Water Polo Canada announces the 2024 NCL 17U Eastern Conference All-Star Teams

CAMO, Capital Wave, Mavericks, Shadow and South Central Water Polo clubs will all be represented at the 2024 NCL 17U National Finals

Ottawa, April 17, 2024 - Water Polo Canada announces the members of the National Championships League (NCL) 17U Eastern Conference All-Star Teams following the conclusion of the NCL 17U Eastern Conference Finals on Sunday, April 14th, in Montreal, QC.

At the conclusion of the three-day competition, the following teams qualified for the NCL 17U National Finals to be held May 24-26 in Montreal. On the men’s side, CAMO 1, Mavericks, Shadow and South Central Water Polo clubs all qualified, while on the women’s side, CAMO, Capital Wave, Shadow and South Central clubs also secured their spot for the NCL 17U National Finals event after finishing top-4. CAMO and Mavericks respectfully won the women’s and men’s Eastern Conference Finals event in Montreal.

These eight clubs will be joined by teams from Western Canada following the NCL 17U Western Conference Finals to be held this weekend in Saskatoon, SK.

The 2024 NCL 17U Eastern Conference top scorers and All-Star Teams members are:

Men
Top Scorer:
-Ivan Khramtsov (Mississauga, ON-Mavericks Water Polo Club)

All-Star Team Members
-Henrik Hodgson (Hamilton, ON-South Central)
-Ivan Khramtsov (Mississauga, ON-Mavericks Water Polo Club)
-Henri Lessard (Montreal, QC-CAMO)
-Adrien MacDonald (Longueuil, QC-CAMO)
-Rami Salem (North York, ON-Shadow Water Polo)
-Zev Slater (Toronto, ON- Mavericks Water Polo Club)
-Abdulaziz Mirzokhidov - goalkeeper (Etobicoke, ON- Mavericks Water Polo Club)

Women
Top Scorer:
-Cianne Benjamin (Toronto, ON- Shadow Water Polo)

All-Star team members
-Jaya Basu (Montreal, QC-CAMO)
-Cianne Benjamin (Toronto, ON- Shadow Water Polo)
-Evie Carr (Hamilton, ON-South Central)
-Shahara Hasan (Montreal, QC-CAMO)
-Zoe Romanov (Stittsville, ON-Capital Wave)
-Maddie Watson (London, ON-South Central)
-Shaya Ghasemzadeh Oghyani - goalkeeper (Oakville, ON-Club de water-polo Tiburon)

The All-Star Teams members were selected following a vote by the team coaches present at the 2024 NCL 17U Eastern Conference Finals.

The NCL 17U Eastern Conference regular season events started in November, with a total of 17 teams participating.

The NCL U17 Eastern Conference Finals are part of Water Polo Canada National Championship League (NCL), which was created in 2014 to bring the domestic club age group programs under a country wide umbrella that promotes the development of the sport. The NCL offers three categories of play: Senior, 17U, and 15U.

More details are available on Water Polo Canada website at www.waterpolo.ca.