2024 World Aquatics Championships
After group play concluded on Friday, the boys’ round of 16 and 13-16 placement match was held on Sunday.
America and Italy continued to battle throughout the match. The United States quickly took a 2-0 lead, but the teams were tied 3-3 at the end of the first game. Italy then scored three goals and led 6-4 at the end of the second. They each scored four goals in an even third quarter, and the game was tied 10-8 with one quarter left. The Americans fought back in the final stages, scoring two goals and taking the lead in the fourth, tying the game at 10 points. Italy then scored two goals to take a 12-10 lead. Italy led 13-11 with 14 seconds left, and the Americans made one final shot to make it 13-12, but time expired.
Croatia defeated China 22-4. On this day, Croatia had a high shooting success rate, making 22 out of 26 shots. Konstantin Kharkov He led the way with 4/4 shooting.
Australia led France 3-2 at the end of the first quarter, and the teams were tied at the end of the second quarter, but France came back from there. Alexandre Bouet He led France with 4/4 shots. France won 11-8.
Romania got off to a quick start, leading Montenegro 5-3 at the end of the first quarter. Montenegro fought back in the second quarter and took a 7-6 lead. Both teams scored twice in the third. Montenegro scored the final two goals of the game as Romania finished the final six minutes scoreless. Montenegro won 12-9.
In a 13-16 match in the first classification, Brazil defeated South Africa 18-5, holding South Africa to just 11 shots. Brazil was led by Roberto Freitas The person who scored 4 goals.
In the secondary league match, 13-16, Japan defeated Kazakhstan 17-4. Kazakhstan took only seven shots in the match. It was a team effort for Japan with 10 different players scoring goals.