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			YUGOSLAVIA - Russia 7-6 April 17, 2001 Aleksandar Sapic (YUG)- top scorer of tournament Nice, FRANCE, April 17 - Yugoslavia is the winner of the 18th Eight-Nations-Tournament. In a close match the Olympic bronze medallist won the final match against Russia 7-6. Viktor Jelenic scored three goals for the winner including two consecutive goals in the final quarter to bring to score to 7-5. It is Yugoslavia's first overall victory in this traditional men's waterpolo tournament. Men's waterpolo tournament in France - All Yugoslavia's results Group A: YUGOSLAVIA - Slovenia 11-1 Group A: YUGOSLAVIA - Netherlands 12-9 Group A: YUGOSLAVIA - Italy 11-6 Final standings in Group A: YUGOSLAVIA 6 points, Slovenia, Italy and Netherlands - two points all. Semi-finals: YUGOSLAVIA - Romania 12-6 FINAL: YUGOSLAVIA - Russia 7-6 (2-1, 1-2, 2-1, 2-2). Scorers: Jelenic (3), Uskokovic (2) and Sapic (2) for Yugoslavia; Aksenov (1), Erychov (1), Garbouzov (1), Kozlov (1), Panfili (1) and Zakirov (1) for Russia. Aleksandar Sapic (Yugoslavia) was the top scorer at the Eight-Nations-Tournament. The player from the reigning Champions League winner Becej (Yugoslavia) scored 17 goals in five matches. All Tournament Winners 1984: USA 1985: FR Germany 1986: Italy 1987: Soviet Union 1988: Australia 1989: Soviet Union 1990: Soviet Union 1991: Soviet Union 1992: Spain 1993: Spain 1994: Italy 1995: Hungary 1996: Italy 1997: Italy 1998: Russia 1999: Italy 2000: Italy 2001: YUGOSLAVIA
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