FIVB U21 CHAMPIONSHIPS
- June 23-July 2, 2017
- Brno, Czech Republic
- Final Tournament Stat Leaders
- Schedule/Results
A 3-0 sweep of Cuba on Sunday gave Poland their 3rd FIVB U21 Men’s World Championship title and first since 2003.
Neither of the teams at the top of the pile had any individually-outlandish hitters in the tournament, but instead they pushed ahead with depth. Poland had two players (Tomasz Fornal and Bartosz Kwolek) score over 100 points in the tournament, while Cuba had 3 (Miguel Suarez, Miguel Castro, and Osniel Hernandez).
Kwolek did, however, lead the tournament in success rate, landing 60.61% of his swings for points. That’s over 5 points better than the next-best hitter.
They all trailed the tournament’s leading scorer Adis Lagumdzija, who had 154 points in 29 sets (5.31/set) in the tournament. His team finished 10th out of 16 participating teams. Rasoul Aghchehli was just behind with 153 points in 36 sets (4.25/set).
Poland’s Jakub Kochanowski MVP of tournament (Courtesy: FIVB)
In total, Poland played 47 games with their U21 team without a single loss. Jakub Kochanowski, without placing in the top 5 of any major category, was named the tournament MVP as the captain of the winning team. He had 10 points, including 4 aces, in the championship match.
The United States finished 14th out of 16 teams. They traditionally have not fared well in this tournament – they were 11th in 2013 and in 2015.
FIVB 2017 All-Tournament Dream Team
- MVP – Jakub Kochanowski, Middle Blocker, Poland (Team Captain)
- Best Setter – Lukasz Kozub, Poland
- Best Outside Hitters – Bartosz Kowlek, Poland; Anton Semyshev, Russia
- Best Middle Blockers – Aleksei Kononov, Russia; Jose Masso, Cuba
- Best Opposite – Miguel Gutierrez, Cuba
- Best Libero, Maique Nascimento, Brazil
Medal Match Videos
Poland def. Cuba 3-0 (GOLD MEDAL MATCH)
Russia def. Brazil 3-0 (BRONZE MEDAL MATCH)
Stat Leaders
Top 5 Scorers
- Adis Lagumdzija, Turkey, OH – 154
- Rassoul Aghchehli, Iran, Opposite – 153
- Taryq Sani, Canada, OH – 146
- Jan Martinez Franchi, OH Argentina – 136
- Matej Smidl, Czech Republic, Universal – 134
Top 5 Spikers (By Hitting %)
- Bartosz Kwolek, Poland, OH – 100 kills, 60.61%
- Abdelrahman Seoudy, Egypt, Middle Blocker – 67 kills, 55.37%
- Aleksei Kononov, Russia, Middle Blocker – 63 kills, 54.78%
- Anton Semyshev, Russia, OH – 98 kills, 51.85%
- Felipe Moreira Roque, Brazil, Opposite – 69 kills, 51.11%
Top Blockers (By Blocks/Set)
- Aleksei Kononov, Russia, Middle Blocker – 29 blocks, 1.oo/set
- Rohozhyn Andrii, Ukraine, Middle Blocker – 27 blocks, .84/set
- Aliasghar Mojarad, Iran, Middle Blocker – 30 blocks, .83/set
- Mohamed Aly, Egypt, Middle Blocker – 23 blocks, .77/set
- Adis Lagumdzija, Turkey, OH – 22 blocks, .76/set
Top Servers (By Aces/Set)
- Bartosz Kowlek, Poland, OH – 20 aces, .67/set
- Miguel Cassto, Cuba, OH – 13 aces, .43/set
- Oleh Plotnytskyi, Ukraine, Setter – 13 aces, .41/set
- Donovan Dzavoronok, Czech Republic, OH – 13 aces, .39/set
- Adis Lagumdzija, Turkey, OH – 10 aces, .34/set
Top Setters (By Assists/Set)
- Lukasz Kozub, Poland – 7.73/set
- Javad Karimisouchelmaei, Iran – 6.11/set
- Zhihao Liu, China – 5.82/set
- Joshua Tuaniga, USA – 5.68/set
- Konstantin Abaev, Russia – 5.66/set
Best Diggers (Digs/Set)
- Santiago Arroyo, Argentina, Libero – 111 digs, 3.26/set
- Jan Martinez Franchi, Argentina, OH – 98 digs, 2.88/set
- Alessandro Piccinelli, Italy, Libero – 2.86/set
- Gage Worsley, USA, Libero – 2.79/set
- Mahmoud MOstafa, Egypt, Libero – 2.73/set
Best Receivers (By Effective %)
- Jan Martinez Franchi, Argentina, OH – 74.14%
- Maique Reis Nascimento, Brazil, Libero – 73.16%
- Felipe Benavidez, Argentina, OH – 71.63%
- Anton Semyshev, Russia, OH – 65.09%
- Paolo Zonca, Italy, OH – 64.17%
Final Tournament Standings
|
Leave a Reply