A week after the girls’ win in Szentes, the Hungarian boys also made it to the top at the European U15 Water Polo Championships in Loule (POR). The Magyars are also 2/2 in this event as they had won the inaugural edition two years ago as well. Now they beat Spain with ease in the final, 10-5, while Greece clinched the bronze by defeating Croatia.
Among the youngest ones, Hungary made
a double in two weeks: after the girls had downed the Russians 7-6 a week ago,
now the boys enjoyed a fine tournament by winning each of their matches.
En route to the final, their toughest
encounter was their semi-final against Greece where they stormed to a 4-0 lead
in eight minutes but the Greeks, who had bested Italy in the QF, came back to
11-10 in the fourth – however, the Magyars had the last laugh (12-10). In the
quarters their task was easier than expected since they faced Turkey which
caused the biggest upset by ousting Montenegro in a shootout in the crossovers.
In the other end of the draw Spain
came on a rocky road, first they edged out Serbia 9-8 and managed to take the
upper hand against Croatia 10-8. The Croats then went down against the Greeks
in the bronze medal match 11-7.
The final was a lop-sided contest,
after a balanced first period the Hungarians staged a 4-0 surge to go 7-3 ahead
and the Spaniards could never recover from that. After 3-3, the Hungarians kept
the Spanish on a single goal for 23:01 minutes and went 9-4 up during that
phase to secure a second title after winning the initial event in Burgas (BUL)
two years ago.
More LEN age-group events are due
this summer and in the autumn: the European Junior Open Water Swimming
Championships are to be held in Paris on 22-25 July, while in Water Polo the
junior Europeans for the women are scheduled for 22-28 August in Sibenik (CRO).
The men will play on 12-19 September
in Malta, and a youth artistic swimming Europeans are to be staged in Rijeka
(CRO) on 9-12 September.
Final rankings: 1. Hungary, 2. Spain,
3. Greece, 4. Croatia, 5. Russia, 6. Italy, 7. Serbia, 8. Turkey, 9.
Montenegro, 10. Romania, 11. Poland, 12. Portugal, 13. Malta, 14. France, 15.
Georgia
For detailed results, visit
http://len.microplustiming.com/lenu15wpc2021/index_web.php?cal=1
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