2017 Taipei Summer Universiade (World University Games) – Men’s Tournament
- August 19th-30th
- Chinese Taipei
- Schedule
- Teams
- Team USA Roster
- Day 1
- Day 2
- Day 3
- Day 4
- Quarterfinals
- Semifinals
- Finals and Bronze Medal
- Event page
In what appears to be the norm for this season’s international events, Taipei’s Universiade’s semifinals will be dominated by three Asian teams, with Japan, Russia, Iran, and Ukraine battling it out for the gold. Below, you will find updated brackets and game recaps from today’s action.
1st–8th Play-offs
Iran beat the Czech Republic 3-0 (25-14, 25-23, 25-20) behind Farhad Pirout’s 19 points. Martin Hladik had 15 points in the losing effort.
Ukraine beat Brazil 3-1 (25-20, 25-13, 25-21, 25-16) behind Maksym Drozd‘s 17 points. Marcus Costa had 16 points in the losing effort.
Russia beat Argentina 3-2 (22-25, 17-25, 25-23, 25-18, 15-11) behind Vadim Likhosherstov’s 15 points. Federico Martina had 26 points in the losing effort.
Japan beat Portugal 3-0 (25-19, 25-15, 25-20) behind Taichi Fukuyama’s nine points. Lourenço Martins had 15 points in the losing effort.
9th–16th places
| 13th place | 13th–16th place semifinals | 9th–16th place quarterfinals | 9th–12th place semifinals | 9th place | ||||||||||||||
 France |
3 | |||||||||||||||||
 Mexico |
0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mexico |
France |
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 Romania |
 Canada |
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| Canada |
3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Romania |
2 | |||||||||||||||||
 Switzerland |
3 | |||||||||||||||||
 Hong Kong |
1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15th place | Hong Kong |
Switzerland |
11th place | |||||||||||||||
 South Korea |
 Chinese Taipei |
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| Chinese Taipei |
3 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Korea |
0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 29 August 13:00 | 29 August 13:00 | |||||||||||||||||
France beat 3-0 (25-23, 25-13, 25-21) behind Timothee Carle’s 12 points. Roberto Rincon had nine points in the losing effort.
Canada beat Romania 3-2 (20-25, 25-16, 18-25, 26-24, 15-13) behind Bradley Branch’s and Singh Brar’s 20 points each. Ciprian Matei had 18 points in the losing effort.
Switzerland beat Hong Kong 3-1 (26-28, 25-20, 25-21, 25-20) behind Joel Roos’s 14 points. Alex Chan had 17 points in the losing effort.
Hosts Taipei beat Korea 3-0 (25-13, 25-20, 25-22) behind Hong-Jie Liu’s 14 points. Inhyeok Kim had 10 points in the losing effort.
17th–22nd places
| 17th–22nd place quarterfinals | 17th–20th place semifinals | 17th place match | ||||||||
 United States |
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 Australia |
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 United Arab Emirates |
0 | |||||||||
| Australia |
3 | |||||||||
 Latvia |
19th place match | |||||||||
 Cyprus |
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| Cyprus |
3 | |||||||||
 Chile |
1 | |||||||||
Australia beat the United Arab Emirates 3-0 (25-22, 25-16, 25-17) Jeffrey Stockton’s 11 points. Amer Marzooqi had 18 points in the losing effort.
Cyprus beat Chile 3-1 (25-19, 28-26, 19-25, 25-18) behind Gabriel Georgiou‘s 25 points. Ignacio Zavala had 18 points in the losing effort.
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