FINA officials
| FINA DELEGATES: | |
| Cornel MARCULESCU | Executive Director |
| Dimitris DIATHESOPOULOS | FINA Bureau Liaison |
| Eugenio MARTINEZ | FINA Representative |
| Gianni LONZI | TWPC Chairman |
| Khosrow AMINI | TWPC Vice Chairman |
| John WHITEHOUSE | TWPC Honorary Secretary |
| Nico FIROIU | TWPC Member |
| Takeshi INOUE | TWPC Member |
| Manuel IBERN | TWPC Member |
| Evgeny SHARONOV | TWPC Member |
| Bill SHAW | TWPC Member |
| Aleksandar SOSTAR | TWPC Member |
| Alan BALFANBAYEV | TWPC Member |
| Kyriakos NANOUSIS | Medical Delegate |
| Russell MCKINNON | Press Delegate |
| FINA NEUTRAL REFEREES: |
| Mr. Ulrich SPIEGEL (GER) |
| Mr. Haldun TOYGARLI (TUR) |
| Mr. Radu MATACHE (ROU) |
| Mr. Daniel DANERS (URU) |
| REFEREES: |
| Viktor SALNICHENKO (KAZ) |
| Luca BIANCO (ITA) |
| Miodrag STEFANOVIC (SRB) |
| Balazs SZEKELY (HUN) |
| Andrej FRANULOVIC (CRO) |
| Michail SKALOCHORITIS (GRE) |
| Sinisa MATIJASEVIC (MNE) |
| Jaume TEIXIDO (ESP) |
| Andre DESTER (BRA) |
| Mikhail DYKMAN (CAN) |
| Kunihiro SATO (JPN) |
| Amirhossein SAFABAKHASH (IRI) |
| Akbar SADIKOV (UZB) |
| Mr. Ahmed KOTB (EGY) |
| Michael BATY (RSA) |
| Nicholas HODGERS (AUS) |
| Yaqi WANG (CHN) |
| Erwin SCHAPERS (NED) |
| Mr. Daniel VAZQUEZ (MEX) |
Day 9 Medal Games
ALMATY: Jaume Teixidó arbitró la final SRB—ITA
12/09/2015 - España tuvo un representante en la gran final del Campeonato del Mundo Sub20 Almaty 2015. En este caso fue Jaume Teixidó (CNA) que, acompañado por el canadiense Mikhail Dykman, arbitró hoy en Kazajistán la finalísima Serbia—Italia (13—12), que por cierto fue un gran espectáculo de waterpolo. Además, Jaume también arbitró la semifinal Serbia—Grecia, demostrando que el arbitraje español está entre los más acreditados del mundo. Enhorabuena y también a nuestro Comité Nacional de Árbitros.
Comunicación RFEN. Fotos: Jaume Teixidó, en la finalísima del Campeonato del Mundo FINA Almaty 2015 / Aquatics.kz - Russell McKinnon FINA (c)
Serbia regains FINA Junior Men’s World Championship
Almaty, September 12.— Serbia beat reigning champion Italy 13-12 for the gold medal at the FINA Junior Men’s World Water Polo Championships.
Serbia won the bronze medal two years ago and previously won the crown as Serbia two editions ago in Volos in 2011. As Serbia & Montenegro it won in 2003 and 2005. As Yugoslavia it won in Narbonne, France in 1989.
Italy won in Szombathely, Hungary two years ago and had previously won in 1999 and 1993.
In the bronze-medal encounter, Hungary proved the better penalty-shooting team heading off Greece in sudden death 13-12. Hungary won the championship in 2007 and 1995 and Greece was a previous winner, having won in Istanbul, Turkey in 2001.
In the classification for fifth, Spain beat Montenegro 14-9 and Croatia took seventh with a 14-10 margin over Australia.
Picture: Russell McKinnon
Official Awards
Best Goalkeeper: Lazar Dobozanov (SRB)
Best Defender: Alessandro Velotto (ITA)
Most Valuable Player: Gavril Subotic (SRB).
Highest goal-scorer: Kirill Rustamov (UZB) 55.
Lazar Dobozanov (left) and Gavril Subotic
Almaty, September 12.— Serbia beat reigning champion Italy 13-12 for the gold medal at the FINA Junior Men’s World Water Polo Championships.
Serbia won the bronze medal two years ago and previously won the crown as Serbia two editions ago in Volos in 2011. As Serbia & Montenegro it won in 2003 and 2005. As Yugoslavia it won in Narbonne, France in 1989.
Italy won in Szombathely, Hungary two years ago and had previously won in 1999 and 1993.
In the bronze-medal encounter, Hungary proved the better penalty-shooting team heading off Greece in sudden death 13-12. Hungary won the championship in 2007 and 1995 and Greece was a previous winner, having won in Istanbul, Turkey in 2001.
In the classification for fifth, Spain beat Montenegro 14-9 and Croatia took seventh with a 14-10 margin over Australia.
Picture: Russell McKinnon
Official Awards
Best Goalkeeper: Lazar Dobozanov (SRB)
Best Defender: Alessandro Velotto (ITA)
Most Valuable Player: Gavril Subotic (SRB).
Highest goal-scorer: Kirill Rustamov (UZB) 55.
Lazar Dobozanov (left) and Gavril Subotic
 Alessandro Velotto |  Kirill Rustamov |
Media All Star Team
Goalkeeper: Lazar Dobozanov (SRB)
Centre Forward: Roger Tahull (ESP)
Field Players: Vincenze Dolce (ITA)
Kirill Rustamov (UZB)
Gavril Subotic (SRB)
Alessandro Velotto (ITA)
Final placings:
1. Serbia
2. Italy
3. Hungary
4. Greece
5. Spain
6. Montenegro
7. Croatia
8. Australia
9. Netherlands
10. Mexico
11. Kazakhstan
12. Egypt
13. Japan
14. Canada
15. China
16. Uzbekistan
17. Iran
18. South Africa
Match 72: 15:10, SERBIA 13 ITALY 12
Classification 1-2 (Gold Medal)
Quarters: 4-1, 3-3, 5-6, 1-1
Referees: Jaume Teixido (ESP), Mikhail Dykman (CAN).
Extra Man: SRB: 8/15. ITA: 4/12
Pens: SRB: 1/1. ITA: 2/2.
Teams:
SERBIA: Lazar Dobozanov, Mateja Arsanovic (1), Radomir Drasovic, Mihajlo Repanovic, Gavril Subotic (5), Ivan Gvozdanovic (2), Drasko Gogov (5), Nebojsa Toholj, Marko Manojlovic, Filip Radojevic, Milan Vitorovic. Head Coach: Vladimir Vujasinovic.
ITALY: Fabio Viola, Umberto Esposito (1), Edoardo di Somma (1), Antonio Maccioni, Gianluigi Foglio, Roberto Ravina (4), Vincenze Dolce (4), Eduardo Campopiano, Jacopo Alesiani, Alessandro Velotto (2), Gianmarco Nicosia. Head Coach: Ferdinando Pesci.
Match Report:
Of all the one-sided matches or those with big margins, this was not one of them. This was the two best teams in the world battling out for gold in the right spirit. Some emotions boiled over, but in the end only two players from each team did not make the end. Italian head coach Ferdinando Pesci did not make the end, receiving a red card at 1:35 in the third period. Serbia started the way it meant to finish, with plenty of goals and plenty of golds. With the legendary Vladimir Vujasinovic calling the shots for Serbia, his team knew what it had to do. It was strange to see a full complement on the benches and only two players had two major fouls by halftime. It was all about the game and the way it was played. Different styles, but excellent players nonetheless. Serbia led 2-0 and then 4-1 at the first break. It looked like it was going to be a walkover. However, Italy, which has played so well all week and thoroughly deserved to be in the showcase match, bided its time. Serbia went 5-2, 6-3 and 7-4 ahead before Italy clawed one back 22 seconds from halftime. Serbia’s dominance was a little shaky with Italy coming back as needed, through some grafting play and only two players on each side had two major fouls each. Italy converted a penalty goal through Vincenzo Dolce, one of the star acts of the week, right after the restart. Several minutes later that shaky earth nearly opened up as Roberto Ravina scored consecutive goals on three consecutive Italy attacks for 8-8. Then, what everyone had been waiting for, Italy took control Alessandro Velotto. Serbia responded and Italy went 10-9 ahead. Serbia drew level at 10 and 11 and with six seconds left Gavril Subotic, the best player in Almaty, gave Serbia the edge. At 5:31 in the final quarter, Umberto Esposito slapped in a rebound on the left side of the goal for 12-12. Velotto, caught up in the emotion, disagreed with a referee decision against him and was red-carded at 6:09. At 4:00, the killer blow struck, hammered home by Drasko Gogov from eight metres — his fifth and finest goal. Italy called a timeout to no effect and in the end it was left to Esposito to take the final shot, on extra, but sadly for he and Italy, the best goalkeeper of the tournament, Lazar Dobozanov, blocked the shot with his left hand. Serbia had taken the gold.
Photo: Russell McKinnon
Match 71: 13:50, GREECE 12 HUNGARY 13 in sudden death penalty shootout (FT: 9-9. Pens: 3-3. SD: 0-1).
Classification 3-4 (Bronze Medal)
Quarters: 3-1, 1-2, 1-3, 4-3. Pens: 3-4.
Referees: Andrej Franulovic (CRO), Haldun Toygarli (TUR).
Extra Man: GRE: 5/8. HUN: 4/10
Pens: GRE: 1/1.
Teams:
GREECE: Emmanouil Zerdevas, Nikolaos Kopeliadis (5), Michail Sartzetakis, Angelos Foskolos (2), Stylianos Argyropoulos-Kanakkis (1), Dmitrios Nicolaidis, Panteleimon Kalogerakos, Grigorios Kapetanakis, Alexandros Athymaritis, Rafail Forotzidis. Assistant Coach: Nikolaos Karamanis.
HUNGARY: Istvan Kardos, Marcell Kolozsi, Zoltan Pohl (1), Tamas Sedlmayer (2), Adam Nagy (1), Balasz Kalanovics, Gergo Zalanki (2), Gergo Kovacs, Krisztian Peter Manhercz (3), Simon Benedek Vogel, Soma Vogel. Head Coach: Gyorgi Horkai.
Match Report:
When Soma Vogel got the call, he responded in buckets. From sitting on the bench and watching the penalty shootout unfold after the match went from 9-6 to 9-9, he excitedly took the plunge. He shuffled into position as Greece had converted three and Hungary only one. He then became the toast of the nation, blocking the next two shots as Hungary scored twice and missed one. The match had finished he rotation at three apiece and 12-12. It went to sudden death and the brilliant Vogel smacked down a third penalty, leaving it to Zalanki to convert and win the bronze medal, which he did. Jubilant scenes erupted and much of the joy was focused on Vogel. It had been a tight match with Greece controlling the first half. Greece head coach Theodoros Chatzitheodorou, suspended Christos Papoukas and the injured Alexandros Athymaritis were in the stands. With players at a premium, it was important for Greece not to attract too many fouls. Greece’s 4-3 dominance at halftime was always under threat by Hungary and it was not until 5:59 in the third that Krisztian Manhercz slipped one past the keeper. At 3:46, a defensive error gave Tamas Sedlmayer space in front of goal to accept a pass and score for a 5-4 advantage. At 1:13, Zoltan Pohl fired in one from the top for 6-4. On the next attack Greece converted extra through Panteleimon Kalogerakos. Greece opened the scoring in the fourth period for 6-6 via Stylianos Argyropoulos-Kanakkis. Left-hander Gergo Zalanki converted counter to give Hungary the lead again. Sedlmayer converted extra-man attack from top left and once again Hungary was two ahead (8-6). Manhercz sent in one on extra at 4:18 just after the Greek assistant coach gained a yellow card for not controlling his bench. At 9-6, Hungary was in the ascendancy. Shadows started falling over the pool after a hot, sunny day, with rain forecast for tomorrow, and Greece’s chances were dimming as well. Two big shots by Greece’s Grigorios Kapetanakis and Kalogerakos were blocked. On the next attack, Angelos Foskolos managed to cross the line and Hungary went to a timeout with just over a minute remaining. Greece gained an extra-man goal through Kopeliadis and it was game on with one goal separating the teams. Hungary lost the ball at 13s because it was wasting time and Kovacs was excluded, but he did not leave the pool, so Greece was awarded a 5m penalty at .03s. Kopeliadis converted the penalty goal and the match, at 9-9, went to a shootout.
Photo: Russell McKinnon
Match 70: 12:30, SPAIN 14 MONTENEGRO 9
Classification 5-6
Quarters: 2-2, 4-1, 3-4, 5-2
Referees: Nick Hodgers (AUS), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ).
Extra Man: ESP: ¾. MNE: 3/8.
Pens: Nil
Teams:
SPAIN: Miguel Linares, Sergei Cabanas (1), Guillem Garcia (2), Marc Corbalan, Xavi Serra (2), Alvaro Granados (4), Borsa Fenoy, Agusti Pericas, Roger Tahull, Alesandro Bustos (5), Alfonso Lopez-Saez. Head Coach: Quim Colet.
MONTENEGRO: Arsenije Stanovic, Ugjesa Vukasovic, Dorde Bulatovic (1), Dusan Matkovic (1), Matija Brguljan (2), Nicolas Savejic, Danilo Adzic, Stefan Porobic (1), Filip Gardasevic (4), Janko Krivokapic, Milija Mandic. Head Coach: Zoran Maslovar.
Match report:
Spain, cajoled into action by head coach Quim Colet, started on the right foot and kept putting the accelerator down to deny Montenegro any chance of fifth place. Spain is a balanced team and has a strong centre forward in Roger Tahull, who has performed all week, gaining valuable exclusions and goals when needed. Spain was all composure today and Montenegro looked a little in awe, despite hard work from the excellent outside man Matija Brguljan and sharpshooter Nicolas Savejic, who were both covered well today. It was left to Filip Gardasevic to claim four goals. For Spain, Alejandro Bustos, who likes the left side of the pool, fired in five goals and Alvaro Granados netted four. Spain finished six two years ago while Montenegro’s last visit to this level was 2011 when it claimed seventh.
Photo: Russell McKinnon
Match 69: 11:10, CROATIA 14 AUSTRALIA 10
Classification 7-8
Quarters: 4-2, 5-4, 3-3, 2-1
Referees: Luca Bianco (ITA), Michail Skalochoritis (GRE).
Extra Man: CRO: 3/14. AUS: 7/15.
Pens: CRO: 2/3.
Teams:
CROATIA: Marin Sparada, Loren Fatovic (1), Rino Buric (4), Andro Gagulic, Antun Goreta (3), Andrija Basic (2), Luka Lozina (2), Antonio Buha, Ivan Zovic, Ivan Zivkovic (2), Marin Jukic. Head Coach:.
AUSTRALIA: Anthony Hrysanthos, Nicholas Brooks (4), Angus Lambie (1), Christopher Perrott (1), William Armstrong (1), Jordan Kremers-Taylor (1), William Mackay, Leo Hurley, Andrew Ford, James Smith (1), Sam Cocokios. Head Coach: Slobodan Macic.
Match Report:
Croatia, expected to be in the medal rounds earlier in the tournament had to settle for seventh place. It was not pretty for the Croatians who have been disrupted by players being suspended and a coach binned for the two last matches. Players who should have starred in Almaty, only showed flashes of brilliance. Rino Buric scored four goals in the second quarter and Antun Goreta, red-carded earlier in the tournament, scored three early goals, but that was all. Australia must take credit for making it so hard for Croatia, especially on the man-up count. Croatia could only convert three chances, while the Aussies produced seven. Croatia also had three penalty chances, converting two. Nicholas Brooks, one of the true stars in the Australian team, hammered in five goals with three in the third period. Others had good tournaments as well and the team improved all week. Australia’s final position was unchanged from 2013 and Croatia slipped five placings from that silver-medal performance.
Photo: Russell McKinnon
ALMATY: España se gusta y acaba quinta del Mundo
12/09/2015 - Qué final de la Selección española júnior. La derrota en cuartos ante Serbia nos condenó a jugar de la quinta a la octava plaza. Había que superar dos escollos: Croacia y Montenegro, nada menos. Si el día anterior los croatas se ahogaron ante el juego español, esta vez ha sido el turno de los montenegrinos, que no han podido aguantar tampoco a los hombres de Quim Colet, sucumbiendo por 14—9. Enhorabuena, EQUIPO.
Se acabó el Mundial y si bien lo hizo sin medalla, la quinta plaza tiene mucho valor por cuanto han quedado atrás rivales potentes como Montenegro, Croacia y Australia. España volvió a ser solidaria en defensa y participativa en ataque. De hecho, los goles de Alejandro Bustos (5) y Álvaro Granados (4) iban a ser un estilete insoportable para los balcánicos. Pese al empate inicial (2-2), el segundo cuarto puso la proa para ganar el partido.
Y la apuesta salió bien. Pese a que Montenegro lo intentó con un Gardasevic desatado (9-7), España volvió a dar otra clase maestra en el último cuarto y, con un parcial de 5-2, llevarse el partido de forma brilante ante un rival de los grandes de Europa.
FICHA TÉCNICA:
ESPAÑA 14 MONTENEGRO 9
Parciales: 2-2, 4-1, 3-4, 5-2
Árbitros: Nick Hodgers (AUS) y Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ).
ESPAÑA: Miguel Linares, Sergi Cabanas (1), Guillem García (2), Marc Corbalán, Xavi Serra (2), Álvaro Granados (4), Borja Fenoy, Agustí Pericas, Roger Tahull, Alejandro Bustos (5), Alfonso López-Sáez. Entrenador: Quim Colet.
MONTENEGRO: Arsenije Stanovic, Ugjesa Vukasovic, Dorde Bulatovic (1), Dusan Matkovic (1), Matija Brguljan (2), Nicolas Savejic, Danilo Adzic, Stefan Porobic (1), Filip Gardasevic (4), Janko Krivokapic, Milija Mandic. Entrenador: Zoran Maslovar.
Comunicación RFEN. Foto: España ha podido con Croacia y Montenegro haciendo suya la quinta plaza mundial / Russel McKinnon - FINA (c)
Day 8 1/2 Finals
Serbia-Italy gold-medal final at FINA Junior Men’s World Championships
Almaty, September 11.— Serbia will play Italy for the gold medal on the ninth day of the FINA Junior Men’s World Water Polo Championships.
Serbia pounced on Greece for a 16-8 victory and Italy held out Hungary 12-10 to set up the enticing finale.
In the round 5-8 semifinals, Spain defeated Croatia 12-7 and Montenegro came from an early deficit to beat Australia 15-9.
In the classification matches where teams gained their final positions and depart the tournament, Iran beat South Africa 15-11 for 17th; China beat Uzbekistan 23-22 for 15th in a penalty shootout after the match was tied at 19-19; Japan downed Canada 27-12 for 13th; Netherlands headed off Mexico 19-9 for 11th and Kazakhstan struck out Egypt 18-10 for ninth.
Saturday’s schedule:
Classification 7-8
69. 11:10 CRO v AUS
Classification 5-6
70. 12:30 ESP v MNE
Classification 3-4
71. 13:50 GRE v HUN
Classification 1-2
71. 15:10 SRB v ITA
Match reports:
Match 68: 21:00, HUNGARY 10 ITALY 12
Classification 1-4 Semifinal
Quarters: 2-4, 3-2, 2-3, 3-3
Referees: Andrej Franulovic (CRO), Mikhail Dykman (CAN).
Extra Man: HUN:3/10. ITA: 4/9.
Pens: Nil
Teams:HUNGARY: Istvan Kardos, Marcell Kolozsi, Zoltan Pohl, Tamas Sedlmayer (1), Adam Nagy (2), Balasz Kalanovics, Gergo Zalanki, Gergo Kovacs (3), Krisztian Peter Manhercz (2), Simon Benedek Vogel (2), Soma Vogel. Head Coach: Gyorgi Horkai.
ITALY: Fabio Viola, Umberto Esposito (1), Edoardo di Somma (2), Antonio Maccioni, Gianluigi Foglio (2), Roberto Ravina (2), Vincenze Dolce (4), Eduardo Campopiano, Jacopo Alesiani, Alessandro Velotto (1), Gianmarco Nicosia. Head Coach: Ferdinando Pasci.
ITALY: Fabio Viola, Umberto Esposito (1), Edoardo di Somma (2), Antonio Maccioni, Gianluigi Foglio (2), Roberto Ravina (2), Vincenze Dolce (4), Eduardo Campopiano, Jacopo Alesiani, Alessandro Velotto (1), Gianmarco Nicosia. Head Coach: Ferdinando Pasci.
Match report:Italy overcame Hungary who had a 2-1 lead in the first quarter only to see Italy take the lead and never relinquish it. Italy went two up twice in the second quarter before Hungary trimmed the margin to 6-5 heading into the second half in front of a packed crowd. With a child screaming “Italia” incessantly from the stands, the team in blue kept on producing. From 6-5 at halftime, an outside shot from Roberto Ravina took it to a two-goal difference. At 2:25, Gergo Kovacs sent in a missile that was deflected to narrow the gap. Umberto Esposito went in close and scored over the right shoulder of Soma Vogel on extra at 1:59 for 8-6. Hungary went to a timeout on the next attack, seeking to convert extra. Under the new style of game, not many of these extra-man attacks turn into goals as the momentum is interrupted. In fact, Adam Nagy bounced the ball over the goal. Italy called a timeout at 1:25 and worked the ball to centre forward to no effect. Hungary gained an extra man and Kovacs converted immediately for 7-8. Italy earned an extra and Edoardo di Somma scored from dead in front with six seconds left for 9-7. The goal was all class and more like something we should hope to see at senior level. Heading into the final quarter, Hungary had two players on two fouls and Italy three. Vincenze Dolce, having a great tournament, sent in a satellite shot from eight metres into the top right for 10-7 at 6:26, making the task for Hungary even harder. Nagy snapped in a screamer at 5:23 from the top left for 8-10 and the little kid with the chant was suddenly hoarse. With Marcell Kolozsi being the first player to exit the match, Dolce bounced in on extra for 11-8 at 4:49. He had to negotiate the Hungarian style of three in goal. Italy’s Alessandro Velotto scored on counter for 12-8 at 4:12, lobbing Nicosia. Kovacs blasted in another from well outside for 9-12 at 3:33. Hungary was still in the game. It took a timeout at 2:31 and head coach Gyorgi Horkai, Olympic champion in 1976, gained a yellow card. Hungary turned the ball over, but regained and earned an ejection. The ball passed mesmerisingly around until it found centre forward Simon Benedek Vogel free to score for 10-12. The kid had the scream back. The last minute came with Italy on attack and time expired. Hungary charged upfield and lost the ball. Italy controlled and Hungarian Sedelmayer swamped a player, was excluded, Italy called timeout and the match was virtually over. For 13 seconds, Italy played and won the match.
Photo: Russell McKinnon
Match 67: 19:40, GREECE 8 SERBIA 16
Classification 1-4 Semifinal
Quarters: 2-5, 2-3, 2-3, 2-5
Referees: Jaume Teixido (ESP), Nick Hodgers (AUS).
Extra Man: GRE: 2/9. SRB: 8/17.
Pens: Nil
Teams:GREECE: Emmanouil Zerdevas, Nikolaos Kopeliadis (1), Michail Sartzetakis, Angelos Foskolos (3), Stylianos Argyropoulos-Kanakkis (2), Dmitrios Nicolaidis (1), Panteleimon Kalogerakos, Grigorios Kapetanakis, , Alexandros Athymaritis (1), Rafail Forotzidis. Head Coach: Theodoros Chatzitheodorou.
SERBIA: Lazar Dobozanov, Mateja Arsanovic (3), Mihajlo Repanovic (1), Gavril Subotic (4), Ivan Gvozdanovic, Drasko Gogov (1), Nebojsa Toholj (4), Marko Manojlovic (2), Filip Radojevic (1), Milan Vitorovic. Head Coach: Vladimir Vujasinovic.
SERBIA: Lazar Dobozanov, Mateja Arsanovic (3), Mihajlo Repanovic (1), Gavril Subotic (4), Ivan Gvozdanovic, Drasko Gogov (1), Nebojsa Toholj (4), Marko Manojlovic (2), Filip Radojevic (1), Milan Vitorovic. Head Coach: Vladimir Vujasinovic.
Match report:Serbia struck the first blow in the semifinal stakes with a handsome victory over Greece. This was a match played by veterans rather than youngsters, although as youngsters tend to be more headstrong, tempers frayed and referees reacted. Greece finished the match with no substitutes and as the past few days have shown, there have nearly been more players in the stands than in the pool. The first red card was delivered to Nikolaos Kopeliadis at 1:14 in the second quarter. The next red cards were a double exclusion with substitution on Greece’s Grigorios Kapetanakis and Serbia’s Marko Manojlovic at 2:03 in the third period. No greater goal was scored than at 11-5 after a timeout. The ball came straight from Drasko Gogov at point to Manojlovic at centre forward. He popped up, caught, twisted and drilled with Greece unable to defend. Manojlovic enjoyed only seconds more before being red-carded. By now Serbia was well on the way to the final. Despite the loss of Radomir Drasovic, who is serving a two-match suspension for a brutality foul from Thursday, Serbia and Greece played the seven-man game with one player less. Greece was also without excellent shooter Christos Papoukas, serving a suspension. There were gaps and they were taken. Greece fought for every goal and its focus was more mainline unlike in the quarterfinal clash with Croatia where tempers frayed, causing many problems, especially for the latter. In the fourth period there were more officials on the bench than players — not hard considering there was only one reserve left. Angelos Foskolos narrowed it to 11-7, but Gavril Subotic responded on the next attack. Greece had trouble getting the ball through the defence whereas Nebojsa Toholj had no trouble from two metres for 13-7 just inside the five-minute mark. On a Serbian timeout at 3:14, Greece head coach Theodoros Chatzitheodorou was red-carded for remonstrating with the referee and Toholj quickly converted the extra-man for 14-7 and his fourth of the match. Foskolos worked off the left post to score at 2:42 for 8-14. Mihajlo Repanovic converted extra-man attack for 15-8 at the two-minute mark approached and Chatzitheodorou forlornly watched on in the stands with three of his excluded players beside him. Foskolos was red-carded with 34 seconds left while on attack. Now there were no substitutes on the bench. Subotic converted for 16-8 and his fourth goal and it was all over. Serbia was definitely going to finish better than bronze two years ago.
Photo: Russell McKinnon
Match 66: 18:20, MONTENEGRO 15 AUSTRALIA 9
Classification 5-8 Semifinal
Quarters: 6-5, 3-1, 3-2, 3-1
Referees: Luca Bianco (ITA), Daniel Vazquez (MEX).
Extra Man: MNE: 4/12. AUS: 5/8.
Pens: AUS: 0/1.
Teams:
MONTENEGRO: Arsenije Stanovic, Ugjesa Vukasovic (1), Dorde Bulatovic (1), Dusan Matkovic, Matija Brguljan (2), Nicolas Saveljic (5), Danilo Adzic (2), Stefan Porobic (2), Filip Gardasevic, Janko Krivokapic (2), Milija Mandic. Head Coach: Zoran Maslovar.AUSTRALIA: Anthony Hrysanthos, Nicholas Brooks (1), Angus Lambie (1), Christopher Perrott, William Armstrong (2), Jordan Kremers-Taylor (2), William Mackay, Leo Hurley (1), Andrew Ford (2), James Smith, Sam Cocokios. Head Coach: Slobodan Macic.
MONTENEGRO: Arsenije Stanovic, Ugjesa Vukasovic (1), Dorde Bulatovic (1), Dusan Matkovic, Matija Brguljan (2), Nicolas Saveljic (5), Danilo Adzic (2), Stefan Porobic (2), Filip Gardasevic, Janko Krivokapic (2), Milija Mandic. Head Coach: Zoran Maslovar.AUSTRALIA: Anthony Hrysanthos, Nicholas Brooks (1), Angus Lambie (1), Christopher Perrott, William Armstrong (2), Jordan Kremers-Taylor (2), William Mackay, Leo Hurley (1), Andrew Ford (2), James Smith, Sam Cocokios. Head Coach: Slobodan Macic.
Match Report:Montenegro eased into the play-off for fifth with Spain thanks to a solid match with Australia. The Aussies led 5-3 late in the first quarter until Montenegro scored twice to level before the break. The first four goals by Australia were on extra-man attack. Montenegro took the match by the scruff and went out to 9-6 by halftime, despite Dorde Bulatovic being sent with a red card. Australia dragged it back to three twice in the third. Montenegro, with the match wrapped up, went out to 15-8 and Australia closed the scoring. Nicolas Saveljic was on fire down the left side, scoring five goals and generally being a threat when ever he touched the ball. Three Aussies scored twice and six players scored altogether. Both teams could be happy with their standard of play.
Photo: Russell McKinnon
Match 65: 17:00, CROATIA 7 SPAIN 12
Classification 5-8 Semifinal
Quarters: 1-2, 2-2, 5-4, 1-4
Referees: Balazs Szekely (HUN), Liang Zhang (CHN).
Extra Man: CRO: 4/9. ESP: 4/10.
Pens: Nil
Teams:
CROATIA: Marin Sparada, Loren Fatovic (2), Rino Buric, Andro Gagulic, Antun Goreta (2), Andrija Basic (2), Luka Lozina, Ivan Zovic (1), Ivan Zivkovic, Marin Jukic. Assistant Coach: Gulin Nikica.SPAIN: Miguel Linares, Sergei Cabanas (2), Guillem Garcia (2), Marc Corbalan (2), Xavi Serra (1), Alvaro Granados (1), Borsa Fenoy (1), Agusti Pericas (1), Roger Tahull (1), Alesandro Bustos (1), Alfonso Lopez-Saez. Head Coach: Quim Colet.
CROATIA: Marin Sparada, Loren Fatovic (2), Rino Buric, Andro Gagulic, Antun Goreta (2), Andrija Basic (2), Luka Lozina, Ivan Zovic (1), Ivan Zivkovic, Marin Jukic. Assistant Coach: Gulin Nikica.SPAIN: Miguel Linares, Sergei Cabanas (2), Guillem Garcia (2), Marc Corbalan (2), Xavi Serra (1), Alvaro Granados (1), Borsa Fenoy (1), Agusti Pericas (1), Roger Tahull (1), Alesandro Bustos (1), Alfonso Lopez-Saez. Head Coach: Quim Colet.
Match report:Croatia continued its downward slide in this year’s competition, losing out to Spain. Croatia was missing two key people. Antonio Buha was absent from the Croatian team, serving the first of a two-match suspension for brutality the day before. And head coach Miho Bobic, also red-carded in Thursday’s clash with Greece, will see no further part in the tournament. Assistant Coach Gulin Nikica took the reins today, as he will probably on the final day. Spain went 2-0 up and allowed Croatia to level at two and three before taking a 4-3 lead (obtained at 4:20) into the third period. The lead stretched to 6-3 before Croatia broke a near nine-minute drought for 4-6. Spain went to 8-4 and gave two back to Croatia before the final break. Loren Fatovic drew Croatia to within one early in the fourth, but there the hopes of the nation died as Spain controlled up front, defended well and went to 11-7, letting Croatia in at 0:21 remaining. Spain’s ability to survive and play well is not just at the doorstep of goalkeeper Miguel Linares, but right down the team. Eight players scored, showing that depth is all important. Andrija Basic looked strong at the top for two goals, but big centre forward Luke Lozina was contained by the Spanish. The control of both teams was shown through the major fouls where everyone finished the match and only a yellow card was issued to the Croatian assistant coach.
Photo: Russell McKinnon
Match 63: 15:40, MEXICO 9 NETHERLANDS 19
Classification 11-12
Quarters: 1-4, 3-4, 3-5, 2-6
Referees: Kunihiro Sato (JPN), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ).
Extra Man: MEX: 4/9. NED: 4/5.
Pens: Nil.
Teams:
MEXICO: Alfredo de la Mova, Hazed Veya, Raul Vargus, Raul Muniz (1), Rodrigo Avalos, Sinahi Gonzalez (3), Arturo Ocejo (2), Alexey Grubnik, Diego Mercado (2), Jorge Cervantes (1), Isaac Contreras. Head Coach: Raul de la Pena.NETHERLANDS: Milan Koff, Kjeld Veenhuis (3), Guus van Iperen (4), Sam Burg (1), Guus Wolswinkel (1), Tarik Scherrenburg (3), Harmen Muller (1), Pascal Janssen, Bilal Gbadamassi (2), Benjamin Hoepelman (4), Brent Hofmeyer. Head Coach: Jacob Spijker.
MEXICO: Alfredo de la Mova, Hazed Veya, Raul Vargus, Raul Muniz (1), Rodrigo Avalos, Sinahi Gonzalez (3), Arturo Ocejo (2), Alexey Grubnik, Diego Mercado (2), Jorge Cervantes (1), Isaac Contreras. Head Coach: Raul de la Pena.NETHERLANDS: Milan Koff, Kjeld Veenhuis (3), Guus van Iperen (4), Sam Burg (1), Guus Wolswinkel (1), Tarik Scherrenburg (3), Harmen Muller (1), Pascal Janssen, Bilal Gbadamassi (2), Benjamin Hoepelman (4), Brent Hofmeyer. Head Coach: Jacob Spijker.
Match Report:Netherlands goes home with 11th place after a strong showing against Mexico. The only other time it competed at this level was when it finished sixth in 1989. Guus van Iperen did not see out the match, instead watching from the stands after being suspended late in the third period in which he scored two of his four goals. The Dutch seemed to be enjoying the match, playing in the right spirit on their final day of action. Eight field players scored goals with standout shooter and centre forward Benjamin Hoepelman joining Iperen as a four-goaler. Sinai Gonzalez took three for Mexico, which finished 17th in 2007, the last time it played in the 20-and-under tournament.
Photo: Russell McKinnon
Match 64: 14:00, KAZAKHSTAN 18 EGYPT 10
Classification 9-10
Quarters: 4-1, 4-4, 3-3, 7-2
Referees: Haldun Toygarli (TUR), Ulrich Spiegel (GER).
Extra Man: KAZ: 10/20. EGY: 5/11.
Pens: KAZ: 1/1.
Teams:
KAZAKHSTAN: Aleksandr Lopatkin, Stanislav Shvedov (3), Ruslan Akhmetov (1), Sultan, Shonzhigitov, Miras Aubakirov (1), Sergey Bogomolov, Maxim Zhardan (5), Egor Berbelyuk (3), Altay Altayev (2), Yulian Verdesh (2), Valeriy Shlemov. Head Coach: Nemanja Knezevic.EGYPT: Omara Osama, Moustafa Essmat, Aly Elaassar, Mahmoud Tarek (1), Ahmed Barakat (1), Abdelrahman Haroun (2), Ahmed Sherif (2), Hassan Haroun (1), Karim Mahmoud, Mahomed Mohsen (3), Marwan Ayman. Head Coach: Denes Lukacs.
KAZAKHSTAN: Aleksandr Lopatkin, Stanislav Shvedov (3), Ruslan Akhmetov (1), Sultan, Shonzhigitov, Miras Aubakirov (1), Sergey Bogomolov, Maxim Zhardan (5), Egor Berbelyuk (3), Altay Altayev (2), Yulian Verdesh (2), Valeriy Shlemov. Head Coach: Nemanja Knezevic.EGYPT: Omara Osama, Moustafa Essmat, Aly Elaassar, Mahmoud Tarek (1), Ahmed Barakat (1), Abdelrahman Haroun (2), Ahmed Sherif (2), Hassan Haroun (1), Karim Mahmoud, Mahomed Mohsen (3), Marwan Ayman. Head Coach: Denes Lukacs.
Match report:Egypt was embroiled in controversy for the second consecutive day, when it went down 18-10 to Kazakhstan. Egypt had six of its 11 players excluded from the match with the last in the final second. Two were suspended and it seemed that the biggest Egyptian bench was just over the rails near the poolside bench. Assistant coach Aly Haroun was sitting out the match, but was very animated throughout. The ejected players started joining him and were soon surrounded by security guards. After the match finished, the nearest referee was shadowed and shouted at by all the team and as he walked away two Egyptian players allegedly threw a bottle and ball at him. Someone in the stands also pelted him with a water bottle. It was a sad ending to an excellent match played by Kazakhstan, always in front, borne from a 3-0 start. Kazakhstan finished off strongly as the frustrated Egyptians lost concentration in the final period. Kazakhstan was not blameless with Altay Altayev suspended and two team-mates gaining three major fouls and two more sitting on a pair. Tarek Mamoud gained his second suspension in two days — when 8-11 down early in the final quarter — while Hassan Haroun was suspended when 9-16 behind. Altayev was binned in between the two Egyptians. Seven players from each team scored goals with the best Maxim Zhardan for the home team with five. Kazakhstan was 15th two years ago so this was a huge leap. Ninth position is its best since 11th in 1995. Egypt was 15th in Volos, Greece in in 2011, its last outing at this level.
Picture: Russell McKinnon
Match 62: 12:40, JAPAN 27 CANADA 12
Classification 13-14
Quarters: 6-3, 7-3, 6-2, 8-4
Referees: Michail Skalochoritis (GRE), Amirhossein Safabakhash (IRI).
Extra Man: JPN: 5/9. CAN: 4/10.
Pens: JPN: 3/3.
Teams:JAPAN: Kazuki Hashimoto, Kenta Araki (2), Mitsuru Takata (2), Shuma Kawamoto (2), Shotaro Yamada (3), Daichi Nagano (2), Shu Hamada (3), Seiya Adachi (9), Miki Sato (4), Kohei Inaba, Ryosuke Oshima. Head Coach: Yoshinori Shiota.
CANADA: Samuel Reiber, Giordano Marconuto, Maxime Schapowal, Gaelan Patterson, Matthew Halajian (3), Julien Allard (1), Paule Kotarac (1), Sean Spooner (3), Jeremie Blanchard (2), Aria Suleimanipak (2), Benjamin Bolduc. Head Coach: Nikola Maric.
CANADA: Samuel Reiber, Giordano Marconuto, Maxime Schapowal, Gaelan Patterson, Matthew Halajian (3), Julien Allard (1), Paule Kotarac (1), Sean Spooner (3), Jeremie Blanchard (2), Aria Suleimanipak (2), Benjamin Bolduc. Head Coach: Nikola Maric.
Match Report:Canada had no answer to the speed and inventiveness of the Japanese, who swam away with the match. Canada was three down at the first break was still in the match at 5-6 and 6-8, however, five goals in less than five minutes had the game sewn up for Japan and a healthy 13-6 halftime advantage. Four of Japan’s seven were scored by Seiya Adachi, who also claimed three in the final period for a tally of nine. He also scored nine goals against China on the fifth day of competition and closed the tournament with 28. Only two other players have scored double figures here in Almaty. Canada was still fighting at the end, scoring four goals within four minutes. Mathew Halajian and Sean Spooner, before he was fouled out, scored three each for Canada and Halajian, in particular, was a standout during the event. In Hungary two years ago, Japan was ninth and Canada 11th.
Photo: Russell McKinnon
Match 61: 11:20, UZBEKISTAN 22 CHINA 23 In penalty shootout (FT: 19-19. Pens: 3-4)
Classification 15-16
Quarters: 1-2, 6-7, 7-6, 5-4. Pens: 3-4
Referees: Michael Baty (RSA), Daniel Daners (URU).
Extra Man: UZB: 6/12. CHN: 4/11.
Pens: UZB: 1/2.
Teams:UZBEKISTAN: Radion Knabibullaev, Mirjalol Nagmatov, Doniyor Umarov, Artur Kim, Maksim Krakhotin, Aleksey Zaytsev, Kirill Rustamov, Egor Chumachenko, Grorgiy Mamedov, Aleksey Massel, Khayotson Rakhimov. Head Coach: Aleksandr Sokolov.
CHINA: Guozheng Wei, Zekai Xie, Zhongxzan Chen, Jiahao Peng, Rongkun Lie, Bezyi Wang, Yingyi Gao, Rui Chen, Yi Lu, Dong Ni, Xiang Fu. Head Coach: Yaohua Chen.
CHINA: Guozheng Wei, Zekai Xie, Zhongxzan Chen, Jiahao Peng, Rongkun Lie, Bezyi Wang, Yingyi Gao, Rui Chen, Yi Lu, Dong Ni, Xiang Fu. Head Coach: Yaohua Chen.
Match report:China needed a penalty shootout to beat Uzbekistan in the play-off for 15th place. In fact, China beat Kirill Rustamov, the machine gun for hire as he totalled a competition-high and possibly a record for this event with 15 goals. Held scoreless in a rather timid first quarter, Rustamov, who came into the match with 41 goals, scored four in the second quarter and then a staggering seven in the third and then a subdued three in the fourth. He blasted in his penalty attempt as Uzbekistan and China both missed early attempts before the final Uzbek player bounced his shot into the bar to give China the shootout 4-3. While China was recalcitrant in gifting Rustamov so many fouls at the five-metre line, it was also sad that it gave up so many good advantages. It was three up four times in the second quarter and twice in the third before Uzbekistan drew the match level at 12-12, 13-13 and then one down at the final break. With Rustamov almost wearing his arm out, China set about going three up again at 5:58. At 3:26, the score was 17-17 and 18-18 at 2:31. Uzbekistan went into the lead, for only the second time (3-2) at 2:00. China had to come back, scoring through the brilliant Zhongxzan Chen for his seventh at 0:36. China went to a timeout and gained a foul at five metres, but inexplicably the player did not shoot, instead sending the ball to the right side of the pool and then back out to seven metres for that player to shoot and miss. A wasted opportunity meant the penalty shootout. China’s Rui Chen was another in the goals with five as China used seven players to score. Rustamov will go home a hero with his 55 goals, plus one in the shootout for a total of 56 and finishes as the top goal-scorer and with it, inclusion to the Media All Star team. He was indeed a star at this tournament. Chinese head coach Yaohua Chen did not see out the match, gaining a red card at 3:26 in the final quarter. China was 12th in 1999, the last time it competed at this level and has a best result of 10th from 1987. Uzbekistan’s best was 12th in 2013.
Photo: Russell McKinnon
Match 60: 10:00, SOUTH AFRICA 11 IRAN 15
Classification 17-18
Quarters: 5-5, 0-3, 3-3, 3-4
Referees: Miodrag Stefanovic (SRB), Radu Matache (ROU).
Extra Man: RSA: 4/7. IRI: 5/7.
Pens: RSA: 0/1.
Teams:SOUTH AFRICA: Gareth May, Roarke Olver, Tim Rezelman (2), Shane Fourie (2), Claudio Fernandes, Nicholas Downes (1), Jason Evezard (5), Liam Neill (1), Keanan Alexander, Wyatt Edwards, Themba Mthembu. Head Coach: Jason Sileno.
IRAN: Hamed Karimi, Masoud Ahmadi (4), Mehdi Yazdankhah (1), Arshia Almasi (2), Amirhossein Keihany (3), Peiman Asadiaghajari, Mohammadmahdi Heydari (2), Hamidreza Moghaddam (2), Soheil Rostamian (1), Aminghavidel Hajiagha (1), Shayan Ghasemidaryan. Head Coach: Vahid Rezaeiashtiyani.
IRAN: Hamed Karimi, Masoud Ahmadi (4), Mehdi Yazdankhah (1), Arshia Almasi (2), Amirhossein Keihany (3), Peiman Asadiaghajari, Mohammadmahdi Heydari (2), Hamidreza Moghaddam (2), Soheil Rostamian (1), Aminghavidel Hajiagha (1), Shayan Ghasemidaryan. Head Coach: Vahid Rezaeiashtiyani.
Match Report:Iran closed out the tournament in 17th place with a pleasing result built on excellent outside shooting. South Africa was in the picture, but poor defence at times and non-reaction of the goalkeeper in the early phases made a big difference. Iran built on that confidence and went three ahead by halftime and on to victory. South Africa worked hard at times and thrived on coming back from 1-3 down to 3-3 and 3-5 to 5-5 by quarter time. The Africans came to 7-8 in the third period and 8-10 to be in the hunt. However, when Roarke Olver was suspended early in the fourth period, the margin slipped out to five. Iran went out to 15-9 before Nicholas Downes and Tim Rezelman narrowed the gap in the last 40 seconds. Jason Evezard topped the scoring with five, four in the opening quarter. For Iran it was solid team effort eight players scored with Masoudi Ahmadi getting one in each quarter. Amirhossein Keihany gained a yellow card for simulation, one of only two from the tournament so far. Two years ago in Szombathely, Hungary, South Africa finished 14th while Iran’s last participation at this level was 10th in Volos, Greece in 2011.
Picture: Russell McKinnon
ALMATY: España ahoga a la potente Croacia
11/09/2015 - Ganar en Waterpolo a Croacia por cinco goles en un Mundial está al alcance de pocos. Pués eso es lo que hizo nuestra España Sub20 esta tarde en el Mundial de la categoría en Almaty—Kazajistán, desarbolar a los croatas con un juego rápido, con profundidad de banquillo y eficacia anotadora (7—12). Y aunque no nos dio para alcanzar una medalla, España cerrará el campeonato luchando por una meritoria quinta plaza.
Impresionante este viernes España, que jugó un grabn waterpolo para ganar a uno de los cocos mundiales de las categorías abosoluta y junior: Croacia. Empezaron gustánsose (2-0) los hombres de Quim Colet, y al descanso mantenían una renta de un gol (3-4).
Pero Croacia se atascó en ataque y tuvo nueve minutos de sequía que aprovechó España para marcharse 4-8. No estaba todo hecho y Croacia volvió a reaccionar para dejar el marcador en 6-8 antes del úlyimo cuarto. Y ahí España no permitió más de un gol para llevarse el partido con un dato incontestable: Los 9 hombres de campo españoles marcaron al menos un gol. Eso se llama fondo de armario. Felicidades.
FICHA TÉCNICA:
CROACIA 7 ESPAÑA 12
Parciales: 1-2, 2-2, 3-4, 1-4
Árbitros: Balazs Szekely (HUN), Liang Zhang (CHN).
CROACIA: Marin Sparada, Loren Fatovic (2), Rino Buric, Andro Gagulic, Antun Goreta (2), Andrija Basic (2), Luka Lozina, Ivan Zovic (1), Ivan Zivkovic, Marin Jukic. Entrenador asistente: Gulin Nikica.
ESPAÑA: Miguel Linares, Sergi Cabanas (2), Guillem García (2), Marc Corbalán (2), Xavi Serra (1), Álvaro Granados (1), Borja Fenoy (1), Agustí Pericas (1), Roger Tahull (1), Alejandro Bustos (1), Alfonso López-Sáez. Entrenador: Quim Colet.
Comunicación RFEN. Foto: España, con sus 12 goles, fue una pesadilla para la defensa croata / Russel McKinnon-FINA (c)
Day 7
Almaty, September 10.— Greece will play Serbia and Hungary will face Italy in Friday’s competition following day-seven action of the FINA Junior Men’s World Water Polo Championships.
Greece won a spiteful and controversy-ridden quarterfinal clash with Croatia in which the red card was more dominant than anything else. Croatia scuttled its chances by having three leading players and the coach sidelined early on and more mayhem prevailed in the final quarter as the match descended into a farce.
Greece won the match 13-12, but the result was not declared until an hour later. See full report for details.
Hungary beat Montenegro 15-12 in the second quarterfinal and Serbia downed Spain 15-11. In the final match of the evening on a long day of action and controversy, Italy defeated Australia 20-9.
In the round of 9-12 semifinals, Kazakhstan beat Mexico 18-11 and Egypt toppled Netherlands in another controversy-filled encounter (See match details for full report).
The first two matches of the day were for the round of 13-18 semifinals in which Japan smashed Uzbekistan 20-6 and Canada tipped out China 14-13.
Friday’s schedule:
Final 17-18
60. 10:00 RSA v IRI
Final 15-16
61. 11:20 UZB v CHN
Final 13-14
62. 12:40 JPN v CAN
Final 11-12
63. 14:00 MEX v NED
Final 9-10
64. 15:40 KAZ v EGY
Round 5-8 Semifinals
65. 17:00 CRO v ESP
66. 17:40 MNE v AUS
Round 1-4 Semifinal:
67. 19:40 GRE v SRB
58. 20:20 HUN v ITA
Daily match reports:
Match 58: 20:20, ITALY 20 AUSTRALIA 9
Round 1-8 quarterfinal
Quarters: 6-3, 6-3, 5-2, 3-1
Referees: Andrej Franulovic (CRO), Jaume Teixido (ESP)
Extra Man: ITA: 7/9. AUS: 7/13.
Pens: AUS: 0/1.
Teams:
ITALY: Fabio Viola, Umberto Esposito (1), Edoardo di Somma (4), Antonio Maccioni, Gianluigi Foglio (3), Roberto Ravina (5), Vincenze Dolce, Eduardo Campopiano, Jacopo Alesiani (5), Alessandro Velotto (2), Gianmarco Nicosia. Head Coach: Ferdinando Pasci.AUSTRALIA: Anthony Hrysanthos, Nicholas Brooks (1), Angus Lambie, Christopher Perrott (2), William Armstrong (1), Jordan Kremers-Taylor (2), William Mackay, Leo Hurley (2), Andrew Ford (1), James Smith, Sam Cocokios. Head Coach: Slobodan Macic.
ITALY: Fabio Viola, Umberto Esposito (1), Edoardo di Somma (4), Antonio Maccioni, Gianluigi Foglio (3), Roberto Ravina (5), Vincenze Dolce, Eduardo Campopiano, Jacopo Alesiani (5), Alessandro Velotto (2), Gianmarco Nicosia. Head Coach: Ferdinando Pasci.AUSTRALIA: Anthony Hrysanthos, Nicholas Brooks (1), Angus Lambie, Christopher Perrott (2), William Armstrong (1), Jordan Kremers-Taylor (2), William Mackay, Leo Hurley (2), Andrew Ford (1), James Smith, Sam Cocokios. Head Coach: Slobodan Macic.
Match report:Italy advanced to the semifinals and an appointment with Hungary while Australia has match-up to Montenegro in the group 5-8 semifinal. Italy was the more rounded team, with strong shooters out the top making all the difference. Australia worked hard to maintain some hold on Italy, but the more professional outfit put paid to any hopes Australia had of winning a medal. Two strong opening quarters set the tone of the match with Edoardo di Somma scoring three of his four in the second period. Italy was sharp and will be a worthy semifinalist, if not a finalist. Roberto Ravina top-scored with five, two in the first period and two in the third.
Photo: Russell McKinnon
Match 57: 19:00, SERBIA 15 SPAIN 11
Round 1-8 quarterfinal
Quarters: 4-2, 3-3, 4-3, 4-3
Referees: Ulrich Spiegel (GER), Michail Skalochoritis (GRE)
Extra Man: SRB: 6/9. ESP: 2/7.
Pens: SRB: 1/1. ESP: 1/1.
Teams:
SERBIA: Lazar Dobozanov, Mateja Arsanovic (3), Radomir Drasovic, Mihajlo Repanovic (1), Gavril Subotic (6), Ivan Gvozdanovic, Drasko Gogov (2), Nebojsa Toholj, Marko Manojlovic, Filip Radojevic (3), Milan Vitorovic. Head Coach: Vladimir Vujasinovic.SPAIN: Miguel Linares, Sergei Cabanas (2), Guillem Garcia (5), Marc Corbalan, Xavi Serra, Alvaro Granados, Borsa Fenoy, Agusti Pericas (2), Roger Tahull (1), Alesandro Bustos (1), Alfonso Lopez-Saez. Head Coach: Quim Colet.
SERBIA: Lazar Dobozanov, Mateja Arsanovic (3), Radomir Drasovic, Mihajlo Repanovic (1), Gavril Subotic (6), Ivan Gvozdanovic, Drasko Gogov (2), Nebojsa Toholj, Marko Manojlovic, Filip Radojevic (3), Milan Vitorovic. Head Coach: Vladimir Vujasinovic.SPAIN: Miguel Linares, Sergei Cabanas (2), Guillem Garcia (5), Marc Corbalan, Xavi Serra, Alvaro Granados, Borsa Fenoy, Agusti Pericas (2), Roger Tahull (1), Alesandro Bustos (1), Alfonso Lopez-Saez. Head Coach: Quim Colet.
Match Report:Serbia’s 4-2 opening quarter seemed to be a stroke of good fortune as it carried the team right through to the semifinals. Serbia twice took a three-goal advantage in the second quarter and four times in the third as Spain tried to stay in touch. When Mateja Arsanovic scored his third early in the fourth it gave Serbia a four-goal buffer, which Spain did not like. Guillem Garcia and Sergi Cabanas drew back two goals, but after a controversial moment in which it looked like Serbian head coach Vladimir Vujasinovic was red-carded (shown and withdrawn), a penalty was awarded against Spain and Serbia converted for 13-10, which quickly became 15-10. Garcia sent in his fifth goal of the match from outside in the dying seconds for a four-goal loss. Serbia’s superior extra-man count and the sure shooting arm of Gavril Subotic — six goals — gave Serbia an excellent lead-in to the medal round and the encounter with Greece.
Photo: Russell McKinnon
Match 56: 17:40, HUNGARY 15 MONTENEGRO 12
Round 1-8 quarterfinal
Quarters: 2-3, 8-3, 3-2, 2-4
Referees: Luca Bianco (ITA), Mikhail Dykman (CAN)
Extra Man: HUN: 3/10. MNE: 8/12
Pens: Nil
Teams:
HUNGARY: Istvan Kardos, Marcell Kolozsi (2), Zoltan Pohl (1), Tamas Sedlmayer (2), Adam Nagy (2), Balasz Kalanovics, Gergo Zalanki (4), Gergo Kovacs (1), Krisztian Peter Manhercz (3), Simon Benedek Vogel, Soma Vogel. Head Coach: Gyorgi Horkai.MONTENEGRO: Arsenije Stanovic, Ugjesa Vukasovic, Dorde Bulatovic, Dusan Matkovic, Matija Brguljan (2), Nicolas Savejic (4), Danilo Adzic (1), Stefan Porobic (1), Filip Gardasevic (4), Janko Krivokapic, Milija Mandic. Head Coach: Zoran Maslovar.
HUNGARY: Istvan Kardos, Marcell Kolozsi (2), Zoltan Pohl (1), Tamas Sedlmayer (2), Adam Nagy (2), Balasz Kalanovics, Gergo Zalanki (4), Gergo Kovacs (1), Krisztian Peter Manhercz (3), Simon Benedek Vogel, Soma Vogel. Head Coach: Gyorgi Horkai.MONTENEGRO: Arsenije Stanovic, Ugjesa Vukasovic, Dorde Bulatovic, Dusan Matkovic, Matija Brguljan (2), Nicolas Savejic (4), Danilo Adzic (1), Stefan Porobic (1), Filip Gardasevic (4), Janko Krivokapic, Milija Mandic. Head Coach: Zoran Maslovar.
Match report: Hungary played aggressively enough to make it to the top four in what seemed a controlled game. Montenegro led 3-1 five minutes into the match, but Hungary pulled one back before the break and then did a job on Montenegro in the second quarter. Six players scored goals for Hungary as Montenegro struggled to stay relevant. Perhaps the longer preparation time due to the late start because of the previous match, had some effect. Hungary led 6-3, 7-4, 8-5 and 10-6 in the period, to turn comfortably. A five-goal margin at the final break seemed to tie the match up except for Montenegro’s willingness in the final eight minutes, bringing the match back to 12-14 at 1:54. Gergo Zalanki scored four in the first half and in the latter stages could not understand when the referee sent him for a major foul. Montenegro’s star was the big-scoring Nicolas Saveljic, whose rocket shots down the line proved vital in the final quarter when he scored three of his four in the hope of pushing for a shootout. Montenegro kept in the game with its superior extra-man statistics, something Hungary will need to brush up on before the semifinals.
Photo: Russell McKinnon
Match 55: 16:20, CROATIA 12 GREECE 13
Round 1-8 quarterfinal
Quarters: 3-5, 4-3, 3-3, 2-2
Referees: Radu Matache (ROU), Balazs Szekely (HUN)
Extra Man: CRO: 7/19. GRE: 6/13.
Pens: CRO: 2/2. GRE: 2/2
Teams:
CROATIA: Marin Sparada, Loren Fatovic, Rino Buric (1), Andro Gagulic (2), Antun Goreta, Andrija Basic (5), Luka Lozina (2), Antonio Buha (1), Ivan Zovic (1), Ivan Zivkovic, Marin Jukic. Head Coach: Miho Bobic.GREECE: Emmanouil Zerdevas, Nikolaos Kopeliadis (3), Michail Sartzetakis, Angelos Foskolos, Stylianos Argyropoulos-Kanakkis (2), Dmitrios Nicolaidis (1), Panteleimon Kalogerakos, Grigorios Kapetanakis (2), Christos Papoukas (3), Alexandros Athymaritis (1), Rafail Forotzidis. Head Coach: Theodoros Chatzitheodorou.
CROATIA: Marin Sparada, Loren Fatovic, Rino Buric (1), Andro Gagulic (2), Antun Goreta, Andrija Basic (5), Luka Lozina (2), Antonio Buha (1), Ivan Zovic (1), Ivan Zivkovic, Marin Jukic. Head Coach: Miho Bobic.GREECE: Emmanouil Zerdevas, Nikolaos Kopeliadis (3), Michail Sartzetakis, Angelos Foskolos, Stylianos Argyropoulos-Kanakkis (2), Dmitrios Nicolaidis (1), Panteleimon Kalogerakos, Grigorios Kapetanakis (2), Christos Papoukas (3), Alexandros Athymaritis (1), Rafail Forotzidis. Head Coach: Theodoros Chatzitheodorou.
Match Report:If the previous match was full of drama, then this match was just unbelievable. In a match where red cards were coming out of the referees’ pockets faster than the OK Corral shootout, the final two and a half minutes probably took closer to 15. Players were being ditched from the game at will, following several red cards against Croatia and then the red card against head coach Miho Bobic at the start of the third quarter. There were double exclusions, misconducts, violence and then to top it all off a double brutality inside the final three minutes and then a double exclusion inside the final two minutes. No one left his seat. Not until well after the dust had settled and the gunslingers waltzed away. When the match was over, Croatian players advanced on the referees and climbed on to the walkway — closely followed by security guards — to vent their anger and question the decisions. A smashed window told the story. Drama was everything and amidst it all Greece emerged as the victor. One could have put money on Croatia taking out the championships, but when sharp shooter Antun Goreta was given the first red card late in the first quarter and severely reprimanded by his coach, some of the power had been stripped from the team. Later in the match it was Rino Buric who allegedly head-butted centre forward Stylianos Argyropoulos-Kanakkis when the score was 7-10 and two of the best players in the team were sidelined. Then Ivan Zivkovic was evicted for throwing a punch and Greece went to 11-7 ahead a second later. With assistant coach Nikica Gulin seemingly unable to sit on the bench as per the rules and Bobic protesting in the crowd, along with other Croatian officials, the match reached a crescendo. Throw in the fact that Greece reckoned Stylianos Argyropoulos-Kanakkis only had two fouls and not three and the team argued and a member approached the secretary’s table for clarification several times (which infuriated Croatia), the match had everything FINA would evidently not wish to desire. On the double brutality at 11-11 and after much discussion, the game was reduced to four field players after both teams converted penalty goals for 12-12. At 1:46 there was another double exclusion, this time with substitution, bringing the total number of red cards delivered as eight. At 1:33, Grigorios Kapetanakis scored from eight metres for 13-12 and Croatia went crazy again with players protesting that Kapetanakis had three major fouls — as the scoreboard declared. This was found to be incorrect, the scoreboard adjusted, and the score stood. Croatia’s final attempt was blocked and Greece swam into a storm as the victor, taking part in the melee at the base of the secretary’s table, but trying to settle the Croatians. Croatian officials continued the “conversation” as one played bashed an advertising hoarding, a window was smashed and one player lay on a walkway crying. Croatia was out of the semifinals and the reality of world water polo was starting to sink in. FINA officials met for nearly an hour before declaring the result and setting about sorting out the reports.
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Match 54: 14:00, EGYPT 15 NETHERLANDS 11
Round 9-12 semifinal
Quarters: 7-4, 1-3, 3-3, 4-1
Referees: Sinisa Matijasevic (MNE), Akbar Sadikov (UZB)
Extra Man: EGY: 2/7. NED: 3/14.
Pens: EGY: 1/1. NED: 1/1.
Teams:
EGYPT: Omara Osama, Moustafa Essmat (6), Aly Elaassar, Mahmoud Tarek, Ahmed Barakat (1), Abdelrahman Haroun, Ahmed Sherif (5), Hassan Haroun (2), Karim Mahmoud, Mahomed Mohsen (1), Marwan Ayman. Head Coach: Denes Lukacs.NETHERLANDS: Milan Koff, Kjeld Veenhuis (2), Guus van Yperen (1), Sam Burg, Guus Wolswinkel, Tarik Scherrenburg (1), Harmen Muller (3), Pascal Janssen, Bilal Gbadamassi (2), Benjamin Hoepelman (2), Brent Hofmeyer. Head Coach: Jacob Spijker.
Match Report:On a scale of one to 10 for excitement, this rated 100! It was a match unlike previously in the week. This one mattered and it meant a higher spot up the ladder. For Egypt it was a do-or-die effort, and that was just from the officials’ bench. This match had high drama. By the end of the match, only one goalkeeper and a third official sat on the Egyptian bench. Head coach Denes Lukacs, a Hungarian was still on the deck. The rest of the Egyptians were missing in action. Tarek Mahmoud was suspended for misconduct and reluctantly left the poolside. He returned some time later and was forced outside. Two other players went on three majors and they decided to discard the caps and sit at the end of the pool. They were escorted off pool deck. Assistant coach Aly Haroun was red-carded, but this did not stop him. In fact, he was more vociferous from the bleachers, seemingly issuing orders and continuing to dispute referees’ decisions. Another official on the bench bellowed orders non-stop. Lukacs was living the match like it was his last and urged on his team, what was left of it, to victory. He was successful and the celebration poolside afterwards was like winning an Olympic final, but even more excitable, if that was possible. Egypt deserved the victory and with emotions long past boiling point, the players concentrated and delivered. Egypt had a magnificent first quarter. But slumped in the second as Netherlands levelled at 7-7 before trailing by a goal at halftime. The Dutch scored twice at the top of the third and then the Egyptians twice for 10-9. The Dutch levelled and Ahmed Sherif scored to give Egypt an 11-10 advantage two seconds from the final break. Muller Harmen brought Netherlands back to 11-12 early in the final quarter, but Egypt controlled in the water even though out of the water it was a debacle. Mahmoud went and mayhem ensued. When Moustafa Essmat scored the 13th and 14thgoals — his fifth and sixth of the match — the match was won by Egypt, despite there being still three minutes left. No way was Egypt going to let that lead slip. Will Egypt carry that same emotion through to the play-off for ninth with Kazakhstan on Friday. Only time will tell. The Dutch will look at the extra-man figures and see where it went wrong.
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Match 53: 12:40, KAZAKHSTAN 18 MEXICO 11
Round 9-12 semifinal
Quarters: 3-5, 4-0, 5-3, 6-3
Referees: Liang Zhang (CHN), Miodrag Stefanovic (SRB)
Extra Man: KAZ: 4/8. MEX: 4/7.
Pens: KAZ: 2/2. MEX: 2/2.
Teams:
KAZAKHSTAN: Aleksandr Lopatkin, Stanislav Shedov (4), Ruslan Akhmetov, Sultan, Shonzhigitov, Miras Aubakirov (2), Sergey Bogomolov, Maxim Zhardan (8), Egor Berbelyuk (1), Altay Altayev (2), Yulian Verdesh (1), Valeriy Shlemov. Head Coach: Nemanja Knezevic.MEXICO: Alfredo de la Mova, Hazed Veya, Raul Vargus (2), Raul Muniz, Rodrigo Avalos (2), Sinahi Gonzalez (1), Arturo Ocejo (1), Alexey Grubnik (1), Diego Mercado (3), Jorge Cervantes (1), Isaac Contreras. Head Coach: Raul de la Pena.
KAZAKHSTAN: Aleksandr Lopatkin, Stanislav Shedov (4), Ruslan Akhmetov, Sultan, Shonzhigitov, Miras Aubakirov (2), Sergey Bogomolov, Maxim Zhardan (8), Egor Berbelyuk (1), Altay Altayev (2), Yulian Verdesh (1), Valeriy Shlemov. Head Coach: Nemanja Knezevic.MEXICO: Alfredo de la Mova, Hazed Veya, Raul Vargus (2), Raul Muniz, Rodrigo Avalos (2), Sinahi Gonzalez (1), Arturo Ocejo (1), Alexey Grubnik (1), Diego Mercado (3), Jorge Cervantes (1), Isaac Contreras. Head Coach: Raul de la Pena.
Match report:Kazakhstan gained a third victory, this time against Mexico and has earned a slot in the play-off for ninth. For Mexico, the effort was there, especially with such an excellent start, turning a 2-0 deficit into a 5-3 lead at the first quarter. However, going scoreless in the second quarter did not help its cause. For its part, Kazakhstan, with a large daytime crowd packed into the stands, was sublime in that period, with Maxim Zhardan netting three of his eight goals. The third period was indicative of how this new style of game can change so quickly. When Altay Altayev struck so strongly from centre forward for 11-7 at 0:54, it looked like it could be the score at the break. However, firstly Mexico gave up a penalty goal and then Kazakhstan did the same. Both were converted with Mexico making it 12-8 a second before the break. Then two minutes into the final quarter the score had advanced to 15-9 and then 16-11 by 2:10. Stanislav Shevdev closed the scoring at 18-11 for his second goal of the quarter.
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Match 52: 11:20, CANADA 14 CHINA 13
Round 13-18 semifinal
Quarters: 4-6, 6-1, 2-2, 2-4
Referees: Erwin Schapers (NED), Haldun Toygarli (TUR)
Extra Man: CAN: 6/6. CHN: 4/10.
Pens: Nil
Teams:
CANADA: Samuel Reiber, Giordano Marconuto, Maxime Schapowal, Gaelan Patterson (3), Matthew Halajian (5), Julien Allard, Paule Kotarac (1), Sean Spooner (2), Jeremie Blanchard (1), Aria Suleimanipak (2), Benjamin Bolduc. Head Coach: Nikola Maric.CHINA: Guozheng Wei, Zekai Xie (2), Zhongxzan Chen (5), Jiahao Peng, Rongkun Lie, Bezyi Wang (1), Yingyi Gao (3), Rui Chen (3), Yi Lu, Dong Ni, Xiang Fu. Head Coach: Yaohua Chen.
CANADA: Samuel Reiber, Giordano Marconuto, Maxime Schapowal, Gaelan Patterson (3), Matthew Halajian (5), Julien Allard, Paule Kotarac (1), Sean Spooner (2), Jeremie Blanchard (1), Aria Suleimanipak (2), Benjamin Bolduc. Head Coach: Nikola Maric.CHINA: Guozheng Wei, Zekai Xie (2), Zhongxzan Chen (5), Jiahao Peng, Rongkun Lie, Bezyi Wang (1), Yingyi Gao (3), Rui Chen (3), Yi Lu, Dong Ni, Xiang Fu. Head Coach: Yaohua Chen.
Match report:Canada came from 3-0 down and firstly gained an advantage at 8-7 two minutes from halftime. The good start by China could not be maintained and it trailed by three at halftime. The difference was the same at the final break and then China lifted a notch, drawing level on extra at 2:46 and then again off a cross pass for Rui Chen’s second goal of the period for 13-13 at 2:02. Canada head coach Nicola Maric, so vocal throughout the match that he drew a yellow card midway through the third period, urged his team on and Paul Kotarac sent in what was an easy shot at 1:40 for 14-13. It was left to Yingyi Gao to try for the equaliser in the dying seconds, but the solid defence blocked the shot before it even made the goal. Canada’s best was once again the hard-working Matthew Halajian with five goals, scoring in each of the quarters. One audacious backhander from the deep left side of the pool nearly came off. Canada, who scored the perfect conversion on extra-man attack, will now play Japan in the 13-14 final and China has one last chance at victory against Uzbekistan for 15th place.
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Match 50: 10:00, UZBEKISTAN 6 JAPAN 20
Round 13-18 semifinal
Quarters: 0-5, 2-5, 2-5, 2-5
Referees: Michael Baty (RSA), Nick Hodgers (AUS).
Extra Man: UZB: 2/5. JPN: 5/9.
Pens: UZB: 1/1.
Teams:UZBEKISTAN: Radion Knabibullaev, Mirjalol Nagmatov, Doniyor Umarov, Artur Kim (1), Maksim Krakhotin, Aleksey Zaytsev (1), Kirill Rustamov (3), Egor Chumachenko (1), Grorgiy Mamedov, Aleksey Massel, Khayotson Rakhimov. Head Coach: Aleksey Sokolov.
JAPAN: Kazuki Hashimoto, Kenta Araki (1), Mitsuru Takata (3), Shuma Kawamoto (3), Shotaro Yamada (1), Daichi Nagano (2), Shu Hamada (7), Seiya Adachi (1), Miki Sato (2), Kohei Inaba, Ryosuke Oshima. Head Coach: Yoshinori Shiota.
JAPAN: Kazuki Hashimoto, Kenta Araki (1), Mitsuru Takata (3), Shuma Kawamoto (3), Shotaro Yamada (1), Daichi Nagano (2), Shu Hamada (7), Seiya Adachi (1), Miki Sato (2), Kohei Inaba, Ryosuke Oshima. Head Coach: Yoshinori Shiota.
Match Report:Japan started with 5-0 opening quarter, which became 6-0 before Uzbekistan responded. The result of the match was there and Japan went eight ahead at halftime and then 11 by the final break. Shui Hamada was on fire with seven goals, three of them in the opening period. Uzbekistan had its third head coach in three days with Aleksey Sokolov standing in for his father Aleksandr, who suffered a heart attack two days earlier. On Wednesday, Boris Rustamov, the team leader, stepped into the role. It was not a good debut for young Sokolov with his charges looking tired after the heavy workload and the new style of game, which requires extra effort and more swimming. In an unusual turn of events, scoring machine Kirill Rustamov, did the unthinkable midway through the final quarter when he swam underwater up field after his team scored a goal. He then surfaced outside the field of play and came back in. Japan’s bench yelled for the referee, the situation ascertained and Rustamov was expelled from the match for misconduct. His slow exit from the pool deck was also noted. Rustamov scored three goals to lift his tournament tally to 41. Japan will now go to the 13-14 final and Uzbekistan to the 15-17 final.
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15h: España—Serbia, en busca de las semifinales
09/09/2015 - Jueves, 10 de septiembre: 15,00h.: España—Serbia. Los cuartos de final del Campeonato del Mundo Sub 20 están servidos. Tras la victoria este miércoles de los hombres de Quim Colet, nos esperan los serbios en un cara o cruz. Los otros tres partidos tampoco es que vayan a ser un paseo para nadie: Croacia—Grecia (rival del ESP—SRB), Hungría—Montenegro e Italia—Australia. La victoria ofrece el premio de las semifinales y la derrota la consolación de los puestos del 5º al 8º. A por todas...
España solo ha cedido contra Italia en su camino hasta los cuartos de final, ganando a Uzbekistán, Kazajistán y Canadá en el Grupo D, y a Egipto en octavos, mientras que Serbia ha goleado a Australia, México e Irán en el Grupo A, evitando los octavos de final. Realmente España será la primera prueba muy exigente para los favoritos balcánicos, que mantienen ese gen competitivo y ganador de sus mayores. Peligrosísimo, por tanto, se pone el Mundial. Pero hay que jugar.
Comunicación RFEN. Foto: La Selección española Sub20 se juega el acceso a semifinales con Serbia / Rfen
Almaty, September 9.— Greece, Spain, Australia and Montenegro have won through to the quarterfinals after preliminary-round action on the sixth day of the FINA Junior Men’s World Water Polo Championships.
Greece beat Mexico 17-8, Spain held off Egypt 15-11, Australia defeated Netherlands 15-10 and Montenegro beat host nation Kazakhstan 17-11.
Greece will play Croatia in the first quarterfinal on Thursday, followed by the Hungary-Montenegro clash, then the Serbia-Spain encounter and lastly the Italy-Australia match.
In earlier matches, Uzbekistan, with the redoubtable Kirill Rustamov scoring 11 goals to move his tournament tally to an incredible 38, beat South Africa 23-12 and China downed Iran 16-13. They now move into lower-ranked semifinals on Thursday.
Thursday’s schedule:
Round 13-18 Semifinals
50. 10:00 W41 UZB v W42 JPN
52. 11:20 W43 CAN v W44 CHN
Round 9-12 Semifinals
53. 12:40 L45 KAZ v L46 MEX
54. 15:40 L47 EGY v L48 NED
Round 1-8 Quarterfinals
55. 16:20 1A CRO v W46 GRE
56. 17:40 1B HUN v W45 MNE
57. 19:00 1C SRB v W47 ESP
58. 20:20 1D ITA v W48 AUS
Preliminary Round Match Reports:
Match 45: 18:20, MONTENEGRO 17 KAZAKHSTAN 11
Quarters: 3-1, 5-2, 4-5, 5-3
Referees: Radu Matache (ROU), Bianco (ITA).
Extra Man: MNE: 4/6. KAZ: 4/8.
Pens: Nil
Teams:
MONTENEGRO: Aresenije Stanovic, Ugjesa Vukasovic (2), Dorde Bulatovic, Dusan Matkovic, Matija Brguljan (5), Nicolas Savejic (4), Danilo Adzic (3), Stefan Porobic, Filip Gardasevic (1), Janko Krivokapic (2), Milija Mandic. Head Coach: Zoran Maslovar.KAZAKHSTAN: Aleksandr Lopatkin, Stanislav Shedov (2), Ruslan Akhmetov (1), Sultan, Shonzhigitov, Miras Aubakirov (1), Sergey Bogomolov, Maxim Zhardan (3), Egor Berbelyuk (3), Altay Altayev (1), Yulian Verdesh, Valeriy Shlemov. Head Coach: Nemanja Knezevic.
MONTENEGRO: Aresenije Stanovic, Ugjesa Vukasovic (2), Dorde Bulatovic, Dusan Matkovic, Matija Brguljan (5), Nicolas Savejic (4), Danilo Adzic (3), Stefan Porobic, Filip Gardasevic (1), Janko Krivokapic (2), Milija Mandic. Head Coach: Zoran Maslovar.KAZAKHSTAN: Aleksandr Lopatkin, Stanislav Shedov (2), Ruslan Akhmetov (1), Sultan, Shonzhigitov, Miras Aubakirov (1), Sergey Bogomolov, Maxim Zhardan (3), Egor Berbelyuk (3), Altay Altayev (1), Yulian Verdesh, Valeriy Shlemov. Head Coach: Nemanja Knezevic.
Match report:Montenegro safely moved through to the quarterfinals with a hard-fought victory over the well-backed local team. Kazakhstan played well all match against a stronger opponent that was destined to go through to the top eight. Montenegro looked like taking a 12-7 lead into the final period until Egor Berbelyuk scored a rocket shot in the dying seconds for 12-8. That gave Kazakhstan the quarter 5-4, a big turnaround from the 2-5 second quarter. Montenegro safely moved through the final quarter and booked an appointment wit Hungary. For Montenegro, Matija Brguljan, Nicholas Saveljic and Danilo Adzic scored the majority of the goals. The home-town favourites were Maxim Zhardan and Berbelyuk, who scored all his three in the same quarter.
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Match 48: 17:00, NETHERLANDS 10 AUSTRALIA 15
Quarters: 2-5, 2-6, 3-1, 3-3
Referees: Sinisa Matijasevic (MNE), Jaume Teixido (ESP).
Extra Man: NED: 2/8. AUS: 6/9.
Pens: NED: 1/1
Teams:
NETHERLANDS: Milan Koff, Kjeld Veenhuis (1), Guus van Yperen (2), Sam Burg (1), Guus Wolswinkel, Tarik Scherrenburg (1), Harmen Muller (2), Pascal Janssen, Bilal Gbadamassi, Benjamin Hoepelman (3), Brent Hofmeyer. Head Coach: Jacob Spijker.
AUSTRALIA: Anthony Hrysanthos (1), Nicholas Brooks (4), Angus Lambie, Christopher Perrott, William Armstrong (4), Jordan Kremers-Taylor (3), William Mackay, Leo Hurley, Andrew Ford (2), James Smith (1), Sam Cocokios. Head Coach: Slobodan Macic.
NETHERLANDS: Milan Koff, Kjeld Veenhuis (1), Guus van Yperen (2), Sam Burg (1), Guus Wolswinkel, Tarik Scherrenburg (1), Harmen Muller (2), Pascal Janssen, Bilal Gbadamassi, Benjamin Hoepelman (3), Brent Hofmeyer. Head Coach: Jacob Spijker.
AUSTRALIA: Anthony Hrysanthos (1), Nicholas Brooks (4), Angus Lambie, Christopher Perrott, William Armstrong (4), Jordan Kremers-Taylor (3), William Mackay, Leo Hurley, Andrew Ford (2), James Smith (1), Sam Cocokios. Head Coach: Slobodan Macic.
Match Report:Australia will take its place in the quarterfinals, playing Italy, after turning an 11-4 halftime score into 15-10. The Dutch came back at Australia, gaining several easy goals and putting pressure on the men from Down Under. Australia played nothing like what it did in the opening match against Serbia, showing that hard work during the week is paying off. Netherlands could have done better on attack, except for hesitancy at the top, while its centre forward were working tirelessly. Guus van Yjperren muscled in a shot just before the final break, giving the Dutch some hope. From 7-12 it became 9-12 at 5:21 before three straight Aussie goals had the match sewn up inside the final half-minute. Nicholas Brooks scored four from the left-hand-catch position and William Armstrong repeated the performance, also from the top. Jordan Kremers-Taylor made his presence known at the top, scoring three and. Benjamin Hoepelman was the best for Netherlands with two in the opening quarter and one in the second. Netherlands will now contest he classification 9-12 semifinals on Thursday.
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Match 47: 15:40, EGYPT 11 SPAIN 15
Quarters: 1-2, 4-5, 1-4, 5-4
Referees: Balazs Szekely (HUN), Nick Hodgers (AUS).
Extra Man: EGY: 2/6. ESP: 5/5.
Pens: EGY: 1/1.
Teams:
EGYPT: Omara Osama, Moustafa Essmat (4), Aly Elaassar, Mahmoud Tarek, Ahmed Barakat (3), Abdelrahman Haroun (1), Ahmed Sherif (1), Hassan Haroun (1), Karim Mahmoud, Mahomed Mohsen (1), Marwan Ayman. Head Coach: Denes Lukacs.SPAIN: Miguel Linares, Sergei Cabanas, Guillem Garcia (1), Marc Corbalan (3), Xavi Serra (2), Alvaro Granados (3), Borsa Fenoy (1), Agusti Pericas, Roger Tahull (4), Alesandro Bustos (1), Alfonso Lopez-Saez. Head Coach: Quim Colet.
EGYPT: Omara Osama, Moustafa Essmat (4), Aly Elaassar, Mahmoud Tarek, Ahmed Barakat (3), Abdelrahman Haroun (1), Ahmed Sherif (1), Hassan Haroun (1), Karim Mahmoud, Mahomed Mohsen (1), Marwan Ayman. Head Coach: Denes Lukacs.SPAIN: Miguel Linares, Sergei Cabanas, Guillem Garcia (1), Marc Corbalan (3), Xavi Serra (2), Alvaro Granados (3), Borsa Fenoy (1), Agusti Pericas, Roger Tahull (4), Alesandro Bustos (1), Alfonso Lopez-Saez. Head Coach: Quim Colet.
Match report:Spain moved into the quarterfinals, booking a face to face with Serbia, thanks to a rounded effort against Egypt. Spain tried many times to push the ball across cage to no effect, but at least tried various combinations ahead of the major matches. Egypt was resilient and attempted everything, probably playing its best match of the tournament. Moustafa Essmat three of his four goals in the tight second quarter and Ahmed Barakat came alive in the final eight minutes, netting three consecutive goals to drag his team back into the match from 8-14 to 11-14 with 2:20 left on the clock. For Spain, Roger Tahull scored twice in the second and third quarters and Alvaro Granados drilled three in the final quarter.
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Match 46: 12:40, GREECE 17 MEXICO 8
Quarters: 4-1, 3-3, 5-2, 5-2
Referees: Miodrag Stefanovic (SRB), Kunihiro Sato (JPN).
Extra Man: GRE: 1/1. MEX: 0/8.
Pens: GRE: 2/2.
Teams:
GREECE: Emmanouil Zerdevas, Nikolaos Kopeliadis (1), Michail Sartzetakis (2), Angelos Foskolos (2), Stylianos Argyropoulos-Kanakkis (4), Dmitrios Nicolaidis (2), Panteleimon Kalogerakos, Grigorios Kapetanakis (5), Christos Papoukas (1), Alexandros Athymaritis, Rafail Forotzidis. Head Coach: Theodoros Chatzitheodorou.
MEXICO: Alfredo de la Mova, Hazed Veya, Raul Vargus, Raul Muniz, Rodrigo Avalos, Sinahi Gonzalez, Arturo Ocejo, Alexey Grubnik (1), Diego Mercado (4), Jorge Cervantes (3), Isaac Contreras. Head Coach: Raul de la Pena.
GREECE: Emmanouil Zerdevas, Nikolaos Kopeliadis (1), Michail Sartzetakis (2), Angelos Foskolos (2), Stylianos Argyropoulos-Kanakkis (4), Dmitrios Nicolaidis (2), Panteleimon Kalogerakos, Grigorios Kapetanakis (5), Christos Papoukas (1), Alexandros Athymaritis, Rafail Forotzidis. Head Coach: Theodoros Chatzitheodorou.
MEXICO: Alfredo de la Mova, Hazed Veya, Raul Vargus, Raul Muniz, Rodrigo Avalos, Sinahi Gonzalez, Arturo Ocejo, Alexey Grubnik (1), Diego Mercado (4), Jorge Cervantes (3), Isaac Contreras. Head Coach: Raul de la Pena.
Match Report:
Greece earned a shot at Group A winner Croatia in Thursday’s classification 1-8 quarterfinal, a tough ask for any team. Greece won it on the strength of victory over Mexico. Greece called all the shot in the first quarter, only letting in a goal four seconds from time. Mexico worked hard to level the second period and could have won had it not been for an unusual situation. Mexican goalkeeper and captain Alfredo de la Mova made a classic mistake after a timeout, when he inadvertently sent the ball upfield to an opponent rather than a team-mate, and he returned it into the net for 7-4 late in the third quarter for what became the halftime score. Grigorios Kapetanakis looked classy from the top with his shooting with four of his five coming in the second half. Stylianos Argyropoulos-Kanakkis .was another to impress with four goals. For Mexico, powerhouse Diego Mercado netted four from close in front of goal.
Greece earned a shot at Group A winner Croatia in Thursday’s classification 1-8 quarterfinal, a tough ask for any team. Greece won it on the strength of victory over Mexico. Greece called all the shot in the first quarter, only letting in a goal four seconds from time. Mexico worked hard to level the second period and could have won had it not been for an unusual situation. Mexican goalkeeper and captain Alfredo de la Mova made a classic mistake after a timeout, when he inadvertently sent the ball upfield to an opponent rather than a team-mate, and he returned it into the net for 7-4 late in the third quarter for what became the halftime score. Grigorios Kapetanakis looked classy from the top with his shooting with four of his five coming in the second half. Stylianos Argyropoulos-Kanakkis .was another to impress with four goals. For Mexico, powerhouse Diego Mercado netted four from close in front of goal.
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Match 44: 11:20, CHINA 16 IRAN 13
Quarters: 6-1, 5-3, 3-5, 2-4
Referees: Daniel Daners (URU), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ).
Extra Man: CHN: 5/12. IRI: 7/8.
Pens: CHN: 1/1. IRI: 1/1.
Teams: CHINA: Guozheng Wei, Zekai Xie (1), Zhongxzan Chen (6), Jiahao Peng, Rongkun Lie, Bezyi Wang (1), Yingyi Gao (4), Rui Chen (2), Yi Lu, Dong Ni (1), Xiang Fu. Head Coach: Yaohua Chen.IRAN: Hamed Karimi, Masoud Ahmadi, Mehdi Yazdankhah (2), Arshia Almasi (1), Amirhossein Keihany, Peiman Asadiaghajari, Mohammadmahdi Heydari (6), Hamidreza Moghaddam (2), Soheil Rostamian (1), Aminghavidel Hajiagha, Shayan Ghasemidaryan. Head Coach: Vahid Rezaeiashtiyani.
Match report:China gained its first win of the tournament and Iran came close to gaining its first. With a gush of action in the first quarter, China set the tone for the match and the second quarter also looked good as Iran started coming back into the play. With both teams consistently marking up and pressuring the ball, goals were not easily come by, however, the halftime chat for Iran seemed positive. With Iran winning both the last quarter by two goals it augers well for the final days of competition, especially heading into Super Friday when the entire complement of teams take to the water for the ranking matches and semifinals. Zhongxzan Chen was particularly dangerous from the top-right position, claiming six goals with his right arm. On the other side of the ledger, Mohammadmahdi Heydari (pictured) was equally vicious with his scoring from the top left, scoring three of his six goals in the second period. Both teams gave up penalty goals in the final quarter and the closest Iran came to victory was at 13-15 just inside the last minute. Iran was brilliant on extra-man plays with seven from eight, while defending seven attempts by China.
Picture: Russell McKinnon
Match 41: 10:00, SOUTH AFRICA 12 UZBEKISTAN 23
Quarters: 2-4, 3-6, 3-5, 4-8
Referees: Ahmed Kotb (EGY), Haldun Toygarli (TUR).
Extra Man: RSA: 5/13. UZB: 6/8.
Pens: Nil
Teams:
SOUTH AFRICA: Gareth May, Roarke Olver (2), Tim Rezelman (1), Shane Fourie (1), Claudio Fernandes, Nicholas Downes (1), Jason Evezard (3), Liam Neill (3), Keanan Alexander, Wyatt Edwards (1), Themba Mthembu. Head Coach: Jason Sileno.UZBEKISTAN: Radion Knabibullaev, Mirjalol Nagmatov (1), Doniyor Umarov, Artur Kim, Maksim Krakhotin (3), Aleksey Zaytsev (4), Kirill Rustamov (11), Egor Chumachenko (2), Grorgiy Mamedov, Aleksey Massel (2), Khayotson Rakhimov. Head Coach: Boris Rustamov.
SOUTH AFRICA: Gareth May, Roarke Olver (2), Tim Rezelman (1), Shane Fourie (1), Claudio Fernandes, Nicholas Downes (1), Jason Evezard (3), Liam Neill (3), Keanan Alexander, Wyatt Edwards (1), Themba Mthembu. Head Coach: Jason Sileno.UZBEKISTAN: Radion Knabibullaev, Mirjalol Nagmatov (1), Doniyor Umarov, Artur Kim, Maksim Krakhotin (3), Aleksey Zaytsev (4), Kirill Rustamov (11), Egor Chumachenko (2), Grorgiy Mamedov, Aleksey Massel (2), Khayotson Rakhimov. Head Coach: Boris Rustamov.
Match Report:
South Africa did not learn the lesson of other teams, even from last night’s final match as master scorer Kirill Rustamov did another demolition job for Uzbekistan. While his impressive scoring tally included 27 before this match, out of the 46 total in Almaty, one would think he should have been marked out of the match, like the Italians did. No, South Africa gave him little special attention in the second half in particular. Rustamov played for his team in the first half looking for passes, then in the third and fourth, when mostly unguarded, he scored four goals in each quarter for a tournament equaling 11 goals. He scored 11 on day two against Canada. South Africa worked well in phases, but it was Uzbekistan, under the new coach of Rustamov’s father, Boris, who took control. The head coach up until Tuesday night was Aleksandr Sokolov, but two hours after having dinner he suffered a heart attack and was taken to hospital where he was operated on and is now in a comfortable condition. Aleksey Zaytsev scored four goals before he was fouled out of the match and for South Africa, Jason Evezard and Liam Neill scored three each. Up front, South Africa looked good, but no-one seemed to want to shut Rustamov down. The win now allows Rustamov, who plays in the Russian league, to increase his scoring tally on Thursday from 38 goals. In 2012, he was the highest goal-scorer at the FINA Youth World Championships in Perth. He will undoubtedly be the best here.
South Africa did not learn the lesson of other teams, even from last night’s final match as master scorer Kirill Rustamov did another demolition job for Uzbekistan. While his impressive scoring tally included 27 before this match, out of the 46 total in Almaty, one would think he should have been marked out of the match, like the Italians did. No, South Africa gave him little special attention in the second half in particular. Rustamov played for his team in the first half looking for passes, then in the third and fourth, when mostly unguarded, he scored four goals in each quarter for a tournament equaling 11 goals. He scored 11 on day two against Canada. South Africa worked well in phases, but it was Uzbekistan, under the new coach of Rustamov’s father, Boris, who took control. The head coach up until Tuesday night was Aleksandr Sokolov, but two hours after having dinner he suffered a heart attack and was taken to hospital where he was operated on and is now in a comfortable condition. Aleksey Zaytsev scored four goals before he was fouled out of the match and for South Africa, Jason Evezard and Liam Neill scored three each. Up front, South Africa looked good, but no-one seemed to want to shut Rustamov down. The win now allows Rustamov, who plays in the Russian league, to increase his scoring tally on Thursday from 38 goals. In 2012, he was the highest goal-scorer at the FINA Youth World Championships in Perth. He will undoubtedly be the best here.
Picture: Russell McKinnon
Day 6
Almaty, August 8.— Greece, Spain, Australia and Montenegro have won through to the quarterfinals after preliminary-round action on the sixth day of the FINA Junior Men’s World Water Polo Championships.
Greece beat Mexico 17-8, Spain held off Egypt 15-11, Australia defeated Netherlands 15-10 and Montenegro beat host nation Kazakhstan 17-11.
Greece will play Croatia in the first quarterfinal on Thursday, followed by the Hungary-Montenegro clash, then the Serbia-Spain encounter and lastly the Italy-Australia match.
In earlier matches, Uzbekistan, with the redoubtable Kirill Rustamov scoring 11 goals to move his tournament tally to an incredible 38, beat South Africa 23-12 and China downed Iran 16-13. They now move into lower-ranked semifinals on Thursday.
Thursday’s schedule:
Round 13-18 Semifinals
50. 10:00 W41 UZB v W42 JPN
52. 11:20 W43 CAN v W44 CHN
Round 9-12 Semifinals
53. 12:40 L45 KAZ v L46 MEX
54. 15:40 L47 EGY v L48 NED
Round 1-8 Quarterfinals
55. 16:20 1A CRO v W46 GRE
56. 17:40 1B HUN v W45 MNE
57. 19:00 1C SRB v W47 ESP
58. 20:20 1D ITA v W48 AUS
Preliminary Round Match Reports:
Match 45: 18:20, MONTENEGRO 17 KAZAKHSTAN 11
Quarters: 3-1, 5-2, 4-5, 5-3
Referees: Radu Matache (ROU), Bianco (ITA).
Extra Man: MNE: 4/6. KAZ: 4/8.
Pens: Nil
Teams:
MONTENEGRO: Aresenije Stanovic, Ugjesa Vukasovic (2), Dorde Bulatovic, Dusan Matkovic, Matija Brguljan (5), Nicolas Savejic (4), Danilo Adzic (3), Stefan Porobic, Filip Gardasevic (1), Janko Krivokapic (2), Milija Mandic. Head Coach: Zoran Maslovar.KAZAKHSTAN: Aleksandr Lopatkin, Stanislav Shedov (2), Ruslan Akhmetov (1), Sultan, Shonzhigitov, Miras Aubakirov (1), Sergey Bogomolov, Maxim Zhardan (3), Egor Berbelyuk (3), Altay Altayev (1), Yulian Verdesh, Valeriy Shlemov. Head Coach: Nemanja Knezevic.
MONTENEGRO: Aresenije Stanovic, Ugjesa Vukasovic (2), Dorde Bulatovic, Dusan Matkovic, Matija Brguljan (5), Nicolas Savejic (4), Danilo Adzic (3), Stefan Porobic, Filip Gardasevic (1), Janko Krivokapic (2), Milija Mandic. Head Coach: Zoran Maslovar.KAZAKHSTAN: Aleksandr Lopatkin, Stanislav Shedov (2), Ruslan Akhmetov (1), Sultan, Shonzhigitov, Miras Aubakirov (1), Sergey Bogomolov, Maxim Zhardan (3), Egor Berbelyuk (3), Altay Altayev (1), Yulian Verdesh, Valeriy Shlemov. Head Coach: Nemanja Knezevic.
Match report:Montenegro safely moved through to the quarterfinals with a hard-fought victory over the well-backed local team. Kazakhstan played well all match against a stronger opponent that was destined to go through to the top eight. Montenegro looked like taking a 12-7 lead into the final period until Egor Berbelyuk scored a rocket shot in the dying seconds for 12-8. That gave Kazakhstan the quarter 5-4, a big turnaround from the 2-5 second quarter. Montenegro safely moved through the final quarter and booked an appointment wit Hungary. For Montenegro, Matija Brguljan, Nicholas Saveljic and Danilo Adzic scored the majority of the goals. The home-town favourites were Maxim Zhardan and Berbelyuk, who scored all his three in the same quarter.
Picture: Russell McKinnon
Match 48: 17:00, NETHERLANDS 10 AUSTRALIA 15
Quarters: 2-5, 2-6, 3-1, 3-3
Referees: Sinisa Matijasevic (MNE), Jaume Teixido (ESP).
Extra Man: NED: 2/8. AUS: 6/9.
Pens: NED: 1/1
Teams:
NETHERLANDS: Milan Koff, Kjeld Veenhuis (1), Guus van Yperen (2), Sam Burg (1), Guus Wolswinkel, Tarik Scherrenburg (1), Harmen Muller (2), Pascal Janssen, Bilal Gbadamassi, Benjamin Hoepelman (3), Brent Hofmeyer. Head Coach: Jacob Spijker.
AUSTRALIA: Anthony Hrysanthos (1), Nicholas Brooks (4), Angus Lambie, Christopher Perrott, William Armstrong (4), Jordan Kremers-Taylor (3), William Mackay, Leo Hurley, Andrew Ford (2), James Smith (1), Sam Cocokios. Head Coach: Slobodan Macic.
NETHERLANDS: Milan Koff, Kjeld Veenhuis (1), Guus van Yperen (2), Sam Burg (1), Guus Wolswinkel, Tarik Scherrenburg (1), Harmen Muller (2), Pascal Janssen, Bilal Gbadamassi, Benjamin Hoepelman (3), Brent Hofmeyer. Head Coach: Jacob Spijker.
AUSTRALIA: Anthony Hrysanthos (1), Nicholas Brooks (4), Angus Lambie, Christopher Perrott, William Armstrong (4), Jordan Kremers-Taylor (3), William Mackay, Leo Hurley, Andrew Ford (2), James Smith (1), Sam Cocokios. Head Coach: Slobodan Macic.
Match Report:Australia will take its place in the quarterfinals, playing Italy, after turning an 11-4 halftime score into 15-10. The Dutch came back at Australia, gaining several easy goals and putting pressure on the men from Down Under. Australia played nothing like what it did in the opening match against Serbia, showing that hard work during the week is paying off. Netherlands could have done better on attack, except for hesitancy at the top, while its centre forward were working tirelessly. Guus van Yjperren muscled in a shot just before the final break, giving the Dutch some hope. From 7-12 it became 9-12 at 5:21 before three straight Aussie goals had the match sewn up inside the final half-minute. Nicholas Brooks scored four from the left-hand-catch position and William Armstrong repeated the performance, also from the top. Jordan Kremers-Taylor made his presence known at the top, scoring three and. Benjamin Hoepelman was the best for Netherlands with two in the opening quarter and one in the second. Netherlands will now contest he classification 9-12 semifinals on Thursday.
Picture: Russell McKinnon
Match 47: 15:40, EGYPT 11 SPAIN 15
Quarters: 1-2, 4-5, 1-4, 5-4
Referees: Balazs Szekely (HUN), Nick Hodgers (AUS).
Extra Man: EGY: 2/6. ESP: 5/5.
Pens: EGY: 1/1.
Teams:
EGYPT: Omara Osama, Moustafa Essmat (4), Aly Elaassar, Mahmoud Tarek, Ahmed Barakat (3), Abdelrahman Haroun (1), Ahmed Sherif (1), Hassan Haroun (1), Karim Mahmoud, Mahomed Mohsen (1), Marwan Ayman. Head Coach: Denes Lukacs.SPAIN: Miguel Linares, Sergei Cabanas, Guillem Garcia (1), Marc Corbalan (3), Xavi Serra (2), Alvaro Granados (3), Borsa Fenoy (1), Agusti Pericas, Roger Tahull (4), Alesandro Bustos (1), Alfonso Lopez-Saez. Head Coach: Quim Colet.
EGYPT: Omara Osama, Moustafa Essmat (4), Aly Elaassar, Mahmoud Tarek, Ahmed Barakat (3), Abdelrahman Haroun (1), Ahmed Sherif (1), Hassan Haroun (1), Karim Mahmoud, Mahomed Mohsen (1), Marwan Ayman. Head Coach: Denes Lukacs.SPAIN: Miguel Linares, Sergei Cabanas, Guillem Garcia (1), Marc Corbalan (3), Xavi Serra (2), Alvaro Granados (3), Borsa Fenoy (1), Agusti Pericas, Roger Tahull (4), Alesandro Bustos (1), Alfonso Lopez-Saez. Head Coach: Quim Colet.
Match report:Spain moved into the quarterfinals, booking a face to face with Serbia, thanks to a rounded effort against Egypt. Spain tried many times to push the ball across cage to no effect, but at least tried various combinations ahead of the major matches. Egypt was resilient and attempted everything, probably playing its best match of the tournament. Moustafa Essmat three of his four goals in the tight second quarter and Ahmed Barakat came alive in the final eight minutes, netting three consecutive goals to drag his team back into the match from 8-14 to 11-14 with 2:20 left on the clock. For Spain, Roger Tahull scored twice in the second and third quarters and Alvaro Granados drilled three in the final quarter.
Picture: Russell McKinnon
Match 46: 12:40, GREECE 17 MEXICO 8
Quarters: 4-1, 3-3, 5-2, 5-2
Referees: Miodrag Stefanovic (SRB), Kunihiro Sato (JPN).
Extra Man: GRE: 1/1. MEX: 0/8.
Pens: GRE: 2/2.
Teams:
GREECE: Emmanouil Zerdevas, Nikolaos Kopeliadis (1), Michail Sartzetakis (2), Angelos Foskolos (2), Stylianos Argyropoulos-Kanakkis (4), Dmitrios Nicolaidis (2), Panteleimon Kalogerakos, Grigorios Kapetanakis (5), Christos Papoukas (1), Alexandros Athymaritis, Rafail Forotzidis. Head Coach: Theodoros Chatzitheodorou.
MEXICO: Alfredo de la Mova, Hazed Veya, Raul Vargus, Raul Muniz, Rodrigo Avalos, Sinahi Gonzalez, Arturo Ocejo, Alexey Grubnik (1), Diego Mercado (4), Jorge Cervantes (3), Isaac Contreras. Head Coach: Raul de la Pena.
GREECE: Emmanouil Zerdevas, Nikolaos Kopeliadis (1), Michail Sartzetakis (2), Angelos Foskolos (2), Stylianos Argyropoulos-Kanakkis (4), Dmitrios Nicolaidis (2), Panteleimon Kalogerakos, Grigorios Kapetanakis (5), Christos Papoukas (1), Alexandros Athymaritis, Rafail Forotzidis. Head Coach: Theodoros Chatzitheodorou.
MEXICO: Alfredo de la Mova, Hazed Veya, Raul Vargus, Raul Muniz, Rodrigo Avalos, Sinahi Gonzalez, Arturo Ocejo, Alexey Grubnik (1), Diego Mercado (4), Jorge Cervantes (3), Isaac Contreras. Head Coach: Raul de la Pena.
Match Report:
Greece earned a shot at Group A winner Croatia in Thursday’s classification 1-8 quarterfinal, a tough ask for any team. Greece won it on the strength of victory over Mexico. Greece called all the shot in the first quarter, only letting in a goal four seconds from time. Mexico worked hard to level the second period and could have won had it not been for an unusual situation. Mexican goalkeeper and captain Alfredo de la Mova made a classic mistake after a timeout, when he inadvertently sent the ball upfield to an opponent rather than a team-mate, and he returned it into the net for 7-4 late in the third quarter for what became the halftime score. Grigorios Kapetanakis looked classy from the top with his shooting with four of his five coming in the second half. Stylianos Argyropoulos-Kanakkis .was another to impress with four goals. For Mexico, powerhouse Diego Mercado netted four from close in front of goal.
Greece earned a shot at Group A winner Croatia in Thursday’s classification 1-8 quarterfinal, a tough ask for any team. Greece won it on the strength of victory over Mexico. Greece called all the shot in the first quarter, only letting in a goal four seconds from time. Mexico worked hard to level the second period and could have won had it not been for an unusual situation. Mexican goalkeeper and captain Alfredo de la Mova made a classic mistake after a timeout, when he inadvertently sent the ball upfield to an opponent rather than a team-mate, and he returned it into the net for 7-4 late in the third quarter for what became the halftime score. Grigorios Kapetanakis looked classy from the top with his shooting with four of his five coming in the second half. Stylianos Argyropoulos-Kanakkis .was another to impress with four goals. For Mexico, powerhouse Diego Mercado netted four from close in front of goal.
Picture: Russell McKinnon
Match 44: 11:20, CHINA 16 IRAN 13
Quarters: 6-1, 5-3, 3-5, 2-4
Referees: Daniel Daners (URU), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ).
Extra Man: CHN: 5/12. IRI: 7/8.
Pens: CHN: 1/1. IRI: 1/1.
Teams: CHINA: Guozheng Wei, Zekai Xie (1), Zhongxzan Chen (6), Jiahao Peng, Rongkun Lie, Bezyi Wang (1), Yingyi Gao (4), Rui Chen (2), Yi Lu, Dong Ni (1), Xiang Fu. Head Coach: Yaohua Chen.IRAN: Hamed Karimi, Masoud Ahmadi, Mehdi Yazdankhah (2), Arshia Almasi (1), Amirhossein Keihany, Peiman Asadiaghajari, Mohammadmahdi Heydari (6), Hamidreza Moghaddam (2), Soheil Rostamian (1), Aminghavidel Hajiagha, Shayan Ghasemidaryan. Head Coach: Vahid Rezaeiashtiyani.
Match report:China gained its first win of the tournament and Iran came close to gaining its first. With a gush of action in the first quarter, China set the tone for the match and the second quarter also looked good as Iran started coming back into the play. With both teams consistently marking up and pressuring the ball, goals were not easily come by, however, the halftime chat for Iran seemed positive. With Iran winning both the last quarter by two goals it augers well for the final days of competition, especially heading into Super Friday when the entire complement of teams take to the water for the ranking matches and semifinals. Zhongxzan Chen was particularly dangerous from the top-right position, claiming six goals with his right arm. On the other side of the ledger, Mohammadmahdi Heydari (pictured) was equally vicious with his scoring from the top left, scoring three of his six goals in the second period. Both teams gave up penalty goals in the final quarter and the closest Iran came to victory was at 13-15 just inside the last minute. Iran was brilliant on extra-man plays with seven from eight, while defending seven attempts by China.
Picture: Russell McKinnon
Match 41: 10:00, SOUTH AFRICA 12 UZBEKISTAN 23
Quarters: 2-4, 3-6, 3-5, 4-8
Referees: Ahmed Kotb (EGY), Haldun Toygarli (TUR).
Extra Man: RSA: 5/13. UZB: 6/8.
Pens: Nil
Teams:
SOUTH AFRICA: Gareth May, Roarke Olver (2), Tim Rezelman (1), Shane Fourie (1), Claudio Fernandes, Nicholas Downes (1), Jason Evezard (3), Liam Neill (3), Keanan Alexander, Wyatt Edwards (1), Themba Mthembu. Head Coach: Jason Sileno.UZBEKISTAN: Radion Knabibullaev, Mirjalol Nagmatov (1), Doniyor Umarov, Artur Kim, Maksim Krakhotin (3), Aleksey Zaytsev (4), Kirill Rustamov (11), Egor Chumachenko (2), Grorgiy Mamedov, Aleksey Massel (2), Khayotson Rakhimov. Head Coach: Boris Rustamov.
SOUTH AFRICA: Gareth May, Roarke Olver (2), Tim Rezelman (1), Shane Fourie (1), Claudio Fernandes, Nicholas Downes (1), Jason Evezard (3), Liam Neill (3), Keanan Alexander, Wyatt Edwards (1), Themba Mthembu. Head Coach: Jason Sileno.UZBEKISTAN: Radion Knabibullaev, Mirjalol Nagmatov (1), Doniyor Umarov, Artur Kim, Maksim Krakhotin (3), Aleksey Zaytsev (4), Kirill Rustamov (11), Egor Chumachenko (2), Grorgiy Mamedov, Aleksey Massel (2), Khayotson Rakhimov. Head Coach: Boris Rustamov.
Match Report:
South Africa did not learn the lesson of other teams, even from last night’s final match as master scorer Kirill Rustamov did another demolition job for Uzbekistan. While his impressive scoring tally included 27 before this match, out of the 46 total in Almaty, one would think he should have been marked out of the match, like the Italians did. No, South Africa gave him little special attention in the second half in particular. Rustamov played for his team in the first half looking for passes, then in the third and fourth, when mostly unguarded, he scored four goals in each quarter for a tournament equaling 11 goals. He scored 11 on day two against Canada. South Africa worked well in phases, but it was Uzbekistan, under the new coach of Rustamov’s father, Boris, who took control. The head coach up until Tuesday night was Aleksandr Sokolov, but two hours after having dinner he suffered a heart attack and was taken to hospital where he was operated on and is now in a comfortable condition. Aleksey Zaytsev scored four goals before he was fouled out of the match and for South Africa, Jason Evezard and Liam Neill scored three each. Up front, South Africa looked good, but no-one seemed to want to shut Rustamov down. The win now allows Rustamov, who plays in the Russian league, to increase his scoring tally on Thursday from 38 goals. In 2012, he was the highest goal-scorer at the FINA Youth World Championships in Perth. He will undoubtedly be the best here.
South Africa did not learn the lesson of other teams, even from last night’s final match as master scorer Kirill Rustamov did another demolition job for Uzbekistan. While his impressive scoring tally included 27 before this match, out of the 46 total in Almaty, one would think he should have been marked out of the match, like the Italians did. No, South Africa gave him little special attention in the second half in particular. Rustamov played for his team in the first half looking for passes, then in the third and fourth, when mostly unguarded, he scored four goals in each quarter for a tournament equaling 11 goals. He scored 11 on day two against Canada. South Africa worked well in phases, but it was Uzbekistan, under the new coach of Rustamov’s father, Boris, who took control. The head coach up until Tuesday night was Aleksandr Sokolov, but two hours after having dinner he suffered a heart attack and was taken to hospital where he was operated on and is now in a comfortable condition. Aleksey Zaytsev scored four goals before he was fouled out of the match and for South Africa, Jason Evezard and Liam Neill scored three each. Up front, South Africa looked good, but no-one seemed to want to shut Rustamov down. The win now allows Rustamov, who plays in the Russian league, to increase his scoring tally on Thursday from 38 goals. In 2012, he was the highest goal-scorer at the FINA Youth World Championships in Perth. He will undoubtedly be the best here.
Picture: Russell McKinnon
España se juega los cuartos con Egipto y gana
09/09/2015 - España ha batido a Egipto por 11—15 en los octavos de final de los Campeonatos del Mundo Sub de Almaty (Kazajistán) y se clasifica para los cuartos de final de la competición. Los jugadores dirigidos desde el banquillo por Quim Colet han sido superiores a los combativos egipcios en un choque a cara o cruz y se han clasificado brillantemente entre los 8 grandes del planeta. Enhorabuena, equipo.
Victoria dulce de una España que se jugaba su primer match ball en Almaty. Era un ser o no ser ante un Egipto que plantó cara en su grupo A (acabó tercero) y que quería dar la campanada ante nuestro equipo. El inicio no fue fácil (1-2) y España no logró despegarse al descanso (5- 7).
Pero fue en el tercer cuarto cuando España desplegó su mejor juego y fruto de ello llegó ese 1-4 de parcial que daba a los nuestros gran parte del éxito en este encuentro. Con 6-11, Egipto fue a la desesperada y llegó a marcar hasta 5 goles en el último cuarto en la portería de Linares, pero les fueron estériles ante los nuestros (5-4). Al final, 11-15 y clasificación cerrada.
FICHA TÉCNICA:
EGIPTO 11 ESPAÑA 15
Parciales: 1-2, 4-5, 1-4, 5-4
Árbitros: Balazs Szekely (HUN), Nick Hodgers (AUS).
EGIPTO: Omara Osama, Moustafa Essmat (4), Aly Elaassar, Mahmoud Tarek, Ahmed Barakat (3), Abdelrahman Haroun (1), Ahmed Sherif (1), Hassan Haroun (1), Karim Mahmoud, Mahomed Mohsen (1), Marwan Ayman. Entrenador: Denes Lukacs.
ESPAÑA: Miguel Linares, Sergi Cabanas, Guillem García (1), Marc Corbalán (3), Xavi Serra (2), Álvaro Granados (3), Borja Fenoy (1), Agustí Pericas, Roger Tahull (4), Alejandro Bustos (1), Alfonso López-Sáez. Entrenador: Quim Colet.
Comunicación RFEN. Foto: España ganó a Egipto y accede a cuartos de final del Mundial Sub20 / Russel McKinnon-FINA (c)
Day 5
Almaty, August 7.— Croatia became the last of the quarterfinalists, claiming Group A on the fifth day of the FINA Junior Men’s World Water Polo Championships.
In beating South Africa 31-4, Croatia has gained a rest day and joins Hungary, Serbia and Italy as group winners.
In Group B, Greece drew with Netherlands, gaining second place on a better losing goal differential against group winner Hungary, and Japan had the better of China 19-10 for fourth spot in the five-team group.
In Group C, Mexico took third place with an 18-13 result over Iran.
In Group C, Mexico took third place with an 18-13 result over Iran.
In Group D, Spain took second place and nudged Canada into fourth spot with a 19-9 victory, while Kazakhstan sent off neighbour Uzbekistan for third position thanks to a 13-12 scoreline.
Final points:
Group A: Croatia 6, Montenegro 4, Egypt 2, South Africa 0.
Group B: Hungary 8, Greece 5, Netherlands 5, Japan 2, China 0.
Group C: Serbia 6, Australia 4, Mexico 2, Iran 0.
Group D: Italy 8, Spain 6, Kazakhstan 4, Canada 2, Uzbekistan 0.
Wednesday’s preliminary-round schedule:
Round 13-16
41. 10:00 4A RSA v 5D UZB
44. 11:20 5B CHN v 4C IRI
Round 1-12
46 12:40 2B GRE v 3C MEX
47 15:40 3A EGY v 2D ESP
48 17:00 3B NED v 2C AUS
45 18:20 2A MNE v 3D KAZ
Tuesday Match Reports
Match 39: 18:20, Group D, KAZAKHSTAN 13 UZBEKISTAN 12
Quarters: 2-3, 3-0, 3-2, 5-7
Referees: Ulrich Spiegel (GER), Andrej Franulovic (CRO).
Extra Man: KAZ (Unavailable as yet)
Pens: KAZ: 1/2.
Teams:
KAZAKHSTAN: Aleksandr Lopatkin, Stanislav Shedov (3), Ruslan Akhmetov (1), Sultan, Shonzhigitov, Miras Aubakirov, Sergey Bogomolov, Maxim Zhardan (4), Egor Berbelyuk (3), Altay Altayev (1), Yulian Verdesh (1), Valeriy Shlemov. Head Coach: Nemanja Knezevic.UZBEKISTAN: Radion Knabibullaev, Mirjalol Nagmatov, Doniyor Umarov, Artur Kim, Maksim Krakhotin (1), Aleksey Zaytsev, Kirill Rustamov (9), Egor Chumachenko (1), Grorgiy Mamedov (1), Aleksey Massel, Khayotson Rakhimov. Head Coach: Aleksandr Sokolov.
Match report:Kazakhstan won its second consecutive match and finished third in the group, sending Uzbekistan home winless. It was a close and tough encounter with Uzbekistan holding the lead at quarter time and then trailing by two at halftime, much to the relief of the huge hometown spectator base. Kazakhstan shifted to a three-goal advantage heading into the last and went to 10-5, only for Uzbekistan to fight back thanks to Kirill Rustamov, who already had four goals. When Kazakhstan was 12-10 ahead, Rustamov shot and scored for 12-11. Uzbekistan had a sniff of a draw. Uzbekistan immediately called an illegal timeout and Kazakhstan elected to go to the penalty line, which it did to score for 13-11. It was still 11 seconds left. Uzbekistan moved upwards and Rustamov scored for 13-12 and he still tried to get the ball of Kazakhstan, which he did not. Rustamov scored five goals for a game-high nine, to no avail. The illegal timeout caught everyone out and it nearly derailed the host team. It was the most thrilling match of the day. Midway through the final period, Aleksey Massel interfered with a penalty shot and was suspended.
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Match 40: 17:00, Group D, CANADA 9 SPAIN 19
Quarters: 1-4, 1-4, 3-5, 4-6
Referees: Michail Skalochoritis (GRE), Erwin Schapers (NED).
Extra Man: CAN: 3/6. ESP: 4/5.
Pens: Nil.
Teams:
CANADA: Samuel Reiber, Giordano Marconuto, Maxime Schapowal (1), Gaelan Patterson, Matthew Halajian (3), Julien Allard (2), Paule Kotarac, Sean Spooner (3), Jeremie Blanchard, Aria Suleimanipak, Benjamin Bolduc. Head Coach: Nikola Maric.SPAIN: Miguel Linares, Sergei Cabanas (4), Guillem Garcia (2), Marc Corbalan (1), Xavi Serra (2), Alvaro Granados (3), Borsa Fenoy (2), Agusti Pericas (2), Roger Tahull (3), Alesandro Bustos, Alfonso Lopez-Saez. Head Coach: Quim Colet.
Match Report:Spain grabbed second spot in the group for its third win, suffering only to Italy. Canada was hoping for a second win, but the strength and accuracy of Spain’s shooting proved the winner. With the likes of Sergi Cabanas from the top and the rest of his team in fine form, Canada did not stand a chance, despite putting away nine goals and having an excellent second half. When Spain stretched the margin to 11-2, three minutes into the second half, the match was virtually over. The match proved interesting with a low foul count and players allowed to get on with the game. The hard-working Matthew Halajian and Sean Spooner nabbed three each for Canada.
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Match 38: 15:40, Group C, IRAN 13 MEXICO 18
Quarters: 5-4, 1-3, 4-6, 3-5
Referees: Luca Bianco (ITA), Akbar Sadikov (UZB).
Extra Man: IRI: 4/7. MEX: 6/11.
Pens: MEX: 1/1.
Teams:
IRAN: Hamed Karimi, Masoud Ahmadi (4), Mehdi Yazdankhah (1), Arshia Almasi (2), Amirhossein Keihany, Peiman Asadiaghajari (2), Mohammadmahdi Heydari (1), Hamidreza Moghaddam (2), Soheil Rostamian (1), Aminghavidel Hajiagha, Shayan Ghasemidaryan. Head Coach: Vahid Rezaeiashtiyani.MEXICO: Alfredo de la Mova, Hazed Veya, Raul Vargus, Raul Muniz (1), Rodrigo Avalos (3), Sinahi Gonzalez (5), Arturo Ocejo (1), Alexey Grubnik (2), Diego Mercado (2), Jorge Cervantes (4), Isaac Contreras. Head Coach: Raul de la Pena.
Match report:
Mexico took third in a four-team group with an inspiring victory over Iran. It was an entertaining match going for the all-important win and Mexico gained its first of the tournament. Mexico started strongly for three unanswered goals until Iran awoke and levelled at 3-3 and, in fact, went 5-4 ahead on extra just before quarter time. From then on Mexico had the edge, however, the match was tied at 5-5, 6-6 and 7-7 a minute into the third period. In a three-minute span the match was blown open with Mexico advancing the score to 12-8 only to have the margin trimmed to three at the final break. Iran twice brought the margin back to three in the final quarter, only to lose by five. Iran’s best shooter, Massoud Ahmadi had four goals in the cage before he was sent from the match with 4:08 remaining for violence. Sinai Gonzalez scored two of the first three goals for Mexico and netted another three in the final quarter. Mexican Diego Mercado proved a handful at centre forward and was rewarded with two goals while many more of his attempts were blocked.
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Match 36: 12:40, Group B, JAPAN 19 CHINA 10
Quarters: 6-2, 1-5, 6-1, 6-2
Referees: Michael Baty (RSA), Mikhail Dykman (CAN).
Extra Man: JPN: 6/10. CHN: 2/5.
Pens: JPN: 1/1.
Teams:
JAPAN: Kazuki Hashimoto, Kenta Araki, Mitsuru Takata (2), Shuma Kawamoto, Shotaro Yamada, Daichi Nagano (2), Shu Hamada (4), Seiya Adachi (9), Miki Sato (2), Kohei Inaba, Ryosuke Oshima. Head Coach: Yoshinori Shiota.CHINA: Guozheng Wei, Zekai Xie, Zhongxzan Chen (3), Jiahao Peng, Rongkun Lie, Bezyi Wang (3), Yingyi Gao (4), Rui Chen, Yi Lu, Dong Ni, Xiang Fu. Head Coach: Yaohua Chen.
Match Report:Japan secured fourth in the five-team group with a topsy-turvy win over China. Japan dominated the first quarter and China the second before the Japan steamroller was set in motion. Japan’s chances of winning easier were given no help when star centre forward Kenta Araki firstly gained an exclusion and then seemingly head-butted the excluded player, so was red-carded in the late-second-quarter incident. It was an unusual minute as China made the most of the suspension to score, drawing level at 6-6. Then China regained the ball, took a timeout and Zhongxzan Chen fired the shot for a 7-6 lead with one second left. Japan, not to be out-done, fired the ball off the restart and the buzzer sounded, but the ball sailed on into the Chinese net for 7-7. Japan made adjustments without Araki and went on scoring. Seiya Adachi enjoyed the romp with nine goals, scoring three in the first and another three in the third period. Yingyi Gao scored his four goals in the first half for China, quite significant with the level score.
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Match 35: 11:20, Group B, GREECE 7 NETHERLANDS 7
Quarters: 2-2, 2-2, 3-2, 0-1
Referees: Radu Matache (ROU), Sinisa Matijasevic (MNE).
Extra Man: GRE: 3/5. NED: 3/10.
Pens: GRE: 2/2. NED: 2/2.
Teams:
GREECE: Emmanouil Zerdevas, Nikolaos Kopeliadis (2), Michail Sartzetakis, Angelos Foskolos, Stylianos Argyropoulos-Kanakkis, Dmitrios Nicolaidis (1), Panteleimon Kalogerakos (3), Grigorios Kapetanakis (1), Christos Papoukas, Alexandros Athymaritis, Rafail Forotzidis. Head Coach: Theodoros Chatzitheodorou.NETHERLANDS: Milan Koff, Kjeld Veenhuis (2), Guus van Yperen, Sam Burg, Guus Wolswinkel, Tarik Scherrenburg, Harmen Muller (2), Pascal Janssen, Bilal Gbadamassi, Benjamin Hoepelman (3), Brent Hofmeyer. Head Coach: Jacob Spijker.
Match report:Netherlands needed to win and Greece was content with a draw to finish second in the group. It came down to who had the better goal difference against the top team in the group — Hungary — and Netherlands was -10 and Greece -8. At 7-7 the match was never clear-cut. It should have been in the final five minutes, but Greece squandered numerous opportunities with poor decision-making when shooting. Two such shots led to the Dutch scoring from the deep left by Harmen Muller at 4:06 to level the match at 7-7. Greece too often committed needless fouls, giving the Dutch plenty of chances to score. Stout defence in the dying minutes gave Greece the draw. Greece took the first lead, Netherlands went to 2-1, 3-2, 4-3, but Greece levelled just before halftime and took the lead again at the start of the third period. It was Greece’s turn to command and went out to 7-5 at 2:09 in the third. The one-goal final period showed the intensity between the two teams and the excellent defence at both ends of the pool. If the Dutch could convert extra-man attack, it would have won easily. Both coaches were animated with Greek coach Theodoros Chatzitheodorou particularly so. Both received yellow cards in the last half-minute of the third period.
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Match 34: 10:00, Group A, CROATIA 31 SOUTH AFRICA 4
Quarters: 6-1, 8-1, 7-1, 10-1
Referees: Daniel Vazquez (MEX) Liang Zhang (CHN).
Extra Man: CRO: 11/11. RSA: 1/3.
Pens: Nil
Teams:
CROATIA: Marin Sparada, Loren Fatovic (3), Rino Buric (6), Andro Gagulic (3), Antun Goreta (6), Andrija Basic (5), Luka Lozina, Antonio Buha (4), Ivan Zovic (2), Ivan Zivkovic (2), Marin Jukic. Head Coach: Miho Bobic.
SOUTH AFRICA: Gareth May, Roarke Olver, Tim Rezelman, Shane Fourie (2), Claudio Fernandes, Nicholas Downes, Jason Evezard (1), Liam Neill (1), Keanan Alexander, Wyatt Edwards, Themba Mthembu. Head Coach: Jason Sileno.
Match Report:
Croatia was far too strong for South Africa and forced the Africans into basic errors. Too often the passing was wayward or too high to the centre forward and Croatia was keen to snap up and slowly progress the game up the pool. Croatia needed little intensity, instead saving energy for the finals, which it now enjoys with a day off as the group winner. Croatia started two days later than most and three big victories may not be the best preparation for what will be tough finals. Eight Croatians made the scoresheet with Rino Buric and Antonio Goreta scoring six apiece.The extra-man statistic was probably close to a world record at this level, with Croatia converting all 11 chances.
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KAZAKHSTAN: Aleksandr Lopatkin, Stanislav Shedov (3), Ruslan Akhmetov (1), Sultan, Shonzhigitov, Miras Aubakirov, Sergey Bogomolov, Maxim Zhardan (4), Egor Berbelyuk (3), Altay Altayev (1), Yulian Verdesh (1), Valeriy Shlemov. Head Coach: Nemanja Knezevic.UZBEKISTAN: Radion Knabibullaev, Mirjalol Nagmatov, Doniyor Umarov, Artur Kim, Maksim Krakhotin (1), Aleksey Zaytsev, Kirill Rustamov (9), Egor Chumachenko (1), Grorgiy Mamedov (1), Aleksey Massel, Khayotson Rakhimov. Head Coach: Aleksandr Sokolov.
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Match 40: 17:00, Group D, CANADA 9 SPAIN 19
Quarters: 1-4, 1-4, 3-5, 4-6
CANADA: Samuel Reiber, Giordano Marconuto, Maxime Schapowal (1), Gaelan Patterson, Matthew Halajian (3), Julien Allard (2), Paule Kotarac, Sean Spooner (3), Jeremie Blanchard, Aria Suleimanipak, Benjamin Bolduc. Head Coach: Nikola Maric.SPAIN: Miguel Linares, Sergei Cabanas (4), Guillem Garcia (2), Marc Corbalan (1), Xavi Serra (2), Alvaro Granados (3), Borsa Fenoy (2), Agusti Pericas (2), Roger Tahull (3), Alesandro Bustos, Alfonso Lopez-Saez. Head Coach: Quim Colet.
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IRAN: Hamed Karimi, Masoud Ahmadi (4), Mehdi Yazdankhah (1), Arshia Almasi (2), Amirhossein Keihany, Peiman Asadiaghajari (2), Mohammadmahdi Heydari (1), Hamidreza Moghaddam (2), Soheil Rostamian (1), Aminghavidel Hajiagha, Shayan Ghasemidaryan. Head Coach: Vahid Rezaeiashtiyani.MEXICO: Alfredo de la Mova, Hazed Veya, Raul Vargus, Raul Muniz (1), Rodrigo Avalos (3), Sinahi Gonzalez (5), Arturo Ocejo (1), Alexey Grubnik (2), Diego Mercado (2), Jorge Cervantes (4), Isaac Contreras. Head Coach: Raul de la Pena.
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JAPAN: Kazuki Hashimoto, Kenta Araki, Mitsuru Takata (2), Shuma Kawamoto, Shotaro Yamada, Daichi Nagano (2), Shu Hamada (4), Seiya Adachi (9), Miki Sato (2), Kohei Inaba, Ryosuke Oshima. Head Coach: Yoshinori Shiota.CHINA: Guozheng Wei, Zekai Xie, Zhongxzan Chen (3), Jiahao Peng, Rongkun Lie, Bezyi Wang (3), Yingyi Gao (4), Rui Chen, Yi Lu, Dong Ni, Xiang Fu. Head Coach: Yaohua Chen.
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GREECE: Emmanouil Zerdevas, Nikolaos Kopeliadis (2), Michail Sartzetakis, Angelos Foskolos, Stylianos Argyropoulos-Kanakkis, Dmitrios Nicolaidis (1), Panteleimon Kalogerakos (3), Grigorios Kapetanakis (1), Christos Papoukas, Alexandros Athymaritis, Rafail Forotzidis. Head Coach: Theodoros Chatzitheodorou.NETHERLANDS: Milan Koff, Kjeld Veenhuis (2), Guus van Yperen, Sam Burg, Guus Wolswinkel, Tarik Scherrenburg, Harmen Muller (2), Pascal Janssen, Bilal Gbadamassi, Benjamin Hoepelman (3), Brent Hofmeyer. Head Coach: Jacob Spijker.
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CROATIA: Marin Sparada, Loren Fatovic (3), Rino Buric (6), Andro Gagulic (3), Antun Goreta (6), Andrija Basic (5), Luka Lozina, Antonio Buha (4), Ivan Zovic (2), Ivan Zivkovic (2), Marin Jukic. Head Coach: Miho Bobic.
Croatia was far too strong for South Africa and forced the Africans into basic errors. Too often the passing was wayward or too high to the centre forward and Croatia was keen to snap up and slowly progress the game up the pool. Croatia needed little intensity, instead saving energy for the finals, which it now enjoys with a day off as the group winner. Croatia started two days later than most and three big victories may not be the best preparation for what will be tough finals. Eight Croatians made the scoresheet with Rino Buric and Antonio Goreta scoring six apiece.The extra-man statistic was probably close to a world record at this level, with Croatia converting all 11 chances.
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ALMATY: España bate a Canadá y espera a Egipto
08/09/2015 - La Selección Española Sub20 acaba de clasificarse para octavos de final del Campeonato del Mundo Sub20 de Waterpolo Masculino tras ganar hace unos minutos a Canadá por 9—19, con lo que queda segunda del Grupo D con 6 puntos tras Italia. Esta posición le habilita un cruce con el tercero del Grupo A, que en este caso ha sido Egipto, en busca de los cuartos de final. El España—Egipto será este miércoles a las 15:40 (11,40 hora española) según inorma la web oficial FINA. Vamos, equipo.
España no quiso sustos en la última jornada de preliminar (Grupo D) en Almaty y sabiéndose superior por juego y por los resultados vistos de ambos equipos en los primeros días, salió sin contemplaciones a por el partido consciente de lo mucho que nos jugábamos cara a los cruces de la fase final. El contundente 1-4 inicial se repitió en el segundo cuarto, para dejar anestesiado el choque al descanso (2-8).
Fueron más efectivos en ataque los canadienses en la reanudación pero también España, cuyo colchón del descanso le vino muy bien para, sin bajar nunca los brazos y con la máxima concentración en el juego, ir preparando el choque de octavos de final este miércoles. Sergi Cabanas y Roger Tahull fueron los goleadores españoles en este encuentro.
Además, el España-Egipto, el resto de cruces de octavos son: Rep. Sudáfrica-Uzbekistán, China-Irán, Grecia-México, Holanda-Australia y Montenegro-Kazajistán. Clasificados directamente para cuartos de final como primeros de grupo están Hungría, Serbia, Croacia e Italia.
FICHA TÉCNICA:
CANADÁ 9 ESPAÑA 19
Parciales: 1-4, 1-4, 3-5, 4-6
Árbitros: Michail Skalochoritis (GRE), Erwin Schapers (NED).
CANADÁ: Samuel Reiber, Giordano Marconuto, Maxime Schapowal (1), Gaelan Patterson, Matthew Halajian (3), Julien Allard (2), Paule Kotarac, Sean Spooner (3), Jeremie Blanchard, Aria Suleimanipak, Benjamin Bolduc. Entrenador: Nikola Maric.
ESPAÑA: Miguel Linares, Sergi Cabanas (4), Guillem García (2), Marc Corbalán (1), Xavi Serra (2), Álvaro Granados (3), Borja Fenoy (2), Agustí Pericas (2), Roger Tahull (3), Alejandro Bustos, Alfonso López-Sáez. Entrenador: Quim Colet.
Comunicación RFEN. Foto: España fue superior este martes a Canadá en la piscina de Almaty-KAZ / Russel McKinnon-FINA (c)
Day 4
Almaty, September 7.— Hungary and Italy won their respective groups and join Serbia as definite quarterfinalists from fourth-day competition at the FINA Junior Men’s World Water Polo Championships.
In Group A, Croatia defeated Egypt 19-3 for its second win.
In Group B, Greece had the better of Japan 17-15 and Hungary beat Netherlands 18-8.
In Group C, Australia finished second in the group with a 15-5 advantage over Iran.
In Group D, Italy beat Uzbekistan 17-6 and in the final match of the day, Kazakhstan gained its first win — 16-13 over Canada.
Points after day four:
Group A: Croatia 4, Montenegro 4, Egypt 2, South Africa 0.
Group B: Hungary 8, Netherlands 4, Greece 4, Japan 0, China 0.
Group C: Serbia 6, Australia 4, Mexico 0, Iran 0.
Group D: Italy 8, Spain 4, Kazakhstan 2, Canada 2, Uzbekistan 0.
Match 25: 18:20, Group D, CANADA 13 KAZAKHSTAN 16
Quarters: 2-6, 6-2, 1-5, 4-3
Referees: Radu Matache (ROU), Haldun Toygarli (TUR).
Extra Man: CAN: 8/10. KAZ: 6/12.
Pens: KAZ: 1/1.
Teams:CANADA: Samuel Reiber, Giordano Marconuto, Maxime Schapowal, Gaelan Patterson (4), Matthew Halajian (2), Julien Allard (1), Paule Kotarac (1), Sean Spooner (1), Jeremie Blanchard, Aria Suleimanipak (3), Benjamin Bolduc. Head Coach: Nikola Maric.
KAZAKHSTAN: Aleksandr Lopatkin, Stanislav Shedov (4), Ruslan Akhmetov (2), Sultan, Shonzhigitov, Miras Aubakirov (1), Sergey Bogomolov, Maxim Zhardan (6), Egor Berbelyuk, Altay Altayev (2), Yulian Verdesh (1), Valeriy Shlemov. Head Coach: Nemanja Knezevic.
Match report:
A buoyant crowd left the stadium tonight after Kazakhstan registered its first win and jumped into third spot in the group. Canada was never given a chance by the local team, which led 6-2 at the quarter before Canada came clawing back to equalise by halftime. However, in the end, Kazakhstan went to 13-9 ahead by the final break held sway with some excellent shot-making and defensive play against a team, which had every right to expect a great shot at victory. Maxim Zhardan gave the home team the excellent start with four of his six goals coming in the opening quarter. Gaetan Patterson was the best for Canada with a score in each period. Canada finishes its preliminary programme against Spain and Kazakhstan will be going for two wins by playing Uzbekistan in the last match in the evening.
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Match 31: 17:00, Group C, IRAN 5 AUSTRALIA 15
Quarters: 1-4, 1-5, 1-4, 2-2
Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Daniel Daners (URU).
Extra Man: IRI: 2/5. AUS: 7/9.
Pens: IRI: 1/1.
Teams:
IRAN: Hamed Karimi, Masoud Ahmadi, Mehdi Yazdankhah, Arshia Almasi (1), Amirhossein Keihany, Peiman Asadiaghajari, Mohammadmahdi Heydari (1), Hamidreza Moghaddam, Soheil Rostamian (1), Aminghavidel Hajiagha (2), Shayan Ghasemidaryan. Head Coach: Vahid Rezaeiashtiyani.AUSTRALIA: Anthony Hrysanthos, Nicholas Brooks (3), Angus Lambie (1), Christopher Perrott (1), William Armstrong (1), Jordan Kremers-Taylor (2), William Mackay (2), Leo Hurley, Andrew Ford (5), James Smith, Sam Cocokios. Head Coach: Slobodan Macic.
Match Report:
Australia claimed its second victory and with it came second place in the group after Serbia, who had a rest day. Iran struggled to make any headway against the Aussies, although it was not until the final minute of the period that Australia went 3-1 and 4-1 up. By halftime the writing was on the wall for Iran with Andrew Ford scoring three times by the long break. He added two more in the second half. The third quarter was telling for Iran, while the last saw Iran press hard for 2-2. Iran plays Mexico on Tuesday for third place in the group.
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Match 30: 15:40, Group B, NETHERLANDS 8 HUNGARY 18
Quarters: 3-5, 2-5, 2-6, 1-2
Referees: Ulrich Spiegel (GER), Jaume Teixido (ESP).
Extra Man: NED: 4/11. HUN: 6/10.
Pens: Nil.
Teams:
NETHERLANDS: Milan Koff, Kjeld Veenhuis (1), Guus van Yperen (1), Sam Burg (), Guus Wolswinkel (), Tarik Scherrenburg (1), Harmen Muller (1), Pascal Janssen (2), Bilal Gbadamassi, Benjamin Hoepelman (2), Brent Hofmeyer. Head Coach: Jacob Spijker.
HUNGARY: Istvan Kardos, Marcell Kolozsi (1), Zoltan Pohl, Tamas Sedlmayer (3), Adam Nagy (2), Balasz Kalanovics, Gergo Zalanki (4), Gergo Kovacs, Krisztian Peter Manhercz (4), Simon Benedek Vogel, Soma Vogel. Head Coach: Gyorgi Horkai.
Match report:
Hungary surged into Thursday’s quarterfinals with a fourth victory, earning a bye day on Tuesday and the rest day for group winners on Wednesday. With Gergo Zalanki and Gergo Kovacs leading the charge with four goals each, Hungary was never headed. The Dutch started strongly, levelling at 1-1, 2-2 and 3-3, but Hungary had a two-goal lead at the quarter, stretched it to five by halftime and cruised home. Krisztian Peter Manhercz was another four-goaler, scoring all in the third period and three of them consecutively. Tamas Sedlmayer was another with a useful arm, scoring three and having the possibility of many more, except for good defence, the uprights or, as in the final period, a wayward lob. For the Dutch, six players made the card. The Dutch need to beat Greece on Tuesday to wrap up second spot in the group. Three cards were given during the match — a yellow to both coaches and a red card to a Dutch assistant coach.
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Match 29: 12:40, Group B, JAPAN 15 GREECE 17
Quarters: 4-6, 4-5, 2-4, 5-2
Referees: Andrej Franulovic (CRO), Ahmed Kotob (EGY).
Extra Man: JPN: 3/10. GRE: 4/7.
Pens: JPN: 1/1. GRE: 1/2.
Teams:JAPAN: Kazuki Hashimoto, Kenta Araki (5), Mitsuru Takata (3), Shuma Kawamoto, Shotaro Yamada, Daichi Nagano (1), Shu Hamada (4), Seiya Adachi (1), Miki Sato (1), Kohei Inaba, Ryosuke Oshima. Head Coach: Yoshinori Shiota.
GREECE: Emmanouil Zerdevas, Nikolaos Kopeliadis (3), Michail Sartzetakis, Angelos Foskolos (6), Stylianos Argyropoulos-Kanakkis (4), Dmitrios Nicolaidis (3), Panteleimon Kalogerakos, Grigorios Kapetanakis, Christos Papoukas (1), Alexandros Athymaritis, Rafail Forotzidis. Head Coach: Theodoros Chatzitheodorou.
Match Report:
Greece notched its second win from three matches, fending off an obstinate Japan. When Greece seemed to be making headway, Japan would throw up a roadblock. There was a lot of action in front of goal with centre forwards working hard for goals. Japan’s Kenta Araki was using all his skills at two metres and came away with five goals while Greece’s Dmitrios Nicolaidis was happiest in the same position, scoring three for the match. One unguarded goal from Christos Papoukas, which seemed to be a massive mistake by Japan, turned what was a relatively close 13-10 into 14-10 late in the third period, a goal that made a lot of difference considering the final score. Greece had held four-goal leads at 11-7 and 12-8 and extended the margin to 15-10 by the final break. Japan made a huge surge in the final eight minutes, winning the period 5-2, but at 12-17 behind at just over three minutes remaining, the final three goals were just consolations. Shui Hamada threw the last two goals after Mitsuru Takata scored the first three. Angelos Foskolos showed his class with six goals — three in the opening quarter. Greece will now play Netherlands for second spot in the group on Tuesday morning. Japan will play China, looking for a first win at lunchtime on Tuesday.
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Match 27: 11:20, Group A, CROATIA 19 EGYPT 3
Quarters: 4-1, 5-0, 5-1, 5-1
Referees: Miodrag Stefanovic (SRB), Daniel Vazquez (MEX).
Extra Man: CRO: 7/15. EGY: 0/7.
Pens: Nil
Teams:CROATIA: Marin Sparada, Loren Fatovic (2), Rino Buric (2), Andro Gagulic (1), Antun Goreta, Andrija Basic (5), Luka Lozina (4), Antonio Buha (2), Ivan Zovic (2), Ivan Zivkovic, Marin Jukic. Head Coach: Miho Bobic.
EGYPT: Omara Osama, Moustafa Essmat (1), Aly Elaassar, Mahmoud Tarek, Ahmed Barakat (2), Abdelrahman Haroun, Ahmed Sherif, Hassan Haroun, Karim Mahmoud, Mahomed Mohsen, Marwan Ayman. Head Coach: Denes Lukacs.
Match Report:Pencil in Croatia for a medals final. The powerful Adriatic team crushed Egypt and showed why it is a serious contender if not the contender for the crown. Big left-handed centre forward Luka Lozina and solid outside shooter Andrija Basic look out of place in this junior tournament and are showing the sort of skills that will see them in senior ranks very soon. Basic threw five goals and Lozina four and the effort shown was not the high level they will start to show at the sharp end of the tournament. These two are surrounded by top-class talent with Rino Buric particularly imposing. Egypt, the team that pressed Montenegro hard on day one and rattled in 24 goals against South Africa on Sunday, had no answers. It tried in vain to get clean ball to the hole man, with little effect. The Croatian defence was supreme and goals we obviously few. The best effort from Egypt came from a centre-forward backhand shot that slithered in the cage from Ahmed Barakat for 10-2. With Montenegro and Egypt out of the way, only South Africa stands in the way of a clean sweep on Tuesday and a quarterfinal berth.
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Match 26: 10:00, Group D, UZBEKISTAN 6 ITALY 17
Quarters: 0-3, 1-4, 1-4, 4-6
Referees: Balazs Szekely (HUN), Kunihiro Sato (JPN)
Extra Man: UZB: 3/4. ITA: 4/10.
Pens: UZB: 0/1. ITA: 2/3.
Teams:UZBEKISTAN: Radion Knabibullaev, Mirjalol Nagmatov, Doniyor Umarov, Artur Kim, Maksim Krakhotin (1), Aleksey Zaytsev (3), Kirill Rustamov (2), Egor Chumachenko, Grorgiy Mamedov, Aleksey Massel, Khayotson Rakhimov. Head Coach: Aleksandr Sokolov.
ITALY: Fabio Viola, Umberto Esposito (2), Edoardo di Somma (1), Antonio Maccioni, Gianluigi Foglio (3), Roberto Ravina (1), Vincenze Dolce (5), Eduardo Campopiano (1), Jacopo Alesiani (2), Alessandro Velotto (1), Gianmarco Nicosia. Head Coach: Ferdinando Pasci.
Match Report:Italy won its fourth straight match to claim Group D and advance to Thursday’s quarterfinals. Italy pressed hard and thwarted Uzbekistan’s driving game. The Uzbeks did not play a centre forward for the entire first half and instead tried to gain exclusions, however, its first goal, and on extra, came just before halftime. The second came on action in the third with an excellent drive across the bottom right by Maksim Krakhotin after the extra-man timeframe. Italy advanced to 15-2 inside the final four minutes and let up enough for Uzbekistan to improve its scoring with the last three goals inside the final two minutes when the match was well and truly lost. Vincenzo Dolce impressed once more in front of goal and is proving quite a handful for most teams. It was his second five-goal haul after day one’s clash with Kazakhstan and he has now tallied 14. Kirill Rustamov was well guarded and his two goals came at the death, lifting his total from three matches to 17.
KAZAKHSTAN: Aleksandr Lopatkin, Stanislav Shedov (4), Ruslan Akhmetov (2), Sultan, Shonzhigitov, Miras Aubakirov (1), Sergey Bogomolov, Maxim Zhardan (6), Egor Berbelyuk, Altay Altayev (2), Yulian Verdesh (1), Valeriy Shlemov. Head Coach: Nemanja Knezevic.
A buoyant crowd left the stadium tonight after Kazakhstan registered its first win and jumped into third spot in the group. Canada was never given a chance by the local team, which led 6-2 at the quarter before Canada came clawing back to equalise by halftime. However, in the end, Kazakhstan went to 13-9 ahead by the final break held sway with some excellent shot-making and defensive play against a team, which had every right to expect a great shot at victory. Maxim Zhardan gave the home team the excellent start with four of his six goals coming in the opening quarter. Gaetan Patterson was the best for Canada with a score in each period. Canada finishes its preliminary programme against Spain and Kazakhstan will be going for two wins by playing Uzbekistan in the last match in the evening.
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IRAN: Hamed Karimi, Masoud Ahmadi, Mehdi Yazdankhah, Arshia Almasi (1), Amirhossein Keihany, Peiman Asadiaghajari, Mohammadmahdi Heydari (1), Hamidreza Moghaddam, Soheil Rostamian (1), Aminghavidel Hajiagha (2), Shayan Ghasemidaryan. Head Coach: Vahid Rezaeiashtiyani.AUSTRALIA: Anthony Hrysanthos, Nicholas Brooks (3), Angus Lambie (1), Christopher Perrott (1), William Armstrong (1), Jordan Kremers-Taylor (2), William Mackay (2), Leo Hurley, Andrew Ford (5), James Smith, Sam Cocokios. Head Coach: Slobodan Macic.
Australia claimed its second victory and with it came second place in the group after Serbia, who had a rest day. Iran struggled to make any headway against the Aussies, although it was not until the final minute of the period that Australia went 3-1 and 4-1 up. By halftime the writing was on the wall for Iran with Andrew Ford scoring three times by the long break. He added two more in the second half. The third quarter was telling for Iran, while the last saw Iran press hard for 2-2. Iran plays Mexico on Tuesday for third place in the group.
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Pens: Nil.
NETHERLANDS: Milan Koff, Kjeld Veenhuis (1), Guus van Yperen (1), Sam Burg (), Guus Wolswinkel (), Tarik Scherrenburg (1), Harmen Muller (1), Pascal Janssen (2), Bilal Gbadamassi, Benjamin Hoepelman (2), Brent Hofmeyer. Head Coach: Jacob Spijker.
HUNGARY: Istvan Kardos, Marcell Kolozsi (1), Zoltan Pohl, Tamas Sedlmayer (3), Adam Nagy (2), Balasz Kalanovics, Gergo Zalanki (4), Gergo Kovacs, Krisztian Peter Manhercz (4), Simon Benedek Vogel, Soma Vogel. Head Coach: Gyorgi Horkai.
Hungary surged into Thursday’s quarterfinals with a fourth victory, earning a bye day on Tuesday and the rest day for group winners on Wednesday. With Gergo Zalanki and Gergo Kovacs leading the charge with four goals each, Hungary was never headed. The Dutch started strongly, levelling at 1-1, 2-2 and 3-3, but Hungary had a two-goal lead at the quarter, stretched it to five by halftime and cruised home. Krisztian Peter Manhercz was another four-goaler, scoring all in the third period and three of them consecutively. Tamas Sedlmayer was another with a useful arm, scoring three and having the possibility of many more, except for good defence, the uprights or, as in the final period, a wayward lob. For the Dutch, six players made the card. The Dutch need to beat Greece on Tuesday to wrap up second spot in the group. Three cards were given during the match — a yellow to both coaches and a red card to a Dutch assistant coach.
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GREECE: Emmanouil Zerdevas, Nikolaos Kopeliadis (3), Michail Sartzetakis, Angelos Foskolos (6), Stylianos Argyropoulos-Kanakkis (4), Dmitrios Nicolaidis (3), Panteleimon Kalogerakos, Grigorios Kapetanakis, Christos Papoukas (1), Alexandros Athymaritis, Rafail Forotzidis. Head Coach: Theodoros Chatzitheodorou.
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EGYPT: Omara Osama, Moustafa Essmat (1), Aly Elaassar, Mahmoud Tarek, Ahmed Barakat (2), Abdelrahman Haroun, Ahmed Sherif, Hassan Haroun, Karim Mahmoud, Mahomed Mohsen, Marwan Ayman. Head Coach: Denes Lukacs.
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ITALY: Fabio Viola, Umberto Esposito (2), Edoardo di Somma (1), Antonio Maccioni, Gianluigi Foglio (3), Roberto Ravina (1), Vincenze Dolce (5), Eduardo Campopiano (1), Jacopo Alesiani (2), Alessandro Velotto (1), Gianmarco Nicosia. Head Coach: Ferdinando Pasci.
ALMATY: Jornada de descanso para España Sub20
07/09/2015 - Lunes de descanso para la España de Quim Colet en los Campeonatos del Mundo Sub20 que se están celebrando en Almaty (KAZ). Tras la victoria del domingo ante la anfitriona Kazajistán, nuestros juniors vuelven a competición este martes frente a Canadá para cerrar el grupo D tras dos victorias (Uzbekistán y Kazajistán) y una derrota (Italia). El miércoles serán los apasionantes cuartos de final en espera de rival en función de los puestos finales de los grupos A y D, rivales entre sí.
Comunicación RFEN. Foto: Estiramientos de la Selección española Sub20 RFEN en la piscina de competición de Almaty / Rfen
Day 3
Almaty, September 6.— Croatia entered the tournament with s statement victory over Montenegro on day three of the FINA Junior Men’s Water Polo World Championship.
In a quirk of the draw, and the non-appearance of two nations, Croatia had two days off while other teams were competing.
A solid 14-7 margin over unbeaten Montenegro, means it should now win twice more to secure the group and enter the quarterfinals.
In the other Group A match, Egypt had a resounding 24-8 victory over South Africa.
In Group B, Greece had an impressive 25-8 first win over China and Hungary shrugged off a defiant Japan 16-9 for its third victory.
In Group C at the start of the day, Australia beat Mexico 20-5 for its first win and Serbia, playing with two men ill again, beat Iran 18-6. It was Iran’s opening match.
In Group D, Italy had to work to beat Canada 16-11 and Spain bettered Kazakhstan 21-13 in the feature match of the evening session.
Points after day three:
Group A: Montenegro 4, Croatia 2, Egypt 2, South Africa 0.
Group B: Hungary 6, Netherlands 4, Greece 2, Japan 0, China 0.
Group C: Serbia 6, Australia 2, Mexico 0, Iran 0.
Group D: Italy 6, Spain 4, Canada 2, Uzbekistan 0, Kazakhstan 0.
Match 19: 20:20, Group D, KAZAKHSTAN 13 SPAIN 21
Quarters: 3-7, 3-3, 4-7, 3-4
Referees: Miodrag Stefanovic (SRB), Nick Hodgers (AUS).
Extra Man: KAZ: 3/10. ESP: 8/11.
Pens: KAZ: 1/1. ESP: 0/1.
Teams:
KAZAKHSTAN: Aleksandr Lopatkin, Stanislav Shedov (3), Ruslan Akhmetov, Sultan, Shonzhigitov, Miras Aubakirov (2), Sergey Bogomolov, Maxim Zhardan (4), Egor Berbelyuk (2), Altay Altayev (1), Yulian Verdesh (1), Valeriy Shlemov. Head Coach: Nemanja Knezevic.SPAIN: Miguel Linares, Sergei Cabanas (6), Guillem Garcia (1), Marc Corbalan (1), Xavi Serra (1), Alvaro Granados, Borsa Fenoy (1), Agusti Pericas (2), Roger Tahull (8), Alesandro Bustos (1), Alfonso Lopez-Saez. Head Coach: Quim Colet.
Match report:Spain gained its second win from three outings with an interesting victory over Kazakhstan. The local team was heavily back and surprised some with excellent play and plenty of goals. Spain looked the classier team, despite the close presence of the local team, working like a constant thorn in its side. The smaller ball helped with some of the rocket shots and better ball control, especially from the Spaniards, made for spectacular shooting. It was Kazakhstan’s second loss and came after a rest day on Saturday. Kazakhstan will be keen to see how it matches up against Canada on Monday night, when the competition returns to six-match days ahead of the quarterfinals on Thursday. Roger Tahull netted eight goals and Sergi Cabanas six for the victors. Maxim Zhardan was the best for Kazakhstan.
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Match 24: 19:00, Group B, HUNGARY 16 JAPAN 9
Quarters: 3-2, 2-0, 5-3, 6-4
Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Luca Bianco (ITA).
Extra Man: HUN: 4/7. JPN: 3/13.
Pens: Nil
Teams:
HUNGARY: Istvan Kardos, Marcell Kolozsi (3), Zoltan Pohl, Tamas Sedlmayer (2), Adam Nagy (2), Balasz Kalanovics (1), Gergo Zalanki (3), Gergo Kovacs, Krisztian Peter Manhercz (3), Simon Benedek Vogel (2), Soma Vogel. Head Coach: Gyorgi Horkai.JAPAN: Kazuki Hashimoto, Kenta Araki (1), Mitsuru Takata, Shuma Kawamoto, Shotaro Yamada (1), Daichi Nagano (1), Shu Hamada (1), Seiya Adachi (4), Miki Sato (1), Kohei Inaba, Ryosuke Oshima. Head Coach: Yoshinori Shiota.
Match report:Hungary had a tough task on its hands with Japan thwarting many scoring attacks in the first half. Hungary seemed to be under the spell of Japan for long periods of the first half and Japan had plenty of opportunities to score. Japan used its traditional swimming and driving game, but seemed to be out of synch with the passers, which meant many extra-man chances did not occur. In the third period Hungary decided to play its game and started stealing the ball like Japan had earlier. These chances led to counters and goals. Then the outside shooters gained some rhythm and the match swung the way of Hungary, even though Japan would not be shaken off. It was two different halves for the Hungarians and Japan left players unguarded for nano-seconds and the Hungarians were swift to react. It was entertaining throughout. Japan scored the last goal with three seconds left in what was its best eight minutes. Seiya Adachi was the game’s highest scorer with two goals in each of the final two periods. Japan had the better of the foul count, but could not convert 10 chances.
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Match 23: 17:40, Group B, GREECE 25 CHINA 8
Quarters: 6-3, 5-3, 7-1, 7-1
Referees: Jaume Teixido (ESP), Ulrich Spiegel (GER).
Extra Man: GRE: 6/8. CHN: 3/11.
Pens: GRE: 3/3. CHN: 2/2.
Teams:
GREECE: Emmanouil Zerdevas, Nikolaos Kopeliadis (6), Michail Sartzetakis, Angelos Foskolos (6), Stylianos Argyropoulos-Kanakkis (5), Dmitrios Nicolaidis (3), Panteleimon Kalogerakos (2), Grigorios Kapetanakis (1), Christos Papoukas (1), Alexandros Athymaritis (1), Rafail Forotzidis. Head Coach: Theodoros Chatzitheodorou.CHINA: Guozheng Wei, Zekai Xie (1), Zhongxzan Chen (3), Jiahao Peng, Rongkun Lie, Bezyi Wang, Yingyi Gao (2), Rui Chen (2), Yi Lu, Dong Ni, Xiang Fu. Head Coach: Yaohua Chen.
Match report:Greece returned from a day off to win its first match after Friday’s disappointing 17-9 loss to Hungary. Greece proved to be more cohesive and a team capable of heading to the finals. China struggled to maintain any momentum and had to snatch goals where it could. Greece stole the ball on numerous occasions and went on counter to increase the lead. China looked better in the first half that it did against Netherlands and Hungary, but the final two periods were disastrous as Greece won both 7-1. The match was littered with penalties and the double suspension of Jiahao Peng and Grigorios Kapetanakis late in the third period for fighting. Nikolaos Kopeliadis and Angelos Foskolos scored six each for Greece.
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Match 22: 16:20, Group A, MONTENEGRO 7 CROATIA 14
Quarters: 2-4, 2-4, 0-4, 3-2
Referees: Michail Schalochoritis (GRE), Balazs Szekely (HUN).
Extra Man: MNE: 5/10. CRO: 8/10.
Pens: MNE: 0/1.
Teams:
MONTENEGRO: Aresenije Stanovic, Ugjesa Vukasovic, Dorde Bulatovic (2), Dusan Matkovic, Matija Brguljan, Nicolas Savejic (3), Danilo Adzic (1), Stefan Porobic, Filip Gardasevic (1), Janko Krivokapic, Milija Mandic. Head Coach: Zoran Maslovar.CROATIA: Marin Sparada, Loren Fatovic, Rino Buric (3), Andro Gagulic (1), Antun Goreta (3), Andrija Basic (1), Luka Lozina, Antonio Buha (4), Ivan Zovic (1), Ivan Zivkovic (1), Marin Jukic. Head Coach: Miho Bobic.
Match Report:Croatia burst into championship reckoning with its opening win of the tournament on day three. The ease with which it packed off Montenegro was impressive. Controlled, tight play and superb defence made it very hard for Montenegro to be a real threat. It was Montenegro’s first defeat in three matches, having beaten Egypt and South Africa. Montenegro led 1-0 and 2-1 in the opening quarter before Croatia had the quarter-time lead, shot out to 5-2 before Montenegro came back to 4-5. By halftime Croatia was well on top, produced a clean sheet in the third and went 13-4 ahead before allowing some slack. Antonio Buha top-scored with four goals as his team defeated the main opposition to group supremacy, although Egypt might think differently about that before Monday’s clash between the two.
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Match 21: 14:00, Group A, EGYPT 24 SOUTH AFRICA 8
Quarters: 5-0, 8-2, 6-2, 5-4
Referees: Erwin Schapers (NED), Daniel Daners (URU).
Extra Man: EGY: 6/12. RSA: 2/7.
Pens: EGY: 1/1. RSA: 0/1
Teams:
EGYPT: Omara Osama, Moustafa Essmat (4), Aly Elaassar (2), Mahmoud Tarek (1), Ahmed Barakat (4), Abdelrahman Haroun, Ahmed Sherif (7), Hassan Haroun (3), Karim Mahmoud (1), Mahomed Mohsen (2), Marwan Ayman. Head Coach: Denes Lukacs.
SOUTH AFRICA: Gareth May, Roarke Olver, (1) Tim Rezelman (2), Shane Fourie, Claudio Fernandes (1), Nicholas Downes, Jason Evezard (3), Liam Neill (1), Keanan Alexander, Wyatt Edwards, Themba Mthembu. Head Coach: Jason Sileno.
Match report:Egypt proved its worth with a stunning victory over South Africa. The Egyptians had a day off competition on Saturday following a 14-11 loss to Montenegro on Friday. Eager to prove that it was worthy of beating the Montenegrins, Egypt came out firing and had an 8-0 start before South Africa slotted its first. Sloppy passing by South Africa proved critical, Egypt snapping up every loose ball. The clinical play of Egypt sets itself up for Monday’s clash with Croatia, a team that was only scheduled to play its first match late in the afternoon of day three. Ahmed Sherif enjoyed the outing with seven goals, scoring in all four quarters, a feat also achieved by Ahmed Barakat. South Africa struggled with the fouls and three players failed to see the end of the match. Two of South Africa’s goals came in the last 33 seconds, one on counter and one with a smart pass down the left to a free man.
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Match 20: 12:40, Group D, ITALY 16 CANADA 11
Quarters: 4-1, 6-3, 3-5, 3-2
Referees: Radu Matache (ROU), Liang Zhang (CHN).
Extra Man: ITA: 4/6. CAN: 3/7.
Pens: ITA: 2/2. CAN: 0/1.
Teams:
ITALY: Fabio Viola, Umberto Esposito (1), Edoardo di Somma, Antonio Maccioni (3), Gianluigi Foglio (3), Roberto Ravina (3), Vincenze Dolce (1), Eduardo Campopiano (1), Jacopo Alesiani, Alessandro Velotto (3), Gianmarco Nicosia. Head Coach: Ferdinando Pasci.CANADA: Samuel Reiber, Giordano Marconuto, Maxime Schapowal, Gaelan Patterson (2), Matthew Halajian (2), Julien Allard, Benjamin Bolduc (2), Sean Spooner (2), Jeremie Blanchard, Aria Suleimanipak (3), Paule Kotarac. Head Coach: Nikola Maric.
Match Report:Italy is one win away from group victory, picking up its third win with a more balanced match than the game shown by Canada. Canada was coming off a last-gasp victory over Uzbekistan (Italy’s final opponent in the group stage on Monday morning) and played with that intensity for periods, not all the time. Chances in the third period were not taken and too often players hesitated in front of goal when penetrating gaps were available, which was surprising as it was Canada’s finest period. Italy was consistent throughout and gave the impression it could have lifted another notch if needed.
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Match 18: 11:20, Group C, SERBIA 18 IRAN 6
Quarters: 4-2, 4-1, 5-3, 5-0
Referees: Mikhail Dykman (CAN), Akbar Sadikov (UZB).
Extra Man: SRB: 5/7. IRI: 2/4.
Pens: SRB: 1/1. IRI: 0/1.
Teams:
SERBIA: Lazar Dobozanov, Mihajlo Repanovic (3), Gavril Subotic (3), Ivan Gvozdanovic (2), Drasko Gogov (1), Nebojsa Toholj (2), Marko Manojlovic (4), Filip Radojevic (3), Milan Vitorovic. Head Coach: Vladmir Vujasinovic.IRAN: Hamed Karimi, Masoud Ahmadi, Mehdi Yazdankhah, Arshia Almasi, Amirhossein Keihany (1), Peiman Asadiaghajari (2), Mohammadmahdi Heydari (1), Hamidreza Moghaddam (2), Soheil Rostamian, Aminghavidel Hajiagha, Shayan Ghasemidaryan. Head Coach: Vahid Rezaeiashtiyani.
Match report:Once gain Serbia played without Mateja Arsanovic and Radomir Drasovic, who have fevers, but was still good enough to deliver the killer blow to an inspired and efficient Iran. It was Iran’s opening match, on the third day, and its players delivered when needed against players of a much higher calibre. True, Serbia was not playing with full intensity, but making sure of a third victory, and the group dominance and now will take a three-day break before the quarterfinals. Iran was competitive after being 2-0 down and scored three in the third period. However, it tired considerably in the final eight minutes as Serbia lifted for the final punch. The two penalty attempts were in the last period with only Serbia converting.
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Match 17: 10:00, Group C, AUSTRALIA 20 MEXICO 5
Quarters: 5-0, 3-0, 6-1, 6-4
Referees: Sinisa Matijasevic (MNE), Michael Baty (RSA).
Extra Man: AUS: 7/14. MEX: 1/1.
Pens: AUS: 0/1. MEX: 1/1.
Teams:
AUSTRALIA: Anthony Hrysanthos, Nicholas Brooks (2), Angus Lambie (2), Christopher Perrott (1), William Armstrong (3), Jordan Kremers-Taylor (3), William Mackay (5), Leo Hurley (1), Andrew Ford (3), James Smith, Sam Cocokios. Head Coach: Slobodan Macic.MEXICO: Alfredo de la Mova, Hazed Veya, Raul Vargus, Raul Muniz, Rodrigo Avalos, Sinahi Gonzalez (1), Arturo Ocejo (2), Alexey Grubnik, Diego Mercado (2), Jorge Cervantes, Isaac Contreras. Head Coach: Raul de la Pena.
Match Report:Australia gained its first win after a first-day loss to Serbia, showing better skills and finishing against Mexico. It took Mexico until the third period to earn an extra-man goal for 8-1 as Australia countered, had the superior firepower, strength and skills. Mexican Jorge Cervantes gained a red card early in the third period for misconduct — the third red card at the tournament. He will not receive a match suspension. Mexico was more motivated in front of goal in the final period, scoring four goals, including a penalty strike. Arturo Ocejo and Diego Mercado scored two each in the period. The best for Australia was William Mackay with five goals, mainly from down the deep left and on counter.
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KAZAKHSTAN: Aleksandr Lopatkin, Stanislav Shedov (3), Ruslan Akhmetov, Sultan, Shonzhigitov, Miras Aubakirov (2), Sergey Bogomolov, Maxim Zhardan (4), Egor Berbelyuk (2), Altay Altayev (1), Yulian Verdesh (1), Valeriy Shlemov. Head Coach: Nemanja Knezevic.SPAIN: Miguel Linares, Sergei Cabanas (6), Guillem Garcia (1), Marc Corbalan (1), Xavi Serra (1), Alvaro Granados, Borsa Fenoy (1), Agusti Pericas (2), Roger Tahull (8), Alesandro Bustos (1), Alfonso Lopez-Saez. Head Coach: Quim Colet.
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HUNGARY: Istvan Kardos, Marcell Kolozsi (3), Zoltan Pohl, Tamas Sedlmayer (2), Adam Nagy (2), Balasz Kalanovics (1), Gergo Zalanki (3), Gergo Kovacs, Krisztian Peter Manhercz (3), Simon Benedek Vogel (2), Soma Vogel. Head Coach: Gyorgi Horkai.JAPAN: Kazuki Hashimoto, Kenta Araki (1), Mitsuru Takata, Shuma Kawamoto, Shotaro Yamada (1), Daichi Nagano (1), Shu Hamada (1), Seiya Adachi (4), Miki Sato (1), Kohei Inaba, Ryosuke Oshima. Head Coach: Yoshinori Shiota.
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GREECE: Emmanouil Zerdevas, Nikolaos Kopeliadis (6), Michail Sartzetakis, Angelos Foskolos (6), Stylianos Argyropoulos-Kanakkis (5), Dmitrios Nicolaidis (3), Panteleimon Kalogerakos (2), Grigorios Kapetanakis (1), Christos Papoukas (1), Alexandros Athymaritis (1), Rafail Forotzidis. Head Coach: Theodoros Chatzitheodorou.CHINA: Guozheng Wei, Zekai Xie (1), Zhongxzan Chen (3), Jiahao Peng, Rongkun Lie, Bezyi Wang, Yingyi Gao (2), Rui Chen (2), Yi Lu, Dong Ni, Xiang Fu. Head Coach: Yaohua Chen.
Match report:Greece returned from a day off to win its first match after Friday’s disappointing 17-9 loss to Hungary. Greece proved to be more cohesive and a team capable of heading to the finals. China struggled to maintain any momentum and had to snatch goals where it could. Greece stole the ball on numerous occasions and went on counter to increase the lead. China looked better in the first half that it did against Netherlands and Hungary, but the final two periods were disastrous as Greece won both 7-1. The match was littered with penalties and the double suspension of Jiahao Peng and Grigorios Kapetanakis late in the third period for fighting. Nikolaos Kopeliadis and Angelos Foskolos scored six each for Greece.
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MONTENEGRO: Aresenije Stanovic, Ugjesa Vukasovic, Dorde Bulatovic (2), Dusan Matkovic, Matija Brguljan, Nicolas Savejic (3), Danilo Adzic (1), Stefan Porobic, Filip Gardasevic (1), Janko Krivokapic, Milija Mandic. Head Coach: Zoran Maslovar.CROATIA: Marin Sparada, Loren Fatovic, Rino Buric (3), Andro Gagulic (1), Antun Goreta (3), Andrija Basic (1), Luka Lozina, Antonio Buha (4), Ivan Zovic (1), Ivan Zivkovic (1), Marin Jukic. Head Coach: Miho Bobic.
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EGYPT: Omara Osama, Moustafa Essmat (4), Aly Elaassar (2), Mahmoud Tarek (1), Ahmed Barakat (4), Abdelrahman Haroun, Ahmed Sherif (7), Hassan Haroun (3), Karim Mahmoud (1), Mahomed Mohsen (2), Marwan Ayman. Head Coach: Denes Lukacs.
SOUTH AFRICA: Gareth May, Roarke Olver, (1) Tim Rezelman (2), Shane Fourie, Claudio Fernandes (1), Nicholas Downes, Jason Evezard (3), Liam Neill (1), Keanan Alexander, Wyatt Edwards, Themba Mthembu. Head Coach: Jason Sileno.
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ITALY: Fabio Viola, Umberto Esposito (1), Edoardo di Somma, Antonio Maccioni (3), Gianluigi Foglio (3), Roberto Ravina (3), Vincenze Dolce (1), Eduardo Campopiano (1), Jacopo Alesiani, Alessandro Velotto (3), Gianmarco Nicosia. Head Coach: Ferdinando Pasci.CANADA: Samuel Reiber, Giordano Marconuto, Maxime Schapowal, Gaelan Patterson (2), Matthew Halajian (2), Julien Allard, Benjamin Bolduc (2), Sean Spooner (2), Jeremie Blanchard, Aria Suleimanipak (3), Paule Kotarac. Head Coach: Nikola Maric.
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SERBIA: Lazar Dobozanov, Mihajlo Repanovic (3), Gavril Subotic (3), Ivan Gvozdanovic (2), Drasko Gogov (1), Nebojsa Toholj (2), Marko Manojlovic (4), Filip Radojevic (3), Milan Vitorovic. Head Coach: Vladmir Vujasinovic.IRAN: Hamed Karimi, Masoud Ahmadi, Mehdi Yazdankhah, Arshia Almasi, Amirhossein Keihany (1), Peiman Asadiaghajari (2), Mohammadmahdi Heydari (1), Hamidreza Moghaddam (2), Soheil Rostamian, Aminghavidel Hajiagha, Shayan Ghasemidaryan. Head Coach: Vahid Rezaeiashtiyani.
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AUSTRALIA: Anthony Hrysanthos, Nicholas Brooks (2), Angus Lambie (2), Christopher Perrott (1), William Armstrong (3), Jordan Kremers-Taylor (3), William Mackay (5), Leo Hurley (1), Andrew Ford (3), James Smith, Sam Cocokios. Head Coach: Slobodan Macic.MEXICO: Alfredo de la Mova, Hazed Veya, Raul Vargus, Raul Muniz, Rodrigo Avalos, Sinahi Gonzalez (1), Arturo Ocejo (2), Alexey Grubnik, Diego Mercado (2), Jorge Cervantes, Isaac Contreras. Head Coach: Raul de la Pena.
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ALMATY: España tumba a la anfitriona Kazajistán
06/09/2015 - España ha obtenido su segunda victoria en el Campeonato del Mundo Masc. Sub20 tras imponerse en la tercera jornada a la anfitriona Kazajistán en Almaty por 13—21 en un encuentro que no se presumía fácil a priori pero donde los hombres de Quim Colet han impuesto finalmente su mayor calidad. Con esta victoria, España se coloca segunda de grupo (D) con dos triunfos tras Italia y con las opciones casi intactas que alcanzar buen cruce cara a la fase final de la próxima semana.
España no se amilanó pese a la derrota del día anterior frente a la potente Italia y se sobrepuso a los entusiastas anfitriones y a su público en Almaty merced a una primera parte del partido con poca diferencia (6-10) pero controlada.
Ya en la segunda mitad nuestra selección júnior demostró ser muy superior a los kazajos, con Roger Tahull (8) y Sergi Cabanas (6), apoyados por el resto de sus compañeros, estelares cara al gol.
FICHA TÉCNICA:
KAZAJISTÁN 13 ESPAÑA 21
Parciales: 3-7, 3-3, 4-7, 3-4
Árbitros: Miodrag Stefanovic (SRB), Nick Hodgers (AUS).
KAZAJISTÁN: Aleksandr Lopatkin, Stanislav Shedov (3), Ruslan Akhmetov, Sultan, Shonzhigitov, Miras Aubakirov (2), Sergey Bogomolov, Maxim Zhardan (4), Egor Berbelyuk (2), Altay Altayev (1), Yulian Verdesh (1), Valeriy Shlemov. Entrenador: Nemanja Knezevic.
ESPAÑA: Miguel Linares, Sergi Cabanas (6), Guillem García (1), Marc Corbalán (1), Xavier Serra (1), Álvaro Granados, Borsa Fenoy (1), Agustí Pericas (2), Roger Tahull (8), Alejandro Bustos (1) y Alfonso Lopez-Saez. Entrenador: Quim Colet.
Comunicación RFEN. Foto: España ha ganado a la anfitriona Kazajistán en el último encuentro de la jornada / Rfen
Day 2
Italy gets the better of Spain on the second day of the FINA
Junior Men’s World Championship
Almaty, August 5.— Italy had the better of Spain 13-10 in their Group D clash and earned a possible group win in second-day action at the FINA Junior Men’s World Water Polo Championships.
Both teams had plenty of time leading the match, but it was Italy who showed greater skills in the dying minutes to pull away for the win. Italy now looks certain to win the group, even before Canada played its opening match, against Uzbekistan straight after. Canada survived the rugged encounter with Uzbekistan 19-18 with the Asians’ best player, Kirill Rustamov, scoring a tournament-high 11 goals.
In Group A, Montenegro closed the day’s proceedings with a 21-12 victory over South Africa, which proved to be an showing by the Africans.
In Group B, Hungary beat China 23-8 and Netherlands was held scoreless by Japan in the final quarter, but still won 13-10.
In Group C, Serbia’s surge to the title was helped with a 29-4 win over Mexico.
Points after day two:
Group A: Montenegro 4, Egypt 0, South Africa 0, Croatia.
Group B: Hungary 4, Netherlands 4, Greece 0, China 0, Japan 0.
Group C: Serbia 4, Australia 0, Mexico 0, Iran.
Group D: Italy 4, Spain 2, Canada 2, Uzbekistan 0, Kazakhstan 0.
Match 15: 18:20, Group A, SOUTH AFRICA 12 MONTENEGRO 21
Quarters: 4-4, 1-8, 4-3, 3-6.
Referees: Balasz Szekely (HUN), Daniel Vasquez (MEX).
Extra Man: RSA: 4/8. MNE: 7/12.
Pens: MNE: 0/1.
Teams:
SOUTH AFRICA: Gareth May, Roarke Olver, Tim Rezelman (1), Shane Fourie (5), Claudio Fernandes, Nicholas Downes, Jason Evezard (2), Liam Neill (2), Keanan Alexander (1), Wyatt Edwards (1), Themba Mthembu. Head Coach: Jason Sileno.
SOUTH AFRICA: Gareth May, Roarke Olver, Tim Rezelman (1), Shane Fourie (5), Claudio Fernandes, Nicholas Downes, Jason Evezard (2), Liam Neill (2), Keanan Alexander (1), Wyatt Edwards (1), Themba Mthembu. Head Coach: Jason Sileno.
MONTENEGRO: Aresenije Stanovic, Ugjesa Vukasovic (6), Dorde Bulatovic, Dusan Matkovic, Matija Brguljan (2), Nicolas Savejic (2), Danilo Adzic (4), Stefan Porobic (1), Filip Gardasevic (4), Janko Krivokapic (2), Milija Mandic. Head Coach: Zoran Maslovar.
Match report:
It’s what you would call a topsy-turvy match where it ebbed and flowed but the floodgates opened for Montenegro in the end. South Africa was playing its first match and did not disappoint with the opening quarter, matching Montenegro goal for goal. It quickly slipped to 4-8 and 5-12 by halftime. Then the South African resurgence brought the match closer, winning the third period 4-3. South Africa got to within five twice in the final period, but it was not enough. Ugjesa Vukasovic led the Montenegrin charge with six goals, five in the second half. For South Africa it was Shane Fourie, whose three goals in the third was instrumental for the comeback. It was Monetenegro’s second win.
Photo: Russell McKinnon
Match 14: 17:00, Group D, CANADA 19 UZBEKISTAN 18
Quarters: 4-5, 6-5, 3-4, 6-4
Referees: Erwin Schapers (NED), Amirhossein Safabakhash (IRI).
Extra Man: CAN: 7/9. UZB: 1/1.
Pens: CAN: 1/1.
Teams:
CANADA: Samuel Reiber, Giordano Marconuto (1), Maxime Schapowal (2), Gaelan Patterson (3), Matthew Halajian (5), Julien Allard, Benjamin Bolduc (1), Sean Spooner (4), Jeremie Blanchard (1), Aria Suleimanipak (2), Paule Kotarac. Head Coach: Nikola Maric.
CANADA: Samuel Reiber, Giordano Marconuto (1), Maxime Schapowal (2), Gaelan Patterson (3), Matthew Halajian (5), Julien Allard, Benjamin Bolduc (1), Sean Spooner (4), Jeremie Blanchard (1), Aria Suleimanipak (2), Paule Kotarac. Head Coach: Nikola Maric.
UZBEKISTAN: Radion Knabibullaev, Mirjalol Nagmatov, Doniyor Umarov, Artur Kim, Maksim Krakhotin (1), Aleksey Zaytsev (3), Kirill Rustamov (11), Egor Chumachenko (2), Grorgiy Mamedov, Aleksey Massel, Khayotson Rakhimov. Head Coach: Aleksandr Sokolov.
Match Report:
If the previous match was exciting enough this clash was titanic and won inside the final minute. Canada trailed Uzbekistan at the quarter, then ran away to a five-goal lead and gave it up immediately. Then the match became a real thriller as Canada tried to get away from Uzbekistan and its mercurial playmaker Kirill Rustamov, a player Canada had no answer to negate. Rustamov, the highest goal-scorer at the Perth FINA Youth World Championships in 2012, bested Serbia’s Gavril Subotic, who scored 10 earlier in the afternoon, collecting and incredible 11 goals. Uzbekistan was 9-5 down midway through the second quarter and then Rustamov scored four of his team’s comeback five goals for 10-10 at the long break. He was restricted to one in the third, but Uzbekistan had the 14-13 lead at the final break. It became 15-13 and Canada had to fight back, levelling at 2:36, 1:49 and 1:17. Sean Spooner scored the winner on counter at 0:55. Uzbekistan took a timeout with 15 seconds left and the play was always going to be throw to Rustamov, who ferretted his way to four metres, received, shot and had it blocked in the last two seconds. Canada had opened its tournament with a win. Matthew Halajian relished his visit to Almaty with five goals for Canada and it must be said that the extra-man statistics were superb.
Photo: Russell McKinnon
Match 13: 15:40, Group D, SPAIN 10 ITALY 13
Quarters: 4-3, 3-3, 2-3, 1-4
Referees: Miodrag Stefanovic (SRB), Michail Skalochoritis (GRE).
Extra Man: ESP: 6/8. ITA: 3/7.
Pens: ITA: 1/2.
Teams:
SPAIN: Miguel Linares, Sergei Cabanas (5), Cuillem Garcia (1), Marc Corbalan (1), Xavi Serra (2), Alvaro Granados, Borsa Fenoy, Agusti Pericas, Roger Tahvll, Alesandro Bustos (1), Alfonso Lopez-Saez. Head Coach: Quim Colet.
SPAIN: Miguel Linares, Sergei Cabanas (5), Cuillem Garcia (1), Marc Corbalan (1), Xavi Serra (2), Alvaro Granados, Borsa Fenoy, Agusti Pericas, Roger Tahvll, Alesandro Bustos (1), Alfonso Lopez-Saez. Head Coach: Quim Colet.
ITALY: Fabio Viola, Umberto Esposito, Edoardo di Somma (5), Antonio Maccioni, Gianluigi Foglio (1), Roberto Ravina (1), Vincenze Dolce (3), Eduardo Campopiano, Jacopo Alesiani (3), Alessandro Velotto, Gianmarco Nicosia. Head Coach: Ferdinando Pasci.
Match report:
The match of the tournament so far was billed to be close and full of action between these similar sides. The flow of the match was excellent and the power shooting of both teams was evident. Snap shots and the good use of the smaller ball meant goalkeepers had to be extra vigilant. Faster passing also caught goalkeepers unawares but, in reality, these strong men with a smaller ball, means faster and harder shots. Italy opened the scoring and at 3-2 Spain took the lead. Italy regained it at 5-4 early in the second quarter only for Spain to snatch the lead three seconds from halftime after a timeout. Italy levelled three times in the third period, scored early in the fourth and took it out to 12-9 two minutes from time, going on to victory. It was only some wayward shots late in the match that marred Spain’s effort. Sergi Cabanas scored in each quarter for Spain and Edoardo di Somma scored four of his five in the second half for Italy, who will now undoubtedly claim the group.
Photo: Russell McKinnon
Match 11: 12:40, Group C, MEXICO 4 SERBIA 29
Quarters: 2-7, 1-9, 1-7, 0-8
Referees: Haldun Toygarli (TUR), Akbar Sadikov (UZB).
Extra Man: MEX: 1/11. SRB: 7/10.
Pens: SRB: 1/1.
Teams:
MEXICO: Alfredo de la Mova, Hazed Veya, Raul Vargus, Raul Muniz, Rodrigo Avalos, Sinahi Gonzalez (1), Arturo Ocejo (1), Alexey Grubnik, Diego Mercado (1), Jorge Cervantes (1), Isaac Contreras. Head Coach: Raul de la Pena.
MEXICO: Alfredo de la Mova, Hazed Veya, Raul Vargus, Raul Muniz, Rodrigo Avalos, Sinahi Gonzalez (1), Arturo Ocejo (1), Alexey Grubnik, Diego Mercado (1), Jorge Cervantes (1), Isaac Contreras. Head Coach: Raul de la Pena.
SERBIA: Lazar Dobozanov, Mihajlo Repanovic (1), Gavril Subotic (10), Ivan Gvozdanovic (1), Drasko Gogov (6), Nebojsa Toholj, Marko Manojlovic (3), Filip Radojevic (7), Milan Vitorovic. Head Coach: Vladimir Vujasinovic.
Match Report:
Serbia only needed nine players to dismiss Mexico with a romp that saw Gavril Subotic slam in 10 goals, seven in the first half. Serbia left two players out of the team through illness. It was Serbia’s second win after defeating Australia on Friday and the hit-out might not be the best preparation heading to the finals. Left-hander Filip Radojevic scored four of his seven goals in the third period.
Photo: Russell McKinnon
Match 10: 11:20, Group B, JAPAN 10 NETHERLANDS 13
Quarters: 0-4, 4-5, 3-4, 3-0
Referees: Radu Matache (ROU), Michael Baty (RSA).
Extra Man: JPN: 0/6. NED: 4/7.
Pens: JPN: 1/1. NED: 1/1.
Teams:
JAPAN: Kazuki Hashimoto, Kenta Araki (2), Mitsuru Takata (2), Shuma Kawamoto, Shotaro Yamada (1), Daichi Nagano, Shu Hamada (1), Seiya Adachi (4), Miki Sato (1), Kohei Inaba, Ryosuke Oshima. Head Coach: Yoshinori Shiota.
JAPAN: Kazuki Hashimoto, Kenta Araki (2), Mitsuru Takata (2), Shuma Kawamoto, Shotaro Yamada (1), Daichi Nagano, Shu Hamada (1), Seiya Adachi (4), Miki Sato (1), Kohei Inaba, Ryosuke Oshima. Head Coach: Yoshinori Shiota.
NETHERLANDS: Milan Koff, Kjeld Veenhuis (4), Guus van Yperen, Sam Burg (3), Guus Wolswinkel, Tarik Scherrenburg, Harmen Muller, Pascal Janssen (1), Bilal Gbadamassi, Benjamin Hoepelman (5), Brent Hofmeyer. Head Coach: Jacob Spijker.
Match report:
Netherlands gave some breathing space to Japan, going scoreless in the final quarter after commanding the match throughout. The opening quarter proved decisive in the end, even though Japan made it two close middle quarters before taking control in the final eight minutes. Dutch captain Kjeld Veenhuis showed his team how to do it in the first quarter with three of the four goals. Benjamin Hoepelman netted three of his five in the third while Seiya Adachi scored twice in the third for Japan. Japan seemed intimidated by the bigger Dutch men even though its senior team impressed in Kazan with its fast-styled, driving play. It was the first match for Japan so better can be expected, while Netherlands made it two from two.
Photo: Russell McKinnon
Match 9: 10:00, Group B, CHINA 8 HUNGARY 23
Quarters: 1-5, 2-3, 2-8, 3-7
Referees: Daniel Daners (URU), Ahmed Kotb (EGY).
Extra Man: CHN: 3/7. HUN: 4/7.
Pens: HUN: 2/2.
Teams:
CHINA: Guozheng Wei, Zekai Xie, Zhongxzan Chen (3), Jiahao Peng, Rongkun Lie, Bezyi Wang (1), Yingyi Gao (1), Rui Chen (2), Yi Lu, Dong Ni (2), Xiang Fu. Head Coach: Yaohua Chen.
CHINA: Guozheng Wei, Zekai Xie, Zhongxzan Chen (3), Jiahao Peng, Rongkun Lie, Bezyi Wang (1), Yingyi Gao (1), Rui Chen (2), Yi Lu, Dong Ni (2), Xiang Fu. Head Coach: Yaohua Chen.
HUNGARY: Istvan Kardos, Marcell Kolozsi (4), Zoltan Pohl, Tamas Sedlmayer (2), Adam Nagy (1), Balasz Kalanovics (1), Gergo Zalanki (5), Gergo Kovacs (4), Krisztian Peter Manhercz (6), Simon Benedek Vogel, Soma Vogel. Head Coach: Gyorgi Horkai.
Match Report:
Hungary was never in fear of losing the match, using superior firepower, whistling in the ball at will, whether on extra-man attack or counter attack. China appeared sluggish and only occasionally fired with some excellent drives. However, the spectre of Hungary proved overpowering and the third period was disaster for China as Hungary went on the prowl. Krisztian Peter Manhercz scored four of his six in that period. Gergo Kovacs helped maintain the momentum with three in the last as Hungary moved from 16-5 to 23-8. Head coach Gyorgi Horkai, Olympic champion in 1976, must have been pleased with the manner of the victory, the second in two days. China’s best was Zhongxzan Chen with three goals in the second half.
Photo: Russell McKinnon
ALMATY: España cede ante Italia al final (10-13)
05/09/2015 - En un gran partido como corresponde a dos selecciones como Italia y España en el Mundial Sub20 Masc. de Almaty, los nuestros cedieron los primeros puntos tras perder por 10—13 (4—3, 3—3, 2—3 y 1—4) ante los transalpinos. Solo en el cuarto final sucumbieron los hombres de Quim Colet tras un partido igualadísimo entre dos conjuntos llamados a la pelea por las semifinales de la competición. Derrota asumible al ser en la Preliminar del Grupo D entre los dos conjuntos a priori más fuertes.
La España júnior no pudo en Kazajistán con la siempre combativa Italia, si bien dominó el encuentro y el marcador con un 4-3 de inicio y un favorable 7-6 al descanso con un Sergi Cabanas estelar en tareas ofensivas -5 goles suyos en total para erigirse junto a Di Somma en máximo goleador del choque- y un equipo bien posicionado.
Se torcieron un tanto las cosas para los intereses españoles en el tercer cuarto e Italia logró empatar el choque (9-9) para luego desatarse en el cuarto y, con un parcial definitivo de 1-4, echar por tierra nuestras aspiraciones de triunfo en este bello partido.
FICHA TÉCNICA:
ESPAÑA 10 ITALIA 13
PARCIALES: 4-3, 3-3, 2-3 y 1-4
ÁRBITROS: Miodrag Stefanovic (SRB) y Michail Skalochoritis (GRE).
ESPAÑA: Miguel Linares, Sergi Cabanas (5), Cuillem García (1), Marc Corbalán (1), Xavi Serra (2), Álvaro Granados, Borsa Fenoy, Agustí Pericas, Roger Tahull, Alejandro Bustos (1), Alfonso Lopez-Saez. Entrenador: Quim Colet.
ITALIA: Fabio Viola, Umberto Esposito, Edoardo di Somma (5), Antonio Maccioni, Gianluigi Foglio (1), Roberto Ravina (1), Vincenze Dolce (3), Eduardo Campopiano, Jacopo Alesiani (3), Alessandro Velotto, Gianmarco Nicosia. Entrenador: Ferdinando Pasci.
Comunicación RFEN. Foto: España e Italia este sábado en Almaty-KAZ / Russell McKinnon - FINA Media (c)
Jaume Teixidó, árbitro español en Almaty 2015
04/09/2015 - El colegiado Jaume Teixidó (CNA) —el primero en la imagen— es el representante arbitral español en los Campeonatos del Mundo Sub 20 Masculinos que acaban de empezar este viernes en Almaty (Kazajistán) y donde España ha comenzado con una incontestable victoria frente a Uzbekistán (15—20). Teixidó, junto al croata Franulovic, ha arbitrado este jueves el Hungría—Grecia (17—9) correspondiente al Grupo B.
Comunicación RFEN. Foto: Jaume Teixidó (CNA), en primer término durante la ceremonia de inauguración de Almaty 2015 / Rfen
Day 1
Day 1
Six-a-side format returns to FINA Junior Men’s World
Championships
Almaty, September 4.— Opening day action from the FINA Junior Men’s World Water Polo Championship in Almaty, Kazakhstan saw some excellent matches played in the new format.
The smaller ball, smaller teams, smaller pitch and only six players a side in the pool, led to plenty of goals and more space to manoeuvre.
The last tournament that staged this six-a-side format was the same event in Dunkirk, France in 1999.
Eighteen teams are competing following the late withdrawal of Argentina and Brazil. Original match numbers will be retained and two groups will have one less team.
In Group A, Montenegro beat Egypt 14-11 in an enthralling match where Egypt just kept coming back at the stronger Europeans.
In Group B, Hungary beat Greece 17-9 and Netherlands was too hard to handle for China, winning 22-11.
In Group C, Serbia overwhelmed Australia 20-9 from a 5-0 start.
In Group D, Spain went from 9-6 ahead at halftime over Uzbekistan to a commanding 25-10 victory. Italy closed out host Kazakhstan 16-9 in the final match of the day.
Points after day one:
Group A: Montenegro 2, Egypt 0, Croatia, South Africa.
Group B: Netherlands 2, Hungary 2, Greece 0, China 0, Japan.
Group C: Serbia 2, Australia 0, Iran, Mexico.
Group D: Spain 2, Italy 2, Uzbekistan 0, Kazakhstan 0, Canada.
Match 1: 10:00, Group A, MONTENEGRO 14 EGYPT 11
Quarters: 5-0, 4-6, 3-3, 2-2
Referees: Kunihiro Sato (JPN), Amirhossein Safabahsh (IRN).
Extra Man: MNE: 4/6. EGY: 0/1.
Pens: MNE: 1/1.
Teams:
MONTENEGRO: Aresenije Stanovic, Ugjesa Vukasovic (1), Dorde Bulatovic, Dusan Matkovic, Matija Brguljan (2), Nicolas Savejic (5), Danilo Adzic (2), Stefan Porobic, Filip Gardasevic (2), Janko Krivokapic (2), Milija Mandic. Head Coach: Zoran Maslovar.
EGYPT: Omara Osama, Moustafa Essmat (1), Aly Elaassar (2), Mahmoud Tarek (1), Ahmed Barakat (4), Abdelrahman Haroun, Ahmed Sherif (1), Hassan Haroun (1), Karim Mahmoud, Mahomed Mohsen (1), Marwan Ayman. Head Coach: Denes Lukacs.
Match Report:Montenegro came away with the honours, as it should have after a 5-0 opening start. However, Egypt was no easy beat and proved that with a comeback second quarter that stunned Montenegro. For the rest of the game there was nothing between the teams as Egypt, in particular, used the centre forward to good effect and found that extra space with just six men in the pool to good advantage. As a spectacle it was an excellent tournament opener with some fine individual performances from Montenegro’s Nicolas Savejic and Egypt’s Ahmed Barakat.
Photo: Russell McKinnon
Match 3: 11:20, Group B, HUNGARY 17 GREECE 9
Quarters: 5-2, 4-2, 5-2, 3-3
Referees: Andrej Franulovic (CRO), Jaume Teixido (ESP)
Extra Man: HUN: 6/10. GRE: 1/11.
Pens: GRE: 1/2.
Teams:
HUNGARY: Istvan Kardos, Marcell Kolozsi, Zoltan Pohl (3), Tamas Sedlmayer (1), Adam Nagy, Balasz Kalanovics, Gergo Zalanki (4), Gergo Kovacs (5), Krisztian Peter Manhercz (2), Simon Benedek Vogel (2), Soma Vogel. Head Coach: Gyorgi Horkai.
GREECE: Emmanouil Zerdevas, Nikolaos Kopeliadis (2), Michail Sartzetakis, Angelos Foskolos (1), Stylianos Argyropoulos-Kanakkis (2), Dmitrios Nicolaidis, Panteleimon Kalogerakos (3), Grigorios Kapetanakis, Christos Papoukas, Alexandros Athymaritis (1), Rafail Forotzidis. Head Coach: Theodoros Chatzitheodorou.
Match report:Hungary had the better of Greece from the start, going three straight before the Greeks bounced back. Hungary twice went six ahead in the second quarter. By halftime Hungary was totally in control and appeared not to waste any extra energy. Greece battled hard for goals, but the team led by Greek great Theodoros Chatzitheodorou, had no answers to the outside shooting power of the Hungarians. A tied final quarter gave some respite to the Greeks. Hungary’s two Gergos —Zalanki (4 goals) and Kovacs (5) — enjoyed the outing.
Photo: Russell McKinnon
Match 4: 12:40, Group B, NETHERLANDS 22 CHINA 11
Quarters: 7-2, 3-2, 8-2, 4-5
Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Sinisa Matijasevic (MNE)
Extra Man: NED: 8/10. CHN: 1/5.
Pens: NED: 2/2. CHN: 1/1.
Teams:
NETHERLANDS: Milan Koff, Kjeld Veenhuis (5), Guus van Yperen (3), Sam Burg (4), Guus Wolswinkel (1), Tarik Scherrenburg (2), Harmen Muller (2), Pascal Janssen (2), Bilal Gbadamassi (1), Benjamin Hoepelman (2), Brent Hofmeyer. Head Coach: Jacob Spijker.
CHINA: Guozheng Wei, Zekai Xie, Zhongxzan Chen (6), Jiahao Peng, Rongkun Lie (1), Bezyi Wang (2), Yingyi Gao, Rui Chen (4), Yi Lu, Dong Ni, Xiang Fu. Head Coach: Yaohua Chen.
Match Report:Netherlands looked far more confident than the Chinese and proved that intimidation works wonders. In the third period, the Chinese slowed considerably in thinking, actions and movement around the pool. The Dutch then started their counter attack to gain valuable goals and stretch the margin well beyond China’s hopes and dreams. Netherlands worked the ball to centre forward repeatedly, however, the Chinese defence was good in this area. Outside shooting and fast passing proved the key to the excellent victory. To China’s credit, when all was lost, it delivered four goals in the last two minutes with some aggression as Netherlands started slacking off. The extra-man count says it all about the match with the Dutch converting an incredible eight from 10.
Photo: Russell McKinnon
Match 5: 15:40, Group C, SERBIA 20 AUSTRALIA 9
Quarters: 6-1, 6-2, 3-3, 5-3
Referees: Luca Bianco (ITA), Mikhail Dykman (CAN).
Extra Man: SRB: 9/11. AUS: 1/14.
Pens: SRB: 2/2.
Teams:SERBIA: Lazar Dobozanov, Mateja Arsanovic (2), Radomir Drasovic, Mihajlo Repanovic (2), Gavril Subotic (7), Ivan Gvozdanovic, Drasko Gogov (5), Nebojsa Toholj (2), Marko Manojlovic (2), Filip Radojevic, Milan Vitorovic. Head Coach: Vladmir Vujasinovic.
AUSTRALIA: Anthony Hrysanthos, Nicholas Brooks, Angus Lambie (2), Christopher Perrott (4), William Armstrong (1), Jordan Kremers-Taylor (2), William Mackay, Leo Hurley, Andrew Ford, James Smith, Sam Cocokios. Head Coach: Slobodan Macic.
Match report:
Serbia looked all class in defeating Australia by a healthy margin. The Serbs had crisper passing, tighter defence and extra power on attack, especially on the extra-man attack where it was clinical. Accuracy of shooting also played a huge part. The Australians struggled to match Serbia at times, although did throw in some excellent goals. However, its better route to a barrel of goals could have come via extra-man situations but excellent Serbian defence denied even this avenue. Although the tournament is just four matches old, Serbia looks to have won the group as both teams have to play Mexico and Iran in coming days and should expect less intensive encounters. For Serbia, the 5-0 opening lead provided the springboard for success and even at that stage, Serbian head coach Vladimir Vujasinovic, no stranger to the big time, was telling his bench players to settle and not get overtaken with emotion as it is obviously a long week until the finals. By halftime, Serbia took its foot off the accelerator a little, but still wanted to make a huge statement. Keep an eye out for Gavril Subotic, who blasted in seven goals, three in the final quarter. Christopher Perrott scored in each of the quarters to finish Australia’s best, but was fouled out after straight after his fourth goal.
Photo: Russell McKinnon
Match 8: 17:00, Group D, UZBEKISTAN 10 SPAIN 25
Quarters: 2-4, 4-5, 0-8, 4-8
Referees: Liang Zhang (CHN), Nick Hodgers (AUS).
Extra Man: UZB: 5/12. ESP: 5/10.
Pens: 0/1. ESP: 2/2.
Teams:
UZBEKISTAN: Radion Knabibullaev, Mirjalol Nagmatov, Doniyor Umarov (1), Artur Kim, Maksim Krakhotin (2), Aleksey Zaytsev, Kirill Rustamov (5), Egor Chumachenko (2), Grorgiy Mamedov, Aleksey Massel, Khayotson Rakhimov. Head Coach: Aleksandr Sokolov.
SPAIN: Miguel Linares, Sergei Cabanas, Guillem Garcia (2), Marc Corbalan (2), Xavier Serra (6), Alvaro Granados (1), Borsa Fenoy (4), Agusti Pericas (5), Roger Tahull (3), Alesandro Bustos (2), Alfonso Lopez-Saez. Head Coach: Quim Colet.
Match Report:
Spain rained second-half goals into Uzbekistan’s cage to get off to an excellent start in the tournament. At 9-6 by halftime it was anyone’s game, but a Spanish surge in the third period and a brick wall on defence blew the match apart, something that continued in the final period. Uzbekistan worked hard all around the pool, but its depth of quality players did not stretch as far as Spain’s. The second-quarter ousting of Sergi Cabanas for violence reduced some of Spain’s firepower and left Uzbekistan’s Maksim Krakhotin bleeding from the nose. However, as Spain settled further into the match, combinations clicked and goals kept coming. Uzbekistan’s Kirill Rustamov, the undoubted shooting star of the 2012 FINA World Youth Championships in Perth, Australia, led his team effectively from the top and gaining exclusions. He could have lifted his tally to six if he had not surged so far forward during a last-quarter penalty attempt. Spain needed a hard hit-out to prepare for Saturday’s clash with Italy in what could decide the five-team group. Xavier Serra, who scored four of his six goals in the final quarter, and Agusti Pericas with five, were Spain’s best scorers.
Photo: Russell McKinnon
Match 7: 19:00, Group D, ITALY 16 KAZAKHSTAN 9
Quarters: 4-2, 4-2, 5-1, 3-4
Referees: Ulrich Spiegel (GER), Haldun Toygarli (TUR).
Extra Man: ITA: 6/16. KAZ: 5/9.
Pens: ITA: 1/1. KAZ: 1/2.
Teams:
ITALY: Fabio Viola, Umberto Esposito (1), Edoardo di Somma (2), Antonio Maccioni, Gianluigi Foglio, Roberto Ravina (3), Vincenzo Dolce (5), Eduardo Campopiano (1), Jacopo Alesiani (1), Alessandro Velotto (3), Gianmarco Nicosia. Head Coach: Ferdinando Pasci.
KAZAKHSTAN: Aleksandr Lopatkin, Stanislav Shedov, Ruslan Akhmetov (1), Sultan, Shonzhigitov, Miras Aubakirov (1), Sergey Bogomolov (1), Maxim Zhardan (4), Egor Berbelyuk (1), Altay Altayev, Yulian Verdesh (1), Valeriy Shlemov. Head Coach: Nemanja Knezevic.
Match report:
Italy dampened the enthusiasm of the packed house immediately following the opening ceremony, with a classy victory, built on skill and sharp decision-making. It was not too easy for Italy in the first half with Kazakhstan hanging on like a limpet, lifted by the chant “Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan!” However, as the third quarter came and went, so did the host’s chances of victory. Italy had the snappier players, flicking the ball around the shorter arc while under immense pressure. Then the strong arm of Italy savagely whipped the ball into the back of the net with a regularity that Kazakhstan did not enjoy. The finishing of Vincenzo Dolce was a joy to watch as Italy seemed to relish the new format and obviously wants to be at the sharp end next weekend. Kazakhstan struggled with major fouls and three players exited the match closer to the final whistle. Kazakhstan can be proud of its efforts, especially winning the fourth period and its extra-man count, and the loss might be just the spur for success as the tournament progresses.
Photo: Russell McKinnon
MONTENEGRO: Aresenije Stanovic, Ugjesa Vukasovic (1), Dorde Bulatovic, Dusan Matkovic, Matija Brguljan (2), Nicolas Savejic (5), Danilo Adzic (2), Stefan Porobic, Filip Gardasevic (2), Janko Krivokapic (2), Milija Mandic. Head Coach: Zoran Maslovar.
Photo: Russell McKinnon
HUNGARY: Istvan Kardos, Marcell Kolozsi, Zoltan Pohl (3), Tamas Sedlmayer (1), Adam Nagy, Balasz Kalanovics, Gergo Zalanki (4), Gergo Kovacs (5), Krisztian Peter Manhercz (2), Simon Benedek Vogel (2), Soma Vogel. Head Coach: Gyorgi Horkai.
Match report:Hungary had the better of Greece from the start, going three straight before the Greeks bounced back. Hungary twice went six ahead in the second quarter. By halftime Hungary was totally in control and appeared not to waste any extra energy. Greece battled hard for goals, but the team led by Greek great Theodoros Chatzitheodorou, had no answers to the outside shooting power of the Hungarians. A tied final quarter gave some respite to the Greeks. Hungary’s two Gergos —Zalanki (4 goals) and Kovacs (5) — enjoyed the outing.
Photo: Russell McKinnon
NETHERLANDS: Milan Koff, Kjeld Veenhuis (5), Guus van Yperen (3), Sam Burg (4), Guus Wolswinkel (1), Tarik Scherrenburg (2), Harmen Muller (2), Pascal Janssen (2), Bilal Gbadamassi (1), Benjamin Hoepelman (2), Brent Hofmeyer. Head Coach: Jacob Spijker.
Photo: Russell McKinnon
Serbia looked all class in defeating Australia by a healthy margin. The Serbs had crisper passing, tighter defence and extra power on attack, especially on the extra-man attack where it was clinical. Accuracy of shooting also played a huge part. The Australians struggled to match Serbia at times, although did throw in some excellent goals. However, its better route to a barrel of goals could have come via extra-man situations but excellent Serbian defence denied even this avenue. Although the tournament is just four matches old, Serbia looks to have won the group as both teams have to play Mexico and Iran in coming days and should expect less intensive encounters. For Serbia, the 5-0 opening lead provided the springboard for success and even at that stage, Serbian head coach Vladimir Vujasinovic, no stranger to the big time, was telling his bench players to settle and not get overtaken with emotion as it is obviously a long week until the finals. By halftime, Serbia took its foot off the accelerator a little, but still wanted to make a huge statement. Keep an eye out for Gavril Subotic, who blasted in seven goals, three in the final quarter. Christopher Perrott scored in each of the quarters to finish Australia’s best, but was fouled out after straight after his fourth goal.
Photo: Russell McKinnon
UZBEKISTAN: Radion Knabibullaev, Mirjalol Nagmatov, Doniyor Umarov (1), Artur Kim, Maksim Krakhotin (2), Aleksey Zaytsev, Kirill Rustamov (5), Egor Chumachenko (2), Grorgiy Mamedov, Aleksey Massel, Khayotson Rakhimov. Head Coach: Aleksandr Sokolov.
Photo: Russell McKinnon
ITALY: Fabio Viola, Umberto Esposito (1), Edoardo di Somma (2), Antonio Maccioni, Gianluigi Foglio, Roberto Ravina (3), Vincenzo Dolce (5), Eduardo Campopiano (1), Jacopo Alesiani (1), Alessandro Velotto (3), Gianmarco Nicosia. Head Coach: Ferdinando Pasci.
Photo: Russell McKinnon
ALMATY: Plácido debut español ante Uzbekistán
04/09/2015 - España ha debutado con una plácida victoria ante Uzbekistán por 10—25 (2—4, 4—5, 0—8 y 4—8) en la primera jornada en su grupo D del Campeonato del Mundo Sub20 que se está celebrando en Almaty (Kazajistán). Los hombres de Quim Colet han empezado muy fuertes y sin ninguna confianza ante un rival de menor entidad, aunque estos partidos siempre exigen una concentración máxima para entrar con buen pie en todo un Mundial con lo que ello supone. Este sábado, ante Italia, gran partido.
El marcador no deja lugar a dudas, sobre todo en los dos últimos cuartos. No empezó mal Espña (2-4) aunque en el segundo cuarto encajó cuatro tantos (4-5). Pese a ello, la ventaja al descanso para los hombres de Colet hacía albergar todas las opciones de triunfo (6-9).
Y así fue, se corrigieron errores defensivos, se cerró la porterçia de Linares a cal y canto y el tercer cuarto fue un auténtico vendaval para los hombres de Quim Colet con un 0-8 que despejó cualquier atisbo de duda en este partido.
Con 6-17, los últimos ocho minutos de cortesía provocaron un cuarto de ida y vuelta con nada menos que 12 goles (4-8), para llegar a un abultado 10-25 final. Mucho mñás complejo será, sin duda, el segundo partido de este sábado frente a Italia a las 11,40 hora española.
FICHA TÉCNICA:
UZBEKISTÁN, 10
ESPAÑA, 25
Parciales: 2-4, 4-5, 0-8 y 4-8
Árbitros: Liang Zhang (CHN) y Nick Hodgers (AUS).
UZBEKISTÁN: Radion Knabibullaev, Mirjalol Nagmatov, Doniyor Umarov (1), Artur Kim, Maksim Krakhotin (2), Aleksey Zaytsev, Kirill Rustamov (5), Egor Chumachenko (2), Grorgiy Mamedov, Aleksey Massel, Khayotson Rakhimov. Entrenador: Aleksandr Sokolov.
ESPAÑA: Miguel Linares, Sergi Cabanas, Guillem García (2), Marc Corbalán (2), Xavier Serra (6), Álvaro Granados (1), Borsa Fenoy (4), Agustí Pericas (5), Roger Tahull (3), Alejandro Bustos (2) y Alfonso Lopez-Saez. Entrenador: Quim Colet.
Comunicación RFEN. Foto: Debut de España Sub20 en Almaty-KAZ / Rfen
ALMATY: España debuta el viernes ante Uzbekistán
03/09/2015 - Apasionante se presenta el Campeonato del Mundo Sub20 Masculino de Waterpolo (4—12 Sep. Almaty—KAZ) con la presencia de España en el Grupo D junto a Canadá, Uzbekistán, Italia y Kazajistán. El debut será este mismo viernes a las 17:00 (4 horas menos en España) con Uzbekistán, mientras que el sábado será ante Italia (15:40 local), el domingo frente a la anfitriona Kazajistán (20:20 local) y el martes —descansamos lunes— cierre con Canadá (17:00 local). A partir del miércoles, los cruces
Comunicación RFEN. Foto: Quim Colet, entrenador español, en primer término antes de viajar a Almaty-KAZ / Rfen
Enlaces relacionados
Nuestros juniors parten al Mundial de Almaty—KAZ
02/09/2015 - La Selección Masculina Júnior RFEN —en la imagen— ha partido esta mañana del aerpuerto de El Prat en Barcelona rumbo a Almaty (Kazajistán), donde del 4 al 12 de septiembre se disputarán los Campeonatos del Mundo de Waterpolo Masculino Sub—20. Tras el éxito de las chicas en Volos (Grecia), es el turno de los jóvenes del técnico Quim Colet, que aspiran a todo en una cita compleja pero más que ilusionante.
Sobre estas líneas, en primer término el entrenador Quim Colet (FCN) a punto de embarcar con sus hombres con destino al Mundial.
CONVOCATORIA OFICIAL:
http://www.rfen.es/publicacion/userfiles/15-121%20Campeonato%20Mundo%20Junior%20Almaty%20%28KAZ%29-04%20al%2012%20septiembre%202015-Web.pdf
Comunicación RFEN. Fotos: La Selección española masculina júnior, en El Prat / Rfen
La selección JR parte el miércoles hacia Almaty
31/08/2015 - La selección española júnior masculina está realizando sus últimas sesiones de preparación antes de partir este próximo miércoles hacia Almaty (Kazajistán), sede del Mundial Júnior masculino, que se disputará del 4 al 12 de septiembre. Nuestra delegación despegará a las 13.30 desde el Aeropuerto del Prat y hará escala en Kiev antes de llegar sobre les 4 de la mañana del jueves (hora local) a la capital kazaja.
La convocatoria oficial para la disputa del campeonato se sabrá entre hoy y mañana. Mientras, Quim Colet y sus chicos se entrenan duro en el CAR de Sant Cugat antes de afrontar la cita del waterpolo de base masculino marcado en rojo en el calendario.
Comunicación RFEN. Fotos: Imágenes de la sesión de entrenamiento de esta mañana / RFEN
Convocatoria preparación selección jr. masculina
09/08/2015 - La Comisión Técnica del área de waterpolo ha dado a conocer la lista de jugadores que realizarán una concentración de entrenamiento en el CAR del Sant Cugat del próximo 10 al 15 de agosto. Dicha convivencia está dirigida a preparar el cada vez más cercano Mundial Júnior de Almaty (Kazajistán), que tendrá lugar del 4 al 12 de septiembre. Cabe recordar que España ha quedado encuadrada en el Grupo D con Canadá, Uzbekistán, Italia y la anfitriona Kazajistán.
Los jugadores citados son los siguientes: Jordi Chico, Álex de la Fuente, Álvaro Granados, Agustí Pericas y Xavi Serra (CN Terrassa), Alejandro Bustos, Pablo Gómez y Marcos Lorrio (Real Canoe NC), Miquel Linares y Roger Tahull (CNAB), Pol Barbena y Marc Corbalan (CN Mataró), David Carrasco y Marc Mejias (CN Rubí), Alfonso López-Sáez (CW Sevilla), Sergi Cabanas y Borja Fenoy (CN Sabadell), Guillem García (CE Mediterrani), Enric Royo (CN Barcelona),
Joaquim Colet (FCN) ejercerá de entrenador responsable y Cristian Fernández como fisioterapeuta.
Comunicación RFEN.
Results
| GROUP A | ||||||||
| TEAMS | POINTS | GAME | WIN | TIE | LOSE | GOL+ | GOL- | DIFF. |
 CRO | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 14 | +50 |
 MNE | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 37 | +5 |
 EGY | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 41 | -3 |
 RSA | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 76 | -52 |
| GROUP B | ||||||||
| TEAMS | POINTS | GAME | WIN | TIE | LOSE | GOL+ | GOL- | DIFF. |
 JPN | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 55 | -2 |
 NED | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 46 | +4 |
 HUN | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 34 | +40 |
 GRE | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 58 | 47 | +11 |
 CHN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 37 | 89 | -52 |
| GROUP C | ||||||||
| TEAMS | POINTS | GAME | WIN | TIE | LOSE | GOL+ | GOL- | DIFF. |
 IRI | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 51 | -27 |
 SRB | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 19 | +48 |
 AUS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 30 | +14 |
 MEX | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 62 | -35 |
| GROUP D | ||||||||
| TEAMS | POINTS | GAME | WIN | TIE | LOSE | GOL+ | GOL- | DIFF. |
 CAN | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 69 | -17 |
 UZB | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 46 | 74 | -28 |
 ITA | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 36 | +26 |
 KAZ | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 62 | -11 |
 ESP | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 45 | +30 |
Preliminary Round – 4 September – Day 1
| 1 | MNE | EGY | 14 | 11 |
| 2 | HUN | GRE | 17 | 9 |
| 3 | NED | CHN | 22 | 11 |
| 4 | SRB | AUS | 20 | 9 |
| 5 | UZB | ESP | 10 | 25 |
| 6 | ITA | KAZ | 16 | 9 |
Preliminary Round – 5 September – Day 2
| 7 | CHN | HUN | 8 | 23 |
| 8 | JPN | NED | 10 | 13 |
| 9 | MEX | SRB | 4 | 29 |
| 10 | ESP | ITA | 10 | 13 |
| 11 | CAN | UZB | 19 | 18 |
| 12 | RSA | MNE | 12 | 21 |
Preliminary Round – 6 September – Day 3
| 13 | AUS | MEX | 20 | 5 |
| 14 | SRB | IRI | 18 | 6 |
| 15 | ITA | CAN | 16 | 11 |
| 16 | EGY | RSA | 24 | 8 |
| 17 | MNE | CRO | 7 | 14 |
| 18 | GRE | CHN | 25 | 8 |
| 19 | HUN | JPN | 16 | 9 |
| 20 | KAZ | ESP | 13 | 21 |
Preliminary Round – 7 September – Day 4
| 21 | UZB | ITA | 6 | 17 |
| 22 | CRO | EGY | 19 | 3 |
| 23 | JPN | GRE | 15 | 17 |
| 24 | NED | HUN | 8 | 18 |
| 25 | IRI | AUS | 5 | 15 |
| 26 | CAN | KAZ | 13 | 16 |
Preliminary Round – 8 September – Day 5
| 7 | CRO | RSA | 31 | 4 |
| 8 | GRE | NED | 7 | 7 |
| 9 | JPN | CHN | 19 | 10 |
| 10 | IRI | MEX | 13 | 18 |
| 11 | CAN | ESP | 9 | 19 |
| 12 | KAZ | UZB | 13 | 12 |
Eighth Final Round – 9 September – Day 6
| 41 | 4 A | 5 D | RSA | UZB | 12 | 23 |
| 44 | 5 B | 4 C | CHN | IRI | 16 | 13 |
| 46 | 2 A | 3 D | GRE | MEX | 17 | 8 |
| 47 | 2 B | 3 C | EGY | ESP | 11 | 15 |
| 48 | 3 A | 2 D | NED | AUS | 10 | 15 |
| 45 | 3 B | 2 C | MNE | KAZ | 17 | 11 |
Quarter Final Round & Semi Final Round — 10 September – Day 7
| 50 | W 41 | W 42 | UZB | JPN | 6 | 20 |
| 52 | W 43 | W 44 | CAN | CHN | 14 | 13 |
| 53 | L 47 | L 48 | KAZ | MEX | 18 | 11 |
| 54 | L 45 | L 46 | EGY | NED | 15 | 11 |
| 55 | 1 A | W 46 | CRO | GRE | 12 | 13 |
| 56 | 1 B | W 45 | HUN | MNE | 15 | 12 |
| 57 | 1 C | W 47 | SRB | ESP | 15 | 11 |
| 58 | 1 D | W 48 | ITA | AUS | 20 | 9 |
Semi Final Round & Final Round — 11 September – Day 8
| 60 | W 49 | W 51 | RSA | IRI | 11 | 15 |
| 61 | L 50 | L 52 | UZB | CHN | 22 | 23 |
| 62 | W 50 | W 52 | JPN | CAN | 27 | 12 |
| 64 | W 53 | W 54 | KAZ | EGY | 18 | 10 |
| 63 | L 53 | L 54 | MEX | NED | 9 | 19 |
| 65 | L 55 | L 57 | CRO | ESP | 7 | 12 |
| 66 | L 56 | L 58 | MNE | AUS | 15 | 9 |
| 67 | W 55 | W 57 | GRE | SRB | 8 | 16 |
| 68 | W 56 | W 58 | HUN | ITA | 10 | 12 |
Final Round – 12 September – Day 9
| 69 | L 65 | L 66 | CRO | AUS | 14 | 10 |
| 70 | W 65 | W 66 | ESP | MNE | 14 | 9 |
| 71 | L 67 | L 68 | GRE | HUN | 12 | 13 |
| 72 | W 67 | W 68 | SRB | ITA | 13 | 12 |
FINAL RANKING
| 1 | SRB |
| 2 | ITA |
| 3 | HUN |
| 4 | GRE |
| 5 | ESP |
| 6 | MNE |
| 7 | CRO |
| 8 | AUS |
| 9 | KAZ |
| 10 | EGY |
| 11 | NED |
| 12 | MEX |
| 13 | JPN |
| 14 | CAN |
| 15 | CHN |
| 16 | UZB |
| 17 | IRI |
| 18 | RSA |
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