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The Greek women's water polo team have booked their place at the Beijing Olympics after beating Canada in the quarter-final of a qualifying tournament on Friday.
Greece, who won the silver at the Athens Olympics, beat Canada 5-2 in Spain thanks to four goals from Kiki Liosi who was playing despite having an injured finger.
Greece will now play Russia in the semi-final of the tournament on Saturday.
The other seven teams that will be joining coach Koulis Iosifidis's team in China are: USA, Australia, the Netherlands, China, Russia, Hungary and Italy.
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Created on Friday, February 22, 2008 16:00
Last updated on Saturday, February 23, 2008 05:26
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