A day before the end of the FINA World Masters Water Polo Championships in Gwangju, the competition in four categories is completed.
New world champions are Politehnica, Romania (men 30+), The Olympic Club, USA (men 35+/40+), Saint Petersburg Masters, Russia (men 50+) and San Diego Shores, USA (women).
Dubrovacki Veterani (Croatia) secured the gold medal in the men’s age group 45+, which will be completed tomorrow.
Two gold medal matches were played today.
Saint Petersburg Masters defeated The Olympic Club (USA) 7:4 in the final of the men’s 50+ competition.
In the gold medal match at the female tournament, San Diego Shores (USA) faced Rari Nantes Bologna 30+ (Italy). After the 4th quarter, the score was 7:7, so the penalty shootout decided a winner. San Diego Shores were successful in the shootout and celebrated a 13:12 win.
Dubrovacki Veterani won the gold medal at the tournament for men older than 45 years. Today, the Croats shared the points with the outgoing champion in this category YBL-Octopus (Hungary) – 7:7. In the last round, Dubrovacki Veterani was supposed to play against the last-placed BT Guam (USA). But, the Americans surrendered without entering the pool. They forfeited the match (0:5). The Dubrovnik-based club took 3 points and secured the 1st place.
FINA World Masters Water Polo Championships, Day 6
Men 30+ (Unique Round)
Seoul WP Masters – ARON PS 23:17
Bye: Politehnica
Final rankings
1 Politehnica Cluj-Napoca (Romania) 4 – 12
2 Seoul WP Masters (South Korea) 4 – 6
3 ARON PS (South Korea) 4 – 0
Men 35+/40+ (Unique Round)
Oazis Sport Club– OLPAK Water Polo 30:3
Bye: The Olympic Club
Final rankings
1 The Olympic Club (USA) 4 – 10
2 Oazis Sport Club (Hungary) 4 – 7
3 OLPAK Water Polo (South Korea) 4 – 0
Men 45+ (Unique Round)
V. Veterani Kosice– Spandau 04 5:10
Dubrovacki Veterani– YBL-Octopus 7:7
BT Guam– AMPA ECP 5:21
Dubrovacki Veterani – BT Guam 5:0 (forfeit)
Bye: East Bay
1 Dubrovacki Veterani (Croatia) 6 – 16
2 YBL-Octopus (Hungary) 6 – 13
3 Spandau (Germany) 5 – 12
4 AMPA (Brazil) 5 – 9
5 V. Veterani Kosice (Slovakia) 6 – 6
6 East Bay (USA) 6 – 3
7 BT Guam (USA) 6 – 0
(the last match Spandau – AMPA will be played tomorrow)
Men 50+ (Classification matches)
Gold medal match: St- Petersburg Masters– The Olympic Club 7:4
Bronze medal match: Darkside– UWA City Beach WPC 14:5
Final rankings
1 St-Petersburg Masters (Russia)
2 The Olympic Club (USA)
3 Darkside (USA)
4 UWA City Beach WPC (Australia)
Men 55+ (Preliminary)
Sunday Boys – Master Old Fellows 7:10
Bye: Real Canoe.
1 Real Canoe (Spain) 4 – 10
2 Master Old Fellows (Brazil) 4 – 7
3 Sunday Boys (Hungary) 4 – 0
(Real Canoe and Master Old Fellows will meet in final tomorrow)
Men 60+ (Classification matches)
Semifinals
SV Canstatt (Germany) – Pampas (Argentina) 8:5
S. Barbara Surfers (USA) – Perth Cockatoos (Australia) 11:2
Match for the 5th place: Calgary Masters WPC (Canada) – Camp de D. Larraina (Spain) 8:6
Men 65+/70+ (Unique Round)
S. Barbara Masters – Dusseldorfer SC 1898 4:10
Perth Cocaktoos 70+ – BT Ancient Mariners 8:0
BT Piestany 70+ – Perth Cockatoos 65+ 1:8
Bye: KVP H2Opolo Piestany
1 Dusseldorfer (Germany) 5 – 13
2 KVP H2Opolo Piestany (Slovakia) 5 – 13
3 S. Barbara Masters (USA) 5 – 12
4 Pert Cockatoos 65+ (Australia) 5 – 9
5 Perth Cockatoos 70+ (Australia) 5 – 3
6 Ancient Mariners (USA) 6 – 3
7 BT Piestany 70+ (USA) 5 – 0
Women (Classification match)
Final: San Diego Shores (USA) – Rari Nantes Bologna 30+ (Italy) 13:12
Final rankings
1 San Diego Shores (USA)
2 Rari Nantes Bologna 30+ (Italy)
3 The Olympic Club (USA)
4 Rari Nantes Bologna 40+ (Italy)
5 Klub STEPP Praha (Czech Republic)
6 Pink Pointers (Australia)
