Sunday, March 9
Final
| hour | no | game | intermediate results | final result | referees | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13:00 | 40 |
IRI - BRA
places 9th - 10th |
0-1 | 0-1 | 0-4 | 1-4 | 1 - 10 | Bohat, Gjorgjiveski |
| 14:30 | 41 |
SVK - MKD
places 7th - 8th |
1-2 | 4-1 | 3-1 | 1-3 | 9 - 7 | Stavropoulos, Davalos |
| 16:00 | 42 |
RUS - ROU places 5th - 6th |
2-1 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 3-3 | 9 - 10 | Gomez, Patteli |
| 17:30 | 43 |
GRE - CAN
places 3th - 4th |
2-1 | 5-1 | 4-1 | 2-1 | 13 - 4 | Vuletic, Matache |
| 19:00 | 44 |
ITA - GER
places 1th - 2th |
2-3 | 1-2 | 4-1 |
1-2 extra time: 1-1, 0-1 |
9 - 10 | Chaney, Terpenka |
see Top Scorers | see Goalkeeper Statistics | see Overall Team Statistics | see Cumulative Statistics
Final Ranking
| team | rank |
|---|---|
Germany (GER) |
1 |
Italy (ITA) |
2 |
Greece (GRE) |
3 |
Canada (CAN) |
4 |
Romania (ROU) |
5 |
Russia (RUS) |
6 |
Slovakia (SVK) |
7 |
Macedonia (MKD) |
8 |
Brasilia (BRA) |
9 |
Iran (IRI) |
10 |
Mexico (MEX) |
11 |
Kazakhstan (KAZ) |
12 |
Game reviews
Game 40: 13:00, Sunday, March 9
CLASSIFICATION 9-10
IRAN 1 BRAZIL 10
Referees: Jan BOHAT (SVK), Andrej GJORGJIEVSKI (MKD).
Quarters: 0-1, 0-1, 0-4, 1-4
Teams
BRAZIL: Luis SANTOS, Vicente HENRIQUES (1), Gabriel ROCHA, Lucas VITA (2), Marcelo
FRANCO (1), Conrado BERTOLUZZI (1), Bernardo ROCCA, Felipe SILVA (1), Erik SEEGERER
(4), Bruno NOLASCO, Mario CAROTINI, Rafael FARIAS, Anderson SOUZA. Head Coach:
Barbaro
DIAS.
IRAN: Ali Reza SHAHIDIPOUR, Arameh AGHAZARIAN, Seyed MIR MEDI, Mahdi KARAMIZARANDI,
Mohammad MEHDI TEIRAN, Ali PIROZKHAH, Kambiz AFSHARI (1), Khadempir SOHEIL, Mohsen
JALILI, Shirijian ALIAKBAR, Sadjad ABDIHANJANI, Amir HOSSEIN KHANI, Meisam JAFARI.
Head Coach: Nevan KOVACEVIC.
Match report
Iran will return home with just one historic victory that kept it out of the bottom-two
play-off. Former Croatian coach Kovacevic was proud of his team, winning an Olympic
qualifying match, showing how far the teams has progressed in the past few years.
But today it was not to be as Brazil produced a near shutout. The first half showed
how tight these teams were and how fantastic Shahidipour is as a goalkeeper. He
stopped numerous shots and kept his team in the game. However, the third quarter
was all Brazil with four goals, including a penalty to Seegerer. He scored twice
in the period and collected a counter-attack goal in the final quarter. Vita scored
either side of the break. Iran avoided the zero score when penalty expert Afshari
rifled in a shot from the eight-metre line and closer to the side of the pool than
the centre at 2:00. Brazil scored a penalty through Henriques and a cross-pass goal
from Franco to complete its Romanian sojourn and taken ninth place.
Russell McKinnon / FINA Press
Game 41: 14:30, Sunday, March 9
CLASSIFICATION 7-8
SLOVAKIA 9 FYRO MACEDONIA 7
Referees: Nikolaos STAVROPOULOS (GRE), Mariano DAVALOS (MEX).
Quarters: 1-2, 4-1, 3-1, 1-3
Teams:
SLOVAKIA: Michal GOGOLA, Peter NEDBAL,
Juraj ZATOVIC (2), Josef HROSIK (1), Lukas SEMAN (1), Alexander NAGY, Martin PALASCAK,
Karol BACO (2), Andrej JANICEK, Martin MRAVIK (1), Michal KRATOCHVIL (1), Thomas
BRUDER (1), Michal HRUSKA. Head Coach:
Ante NAKIC.
FYROM: Dalibor PERCINIC, Risto MAGKOVIC,
Ivan VUKSANOVIC (1), Goran KRSTONOSIC, Hebojsa MILIC, Saso POPOVSKI, Marko MICIC
(1), Vladimir KRECKOVIC (2), Dusan KRSTIC (1), Marko BASIC (1), Dimitah DIMOVSKI,
Danijel BENIC (1), Milos UROSEVIC. Head Coach:
Alexandar KRSTONOSIC.
Match report:
Slovakia finished seventh in a position that was probably the highest it could realistically
go in this tournament. MKD held the quarter-time lead but soon after the restart
Slovakia drew level through Mravic on counter. It took a further four minutes for
Slovakia to take the lead for the first time only to see Benic score from centre
forward for 3-3. Bruder scored a screamer from the top and Semen received an offload
from Hrosik to score on extra, 22 seconds from time for a two-goal lead at halftime.
Hrosik opened the half but Micic responded from the top. Baco countered at 0:50
and Kratochvil had the better of a goalmouth melee to score on the hooter to send
Slovakia four clear. Slovakia narrowed that to two before Zatovic returned Slovakia
to the clear zone. MKD took two timeouts and Slovakia one but only MKD gained any
reward, six seconds after the exclusion period was over via Kreckovic from about
five metres. MKD's final attack saw the ball go wide. Slovakia took a timeout but
coach Nakic did not realise there was only three seconds left and told his boys
to play as they like with a two-goal margin, which they did to win.
Russell McKinnon / FINA Press
Game 42: 16:00, Sunday, March 9
CLASSIFICATION 5-6
RUSSIA 9 ROMANIA 10
Referees: Decio PATTELI (BRA), Fillipo GOMEZ (ITA).
Quarters: 2-1, 2-2, 2-4, 3-3
Teams:
RUSSIA: Seman DAVITASHVILI, Sergey
LISUNOV, Sergey EVSTIGNEEV (1), Evgeny FINAEV (1), Roman BALASHOV, Alexander ERYSHOV
(3), Pavel KHALTURIN (2), Dmitry STRATAN, Andrey REKECHINSKIY (1), Marat ZAKIROV,
Sergey GARBUZOV, Irek ZINNUROV (1), Dmitry DUDKIN.
Head Coach: Boris POPOV.
ROMANIA: Bertina NENCIU, Cosmin
RADU (2), Tiberiu NEGREAN (1), Florin BONCA (1), Andrei IOSEP, Andrei BUSILA (1),
Gheorghe DUNCA (1), Ramiro GEORGESCU (3), Edward ANDREI-DINA (1), George GEORGESCU,
Cosmin BAIDOC, Kalman KADAR, Robert DINU. Head
Coach: Vlad HAGIU.
Match report:
A harrowing final few minutes saw Romania come through with the victory for fifth
place. Two goals were scored where the goalkeepers dragged the ball back into goal
and Russia finished without its goalkeeper. Russia shot out of the blocks with two
early goals but just after Zinnurov converted extra, Radu did the same at the other
end - just 21 seconds apart. Negrean scored on extra several minutes into the second
quarter. Busila had to level four minutes later after Rekechinskiy scored on extra
from right in front of the goal. Evstigneev gave Russia the halftime lead. Romania
had the better of the third period with Ramiro Georgescu, who plays for Oradea,
scored from the top on extra. Dunca backhanded a goal for a 5-4 lead. Eryshov and
Bonca traded goals with the latter from nine metres bouncing off the right upright
and rebounding into goal off the goalkeeper. Finaev, a relative newcomer to the
Russian team and possessing a huge shot, scored on extra but Romanian captain Andrei
Dina sent in a rocket off the right-hand-catch position. For the lead at three-quarter
time. Khalturin converted a penalty at 5:30 in the fourth period. He had to level
the game for the second time in the period after Ramiro Georgescu shot from the
top. Khalturin swam down the right to score his counter-attack goal for 8-8 at 4:11.
Romania took a timeout but no goal eventuated. Romania regained the ball and earned
a penalty foul. Iosep elected to shot off the water but when he went to pick up
the ball it squeezed out of his hand. He blamed a nearby Russian for kicking the
ball from his hand and from upstairs that's what it looked like. Sorry, said the
referee. When the penalty occurred, Russian coach Popov clapped the referee and
immediately gained the red card. Russia had a timeout when Ramiro Georgescu was
ejected but no goal came as the shot was deflected high. At 1:15 Romania had a shot
but the ball was stopped short of the line. However, Davitashvili inexplicably dragged
the ball behind him in the goal and the goal judge called the goal. Davitshvili
had a mind explosion, chucked the ball on to the water toward the referee and was
suspended from the game. Ramiro Georgescu was awarded the goal. Romania had a timeout
but no goal. Russia had a shot and just like at the other end, and as if Nenciu
didn't want to be left out of the scoring, he dragged the ball into goal for 9-9
and it was awarded to Eryshov. With 10 seconds remaining, Russia's Khalturin was
excluded and the extra-man play was set up and predictably it went to Radu who scored
with only three seconds left on the clock. Russia's final shot was stopped by Nenciu.
Russell McKinnon / FINA Press
Game 43: 17:00, Sunday, March 9
CLASSIFICATION 3-4
GREECE 13 CANADA 4
Referees: Radu MATACHE (ROU), Luka VULETIC (CRO).
Quarters: 2-1, 5-1, 4-1, 2-1
Teams:
GREECE: Nikolaos DELIGIANNIS, Anastasios
SCHIZAS, Dimitrios MAZIS (1), Konstantinos KOKKINAKIS, Ioannis THOMAKOS (1), Argyris
THEODOROPOULOS (1), Christos AFROUDAKIS (2), Georgios NTOSKAS (3), Georgios AFROUDAKIS
(2), Dimitriy MITELOUDIS, Matthaios VOULGARAKIS (1), Emmanouil MYLONAKIS (2), Georgios
REPPAS. Head Coach: Alessandro CAMPAGNA.
CANADA: Robin RANDALL, Constantine
KUDABA, Devon DIGGLE, Kevin MITCHELL, Justin BOYD, Thomas MARKS, Brandon JUNG, Kevin
GRAHAM (3), Aaron FELTHAM (1), Sasa PALAMAREVIC, Jean SAYEGH, Nathaniel MILLER,
Nicholas YOUNGBLUD. Head Coach:
Dragan JOVANOVIC.
Match report:
Greece easily romped into third place thanks to a 5-1 second quarter that led to
a comfortable win. Canada actually started the scoring through Graham but Thomakos
responded quickly and Mylonakis scored at 3:16 for the total scoring of the period.
Then came the tsunami as Greece surfed into Canada's cage five times with four Afroudakis
goals, a pair to each brother. A Canadian timeout was ineffective in the scoring
department but Feltham did gain a 10-metre shot just before halftime. Voulgarakis
on extra and Mazis on counter Graham grabbed Canada's third goal from five metres
on left-hand catch at 4:08. The scoring pace slowed as Greece took a timeout at
2:07 and Ntoskas drilled from the top for 10-3. Theodoropoulos scored on extra to
close the period. No goal came in the last until Mylonakis lobbed Randall from well
out at 1:21. A minute earlier the Canadian assistant coach who was standing in for
Jovanovic who has left the country, was given a yellow card. Graham scored his third
goal, a penalty while Ntoskas gained his third on a quick extra-man goal.
Russell McKinnon / FINA Press
Game 44: 19:00, Sunday, March 9
CLASSIFICATION 1-2
ITALY 9 GERMANY 10 in extra time
Referees: Aaron CHANEY (USA), Doriel TERPENKA (CAN).
Quarters: 2-3, 1-2, 4-1, 1-2, 1-1, 0-1
Teams:
ITALY: Stefano TEMPESTI, Francesco
POSTIGLIONE, Leonardo BINCHI, Fabrizio BUONOCORE, Luigi DI COSTANZO, Maurizio FELUGO
(1), Andrea MANGIANTE (1), Alberto ANGELINI (4), Fabio BENCIVENGA (1), Alessandro
CALCATERRA (2), Leonardo SOLTANI, Federico MISTRANGELO, Fabio VIOLETTI.
Head Coach: Paolo MALARA.
GERMANY: Alexander TCHIGIR, Florian
NAROSKA, Timo PURSCHKE, Marko SAVIC, Steffen DIEROLF, Mark POLITZE (3), Heiko NOSSEK
(3), Thomas SCHERTWITIS (3), Tobias KREUZMANN (1), Moritz OELER, Andreas SCHLOTTERBECK,
Soren MACKEBEN, Michael ZELLMER. Head Coach:
Hagen STAMM.
Match report:
In a a match that had its fair share of controversy, Germany scored a rare tournament
victory but upsetting Italy in extra time after the game was level at 8-8 by full
time. Big Schertwitis, who played a huge part in the match, used his massive muscle
power to backhand a slider into goal in the first 23 seconds, showing what Germany
intended to do in this match. Angelini scored twice inside a minute, the first with
a long lob on extra. Nossek replied on extra and Politze buried a goal on counter
for leas the first quarter by a goal. Politze jammed in another from the top on
the first attack of the second period. A German timeout came to nought but soon
after Kreuzmann scored on extra for 5-2. Calcaterra gained an extra-man goal, receiving
the first pass, turning and shooting from two metres to close the first half. Italy
was using second goalkeeper Violetti and Bencivenga was sitting on the bench. The
third period was all Italy with Calcaterra scoring after sliding to the post and
Angelini and Mangiante scoring on extra. Felugo sent in a missile while heavily
guarded at the end of possession time from about eight metres. Nossek concluded
the scoring with a solo goal for Germany at 0:06 to be behind 7-6. The equalising
goal came from Schertwitis at centre forward when he drifted out, turned and lobbed
a stranded Violetti at 6:43. Angelini brought his tally to four sending in a snap
shot on extra at 6:09. An Italian timeout saw no change in the score and it wasn't
until 0:52 that Schertwitis levelled the game from centre forward. Germany went
to a timeout and with three seconds left Schertwitis scored the apparent winner
when he gained a minor foul and the defender thought it was a major and started
to leave the pool. The pass went into Schertwitis and he scores. The goal was awarded,
Italy complained and the referees conferred and decided to replay the last six seconds.
No goal came in three seconds, Italy went to a timeout and had the ball turned over
immediately. Both teams approached the bench, one more irate than the other. Apparently
the goal was disallowed because the free throw was taken closer than where the foul
occurred and passed to Schertwitis. The game went to extra time. Nossek scored on
the first attack on extra, into the side of the goal where Violetti was not guarding.
Surprisingly, he had only his left arm up. Bencivenga replied with a nifty hole-man
goal, flicking the ball up in his left hand and sweeping the ball around with his
right at 1:58. Politze scored from the top at 2:23 and Germany was 10-9 ahead. Germany
had a timeout at 1:00 but lost the ball on the move and Italy took its timeout at
0:35. But the air ball to Calcaterra was swatted away by Politze. Germany even countered
and nearly scored but it had first place sewn up.
Russell McKinnon / FINA Press
