Malta suffered a heavy defeat against a strong Spanish side yesterday on the opening day of the European Junior Championships for men which is being staged this week at the Tal-Qroqq pool.

The Spanish side dominated the match from start to finish to register a comfortable 19-2 win against the Maltese youngsters.

Spain won the four sessions as follows: 6-0, 4-1, 4-1 and 5-0.

Malta’s goals were netted by Nicholas Bugelli and Ben Plumpton.

Malta: Z. Sciberras, M. Lanzon, A. Galea, M. Mifsud, M. Grech, B. Plumpton, N. Paris, G. Mizzi, J. Napier, M. Zammit, A. Mifsud, N. Bugelli, D. Spiteri.

Other results

Greece-Romania 6-5; France-Turkey 9-10; Russia-Belarus 28-2; Georgia-Germany 9-11; Montenegro-Ukraine 17-3; Croatia-Serbia 8-7; Italy-Hungary 10-9.

Today’s programme

9am Ukraine-Germany; 10.15am Belarus-Croatia; 11.30am Germany-Italy; 12.45pm Turkey-Spain; 3pm Romania-Montenegro; 4.15pm Serbia-Russia; 5.30pm Hungary-Georgia; 6.45pm Malta-France.