2017 FIVB VOLLEYBALL WORLD GRAND PRIX – GROUP 2 DAILY RECAP
- Group 2
- July 7th – August 6th
- FIVB World Grand Prix Round 1
- Schedule/Results
In the biggest match on the 2nd day of competition in the 2017 FIVB Grand Prix, the defending Olympic silver medalists from Brazil rocked the defending Grand Prix champions 3-0 in Ankara. Brazil didn’t score more than 20 points in any of the 3 sets in spite of landing a respectable 41% of their shots.
The early results have Serbia as the new favorites in the tournament, and that’s validated by their spot at the top of the table thus far.
Not far behind them is the Netherlands, who like Serbia have a pair of 3-0 sweeps on their record so far, adding a win over Thailand to their victory against the Dominican Republic on Friday. They’ll be heavy favorites to win again against Japan on Sunday.
A few negative trends are also developing. China has played their superstar Zhu Ting sparingly, with officials citing general fatigue from a long season of playing after a long Olympic summer last year. In both of their matches so far, China has brought in Zhu late with their backs against the wall, and she’s bailed them out. On Saturday, that came in the form of 12 points in just a set-and-a-half played.
China used all 14 players in their 3-2 win over Russia. That win also exposed a distraught trend for Russia. On two consecutive days, they’ve held 2-1 leads only to get beat in 5. That happened on Friday against the United States and again on Saturday against China. While those are two of the best teams in the world, neither is at anything near full-strength this week: The U.S. has just 2 Olympians on their roster, while China has slow-played Zhu.
Both teams should still be on track for the Final 6, but both are in danger of given away that fate if they can’t reverse those outcomes.
Group 1 Table After Day 2:
| Matches | Pts | Sets | Points | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Team | W | L | W | L | Ratio | W | L | Ratio | |
| 1 |  Serbia |
2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 150 | 109 | 1.376 |
| 2 |  Netherlands |
2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 151 | 121 | 1.248 |
| 3 |  United States |
2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3.000 | 187 | 160 | 1.169 |
| 4 |  China |
2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2.000 | 193 | 199 | 0.970 |
| 5 |  Brazil |
1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 133 | 138 | 0.964 |
| 6 |  Dominican Republic |
1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0.750 | 164 | 167 | 0.982 |
| 7 |  Turkey |
1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0.750 | 149 | 156 | 0.955 |
| 8 |  Japan |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0.800 | 197 | 195 | 1.010 |
| 9 |  Russia |
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.667 | 209 | 220 | 0.950 |
| 10 |  Thailand |
0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0.333 | 152 | 181 | 0.840 |
| 11 |  Italy |
0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.167 | 150 | 170 | 0.882 |
| 12 |  Belgium |
0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.167 | 144 | 173 | 0.832 |
Ranking system:
- Number of matches won
- Match points
- Sets ratio
- Points ratio
- 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 & 2 Results (With Links to Full Stats):
Pool A1
- Venue: Başkent Volleyball Hall, Ankara, Turkey
- All times are Turkey Time (UTC+03:00).
- VolleyMob Day 1 recap
- VolleyMob Day 2 recap
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Jul | 16:30 | Turkey |
0–3 | Serbia |
19–25 | 17–25 | 15–25 | 51–75 | P2P3 | ||
| 7 Jul | 19:30 | Belgium |
0–3 | Brazil |
22–25 | 23–25 | 18–25 | 63–75 | P2P3 | ||
| 8 Jul | 16:30 | Brazil |
0–3 | Serbia |
19–25 | 20–25 | 19–25 | 58–75 | P2P3 | ||
| 8 Jul | 19:30 | Turkey |
3–1 | Belgium |
23–25 | 25–20 | 25–20 | 25–16 | 98–81 | P2P3 |
Pool B1
- Venue: Kunshan Stadium, Kunshan, China
- All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
- VolleyMob Day 1 recap
- VolleyMob Day 2 recap
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Jul | 15:00 | United States |
3–2 | Russia |
22–25 | 25–19 | 25–27 | 25–16 | 15–11 | 112–98 | P2P3 |
| 7 Jul | 19:00 | China |
3–1 | Italy |
25–20 | 20–25 | 25–23 | 25–20 | 95–88 | P2P3 | |
| 8 Jul | 15:00 | Italy |
0–3 | United States |
21–25 | 22–25 | 19–25 | 62–75 | P2P3 | ||
| 8 Jul | 19:00 | China |
3–2 | Russia |
24–26 | 25–21 | 16–25 | 27–25 | 16–14 | 108–111 | P2P3 |
Pool C1
- Venue: Omnisport Apeldoorn, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
- All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
- VolleyMob Day 1 recap
- VolleyMob Day 2 recap
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Jul | 17:30 | Netherlands |
3–0 | Dominican Republic |
25–21 | 25–19 | 25–21 | 75–61 | P2P3 | ||
| 7 Jul | 20:30 | Japan |
3–2 | Thailand |
25–19 | 18–25 | 25–14 | 22–25 | 15–9 | 105–92 | P2P3 |
| 8 Jul | 17:30 | Netherlands |
3–0 | Thailand |
25–20 | 26–24 | 25–16 | 76–60 | P2P3 | ||
| 8 Jul | 20:30 | Dominican Republic |
3–1 | Japan |
25–20 | 25–19 | 24–26 | 29–27 | 103–92 | P2P3 |
Videos
Serbia def. Brazil 3-0
Turkey def. Belgium 3-1
United States def. Italy 3-0
China def. Russia 3-2
Netherlands def. Thailand 3-0
Dominican Republic def. Japan 3-1
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