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2017 FIVB VOLLEYBALL WORLD GRAND PRIX – GROUP 1 DAILY RECAP

• Group 1
• July 7th – August 6th
• FIVB World Grand Prix Round 1
• Schedule/Results

Group 1 has concluded their week one play, with Serbia and the Netherlands coming in at #1 and #2, respectively. Both teams have a 5-1 record after week one, but Serbia tops the board with a higher point ratio of 3.750 to the Netherlands 3.400.

Pool D1 started day six of play with Japan making a five-set comeback over Brazil. The Japanese squad went up 2-0 early but faltered in the next two sets, with the Brazilians forcing a fifth and deciding set in which Japan took 17-15 to win the match. Risa Shinnabe and Sarina Koga led the Japanese team to victory with 22 and 21 points, respectively. Serbia thrashed Thailand in four sets to take the lead in Group 1, led by Brankica Mihajlovic’s 20 points.

In Pool E1, Italy turned around their week on performance to lead the pack with an undefeated weekend. On day six, the Italians faced Turkey, sweeping them with ease behind a slew of players producing consistent numbers – Christina Chirichella (14), Miryam Fatime Sylla (13) and Paola Ogechi Egonu (12). The United States was not able to handle China in their rematch of week one, losing in five. China was in full-forces for the match, with Zhu Ting starting from beginning to end, producing 19 points. Yuan Xinyue and Gong Xiangyu also added 21 and 19 points, respectively in the win.

The Netherlands rounded out Pool F1 with an undefeated weekend, taking down Russia in straight sets to end the week. The Dutch were led by Celeste Plak who put down 16 points. The Dominican Republic fought to take down the Belgium crew in five sets, led by Bethania De La Cruz De Pena and Brayelin Elizabeth Martinez who each put down 22 points.

Group 1 table after Day 6:

Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Serbia	5	1	15	15	4	3.750	461	377	1.223
2	Netherlands	5	1	15	17	5	3.400	510	445	1.146
3	United States	4	2	13	16	9	1.778	574	516	1.112
4	Italy	4	2	10	13	10	1.300	517	495	1.044
5	China	4	2	10	12	12	1.000	537	550	0.976
6	Japan	4	2	9	13	13	1.000	560	561	0.998
7	Brazil	3	3	9	11	11	1.000	501	486	1.031
8	Dominican Republic	3	3	9	12	13	0.923	551	550	1.002
9	Russia	2	4	9	12	13	0.923	542	555	0.977
10	Thailand	1	5	4	8	15	0.533	476	538	0.885
11	Turkey	1	5	4	7	16	0.438	467	535	0.873
12	Belgium	0	6	1	3	18	0.167	415	503	0.825

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

Pool D1

• Venue:  Kamei Arena Sendai, Sendai, Japan
• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
• VolleyMob Day 4 Recap
• VolleyMob Day 5 Recap
• VolleyMob Day 6 Recap

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Jul	15:40	Brazil	3–0	Serbia	26–24	25–17	25–22			76–63	P2P3
14 Jul	19:10	Japan	3–1	Thailand	25–19	17–25	25–18	25–19		92–81	P2P3
15 Jul	14:10	Japan	0–3	Serbia	21–25	20–25	20–25			61–75	P2P3
15 Jul	17:10	Brazil	0–3	Thailand	22–25	21–25	27–29			70–79	P2P3
16 Jul	13:15	Japan	3–2	Brazil	25–22	26–24	19–25	20–25	17–15	107–111	P2P3
16 Jul	16:10	Serbia	3–1	Thailand	25–17	23–25	25–16	25–19		98–77	P2P3

Pool E1

• Venue:  Macau Forum, Macau, China
• All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
• VolleyMob Day 4 Recap
• VolleyMob Day 5 Recap
• VolleyMob Day 6 Recap

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Jul	16:00	United States	3–1	Turkey	25–21	24–26	25–19	25–12		99–78	P2P3
14 Jul	20:00	China	0–3	Italy	19–25	22–25	21–25			62–75	P2P3
15 Jul	14:30	United States	2–3	Italy	22–25	25–22	21–25	25–13	13–15	106–100	P2P3
15 Jul	17:00	China	3–1	Turkey	25–23	19–25	25–23	25–23		94–94	P2P3
16 Jul	13:00	Italy	3–0	Turkey	25–13	25–20	25–14			75–47	P2P3
16 Jul	15:30	China	3–2	United States	25–27	25–23	25–21	23–25	15–11	113–107	P2P3

Pool F1

• Venue:  DS Yantarny, Kaliningrad, Russia
• All times are Kaliningrad Time (UTC+02:00).
• VolleyMob Day 4 Recap
• VolleyMob Day 5 Recap
• VolleyMob Day 6 Recap

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Jul	16:40	Netherlands	3–0	Belgium	25–22	25–19	25–21			75–62	P2P3
14 Jul	19:10	Russia	3–1	Dominican Republic	16–25	25–23	25–21	25–14		91–83	P2P3
15 Jul	16:40	Netherlands	3–2	Dominican Republic	23–25	22–25	25–22	25–23	15–8	110–103	P2P3
15 Jul	19:10	Russia	3–0	Belgium	26–24	25–14	25–22			76–60	P2P3
16 Jul	16:40	Dominican Republic	3–2	Belgium	25–13	21–25	25–21	18–25	15–11	104–95	P2P3
16 Jul	19:10	Russia	0–3	Netherlands	18–25	22–25	16–25			56–75	P2P3

FULL GROUP 1, DAY 6 VIDEO REPLAYS

China def. USA 3-2

Dominican Republic def. Belgium 3-2

The Netherlands def. Russia 3-0

Italy def Turkey 3-0

Serbia def. Thailand 3-1

Japan def. Brazil 3-2