There was a shortened schedule today at the Women’s under 19 Water Polo Championships in Netanya, Israel, as there were only three games, bringing victories for Greece, Spain and Serbia.
There isn’t really much to say about Greece’s 41-2 victory over Switzerland today. While it is obvious to say there was a huge difference between the two sides, all credit has to go to the Greeks – who instead of playing at 30%, were ruthlessly committed to scoring.
NC Vouliagmeni’s Stefania Santa hit double figures in the game, scoring a ridiculous 10 goals, while Olympiacos’ young winger, Foteini Tricha, scored 8 times. Chaldaiou and Kaiafa each converted quads.
Photo: Total Waterpolo/ Luiza Moraes
Spain played their second game of the competition, and followed up their win at Serbia by stuffing the Turkish. Daniela Moreno (CN Sant Andreu) outscored her teammate Marina Serrano (Sabadell) by a single goal. Moreno netted six, while Serrano made five scores.
In the earlier contest in Group A, the two teams who lost heavily in Group A yesterday, Romania and Serbia, fought it out, with the Serbs running out 13-6 winners against Romania. Ivana Corovic will be satisfied with her team’s performance.
Photo: Total Waterpolo/ Luiza Moraes
Tijana Lukic, of Red Star Belgrade, scored four in the match. Jovana Radonjic (Tas2000) and Lolita Advic (Vojvodina) both scored three. Romania’s captain, Alina Olteanu, lead the scoring for her team, with three conversions.
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Group A
Spain 27-2 Turkey (6-0, 7-2, 9-0, 5-0)
Spain: M. Terre, M. Serrano 5, E. Portillo 2, A. Marcos, S. Garcia 2, I. Casado 1, P. Prats 3, C. Moreno 2, D. Moreno 6, A. Munoz 3, M. Palacio 3, G. Gallinato, P. Moreno.
Turkey: C. Bulut, Z. Visha 1, A. Duran 1, L. Sarimsakci, H. Suzmecelik, M. Saglam, H. Dabbag, E. Gurelli, D. Kaleagasi, Y. Simsek, D. Guclu, D. Pehlivanoglu, A. Gungor
Romania 6-13 Serbia (0-2, 2-2, 1-3, 3-6)
Romania: L-T, Pisaroschi, A-M. Dumitru, O-E Csaki 1, M. Talianu, A-I. Olteanu 3, D. Virtosu 1, A-M. Matei Guiman 1, A. Sandu, A. Bobeanu, A. Kovacs, D-J. Nagy 1, E. Silisteanu, M. Iliescu
Serbia: M. Dulic, T. Pejcic, L. Avdic 3, J. Lujic 1, I. Lujic 1, T. Lukic 4, J. Todorvski 1, A. Milicevic 1, A. Trmcic, A. Koreni, J. Radonjic 3, M. Zelic, A. Antanasijevic
Group C
Greece 41-2 Switzerland (9-1, 15-0, 8-0, 9-1)
Greece: L. Mavrota, S. Santa 10, S. Kaiafa 4, C. Siouti 2, T. Moustakaria 2, E. Tsimara 4, S. Tornarou 3, D. Kalogeropoulou 1, E. Tsimara 1, F. Tricha 8, N. Chaldaiou 4, F. Angelidi 2, M. Karagianni
Switzerland: M. Schmidt, S. Schwab, L. Rohde, J. Walther, K. Klapez, E. Hess, F. Jenkinson, H. Otenyi, N. Stutz, A. Nussbaumer, L. Oberli 2, M. Gross, M. Raveglia
Photo: Total Waterpolo/ Luiza Moraes
Tomorrow’s Fixtures (Local Time)
9:00 – Ukraine vs Portugal
10:30 – Netherlands vs Great Britain
12:00 – Croatia vs Slovakia
13:30 – France vs Italy
16:00 – Switzerland vs Germany
17:30 – Turkiye vs Romania
19:00 – Serbia vs Israel
20:30 – Hungary vs Greece
Rankings
Group A
- Spain – 2 – 6pts
- Israel – 1 – 3pts
- Serbia – 2 – 3pts
- Turkey – 1 – 0pts
- Romania – 2 – 0pts
Group B
- France – 1 – 3pts
- Italy – 1 – 3pts
- Croatia – 1 -0pts
- Slovakia – 1 – 0pts
Group C
- Greece – 1 – 3pts
- Hungary – 1 – 3pts
- Germany – 1 – 0pts
- Switzerland – 1 – 0pts
Group D
- The Netherlands – 1 – 3pts
- Ukraine – 1 – 3pts
- Great Britain – 1 – 0pts
- Portugal – 1 – 0pts
