It wasn’t until early in the third quarter that Greece transgressed for the first time but New Zealand hit the crossbar with the shot.

New Zealand scored at 1-1 and 4-2 and then not until Matthew Lewis sent in a free throw shot from halfway on the halftime buzzer for 13-3. The fourth came on penalty at 21-4.

Greece, who had Ioannis Fountoulis on six goals and Konstantinos Mourikis on five, now looks to the third round matchup with Spain to decide the group.

Match 15: 20:10, Group A, NEW ZEALAND 4 GREECE 24
Quarters: 2-5, 1-8, 0-6, 1-5
Referees: Gideon Reemnet (NED), Hatem Gaber (EGY).
Extra Man: NZL: 0/1. GRE: 7/11
Pens: NZL: ½.

Teams:
NEW
ZEALAND: Thomas Kingsmill, Matthew Lewis (1), Stefan Curry, Finn
Lowery, Jonathan Ross, Andrew Sieprath, Daniel Jackson (1), Matthew
Small, Eamon Lui-Fakaotimanaua, Matthew Bryant (1), Lachlan Tijsen, Adam
Pye (1), Dylan Smith. Head Coach: Jozsef Sike.
GREECE: Konstantinos
Tsalkanis, Emmanouill Mylonakis (2), Konstantinos Gouvis, Konstantinos
Genidounios (1), Ioannis Fountoulis (6), Kyriakos Pontikeas, Christos
Afroudakis (1), Evangelos Delakas, Konstantinos Mourikis (5),
Christodoulos Kolomvos (2), Alexandros Gounas (4), Angelos Vlachopoulos
(3), Konstantinos Galanidis. Head Coach: Athanasios Kechagias.

FLASH QUOTES:

Kyriakos Pontikeas (GRE):
“It hasn’t been a difficult game. We have played against a less experienced team, and we’ve played very seriously. It has been good preparation for the next game against Spain, not just today, but the last three or four days.”
Christos Afroudakis (GRE):
“This has been a good preparation game for us, to keep the competition level and get ready for the next game against Spain.  We know the game against the Spaniards is a good opportunity to classify first in the group and get a good draw for the next phase, even if it is too early to think about the medals.”
Matthew Small (NZL):
“We are an amateur team and we knew we were playing against a more experienced team.
This is good for us to gain experience for the future as we are a very young team. We are enjoying the championship so much, Barcelona is awesome, I love it.”
Matthew  Bryant (NZL):
“We are very disappointed, we gave up too many goals. We know that we can play better.”
Eamon Lui-Fakaotimanaua (NZL):
“We are disappointed because we had a very poor performance. Playing against one of the favourite teams to win the championship is always difficult. We need to perform better in the future.”