LOS ALAMITOS, California, August 24. THE first round of bracket play came to a close at the Men's Junior Water Polo Championships held in Los Alamitos, Calif., yesterday.<\/p>\n
In the round of 16, Italy started off the day with a 17-1 pounding of Brazil as Francesco Lo Cascio tickled the twine four times and Marco Ferrone notched a hat trick with three goals.<\/p>\n
In the next match, Serbia ran over Canada, 16-2, with a balanced attack including four players recording hat tricks. Miroslav Randic hit the back of the net four times, while Luka Saponic, Dusan Markovic and Stefan Mitrovic each tallied three goals for Serbia.<\/p>\n
Germany pulled off an upset based on bracket seeds with a 13-7 defeat of Slovakia. Heading into the match, Slovakia had four wins compared to Germany's three. Germany, however, opened the match 3-0 and never looked back.<\/p>\n
Spain overpowered Argentina, 12-3, in another bracket play match. The win pushed Spain to six wins with no losses as it pulled away with six unanswered goals in the final frame.<\/p>\n
Australia edged France, 10-7, with Stephen Cody posting a hat trick with three goals including the final tally of the match.<\/p>\n
In one of the best matches of the entire tournament, Croatia had to work overtime to beat Greece, 9-7. With the match tied 7-7 going into extra periods, Croatia pulled away with a pair of goals, one in the first and second overtimes, to salt the game away.<\/p>\n
The United States overcame a scrappy team from Japan, 11-8, to advance in the bracket. JW Krumpholz led all scorers with four goals for the U.S.<\/p>\n
Hungary continued its prolific goal scoring during the meet with a 20-2 whitewashing of Egypt. Botand Szabo connected four times, while Attila Kincses and Balazs Harai each tallied hat tricks with three goals apiece for Hungary.<\/p>\n
Four matches were also played in the 17-24 classification rounds. Mexico doubled up Singapore, 15-7, while Iran clocked Puerto Rico, 11-3. Columbia added a second win of the meet with a 10-6 triumph over Kuwait. New Zealand completed the classification matches for the day with a 14-3 conquest of Jamaica.<\/p>\n
Results From First Day of Bracket Play<\/b>
\nFor Places 1-16:
\nMatch 65: Spain 12 vs. Argentina 3
\nMatch 66: Croatia 9 vs. Greece 7 OT
\nMatch 67: Italy 17 vs. Brazil 1
\nMatch 68: Japan 8 vs. USA 11
\nMatch 69: Serbia 16 vs. Canada 2
\nMatch 70: Slovakia 7 vs. Germany 13
\nMatch 71: Australia 10 vs. France 7
\nMatch 72: Egypt 2 vs. Hungary 20<\/p>\n
For Places 17-24:
\nMatch 61: Mexico 15 vs. Singapore 7
\nMatch 62: Iran 11 vs. Puerto Rico 3
\nMatch 63: Columbia 10 vs. Kuwait 6
\nMatch 64: New Zealand 14 vs. Jamaica 3<\/p>\n
Schedule for Second Day of Bracket Play<\/b>
\nFor Places 1-16:
\nWinner's Bracket:
\nMatch 81: Spain vs. Croatia
\nMatch 82: Italy vs. United States
\nMatch 83: Serbia vs. Germany
\nMatch 84: Australia vs. Hungary<\/p>\n
Loser's Bracket:
\nMatch 77: Argentina vs. Greece
\nMatch 78: Brazil vs. Japan
\nMatch 79: Canada vs. Slovakia
\nMatch 80: France vs. Egypt<\/p>\n
For Places 17-24:
\nMatch 73: Singapore vs. Puerto Rico
\nMatch 74: Mexico vs. Iran
\nMatch 75: Kuwait vs. Jamaica
\nMatch 76: Columbia vs. New Zealand<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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