Water Polo: Australia and Serbia in quarterfinals

Australia survived a penalty shootout against Montenegro 13-11 to be the first second-round team to make Tuesday’s quarterfinals on the fourth day of the FINA World Championships men’s water polo tournament at the Nambu University Grounds in Gwangju.

Day 4 Men’s Water Polo: Australia shoots out Montenegro Source: zwemza.com

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Greece was next across the line with an 11-9 margin over United States of America after the match was tied at one, four, six, seven and eight by the final break.Greece held it together, going 10-8 ahead and on to the win, gaining a clash with Italy in the quarters.

Spain had to play relentlessly to shake Japan off its back at halftime, winning the second half 10-3 to advance to a matchup with Olympic champion Serbia. Spain won 15-9 and Japan suffered through a bleeding nose of Keigo Okawa, which made a difference to the attack. Japan will face Montenegro in the round 9-12.

Germany grasped the final berth and a clash with world champion Croatia, thanks to a 25-5 march over South Africa with Luuk Gielen netting a game-high six goals.

In the round 13-16 semifinals, Kazakhstan blitzed host nation Korea 17-4 with Miras Aubakirov netting four. Brazil fought off New Zealand 12-8 and will now meet Kazakhstan for the classification 12-13 and Korea and New Zealand will play for 15^th.