Hungary’s Szakmary Leads Team To Perfect World Grand Prix Debut

  0 Carly DeMarque | July 10th, 2017 | African Volleyball, Asian Volleyball, Australian volleyball, European volleyball, FIVB World Grand Prix, International Volleyball, News, South American Volleyball

2017 FIVB VOLLEYBALL WORLD GRAND PRIX – GROUP 3 Weekend Recap

  • Group 3
  • July 7th – August 6th
  • FIVB World Grand Prix Round 1
  • Schedule/Results

After the first week of the World Grand Prix, Hungary and France sit on top of their Group 3 pools. Group 3 had four teams debuting at the World Grand Prix, moving the number of teams from 28 to 32 in the competition. Cameroon, France, Hungary and Trinidad and Tobago were the four teams to join the Grand Prix lineup.

Pool A1

Final Standings

RANK TEAMS MATCHES RESULT DETAILS SETS POINTS
TOTAL WON LOST 3-0 3-1 3-2 2-3 1-3 0-3 POINTS WON LOST RATIO WON LOST RATIO
1
 
HUNGARY
3 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 9 9 1 9.000 250 202 1.237
2
 
MEXICO
3 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 6 6 5 1.200 255 234 1.089
3
 
AUSTRALIA
3 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 6 0.833 247 252 0.980
4
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
3 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 9 0.111 183 247 0.740

Hungary made a splash in their first ever Grand Prix with a 3-0 weekend, along with capturing all nine points available to earn over the weekend, losing just one set. Australia, who finished third in the pool, was the only team to take a set away from the Hungarians.

Leading the Hungarian force to their 3-0 weekend was Greta Szakmary with 47 points on the weekend.

Trinidad and Tobago had a rough go-around in their first Grand Prix, only winning one set over Mexico on the weekend.

Pool B3

Final Standings

RANK TEAMS MATCHES RESULT DETAILS SETS POINTS
TOTAL WON LOST 3-0 3-1 3-2 2-3 1-3 0-3 POINTS WON LOST RATIO WON LOST RATIO
1
 
FRANCE
3 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 8 9 3 3.000 283 216 1.310
2
VENEZUELA
3 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 7 8 3 2.666 244 212 1.150
3
CAMEROON
3 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 4 6 0.666 210 230 0.913
4
 
ALGERIA
3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 9 0.000 146 225 0.648

France topped the Pool B3 standings after week one with a 3-0 weekend, earning eight of the nine points available to take on the week. The French started their weekend with a five-set battle against Venezuela, who finished second in the pool behind France. The loss gave them only two points for the win instead of the three available with a three or four set match.

France was led by Alexandra Dascalu in the first weekend, putting down 45 points.

Algeria struggled this week as they went 0-3 and won no sets.

 

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Carly DeMarque has been involved with competitive volleyball for the majority of her life, playing competitively at the club and collegiate level for 15 years and coaching club for five. Now a retired Division I volleyball athlete out of McNeese State University, she continues her volleyball enthusiasm by stepping back into …

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