Regional Water Polo League


The Regional Water Polo League, commonly known as the Regional League or Adriatic League, is a regional water polo league in Southeast Europe. Originally, the league featured clubs from Croatia, Montenegro, and Slovenia. In later years, clubs from Serbia joined the league and in one season club from Italy participated in the league.
As of the 2019–20 season, ten clubs participate in Regional Water Polo League A1 and twelve clubs participate in Regional Water Polo League A2.

History

The league was established in 2008 as the "Adriatic Water Polo League" and the inaugural 2008–09 season consisted of clubs from Croatia, Montenegro and Slovenia. Members of the inaugural season were Jug, Mladost, Primorje, POŠK, Jadran Split, Medveščak Zagreb, Šibenik, Mornar, Jadran, Primorac, Budva, and Koper. The first league champions were VK Jug.
In the 2009–10 season, Cattaro joined the league and the Final Four was introduced into the league. In the 2011–12 season, the Italian water polo club Pro Recco request to join the Adriatic League was granted and immediately in their first season they became champions, but left the league after the season. The Serbian clubs joined the league in the 2014–15 season.
Starting from the 2015–16 season, second-tier Regional League A2 was introduced.
In February 2019, three team members of Serbian club Crvena zvezda were attacked in Split by Croatian ultra-nationalists, before regional league game against Mornar. The incident was condemned by Croatian and Serbian public, and by many organizations and officials as well. Following the incident, the Water Polo Federation of Serbia and Serbian clubs in competition sought to not play any further games in Split, and competition's Board of Directors made a decision to postpone any further games in Split in which Serbian clubs are included.

Current clubs

Clubs that participate in the 2019–20 season:
;Regional Water Polo League A1
ClubCityLast season
ranking
HAVK MladostZagreb
Jug CODubrovnik
Jadran SplitSplit
Jadran CarineHerceg Novi
ŠabacŠabac
Mornar BrodospasSplit
Crvena zvezdaBelgrade
PrimoracKotor
PartizanBelgrade
BudvaBudva

;Regional Water Polo League A2
ClubCity
CattaroKotor
GalebMakarska
MedveščakZagreb
NaisNiš
POŠKSplit
Primorje Erste BankaRijeka
RadničkiKragujevac
SolarisŠibenik
TriglavKranj
VojvodinaNovi Sad
Zadar 1952Zadar
ZemunZemun

All-time participants

The following is a list of clubs who have played in the Regional Water Polo League at any time since its formation in 2008 to the current season. A total of 21 clubs from five countries have played in the Regional League.
Club091011121314151617181920Total
seasons		Highest
finish		---
Club Branik MariborTotal
seasons		Highest
finish		2
Budva10---
Cattaro2---
Crvena Zvezda4---
Jadran Split11---
Jadran Herceg Novi12---
JugRRRR12---
Koper4---
Medveščak7---
MladostRR12---
Mornar12---
Partizan6---
POŠK10---
Primorac10---
PrimorjeR10---
Pro Recco1---
Radnički2---
Šabac2---
Šibenik6---
Triglav Kranj1---
Vojvodina3---

Finals

note In 2008–09 season, the league was played in a round-robin tournament format.

Records and statistics

Performance by clubs

By country