Iran Beaten by Italy at FINA World Junior Water Polo C’ships


TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran lost to Italy 16-4 at Group C of the 20th FINA World Men's Junior Water Polo Championships on Saturday.

Iran beat Kuwait 15-7 at the Al-Nasar Sport Club in Kuwait City on Thursday and suffered a 27-4 loss against USA on Friday.

Iran has been scheduled to meet Montenegro on Monday.

The groups are composed as follows:

GROUP A: Serbia, Japan, South Africa, Croatia, China

GROUP B: Russia, Canada, Spain, Hungary, Egypt

GROUP C: Montenegro, Kuwait, USA, Italy, Iran

GROUP D: Brazil, Uzbekistan, Greece, Australia, New Zealand

In the last edition of the championships, held in 2017 in Belgrade (SRB), the medalists were Greece (gold), Croatia (silver) and Serbia (bronze).