In the 3rd day of the 42nd Rink Hockey World Championship in La Roche sur Yon, three teams qualified for the quarter-finals: Portugal in group B (which got the first place of its poule), Italy and Chile in group D.

With Spain, Mozambique and Argentina that qualified yesterday, we already know six of the eight teams that will play for the gold medal starting from thursday june 25. The two still missing will come out from two matches scheduled today, tuesday june 23: France-Angola in group A and Germany-Austria in group C. The last day of the group phase will even decide the first place in the group B with the match between Argentina and Mozambique, and in group D with the match between Chile and Italy.
In the matches played on monday, Italy and Portugal obtained large victories against South Africa (16-1) and Austria (13-0). The south-american derby between Chile and Colombia was more balanced and Chile won only in the 2nd half. Something similar happened in the last game of the day that determined the elimination of Brasil and gave new hope to Germany after the initial defeat against Portugal: 2-2 at half time and x-x for Germany at the end of the game.


RESULTS OF MONDAY, JUNE 22
Group D - Colombia vs Chile 2-4
Group D - South Africa vs Italy 1-16
Group C - Austria vs Portugal 0-13
Group C - Germany vs Brazil

STANDINGS
Group A: Spain 6, Angola and France 3, Netherlands 0.
Group B: Argentina and Mozambique 6, Switzerland and England 0.
Group C: Portugal 6, Germany and Austria 3, Brazil 0.
Group D: Italy and Chile 6, Colombia and South Africa 0.

SCHEDULE OF TUESDAY, JUNE 23
9.30 - Group B - Switzerland vs England
10.10 - Group A South Africa vs Colombia
11.50 - Group C - Germany vs Austria
13.30 - Group B - Argentina vs Mozambique
16.00 - Group D - Spain vs Netherlands
17.40 - Group D - Chile vs Italy
19.30 - Group C - Portugal vs Brazil
21.15 - Group A - France vs Angola


TECHNICAL NOTES OF THE MATCHES PLAYED ON SUNDAY, JUNE 21

MATCH #13: COLOMBIA-CHILE 2-4 (1st half: 1-1)
COLOMBIA: 1-Canizales, 2-Lopez, 3-Hoyos, 4-Ramirez, 5-Giraldo, 6-Toro, 7-Castaño, 8-Martinez, 9-Castillo, 10-Garcia. Coach: Torres.
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: Sandoval (Spain) and Esoli (France). Table referee: Madureira (Brazil)
STARTING FIVE
COLOMBIA: Canizales, Hoyos, Ramirez, Giraldo, Toro
CHILE: F.Quintanilla, Diaz, Castro, Fernandez, Carmona
SCORERS
1ST HALF: 4.34 Toro, 11.02 Fernandez
2ND HALF: 6.38 Figa (P), 11.34 Hoyos (P), 14.06 Diaz, 18.01 Castro (DS)

MATCH #14: SOUTH AFRICA-ITALY 1-16 (1st half: 0-8)
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.
ITALY: 10-Barozzi, 2-Motaran, 3-Amato, 5-Ambrosio, 8-Tataranni, 9-Illuzzi, 14-Verona, 19-Pagnini, 29-Cocco, 22-Gnata. Coach: Mariotti.
REFEREES: Madureira (Brazil) and Eggimann (Switzerland). Table referee: Bleuzen (France)
STARTING FIVE
SOUTH AFRICA: Figueiredo, C.Araujo, L.Araujo, Oliveira, De Sousa
ITALY: Gnata, Amato, Cocco, Pagnini, Tataranni 
SCORERS
1ST HALF: 5.40 Tataranni, 6.42 Tataranni, 7.05 Tataranni (P), 9.42 Amato, 15.28 Verona, 17.51 Gnata, 18.14 Ambrosio, 18.44 Amato
2ND HALF: 0.49 Cocco, 4.17 Pagnini, 6.53 Tataranni, 8.29 L.Araujo, 9.14 Verona, 11.39 Tataranni, 13.21 Verona, 14.05 Pagnini, 17.37 Illuzzi

MATCH #15: AUSTRIA-PORTUGAL 0-13 (1st half: 0-8)
AUSTRIA: 1-Schussling, 2-Brunner, 3-Zehrer, 4-Stockinger, 5-Huber, 6-Magister, 7-Parfant, 8-Winder, 9-Wolf, 10-Mohr. Coach: Meireles
PORTUGAL: 1-Girao, 2-Neves, 3-Costa, 4-Rafael, 5-Pinto, 6-Alves, 7-Nunes, 8-Silva, 9-Rodrigues, 10-Henriques. Coach: Senica.
REFEREES: Cardona (Colombia) and Jacquart (France). Table referee: Esoli (France)
STARTING FIVE
AUSTRIA: Schüssling, Brunner, Parfant, Winder, Wolf
PORTUGAL: Girao, Rafael, Alves, Nunes, Silva
SCORERS
1ST HALF: 0.37 Alves, 3.39 Nunes, 4.50 Alves, 6.08 Silva (P), 11.05 Rodrigues, 13.22 Neves, 15.33 Rodrigues, 19.41 Rodrigues
2ND HALF: 0.33 Rodrigues, 5.40 Silva, 8.26 Nunes, 10.49 Pinto. 18.39 Costa

MATCH #16: GERMANY-BRAZIL 6-2 (1st half 2-2)
GERMANY: 1-Glowka, 2-Karschau, 3-Hages, 4-Milewski, 5-Peinke, 6-Hilberrz, 7-Paczia, 8-Pereira, 9-Beckmann, 10-Leyer. Coach: Berenbeck.
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: Galoppi (Italy) and Da Prato (Spain). Table referee: Sanz (spain)
STARTING FIVE
GERMANY: Glowka, Karschau, Hages, Milewski, Pereira 
BRAZIL: Rieger, Fernandes, Dias, Matos, Justi
SCORERS
1ST HALF: 7.45 Milewski, 9.34 Dias, 17.28 Karschau, 18.46 Fernandes
2ND HALF: 0.53 Milewski, 9.09 Pereira, 11.59 Milewski, 13.07 Peinke

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