Women’s Water Polo 18th Asian Games Jakarta Palembang 2018

18th  Asian Games Jakarta

Palembang 2018

Indonesia Beat Thailand  

Women’s Water Polo

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Asian Games 2018

Antara/Palembang/ Jakarta

The Indonesia women's water polo team lost to Thailand 20-7 at the 2018 Asian Games at the Aquatic Stadium in Senayan, Jakarta, on Tuesday. The result places Indonesia in fifth out of six countries in the final standings.

Thinwilay Janista of Thailand scored the most goals with seven, followed by Saraikarn Varistha with five.

In the fight for fourth position, the performance of Indonesia declined compared to its showing in its previous match against Kazakhstan, allowing Thailand to easily take the lead at 5-1 in the first quarter.

Thailand, which was named the best ASEAN team, dominated the game in the second quarter to bring the score to 8-2.

In the third quarter, Balqis Siti of Indonesia scored two points but it did not help to significantly narrow the deficit, with Thailand staying on top 16-7.

In the fourth quarter, Thailand closed the game with a score of 20-7, putting them in fourth in the final standings, one slot above Indonesia.