The FINA Women’s Water Polo World League 2019 resumed in Europe with the preliminary phase.
On January 9, Spain defeated Israel 13-6 in Netanya (ISR) (3-1, 3-1, 4-4, 3-0), while the Hungarians narrowly won 14-13 against the Dutch on Saturday, January 12 in The Hague (NED) (4-2, 3-2, 3-2, 0-4) after extra time (4-3).
Last night, Tuesday, January 15, Russia played Greece at home in Ruza and ended up winning the game 17-13 (5-3, 5-4, 4-3, 3-3) and Italy defeated the Netherlands 9-6 in Trieste (ITA) (4-0, 2-2, 1-2, 2-2). Also last night, France lost 5-12 to Hungary in (1-2, 1-3, 1-5, 2-2).
Provisional Ranking
Group A
- Russia 14
- Spain 10
- Greece 6
- Israel 0
Group B
- Italy 12
- Hungary 9
- Netherlands 3
- France 0
Next Matches
[flag=il] Israel
[flag=it] Italy
[flag=nl] Netherlands
The Men’s World League European preliminaries resume on January 29. You can follow the pool action and watch most games LIVE streamed or VOD on FINAtv.
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