The Malta Waterpolo Team under Coach Karl Izzo are in their third win out of five games, then drew their fourth vs Israel and placed second in the European Water Polo Championship qualifyer for 2014, in Odense Denmark.

European Water Polo Championships 2014
Qualification Round 1 – Group C – Odense, Denmark

Latest Match 6th April, 2013

Malta 24 Bulgaria 7

6-2, 7-1, 6-2, 5-2

Scorers:

Stevie Camilleri 6, Matthew Zammit 5, Niki Lanzon 3, John Brownrigg 3, Michele Stellini 2, Timmy Sullivan, Sean Gravina, Peter Borg, Mark Meli, Jordan Camilleri.

Malta obtained one of its best ever international results in its history scoring no less than 24 times against a team that used to be a considerable power in European Water Polo. In this 3^rd victory from 4 games, the result was never in doubt after the initial 4 minutes.  Coach Karl Izzo used all the players at his disposal in this match, giving his first 7 periods of rest following yesterday’s gruelling matches against Russia and Denmark.  The runner-up position is the group is now a real possibility with only 1 match remaining – tomorrow morning at 09:00 against Israel.

Full results to date:

Thursday April 4, 2013
15.00: Bulgaria vs. Israel 6-17
17.00: Malta vs. Portugal 16-8
19.00: Denmark vs. Russia 4-22

Friday April 5, 2013
08.30: Israel vs. Portugal 6-9
10.30: Denmark vs. Bulgaria 19-11
12.30: Russia vs. Malta 20-8

16.00: Bulgaria vs. Portugal 7-18
18.00: Israel vs. Russia 5-23
20.00: Denmark vs. Malta 10-11

Saturday April 6, 2014
16.00: Malta vs. Bulgaria 24 -7
18.00: Portugal vs. Russia
20.00: Denmark vs. Israel

Sunday April 7, 2014
09.00: Malta vs. Israel 6-6
11.00: Russia vs. Bulgaria
13.00: Denmark vs. Portugal

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