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Game 77, 09:00, women, CHINA 16 NEW ZEALAND 9 |
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Wednesday, 29 July 2009 09:00 |
Classification 11th-12th
Referees: Guy PINKER (RSA), Igor MERNENKO (UZB)
Quarters: 4-2, 5-2, 2-2, 5-3
Extra man: CHN 1/5; NZL 2/8
Teams:
CHINA: YANG Jun, TENG Fei, LIU Ping, SUN Yujun (2), HE Jin (1), SUN Yating (5), ZHANG Lei (1), GAO Ao (1), WANG Yi (2), MA Huanhuan (3), SUN Hui Zi (1), QIAO Lei Ying, WANG Ying. Head Coach: PAN Shenghua.
NEW ZEALAND: Carina HARACHE, Emily COX, Kelly MASON (1), Rebecca McGUINNESS, Amy LOGAN (1), Lynlee SMITH (1), Ashley SMALLFIELD, Lauren SIEPRATH, Anna SIEPRATH (2), Casie BOWRY (1), Kirsten HUDSON (3), Alexandra MYLES, Dana HARVEY. HEAD COACH: Todd CLAPPER.
China muscled its way to 11th position, which was a far cry from fifth at the Beijing Olympic Games. China has not performed here and New Zealand put plenty of pressure on the top-line team. The relative closeness of the game was blown apart in the final quarter but New Zealand managed to level at two was 7-4 down and 9-4 at halftime. The margin narrowed to 10-6 in the third and 11-7 early in the fourth before the powerful centre forward SUN Yating snared two more goals for five before Kiwi captain Anna SIEPRATH lobbed to close the scoring and a good effort from the New Zealand team, which will host next year's FINA World Cup in Wellington.
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