The first place in the international tournament “Pythia Cup”hosted in Itea, conquered the Women’s National Water Polo Team (U19)as prevailed in the USA team final 13-12.
The match was tied in the first three eight minutes (10-10). In the last period, however, our representative group took a two-goal lead (12-10) with Klapsianou and Kovasevics scoring, while 40 seconds before the end, Fouraki put the “icing on the cake”, making it 13-11.
The players of Eftychia Karagiannis are preparing for their presence in two very important events that follow, namely, the European U19 Championship in Zagreb (24-31/8) and the World U18 Championship in China (15-22/9).
The eight minutes: 5-5, 3-3, 2-2, 2-3
Greece (Eftychia Karagiannis): Konstantopoulou, Klapsianou 1, Kovasevich 1, Fouraki 2, Drakotou 1, Piovan 2, Graikou, Tsiougri 1, Papadopoulou 1, Economou, Beta, Tjortzakaki 3, Tsiara, Kanellopoulou 1, Galanopoulou.
USA: Minton 4, Hofley 2, Cohen 2, Lovell 2, Hassett 1, Palma 1.
For the third place in the tournament, Hungary defeated Italy with 14-6, while for the 5th place, Croatia beat the Netherlands with 12-10.
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