Comfortable victory over Australia, 15-9, Men's National Team, will play for 5th place with Spain

The 5th place in the Paris Olympic Games will be claimed by our National Men's Water Polo team. Our representative group defeated Australia 15-9 in the first match for the 5-8 ranking group on Friday afternoon (9/8).

The Greek team, having for a while left behind the shocking elimination from the 4th place, in the match against the Serbs, found mental reserves, gave all their strength and won an emphatic and imposing victory over the "kangaroos", which confirmed - and she - that the position she deserves is higher than 5th, which she will claim in her last match in the competition, on Sunday (11/8) at 10:00 am against Spain.

The internationals, with defense as their main weapon and offensive solutions in every way, took a lead from the start and increased it until the finale. Top scorer Kostas Kakaris (photo) with 4 goals.

The variation in the match in detail HERE .

GREECE - AUSTRALIA 15-9

Eight minutes: 3-1, 3-2, 5-3, 4-3.

GREECE (Thodoris Vlachos): Zerdevas, Genidounias 1, Skoubakis 3, Kalogeropoulos, Fountoulis 2, Papanastasiou, Gillas 2, Argyropoulos - Kanakakis 2, Papanikolaou, Kakaris 4, Nikolaidis 1, Vlachopoulos, Tjortzatos .

AUSTRALIA (T. Hamill): Porter, Lambie 1, Maksimovic 2, Negus, Power 2, Edwards, Pavilliar 1, Mersep 1, Byrnes 2, Berehulak, Putt, Edwards, Henges.

Greece's opponent in the last qualifying match, on Sunday (11/8) at 10:00 am, Spain beat Italy 11-9. In the semifinals for places 1-4, Serbia defeated the USA 10-6 to advance to the grand final, where they will look to retain their title.

KOE Press Office: Giannis Korakis