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A lot to learn
Africa was represented by a South African team playing in Group A. They have lost against Serbia 3/21, Croatia 2/25 and USA 6/15. In the quarter finals and ranking matches, the African representatives were beaten respectively by Germany 24/5 , once more by Croatia 16/3, and Japan 21/9.
The brave South African players finally finished 8th behind the winner of the competition Hungary, Australia, Serbia, Germany, Croatia, USA and Japan.
In comparison, in the previous edition of 2014, held in Almaty (Kazakhstan), the South African team was also ranked 8th with 6 defeats but with a better goal difference ie 70 goals against 94 goals in 2018.
