The Ukrainian Water Polo Federation has appealed to the International Swimming Federation (World Aquatics) to request the cancellation of the match for seventh place in the second-class World Cup with the Russian national team. This was announced by the representative of the Water Polo Federation of Ukraine, Alexander Diadiura, on Sunday, April 12.
According to him, the Ukrainian side requests that the match be canceled “for obvious reasons.”
— This issue has not yet been resolved and is currently under discussion with regulators. The position of the Ukrainian Federation: This match should not be held.
Diadora added that it is necessary to wait for a response from World Aquatics.
-They promised earlier that there would be no match. “When this is officially confirmed, I will be able to announce with certainty that there will be no fight.” RIA Novosti.
Earlier, it was reported that the Ukrainian men’s water polo team lost to the Australian team in the World Cup second division classification match and will now meet the Russian team in the seventh place match. The match was scheduled to take place on Monday, April 13, starting at 16:00 Moscow time.