Peruvian Water polo is back!
After 4 intense months, the water polo u18 national team was able to measure their abilities in a tournament. The team just got back with the gold after playing the Becej international tournament at Becej, Serbia.
The team, made up of 13 players: Augusto Otero (C), Diego Villar, Sebastian Morales, Jefferson Pinedo, Gabriel Noriega, Eduardo Angulo, Rodrigo Gonzales, Sebastian Dancourt, Rodrigo Pacheco, Nick Pizarro, Javier Chueca, Nicolas Villar-Cordoba and Sebastian Bravo and the coaching staff: Tony Luque (Coach), Jhonny Dario Hu Rey (physical therapist), Ale Vilchez (psicologist), Ely Bonilla (assistant) and Vicente Hinojosa (FDPN) . The national team played 9 games, beating all of the games and finishing the tournament unbeaten.
Mirko Blazevic, world cup medalist, said: "The Peruvian team had a good tournament. They have prepared well and play with their heart well placed on the court”
Lets not forget that this tournament is a preparatory tournament for the World Cup taking place on Istanbul, turkey on August. Tony Luque, national team coach said “Its great that our players are having more games. They are gaining experience and are gaining more game time hours; especially if they are playing with the elite of water polo”.
As coach Luque mentioned, Serbia is Olympic medalist. It is important that the athletes keep on playing games with the best of water polo in the world. In Peru you are only thinking of soccer but if you go towards the other side of the world Serbia’s national sport is water polo. They have 2 teams in the champions league quarter finals.
Also, Pedro Pablo Kucsynski congratulated the water polo team on his official Facebook page and wished them luck on their next tournament.
Here are the results of the games:
Practice Games:
Peru U18 14-10 Becej teamA
Peru U18 16-8 Becej teamB
Peru U18 17-5 PerSu teamB
Peru U18 6-4 Spartaka Prozivka teamA
Peru U18 39-17 Radnicki teamB
Group Series:
Peru U18 13-5 Proleter teamA
Peru U18 12-7 Vojvodina teamA
Semi Finals:
Peru U18 6-4 Radnicki teamA
Final:
Peru U18 7-2 Spartak Prozivka
Peru U18 14-10 Becej teamA
Peru U18 16-8 Becej teamB
Peru U18 17-5 PerSu teamB
Peru U18 6-4 Spartaka Prozivka teamA
Peru U18 39-17 Radnicki teamB
Group Series:
Peru U18 13-5 Proleter teamA
Peru U18 12-7 Vojvodina teamA
Semi Finals:
Peru U18 6-4 Radnicki teamA
Final:
Peru U18 7-2 Spartak Prozivka