2017 FIVB VOLLEYBALL WORLD GRAND PRIX – GROUP 1 DAILY RECAP

Group 1

July 7th – August 6th

FIVB World Grand Prix Round 1

Schedule/Results

Day 1 of the 2017 FIVB World Grand Prix is in the books. While there were some near-upsets and some exciting finishes, there were no major upsets to open the first weekend of pool play.

The most exciting finish of the day came in Kunshan, China in Pool B1, where the Americans came alive in the 4th set against Russia and stole a 3-2 victory from the jaws of defeat. It also took Japan 5 sets to beat Thailand.

The Olympic gold and silver medalists from last year, Brazil and Serbia, are both playing in Pool A1 (and will square-off on Saturday), and both took comfortable 3-0 sweeps over Belgium and Turkey, respectively.

Serbia’s 3-0 win was the most impressive of the 3-0 wins, based on points ratio, and so they’re technically on top of the table after 1 day of action. The Dutch, who swept the Dominican Republic 3-0, are 2nd, and Brazil is 3rd.

China beat Italy 3-1, but played most of the match without Rio MVP Zhu Ting. She saw only limited action in the 4th set, recording 1 kill on 1 swing.

The two highest scorers of the day both came from Japan – Sarina Koga scored 23 and Mari Horikawa scored 21 in their win over Thailand – which saw Japan take a huge number of offensive swings. Koga had 20 kills and 3 blocks. American Kelly Murphy wasn’t far behind with 19.

Group 1 Table After Day 1:

Matches Pts Sets Points Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio 1 Serbia 1 0 3 3 0 MAX 75 51 1.471 2 Netherlands 1 0 3 3 0 MAX 75 61 1.230 3 Brazil 1 0 3 3 0 MAX 75 63 1.190 4 China 1 0 3 3 1 3.000 95 88 1.080 5 United States 1 0 2 3 2 1.500 112 98 1.143 6 Japan 1 0 2 3 2 1.500 105 92 1.141 7 Thailand 0 1 1 2 3 0.667 92 105 0.876 8 Russia 0 1 1 2 3 0.667 98 112 0.875 9 Italy 0 1 0 1 3 0.333 88 95 0.926 10 Belgium 0 1 0 0 3 0.000 63 75 0.840 11 Dominican Republic 0 1 0 0 3 0.000 61 75 0.813 12 Turkey 0 1 0 0 3 0.000 51 75 0.680

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 Results (With Links to Full Stats):

Pool A1

Venue:

All times are Turkey Time (UTC+03:00).

VolleyMob recap

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report 7 Jul 16:30 Turkey 0–3 19–25 17–25 15–25 51–75 P2P3 7 Jul 19:30 Belgium 0–3 22–25 23–25 18–25 63–75 P2P3

Pool B1

Venue:

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

VolleyMob 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

Pool C1

Venue:

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

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

Day 1 Full Match Replays and Highlight Reels

Serbia def. Turkey 3-0

Brazil def. Belgium 3-0

United States def. Russia 3-2

China def. Italy 3-1

Netherlands def. Dominican Republic 3-0

Japan def. Thailand 3-2

http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h3JWyiNFuY