FINA Aquatics 2017, 12th day – Hungary, Greece, Serbia and Croatia went to the semi-finals, world records in Budapest

The Hungarian men’s national team are through to the last four of the 2017 World Championship after they put in a masterful performance to outclass Russia 14-5. Tamás Märcz’s water polo team now face Greece in the semi-finals on Thursday. Lilly King of the United States won the women’s 100-metre breaststroke event with a new world record of 1:04.13. Jiayu Xu of China won the men’s 100-metre backstroke event. Kylie Jacqueline Masse of Canada won the women’s 100-metre backstroke event with a new world record of 58.10 seconds in Budapest. Adam Peaty of Great Britain set a new world record in men’s 50-metre breaststroke. Katie Ledecky of the United States won the women’s 1,500-metre freestyle event. Yang Sun of China won the men’s 200-metre freestyle event in the 17th World Aquatics Championships in Budapest.

Lilly King wins women’s 100 m breaststroke with world record

Results:

1. Lilly King (USA) 1:04.13

2. Katie Meili (USA) 1:05.03

3. Yuliya Efimova (RUS) 1:05.05

Photo: MTI

Katie Meili (USA and Lilly King (USA)

Jiayu Xu wins men’s 100 m backstroke

Results:

1. Jiayu Xu (CHN) 52.44 sec

2. Matt Grevers (USA) 52.48

3. Ryan Murphy (USA) 52.59

Photo: MTI

Masse wins women’s 100 m backstroke with world record

Results:

1. Kylie Jacqueline Masse (CAN) 58.10 sec

2. Kathleen Baker (USA) 58.58

3. Emily Seebohm (AUS) 58.59

Kylie Jacqueline Masse (CAN), photo: MTI

Peaty sets second world record in men’s 50 m breaststroke in 9 hours

Adam Peaty of Great Britain set a new world record in men’s 50-metre breaststroke by clocking 25.95 seconds in a semifinal heat in the 17th World Aquatics Championships in Budapest on Wednesday.

Peaty broke his own world record of 26.10 seconds clocked this morning.

Adam Peaty of Great Britain set a new world record in men’s 50-metre breaststroke, photo: MTI

Ledecky wins women’s 1,500 m freestyle

Results:

1. Katie Ledecky (USA) 15:31.82 min

2. Mireia Belmonte (ESP) 15:50.89

3. Simona Quadarella (ITA) 15:53.86

4. Boglárka Kapás (HUN)

Photo: MTI

Boglárka Kapás (HUN), photo: MTI

Yang Sun wins men’s 200 m freestyle

Results:

1. Yang Sun (CHN) 1:44.39

2. Townley Haas (USA) 1:45.04

3. Aleksandr Krasnykh (RUS) 1:45.23

Photo: MTI

Men’s water polo – quarterfinals

The qualification matches took place in the morning, with the following results:

For the 15th place:
Canada – South Africa 9-6 (1-2, 4-1, 2-1, 2-2)

For the 13th place
France – United States 8-10 (1-0, 2-3, 3-4, 2-3)

For the 9th-12th places
Brazil -Japan 7-9 (1-3, 3-4, 1-1, 2-1)
Kazakhstan – Spain 6-18 (0-4, 1-5, 1-3, 4-6)

Quarter finals

Montenegro-Greece 7-12 (0-1, 2-5, 1-4, 4-2)
Hajós Alfréd Swimming Complex, referees: Alexandrescu (ROU), Flahive (AUS)
Montenegro: Lazovic – Drasko Brguljan 1, Petkovic 1, Draskovic, Radovic 2, Misic 1, Cuckovic. Subs.: Scepanovic (gk), Banicevic, Darko Brguljan 1, Radovic, Ukropina, Murisic 1. Head coach: Vladimir Gojkovic
Greece: Flegkas – Genidounias 1, Delakas, Fountoulis 4, Kolomvos 1, Gounas 2, Vlachopoulos 1. Subs.: Dervisis 1, Kapotsis, Pontikeas, Argyropoulos 1, Mourikis 1. Head coach: Theodorus Vlachos

Montenegro got to the quarter finals directly by winning its group. Even point saving against Canada went easily for the team. The Greeks had a much more difficult task getting into the quarter final. This training has proved to be useful.

Greece beat Spain 8-7, went down against Serbia 11-6, and they succesfully faced off Japan 14-4.

The olympic bronze medallist national team started the quarter final better. Gounas made Greece lead the game by the middle of the quarter by scoring the only goal of the first part. Angelos Vlachopoulos increased their lead, soon followed by the tricky action of Georgios Dervisis, 0-3.

After the score of 4-1, Sasa Misic scored for Montenegro, but the Greeks have proved to be much better at shooting on target, they increased their lead to five goals. Aeskasandar Radovic succesfully hit through the wall, being fuelled by anger (2-6), but the European Championship’s silver medallist couldn’t get any closer until the break.

The disappointment of the players of Montenegro may have intensified in the third quarter as after the score of 3-0, the Greeks’ lead grew up to the score of 9-2, mostly due to Ioannis Fountoulis’s incredible gameplay.

By the beginning of the fourth quarter, Montenegro faced the seven goal advance of Greece, something they couldn’t handle. The team didn’t succeed in turning the match around.

Greece got through to the semi finals!

Serbia-Australia 15-5 (4-1, 4-2, 4-2, 3-0)
Hajós Alfréd Swimming Complex, referees: Naumov (RUS), Ohme (GER)
Serbia: B. Mitrovic – V. Rasovic 1, M. Cuk 2, D. Pijetlovic 2, Aleksic 1, Filipovic 3, Prlainovic 2. Subs.: G. Pijetlovic (kapus), Mandic, Randelovic 1, Ubovic, Jaksic 1, S. Mitrovic 2. Head coach: Dejan Savic
Australia: Hrysanthos – G. Ford, Kayes 1, Gilchrist 1, Younger 1, A. Ford, Hollis. Subs.: Putt, Power 1, Edwards 1, Fannon, Brooks. Head coach: Elvis Fatovic

Without exaggeration, it would have been a world sensation if the Australian team would defeat the Olympic champion, world champion, European Champion and World League winner Serbian team, the potentially winner of the World Championships.

The Serbs have become a group leader and the Australians have suffered from the French for a comeback, after the Hungarian and Italian nationals have been defeated them easily. Of course the Brazilians were beaten for the eight, so they could face the title defender today.

The Serbs started well, 30 seconds were enough to get the first goal, by Milos Cuk, Filip Filipovic doubled the advantage, Jarrad Gilchrist could beautify not much later. At the beginning of the second quarter Dusko Pijetlovic’s goal resulted a 5-1 Serbian lead, and it was encouraging for the Fatovic team to catch to 5-3 in the second quarter after a few minutes.

After that, Serbia has initiated the rockets so Stefan Mitrovic had three more goals, made the advantage to five goals before the big break.

The Serbs demonstrated in this match – as usual – that the national team members were equally successful, at the end of the third quarter, when 12-5 were the result, and five players were on two goals.

In the end, Filipovic was the only player made 3 points, with the Serbs having won 10 in total for the quarter finals.

Hungary-Russia 14-5 (5-0, 3-1, 3-3, 3-1)
Alfréd Hajós Swimming Pool, 7300 spectators, Referees: Severo (Italian), Buch (Spanish)
Hungary: V.Nagy – Vámos 2, Hosnyánszky 4, Gór-Nagy, Dénes Varga 4, Erdélyi, Hárai 1. Replacement: Turkish, Manhercz 3, Zalánki, Á.Decker, Mezei. Head Coach: Tamás Märcz
Russia: Statsenko – Vasilyev, Merkulov, Nagaev 1, Kholod, Lisunov 1, Shepelev. Replacement: Korneev (goalkeeper), Lazarev, Dereviankin 1, Bugaychuk 2, Ashaev, Suchkov. Head Coach: Sergey Evstigneev

After winning their group the World Championship’s 6th place holder Hungarian national team earned a three-day break to prepare for tonight’s game.

The Russians did not rest, but instead they have beaten the Spaniards by some surprise for the eight. The Hungarian and the Russian national team met last time at the European Championship in Belgrade last year, ended up with 12-6 for the Hungarians.

Norbert Hosnyánszky scored the first goal of the match in advantage, at the end of the first minute (1-0). Viktor Nagy was able to defend himself in a man’s disadvantage, so the game went pretty well for the Hungarians.

The beginning of the second quarter also started with a similar scenario: Viktor Nagy defended the fifth Russian shot, while Dénes Varga scored 6-0.

Ivan Nagaev broke the goal silence from the Russian side, with a nasty goal, almost from the base line to Viktor Nagy’s goal line, quite unexpectedly. The Hungarian national team did not detract from this.

The second half started with lightning fast two Hungarian goals, so we could record in 10-1, this match will be pulled by the Hungarian national team, so after 2013 we can play again for the medal. Russia then doubled the number of goals at the end of the third quarter, but it did not endanger the sure Hungarian leadership – especially that Hosnyánszky fired again with succsess (11-4). There are not many questions left for the last quarter, the Hungarian national team win the match with confidence, so they are facing Greece in the semi-final.

22:00 – Croatia-Italy 12:9 (3 – 2, 2 – 3, 3 – 1, 4 – 3)

In the further quarter final:

27 July, Thursday:

For 11th place:
10:30 – Brazil-Kazakhstan

For 9th place:
12:00 – Spain-Japan

For 5-8th places:
13:30 – Montenegro-Russia
15:00 – Australia-Croatia/Italy

Semifinals:
20:30 – Greece-Hungary
22:00 – Serbia-Croatia/Italy

Source: MTI/FINA