Spain, Russia win on penalties - Istanbul day 7

© Alexander Kothe

The Atakoy swimming pool in Istanbul witnessed some thrilling matches on Friday as the quarter-finals of the 2014 men's world youth championships unfolded. Two of four encounters were tied after regulation and thuis needed a shoot-out to determine the winner. In the first two match-ups Spain edged Montenegro via penalties 3-5 and a 12-14 final score, followed by Russia who held their nerves in an 11-goal shoot-out series before topping Croatia 12-11. The third and fourth quarter-final saw different outcomes as Serbia confirmed their title-favorite status by dominating Italy 13-3 while Hungary also in convincing fashion got past hosts Turkey 10-4. In the early session matches, all played in the indoor pool of Turkish national champion Galatasaray, the teams out of medal contention made their first step towards their final ranking in this year's 18 & under world championships. South Africa started of well by beating Peru 7-10 in the opening match on Friday and will now meet Iran on Saturday after the Irani topped New Zealand who stormed back in the final quarter of regulation to tie the game but eventually had to settle or the 16-17 shoot-out defeat. Also victorious were Kazakhstan who held off Argentina 8-7 in another close encounter now facing Brazil who edged Egypt 11-13. Finally Canada held on to finish 9th as they topped Japan 11-10 thanks to a winning goal with just 0.25 on the clock. Australia gained a sensational victory over USA 7-8. In a late surge the Aussies scored thrice in the fourth quarter while keeping a clean sheet as they stormed back from trailing 7-5 to win 7-8 now playing Canada on Saturday.

2nd FINA World Men's Youth Championships
Age 18 & under

Ataköy Sutopu Federasyonu Olimpik Yuzme Havuzu
Istanbul, Turkey

2-10 August

Schedule and results

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

10.00: Peru (L41) vs. South Africa (L42) 7-10 (1-2, 1-1, 2-2, 3-5) - game 49 (played in Galatasaray Swimming Pool)
11.30: Kazakhstan (W41) vs. Argentina (W42) 8-7 (1-1, 2-2, 3-2, 2-2) - game 50 (played in Galatasaray Swimming Pool)
13.00: New Zealand (L43) vs. Iran (L44) 16-17 (2-4, 0-2, 3-3, 4-0; penalties: 7-8) - game 51 (played in Galatasaray Swimming Pool)
14.30: Egypt (W43) vs. Brazil (W44) 11-13 (3-2, 2-6, 2-2, 4-3) - game 52 (played in Galatasaray Swimming Pool)
16.00: Canada (L45) vs. Japan (L46) 11-10 (3-2, 2-1, 1-3, 5-4)  - game 53 (played in Galatasaray Swimming Pool)
17.30: USA (L47) vs. Australia (L48) 7-8 (1-1, 4-3, 2-1, 0-3) - game 54 (played in Galatasaray Swimming Pool)

16.00: Montenegro (1B) vs. Spain (W45) 12-14 (1-2, 2-1, 3-3, 3-3; penalties: 3-5) - game 56
17.20: Russia (1C) vs. Croatia (W47) 12-11 (3-1, 1-3, 1-1, 1-1; penalties: 6-5) - game 57
18.40: Serbia (1D) vs. Italy (W48) 13-3 (2-1, 4-0, 2-1, 5-1) - game 58
20.00: Hungary (1A) vs. Turkey (W46) 10-4 (2-1, 4-1, 1-1, 3-1) - game 55





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

10.00: Peru (L49) vs. New Zealand (L51) - game 59 (to be played in Galatasaray Swimming Pool)
11.30: South Africa (W49) vs. Iran (W51) - game 60 (to be played in Galatasaray Swimming Pool)
13.00: Argentina (L50) vs. Egypt (L52) - game 61 (to be played in Galatasaray Swimming Pool)

09.00: Kazakhstan (W50) vs. Brazil (W52) - game 62
10.20: Japan (L53) vs. USA (L54) - game 63
11.40: Canada (W53) vs. Australia (W54) - game 64
13.00: Turkey (L55) vs. Croatia (L57) - game 65
16.00: Montenegro (L56) vs. Italy (L58) - game 66

17.20: Hungary (W55) vs. Russia (W57) - game 67
18.40: Spain (W56) vs. Serbia (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)