The Spanish national team suffered against the French national team and will face the Hungarians in the World Cup semi-finals
The Spanish champions will be the Hungarian opponent in the men’s water polo semi-finals at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Fukuoka.
In the quarter-finals on Tuesday, the French, who played among the eight, caused an unexpected headache for the Spaniards for the first time in their history, and took the lead with two more goals before the end of the match with three and a half minutes, thanks to Hugo Fontane, who defended in a conscious manner.
However, the Spaniards managed to turn things around, albeit with difficulty, making it to the top four, where they will compete with the Zsolt Varga team for the final and the Olympic quota, where the first two teams from the World Championships will qualify for the Paris Games.
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results:
Men’s Water Polo Championship, Quarter-finals:
Spain-France 7-6 (1-2, 1-2, 2-1, 3-1)
previously:
Hungary-US 13-12 (4-4, 3-1, 3-2, 2-5)
Serbia-Italy 15-14 (3-3, 2-2, 4-4, 2-2, 4-3) – by 5 meters
Greece-Montenegro 10-9 (2-1, 4-3, 1-3, 3-2)
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)
Additional programme: Thursday:
Eleventh place: Canada – Japan 2.00
Ninth place: Croatia – Australia, 3.30 pm
5-8 for the place:
Montenegro – Italy 7.00 am
United States and France 8,30,0000
Semi-finals:
Greece – Serbia 10.00.0000
Hungary – Spain 11.30 am
