MOSCOW, February 17 Croatian men's water polo team in beat the Italian team in a penalty shootout in the final of the World Aquatics Championships, which takes place in Doha.
Regular time ended with the score 11:11. In the penalty shootout, the Croats were stronger — 4:2.
The Croatian national team became three-time world champions. The team previously won in 2007 and 2017.
In the match for third place, the Spanish team beat the French team — 14:10.
The World Championship will end on February 18. Earlier, the International Aquatics Federation (World Aquatics) published criteria for the admission of Russians and Belarusians to international competitions, allowing them to perform only in individual disciplines in a neutral status. The President of the All-Russian Swimming Federation, Vladimir Salnikov, later stated that the national aquatics federations had sent a collective letter of disagreement with the admission criteria. On January 17, World Aquatics reported that not a single Russian athlete had applied to participate in the World Championships in Doha.
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