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Wednesday, August 22, 2007 @ 12:54 PM Game 55:  New Zealand (NZL) vs Serbia (SRB) on 8/22/2007 By Greg Mescall    1373 Views    Rating: Final Score: Serbia 14  New Zealand 3 Officials: Sunga, Tan Delegates: Amini 3-0, 6-1, 9-2, 14-3 Scoring: Serbia:  14 New Zealand:  3 Player Goals Saves Player Goals Saves Tomasevic 1 Wilkinson 1 Saponic 3 Sieprath 1 Basic 5 Whaitiri 1 Rackov 2 Poor 4 Mitrovic 3 Devine 3 Marinkovic 11 Zivodinvic 5 Serbia secured the top spot in Group C play as they downed New Zealand 14-3 on the final day of group play. The win puts Serbia at 4-1 while New Zealand drops to 1-4. It was tough from the start for the Kiwis as they fell into a 3-0 hole after the first quarter. In the second Serbia inflicted more damage building a 6-1 lead at intermission. The third quarter saw more of the same as New Zealand failed to rally trailing 9-2 at the end of three periods. In the fourth Serbia iced the cake with five more goals to come away winners at 14-3. New Zealand's Liu and Janssen were both rolled from the game after picking up three exclusions a piece.   Flash Quotes: Country: Serbia:  "We are very satisfied about first place in the group, it was our main goal. Now we have an easier schedule in the coming rounds. Our next goal is to be in the first four teams and we will use any possible chance to gain the highest finish in the tournament." -- Nenad Vasilovski New Zealand:  "We are disappointed we didn't get in the top 16. So we want to be the next best at 17th. Our goal is winning the rest and no more defeats. Three wins and I think it is achievable." -- Kurt Goldsworthy.

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