For the 4th time in a row, Spain and Argentina will play for the World Championship. Tonight (9 PM WET, live on Firs TV) in the Vendespace in La Roche Sur Yon (France), the two national teams will play the Final. Germany and Portugal will play for the bronze medal (7.30 PM WET, live on Firs TV).
Yesterday night, in the semifinals, Spain eliminated Germany winning 6-2 while Argentina won the game against Portugal 5-2.
All the results here
All the podcasts of the matches are available on FIRSTv
Pictures by Marzia Cattini
FINAL DAY SCHEDULE
8.30 AM - Final 15th/16th place
England - South Africa
10.10 AM - Final 13th/14th place
Colombia - Netherland
11:50 AM - Final 11th/12th place
Brasil - Austria
1:30 PM - Final 9th/10th place
Angola - Switzerland
3.45 PM - Final 7th/8th place
Mozambique - Cile
5.30 PM - Final 5th/6th place
Italy - France
7.20 PM - Final 3rd/4th place
Germany - Portugal
9.00 PM - Final 1st/2nd place
Spain - Argentina
10.45 PM - Closing ceremony
TECHNICAL NOTES OF THE GAMES PLAYED FRIDAY, JUNE 26
MATCH #33: ENGLAND-COLOMBIA 1-7 (1st half: 0-3)
ENGLAND: 11-Allander, 2-A.Mount, 3-Smith, 4-Johnson, 5-Waddingham, 6-Greenwood, 7-Neville, 8-Stewart, 9-Jones, 10-Revill. Coach: Amaral.
COLOMBIA: 1-Canizales, 2-Lopez, 3-Hoyos, 4-Ramirez, 5-Giraldo, 6-Toro, 7-Castaño, 8-Martinez, 9-Castillo, 10-Garcia. Coach: Torres.
REFEREES: Ullrich (Germany) and Pinto (Portugal). Table referee: Costa (Angola).
STARTING FIVE
ENGLAND: Revill, Smith, Johnson, Waddingham, Stewart
COLOMBIA: Canizales, Hoyos, Giraldo, Toro, Castaño
SCORERS
1ST HALF: 5.19 Castaño, 12.28 Castaño, 13.54 Ramirez
2ND HALF: 14.27 Giraldo, 15.58 Castaño, 17.40 Lopez, 19.28 Castillo, 19.33 Johnson
CARDS
2ND HALF: 17.40 blue card Jones
MATCH #34: NETHERLAND-SOUTH AFRICA 9-3 (1st half: 3-2)
NETHERLAND: 1-J.Van Den Dungen, 2-C.Vives Boersma, 3-Nottlebohm, 4-Van Dooren, 5-S.Holtzer, 6-R.Van Den Dungen, 7-E.Vives Boersma, 8-D.Holtzer, 9-Janssens, 10-Verharen. Coach: Van Den Brandt.
SOUTH AFRICA: 1-Von Tonder, 2-M.Guerra, 3-R.Guerra, 4-Correia, 5-C.Araujo, 6-Mendes, 7-L.Araujo, 8-Oliveira, 9-De Sousa, 15-Figueiredo. Coach: Maia.
REFEREES: Jacquart (France) and Costa (Angola). Table referee: Eggimann (Switzerland).
STARTING FIVE
NETHERLAND: J.Van Den Dungen, C.Vives Boersma, Van Dooren, E.Vives Boersma, Janssens
SOUTH AFRICA: Figueiredo, R.Guerra, C.Araujo, Oliveira, De Sousa.
SCORERS
1ST HALF: 1.09 C.Vives Boersma, 3.23 C.Vives Boersma (PP), 6.05 R.Guerra, 7.43 C.Vives Boersma, 12.16 C.Araujo
2ND HALF: 0.18 Oliveira, 1.51 Janssens, 3.16 Janssens, 8.52 D.Holtzer, 10.15 Janssens, 13.41 D.Holtzer, 14.25 E.Vives Boersma
CARDS
1ST HALF: 2.01 blue card Oliveira
2ND HALF: 13.00 blue card M.Guerra
MATCH #35: ANGOLA-BRAZIL 3-2 (1st half: 3-1)
ANGOLA: 1-Garcia, 2-Centeno, 3-Anderson, 4-Bernardino, 5-Marcio, 6-Vieira, 7-Payero, 8-Mendes, 9-Pinto, 10-Veludo. Coach: Graça.
BRAZIL: 1-Rieger, 2-Garcia, 3-Dos Santos, 4-Raposo, 5-Guilherme, 6-Fernandes, 7-Dias, 8-Matos, 9-Justi, 10-Nascimento. Coach: Belbruno
REFEREES: Eggimann (Switzerland) and Cardona (Colombia). Table referee: Sandoval (Spain)
STARTING FIVE
ANGOLA: Veludo, Centeno, Payero, Mendes, Pinto
BRAZIL: Rieger, Raposo, Fernandes, Dias, Matos.
SCORERS
1ST HALF: 3.39 Payero (P), 4.05 Centeno, 10.28 Payero, 15.53 Raposo (P)
2ND HALF: 6.34 Fernandes (P)
MATCH #36: SWITZERLAND-AUSTRIA 5-2 (1st half: 4-0)
SWITZERLAND: 1-Oberson, 2-J.Jimenez, 3-Schaffer, 4-G.Jimenez, 5-Munger, 6-Greimel, 7-Kissling, 8-Imhof, 9-Vanina, 10-Vizio. Coach: De Ramon Vilella
AUSTRIA: 1-Schussling, 2-Brunner, 3-Zehrer, 4-Stockinger, 5-Huber, 6-Magister, 7-Parfant, 8-Winder, 9-Wolf, 10-Mohr. Coach: Meireles
REFEREES: Madureira (Brazil) and Sandoval (Spain). Table referee: Risso (Argentina)
STARTING FIVE
SWITZERLAND: Vizio, G.Jimenez, Munger, Kissling, Imhof
AUSTRIA: Mohr, Brunner, Stockinger, Huber, Parfant
SCORERS
1ST HALF: 4.02 G.Jimenez, 4.19 Imhof, 6.13 Munger, 8.03 G.Jimenez
2ND HALF: 7.11 Huber (P), 8.38 Kissling (P), 18.21 Parfant (P)
CARDS
2ND HALF: 7.08 blue card Vizio
MATCH #37: MOZAMBIQUE-ITALY 2-5 (1st half: 2-1)
MOZAMBIQUE: 1-Silva, 2-Pimentel, 3-Miquissente, 4-Araujo, 5-Pinto, 6-S.Esculudes, 7-Rodrigues, 8-Saraiva, 9-I.Esculudes, 10-Queirot. Coach: Nunes.
ITALY: 10-Barozzi, 2-Motaran, 3-Amato, 5-Ambrosio, 8-Tataranni, 9-Illuzzi, 14-Verona, 19-Pagnini, 29-Cocco, 22-Gnata. Coach: Mariotti.
REFEREES: Sanz (Spain) and Risso (Argentina). Table referee: Ullrich (Germany)
STARTING FIVE
MOZAMBIQUE: Silva, Araujo, Pinto, Saraiva, Rodrigues
ITALY: Gnata, Motaran, Illuzzi, Ambrosio, Tataranni
SCORERS
1ST HALF: 7.48 Saraiva, 14.40 Rodrigues, 18.51 Ambrosio (PP)
2ND HALF: 8.00 Tataranni, 16.10 Pagnini, 16.50 Motaran, 17.11 Amato
CARDS
1ST HALF: 17.48 blue card Araujo
2ND HALF: 9.47 blue card Tataranni
MATCH #39: SPAIN-GERMANY 6-2 (1st half: 4-2)
SPAIN: 1-Egurrola, 2-Perez, 3-Gual, 4-Bargallo, 5-Baliu, 6-E.Lamas, 7-Adroher, 8-J.Lamas, 9-Gil, 10-Grau. Coach: Pauls.
GERMANY: 1-Glowka, 2-Karschau, 3-Hages, 4-Milewski, 5-Peinke, 6-Hilberrz, 7-Paczia, 8-Pereira, 9-Beckmann, 10-Leyer. Coach: Berenbeck.
REFEREES: Bleuzen (France) and Pinto (Portugal). Table referee: Da Prato (Italy)
STARTING FIVE
SPAIN: Egurrola, Gual, Bargallo, J.Lamas, Gil.
GERMANY: Glowka, Karschau, Hags, Milewski, Pererira
SCORERS
1ST HALF: 1.20 Hages, 2.04 Bargallo, 5.02 Bargallo, 7.25 Pereira, 9.39 J.Lamas, 12.48 Bargallo
2ND HALF: 9.29 E.Lamas, 18.02 Gual
CARDS
2ND HALF: 3.48 blue card Gual, 12.28 blue card Gil
MATCH #40: ARGENTINA-PORTUGAL 5-2 (1st half: 1-0)
ARGENTINA: 1-Svritz, 5-Nicolia, 7-Platero, 8-Paez, 9-Ordonez, 18-Lopez, 57-R.Garcia, 88-J.Garcia, 99-Romero, 12-Grimalt. Coach: Giuliani
PORTUGAL: 1-Girao, 2-Neves, 3-Costa, 4-Rafael, 5-Pinto, 6-Alves, 7-Nunes, 8-Silva, 9-Rodrigues, 10-Henriques. Coach: Senica.
REFEREES: Esoli (France) and Da Prato (Italy). Table referee:
STARTING FIVE
ARGENTINA: Grimalt, Nicolia, Platero, Lopez, R.Garcia
PORTUGAL: Girao, Neves, Rafael, Silva, Rodrigues
SCORERS
1ST HALF: 9.13 R.Garcia
2ND HALF: 4.11 Nunes, 5.34 Nunes, 7.35 Ordoñez, 13.38 Nicolia (DS), 17.40 R.Garcia, 19.44 Nicolia (DS)
CARDS
2ND HALF: 13.37 blue card Rafael
MATCH #38: FRANCE-CHILE 3-2 (1st half: 0-2)
FRANCE: 1-Buanec, 2-Furstenberger, 3-Roux, 4-Weber, 5-Herman, 6-Le Roux, 7-Morales, 8-David, 9-Di Benedetto, 10-Tanguy. Coach: Savreux.
CHILE: 1-Armijo, 2-Andrade, 3-Figa, 4-Diaz, 5-Osorio, 6-Castro, 7-A.Quintanilla, 8-Fernandez, 9-Carmona, 10-F.Quintanilla. Coach: Llera
REFEREES: Ullrich (Germany) and Galoppi (Italy). Table referee: Cardona (Colombia)
STARTING FIVE
FRANCE: Tangui,Furstenberger, Weber, David, Di Benedetto.
CHILE: Armijo, Figa, Diaz, Osorio, Fernandez
SCORERS
1ST HALF: 13.22 Carmona, 18.38 Carmona (P)
2ND HALF: 1.58 Di Benedetto, 18.56 Weber (P)
EXTRA TIME: 9.23 Herman
CARDS
1ST HALF: 11.39 blue card Furstenberger, 18.38 blue card Morales
2ND HALF: 18.46 blue card Diaz