United States at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

United States were scheduled to compete at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary from 14 July to 30 July.

United States at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships
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World Aquatics code	USA
National federation	United States Aquatic Sports
Website	www.usaquaticsports.org
in Budapest, Hungary
Competitors	116 in 6 sports
Medals Ranked 1st	Gold 21 Silver 12 Bronze 13 Total 46
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Ashley Twichell	Open water swimming	Women's 5 km	July 19
Gold	Nathan Adrian Zach Apple Michael Chadwick Caeleb Dressel Townley Haas* Blake Pieroni*	Swimming	Men's 4×100 m freestyle relay	July 23
Gold	Katie Ledecky	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle	July 23
Gold	Mallory Comerford Katie Ledecky Simone Manuel Lia Neal Olivia Smoliga* Kelsi Worrell	Swimming	Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay	July 23
Gold	Katie Ledecky	Swimming	Women's 1500 m freestyle	July 25
Gold	Lilly King	Swimming	Women's 100 m breaststroke	July 25
Gold	Kevin Cordes* Caeleb Dressel Matt Grevers Ryan Murphy* Mallory Comerford* Lilly King Simone Manuel Kelsi Worrell*	Swimming	Mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay	July 26
Gold	Chase Kalisz	Swimming	Men's 200 m individual medley	July 27
Gold	Caeleb Dressel	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle	July 27
Gold	Mallory Comerford Katie Ledecky Simone Manuel* Melanie Margalis Cierra Runge* Leah Smith	Swimming	Women's 4×200 m freestyle relay	July 27
Gold	Simone Manuel	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle	July 28
Gold	United States women's national water polo team Gabrielle Stone Madeline Musselman Melissa Seidemann Rachel Fattal Paige Hauschild Maggie Steffens Jordan Raney Kiley Neushul Aria Fischer Jamie Neushul Makenzie Fischer Alys Williams Amanda Longan	Water polo	Women's tournament	July 28
Gold	Caeleb Dressel	Swimming	Men's 50 m freestyle	July 29
Gold	Caeleb Dressel	Swimming	Men's 100 m butterfly	July 29
Gold	Katie Ledecky	Swimming	Women's 800 m freestyle	July 29
Gold	Nathan Adrian Zach Apple* Caeleb Dressel Mallory Comerford Simone Manuel Lia Neal*	Swimming	Mixed 4×100 m freestyle relay	July 29
Gold	Steve LoBue	High diving	Men's high diving	July 30
Gold	Lilly King	Swimming	Women's 50 m breaststroke	July 30
Gold	Chase Kalisz	Swimming	Men's 400 m individual medley	July 30
Gold	Kathleen Baker Mallory Comerford* Sarah Gibson* Lilly King Simone Manuel Katie Meili* Olivia Smoliga* Kelsi Worrell	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay	July 30
Gold	Nathan Adrian Kevin Cordes Caeleb Dressel Matt Grevers Townley Haas* Cody Miller* Ryan Murphy* Tim Phillips*	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay	July 30
Silver	Jordan Wilimovsky	Open water swimming	Men's 10 km	July 18
Silver	Haley Anderson Ashley Twichell Brendan Casey Jordan Wilimovsky	Open water swimming	Mixed team	July 20
Silver	Leah Smith	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle	July 23
Silver	Kevin Cordes	Swimming	Men's 100 m breaststroke	July 24
Silver	Townley Haas	Swimming	Men's 200 m freestyle	July 25
Silver	Kathleen Baker	Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke	July 25
Silver	Matt Grevers	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke	July 25
Silver	Katie Meili	Swimming	Women's 100 m breaststroke	July 25
Silver	Katie Ledecky	Swimming	Women's 200 m freestyle	July 26
Silver	Nathan Adrian	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle	July 27
Silver	Ryan Murphy	Swimming	Men's 200 m backstroke	July 28
Silver	Bethany Galat	Swimming	Women's 200 m breaststroke	July 28
Bronze	Kanako Spendlove Bill May	Synchronized swimming	Mixed duet technical routine	July 17
Bronze	Krysta Palmer David Dinsmore	Diving	Mixed team	July 18
Bronze	Kanako Spendlove Bill May	Synchronized swimming	Mixed duet free routine	July 22
Bronze	Kelsi Worrell	Swimming	Women's 100 m butterfly	July 24
Bronze	Madisyn Cox	Swimming	Women's 200 m individual medley	July 24
Bronze	Ryan Murphy	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke	July 25
Bronze	Jacob Pebley	Swimming	Men's 200 m backstroke	July 28
Bronze	Jack Conger Conor Dwyer* Zane Grothe Townley Haas Jay Litherland* Blake Pieroni Clark Smith	Swimming	Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay	July 28
Bronze	Kathleen Baker	Swimming	Women's 200 m backstroke	July 29
Bronze	Leah Smith	Swimming	Women's 800 m freestyle	July 29
Bronze	Katie Meili	Swimming	Women's 50 m breaststroke	July 30
Bronze	Simone Manuel	Swimming	Women's 50 m freestyle	July 30
Bronze	Matt Grevers	Swimming	Men's 50 m backstroke	July 30

Awards

• 2017 FINA World Championships: Best Team^[1]

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

United States has entered 16 divers (nine male and seven female).^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Michael Hixon	1 m springboard	384.80	5 Q	—		439.15	5
Steele Johnson		360.15	12 Q	—		392.50	7
Michael Hixon	3 m springboard	397.45	20	Did not advance
Steele Johnson		409.65	17 Q	394.55	18	Did not advance
David Dinsmore	10 m platform	429.95	12 Q	483.10	4 Q	479.75	6
Jordan Windle		351.75	26	Did not advance
Sam Dorman Michael Hixon	3 m synchronized springboard	410.10	3 Q	—		409.05	6
Steele Johnson Brandon Loschiavo	10 m synchronized platform	406.53	6 Q	—		406.83	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Maria Coburn	1 m springboard	360.15	22	—		Did not advance
Alison Gibson		236.40	25	—		Did not advance
Krysta Palmer	3 m springboard	216.70	37	Did not advance
Brooke Schultz		248.80	25	Did not advance
Jessica Parratto	10 m platform	306.85	12 Q	322.75	=8 Q	302.35	11
Delaney Schnell		268.05	27	Did not advance
Maria Coburn Alison Gibson	3 m synchronized springboard	283.65	6 Q	—		252.42	11
Tarrin Gilliland Jessica Parratto	10 m synchronized platform	293.70	6 Q	—		306.96	6

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Lauren Reedy Briadam Herrera	3 m synchronized springboard	270.06	=10
Tarrin Gilliland Andrew Capobianco	10 m synchronized platform	300.12	10
Krysta Palmer David Dinsmore	Team	395.90

High diving

Main article: High diving at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

United States qualified three male and three female high divers.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
David Coltouri	Men's high diving	340.00	10
Andy Jones		368.05	4
Steve LoBue		397.15
Cesilie Carlton	Women's high diving	270.70	6
Ginger Huber		246.90	9
Tara Tira		299.50	4

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

The United States has entered ten open water swimmers^[4][5]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Brendan Casey	Men's 10 km	1:52:18.6	9
Andrew Gemmell	Men's 5 km	54:59.3	17
David Heron		54:48.2	10
Simon Lamar	Men's 25 km	Did not finish
Chip Peterson		5:03:43.0	5
Jordan Wilimovsky	Men's 10 km	1:51:58.6
Haley Anderson	Women's 5 km	59:26.2	5
	Women's 10 km	2:00:25.9	6
Becca Mann	Women's 25 km	5:27:06.9	7
Cathryn Salladin		5:29:49.7	10
Ashley Twichell	Women's 5 km	59:07.0
	Women's 10 km	2:00:41.3	10
Haley Anderson Ashley Twichell Brendan Casey Jordan Wilimovsky	Mixed team	54:18.1

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

U.S. swimmers have achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard entry time, and 1 at the B-standard):^[6]

The U.S. team consists of 45 swimmers (24 men and 21 women).

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nathan Adrian	50 m freestyle	21.99	=9 Q	21.83	10	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	48.46	=5 Q	47.85	3 Q	47.87
Pace Clark	200 m butterfly	1:56.23	11 Q	1:55.82	9	Did not advance
Jack Conger		1:56.00	8 Q	1:55.30	5 Q	1:54.88	5
Kevin Cordes	50 m breaststroke	26.83	4 Q	26.86	5 Q	26.80	5
	100 m breaststroke	59.15	3 Q	58.64 AM	2 Q	58.79
	200 m breaststroke	2:09.47	5 Q	2:08.40	5 Q	2:08.68	6
Abrahm DeVine	200 m individual medley	1:59.65	12 Q	1:58.01	10	Did not advance
Caeleb Dressel	50 m freestyle	21.61	2 Q	21.29 NR	1 Q	21.15 NR
	100 m freestyle	48.26	3 Q	47.66	2 Q	47.17
	50 m butterfly	22.97	2 Q	22.76	1 Q	22.89	4
	100 m butterfly	50.08	1 Q	50.07	1 Q	49.86
Nic Fink	200 m breaststroke	2:09.90	7 Q	2:08.80	8 Q	2:08.56	5
Robert Finke	1500 m freestyle	15:15.15	21	—		Did not advance
Matt Grevers	50 m backstroke	24.78	=3 Q	24.65	3 Q	24.56
	100 m backstroke	52.92	2 Q	52.97	3 Q	52.48
Zane Grothe	400 m freestyle	3:46.14	8 Q	—		3:45.86	7
	800 m freestyle	7:50.97	8 Q	—		7:52.43	8
Townley Haas	200 m freestyle	1:46.50	4 Q	1:45.43	4 Q	1:45.04
Chase Kalisz	200 m individual medley	1:56.48	2 Q	1:55.88	1 Q	1:55.56
	400 m individual medley	4:09.79	1 Q	—		4:05.90 CR
Jay Litherland	400 m individual medley	4:13.95	6 Q	—		4:12.05	5
Cody Miller	50 m breaststroke	27.31	15 Q	27.46	16	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	59.14	2 Q	59.08	3 Q	59.11	5
Ryan Murphy	100 m backstroke	53.26	4 Q	52.95	2 Q	52.59
	200 m backstroke	1:56.11	1 Q	1:54.93	2 Q	1:54.21
Jacob Pebley	200 m backstroke	1:58.05	14 Q	1:55.20	5 Q	1:55.06
Tim Phillips	50 m butterfly	23.38	7 Q	23.25	7 Q	23.38	8
	100 m butterfly	51.96	16 Q	51.41	9	Did not advance
Blake Pieroni	200 m freestyle	1:46.88	9 Q	1:47.08	13	Did not advance
Justin Ress	50 m backstroke	24.86	=6 Q	24.70	5 Q	24.77	5
Clark Smith	400 m freestyle	3:47.12	12	—		Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	7:51.83	10	—		Did not advance
True Sweetser	1500 m freestyle	15:07.38	16	—		Did not advance
Nathan Adrian Zach Apple Michael Chadwick Caeleb Dressel Townley Haas* Blake Pieroni*	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:12.90	3 Q	—		3:10.06
Jack Conger Conor Dwyer* Zane Grothe Townley Haas Jay Litherland* Blake Pieroni Clark Smith*	4×200 m freestyle relay	7:09.78	7 Q	—		7:03.18
Nathan Adrian Caeleb Dressel Kevin Cordes Matt Grevers Townley Haas* Cody Miller* Ryan Murphy* Tim Phillips*	4×100 m medley relay	3:29.66	1 Q	—		3:27.91

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kathleen Baker	50 m backstroke	27.94	9 Q	27.48 NR	3 Q	27.50	5
	100 m backstroke	59.76	5 Q	59.03	3 Q	58.58
	200 m backstroke	2:06.82	1 Q	2:06.66	3 Q	2:06.48
Elizabeth Beisel	400 m individual medley	4:36.18	3 Q	—		4:37.63	7
Mallory Comerford	100 m freestyle	53.42	5 Q	52.85	3 Q	52.77	4
Madisyn Cox	200 m individual medley	2:10.16	3 Q	2:09.97	6 Q	2:09.71
Hali Flickinger	200 m butterfly	2:08.84	=8 Q	2:07.89	9	Did not advance
Bethany Galat	200 m breaststroke	2:24.56	5 Q	2:21.86	2 Q	2:21.77
Sarah Gibson	50 m butterfly	26.65	=22	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	58.16	11 Q	58.48	15	Did not advance
Lilly King	50 m breaststroke	29.76	1 Q	29.60 AM	1 Q	29.40 WR
	100 m breaststroke	1:05.20	1 Q	1:04.53	2 Q	1:04.13 WR
	200 m breaststroke	2:24.38	2 Q	2:23.81	8 Q	2:22.11	4
Katie Ledecky	200 m freestyle	1:56.27	2 Q	1:54.69	1 Q	1:55.16
	400 m freestyle	3:59.06	1 Q	—		3:58.34 CR
	800 m freestyle	8:20.24	1 Q	—		8:12.68
	1500 m freestyle	15:47.54	1 Q	—		15:31.82
Dakota Luther	200 m butterfly	2:08.86	10 Q	2:09.55	15	Did not advance
Simone Manuel	50 m freestyle	24.54	4 Q	24.12	3 Q	23.97 AM
	100 m freestyle	53.17	3 Q	52.69 AM	2 Q	52.27 AM
Melanie Margalis	200 m individual medley	2:11.47	9 Q	2:08.70	2 Q	2:09.82	4
Katie Meili	50 m breaststroke	30.37	4 Q	30.12	3 Q	29.99
	100 m breaststroke	1:06.39	4 Q	1:05.48	4 Q	1:05.03
Leah Smith	200 m freestyle	1:57.04	6 Q	1:56.34	8 Q	1:56.06	6
	400 m freestyle	4:02.00	2 Q	—		4:01.54
	800 m freestyle	8:21.19	2 Q	—		8:17.22
	400 m individual medley	4:36.94	6 Q	—		4:36.09	6
Regan Smith	200 m backstroke	2:08.13	4 Q	2:07.19 WJ	5 Q	2:07.42	8
Olivia Smoliga	100 m backstroke	59.70	4 Q	59.07	4 Q	58.77	4
Hannah Stevens	50 m backstroke	27.89	7 Q	27.63	9	Did not advance
Kelsi Worrell	50 m butterfly	25.65	2 Q	25.57	2 Q	25.48	4
	100 m butterfly	56.44	2 Q	56.74	3 Q	56.37
Abbey Weitzeil	50 m freestyle	24.92	13 Q	24.80	15	Did not advance
Mallory Comerford* Katie Ledecky Simone Manuel Lia Neal Olivia Smoliga* Kelsi Worrell	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:33.35	1 Q	—		3:31.72 AM
Mallory Comerford Katie Ledecky Simone Manuel* Melanie Margalis Cierra Runge* Leah Smith	4×200 m freestyle relay	7:53.73	3 Q	—		7:43.39
Kathleen Baker Mallory Comerford* Sarah Gibson* Lilly King Katie Meili* Simone Manuel Olivia Smoliga* Kelsi Worrell	4×100 m medley relay	3:55.95	1 Q	—		3:51.55 WR

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nathan Adrian Caeleb Dressel Mallory Comerford Townley Haas* Simone Manuel Lia Neal* Blake Pieroni* Kelsi Worrell*	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:23.93	2 Q	3:19.60 WR
Kevin Cordes* Caeleb Dressel Matt Grevers Ryan Murphy* Mallory Comerford* Lilly King Simone Manuel Kelsi Worrell*	4×100 m medley relay	3:40.28 WR	1 Q	3:38.56 WR

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

United States' synchronized swimming team consisted of 13 athletes (1 male and 12 female).^[7]

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Anita Alvarez Victoria Woroniecki	Duet technical routine	83.4526	12 Q	83.4715	12
	Duet free routine	84.3000	11 Q	84.1333	11
Elizabeth Davidson Nicole Dzurko Rachel Jager Jacklyn Luu Louisa Strutynski Alexandra Suarez (R) Karensa Tjoa Natalia Vega Figueroa Monica Velazquez-Stiak Victoria Woroniecki (R)	Team technical routine	82.1080	11 Q	82.8546	11
Anita Alvarez Elizabeth Davidson Nicole Dzurko Rachel Jager Jacklyn Luu Louisa Strutynski (R) Karensa Tjoa Natalia Vega Figueroa Monica Velazquez-Stiak Victoria Woroniecki (R)	Team free routine	82.9667	12 Q	83.5667	12

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kanako Spendlove Bill May	Duet technical routine	87.9086	3 Q	87.6682
	Duet free routine	88.0333	3 Q	88.7667

Legend: (R) = Reserve Athlete

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

The United States qualified both a men's and women's teams.^[8][9]

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Team roster

• McQuin Baron
• Johnathan Hooper
• Marko Vavic
• Alex Obert (C)
• Ben Hallock
• Luca Cupido
• Thomas Dunstan
• Nick Carniglia
• Alex Bowen
• Chancellor Ramirez
• Alex Roelse
• Maxwell Irving
• Drew Holland

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	3	3	0	0	38	21	+17	6	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	3	1	0	2	34	32	+2	2[a]	Playoffs
3	Japan	3	1	0	2	29	38	−9	2[a]
4	United States	3	1	0	2	28	38	−10	2[a]

Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) better result against higher placed team.
Notes:

1. Russia 2 Pts, +4 GD; Japan 2 Pts, +1 GD; United States 2 Pts, −5 GD

17 July 2017 18:50	Report	United States	7–12	Croatia	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–4, 1–3, 3–2
		Bowen, Cupido 2	Goals	García, Lončar 4

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19 July 2017 17:30	Report	United States	7–15	Japan	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–5, 2–4, 1–5
		Dunstan, Hallock 2	Goals	Adachi 7

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21 July 2017 12:10	Report	United States	14–11	Russia	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
		Score by quarters: 6–1, 3–5, 3–1, 2–4
		Bowen, Cupido 4	Goals	four players 2

13th–16th place semifinals

23 July 2017 12:00	Report	South Africa	4–13	United States	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Maged El-Shamy (EGY)
		Score by quarters: 0–1, 3–6, 1–3, 0–3
		four players 1	Goals	Irving, Obert 3

13th place game

25 July 2017 10:50	Report	France	8–11	United States	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Péter Molnár (HUN), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 1–0, 2–3, 3–4, 2–4
		Crousillat, Marzouki 2	Goals	Cupido 3

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Team roster

• Gabrielle Stone
• Madeline Musselman
• Melissa Seidemann
• Rachel Fattal
• Paige Hauschild
• Margaret Steffens (C)
• Jordan Raney
• Kiley Neushul
• Aria Fischer
• Jamie Neushul
• Makenzie Fischer
• Alys Williams
• Amanda Longan

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	58	17	+41	6	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	3	2	0	1	35	17	+18	4	Playoffs
3	New Zealand	3	1	0	2	17	38	−21	2
4	South Africa	3	0	0	3	11	49	−38	0

Updated to match(es) played on 20 July 2017. Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

16 July 2017 13:30	Report	South Africa	2–24	United States	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Diego Caribaldi (ARG), Daniel Daners (URU)
		Score by quarters: 0–6, 0–7, 2–5, 0–6
		Barrett, Penney 1	Goals	J. Neushul 6

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18 July 2017 09:30	Report	United States	12–8	Spain	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 6–1, 1–2, 2–2, 3–3
		Musselman, J. Neushul 3	Goals	Espar 3

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20 July 2017 18:50	Report	New Zealand	7–22	United States	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Diego Garibaldi (ARG), Yosuke Kajiwarra (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 2–6, 1–6, 2–6, 2–4
		Pye, Stoneman 2	Goals	Steffens 5

Quarterfinals

24 July 2017 16:10	Report	United States	7–5	Australia	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 0–0, 3–0, 2–2, 2–3
		Musselman, Raney 2	Goals	Gofers 4

Semifinals

26 July 2017 20:30	Report	Russia	9–14	United States	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 4–5, 1–6, 2–2, 2–1
		Prokofyeva 3	Goals	Fattal 5

Final

28 July 2017 20:30	Report	United States	13–6	Spain	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Diana Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–2, 5–2, 3–1
		K. Neushul 4	Goals	Espar 3