A great victory for the Greek National Team on the second day of the World Championship, defeating the United Arab Emirates with a final score of 4-3. The opponents started off the game really well scoring twice and surprising the Greek squad. Despite the initial shock the National Team regrouped and turned the game around scoring 4 unanswered goals ending the second period. The team was pressing throughout the whole game showing that losing was not an option. The performance of Georgios Kalyvas was remarkable considering he had been injured just a day before, scoring the equalizing goal. Panagiotis Koulouris, newcomer to the National Team scored 2 goals and helped with his great performance. Finally, Georgios Fiotakis was great between the pipes, even saving a penalty shot just five minutes before the end of the game and while the score was 4-3.
The points of the National Team:
| # | Name | Goals | Assists | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Panagiotis Koulouris | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 21 | Dimitris Kalyvas (C) | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 24 | Nikolaos Papadopoulos | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Ioannis Koufis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Georgios Kalyvas (A) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Nikolaos Papadopoulos was named MVP of the National Team.
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