Perth, Australia, Mar 30— Japan men will play Australia and the Aussie Stingers women will clash with United States of America in the gold-medal finals at the FINA Water Polo World League Intercontinental Cup tournaments at the HBF Stadium in Perth on Sunday.
Japan reached the final first, in a high-octane, high-fouling encounter against Kazakhstan 12-7, followed by the Aussie Sharks making no mistakes like it did against Canada ion the first day, winning 14-7 with Anthony Hrysanthos blocking two penalty shots.
In the men's round 5-8 semifinals, Argentina had the better of South Africa 12-6 and China downed a late-charging New Zealand 11-8.
Australia will play United States of America in the women's gold-medal final after Australia beat China 12-8 and USA sent Canada to the bronze-medal play-off with a 14-7 margin.
In the women's round 5-8 semifinals, Kazakhstan shrugged off New Zealand 14-12, thanks to the last three goals by Zamirco Myrzabekova, and Japan defeated South Africa 12-7.
Sunday schedule:
09:30: W21 Classification 7-8, New Zealand v South Africa
10:45: W22 Classification 5-6, Kazakhstan v Japan
12:15: M21 Classification 7-8, South Africa v New Zealand
13:30: M22 Classification 5-6, Argentina v China
14:45: M23 Classification 3-4, Kazakhstan v Canada
16:15: W23 Classification 3-4, China v Canada
17:30: W24 Classification 1-2, Australia v United States of America
19:00 M24 Classification 1-2, Japan v Australia