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Game 9: Japan (JPN) vs Greece (GRE) on 8/18/2007
By Greg Mescall

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Rating:

Final Score:

Greece 17 Japan 6

Officials:

Sungu, Taborad

Delegates:

Tan

Scoring:

Greece: 17

Japan: 6

Player

Goals

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Player

Goals

Saves

Papadogkonas

N. Doshita

Gounas

Simizu

Miralis

Yanase

Tzamantakis

M. Someya

Tsakirakis

M. So

Kolomvus

Tanamura

Moukikis

Fountooulis

Beristianos

Varoaramatos

Flegkas

Japan was no match for Greece in the first game for both teams at the 2007 FINA Junior World Championships. Japan fell by a count of 17-6 in the last game of the morning session of Cal State Long Beach. Greece opened the game with three straight goals to take a 3-0 lead after the first quarter. In the second Japan got on the board with two goals but at halftime it was still a Greece lead of 7-2. In the second half Greece pulled away building a 12-4 lead after the third period and then tacking on five more goals in the fourth to end winners at 17-6.

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Country:

Greece - "It was the first match in a big competition, and alot of stress which is common. I hope to do this in other matches, we tried to play the whole team because in nine days we play nine strong matches." -- Panagiotis Troulos

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