The World Youth Championship (U18) got off to an ideal start for the national water polo team, as in the premiere of the event, which is being held in the city of Chengdu, China, they comfortably beat the Netherlands 13-6.
The match took place in Group A and tomorrow (17/9) the representative group will face (11:00) Spain, while on Wednesday morning (08:30, 18/9) they will play against Italy. The young internationals were impressive in the first half and led 10-3, while the most valuable player of the match was Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou, who was amazing under the posts with 9/13 saves (69.2%).
The eight minutes: 6-2, 4-1, 1-1, 2-2.
Greece (Eftychia Karagiannis): Konstantopoulou, Margariti, Kovacevich 1, Fouraki 3, Drakotou 2, Piovan 2, Kanellopoulou, Beta, Papadopoulou 1, Klapsianou 2, Karabetsou 2, Kyriakopoulou, Economou.
The goals of the Netherlands (Ester Gyori) were scored by Gorter 2, Van der Meer 2, Haksteen 1, Kleinlugdebeld 1.
In the other group game, Spain beat Italy 12-10.
For Group C: Thailand-Canada 11-21, Croatia-South Africa 26-4.
For the D group: Turkey-Israel 8-13, China-Mexico 22-4.
Group B includes: Australia, Hungary, New Zealand, USA.
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