Today it was the starting day of the of the Women’s European Junior Waterpolo Championships, hosted by the Centro Federale di Ostia. The opening ceremony started at 18.30, featuring several authorities among whom the LEN and FIN President Paolo Barelli, of the President of the Organizing Committee and of FIN Lazio Giampiero Mauretti e of the authorities from the Municipality of Rome. During the first day of the championships very easy victories by Holland, Greece, Slovakia, Spain and Russia, who defeated Israel, Great Britain, Portugal, Turkey and Serbia. The Italian girls, instead, flatly defeated Switzerland (33-5), in the final match of the day. Top goal-scorer of the day was the Italian Grignolati, who scored 9 goals.



Schedule and results 1^{st day – 7th september}



Holland-Israel 31-0 (8-0, 6-0, 9-0, 8-0)

Marcatori: Rozeboom 8, Drewes 5, Van Rijn 5, Joustra 3, Koopman 3, Sleeking 2, Aan 2, Van Toorn 2, Keuning 1.

Referees Gerzanich (Russia) e Rakivic-Krstonosic (Serbia)



Greece-Great Britain 21-2 (4-0, 6-0, 5-0, 6-2)

Scorers: (Greece) Plevritou 4, I. Charalampidi 4, Eleftheriadou 4, Xenaki 2, S. Charalampidi 2, Ntasiou 2, Sora 1, Niarchakou 1, Chydirioti 1; (Great Britain) Howe 1, Grimes 1.

Arbitri Colombo (Italy) e Kun (Hun)



Slovakia-Portugal 10-6 (3-1, 2-1, 3-1, 2-3)

Scorers: (Slovakia) Peckova 3, Krivdova 2, Pazicka 2, Mihalkovicova 2, Moravcikova 1; (Portugal) Reis 3, Freire 2, Duarte 1.

Referees De Jong (Holland) e Castrilli (Switzerland)



Spain-Turkey 21-2 (3-0, 6-1, 4-1, 8-0)

Marcatori: (Spain) Ortiz 6, Pastor 4, Crespi 2, Cordobes 2, Forca 2, Gual 1, Trevino 1, Abellan 1, Gonzales 1, Tazueco 1; (Turkey) Elma 2.

Arbitri Fogel (Israel) e Jukes (Great Britain)



Russia-Serbia 29-5 (7-0, 9-1, 6-1, 7-3)

Marcatori: (Russia) Trotskaya 5, Serzhantova 5, Poliakova 4, Ryzhkova 4, Zubkova 2, Borisova 2, Kravchenko 2, Perfileva 2, Kolmakova 2, Gerzanich 1; (Serbia) Glusevic 2, Simic 1, Rudic 1, Novakovic 1.

Arbitri Boudramis (Greece) e Santos (Portugal)



Italy-Switzerland 33-5 (11-0, 8-1, 5-1, 9-3)

Scorers: (Italy) Gragnolati 9, Galardi 5, Centanni 3, Picozzi 3, Morvillo 3, Citino 2, Avegno 2, Fisco 2, Ioannou 2, Carrega 1, Marletta 1; (Switzerland) Grandis 3, Rauber 2.

Arbitri Banos (Spain) e Kokaragac (Turkey)



Classification



Group A

Holland 3, Israel and Hungary 0



Group B

Greece and Slovakia 3, Great Britain and Portugal 0



Group C

Russia and Spain 3, Turkey and Serbia 0



Group D

Italy 3, Switzerland and Ukraine 0