AS Waterpolis Pescara
Associazione Sportiva Waterpolis Pescara was an Italian water polo club based in Pescara, Abruzzo.
History
As any top Italian water polo club, Pescara has written in golden letters her own great stories both in the domestic and even more in the competitive European competitions. Crowning achievement of the club so far consists the winning of 1988
The two LEN Super Cups in '88 and '93 puts the club in the small but yet honorary list 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
- Winners (1): 1987-88
- Runners-up (1): 1997-98
- Winners (3): 1989-90, 1992–93, 1993–94
- Runners-up (1): 1994-95
- Winners (1): 1995-96
- Winners (2): 1988, 1993
- Runners-up (2): 1990, 1994
Domestic competitions
- Winners (3): 1986-87, 1996–97, 1997–98
- Winners (5): 1984-85, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1991–92, 1997–98
References
- ^ Chiude Water Polis. Pescara, pallanuoto addio, Waterpoloweb.com, 5 dicembre 2009.