The USA has pulled off a huge shock this evening in the FINA World League by defeating favourites, Italy 10-8 (4-4, 2-3, 3-0, 1-1). The game was a thriller from start to end, with Italy spending most of the third quarter down to six players due to Matteo Aicardi’s red card. It certainly changed the […]
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A third-quarter capitulation from Greece meant that Montenegro will progress to the World League Semi-Final, after beating them 8-4 (2-2, 0-1, 4-0, 2-1) Theodoros Vlachos will be pulling his hair out over the way Greece came completely unstuck in the third quarter against Montenegro after being the better side for the first half of the
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Water Polo fans around the world have a real treat in store this evening as we will see two very competitive Semi-Finals in Tbilisi, Georgia. The first Semi-Final is the mouth-watering spectacle between local rivals Greece and Montenegro, whilst the second will see Italy play the only non-European team in the final four, USA. Montenegro
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Win’s for Greece, USA, Montenegro and Italy in the final round of group-stage matches moves the World League Super Finals into the business end of the tournament. Greece, who beat Kazakhstan 14-9 today thanks to three goals apiece from Ioannis Fountoulis and Georgios Dervisis, will perhaps have the toughest test for the best seeded teams
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Italy had too much quality for Greece as they beat them 11-8 in Tbilisi (1-1, 4-3, 4-3, 2-1) Italy showed why they are fancied as one of the best team’s in the world by beating Greece by three goals this afternoon. Whilst Greece played well in parts, a lack of guile in front of goal,
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France will perhaps feel cheated as they lost narrowly against Greece in their first game of the FINA World League Finals, in a game in which they were superb Greece 10-8 France (2-2, 3-1, 2-3, 3-2) If the Japan vs Georgia game was a cracker, the third game of the day between Greece and France
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Host’s Georgia have won their opening fixture against Japan in an enthralling encounter that was separated by only one goal. Japan 12-13 Georgia (3-3, 2-4, 6-5, 1-1) There was much excitement for host nation Georgia, as they opened their tournament against Yoji Omoto’s ever-entertaining Japan. The game was tight from start to finish, with plenty
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The world of water polo turns its attention this weekend to the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, for the nineteenth annual FINA Men’s World League Finals. In the last major tournament before the Olympic Games in Tokyo, eight teams will go head to head to lift the beautiful FINA trophy, as well as a handsome €100,000 cheque
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Earlier this week, I sat down with Ekaterina Prokofyeva to have a little chat, reflecting on the recent World League Finals, as well as to discuss the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo. If you were to ask any Russian to describe their ideal water polo player, they would probably be giving an exact description of
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The USA were made to work for their 14th World League title after beating Hungary in a tense final. The USA have beaten Hungary 14-8 (4-2, 2-1, 3-4, 5-1) to lift their seventh consecutive World League title. Being pushed all the way to the last quarter by a spirited Hungarian side, three goals in ninety
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