First victory, with an upset, for our National Team, 16-10 Germany

On Monday afternoon (2/9), our national team achieved its first victory in Group B of the European Youth Water Polo Championship (U19), in Burgas, Bulgaria, as it prevailed with 16- 10 against Germany.

Our representative group may not have started the match well, finding themselves 6-3 down in the first eight minutes, but then with a stunning 9-0 run they went ahead 12-6 and comfortably reached the last 16 -10.

Our big star and top scorer was Semir Spahic with 7 goals.

Greece will face Italy in their third Group game on Tuesday (3/9) at 14:15, aiming to finish in one of the top two positions in order to qualify directly for the last 8.

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GREECE - GERMANY 16-10

Eight minutes: 3-6, 6-0, 3-1, 4-3.

GREECE (Ilias Machiras): Partsoglou, Lykoudis 2, Nicolaidis G. 2, Georgaras 2, Tottis, Laskaridis 1, Konstantopoulos, Bitsakos 1, Karatzas 1, Kandanoleon, Spahits 7, Saleh, Levantis .

Germany's goals were scored by: Hoffmann 3, Klafke 3, Simic 1, Janke 1, Jaske 1, Bruns 1.

KOE Press Office: Yannis Korakis