The U20 World Championships in Coimbra are in full swing, with no real surprises on any of the scorelines.
In the upper tier of the competition, Greece and Spain – who face each other tomorrow to determine the group winner – both remain undefeated after two games; Reigning Champions Spain handed the Netherlands their second narrow defeat of the tournament (12-10), while Greece dismantled Brazil, 19-5.
Meanwhile, the United States have taken Group B by the scruff of the neck, following yesterday’s comfortable victory over Israel with a 12-9 win over the Junior Setterosa. Hungary got off the mark with a ten-score victory over Israel (18-8).
New Zealand opened their tournament with a confident win against the hosts Portugal (15-8) in Group C; Canada started their championships with a crushing 26-3 defeat of Chile in Group D; and Kazakhstan bounced back from their heavy defeat against Australia yesterday with a big win against India today (28-4).
There was no action in Group E, which features only two teams (Japan and Croatia), who will rematch tomorrow morning.
Setterosa thwart the Hungarians on penalties – U20 World Champs
Day 2, U20 Women’s World Championships 2023, Coimbra.
Group A
Netherlands 10 – 12 Spain (3-1, 2-3, 2-3, 3-5)
Netherlands: S. Keijzer 1, N. De Vries 1, R. De Kleer 1, A. Roekevisch 1, N. Van de Geijn, E. Roijen 1, S. Slot, L. Den Ouden 1, F. Voordouw 1, L. Moolhuijzen 1, R. Jutte 1, D. Logtens, A. Christodoulou-Out.
Spain: M. Terre, Q. Bertran 2, I. Piralkova, A. Marcos, C. Nogue, N. Perez 2, P. Prats, C. Moreno, D. Moreno 1, A. Munoz 2, E. Ruiz 4, M. Palacio 1, B. Colominas Juanola.
Greece 19 – 5 Brazil (2-0, 7-2, 7-2, 3-1)
Greece: L. Mavrota, S. Kaiafa 2, C. Siouti 3, T. Moustakaria, E. Tsimara 1, S. Tornarou 3, D. Koureta 3, N. Chaldaiou 1, F. Tricha 2, A. Karampetsou 1, F. Angelidi 2, E. Konstantopoulou, D. Andreadi 1.
Brazil: S. Freitas, A. De Barros, G. Postigo, A. Neves, M. Cadengue Silvia, S. Azevedo 1, L. Lorieto, M. Nascimento, J. Cavalante 1, R. Moreira 1, L. Bonetti 2, K. Da Silva, S. Bedani.
Group B
United States 12 – 9 Italy (3-2, 4-3, 2-3, 2-2)
United States: C. Carpenter, E. Ausmus 2, M. Netherton, A. Stryker 1, A. Cohen, T. Smith, J. Flynn 5, J. Bonaguidi, E. Lineback, E. Woodhead, L. Steele, R. Gazzaniga, A. Pearson.
Italy: H. Santapaola, M. Leone 3, P. Di Maria 1, A. Longo, R. Bianchi, E. De March, S. Giustini 2, V. Sbruzzi, D. Bettini, M. Giuffrida 2, D. Spampinato, O. Sesena, L. Papi 1.
Israel 8 – 18 Hungary (1-5, 2-6, 2-4, 3-3)
Israel: M. Katz, T. Levi, N. Levinshtein 1, A. Yaacobi 2, M. Vashdi 1, D. Menakerman 1, D. Namakshtanskty, N. Sasover 2, N. Markovsky, R. Gazit 1, N. Kurtsev, C. Rahum, C. Arbiv.
Hungary: B. Neszmely, T. Aubeli 5, F. Fekete, K. Hajdu 4, N. Golopencza, N. Sumegi 4, E. Varoo 1, L. Kardos 1, P. Szegedi 1, Z. Koka 1, R. Irmes, D. Domsodi 1, S. Golopencza.
Group C
New Zealand 15 – 8 Portugal (5-0, 4-5, 3-2, 3-1)
New Zealand: T. Ahovelo, I. Jackson, E. Weston 3, L. Batchelor, D. Spark 3, S. Bentley 1, H. Roberts, S. Goldsworthy 2, A. Weston 3, E. Goldsmith, S. Gardinier, G. Doyle 3, H. Doyle
Portugal: M. Ribeiro, A. Rodrigues 2, C. Fernandes 1, I. Dos Santos, C. Quinhentas, C. Pereira, L. Madalena 2, J. Arromba, M. Machado 2, M. Mendes, M. De Carvalho, B. De Souza, A. Vicente
Group D
Canada 26 – 3 Chile (6-1, 9-1, 5-0, 6-1)
Canada: S. Lapiere, E. Cowan 4, E. Lawson 6, A. Ferguson 2, A. Burlock 3, L. Levin 1, M. Hack, L. Ahmad, G. Patenaude, S. Browne 2, R. Peiravani 3, K. Featherstone 2, C. Monteil
Chile: A. De Andres, M. Dufflocq, A. Hernandez, I. Del Villar 2, E. Rodriguez, B. Gutierrez, A. Antillanca, A. Lazo, A. Puelma, P. Torres, C. Beltran, V. Diaz, V. Roa
Group F
India 4 – 28 Kazakhstan (0-7, 0-5, 2-7, 2-9)
India: S. Manohar, S. Sakeer, P. Shynuka Prahladan, V. Suresh 2, V. Akhila Shibu, B. Sajini, Y. Agrawal 1, P. Rao 1, N. Shukla, R. Saravanan, D. Doddaballapur Karthikeya, A. Gopi Sujitha
Kazakhstan: V. Kolesnichenko, D. Pochinok 3, A. Glukhova 1, V. Kaplun 2, V. Anossova 3, M. Rakhmanova 4, K. Nauryzbayeva 2, O. Vorontsova 2, M. Nabiyeva 2, A. Lemachko 3, Y. Druzhinia 2, A. Altybassarova 3, M. Martynenko.
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