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2017 FIVB VOLLEYBALL WORLD GRAND PRIX – GROUP 1 DAILY RECAP

Group 1
July 7th – August 6th
FIVB World Grand Prix Round 1
Schedule/Results

Day 1 of the 2017 FIVB World Grand Prix is in the books. While there were some near-upsets and some exciting finishes, there were no major upsets to open the first weekend of pool play.

The most exciting finish of the day came in Kunshan, China in Pool B1, where the Americans came alive in the 4th set against Russia and stole a 3-2 victory from the jaws of defeat. It also took Japan 5 sets to beat Thailand.

The Olympic gold and silver medalists from last year, Brazil and Serbia, are both playing in Pool A1 (and will square-off on Saturday), and both took comfortable 3-0 sweeps over Belgium and Turkey, respectively.

Serbia’s 3-0 win was the most impressive of the 3-0 wins, based on points ratio, and so they’re technically on top of the table after 1 day of action. The Dutch, who swept the Dominican Republic 3-0, are 2nd, and Brazil is 3rd.

China beat Italy 3-1, but played most of the match without Rio MVP Zhu Ting. She saw only limited action in the 4th set, recording 1 kill on 1 swing.

The two highest scorers of the day both came from Japan – Sarina Koga scored 23 and Mari Horikawa scored 21 in their win over Thailand – which saw Japan take a huge number of offensive swings. Koga had 20 kills and 3 blocks. American Kelly Murphy wasn’t far behind with 19.

Group 1 Table After Day 1:

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L	Pts	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Serbia	1	0	3	3	0	MAX	75	51	1.471
2	Netherlands	1	0	3	3	0	MAX	75	61	1.230
3	Brazil	1	0	3	3	0	MAX	75	63	1.190
4	China	1	0	3	3	1	3.000	95	88	1.080
5	United States	1	0	2	3	2	1.500	112	98	1.143
6	Japan	1	0	2	3	2	1.500	105	92	1.141
7	Thailand	0	1	1	2	3	0.667	92	105	0.876
8	Russia	0	1	1	2	3	0.667	98	112	0.875
9	Italy	0	1	0	1	3	0.333	88	95	0.926
10	Belgium	0	1	0	0	3	0.000	63	75	0.840
11	Dominican Republic	0	1	0	0	3	0.000	61	75	0.813
12	Turkey	0	1	0	0	3	0.000	51	75	0.680

Ranking system:

Number of matches won
Match points
Sets ratio
Points ratio
If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Day 1 Results (With Links to Full Stats):

Pool A1

Venue: Başkent Volleyball Hall, Ankara, Turkey
All times are Turkey Time (UTC+03:00).
VolleyMob recap

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Jul	16:30	Turkey	0–3	Serbia	19–25	17–25	15–25			51–75	P2 P3
7 Jul	19:30	Belgium	0–3	Brazil	22–25	23–25	18–25			63–75	P2 P3

Pool B1

Venue: Kunshan Stadium, Kunshan, China
All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
VolleyMob recap

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Jul	15:00	United States	3–2	Russia	22–25	25–19	25–27	25–16	15–11	112–98	P2 P3
7 Jul	19:00	China	3–1	Italy	25–20	20–25	25–23	25–20		95–88	P2 P3

Pool C1

Venue: Omnisport Apeldoorn, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Jul	17:30	Netherlands	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–21	25–19	25–21			75–61	P2 P3
7 Jul	20:30	Japan	3–2	Thailand	25–19	18–25	25–14	22–25	15–9	105–92	P2 P3