Poland Continues Dominance on Day 2 of Grand Prix Group 2

2017 FIVB WORLD GRAND PRIX GROUP 2 – DAY 2 SUMMARY

• July 7th-August 6th
• Results

After embarrassing their opening opponents Croatia on Friday, Group 2 leaders Poland remained perfect on Saturday with a 3-set sweep of Canada. Canada, ranked 19th in the world, put up a better fight than did Croatia, ranked 18th in the world, but played a wild match with Poland where the first and third sets were competitive, but the 2nd was a blowout at 25-9.

Peru, Czech Republic, and Bulgaria all remained unbeaten as well with day 2 wins. Peru got another 24 points from Angela Leyva, who had 24 points i a 3-0 win over Colombia. She’s the early group 2 scoring leader after 23 points in the team’s opener against Puerto Rico.

Croatia, meanwhile, recovered from that day 1 thumping  to beat Argentina in 5 sets.

Group 2 Standings After Day 2:

		Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team	W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Poland	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	91	1.648
2	Peru	2	0	6	6	1	6.000	168	140	1.200
3	Czech Republic	2	0	6	6	1	6.000	176	151	1.166
4	Bulgaria	2	0	5	6	2	3.000	182	142	1.282
5	South Korea	1	1	4	5	4	1.250	181	196	0.923
6	Germany	1	1	3	4	3	1.333	164	145	1.131
7	Canada	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	129	127	1.016
8	Croatia	1	1	2	3	5	0.600	143	189	0.757
9	Argentina	0	2	1	2	6	0.333	166	181	0.917
10	Puerto Rico	0	2	0	2	6	0.333	167	193	0.865
11	Colombia	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	124	151	0.821
12	Kazakhstan	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	106	150	0.707

Ranking system:

1. Number of matches won
2. Match points
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.

• Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
• Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser

Day 1 and 2 results (With Links to Full Stats)

Pool A2

• Venue:  Bulstrad Arena, Ruse, Bulgaria
• All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Jul	16:40	South Korea	3–1	Germany	19–25	25–23	25–18	25–23		94–89	P2P3
7 Jul	20:10	Bulgaria	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–22	25–19	25–14			75–55	P2P3
8 Jul	16:40	Germany	3–0	Kazakhstan	25–13	25–21	25–17			75–51	P2P3
8 Jul	20:10	Bulgaria	3–2	South Korea	20–25	25–15	25–14	22–25	15–8	107–87	P2P3

Pool B2

• Venue:  Estadio Ruca Che, Neuquén, Argentina
• All times are Argentina Time (UTC−03:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Jul	18:00	Croatia	0–3	Poland	10–25	9–25	18–25			37–75	P2P3
7 Jul	21:00	Argentina	0–3	Canada	18–25	14–25	20–25			52–75	P2P3
8 Jul	16:00	Poland	3–0	Canada	25–22	25–9	25–23			75–54	P2P3
8 Jul	19:00	Argentina	2–3	Croatia	25–20	28–30	25–15	22–25	14–16	114–106	P2P3

Pool C2

• Venue:  Coliseo Cerrado de Chiclayo, Chiclayo, Peru
• All times are Peru Time (UTC−05:00).

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 Jul	16:35	Czech Republic	3–0	Colombia	25–23	25–21	25–20			75–64	P2P3
7 Jul	19:05	Peru	3–1	Puerto Rico	17–25	25–15	25–19	25–21		92–80	P2P3
8 Jul	15:35	Puerto Rico	1–3	Czech Republic	20–25	28–26	21–25	18–25		87–101	P2P3
8 Jul	18:05	Peru	3–0	Colombia	25–15	25–21	26–24			76–60	P2P3

Day 2 Videos and Replays

Germany def. Kazakhstan 3-0

Bulgaria def. South Korea 3-2

Poland def. Canada 3-0

Croatia def. Argentina 3-2

Czech Republic def. Puerto Rico 3-1

Peru def. Colombia 3-0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE0_S6_0IUs