| Final Day: Holland Number 1 |
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| Written by Ronald van der Spiegel (www.KNKV.nl) |
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Championship holder Holland also won the 16th edition of U19 JWC. In a packed Topsport centrum in Leek, Holland won the final against Belgium convincingly with 24-12. They took revenge for the lost game at the Euro Top 4 tournament in Deurne with 24-22. Belgium had reached the final by beating England with 17-4. Holland had won by 20-14 from Chinese Taipei, which now had to play for the 3th place. They were supreme against England 21-11. Holland took a five score lead early on in their game against Belgium (8-3) and at the break had a good lead of 13-6. During the second half there was not much of competition left. Belgium missed out on chances just after the break, and both teams made use of a lot of substitutes. Through 19-7, and 22-10, Holland beat Belgium with 24-12. The young Portuguese referee, Isabel Almeida, did a very good job leading this final, assisted by Polish Maciek Golawskizich. Germany took the 5th place, in an exciting game against Russia 14-12.. Catalonia and Poland were very close in their game about the 7th and 8th place. After the normal game time the score was 10-10, so the golden goal decided the 7th place to be for Catalonia. Slovakia ended up being last, losing to Hungary with 13-6. Ya-wen Lin, from Chinese Taipei, was the most scoring female, 37 goals. Her teammate Me- Hsuan Lin scored 21 goals and Barbara Brouwer from the Netherlands scored 17 goals. Of the male players, Russian Dimitri Petrukhin scored 28 goals, 2 more than Belgium player Dennis de Vogelaere. Tim van den Berg, from the Dutch team scored 20 goals. |


















