Romania won their second classification game, edging out Greece 2-0, and will challenge for 11^th place on the final day of the tournament tomorrow (May 18).

The Greek team dynamically started the first set, leading 4:0, but it didn’t take much time to the Romanians to take the reins. The end of the set was dramatically written with Greece up with one (18:17) with 15 seconds left on the clock. Nevertheless, Muresan scored two valuable points to beat the clock and give Romania a 1-0 lead.

The action in the second set was similar. The last-minute hero was goalkeeper Cristea, who scored from her own box to make it 16:15 for Romania.

Greece – Romania 0-2 (18-19, 15-16)

Greece: Papakosta, Spirollari , Patsani 6, Mandamadioti, Koukmisi 8, Malle 12, Kourti , Mylvna 7, Kaprinioti, Souska.

Romania: Chirila 8, Moga, Manole 9, Pavel 4, Dragoescu , Muresan 12, Campean, Cucu, Cristea 2, Banu.

Referees: Ana Barbosa (POR) / Nadia Machado Lemos (POR)

Quotes

Athena Kaprinioti (Greece - Player)

"We are disappointed, we lost in details, but we hold our heads high. We could have won both sets, but we were unlucky.

"Every match in this tournament is a special experience for all of us.

“We want to finish with a victory tomorrow”.

Chiupitu Florin (Romania - Coach)

"Every day we played difficult matches. We are happy we defeated the hosts. If we win the ninth-place match it will be like the gold medal for us".