Although Greece faced difficulties, they prevailed 2-1 over India in a game for place 9-16.

The Greek team was superior in the first set and easily won it 27:12. In the second set, the hosts made too many mistakes in attack and gave India the opportunity to claim it with a goal by Takour at the end of the time.

Greece dominated the shoot-out, with 6:2, finding goals from Malle, Mylona and Patsani scoring two points apiece.

The first scorer of the Greek team was Mylona with 13 points.

The National team of Greece will now play for positions 9-12 at 16:00 (Court 2) against Romania.

Greece - India 2-1 (27:12, 12:13, 6:2)

Greece: Papakosta, Spirollari 4, Patsani 8, Mandamadioti, Koukmisi 6, Malle 8, Kourti 2, Mylvna 13, Kaprinioti 2, Souska 2

India: Anupam, Thakur K. 9, Majumdar, Sharma G. 9, Chaudhary, Thakur A. 1, Chavan, Kumari 8, Parvin, Sharma B.

Referees: Ben Salah, Drissi - Suspensions: 0-0

Quotes

Kritika Thakur (India - Player)

"I am very happy, we enjoyed the game and in the second set we were much better than in the first one. I am also happy that I scored the last goal for my team, thanks to which we forced the game to the shoot-out process. The atmosphere in Heraklion is fantastic, we enjoy the competition, everything is perfect".

Kourti Sotiria (Greece - Player)

"We were quite tired from yesterday's game, you could tell the fatigue from the way we moved on the court. Nevertheless, we tried hard. We won in the shoot-out and we are looking forward to playing our next game in the afternoon".