A gallant Australian men's water polo team will play for bronze after going down 12-5 to tournament favourites Serbia in their semi final at the 13th FINA World League Super Finals in Dubai.
The Aussie Sharks will take on another European superpower, Montenegro, who lost the other semi-final to Hungary, 10-8, in a result that was almost a carbon copy of last year's world championship gold medal game.
The Serbs went into the match undefeated this week and shooting for a record fifth consecutive world league crown.
They have had the wood on Australia in recent years, scoring 10-7 and 13-7 wins over the Sharks at the 2013 World Championships and more famously coming from three goals down at halftime to heartbreakingly overrun the Australians 11-8 in the quarter-finals at the 2012 Olympic Games.
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