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Finland and Italy offer a thriller in semifinal
Visegrad - 17 July 2010
Today the team event is taking place. The team shot this morning on the Visegrad hill, before going down to the castle for the finals in the late afternoon.
Sunny, some wind that brought the temperature a few degrees back. The top eight teams played today in men, women and junior men. Each team has one barebow, one recurve and one compound shooter. They each shoot one arrow per target. The quarterfinals were played on eight targets, hence 24 arrows and a maximum of 144 points. The semifinals and finals have four targets, 72 points.
Men
The No. 1 seed Italy had a difficult quarterfinal versus Great Britain. At mid-match, FRANGILLI-GIORCELLI-SEIMANDI only led 62-60. They increased a bit their lead after 18 arrows, 90-84. Finally SHALES-KALMARU-REES were beaten 116-107. The No. 3 Germany and the No. 6 France also made a show. They were tied at 65-65 after 15 arrows, then at 76-76 after 18 arrows. ROHRBERG-LAUBE-MEYER pulled out a victory 103-99 against PIGEAUD-THIERRY-DUMON at the end. In the other quarters, Finland beat the USA 117-101 and Sweden prevailed over Austria 121-105.
The first semifinal between Italy and Finland was a masterpiece over the four targets! Italy earned the lead at the half 28-26, before Finland tied it at 41-41. At the last target, 45m for recurve, FRANGILLI shot a 5 under pressure with his last arrow to keep the tie at 56-56. The teams had to go to a shoot-off, each archer shooting another arrow at the last target. Italy shot first, 4-5-5. Finland made 5-5-4. Second shoot-off. Finland played first, 6-5-4. Then Italy shot 4-4 and the last 6 of FRANGILLI was too late. TARHALA-HAAVISTO-AHJOKIVI won the second shoot-off 15-14.
In the second semifinal, Sweden had an early lead 15-14, then 31-30. However, a bad third target dearly cost the Swedes. JANSSON-LUNDIN-OTTOSSON scored only 9 points and trailed Germany 40-42. The Germans did not let anything go in the last target and won 55-54.
Women
The No. 1 seed Italy had again a tough match against the No. 8 seed, Japan. The Japanese led after six arrows 25-23. Italy tied it at 76-76 after 18 arrows. TOMASI-TELANI-STROBBE finally won 108-100 over UENO-MAEDA-TAKANO. The No. 7 Netherlands and No. 2 France were tied at 24-24 after 6 arrows. However France pulled away in the latter part of the match. They lead 70-54 after 15 arrows, then 99-78 after 21 arrows. Finally FERRIOU-VOLLE-GAUTHE beat DE JONG-ENTHOVEN-VAN DIJCK 110-89. Germany and Austria played a tight quarterfinal that the Germans won at the end 103-101. Sweden beat Great Britain 113-96.
Italy and Sweden played a tight match in the semifinal. Italy led 16-15. Then the match was tied at 30-30. Again the short-distanced target, the third one, proved to be tricky. Italy only scored 12 points and Sweden took the advantage 45-42. Italy concluded with 4-3-5, not enough to catch BJERENDAL-DANIELSSON-BJORKLUND who won the match 58-54.
Germany did not let any chance to France in the second semifinal. After a tie on the first target, 13-13, RICHTER-WIESE-JENTGES led 30-25, 45-38 and concluded the match 57-51.
Junior Men
The only quarterfinal in the Junior Men category was the one of the host Hungary against Slovenia. The Hungarian took an early lead 12-9 after the three arrows. However Slovenia produced its effort before the half. The Slovenian led 50-43 after 12 arrows. The gap stayed the same until the end and finally MARINKO-MAVSAR-BERUS beat CSOREGH-ZSEBOK-VERES 93-86. The junior semifinals were therefore Germany-Slovenia and Italy-France.
Slovenia kept on going well in the first semifinal against Germany. After a 12-12 tie on the first target, Slovenia took the lead 37-35. However the Slovenian juniors shot 5-2-0 in the last target. OSWALD-DORER-ALTHOFF took the opportunity with 6-4-4 to win the match 49-44.
The young French and Italian archers also gave the fans a very good match. COCHIN-BOILEAU-PETIT MINUSA led 12-11, 24-23, and 37-36. Then they shot 6-3-3 in the last target. MORELLO-MUCCI-SPANO however managed to score 4-5-5 and pulled out a victory, 50-49!
The finals will take place on Visegrad Castle as of 16h00.
World Archery Communication
Didier MIEVILLE
The No. 1 seed Italy had a difficult quarterfinal versus Great Britain. At mid-match, FRANGILLI-GIORCELLI-SEIMANDI only led 62-60. They increased a bit their lead after 18 arrows, 90-84. Finally SHALES-KALMARU-REES were beaten 116-107. The No. 3 Germany and the No. 6 France also made a show. They were tied at 65-65 after 15 arrows, then at 76-76 after 18 arrows. ROHRBERG-LAUBE-MEYER pulled out a victory 103-99 against PIGEAUD-THIERRY-DUMON at the end. In the other quarters, Finland beat the USA 117-101 and Sweden prevailed over Austria 121-105.
The first semifinal between Italy and Finland was a masterpiece over the four targets! Italy earned the lead at the half 28-26, before Finland tied it at 41-41. At the last target, 45m for recurve, FRANGILLI shot a 5 under pressure with his last arrow to keep the tie at 56-56. The teams had to go to a shoot-off, each archer shooting another arrow at the last target. Italy shot first, 4-5-5. Finland made 5-5-4. Second shoot-off. Finland played first, 6-5-4. Then Italy shot 4-4 and the last 6 of FRANGILLI was too late. TARHALA-HAAVISTO-AHJOKIVI won the second shoot-off 15-14.
In the second semifinal, Sweden had an early lead 15-14, then 31-30. However, a bad third target dearly cost the Swedes. JANSSON-LUNDIN-OTTOSSON scored only 9 points and trailed Germany 40-42. The Germans did not let anything go in the last target and won 55-54.
Women
The No. 1 seed Italy had again a tough match against the No. 8 seed, Japan. The Japanese led after six arrows 25-23. Italy tied it at 76-76 after 18 arrows. TOMASI-TELANI-STROBBE finally won 108-100 over UENO-MAEDA-TAKANO. The No. 7 Netherlands and No. 2 France were tied at 24-24 after 6 arrows. However France pulled away in the latter part of the match. They lead 70-54 after 15 arrows, then 99-78 after 21 arrows. Finally FERRIOU-VOLLE-GAUTHE beat DE JONG-ENTHOVEN-VAN DIJCK 110-89. Germany and Austria played a tight quarterfinal that the Germans won at the end 103-101. Sweden beat Great Britain 113-96.
Italy and Sweden played a tight match in the semifinal. Italy led 16-15. Then the match was tied at 30-30. Again the short-distanced target, the third one, proved to be tricky. Italy only scored 12 points and Sweden took the advantage 45-42. Italy concluded with 4-3-5, not enough to catch BJERENDAL-DANIELSSON-BJORKLUND who won the match 58-54.
Germany did not let any chance to France in the second semifinal. After a tie on the first target, 13-13, RICHTER-WIESE-JENTGES led 30-25, 45-38 and concluded the match 57-51.
Junior Men
The only quarterfinal in the Junior Men category was the one of the host Hungary against Slovenia. The Hungarian took an early lead 12-9 after the three arrows. However Slovenia produced its effort before the half. The Slovenian led 50-43 after 12 arrows. The gap stayed the same until the end and finally MARINKO-MAVSAR-BERUS beat CSOREGH-ZSEBOK-VERES 93-86. The junior semifinals were therefore Germany-Slovenia and Italy-France.
Slovenia kept on going well in the first semifinal against Germany. After a 12-12 tie on the first target, Slovenia took the lead 37-35. However the Slovenian juniors shot 5-2-0 in the last target. OSWALD-DORER-ALTHOFF took the opportunity with 6-4-4 to win the match 49-44.
The young French and Italian archers also gave the fans a very good match. COCHIN-BOILEAU-PETIT MINUSA led 12-11, 24-23, and 37-36. Then they shot 6-3-3 in the last target. MORELLO-MUCCI-SPANO however managed to score 4-5-5 and pulled out a victory, 50-49!
The finals will take place on Visegrad Castle as of 16h00.
World Archery Communication
Didier MIEVILLE
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