A second win against Romania in the shoot-out helped Youth Olympic Champions Argentina advance to the second round, with one match still in hand.

A close fight in the first set ended with Gallo scoring to make it 19:18 for Argentina. Suarez stopped Manole’s attempt to bring back Romania ahead in the dying seconds.

In the second set, Romania took the reins and when Muresan made it 17-13 with one minute to go, there was no time left for Argentina to respond.

In the shoot-out, Argentina missed only one shot with Gallo (was defeated by Cristea) while for RomaniaMouresan and Moga failed to score.

The sets: 18:19, 17:15, 6:8)

Romania: Chirila 10, Moga 1, Manole 10, Pavel 6, Dragoescu 1, Muresan 5, Campean 8, Cucu, Cristea, Banu

Argentina: Arcajo 4, Alfredi 16, Molina, Gallo 9, Medina 2, Ursino 9, Cambarieri 2, Belhits, Slaibe, Suarez

Referees: Botincan , Rupcic (Croatia) S: 2-0

Quotes

Florin Ciupitu (Romania - Coach)

"We are proud of our performance, but feel upset because we lost in the shoot-out. We are improving, we played welland in tomorrow's match against France I believe we will achieve our first ever victory atWorld Championships".

ConnySuarez (Argentina - Player)

“We played against a strong team. The match was decided in small details, we had some luck and we won.

“Our team is on the right track and now we are looking forward to playing withour next opponent”.