Conference Cup Men: Honved and De Akker set up gold-medal showdown in Athens

Honved’s Rolf Bencz struck twice against Apollon. Photo: Istvan Derencsenyi/European Aquatics

Endo Plus Service Honved and De Akker Team ruined the Greeks’ party in Athens as they both downed their respective rivals in the semi-finals of the inaugural men’s Conference Cup Final Four. The Hungarians fired in 11 action goals from the perimeter to dismantle hosts GS Apollon Smyrnis, then the Italians came back from three goals down, shut out Panionios GSS for the final 5:46 and scored the last two goals to win a real thriller.