WATCH Week 3, Day 2 Full Video Replays at 2017 FIVB Grand Prix

  0 Braden Keith | July 21st, 2017 | Asian Volleyball, European volleyball, FIVB World Grand Prix, International Volleyball, News, NORCECA volleyball, U.S. Women's Volleyball, Video

2017 FIVB VOLLEYBALL WORLD GRAND PRIX

  • Group 1
  • July 7th – August 6th
  • FIVB World Grand Prix Round 3
  • Pool I1
  • Cuiaba, Brazil
  • Schedule/Results

Two teams clinched their spots into the World League Final 6 on Friday. The United States with a 3-1 win over Belgium and Serbia with a 3-0 sweep of Russia earned their 6th win and, thanks to having at least 18 points to their name, became uncatchable by the Dominican Republic and Japan.

The biggest story is in Pool I1, where the Netherlands, who looked so good through two weeks of play, have now lost back-to-back matches to the United States and Brazil. The latest came when Rosamaria scored 18 on Friday to lead the Brazilians past the Dutch and pull themselves all the way to 4th position with 1 game to play. That actually makes them dead-even with the Netherlands in both win-loss record and points, and now both Brazil and the Netherlands can secure their spot in the Final 6 with wins over the United States and Belgium, respectively, on Sunday (Pool I1 doesn’t play on Saturday).

Meanwhile Italy continued to roll behind Paola Egonu, who picked up another 23 points in 4 sets. She is the tournament’s leading scorer – 12 points clear of the Netherlands’ Celese Plak as the most in the tournament.

Italy has also now set themselves within one win of advancement to the Final 6 – leaving a scenario where the entire Final 6 could be finalized on Saturday, with Sundays matches left only for seeding. That’s because Italy plays the 7th-place team from the Dominican on Saturday. If Italy beats the Dominican in that match (by any score), not only would they lock up their own spot in the Final 6, but they would ensure that the Dominican couldn’t catch the Dutch or Brazilians, regardless of what happens on Sunday.

Matches Pts Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  United States 6 2 19 22 11 2.000 767 685 1.120
2  Serbia 6 1 18 18 4 4.500 537 434 1.237
3  Netherlands 5 3 15 19 11 1.727 672 639 1.052
4  Brazil 5 3 15 17 12 1.417 672 626 1.073
5  Italy 5 2 13 16 11 1.455 619 588 1.053
6  China 5 2 13 15 13 1.154 645 645 1.000
7  Dominican Republic 4 3 11 15 15 1.000 656 650 1.009
8  Japan 4 3 9 14 16 0.875 655 669 0.979
9  Russia 2 5 9 12 16 0.750 599 631 0.949
10  Thailand 1 6 5 10 18 0.556 576 644 0.894
11  Turkey 1 6 4 8 19 0.421 560 637 0.879
12  Belgium 0 8 1 4 24 0.167 562 673 0.835

 

  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 & 2 RESULTS (WITH LINKS TO FULL STATS):

Pool G1

  • Venue: Hong Kong Hong Kong Coliseum, Hong Kong, China
  • All times are Hong Kong Time (UTC+08:00).
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 Jul 18:30 Serbia  3–0  Russia 26–24 25–14 25–19 76–57 P2P3
21 Jul 21:00 China  3–1  Japan 25–19 25–20 33–35 25-21 108–78 P2P3
22 Jul 13:15 Japan   Serbia P2P3
22 Jul 15:45 China   Russia P2P3
23 Jul 13:15 Japan   Russia P2P3
23 Jul 15:45 China   Serbia P2P3

Pool H1

  • Venue: Thailand Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok, Thailand
  • All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00).
  • Day 1 VolleyMob recap
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 Jul 15:00 Italy  3–1  Turkey 25–17 20–25 25–21 32–30 102–93 P2P3
21 Jul 18:00 Thailand  2–3  Dominican Republic 25–17 21–25 26–24 21–25 7–15 100–106 P2P3
22 Jul 15:00 Italy   Dominican Republic P2P3
22 Jul 18:00 Thailand   Turkey P2P3
23 Jul 15:00 Dominican Republic   Turkey P2P3
23 Jul 18:00 Thailand   Italy P2P3

Pool I1

  • Venue: Brazil Ginásio Aecim Tocantins, Cuiabá, Brazil
  • All times are Amazonas Time (UTC−04:00).
  • Day 1 VolleyMob recap
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 Jul 14:05 Brazil  3–0  Belgium 28–26 25–19 25–20 78–65 P2P3
20 Jul 16:10 United States  3–1  Netherlands 25–15 23–25 28–26 25–21 101–87 P2P3
21 Jul 14:05 Brazil  3–1  Netherlands 25–17 25–14 18–25 25–19 93–75 P2P3
21 Jul 16:10 United States  3–1  Belgium 25–14 16–25 25–19 26–24 92–82 P2P3
23 Jul 09:10 Brazil   United States P2P3
23 Jul 11:15 Belgium   Netherlands P2P3

FULL VIDEO REPLAYS AND HIGHLIGHTS

Serbia def. Russia 3-0

China def. Japan 3-1

Italy def. Turkey 3-1

Dominican Republic def. Thailand 3-2

Brazil def. Netherlands 3-1

United States def. Belgium 3-1

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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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