In prima zi a turneului de la Rotterdam doar Croatia a reusit, in grupa B, o victorie clara 16-6 in fata Romaniei. Celelalte doua confruntari din serie au fost mult mai echilibrate, fiind castigate la limita de Olanda si Rusia, in fata Germaniei (11-10), respectiv Frantei (13-12).
In grupa A, Grecia a suferit in meciul cu Georgia dar s-a impus cu 11-10 iar Canada lui Pino Porzio a dispus de Brazilia cu 11 la 7.
Turneul preolimpic de la Rotterdam
Rezultatele din prima zi
Grupa A
GEORGIA-GRECIA 10-11 (2-3, 3-5, 5-2, 0-1)
GEORGIA: Razmadze, Kavtaradze, Dadvani 1, Imnaishvili, Bitadze, Jelaca, Jakhaia, Shushiashvili 1, Elez 4 (1 pen.), Magrakvelidze, Baraldi 2, Vapenski 2, Shubladze. Antrenor: Stanojevic
GRECIA: Zerdevas, Genidounias, Skoumpakis 1, Kapotsis, Fountoulis 5 (1 pen.), Papanastasiou 1, Dervisis, Argyropoulos 1, Mourikis 1, Kolomvos 1, Gkiouvetsis, Vlachopoulos 1, Galanidis. Antrenor: Vlachos
Arbitri: Zwart (Ned) si Ohme (Ger)
Superioritati numerice: Georgia 4/13 si Grecia 3/13.
Penalty-uri: Georgia 1/1 si Grecia 1/1
CANADA-BRAZILIA 11-7 (4-3, 1-1, 3-2, 3-1)
Canada: Radenovic, Patterson 1, Djerkovic, Constantin-Bicari 2, M. Spooner, Torakis 2, Cote 2, S. Spooner 2, Gardijan 2, Soleimanipak, Schapowal, D’Souza, Reiher. Antrenor: P. Porzio
BRAZILIA: Soro, Pedroso, Da Silva, Coutinho, Freitas 1, B. Gomes 1, Real 2, G. Gomes 1, Rocha, Franco 1, Grummy 1, R. Guimaraes, Joao Pedro. Antrenor: Avallone
Arbitri: Voevodin (Rus) si Dervieux (Fra)
Superioritati numerice: Canada 5/14 si Brazilia 3/8
CLASAMENT: Grecia 2 (1 partida), Canada 2 (1), Muntenegru 0 (0), Brazilia 0 (1), Georgia 0 (1).
Grupa B
OLANDA-GERMANIA 11-10 (5-2, 3-2, 2-2, 1-4)
Olanda: Wagenaar, Veenhuis 3, Winkelhorst 1, Wolswinkel, Van Ijperen, Lindhout, Gbadamassi, Nispeling 1, Muller 4, Janssen, Koopman, Lucas 2, De Koff. Antrenor: Van der Meer
Germania: Schenkel, Bozic, Van der Bosch, Real 3, Schulz, Jüngling, Strelezkij 2, Gielen 1, M. Stamm 2, Mat. Cuk, Restovic, Schütze 2, Thom. Antrenor: H. Stamm
Arbitri: Buch (Esp) si Goldenberg (Usa)
Superioritati numerice: Olanda 5/7 si Germania 2/10.
Penalty-uri: Germania 0/1
CROATIA-ROMANIA 16-6 (5-1, 3-1, 4-2, 4-2)
FRANTA-RUSIA 12-13 (2-3, 2-4, 5-3, 3-3)
Franta: Garsau, Bouet, Marion-Vernoux 1, Missy, Khasz 1, Vernoux 2, Crousillat 5, Babic, Marzouki 3, Canonne, Vanpeperstraete, Caumette, Dubois. Antrenor: Vukanic
Rusia: Ivanov, Suchkov 2, Kiselev, Dereviankin, Ashaev, Kharkov 3, Merkulov, Nagaev 4, Pronin, Kholod 1, Lisunov 1, Shepelev, Kostrov. Antrenor: Evstigneev
Arbitri: Margeta (Slo) si Ivanovski (Mne)
Superioritati numerice: Franta 7/10 si Rusia 7/9.
Penalty-uri: Franta: 1/1
CLASAMENT: Croatia 2, Rusia 2, Olanda 2, Germania 0, Franta 0, Romania 0.
