She did her… debt Women’s National Polo and got the qualification!
The senior Hellas won with a score of 24-5 Kazakhstan at playoffs of the World Aquatic Championships Dohaas a result of which she will qualify for the quarterfinals, where she will face her Italy (12/02, 19:30)!
The entirety of it Alexias Kammenou he entered early with… a knife in his teeth, wanting not to leave his opponents room for qualification. With a team game and different scorers (Ninou, Xenakis, Pleuritou, Tricha), the “blue and white” laid the foundations for victory from the first eight minutes, when it took a 2-8 lead, effectively “cleaning up” early on.
The situation did not change in the second eight minutes, with Myriokephalitakis and Pleuritou to shape the 2-10 in favor of the National Team, which seemed to have no opponent, while the Helliniadis with her first goal she wrote 2-11 and h Asimaki led by double digits (2-12) before halftime.
Greece’s absolute dominance continued in the second half. With scorers Ninou, Myriokephalitaki and Giannopoulou, the gap slipped even further, reaching 3-15. The two teams were now playing relatively loosely after the game had been decided, with the “blue and white” continuing to find goals with the… sack, thanks to Hydiriotis and Nino, who signed on 3-17. The third eight minutes ended with a score of 3-19 thanks to Tricha and Xenakis, making the fourth a procedural one.
The eight minutes: 2-8, 2-12, 3-19, 5-24
Kazakhstan (Marina Percheva): Kolesnichenko, Pochinok, Glukova, Kaplun, Rachmanova, Novikova, Rudneva, Khrytankova, Mirshina, Choi, Martynenko, Druzhinina, Vorontsova.
Greece (Alexia Kammenou): Diamantopoulou, Eleftheria Pleuritou, Hydirioti, Eleftheriadou, Xenaki, Asimaki, Ninou, Vasiliki Pleuritou, Giannopoulou, Myriokephalitaki, Stamataopoulou, Elliniadi, Tricha.
The playoff schedule
Netherlands – China 16-14
Kazakhstan – Greece 5-24
10/02 16:30 Australia – United Kingdom
10/02 18:00 New Zealand – Canada
The pairs of the quarterfinals
12/02 15:00 USA – Australia or UK
12/02 16:30 Spain – New Zealand or Canada
12/02 18:00 Hungary – Netherlands
12/02 19:30 Italy – Greece
The pairs of the semi-finals
14/02 15:00 Winner 1 – Winner 2
14/02 16:30 Winner 3 – Winner 4
* The short final will be held on February 16 at 15:00 and the grand final on the same day at 16:30.
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