The women's world championship of rink hockey is going to reach the end of the group stage. Once again, the rink at the Play Brava in Iquique (Chile) was crowded at its maximum. Today the last six games of the qualifying stage are scheduled, but five teams already got their ticket to the quarterfinals yesterday.

In group A, Argentina obtained its second large victory against Brazil which resisted only half of the first time before surrender (14-0). Italy and Colombia tied (1-1) in the most balanced game of the day, followed by the shoot-out (won by Italy) to determine the priority in case of complete equality in the final ranking. Due to these results, Argentina and Italy are qualified to the 1st/8th place knockout tournement (and tonight will play against to determine the 1st and 2nd position of the group A), while Colombia is likely to qualify as one of the best 3rd.
In group B, Spain goes to the quarterfinals as 1st of the ranking after the clear vicory against France (7-2). Portugal got its first victory with South Africa (14-0) and tonight the game France-Portugal will be crucial for the 2nd and 3rd place.
In group C, Chile excited hundreds of fans scoring 18 goals to India and qualifyed to the second stage. The same did Germany winning 10-1 with USA. Once again, today will be the head-to-head game that will decide the relative positions in the ranking.

Results, standings and schedule are availabre in this page.
Complete videos and highlights of every game are available in this page.
Every game of the championship is broadcasted live on FIRS TV.
More pictures are available on FIRS facebook page.

BRAZIL – EGYPT 10-1 (1st half: 7-1)
BRAZIL: 1 – Silvana Nishi, 2 – Francine Paiva, 4 – Leticia Pestana, 5 – Beatriz Ramos, 6 – Mariane Oliveira, 7 – Adriana Costa, 8 – Andrea Regueira, 9 – Marilia Pestana, 10 – Brigida Sousa. Coach: Ricardo Bouchardet.
EGYPT: 1 –Alaa Mohamed, 2 – Heidi Salem, 3 – Mariam Boulos, 4 – Gomana El Shimy, 5 – Salma Mohamed, 6 – Ghada Azem, 7 - Maia Sherrif, 8 – Passant Mohamed, 9 – Sohaila Mahmoud, 10 – Dalia Mamdouh. Coach: Ahmed Samir.
REFEREES: José Risso (Argentina), Isidro Martínez (Chile). Table referee: Josep Navarro (Spain).
SCORERS
1ST HALF: S.Mohamed, Regueira, L.Pestana, Costa, L.Pestana, L.Pestana, Oliveira, Regueira.
2ND HALF: L.Pestana, Costa, Costa.

ITALY - COLOMBIA 1-1 (1st half: 1-0)
ITALY: 1-Veronica Caretta, 2 – Alice Sartori, 3 - Maria Teresa Mele, 4 – Francesca Maniero, 5 – Giulia Galeassi, 6 – Pamela Lapolla, 7 – Erika Ghirardello, 8 – Elena Tamiozzo, 9 – Elena Toffanin, 10 – Sara Zarantonello. Coach: Pino Marzella
COLOMBIA: 1 – Carolina Correa, 2 – Catalina Martinez, 3 – Camila Morales, 4 – Andrea Rodriguez, 5 – Juanita Alzate, 6 – Ana Maria Ferreira, 7 – Sara Bedoya, 8 – Paula Gutierrez, 9 – Diana Rivas, 10 – Maria Jose Giraldo. Coach: Andrè Torres.
REFEREES: Leandro Agra (Brasil), Josep Navarro (Spain). Table referee: José Risso (Argentina).
SCORERS
1ST HALF: 4.09 Galeassi
2ND HALF: 12.30 Bedoya

PORTUGAL – SOUTH AFRICA 14-0 (1st half: 5-0)
PORTUGAL: 1 - Claudia Vicente, 2 – Ana Ferreira, 3 – Beatriz Figueredo, 4 – Ines Vicente, 5 – Marlene Sousa, 6 – Renata Balonas, 7 – Marta Vieira, 8 – Sofia Silva, 9 – Rute Lopes, 10 – Maria Celeste Vieira. Coach: Carlos Pires.
SOUTH AFRICA: 1 - Samantha Dube, 2 – Andreia Da Silva, 4 – Bianca Dias, 5 – Ana Bela Peleias, 7 – Monique Jardim, 12 – Gabriela Da Costa, 13 – Alexia Katia De Sa, 99 – Tsheamo Sefoloshe. Coach: Joaquim Coimbra.
REFEREES: Boris Tarassioux (France), Álvaro Meza (Chile). Table referee: Josep Navarro (Spain).
SCORERS
1ST HALF: Vieira, Sousa, Sousa, Silva, I.Vicente,
2ND HALF: Vieira, Sousa, Lopes, Lopes, Sousa, Lopes, Vieira, I.Vicente, I.Vicente

GERMANY – USA 10-1 (1st half: 5-0)
GERMANY: 1 – Annika De Beauregard, 2 – Anna Hartje, 3 – Maren Wichardt, 4 – Franziska Neubert, 5 – Katharina Neubert, 6 – Laura La Rocca, 7 – Simone Firll, 8 – Britt Stina Johansson, 9 – Kim Alina Kenchels, 10 – Christina Klein. Coach: Quim Puigvert.
USA: 1 – Elizabeth Harmon, 2 – Rachel Trussell, 4 – Kylie Hughes, 5 – Kimberly Hughes, 6 - Kaylee Logan, 7 – Alyssa Coll, 9 – Sarah Molloy, 21 – Rachel Guyer, 29 – Ciara Ashlock, 10 – Clarissa Backer. Coach: Tom Hughes.
REFEREES: Christian Madariaga (Chile), Ricardo Leão (Portugal). Table referee: Boris Tarassioux (France).
SCORERS
1ST HALF: Wichardt, K.Neubert, La Rocca, F.Neubert, Firll,
2ND HALF: Wichardt, La Rocca, La Rocca, Firll, K.Hughes, La Rocca,

FRANCE – SPAIN 2-7 (1st half: 0-3)
FRANCE: 1 – Lucie Gohet, 2 – Vanessa Daribo, 3 – Camille Renier, 4 – Julie Lafourcade, 5 – Nolwenn Bena, 6 – Claire Fay, 7 – Celia Gohet, 8 – Emilie Laboyrie-Couderc, 9 – Frederique Denest, 10 Flora Michoud-Godard. Coach: Stephan Herin.
SPAIN: 1 – Laura Vicente, 2 – Natasha Lee, 3 – Laura Puigdueta, 4 – Berta Tarrida, 5 – Anna Cassaramona, 6 – Marta Gonzales, 7 – Maria Diez, 8 -Berta Busquets, 9 - Sara Gonzales, 10 – Teresa Bernadas. Coach: Alejandro Dominguez.
REFEREES: Daniel Löwe (Germany), Ulderico Barbarisi (Italy). Table referee: Christian Madariaga (Chile).
SCORERS
1ST HALF: 6.35 Diez, 9.49 Lee, 10.37 Gonzales,
2ND HALF: 2.33 Busquets, 4.00 Diez, 7.20 Diez, 11.45 Renier, 18.30 Puigdueta, 19.37 Denest.

CHILE – INDIA 18-0 (1st half: 8-0)
CHILE: Fernanda Idalgo, Fernanda Tapia, Alex Tapia, Carolina Zuniga, Gigliola Berloffa, Beatriz Gaete, Fernanda Urrea, Catalina Flores, Francisca Puertas, Francisca Donoso. Coach: Rodrigo Quintanilla
INDIA: 1 – Ritika Sharma, 2 – Sonia, 3 – Rita Nagpal, 4 – Anchal Kamboj, 5 – Navneet Kaur, 6 – Sandeep Kaur, 7 – Yashdeep Kaur, 8 - Harpreet Kaur, 9 – Mani Kamboj, 10 – Parveen Kaur. Coach: Gulrata Sing Rathore.
REFEREES: Boris Tarassioux (France), Leandro Agra (Brasil). Table referee: Germán Pinto (Colombia).
SCORERS
1ST HALF: Flores, Gaete, Flores, Flores, Donoso, Donoso, Donoso, Zuniga.
2ND HALF: Donoso, Gaete, Puertas, Puertas, Flores, Donoso, Flores, Donoso, Berloffa, Berloffa.

ARGENTINA – BRAZIL 14-0 (1st half: 5-0)
ARGENTINA: 1 – Andrea Jara, 2 – Lorena Rodriguez, 3 – Daiana Silva, 4 – Valentina Fernandez, 5 – Adriana Gutierrez, 6 – Julieta Fernandez, 7 – Luciana Agudo, 8 – Solome Rodriguez, 9 – Veronica Dieguez, 10 – Anabella Flores. Coach: Nestor Perea.
BRAZIL: 1 – Silvana Nishi, 2 – Francine Paiva, 4 – Leticia Pestana, 5 – Beatriz Ramos, 6 – Mariane Oliveira, 7 – Adriana Costa, 8 – Andrea Regueira, 9 – Marilia Pestana, 10 – Brigida Sousa. Coach: Ricardo Bouchardet.
REFEREES: Josep Navarro (Spain), Germán Pinto (Colombia). Table referee: Ricardo Leão (Portugal).
SCORERS
1ST HALF: Gutierrez, Agudo, Gutierrez, L.Rodriguez, Agudo,
2ND HALF: L.Rodriguez, S.Rodriguez, L.Rodriguez, S.Rodriguez, V.Fernandez, Silva, Silva, J.Fernandez, J.Fernandez

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