Final Four Set For Group 2 Of World Grand Prix

FIVB WORLD GRAND PRIX – GROUP 2 DAILY RECAP

South Korea, Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic have qualified for the Group 2 final four of the 2017 FIVB World Grand Prix. Both South Korea and Germany posted 8-1 records in the competition with South Korea having 25 to Germany’s 23 points to top the leader’s board. Poland and the Czech Republic recorded 7-2 records on their way to the finals. the Czech Republic will host the final four, not taking away a qualifying spot from another team as they finished in the fourth place.

The semifinals will begin on July 29 with the finals and bronze medal match to follow on July 30.

For South Korea, Yeon Koung Kim posted a Group 2 best of 147 points in the World Grand Prix with 131 kills, nine blocks and seven aces. Korea swept Poland as Kim put down 17 of her 131 kills in the win.

Germany won their eighth straight match in the World Grand Prix over Peru behind the hand of Louisa Lippmann who had 14 points in the win. In total, Lippmann posted a total of 118 points in the preliminary rounds.

Poland’s Agnieszka Kakolweska has put on a blocking show in the competition with 26 blocks so far, making her average 0.90 per set. In their final match of week three, the Polish crew dropped their match to South Korea with Berenika Tomsia putting down 15 points.

The Czech took down Canada in a four-set match, with Marie Toufarova contributing 16 points in the win.

Final Group 2 Standings

Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	South Korea	8	1	25	26	5	5.200	736	622	1.183
2	Germany	8	1	23	25	6	4.167	737	602	1.224
3	Poland	7	2	21	22	7	3.143	709	553	1.282
4	Czech Republic	7	2	19	21	14	1.500	775	764	1.014
5	Bulgaria	5	4	16	22	17	1.294	852	820	1.039
6	Puerto Rico	5	4	12	17	19	0.895	782	796	0.982
7	Colombia	4	5	12	12	17	0.706	634	664	0.955
8	Canada	3	6	11	15	20	0.750	774	745	1.039
9	Peru	3	6	9	13	20	0.650	737	768	0.960
10	Argentina	2	7	8	11	22	0.500	688	735	0.936
11	Croatia	1	8	3	9	26	0.346	646	844	0.765
12	Kazakhstan	1	8	3	5	25	0.200	567	724	0.783

Pool G2

Venue: Richmond Olympic Oval, Richmond, Canada
All times are Pacific Standard Time (UTC−07:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
21 Jul	18:10	Canada	0–3	Germany	17–25	18–25	20–25		55–75	P2 P3
21 Jul	20:10	Peru	1–3	Czech Republic	23–25	22–25	25–19	17–25	87–94	P2 P3
22 Jul	12:40	Canada	3–1	Peru	20–25	25–17	25–17	25–21	95–80	P2 P3
22 Jul	14:40	Czech Republic	0–3	Germany	18–25	21–25	15–25		54–75	P2 P3
23 Jul	12:40	Canada	1–3	Czech Republic	21–25	22–25	25–17	16–25	84–92	P2 P3
23 Jul	14:40	Germany	3–0	Peru	25–18	25–21	25–23		75–62	P2 P3

Pool H2

Venue: Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon, South Korea
All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
21 Jul	16:00	South Korea	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–12	25–14	25–17	75–43	P2 P3
21 Jul	19:00	Colombia	0–3	Poland	15–25	14–25	16–25	45–75	P2 P3
22 Jul	14:00	South Korea	3–0	Colombia	25–23	25–20	25–19	75–62	P2 P3
22 Jul	16:30	Poland	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–12	25–21	25–14	75–47	P2 P3
23 Jul	14:00	South Korea	3–0	Poland	25–23	25–20	25–22	75–65	P2 P3
23 Jul	16:30	Kazakhstan	0–3	Colombia	22–25	19–25	20–25	61–75	P2 P3

Pool I2

Venue: Varaždin Arena, Varaždin, Croatia
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
21 Jul	16:00	Bulgaria	1–3	Puerto Rico	25–17	16–25	18–25	26–28		85–95	P2 P3
21 Jul	19:00	Croatia	1–3	Argentina	28–26	19–25	16–25	13–25		76–101	P2 P3
22 Jul	16:00	Puerto Rico	0–3	Argentina	21–25	15–25	21–25			57–75	P2 P3
22 Jul	19:00	Croatia	0–3	Bulgaria	18–25	17–25	17–25			52–75	P2 P3
23 Jul	16:00	Bulgaria	3–2	Argentina	25–22	17–25	18–25	25–19	15–12	100–103	P2 P3
23 Jul	19:00	Croatia	2–3	Puerto Rico	19–25	20–25	26–24	25–19	6–15	96–108	P2 P3

Final Four Set For Group 2 Of World Grand Prix