FINA World Championships 2013: Greece opens men's water polo with stunning upset over Montenegro

POLO AIR INDONESIA-Greece turned on the action tap and caused a huge upset in the opening match with a deluge of early goals against Montenegro for a 6-4 victory in the FINA Men's Water Polo World Championships at the Bernat Picornell Pool.

Just two weeks ago when the teams met in a four-nation tournament, world No 4 Montenegro thrashed Greece 11-4, but today it was all Greece as Montenegro was kept scoreless for the first half and gained two consolation goals in the final minute.

In the other Group A match, Spain defeated New Zealand 18-3 in the final encounter of the day with Felipe Perrone scoring five goals, the best of the day.

In Group B action, Croatia beat United States of America 9-7 and Canada outlasted South Africa 17-11.

In Group C, Serbia proved too strong for Australia, winning 10-7 and Hungary put away China 13-5 with an excellent display of poise and power.

In Group D, Italy started strongly and cruised home 9-4 over Romania, while Germany saw a 9-4 three-quarter-time lead diminished to 9-8 by fulltime against Kazakhstan.

Points after day one:

Group A: ESP 2, GRE 2, MNE 0, NZL 0.
Group B: CAN 2, CRO 9, USA 0, RSA 0.
Group C: HUN 2, SRB 2, AUS 0, CHN 0.
Group D: ITA 2, GER 2, KAZ 0, ROU 0

MEDALS TABLE

NF	GOLD	SILVER	BRONZE	TOTAL
CHN	3	2	1	6
RUS	3	1	0	4
GER	1	1	1	3
TUN	1	-	1	2
GRE	1	-	-	1
USA	1	-	-	1
CAN	-	2	1	3
ESP	-	1	2	3
BRA	-	1	1	2
UKR	-	1	1	2
ITA	-	1	-	1
MAS	-	-	1	1
MEX	-	-	1	1
TOTAL	10	10	10	30