Israel's women's water polo team celebrated a historic moment tonight (Wednesday), after defeating Croatia in the European Championship and securing its place in next year's World Championship in Japan for the first time.
The blues and girls celebrated the huge achievement in the water, when they left it, they continued the celebrations in the dressing room as well and already tomorrow morning, they will start preparations for the meeting against Hungary, with the aim of finishing the championship in fifth place overall.
"This is a historic moment for us, with this game we qualified for the World Championship for the first time in Israel's history," celebrated the team's coach, the Greek Dimitris Mabrotas. .
The Greek also said: "I think the result does not show the real difference between the teams, we are almost at the same level. Our defense today worked very well in this game, so I am so proud of my team. We tried to disable their best players and I think it was successful ".
The veteran player in the Shonit Strogo team said at the end: "There is no one happier than me, it's fun. We waited for this moment, and we worked hard for this moment, and how fun it is. We have one more game to come and give our best game, but right now we can celebrate a little ".
Team captain and goalkeeper Ayelet Peres added: "It was an amazing match, and we fought with all our might and now we have a ticket to the World Championship."
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