At the end of a great evening at the national pool at the Wingate Institute, it was determined that Hapoel Yokneam (women) and Hapoel Palerm Zevulun (men) are holding the state cup for the 21/22 season in dormitories.
Hapoel Yokneam – Hapoel Emek Hayarden 6:20
The game opened under the control of Yokneam, which was first on the board. The Jordan Valley managed to equalize to 1-1, but later Yokneam ran away led by Nofar Hochberg and at the end of the first quarter 4-1. At the start of the second quarter, the Jordan Valley shrank the result from a goal by the Dutch Anika Salchter, but on the other side Yahav Farkash and Noga Levinstein increased the advantage back to four goals. Salahter completed a hat-trick but by the end of the half Yokneam had a 10-3 advantage.
The third quarter was on one side as the state champion continued to increase its advantage and at the end of the quarter 15-4. The last quarter opened with goals from Carmel Arbiv and Nofar Hochberg. Later, Abigail Felix, Strogo Reef and Der Mankerman increased the advantage. The Jordan Valley managed to shrink with the last goal of the game and at the end of 20-6 to Yokneam that won the state cup for the third time in a row and the seventh in history.
Conquered Yokneam: Dr. Mankerman 5, Nofar Hochberg 4, Carmel Arbiv 3, Shunit Strogo 3, Noga Levinstein 2, Noa Sassover 1, Yahav Farkash 1, Abigail Felix 1.
Conquered the Jordan Valley: Hanika Salahter 5, Moran Linhout 1.
Yokneam actress, Dr. Mankerman, The MVP of the final game:
“We train a lot and hard, trying to get as prepared as possible for every game and show our abilities together as a team. Such a victory gives us motivation to continue the season.” On being the top scorer on her team she added, “On the personal side I try to get mentally and physically ready for every game. We played well as a team and I was able to score.”
SA Tel Aviv – Hapoel Palram Zevulun 12: 8
Zebulon opened the game with a quick 1-0 by Yuval Klerfeld. ASA equalized from a goal by Itai Roth, but Zebulon returned to the lead with two goals from Philip Churic, which set the score for the first quarter, 3-1 to the North. The second quarter opened with two goals by Jean Indic (selected for -MVP of the game) that gave Zebulon a 5-1 lead. Ido Goldschmidt, AS captain, shrank to 5-2. Tamir Fried increased the lead with the drop to half, 6-2 to Zebulon.
In the third quarter, Zevulun ran away with a 10-5 advantage, when 50 seconds before the end of the quarter, Ido Goldschmidt narrowed the result with another goal. With the opening of the last quarter, Yariv Sonnenstern shrank for ASA to 10-7. Yuval Karlfeld immediately returned with his own goal and a minute before the end, ASA shrank with a penalty but it was not enough. Palram Zevulun holds the trophy, with the final chord set by Roni Gross with 12-8.
Conquered by the ASA: Ido Goldschmidt 3, Yariv Sonnenstern 2, Or Schlein 1, Natai Cohen 1, Itai Roth 1
Conquered Zebulun: Philip Churic 3, Jean Indic 3, Yuval Klerfeld 3, Tamir Fried 2, Roni Gross 1
Coach Palram Zevulun, Moshiko Hershkovitz He concluded: “First of all, thank you to SA for the thrilling game. We led most of the stages of the game, we prepared ourselves for the game in a great way. We are a good group with quality. We have very good players in every position. We played today as a team and enjoyed the game very much. “
Meanwhile, today the dates of the European Championships for women up to the age of 19 will be held in Israel in the summer. The championship will be held July 3-9 at the Wingate Institute National Pool.
Chairman of the Dormitory Association, Revital Gloska: “We are very happy that the State of Israel and LEN have given us the opportunity to host the U19 European Championship thanks to the success of hosting the U20 World Cup last year. We will do and succeed.”