FINA Men's World League Intercontinental Qualification Tournament: Australia, Brazil in final

The final of the World League Super Final Interncontinental Qualification Tournament will be played between Australia and Brazil. Both won their respective semifinals on Friday with the most important feature, Super Final qualification, already under their belt. The Aussie Sharks needed a shoot-out to edge hosts USA 16-17. An early missed penalty shot attempt by USA veteran Tony Azevedo proved crucial as all other players converted their attempts to see Australia clinching their spot in the final. Joining them are 2016 Olympics hosts Brazil who held their composure a little longer than surprising oponnents China in the semifinals. A tie game saw Brazil clincing the win in its final phase as Brazil scored twice in the penultimate minute of the game clincing the final score coming off 12-12 levelled score. In other results Kazakhstan dominated Argentina 19-8 to now play for the 5th place on Saturday facing Japan who defeated a dissapointed Canada side 11-10 in the classification semifinal round on Thursday.

Monday, 30 March

Brazil vs. Australia 10-13 (3-2, 4-4, 1-5, 2-2)
Kazakhstan vs. China 10-9 (2-5, 4-3, 2-0, 2-1)
Japan vs. Argentina 14-9 (4-4, 5-1, 2-1, 3-3)
Canada vs. USA 10-9 (4-2, 3-1, 0-5, 3-1)

Tuesday, 31 March

Brazil vs. China 12-9 (3-1, 3-3, 3-3, 3-2)
Canada vs. Argentina 15-6 (4-3, 3-1, 3-0, 5-2)
Kazakhstan vs. Australia 7-13 (2-5, 1-1, 2-4, 2-3)
Japan vs. USA 6-10 (2-3, 0-1, 3-4, 1-2)

Wednesday, 1 April

Brazil vs. Kazakhstan 10-7 (1-2, 6-1, 1-2, 2-2)
Canada vs. Japan 20-10 (4-2, 4-3, 6-3, 6-2)
Australia vs. China 10-3 (4-0, 2-3, 2-0, 2-0)
USA vs. Argentina 19-8 (5-4, 5-1, 5-2, 4-1)

Thursday, 2 April

Japan (3A) vs. Brazil (2B) 8-11 (3-2, 1-4, 2-3, 2-2) - game 14
Canada (1A) vs. China (4B) 10-11 (1-6, 3-3, 3-2, 3-0) - game 15
USA (2A) vs. Kazakhstan (3B) 17-11 (4-3, 5-2, 5-2, 3-4) - game 13
Argentina (4A) vs. Australia (1B) 5-14 (1-2, 2-4, 2-3, 0-5) - game 16

Friday, 3 April

15.30: Kazakhstan (L13) vs. Argentina (L16) 19-8 (6-5, 5-2, 5-2, 3-1) - game 17
17.00: Japan (L14) vs. Canada (L15) 11-10 (4-3, 2-3, 2-2, 3-2) - game 18
18.30: USA (W13) vs. Australia (W16) 16-17 (4-3, 3-4, 2-1, 4-5; penalties: 3-4) - game 19
20.00: Brazil (W14) vs. China (W15) 14-12 (5-5, 3-1, 4-4, 2-2) - game 20

Saturday, 4 April

09.00: Argentina (L17) vs. Canada (L18) - 7th/8th place
10.30: Kazakhstan (W17) vs. Japan (W18) - 5th/6th place
12.00: USA (L19) vs. China (L20) - 3rd/4th place
13.30: Australia (W19) vs. Brazil (W20) - 1st/2nd place

N.b.: times mentioned are local time.

Top 4 qualifies for Super Final in Bergamo, Italy (23-28 June, 2015)

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