Bratislava, Olympic games qualifications
Montenegro – Italy 12:8

02.09.2007.

Venue: "Pasijenki" pool, Bratislava. Attendance: 500. Referees: Korizma (Poland), Spiegel (Germany). Exclusions: Italy 9 (5), Montenegro 11 (3). Penalties: Montenegro 1 (1), Italy 2 (2).

Montenegro:
Radić
Bruguljan
Paskovic
Danilović
Nikola Janović 2
Ticic 1
Mladian Janović 4
Uskoković
Ivović1
Zloković 2
Gojković 1
Jokić 1
Sćepanović

Italy:

Tempesti,
Postiglione 1
Giorgetti 3
Buonocore
Scotti Galletta 1
Felugo
Mistrangelo
Rizzo
Bencivenga 1
Calcaterra
Di Costanzo 2
Fiorentini
Violetti

In the opening game of Bratislava tournament, Montenegro squad won the game against Italians-12:8(4-2; 4-2; 3-4; 1-0)
In what was probably the best game Montenegrin team has played since it was formed, our players were a lot better then Italy and were dominating the whole game, despite of aggressive and, at the moments, even dirty play of Italian-Calcaterra injured Jokic hitting him in the eye. However, Jokic came back to play in third quarter even scoring a goal.
In the third quarter, our lead was reduced to 8:7, but Nikola Janovic and Aleksandar Ivovic then scored 2 very important goals and made it clear who is going to be the winner.