The Serbian team bid farewell to the Italian team with five-meter swimmers in the men’s water polo tournament at the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Fukuoka.
During Tuesday’s match, the teams went head-to-head, in a penalty shootout, the two legionnaires of Ferencvaros, Eduardo de Soma and Luca Damonte, made mistakes on the Italian side, while Vass’s Strahinja Rasović proved to be the hero of the Serbian side. By the way, the latter missed a five-meter shot in the match, but he was still named the best player of the match.
Serbs meet Greeks in all fours.
And the Hungarian national team will play the US national team from 11 am for a place in the quarter-finals.
The two World Cup winners will qualify for next year’s Olympic Games in Paris.
results:
Men’s Water Polo Championship, Quarter-finals:
Serbia-Italy 15-14 (3-3, 2-2, 4-4, 2-2, 4-3) – by 5 meters
previously:
Greece-Montenegro 10-9 (2-1, 4-3, 1-3, 3-2)
Later: Hungary – USA (+Photo) 11.00 Spain and France 12.30
previously:
For fifteenth place:
China-South Africa 16-8 (3-2, 4-2, 4-1, 5-3)
For the thirteenth place:
Argentina-Kazakhstan 11-7 (5-1, 1-1, 3-3, 2-2)
9-12 for the place:
Croatia-Canada 13-5 (3-2, 3-1, 5-1, 2-1)
Australia-Japan 16-15 (5-3, 4-7, 4-3, 3-2)
Cover Photo:
epa10763838 Serbia’s head coach Uros Stefanovic (R) gives instructions to his team for the men’s round of 16 water polo match between Japan and Serbia during the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, July 23, 2023. EPA / HIROSHI YAMAMURA
