	Drašović, Bruni, Mirarchi 2

Final

26 May 2019 (2019-05-26) 16:00 (CEST)	Report	AN Brescia	10–11	Pro Recco	Polo Natatorio "Bruno Bianchi", Trieste Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Severo, Gomez
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–2, 2–4, 3–1
		Presciutti, Figlioli, Gallo 2	Goals	Ivović 3

Final standings

	Team	Qualification or Relegation
	Pro Recco	Champions League preliminary round
	AN Brescia	Champions League second qualifying round
	Sport Management	Champions League first qualifying round
4	CN Posillipo	Euro Cup first qualifying round
5	CC Ortigia	Euro Cup first qualifying round
6	AS Roma Nuoto

2018 Magyar Kupa Winner
Ferencvároi TC 18th title

Gárdonyi – S. Mitrović, Dé. Varga (c), Sedlmayer, Mezei, Vámos, Jakšić
Reserves: Younger, Német, Kállay, Sz. Jansik, Gór-Nagy, Pohl, Vogel (goalkeeper)

Head Coach: Zsolt Varga, Technical Director: György Gerendás

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 10 June 2019.[1]

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Stefano Luongo	Sport Management	81
2	Pietro Figlioli	AN Brescia	67
3	Gonzalo Echenique	Pro Recco	59
3	Aleksandar Ivović	Pro Recco	59
5	Steven Camilleri	Roma	54
6	Francesco Di Fulvio	Pro Recco	53
7	Robin Lindhout	Quinto	48
8	Giacomo Lanzoni	Bogliasco	47
8	Eduardo Campopiano	CC Napoli	47
10	Draško Gogov	Trieste	45

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References

"Federnuoto.it" (in Italian). federnuoto.it. Archived from the original on 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2019-06-10.

External links

Italian Swimming Federation (in Italian and English)
Official website of Total Waterpolo

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[1] "Federnuoto.it" (in Italian). federnuoto.it. Archived from the original on 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2019-06-10.