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FINA WC Day 5 - Women's Water Polo Match 17 & 18

Jul 17, 2003

Match 17, Women 09:30, 17.07.03
GREAT BRITAIN 1 BRAZIL 11
Quarters: 1-3, 0-2, 0-3, 0-3

Referees: Guy Pinner (RSA), Wim Keman (AHO)

GREAT BRITAIN: Ruth Hawney, Kate Lewis, Bernice Cowton (1), Tara Smith, Helen Dacre, Frances Leighton, Angela Winstanley, Hannah Wild, Carol Mohan, Karin Hales, Laura Evans, Larissa Davies, Siobhan Winter
Coach: Nick Hume

BRAZIL: Claudia Graner, Mayla Siracusa (2), Flavia Fernandes (3), Mariana Roriz (1), Rubi Palmieri, Mariana Resstom (1), Maria Cecilia Marques, Tess Oliviera, Marina Canetti, Camila Pedrosa (4), Viviane Costa, Melina Teno, Andrea Henriques
Coach: David Hart

Brazil was just too good for Great Britain with Camila Pedrosa in scintillating form with four goals, three of them coming in the opening quarter and in a three-minute spell. She scored two on action and one on extra. Bernice Cowton replied for Great Britain for a 3-1 scoreline at the break. Flavia Fernandez and Mayla Siracusa had the Brazilians 5-1 up at halftime. No matter what the Britons did, they could not breach Brazil