Youth Olympics

The Kingdom led 2-1 at half-time and converted an impressive five of seven attempts at goal, with 17-year-old Seini Lutu bagging a hat-trick in the 12-goal thriller at the Sporting High Performance Centre in Nunez.

Tonga, who were beaten by Bolivia in their opening match, are back in action on Thursday local time against group leaders Spain.

Meanwhile, the Solomon Islands men's futsal team were beaten 10-4 by Russia in their latest match, having fought back from a 7-1 half-time deficit.

The team returned home last week from the Under 17 Beach Handball World Championship in Mauritius, where they defeated Australia twice and the host nation.

American Samoa and Australia represented Oceania against 14 other countries.

Captain Fiapa'ipa'i Fanene said everybody brought their game and they know what needs to be improved on.

"Oh I'm ready (to go to Argentina). I want to take it. Me and my girls have got to work really hard for this since we are the first team (from American Samoa) to be in the Olympics so it's exciting," she said.