The men’s final of the water polo event of the 14th National Games ended in Baoji-Guangdong team won the championship and Shaanxi team fifth
Source: Baoji Daily
Release time: 2021-09-15 15:31
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On the afternoon of September 14, the men’s finals of the water polo team of the 14th National Games in Baoji came to an end. The Guangdong team won the championship, the Shanghai team and the Hunan team won the second and third places, and the Shaanxi team won the fifth place.
At 3 pm that day, the Shaanxi team and the Zhejiang team took the lead in the 5-6 ranking match. The Shaanxi team defeated the Zhejiang team 23:7 in the single round-robin match of the A group, and once again met with a certain psychological advantage. After the start of the game, the Zhejiang team took the lead in scoring the goal, but then the Shaanxi team did not give the Zhejiang team a chance again. They kept stealing and scoring and ended the first half with a 10:1 advantage. The Shaanxi team continued to expand the score gap in the second half, and the game showed a one-sided situation. In the end, the Shaanxi team defeated the Zhejiang team 17-3 and bid farewell to the National Games with a hearty victory.
In the subsequent third and fourth place finals, the Hunan team came aggressively and scored frequently after the start of the game. The score once reached 7:1. The Guangxi team withstood the pressure and chased the score in the second quarter. At the end of the midfield, the score was caught. 5:9. But at the beginning of the third quarter, the Hunan team completely took over the game and did not give the Guangxi team more opportunities to win the game 15:10.
At 6 pm that day, the men’s water polo final of the 14th National Games officially kicked off. The competition for the championship was launched between the Guangdong team and the Shanghai team. Both teams are traditional strong teams and have won gold medals in the National Games many times. After the game began, the two teams quickly entered the state. In the second half of the second quarter, when the score reached 4:4, the Guangdong team both attacked and defended at the same time, scoring four points in a row, ending the first half with 8:4. The game entered the third quarter, and the Guangdong team, which changed sides to fight again, continued the good state of the first half, becoming more and more courageous. Facing the Guangdong team’s defense like a bronze wall and iron wall, the Shanghai team never found a good way to score. The point difference was once extended to 6 points. Although the Shanghai team got back two goals at the last moment, it was too late. 12:8 defeated the Shanghai team to win the National Games men’s water polo championship.
After the competition on that day, an award ceremony was held at the Baoji City Swimming and Diving Hall.
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