Game preview Women’s Quarter-finals, 22.00 France v Spain – Though both teams have long history at the Europeans, their roads barely crossed • each other at the championships. They met in the last two editions, before that only once, in 2001. Here are the three results, all match went to Spain: 2001: 9-5, 2014: 2016: 21-2. Their most recent match was in the LEN Europa Cup prelims, Spain won 22-5. • The winner of this quarter-final will play against the winner of QF Russia/Greece. • France won the 9-5 against Croatia and 17-6 against Croatia, and lost • ‘compulsories’: to the three’ in the group, 4-20 to the Netherlands, 5-12 to Greece and 3-11 to ‘big Italy. Spain is the only team in the tournament winning all 5 matches so far: they beat the • big rivals Hungary 13-9 and Russia 12-11, and had three huge wins over Germany 27-2, Serbia 26-2 and Turkey 32-5. France is 7th in the overall scoring list with 38 goals and also 7th in efficiency • (38/137, 27.7%). Estelle Millot is the best French scorer with 9 goals, Amandine Paillat has 7. Three • players are yet to score a goal. Spain leads the scoring race with 110 goals, they also top the efficiency ranks with • 65.9% (110 goals from 167 shots). Judith Forca and Beatriz Ortiz lead the Spanish in-house ranks with 15 goals apiece • and they are tied 4th among the tournament’s top scorers. Maica Garcia netted 14 so far. All but two players scored at least 8 goals in the tournament. France, just like in attack, also 7th on the defences’ list, conceded 54 goals from • – 163 shots. Goals: 54, missed/post: 46, blocked: 11, saved: 52. Lorene Derenty made 52 saves on 104 shots (50.0%), she is 5th among the • goalkeepers. By the number of saves, she is the No. 1. among all keepers.
Game preview Women’s Quarter-finals, 22.00 – France v Spain • Though both teams have long history at the Europeans, their roads barely crossed each other at the championships. They met in the last two editions, before that only once, in 2001. Here are the three results, all match went to Spain: 2001: 9-5, 2014: 2016: 21-2. • Their most recent match was in the LEN Europa Cup prelims, Spain won 22-5. • The winner of this quarter-final will play against the winner of QF Russia/Greece. • France won the ‘compulsories’: 9-5 against Croatia and 17-6 against Croatia, and lost to the ‘big three’ in the group, 4-20 to the Netherlands, 5-12 to Greece and 3-11 to Italy. • Spain is the only team in the tournament winning all 5 matches so far: they beat the big rivals Hungary 13-9 and Russia 12-11, and had three huge wins over Germany 27-2, Serbia 26-2 and Turkey 32-5. • France is 7th in the overall scoring list with 38 goals and also 7th in efficiency (38/137, 27.7%). • Estelle Millot is the best French scorer with 9 goals, Amandine Paillat has 7. Three players are yet to score a goal. • Spain leads the scoring race with 110 goals, they also top the efficiency ranks with 65.9% (110 goals from 167 shots). • Judith Forca and Beatriz Ortiz lead the Spanish in-house ranks with 15 goals apiece and they are tied 4th among the tournament’s top scorers. Maica Garcia netted 14 so far. All but two players scored at least 8 goals in the tournament. • France, just like in attack, also 7th on the defences’ list, conceded 54 goals – from 163 shots. Goals: 54, missed/post: 46, blocked: 11, saved: 52. • Lorene Derenty made 52 saves on 104 shots (50.0%), she is 5th among the goalkeepers. By the number of saves, she is the No. 1. among all keepers.
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