AS Waterpolis Pescara

Associazione Sportiva Waterpolis Pescara was an Italian water polo club based in Pescara, Abruzzo.

History

Pescara was a leading Italian water polo club, with achievements in both domestic and European competitions. The crowning achievement of the club so far consists the winning of 1988 LEN Champions League over against the West German team Spandau 04 in the 1980s, closely followed by multiple wins of Italian Cups and LEN Cup Winners' Cups in the mid-1990s, considered a golden age for the club. The 1996 LEN Trophy was Pescara's last major European win before the long-awaited climbing to the top of the Italian league for two consecutive years in 1997 and 1998. Throughout, the aforementioned period is characterized by Pescara's continuous unsuccessful attempt to throw off Savona and mostly Posillipo from the throne of Serie A1 and LEN Champions League. In 1998 Pescara tried to double its European leagues (ten years after the first time) but defeated 8–6 in the final by its great rival and last European Champion, Posillipo. Also this was a unique chance to make the triple crown achievement.

The two LEN Super Cups in 1988 and 1993 puts the club in the small of European water polo clubs that have emerged at least once in their history winners of all LEN competitions.

In the 2000s the club has experienced a slow decline in sports and corporate, losing participation in the European Cup and then to the top flight. At the beginning of the 2009–10 season AS Waterpolis Pescara announced its failure and the withdrawal from all domestic and international leagues.[1]

In water polo team of Pescara have played Olympic and world champions, and, in general, the great names of Italian and foreign water polo as the brothers Roberto and Alessandro Calcaterra, Marco D'Altrui, Amedeo Pomilio, Francesco Attolico and Spaniard Manuel Estiarte.

Honours

European competitions

LEN Champions League

  • Winners (1): 1987-88
  • Runners-up (1): 1997-98

LEN Cup Winners' Cup

  • Winners (3): 1989-90, 1992–93, 1993–94
  • Runners-up (1): 1994-95

LEN Trophy

  • Winners (1): 1995-96

LEN Super Cup

  • Winners (2): 1988, 1993
  • Runners-up (2): 1990, 1994

Domestic competitions

Italian League

  • Winners (3): 1986-87, 1996–97, 1997–98

Coppa Italia

  • Winners (5): 1984-85, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1991–92, 1997–98

References

  1. ^ Chiude Water Polis. Pescara, pallanuoto addio, Waterpoloweb.com, 5 dicembre 2009.
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