Water polo: NZ miss quarters at world champs

The New Zealand women's team missed out on a quarterfinal place at the world water polo championship in Montreal after losing 2-1 to Germany today.

New Zealand captain Anna Sieprath scored in the first attack of the game to give New Zealand a 1-0 advantage.

The Germans however came back to score the winner when New Zealand lost the ball on a counter attack.

In other games today Italy, the United States, Greece and Brazil all made it through to the quarterfinals with comprehensive wins.

Results:
Germany 2 New Zealand 1 (Anna Sieprath)
Brazil 10 Uzbekistan 1
Italy 9 Spain 6
US 14 Cuba 3
Greece 7 Netherlands 4

- NZPA