The water polo national team of Montenegro won in the third match of group B at the final tournament of the World League.
The role of favorites was also justified against Japan - it was 16:8 after a weak first half and dominance in the second half.
In the first quarter, the Japanese had a two-goal lead of 5:3, and the attack was up by three, but it was only a matter of when the "sharks" would take the task more seriously.
Already in the second part, they led 8:6, and the series continued until the middle of the third quarter (11:6).
Stefan Vidović stood out with four goals in Vladimir Gojković's team - which did not include Aleksandar Ivović and Dimitrij Obradović.
Aleksa Ukropina and Miroslav Perković scored three times each, Vladan Spaić and Dušan Banićević scored twice, and Uroš Čučković and Dušan Matković scored once each.
Yusuke Inaba was a four-time scorer for the "samurai".
Montenegro will play Kazakhstan in the quarter-finals tomorrow at 18:XNUMX.
MONTENEGRO - JAPAN 16:8 (4:5, 4:1, 5:1, 3:1)
Tbilisi - City pool. Referees: Möller, Ome (Germany).
Montenegro: Kandić (eight saves), Brguljan, Perković 3, Petković, Čučković 1, Banićević 2, Vidović 4, Ukropina 3, V. Radović, Spaić 2, Drašković, Matković 1, Tešanović (nine saves).
Japan: Tanamura (four saves), Adachi, Kopu, Shiga, Yoshida, Suzuki 1, Shimitsu, Takata, Arai 1, Inaba 4, Okawa 2, Araki, Fukushima (one save).
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