Istanbul, Turkey 2nd FINA World Men's Youth Championships Age 18 & under: Play-off phase up ahead - Istanbul day 5

© Alexander Kothe

Thanks to an 8-10 comeback win for Italy over hosts Turkey in the last match of the final group stage day of the 2014 men's world youth championships in Istanbul, the final rankings in group C were tussled on the very last moment. The Italians trailed the home side no less than 7-3 at half-time of their encounter on Wednesday before a completely different second half turned things around. Thanks to 1-3 and 0-4 runs Italy went on to win by 2 and therewith held Turkey from a possible group win and bye in the qualification round tomorrow. Now the Italians took second place behind Russia while Turkey finishes third and faces group B 2nd-ranked Japan for a spot in the quarter-finals. Italy in the next round faces Australia to qualify with the final eight. In other results on Thursday Spain secured their second spot in their group holding off USA 8-11 in the opening match, followed by close clash with Kazakhstan prevailing over Egypt 8-7. Montenegro then crushed Iran 14-0 and Japan boosted its confidence by beating Australia 7-11 to finish second in group B. Russia took the top spot in group C thanks to a solid 7-12 victory over Brazil and Serbia powered to first place in group D rolling past Canada 3-20 to stay unbeaten in the group stage. New Zealand, although out of medal contention, avoid a last place finish in that group D by convincingly topping Peru 15-6 before Italy stunned the home crowd with their 2-goal victory to close out the preliminary phase. All group winners directly qualified for the quarter-finals while the respective 2nd and 3rd ranked teams will be in action tomorrow to join them with the final eight teams of the tournament.2nd FINA World Men's Youth Championships
Age 18 & under

Gençlik Spor Ve İl Müdürlüğü Havuzu
Istanbul, Turkey

2-10 August

Schedule and results
Wednesday, 6 August:

09.00: USA vs. Spain 8-11 (2-2, 2-4, 2-2, 2-3)
10.20: Kazakhstan vs. Egypt 8-7 (1-2, 3-5, 2-0, 2-0)
11.40: Montenegro vs. Iran 14-0 (2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0)
13.00: Australia vs. Japan 7-11 (2-3, 2-2, 1-4, 2-2)
16.00: Brazil vs. Russia 7-12 (1-2, 0-4, 2-3, 4-3)
17.20: Canada vs. Serbia 3-20 (0-4, 1-6, 2-3, 0-7)
18.40: New Zealand vs. Peru 15-6
20.00: Turkey vs. Italy 8-10 (3-2, 4-1, 1-3, 0-4)





Final group standings
Group A:
1. Hungary 4 - 7 pts
2. Spain 4 - 7
3. USA 4 - 4
4. Kazakhstan 4 - 2
5. Egypt 4 - 0

Group B:

1. Montenegro 4 - 8 pts
2. Japan 4 - 6
3. Australia 4 - 4
4. Argentina 4 - 2
5. Iran 4 - 0

Group C:

1. Russia 4 - 7 pts
2. Italy 4 - 6
3. Turkey 4 - 5
4. Brazil 4 - 2
5. South Africa 4 - 0

Group D:

1. Serbia 4 - 8 pts
2. Croatia 4 - 6
3. Canada 4 - 4
4. New Zealand 4 - 2
5. Peru 4 - 0

Thursday, 7 August (qualification round):

09.00: Kazakhstan (4A) vs. Peru (5D) - game 41
10.20: Argentina (4B) vs. South Africa (5C) - game 42
11.40: Egypt (5A) vs. New Zealand (4D) - game 43
13.00: Iran (5B) vs. Brazil (4C) - game 44

16.00: Spain (2A) vs. Canada (3D) - game 45
17.20: Japan (2B) vs. Turkey (3C) - game 46
18.40: USA (3A) vs. Croatia (2D) - game 47
20.00: Australia (3B) vs. Italy (2C) - game 48

* the first placed teams in group A, group B, group C and group D have a bye.

Friday, 8 August (quarter and semi-final day):

10.00: L41 vs. L42 - game 49 (to be played in Galatasaray Swimming Pool)
11.30: W41 vs. W42 - game 50 (to be played in Galatasaray Swimming Pool)
13.00: L43 vs. L44 - game 51 (to be played in Galatasaray Swimming Pool)

10.00: W43 vs. W44 - game 52
11.20: L45 vs. L46 - game 53
12.40: L47 vs. L48 - game 54
16.00: 1A vs. W46 - game 55
17.20: 1B vs. W45 - game 56
18.40: 1C vs. W47 - game 57
20.00: 1D vs. W48 - game 58

Saturday, 9 August (semi-final and final round):

10.00: L49 vs. L51 - game 59 (to be played in Galatasaray Swimming Pool)
11.30: W49 vs. W51 - game 60 (to be played in Galatasaray Swimming Pool)
13.00: L50 vs. L52 - game 61 (to be played in Galatasaray Swimming Pool)

09.00: W50 vs. W52 - game 62
10.20: L53 vs. L54 - game 63
11.40: W53 vs. W54 - game 64
13.00: L55 vs. L57 - game 65
16.00: L56 vs. L58 - game 66
17.20: W55 vs. W57 - game 67
18.40: W56 vs. W58 - game 68

Sunday 10 August (final round):

10.30: L65 vs. L66
12.00: W65 vs. W66
18.00: L67 vs. L68 (3rd/4th place)
19.30: W67 vs. W68 (1st/2nd place)

Previous results

Saturday, 2 August:

09.00: Hungary vs. USA 13-8 (3-4, 1-2, 3-0, 6-2)
10.20: Spain vs. Egypt 22-6 (7-1, 5-0, 5-3, 5-2)
11.40: Argentina vs. Montenegro 3-17 (0-6, 0-3, 0-4, 3-4)
13.00: Iran vs. Japan 3-12 (0-3, 2-4, 1-2, 0-3)
15.30: Italy vs. Russia 7-9 (2-2, 2-3, 1-2, 2-2)
16.50: Croatia vs. Canada 12-7 (3-2, 4-1, 3-2, 2-2)
18.10: Serbia vs. Peru 31-1 (6-0, 7-0, 8-1, 11-0)
20.30: South Africa vs. Turkey 6-14 (0-1, 1-5, 2-4, 3-4)

Sunday, 3 August:

09.00: Japan vs. Argentina 16-8 (2-2, 4-2, 6-3, 4-1)
10.20: Australia vs. Iran 13-1 (3-0, 1-0, 6-1, 3-0)
11.40: Russia vs. South Africa 11-4 (2-0, 6-1, 2-1, 1-2)
13.00: Brazil vs. Italy 8-9 (0-3, 3-2, 2-0, 3-4)
16.00: Peru vs. Croatia 2-21 (0-5, 0-5, 2-6, 0-5)
17.20: New Zealand vs. Serbia 8-18 (2-5, 2-6, 1-6, 3-1)
18.40: Egypt vs. Hungary 5-21 (2-5, 0-5, 1-2, 2-9)
20.00: Kazakhstan vs. Spain 3-20 (1-4, 2-5, 0-5, 0-6)

Monday, 4 August:

09.00: South Africa vs. Brazil 4-15 (0-6, 1-2, 2-4, 1-3)
10.20: Canada vs. Peru 18-6 (4-0, 3-1, 7-3, 4-2)
11.40: Croatia vs. New Zealand 11-8 (4-2, 0-3, 3-2, 4-1)
13.00: USA vs. Egypt 12-8 (4-1, 2-1, 4-2, 2-4)
16.00: Hungary vs. Kazakhstan 24-2 (3-0, 9-0, 8-1, 4-1)
17.20: Montenegro vs. Japan 14-10 (2-3, 6-5, 3-0, 3-2)
18.40: Argentina vs. Australia 3-17 (2-5, 0-2, 0-6, 1-4)
20.00: Turkey vs. Russia 8-8 (4-2, 2-1, 0-2, 2-3)

Tuesday, 5 August:

09.00: New Zealand vs. Canada 6-9 (1-0, 1-5, 4-2, 0-2)
10.20: Serbia vs. Croatia 11-9 (3-4, 2-2, 3-2, 3-1)
11.40: Kazakhstan vs. USA 3-18 (2-1, 0-6, 0-5, 1-6)
13.00: Spain vs. Hungary 6-6 (1-1, 1-3, 3-0, 1-2)
16.00: Australia vs. Montenegro 4-8 (2-1, 1-2, 0-3, 1-2)
17.20: Iran vs. Argentina 9-10 (1-2, 3-4, 3-3, 2-1)
18.40: Italy vs. South Africa 17-1 (4-0, 4-0, 4-1, 5-0)
20.00: Brazil vs. Turkey 16-19 (3-5, 5-5, 3-4, 5-5)