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The quarterfinals have marked the beginning of the playoff stage, and, as experts put it, this is when the real Women’s European U-19 Water Polo Championship started.

Today’s games determined the leaders of two groups that will advance straight to the semifinals. All other contenders of the medals will have to pass an additional quarterfinal test.

In Group A, the Hungarian national team retained their leading position beating the Netherlands 7-6 (1-1, 3-3, 3-2, 0-0).

The second day of the Women’s European U-19 Water Polo Championship was marked with the first serious “battles of titans”. Team Spain challenged Team Hungary in a Round Robin match. This game might be a highlight of the final day of the Championship – so good are both teams. The opponents are similar in style of play, and they kept the fans awake turning this group stage match into a heart-pounding thriller with an outcome unpredictable until the very last seconds. For all that, the Hungarians turned out to be hungrier for a win.

In the first game of Group A at Women’s European U-19 Water Polo Championship, Team Netherlands tested their French opponents. Nowadays Dutch water polo players don’t look so invincible as in the late 1990’s, still even having some complications, representatives of the “country of tulips” are able to fight down their French competitors. Five Dutch goals in a row during the first period surely testify the difference of prowess of 2 teams.