With the aim of remaining among the leaders of the World Pole, the Hellas will face tomorrow (Tuesday 7/25) at Montenegroin the quarterfinals of the Fukuoka event.
The first sprint is scheduled for 9:00with the ERT3 to broadcast the game live.
The team of Thodoris Vlachos wants to continue the success in the event that won the bronze medal last year. It qualified directly to the quarter-finals as the first in Group A, where it went 3X3 with victories over Australia (13-9), Kazakhstan (18-2) and the USA (15-14).
Montenegro, on the other hand, climbed… a mountain to get here. Took third place in Group D with a win over South Africa (35-10) and two losses to Spain (11-7) and Serbia (17-15 on penalties). In cross games, however, he touched the miracle, after prevailing 13-12 against the European Champions Croatia in an exciting match.
Greece and Montenegro have met 36 times so far. The National team has 8 wins and two draws, while the Montenegrins have 26 wins. In the most recent game between them, Greece suffered a painful 8-7 defeat in the World Cup qualifiers, but advanced to the final stage.
The “blue and white” wants to take the big step for the semi-finals, where it will face the winner Italy-Serbia or the Japanaiming for the podium for the second consecutive event and the fourth overall in its history.
In detail, the program of the day:
Quarterfinals
Greece-Montenegro (9:00)
Italy-Serbia (10:30)
Hungary-USA (12:00)
Spain-France (13:30)
Positions 9-12
Canada-Croatia (6:00)
Australia-Japan (7:30)
Positions 13-16
China-South Africa (3:00)
Kazakhstan-Argentina (4:30)
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