A great achievement for the Israeli women's water polo team, who advanced today (Saturday) to the quarter-finals of the European Championship being held in Croatia, after beating Serbia 4:15 in the last match of the group stage.
For the Blue and Whites who appear for the third time in a row in the best continental competition, this is the best achievement of a mature ball team, since Israel's men's basketball team advanced to the quarter-finals of the European Championship in Sweden, then eventually finished in seventh place overall.
Israel, led by Dimitris Mabrotas, ran at the start of the first quarter, which they closed at 0:5, including a goal by Alma Jacobi who is celebrating her 18th birthday today, while the second quarter was a little less good and in the end the half was signed at 2:8.
In the second half, Israel continued to score goals and on the other hand did not let the Serbians narrow the gap too much, even when they had a numerical advantage with suspensions, until in the end the great victory arrived and a ticket to the next stage.
Scorers for Israel:
Veronika Korodonskaya (4), Maria Bogachenko (3), Alma Jacobi (2), Shonit Strogo (2), Noa Sasover, Nofer Hochberg, Der Mankerman, and Lior Ben David.
Semi-finals on Monday
As mentioned, following the victory, Israel secured third place in the house and promotion to the top 8 in Europe, and will meet this coming Monday (18:30), the team that will finish in second place in the first house, which will be determined by the meeting between Croatia and Greece.
The team's next goal, in addition to advancing to the semi-finals, will be to be among the top seven in the end, which will provide a historic ticket to the World Championship.
Tomorrow (20:00), the men will return to participate in the championship, when they will meet Greece in the round of 16 and try to repeat the women's achievement and advance to the last eight, all this in their debut at the European Championship.
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