6 Teams Locked in for Final 6 at Volleyball World Championships

  0 Braden Keith | October 11th, 2018 | Asian Volleyball, European volleyball, International Volleyball, News, NORCECA volleyball, U.S. Women's Volleyball

2018 FIVB Women’s Volleyball World Championships

The field is set for the Final 6 (third round) of the 2018 FIVB Women’s Volleyball World Championships in Yokohama, Japan.

In the final day of round 2 of the competition, the Netherlands and Japan got the sets they needed to eliminate Brazil. Both needed just 1 set win to advance; the Dutch did much more than that, taking a 3-0 sweep win over Serbia. That became Serbia’s 2nd-straight loss in the tournament, after not losing a set in their first 7 matches combined, and when combined with Japan’s 2-3 loss to Brazil actually moved the Netherlands to the top of the group.

That means the Dutch will go automatically to Pool G; while still-undefeated Italy sits atop Pool H after winning their group. The Italians finished the day with a 3-1 win over the United States. That put the Americans in a precarious position, with Russia at that point needing only a win over clinched China to advance. But, with the injury to top scorer Natalia Goncharova, Russia’s run came to an end as they fell 3-1 to China.

The final 6 includes 2 Asian teams (China, Japan); 3 European teams (Serbia, Italy, Netherlands); and 1 NORCECA team (the United States).

Brazil had medaled at each of the last 3 World Championship tournaments. For Russia, this will be their lowest finish in the history of the tournament (8th place),  including the record of the Soviet Union from 1990 and earlier.

Here’s how the pools will break down:

Pool G

  • #7 Italy
  • #6 Japan OR #1 China
  • #3 Serbia OR #2 United States

Pool H

  • #8 Netherlands
  • #6 Japan OR #1 China
  • #3 Serbia OR #2 United States

Watch the live-draw here:

Teams In to the Final 6:

  • #1 China
  • #2 United States
  • #3 Serbia
  • #6 Japan
  • #7 Italy
  • #8 Netherlands

Teams Eliminated From Tournament:

  • #4 Brazil
  • #5 Russia
  • #9 Dominican Republic
  • #12 Turkey
  • #13 Germany
  • #13 Puerto Rico
  • #16 Thailand
  • #17 Bulgaria
  • #24 Azerbaijan
  • #26 Mexico

Final Round 2 Pool Standings

Pool E

Matches Pts Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Netherlands 8 1 24 26 6 4.333 756 634 1.192
2  Japan 7 2 22 25 9 2.778 805 670 1.201
3  Serbia 7 2 21 22 6 3.667 669 532 1.258
4  Brazil 7 2 20 23 11 2.091 790 650 1.215
5  Dominican Republic 5 4 16 17 12 1.417 646 576 1.122
6  Germany 5 4 14 16 15 1.067 714 714 1.000
7  Puerto Rico 3 6 9 10 19 0.526 615 678 0.907
8  Mexico 1 8 3 6 24 0.250 569 724 0.786

Pool F

Matches Pts Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Italy 9 0 27 27 3 9.000 738 538 1.372
2  China 8 1 24 25 5 5.000 732 605 1.210
3  United States 7 2 19 22 11 2.000 743 658 1.129
4  Russia 6 3 18 22 12 1.833 776 682 1.138
5  Turkey 5 4 15 15 15 1.000 663 633 1.047
6  Bulgaria 4 5 11 14 18 0.778 674 722 0.934
7  Thailand 3 6 11 16 22 0.727 776 826 0.939
8  Azerbaijan 2 7 6 8 22 0.364 630 706 0.892

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Braden Keith is the Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of VolleyMob.com. Braden's first foray into sports journalism came in 2010, when he launched a swimming website called The Swimmers' Circle. Two years later, he joined SwimSwam.com as a co-founder. Long huge fans of volleyball, when Braden and the SwimSwam partners sought an opportunity to …

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