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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe clubs were split into two groups of four, playing round-robin, with matches to 9 points. The top two clubs from each group advanced to the semifinals, where matches were extended to 11 points. A third-place match was also played.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first season of team backgammon in Serbia got everything a premiere could wish for: tight results, comebacks, and a final that, despite the scoreline, was played on a knife’s edge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Group A: Three Times 3:2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Students finished the group stage unbeaten, but never had a quiet evening. They won all three ties 3:2 \u2013 against \u010cENS, Belgrade and Double Six.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The team’s key man was Milan Gaji\u0107, who won all three of his group duels: 9:7 against Zoran Dragi\u0107, 9:8 against Petar Jandri\u0107 and 9:6 against Nina Vukasovi\u0107. His one-point win over Jandri\u0107 gave Studenti one of their three boards in the group’s derby. In the same tie, Aleksandar Milo\u0161evi\u0107 beat Vladimir Taci\u0107 9:1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After that defeat, Belgrade responded the way favourites do. Ivan Bogdanovi\u0107 was flawless in the group (9:2, 9:2 and 9:8), and the team beat \u010cENS convincingly, 4:1, in the final round. Students finished the group first and Belgrade second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Double Six deserved more than the table shows. They lost all three ties, and all three by 2:3. Each time, just one board separated them from a different story. In the final round, Manja Te\u0161i\u0107 produced one of the upsets of the tournament, beating Aleksandar Milo\u0161evi\u0107 9:0 \u2013 a player who had dropped a total of two points in his two previous matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u010cENS’s only win came against Double Six (3:2), while Nikola Popovi\u0107 posted convincing wins of 9:2 and 9:1 in the first two rounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Group B: From 0:5 to 4:1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
If Group A was tight, Group B was unpredictable. No club went unbeaten, three teams were fighting for two semifinal spots going into the last round, and the table looked different after every round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Neretva started as the clear favourite, beating Pan\u010devo 5:0 in the first round. Two 2:3 defeats followed, against Novi Beograd and 501 Dedo, leaving Neretva out of the semifinals despite finishing with the best board difference in the group (9:6).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The hosts, Pan\u010devo, wrote the opposite story. After 0:5 in the opener and a narrow loss to 501 Dedo, they beat group leaders Novi Beograd 4:1 in the final round. After his opening defeat, Branko Prvulj strung together two convincing wins, 9:0 and 9:2, while Sla\u0111ana Bo\u017ei\u0107 and Dragana Mitrovi\u0107 won their duels 9:2 and 9:3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That defeat didn’t cost Novi Beograd first place. Novi Beograd and 501 Dedo both finished with two wins, and Novi Beograd stayed ahead because they had won the head-to-head 3:2 in the first round \u2013 despite a negative board difference (7:8). Aleksandar Lazarevski and Nikola \u0110oki\u0107 were Novi Beograd’s standout players, with two group wins each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For 501 Dedo, Erduan Jablani\u010danin stood out, winning his next two duels after a narrow 8:9 loss to Milan Jovanovi\u0107. Veljko \u0106irovi\u0107 had the most unusual tournament in the group: two wins, 9:4 and 9:0, but also a 0:9 loss to Branko Prvulj.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Semifinals: Four Times 11:10<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
If anyone expected longer matches to bring less drama, the semifinals quickly proved them wrong. Both ties ended 3:2, and as many as four of the ten duels were decided 11:10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Belgrade got past Novi Beograd thanks to three players who were sharper in the endgames. Milo\u0161 Miki\u0107 beat Aleksandar Lazarevski 11:10, Vladimir Taci\u0107 beat Vladan Djoki\u0107 11:9, and Aleksa Nikoleti\u0107 beat Nikola \u0110oki\u0107, also 11:9. On the other side, Milan Jovanovi\u0107 beat Petar Jandri\u0107 11:8, and Milo\u0161 Jevremovi\u0107 handed Ivan Bogdanovi\u0107 his first defeat of the tournament, 11:10.<\/p>\n\n\n
Against 501 Dedo, Students continued their run of narrow wins \u2013 their fourth straight 3:2 victory. Nemanja \u010cabri\u0107 beat Zvezdan Kljaji\u0107 11:9, Nikola Bresliev beat Erduan Jablani\u010danin a convincing 11:5, and Milan Gaji\u0107 beat Samid Dedakovi\u0107 11:7 for his fourth win in as many matches. For 501 Dedo, the points came from Jusuf Melajac, 11:10 against Branislav Peri\u0107, and Nikola Kora\u0107, 11:10 against Mladen Maran.<\/p>\n\n\n
The Final: A 5:0 Closer Than It Looks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The final score suggests a one-sided story, but the board said otherwise. Three of the five duels ended 11:9 \u2013 Milo\u0161 Miki\u0107 against Nemanja \u010cabri\u0107, Aleksa Nikoleti\u0107 against Branislav Peri\u0107 and Vladimir Taci\u0107 against Milan Gaji\u0107. In all three, Belgrade was just a shade more precise at the key moments.<\/p>\n\n\n
The most convincing was Petar Jandri\u0107. A player who opened the tournament with a 0:9 loss, then lost to Gaji\u0107 (8:9) and to Jovanovi\u0107 in the semifinal (8:11), beat Nikola Bresliev 11:1 in the final. He could hardly have picked a better moment for his first win of the tournament. The fifth board came from Boban Sto\u0161i\u0107, with an 11:7 win over Igor Gligorijevi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After four 3:2 wins, Students were left without a single board in the final. Still, second place for a team that stayed unbeaten right up to the last match is one of the finest stories of this championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Third-Place Match<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Third place went to Novi Beograd, once again by 3:2, against 501 Dedo. Aleksandar Lazarevski (11:4), Vladan Djoki\u0107 (11:7) and Milo\u0161 Jevremovi\u0107 (11:2) delivered the three boards. For 501 Dedo, the wins came from Erduan Jablani\u010danin, 11:10 against Milan Jovanovi\u0107, and Samid Dedakovi\u0107, a convincing 11:2 against Nikola \u0110oki\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Two of the champions’ players went through the entire tournament unbeaten. Milo\u0161 Miki\u0107 won all four of his duels (9:4, 9:1, 11:10, 11:9), as did Aleksa Nikoleti\u0107 (9:5, 9:4, 11:9, 11:9). The best individual record for Studenti belonged to Milan Gaji\u0107, with four wins from five matches and his only defeat coming in the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first Team Championship showed that the club-versus-club format has both an audience and players. It remains to be seen who will try to knock Belgrade off the throne next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The most lasting impression of the championship, however, was left by Double Six, the first team in the history of Serbian backgammon made up entirely of women. Nina Vukasovi\u0107, Sara Avramovski, Marija \u0160trbac, Nata\u0161a Ad\u017ei\u0107, Mirjana Don\u010dev and Manja Te\u0161i\u0107 won six boards and were just one board away from victory in every tie. The 9:0 wins by Nina Vukasovi\u0107 and Manja Te\u0161i\u0107, along with Sara Avramovski’s two wins, mean this performance can’t be read through the table alone. Double Six is proof that the Serbian backgammon scene is renewing itself \u2013 in the best possible way.<\/p>\n\n\n
Special thanks go to Branko Prvulj and his team at Backgammon Club Pan\u010devo, who organized the first team championship flawlessly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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