Match 39, Women 09:30, 23.07.03
JAPAN 4 BRAZIL 3
Play-off for 11th & 12th
Quarters: 0-1, 0-1, 2-1, 2-0

Referees: Guy Pinker (RSA), Vladimir Golikov (RUS)

JAPAN: Akiko Inagaki, Mayu Mimaki (1), Aya Kakoshi, Mika Yahagi (1), Mari Kawasaki, Naoko Koiso, Makoto Tanaka, Akane Yamazaki (2), Momoko Arai, Machi Yoshioka, Mari Yasumi, Tomoka Gyoten, Miki Numazaki
Coach: Fumiaki Kimura

BRAZIL: Claudia Graner, Mayla Siracusa, Flavia Fernandes (1), Mariana Roriz (1), Rubi Palmieri, Mariana Resstom, Maria Cecilia Marques, Tess Oliviera, Marina Canetti, Camila Pedrosa (1), Viviane Costa, Melina Teno, Andrea Henriques
Coach: David Hart

Brazil let the play-off for 11th slip from its grasp after leading 2-0 at halftime and 3-2 at the three-quarter mark. The first half was very tight with excellent goalkeeping from Akiko Inagaki (JPN) and Claudia Graner (BRA). The intensity shown by both teams was equal to the semifinals to be played later in the evening. Mariana Roriz scored the only goal of the first quarter, through extra. Team-mate Flavia Fernandes scored from well out the top for 2-0 late in the second. Brazil took a timeout but couldn’t convert the extra. Then the third period opened up with Mika Yagahi scoring off left-hand catch and Mayu Mimaki gaining the extra goal for 2-2. Camila Pedrosa gave Brazil the advantage off a cross pass on extra. Japan made the most of the last period, with Akane Yamazaki scoring from eight metres, outside the post at 5:15 for 3-3. Then Yamazaki earned the praise of her nation when she drove down the right for 20m and scored at 2:39.

Match 40, Women 10:45, 23.07.03
GERMANY 5 GREECE 10
Play-off for 9th & 10th
Quarters: 0-4, 2-1, 2-2, 1-3

Referees: Marc Levin (ISR), Daniel Legare (CAN)

GERMANY: Simone Budde, Lina Rohe (2), Theresa Klein, Stefanie Schindelbauer, Katrin Dierolf (1), Laura Gruber, Monika Kruszona (1), Sabine Kottig, Viktoria Bujka, Ariane Rump (1), Imke Odenthal, Linda Gerrifsen, Barbara Bujka
Coach: Marcel Ter Bals

GREECE: Georgia Ellinaki, Dmitra Asilian, Sofia Petsali, Kiriaki Loisi (1), Amalia Paterou, Stavroula Kozomboli (2), Ekaterini Oikonomopoulou (2), Antigoni Roumpesi (3), Evangelia Moraitidou (1), Georgia Lara, Stavroula Antonakou (1), Maria-Georgia Kanellopoulou
Coach: Kiriakos Iosifidis

Greece finished its campaign in style with what was a comfortable win over Germany. The Greeks sent in four unanswered goals in the first quarter but lost the second 2-1 as the Germans settled. Stavroula Kozomboli scored twice in the first as three of Greece’s first-half goals came from extra. Monika Kruszona started the second for Germany and Katrin Dierolf scored her sixth goal of the championship with a direct shot from 10m. Ekaterini Oikonomopoulou and Antigoni Roumpesi scored their second goals of the match as the third was tied 2-all. Lina Rohe blasted both Germany’s goals with the second from eight metres. Greek skipper Eve Moraitidou scored on extra, Roumpesi netted her third of the match and 14th of the championship and Stavroula Antonakou lobbed for the 10th goal. Germany ‘s sole effort was a 10m rocket from Ariane Rump into the top left corner.