Platinum 1-4 Semifinals:

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Greece and Montenegro levelled nine times before Greece went four up, finally winning 15-13
Spyridon Lykoudis
and Spytholean Karatzas scored three each as Greece and Montenegro had nine scorers each in a match where Montenegro gave up too many exclusions and four penalty goals. After Montenegro led 11-9 in the third quarter, Greece turned the 11-11 final-period deadlock into 15-11 in the space of just two minutes midway in the fourth quarter and conceded the final two goals.

Hungary comes from three down in final quarter against Serbia to level at 12-12 and win shootout 5-3 for 17-15 finish
Andras Toth scored two of his four goals in the final quarter as Hungary clawed back into the match — 8-11 down at one stage — which Serbia led for all except one minute early in the second quarter. Luka Boskovic led Serbia’s scoring with four goals.

Platinum 5-8 Semifinals:

Spain won an incredible third quarter 7-4 on the way to a 12-11 margin over Croatia and Italy did enough in the first three periods to send off Turkey 13-11.

Gold 1-4 Semifinals:

Japan out-wrestled Brazil 12-9 and United States of America downed Malta 10-7 in the semifinals to make an interested trans-Pacific final.

Gold 5-8 Semifinals:

Australia used a 3-0 third period to defeat Slovenia 10-8 and Germany kept Egypt scoreless in the third period for an 8-6 victory.

Silver Group

Poland will play Georgia in the 1-2 final after emerging from the round-robin series and South Africa will take on Ukraine for third place.

Day 6 results:

Platinum 1-4 Semifinals:
Montenegro 13 Greece 15 (3-5, 6-3, 2-2, 2-5), Hungary 17 Serbia 15 in penalty shootout (FT: 12-12. Pens 5-3. — 2-3, 4-3, 2-4, 4-2).

Platinum 5-8 Semifinals:
Spain 12 Croatia 11 (2-1, 2-5, 7-4, 1-1), Italy 13 Turkey 11 (4-1, 3-4, 5-3, 1-3).

Gold 1-4 Semifinals:
Japan 12 Brazil 9 (3-3, 3-1, 2-2, 4-3), USA Malta (3-1, 3-1, 3-3, 1-2).

Gold 5-8 Semifinals:
Slovenia 8 Australia 10 (3-4, 3-2, 0-3, 2-1), Germany 8 Egypt 6 (3-2, 2-3, 2-0, 1-1).

Silver 1-4 Semifinals:
Georgia 8 Ukraine 6 (1-1, 3-3, 0-2, 4-0), Poland 8 South Africa 6 (2-1, 1-2, 3-2, 2-1).

Silver Round:
Switzerland 11 Latvia 5 (3-1, 2-2, 2-0, 3-2), Georgia 18 Azerbaijan 3 (2-1, 6-0, 5-1, 5-1).

Silver Round Qualifier:
Azerbaijan 4 Portugal 14 (1-4, 2-3, 0-5, 1-2).

Saturday Programme:

Volos Outdoor Pool
Platinum Classification 1-2
20:30 Greece v Hungary

Platinum Classification 3-4
19:15 Montenegro v Serbia

Platinum Classification 5-6
18:00 Spain v Italy

Platinum Classification 7-8
18:00 Croatia v Turkey

Gold Classification 1-2
12:45 Japan v United States of America

Gold Classification 3-4
11:30 Brazil v Malta

Gold Classification 5-6
10:15 Australia v Germany

Gold Classification 7-8
09:00 Slovenia v Egypt

Nea Ionia Indoor Pool
Silver (Classification 1-2)
12:45 Poland v Georgia

Silver Classification 3-4
11:30 South Africa v Ukraine

Silver Classification 5-6
10:15 Switzerland v Kazakhstan

Silver Classification 7-8
09:00 Portugal v Latvia