{"id":320450,"date":"2018-07-23T16:29:25","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T23:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=320450"},"modified":"2018-07-23T16:29:25","modified_gmt":"2018-07-23T23:29:25","slug":"2018-womens-european-water-polo-championships-greece-hungary-advance-after-penalties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2018-womens-european-water-polo-championships-greece-hungary-advance-after-penalties\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Women&#8217;s European Water Polo Championships: Greece, Hungary Advance After Penalties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"western\" lang=\"ca-ES\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">Penalties were in the spotlight in the two crucial quarterfinals in the women\u2019s tournament at the European Water Polo Championships in Barcelona. Greece overcame Russia in a shootout and returns to the semis after 2012, while Hungary\u2019s goalie stopped one against Italy in the dying seconds to secure the title-holders\u2019 spot in the SF. Italy didn\u2019t make the top four at the women\u2019s Europeans for the first time in history. 2014 champion Spain and 2016 runner-up Netherlands enjoyed an easy cruising to the semis while beating France and Germany respectively.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"ca-ES\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">Apart from Spain\u2019s four-goal win on the opening day against Hungary, the matches of the top six teams were all decided by a single goal in the prelims (if it wasn\u2019t a tie) \u2013 and the trend continued in the quarters.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"ca-ES\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">Greece needed 11:06 minutes to get on the scoreboard but once they scored their first \u2013 Russia could gain a 0-1 lead in this phase \u2013, they started rolling and deep into the third they were 4-1 up. However, Russia responded the same way, after a drought lasting 14:54 minutes they netted four unanswered goals to take over the lead once more at 5-4, with 3:57 to go. But the Greeks also found their way back, in 55 seconds <strong>Nikoleta Eleftheriadou<\/strong> converted a man-up then sent a magnificent lob to the Russian net (this was her third) and led 6-5 with 1:38 from time. Russia went all-in, earned back-to-back 6 on 5s and finally <strong>Olga Gorbunova<\/strong> equalised with 27 seconds remaining. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"ca-ES\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">The decision was left to the penalties: the shootout earned the Russians the Olympic berth two years ago, apparently against Greece, and the Olympic bronze against Hungary \u2013 but this time the Greeks prevailed. <strong>Alena Sherzantova<\/strong> hit the post in the second round, it was the only miss but it meant that the Russians will miss the semis once more after 2016, while the Greeks return to the top flight after 2012.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"ca-ES\">&#8220;<span style=\"font-family: Calibri,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">This happens in knock-out games&#8230; I am very proud of my team. They played excellent defence, were clever and never gave up. In the 3rd quarter I told them to continue as these games finish with the last whistle. I&#8217;m also proud of how they played man-down. I want to congratulate them. Now we have to keep our mind on semi-finals,&#8221; Greece coach <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>Georgios Morfesis<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span> <span lang=\"en-GB\">said<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"ca-ES\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">The next QF was just as thrilling and as hotly contested as any game between Italy and Hungary. It was a match of twists and turns, the results of the quarters show something from the story: 3-1, 1-4, 4-1, 1-4 \u2013 but reality was even more exciting. The first big turn came in the second period when Hungary netted three straight goals to go 4-5 up after being 4-2 down and they added a fine action goal from their first possession in the third to lead 4-6. The next twist arrived soon: Italy made the most of their man-ups while<strong> Rita Keszthelyi<\/strong> missed a penalty at 7-6 and <strong>Arianna Garibotti<\/strong> netted her fourth goal to give Italy an 8-6 lead before the last break.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"ca-ES\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">After a quick exchange of goals Italy was still 9-7 ahead and few would have guessed that they couldn\u2019t score any more in the remaining 5:30 minutes. <strong>Dorottya Szilagyi<\/strong> stepped up for the Magyars, her two blasts brought the sides to even with 2:03 to go. The Hungarians killed an Italian man-up, then <strong>Rita Keszthelyi<\/strong> showed the best quality of a true leader, leaving behind the demons of the missed penalty she drove herself towards the goal, managed to collect a lengthy ball, and sent it home with an incredible back-handed shot among three defenders, to complete a 0-3 Hungarian rush with 29 seconds remaining. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"ca-ES\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">But there was one more twist in the story: just ten seconds on, Italy earned a penalty. Their best shooter, LEN Award winner <strong>Roberta Bianconi<\/strong> took the ball but<strong> Edina Gangl<\/strong> guessed the side right in the goal, caught the ball and sent the Magyars into their fourth straight semi-finals. On the contrary, Italy missed the semis for the first time ever in the women\u2019s Europeans since they entered the competition in 1989 (the Hungarians missed the SF only twice).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"ca-ES\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">The other two matches lacked the same tensions, the two group-winners Spain and the Netherlands did a clean job as expected. Only the margin of their wins was in the question against France and Germany, though the hosts were bit too tense and France fought bravely in the opening period, but after 2-2 the Spaniards produced a 5-0 rush in the second to settle the match.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"ca-ES\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">The games for the lower ranks offered some thrills earlier, Croatia beat Turkey for the 11<\/span><\/span><\/span><sup><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">th<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/sup><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"> place while the 9<\/span><\/span><\/span><sup><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">th<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/sup><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"> place was decided by penalties too. Serbia was a bit luckier, buried two shots while Israel could score only once. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"ca-ES\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>European Championships, Day 10<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"ca-ES\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>Women\u2019s quarter-finals<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"ca-ES\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">Greece v Russia 6-6, penalties: 5-4<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"ca-ES\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">Italy v Hungary 9-10<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"ca-ES\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">Netherlands v Germany 22-2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"ca-ES\"><a name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">France v Spain 5-14<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"ca-ES\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>Semi-finals (on 25 July)<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"ca-ES\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">17.00 Netherlands v Hungary<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"ca-ES\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">18.30 Greece v Spain<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"ca-ES\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>For places 9-10<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><sup><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>th<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/sup><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"ca-ES\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">Israel v Serbia 4-4, penalties: 1-2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"ca-ES\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>For places 11-12<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><sup><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>th<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/sup><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"ca-ES\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">Croatia v Turkey 11-6<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"ca-ES\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>Fixtures, Day 11<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"ca-ES\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>Men\u2019s quarter-finals<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"ca-ES\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">17.00 Serbia v Hungary<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"ca-ES\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">18.30 Croatia v Montenegro<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"ca-ES\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">20.30 Italy v Russia<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"ca-ES\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">22.00 Spain v Greece<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"ca-ES\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>For places 9-12<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><sup><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>th<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/sup><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"ca-ES\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">13.30 Romania v Netherlands<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"ca-ES\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">15.00 Germany v France<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"ca-ES\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>For places 13-14<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><sup><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>th<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/sup><b> <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"ca-ES\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">12.00 Georgia v Slovakia<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"ca-ES\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>For places 15-16<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><sup><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><b>th<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/sup><b> <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"ca-ES\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">10.30 Turkey v Malta<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" 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