Team USA Eliminated from 2017 FIVB World Grand Prix

  1 Braden Keith | August 03rd, 2017 | European volleyball, FIVB World Grand Prix, International Volleyball, News, NORCECA volleyball, U.S. Women's Volleyball

2017 FIVB VOLLEYBALL WORLD GRAND PRIX – GROUP 1

  • Group 1 Final Six
  • August 2nd-6th, 2017
  • Nanjing, China
  • FIVB World Grand Prix, Group Play of Final Six
  • Schedule/Results

The Americans have become the first team eliminated from the Final 6 round at the 2017 FIVB World Grand Prix, thanks to their 3-1 loss to Paola Egonu and Italy on Thursday. With that, the USA moves to 0-2, and with Italy and Serbia each having one victory each, they are assured of advancing. Italy and Serbia will play on Friday to decide who becomes the group winner. That group winner will play either China, Brazil, or the Netherlands in the 2nd round.

Meanwhile, Brazil avoided the same fate by beating the Netherlands 3-2 in Pool J1 on Thursday. That win, which gave Brazil only 2 points, was enough to seal idle China’s spot in the semi-finals.

China and the Netherlands will play on Friday, where China will be heavy favorites (the Netherlands have now lost 4-straight Grand Prix matches). If China wins, then they take the group and Brazil is 2nd. If the Netherlands wins 3-1 or 3-0, they take the group and China is 2nd. If the Netherlands wins 3-2, China wins the group and the Netherlands finishes 2nd.

For the eliminated Americans, the 5th-place finish is their first time off the podium since 2014 (they won in 2015 and took silver in 2016). It did, however, keep a streak of 8-straight Final 6 appearances alive, in spite of sending a very young and mostly-rookie team to the tournament.

Standings After Day 2 of Final 6 Play

Pool J1
Matches Pts Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  China 1 0 3 3 0 MAX 79 66 1.197
2  Brazil 1 1 2 3 5 0.600 178 187 0.952
3  Netherlands 0 1 1 2 3 0.667 108 112 0.964
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
2 Aug 19:30 China  3–0  Brazil 25–22 25–17 29–27 79–66 P2 P3
3 Aug 19:30 Brazil  3–2  Netherlands 25–27 25–23 22–25 25–22 15–11 112–108 P2 P3
4 Aug 19:30 China   Netherlands P2 P3
Pool K1[edit]
Matches Pts Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Italy 1 0 3 3 1 3.000 97 89 1.090
2  Serbia 1 0 2 3 2 1.500 106 100 1.060
3  United States 0 2 1 3 6 0.500 189 203 0.931
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
2 Aug 15:00 Serbia  3–2  United States 25–22 25–17 23–25 18–25 15–11 106–100 P2 P3
3 Aug 15:00 United States  1–3  Italy 21–25 25–22 22–25 21–25 89–97 P2 P3
4 Aug 15:00 Serbia   Italy P2 P3

Final 6 Day 2 Full Video Replays and Highlights

Brazil def. Netherlands 3-2

 

Italy def. USA 3-1

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USA needs Destinee back on this team.

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Braden Keith is the Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of VolleyMob.com. Braden's first foray into sports journalism came in 2010, when he launched a swimming website called The Swimmers' Circle. Two years later, he joined SwimSwam.com as a co-founder. Long huge fans of volleyball, when Braden and the SwimSwam partners sought an opportunity to …

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