Director of the Department of Physical Culture and Sports of Ugra Sofya Konukh said that the task of the organizers was to make the Russian Women’s Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk a real vacation and in return the teams were satisfied with a good match.
The title was won by the water polo players of KINEF-Surgutneftegaz, who defeated the current Russian champions Uralochka (Zlatoust) in the decisive match.
— We tried to make the Russian Water Polo Cup a real vacation. The teams pleased us with a good match. I am happy for KINEF-Surgutneftegaz, which was left without championship medals this season, but won the Cup! I would like our Ugra team to also improve its results compared to the regular season. They finished fifth, but still had a good match.
— Has the level of play declined over the last two years?
– Actually, it’s quite difficult for me to compare now, the rules themselves have changed. Today the four of us were sitting with our partners from the team that won the bronze medals at the 2000 Games. Slightly different accents, the game became more spectacular, you have to have different qualities. It’s really difficult to compare, but I would say that at the Russian Cup there was a pretty good level of play,” Konukh told .
Konukh is a medalist at the Sydney Games as part of the Russian national team.
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