Another date with history has tonight Women’s National Polo Team. At 20:00 (ERT3) he faces France at quarterfinals of the European Championship held in Eindhoven and enters the medal zone with a victory.
The Greek team qualified as second from the first group, behind world champion and host Netherlands. A big goal is to win her fifth medal in the event after the four silvers she had in 2010, 2012, 2018 and 2022.
The Tricolors, who have our own Theo Laurent on the bench, comfortably defeated Israel (16-8) in the group and Germany (14-6) in the knockout stage, but lost easily to Italy (12-6) and Spain (17-8).
The title of favorite belongs to the Greek group, since France, despite the progress it has made in view of the Olympic Games that it will host this summer, is not yet considered to belong to the elite of the sport.
It is noted that the two groups performed joint preparation in Paris before Christmas and they even gave a friendly game, in which the national team prevailed 14-12. At the level of the European Championship, the last meeting between the two teams was in 2020 in Budapest, in a ranking match, where the representative group prevailed 13-3.
Among the remarkable features of the match is the fact that Alexia Kammenou she will find her predecessor as an opponent, as Theo Laurentos sat on the bench of the women’s national team in the period 2020-2021, before the current federal coach succeeded him.
Should they overcome France’s hurdle, the Greek side will face title holders Spain in Thursday’s (11/1) semi-final, who are not expected to face much resistance from Croatia. The derby of the quarter-finals is the one between Italy and Hungary, with the winner advancing to the top four (where the Netherlands will be waiting for him) and claiming – logically together with the national team – the ticket to the Olympic Games.
The schedule of the quarterfinals:
17:00 Spain-Croatia
18:30 Netherlands-Great Britain
20:00 GREECE-France
21:30 Italy-Hungary
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