Wild League (water polo)

Wild League (Croatian: Divlja liga) in Croatia is the most popular amateur water polo competition in the world. Matches are played on the beaches of Dubrovnik including Porporela, Danče, Bellevue, Šulić, and other beaches in the Riviera. The final match, however, happens in Porat (Old Town port) every year. Referees are professional (they have FINA and LEN licences). Better teams usually play people who have been trained in Jug and have been good in younger categories. Mihovil Španja, a Croatian professional swimmer, won the 2010 Wild League. Coaches of Solitudo are players of Croatia men's national water polo team, namely, Nikša Dobud, Pavo Marković, and Tihomil Vranješ. In 2007, the coach of Porporela was a player of the national team Andro Bušlje.

Wild League was not played in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic.^{[citation needed]}

Winners

Year	Champion	Finalist	Third
1950	Porporela
1959	Piplić
1983	Bellevue 73	Porporela	Elita
1984	Danče	Montovjerna	Porporela
1985	Danče	Porporela	OŠK Mali (Bellevue)
1986	Čingrija	Danče	Porporela
1987	Student	Danče	Porporela
1988	Copacabana	Danče	Roxy
1989	Roxy	Copacabana	Porporela
1990	Gjivovići Dolphins	Copacabana	Porporela
1991	Copacabana	Danče	Montovjerna
1993			Danče
1994	Roxy	Danče	Copacabana
1995
1996	KIKS 04	Danče	Fun H2O Mlini
1997	KIKS 04	Copacabana	Elita
1998	Copacabana	KIKS 04	Elita
1999	Bellevue '90	Danče	Penatur
2000	KIKS 04	Bellevue '90	Elita
2001	KIKS 04	Elita	Špilja '94 Danče
2002	Špilja '94 Danče	KIKS 04	Elita
2003	Montovjerna	Copacabana	Porporela
2004	Copacabana	Montovjerna	Penatur
2005	Montovjerna	Copacabana	Penatur
2006	Palace	Penatur	Čingrija
2007	Porporela	Čingrija	Solitudo
2008	Solitudo	Penatur	Porporela
2009	Solitudo	Čingrija	Copacabana
2010	Penatur	Solitudo	Špilja '94 Danče
2011	Špilja '94 Danče	Kamen Mali Cavtat	Solitudo
2012	Montovjerna	Solitudo	Penatur
2013	Kamen Mali Cavtat	Fun H2O Mlini	Solitudo
2014	Fun H2O Mlini	Palace	Špilja '94 Danče
2015	Kamen Mali Cavtat	Penatur	Palace
2016	Elita	Fun H2O Mlini	Penatur
2017	Fun H2O Mlini	Elita	Kamen Mali Cavtat
2018	Elita	Porporela	Kokoti
2019	Kamen Mali Cavtat	Fun H2O Mlini	Elita
2020
2021
2022	Kokoti	FUN H2O Mlini	Porporela
2023	Porporela	Kokoti	PVG Gruški mul
2024	FUN H2O Mlini	Porporela	Kokoti

Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Copacabana	4	4	1	9
KIKS 04	4	2	0	6
Porporela	3	4	8	15
Fun H2O Mlini	3	4	1	8
Kamen Mali Cavtat	3	1	1	5
Montovjerna	3	1	1	5
Danče	2	7	1	10
Elita	2	2	6	10
Solitudo	2	2	2	6
Čingrija	2	2	1	5
Špilja '94 Danče	2	0	2	4
Roxy	2	0	1	3
Penatur	1	3	4	8
Kokoti	1	1	2	4
Palace	1	1	1	3
Bellevue '90	1	1	0	2
Gjivovići Doplhins	1	0	0	1
Student	1	0	0	1
Piplić	1	0	0	1
PVG Gruški mul	0	0	1	1
OŠK Mali (Bellevue)	0	0	1	1

Notes

Čingrija 1983 played with name Bellevue '73.
1993 final match was stopped due to players fighting.
Reference http://www.divljaliga.hr/?page=povijest

Final matches

1983: Belevue '73 - Porporela 7:5
1984: Danče - Montovjerna 8:5
1985: Danče - Porporela 11:8
1986: Čingrija - Danče 11:5
1987: Student - Danče 4:3
1988: Copacabana - Danče 8:6
1989: Roxy - Copacabana 11:9
1990: Gjivovići Dolphins - Copacabana 12:11
1991: Copacabana - Danče 6:5
1994: Roxy - Danče 9:8
1996: KIKS 04 - Danče 8:7
1997: KIKS 04 - Copacabana 11:9
1998: Copacabana - KIKS 04 9:4
1999: Bellevue '90 - Danče 5:4
2000: KIKS 04 - Bellevue '90 7:4
2001: KIKS 04 - Elita 9:4
2002: Špilja '94 Danče - KIKS 04 8:7
2003: Montovjerna - Copacabana 7:5
2004: Copacabana - Montovjerna 5:3
2005: Montovjerna - Copacabana 8:1
2006: Palace - Penatur 8:7 (after penalties)
2007: Porporela - Čingrija 7:4
2008: Solitudo - Penatur 8:7
2009: Solitudo - Čingrija 5:2
2010: Penatur - Solitudo 8:6
2011: Špilja '94 Danče - Kamen Mali Cavtat 7:5
2012: Solitudo - Montovjerna 6:7
2013: Fun H2O Mlini - Kamen Mali Cavtat 5:6
2014: Palace - Fun H2O Mlini 3:3, 5:6 (penalties)
2015: Kamen Mali Cavtat - Penatur 5:4
2016: Elita - Fun H2O Mlini 13:3
2017: Elita - Fun H2O Mlini 5:6
2018: Elita - Porporela 8:8, 10:9 (penalties)
2019: Kamen Mali Cavtat - Fun H2O Mlini 7:7, 2:1 (penalties)
2022: Kokoti - FUN H2O Mlini 7:4
2023: Porporela - Kokoti 6:5
2024: FUN H2O Mlini - Porporela 7:5

References

External links

Official website of Wild League

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