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2005 Youth Boys'
Under 19 World Championship
Algiers & Oran,
24 August – 1 September 2005
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Argentina-France most
important clash, defending champs seek another title against
Poland
 Algiers,
Algeria, August 29, 2005 – Argentina and France will feature
in the most exciting face off in the quarterfinals of the
ninth Boys U-19 World Championship to be held in Harcha Hall
in the Algerian capital on Tuesday. Other clashes see
defending champions Brazil take on Poland, Iran play Italy
and Slovakia come up against Russia.
Argentina and France, who both had positive results and
victories beyond what they expected earlier in the
tournament, will try to continue their successful path in
the competition especially considering that both have never
qualified for the semifinals with Argentina’s best being
fifth position in 1991 and the best for France was the
seventh position achieved three times in 1991, 1997 and
2001. So it will be a historic victory for the winner being
for the first time ever in the final four.
"We expect to meet a strong opponent but we will apply our
strategy to continue the successful competition," said
Argentina head coach Fabian Muraco.
The defending champions Brazil, who dropped only two sets
against Bulgaria in the first round, will start their actual
fight for a seventh title when they meet Poland.
"We are managing the competition match by match so that we
can achieve our goal," Brazil head coach Oncken Percy said
after the drawing of lots of the quarterfinal. "From now we
can't predict who will be the winner in any match. We are
not only seeking to win but also to entertain the spectators
here when we present the future stars of the sport," he
added.
Italy’s promising team has to meet a solid opponent at youth
and junior level in Iran who had a place in the podium in
the last two competitions finishing second in 2001 and third
in 2003. The blue team will seek a second trophy after they
won the title in 1997.
Russia, who came to the competition as second favorites
behind Brazil, haven't shown their true potential but they
want to do that on Tuesday against Slovakia who were the
leaders of their preliminary pool. |
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