Water Polo Canada announces the 2024 17U NCL National Finals Champions, Individual Awards and Club Cup Winners


May. 28, 2024


The 2024 17U NCL Men’s and Women’s National Finals Champions are the Mavericks and Calgary Renegades Black teams respectively

Ottawa, May 28, 2024 - Water Polo Canada announces the winners of its 2024 17U National Championship League (NCL) individual awards following the conclusion of the 17U National Finals event which finished on Sunday, May 26, in Montréal, QC.

Following three days of competition, Water Polo Canada’s 2024 17U Men’s and Women’s National Finals Champions were crowned, the Mavericks and Calgary Renegades Black teams, respectively.

The 17U National Finals was attended by eight women’s and eight men’s teams. These teams consisted of the top four teams per gender from each conference, East and West, following a series of regular season events and a qualification event, which started back in December.

Here are the final rankings of the 17U National Finals event:

Men
1. Mavericks
2. Edmonton Tsunami
3. Fraser Valley
4. CAMO
5. Team Sask
6. Pacific Storm
7. South Central
8. Shadow

Women
1. Calgary Renegades Black
2. CAMO
3. Team Sask
4. Capital Wave
5. Fraser Valley
6. South Central
7. Shadow
8. Calgary Renegades Gold

Here are the individual award winners following the conclusion of the 2024 NCL 17U National Finals:

Men
• Most Valuable Player: Ivan Khramtsov (Mississauga, ON-Mavericks Water Polo Club)
• Most Valuable Defensive Player: Ilya Belyaev (Langley, B.C.-Fraser Valley)
• Most Valuable Goalie: Abdulaziz Mirzokhidov (Etobicoke, ON- Mavericks Water Polo Club)
• Most Valuable Coach: Marina Radu (Edmonton Tsunami)

Women
• Most Valuable Player: McKenna Pineda-McLean (Calgary, AB-Calgary Renegades Black)
• Most Valuable Defensive Player: Jaya Basu (Montreal, QC-CAMO)
• Most Valuable Goalie: Ashlyn Coates (Calgary, AB-Calgary Renegades Black)
• Most Valuable Coach: Brooke Coburn (Calgary Renegades Black)

All individual award winners were selected following a vote by the team coaches present at the 2024 17U National Finals event.

The U17 National 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.

In addition, the Club Cup, which is awarded to the club(s) who have won the most championship events across all National Championships League age groups (15U, 17U and Senior) events in a particular season, was awarded to the Calgary Renegades and Calgary Torpedoes clubs.

Clubs receive six points for a gold medal at a National Event (15U Eastern/Western Championships, Senior National Championships and 17U National Finals), four points for a silver and two points for a bronze. They also receive three points for a gold medal at a Conference Championship Event, two points for silver and one point for bronze.

More details are available on Water Polo Canada website at https://waterpolo.ca.

 

RAMP Registration

Join thousands of association partners using RAMP Registration Solutions.

More Information

RAMP Official Assigning

#1 with Officials...for very good reasons.

More Information

RAMP Websites

Manage your identity from the palm of your hand to the top of your desk.

More Information

RAMP Team App

Keep your coaches, parents, athletes, and fans connected, seamlessly.

More Information