Scotland beat France, Poland destroy another rival  x6
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July 12, 2002 
Jakub R Kumoch
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In pool A Scotland rather unexpectedly beat France 3-2 securing the first place and a possibility to meet lower ranked Sweden in the semis. On Thursday the Swedes lost to the host team Poland 1-9.
Croatia will play for the fifth place and their opponents will be the winners of Hungary-Slovenia game. On Thursday the Croats beat their local rivals Hungary 3-2.
Pool A:
Scotland – France 3-2 (1-2), scorers: Scotland - Mark Ralph (28-pc), Laurence Docherty (42-pc) and Vishal Marwaha (58), France - Julien Boyer (3) and Pierre-Louis Verrier (35)
Final standings:
1. Scotland 2 2-0-0 7:2 6
2. France 2 1-1-0 7:3 3
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3. Slovenia 2 0-2-0 0:9 0
Pool B:
Croatia – Hungary 3-2 (2-0), scorers: Croatia - Ronald Kranjcec (2-pc, 33), Luka Vucic (69), Hungary - Balint Konorot (52), Balazs Vesselenyi (56)
Poland – Sweden 9-1 (5-0), scorers: Poland - Zbigniew Juszczak - (22-pc, 27-pc, 64-pc), Eugeniusz Gaczkowski (2-pc), Tomasz Choczaj (5), Tomasz Szmidt (28), Rafal Grotowski (37), Tomasz Marcinkowski (56) i Artur Mikula (68), Sweden - Magnus Mattsson (47-pc)
Final standings:
1. Poland 3 3-0-0 32:3 9
2. Sweden 3 2-1-0 9:9 6
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3. Croatia 3 1-2-0 3:16 3
4. Hungary 3 0-3-0 4:20 0
Next games:
Saturday, 13th July:
5/7: Hungary – Slovenia, Semifinals: Scotland – Sweden, Poland – France
Jakub R. Kumoch
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