France’s Stephen Boyer Takes Over As Points Leader In World League

2017 FIVB WORLD LEAGUE

• June 2 to July 9
• Schedule
• Teams
• Event Page
• Group 1 Statistics
• Group 2 Statistics
• Group 3 Statistics

The second week of the World League has ended and a new points leader has emerged in each of the three groups. In Group 1, France’s Stephen Boyer took over the top spot with 106 points, while Wouter Ter Maat of the Netherlands ended with 101 points in Group 2. For Group 3, Hamza Nagga of Tunisia concluded the second week of play with 104 points.

In Groups 2 and 3, the leader of week one fell behind of an emerging player of the week, while Brazil’s Evandro Guerra did not see any action in week two after a great start in week one.

Group 1

Points Leaders

1. Stephen Boyer (FRA) – 106
2. Tsvetan Sokolov (BUL) – 100
3. Bram Van Den Dries (BEL) – 98
4. Dawid Konarski (POL) – 95
5. Taylor Sander (USA) – 89

Attack Leaders

1. Bram Van Den Dries (BEL) – 91
2. Stephen Boyer (FRA) – 85
3. Tsvetan Sokolov (BUL) – 83
4. Dawid Konarski (POL) – 80
5. Ben Patch (USA) – 78

Block Leaders

1. Nikolay Nikolov (BUL) – 19
2. Ilia Vlasov (RUS) – 19
3. David Smith (USA) – 15
4. Srecko Lisinac (SRB) – 14
5. Graham Vigrass (CAN) – 14

Ace Leaders

1. Ricardo Lucarelli Souza (BRA) – 13
2. Stephen Boyer (FRA) – 12
3. Dmitry Volkov (RUS) – 10
4. Maxim Zhigaloc (RUS) – 10
5. Julien Lyneel (FRA) – 9

France’s Boyer stepped up for the Frenchmen in serves and attacks, ranking in the top-five of each category, along with nine blocks to his name. Last week’s leader Evandro Guerra of Brazil, did not play in the second week, therefore, keeping his statistics the same as week one, still ranking 17th out of all the competitors.

Group 2

Points Leaders

1. Wouter Ter Maat (NED) – 101
2. Chuan Jiang (CNH) – 100
3. Tine Urnaut (SLO) – 98
4. Klemen Cebulj (SLO) – 98
5. Kang-Won Lee (KOR) – 88

Attack Leaders

1. Wouter Ter Maat (NED) – 88
2. Chuan Jiang (CHN) – 86
3. Tine Urnaut (SLO) – 83
4. Kang-Won Lee (KOR) – 83
5. Metin Toy (TUR) – 79

Block Leaders

1. Tommi Siirila (FIN) – 21
2. Peter Ondrovic (SVK) – 16
3. Filip Cveticanin (POR) – 15
4. Alen Pajenk (SLO) – 15
5. Mustafa Koc (TUR) – 15

Ace Leaders

1. Masahiro Yanagida (JPN) – 12
2. Ahmed Abdelhay (EGY) – 11
3. Klemen Cebulj (SLO) – 10
4. Ahmed Shafik (EGY) – 8
5. Arslan Eksi (TUR) – 8

The Netherland’s Ter Maat stepped up in week two for the Dutch, coming out on top of the point’s leaderboard with 101 points following the conclusion of the second week of play. Last week’s leader, Toy of Turkey dropped to tied for fifth with Lee of Korea, finishing with 88 points, scoring just 27 points in the second week.

Siirila of Finland stayed on top of the blocking spot, blocking nine more in the second week.

Group 3

Points Leaders

1. Hamza Nagga (TUN) – 104
2. Alexander Berger (AUT) – 99
3. Paul Buchegger (AUT) – 90
4. Andres J. Villena (ESP) – 89
5. Simon Hirsch (GER) – 87

Attack Leaders

1. Hamza Nagga (TUN) – 84
2. Alexander Berger (AUT) – 83
3. Andres J. Villena (ESP) – 77
4. Jorge Barajas (MEX) – 77
5. Paul Buchegger (AUT) – 73

Block Leaders

1. Ardo Kreek (EST) – 17
2. Omar Agrebi (TUN) – 15
3. Hamza Nagga (TUN) – 15
4. Anton Kuznetsov (KAZ) – 14
5. Boxidar Cuk (MNE) – 14

Ace Leaders

1. Pedro Rangel (MEX) – 14
2. Simon Hirsch (GER) – 10
3. Samuel Cordova (MEX) – 9
4. Robert Taht (EST) – 9
5. Daniel Malescha (GER) – 8

Tunisia’s Nagga moved to the top of the points category after week two, ending with 104 points. Last week’s Group 3 leader Villena dropped to fourth on the list, ending with 89 points after six matches, scoring 39 points in the second round.