Spain U18 women’s team came back from one set down toedge past Argentinawith 2:1 (20-21, 23-18, 6-4) in a friendly game that worked as the penultimate test event ahead of Tuesday’s (June 14) opening game of the IHF Beach Handball Youth World Championshipsin the new state-of-the-art facilities of Karteros Beach Sports Centre in Heraklion, Crete.

It was an exciting matchwhich was decided in the shoot-out, a prelude to the upcoming World Championships. Argentina needed a golden goal to take the first set, with KarizaArcanjo scoring the last crucial golden goal.

Spain turned the tables in the second set and prevailed in the shoot-out after Argentina’s Gallo, Medna and Molina missed their shots.

Sets: 21-20, 18-23, 4-6

Quotes

Malena Díaz Coppens (Spain – Player)

“We know that Argentina are the favouritesto win the World Championships, so we were pretty much interested in playing against them. We thought we were going to lose, so we were notthat nervous.We are going to try to get the gold medal”.

Mariam Gonzalez (Spain – Player)

"We are happy to be here and participate in this event. The friendly game against Argentina will help us play better in the future. I’ll try my best to help my team".

Magali Alfredi (Argentina – Player)

“We are very excited to be here, it's a really fantastic place. In Argentina we don't have the chance to play in tournaments like this. Against Spain we were quite nervous but this game will help us improve. We came here to enjoy the championships".