Against Spain for the qualification to the final, the Women’s National Polo, with the Netherlands for a place in the “8” for the men!

Today is a big day for the National us groups at polo!

On the one hand, Women’s National Team will face her Spain in his semi-finals European Championship taking place in Eindhoven, Netherlands, in a match scheduled to begin on 20:00.

Alexia Kammenou’s side entered the medal zone after their commanding 15-7 quarter-final win over France last Tuesday (9/1), in a game that featured Nino (4 goals) and Pleuritou as leaders (3 goals). The Blue and Whites have also beaten Hungary (14-12) and Croatia (25-8) on their way to the semi-finals, while they were beaten 15-10 by the Netherlands, missing out on top spot in their group.

Tonight’s opponent Spainwho have gone 4/4 at this year’s European Championship, winning first against France (17-8), Israel (22-7) and Italy (14-8) for the group, before also comfortably overcoming the obstacle of Croatia (176) in the quarterfinals, while he had defeated our National Team 9-6 in the grand final of 2022, which was held in Split, Croatia.

“Our goal is victory, we know and respect the opponent, we are not stressed, we are in good shape and we will give everything for the victory. We played very well in defense against France, a team coached by Teo Laurent who knows us very well. We have to improve even more in defense and attack not to make mistakes. We have faith and concentration, we made it to the top four, it’s a success that for the second time in a row we made it to the semi-finals, but we came here for something else”said the coach of our national team, Alexia Kammenou, in her statements ahead of the big match.

At 18:00, the Men’s National Polo will face her Netherlandsfor hers European Championshipheld in Croatia!

After winning the tournament opener, 10-8 against Hungary, Vangelis Vlacho’s side were beaten 15-8 by Italy, but responded in the final game of Group 2, beating Georgia 18-9. However, Hungary defeated Italy and thus our National Team found themselves third in the three-way tie, which forced them to play the Netherlands tonight, claiming their place in the quarterfinals.

Three wins and one loss the account of the Dutch so far in this year’s European Championship, they premiered with a defeat (12-8) against Romania, but then they found a reaction, winning 17-6 against Slovakia and dismantling with an emphatic 23-7 the Slovenia, to secure their qualification. It is worth mentioning that our National Team has only won in its 9 previous meetings with the Dutch!