Host Russia take the Bronze medal in Kazan. They came back after being 0-2 behind and scored the golden goal in extra-time. Italy finish 5th after beating Wales 1-0.

3rd place
Belarus v Russia 2-3 OT (2-2, 1-0)
Belarus started with pace into the Bronze Medal match. Not even two minutes were played when they had a great opportunity to score. Volha Shyntar brought the ball into the circle and passed it to Yulia Laptsevich who shot immediately but goalie Oxana Serezhkina saved it. Afterwards Russia had a good counter-attack which failed. Margarita Drepenkina and Irina Kuzmina combined well but the first shot was saved by Belarus goalie Yuliya Lashuk and then Elena Polovkova was unable to tip the rebound into the goal.

Now Belarus got stronger. Captain Shyntar had a good game today and won the first corner for her team which failed. In the 17th minute Belarus however took the lead when Yulia Laptsevich scored with a backhand-stroke directly into the net. Afterwards Russia missed to equalise through a penalty corner goal when Shyntar cleared on the goal-line into a long corner.

Belarus were also dominating the beginning of the second half. Shyntar (45’) increased the lead and scored her sixth goal in this competition making her the new top scorer. Only a few minutes later Kristina Shumilina (48’) made it 2-1 when she defeated the goalie with her third attempt. Now Russia started to take control of the game and equalised. Svetlana Grigorieva’s (51’) shot went high and goalkeeper Lashuk deflected it into the net, very unlucky. Play was hectic during the last 15 minutes; both wanted to avoid an extra-time.
The golden goal was scored by Grigorieva (78') who won possession in the circle and smashed the ball into the goal.

1-0 (17’) Yulia LAPTSEVICH (FG)
2-0 (45’) Volha SHYNTAR (FG)
2-1 (48’) Kristina SHUMILINA (FG)
2-2 (51’) Svetlana GRIGORIEVA (FG)
2-3 (78’) Svetlana GRIGORIEVA (FG)

5th place
Italy v Wales 1-0 (1-0)
The round-robin encounter between Italy and Wales finished with a score of 2-1 although Wales have taken the lead last Sunday.

Today’s first match took mainly place in midfield with not many chances either side. But each team missed a great opportunity in the first half: Italian Maria Victoria Baetti received a pass in the circle and deflected the ball towards goal but Welsh goalkeeper Margaret Rees cleared for a long corner. On the other side Abigail Welsford missed to take the lead when her high shot was saved by goalkeeper Paula Calvo playing her second match in this competition.

A few seconds before halftime Italy won their first penalty corner which succeeded. With ten players at the circle line it was Daniela Possali (35+’) who took the direct shot and scored the 1-0 lead. Francesca Faustini (40’) missed to increase the lead when her backhand stroke went wide over the crossbar. Afterwards Rees saved spectacular against Jasbeer Singh and Possali. Wales dominated the match during the last minutes; they created good opportunities, won four more penalty corners but were unable to equalise.

1-0 35+’ Daniela POSSALI (PC)