Comparing with Pool E, in Pool F we have no surprises. Russia and Brazil win next games, Also Germany and Canada get victories.
Finland: Esko, Kunnari (5), Shumov (6), Sivula (5), Siltala, Lehtonen, Kerminen (L) and Seppanen, Tervaportti, Ojansivu (6), Mi.Oivanen
Russia: Grankin (1), Ilinykh (16), Muserskiy (13), Pavlov (10), Spiridonov (5), Apalikov (12), Ermakov (L) and Moroz (1), Makarov
From the beginning of the match Nikolay Pavlov was showing some spectacular kills which were too strong for Finland’ team. With a focussed defence and great moves on the counter-attack, the Russians managed to jump out to lead 8-1. Dmitriy Muserskiy and his single block gave his team another seven points in a row. Following the break, Russia’s team were punishing their opponents even more. Head coach Tuomas Sammelvuo asked for two time-outs for his team and substituted Olli Kunnari with Niklas Seppanen. Still, at the second technical time-out, Finland trailed by twelve points. The Finnish players could not find a way to finish their spikes and with a lot of mistakes, the Russians were dictating play. Following Dmitriy Ilinykh’s dink, they won the first set 25-10.
Surprisingly, Finland’s team started the next set with a three-point lead as the Russians made some simple errors. However with Muserskiy in great form, Russia quickly caught them. Finland stayed focused and calm so that they did not let the opponents to take a clear lead. Olli Kunnari beat the Russian side for a few times but following the technical break, head coach Andrey Voronkov’s team were systematically gaining points as the scoreboard showed 13-7. Fantastic Ilinykh blocks and kills from Nikolay Apalikov made the Finns helpless. Kunnari and Antti Siltala managed to beat the Russian defence with some precise kills, so the loss in the second set was less harmful. Kunnari’s service error gave the Russians a victory, 25-18.
For the third set, coach Sammelvuo decided to make three changes as Eemi Tervaporti, Olli-Pekka Ojansivu and Mikko Oivanen entered the court. During the first minutes, the set was levelled as both the teams were exchanging points. Again, the Russian side used lots of libero Lauri Kerminen’s reception mistakes, so that they worked out a seven-point lead before the second technical time-out. Astonishing Apalikov’s or Muserskiy’s spikes were unstoppable for the Finns and following a block-out move, Russia easily won 25-16.
Brazil: Bruno (1), Murilo (5), Lucas (9), Wallace (14), Lucarelli (13), Sidao (8), Felipe Silva (L), Mario Junior (L) and Visotto (4), Raphael (1), Felipe Fonteles
Bulgaria: Zhekov (1), Skrimov (8), Gotsev (4), Sokolov (9), Penchev (6), Todorov (7), Salparov (L) and Milushev, Gradinarov (1), Alesiev, Bozhilov
From the very beginning of the first set, Brazil put a pressure on Bulgaria, running 3-0 ahead. After that, Wallace’s fine block and Lucas’s dink increased their leading to five points (5-0). With Nikolay Penchev, Bulgaria tried to catch up, but Wallace’s kill put Brazil 8-3 ahead at the first technical timeout. Still controlling the game and passing well, Brazil jumped into 16-9 leading. With fine Bruno’s setting, their opposites prevented Bulgaria from playing efficient defence. After Lucarelli’s kill, Brazil’s leading extended to eleven points (21-10). Fine block displayed by Todor Skrimov, Andrey Zhekov and Svetoslav Gotsev was a trial to lengthen Bulgaria’s chance to keep touch, but it was Brazil who won the first set 25-15 after Wallace’s huge spike.
At the opening of the second set, Bulgaria managed to build 3-2 leading, but after Lucarelli’s fine spike, Brazil caught up at 3-3. Adding Wallace’s ace followed by Bruno’s kill, they went to two-points leading (5-3). After Murilo’s kill, Canarinhos regained the advance (8-6). With an efficient block by Wallace, Lucas and Murilo, Brazil extended the leading to three points, but shortly after that, Bulgaria answered with fine block presented by Teodor Todorov and Nikolay Penchev, reducing Brazil’s leading to only one point. Continuing play on a point-by-point basis, both teams was trying to make some comfortable advance and they were Brazil, who gained 16-13 leasing at the second technical timeout, after Tsvetan’s Sokolov’s serve error. Staying focused, Brazil finished the second set 25-21.
Strong opening of the third set presented by Bulgaria let them jumped 4-2 ahead. Nevertheless, after Lucas’ ace, Brazil caught up at 4-4. With an ace displayed by Todor Skrimov followed by Tsvetan Sokolov’s kill, Bulgaria regained the leading (7-5). Fine spike displayed by Nikolay Penchev at 11-7 forced Bernardo Rezende to call timeout. This break helped Brazil to refocus and with Lucarelli’s aggressive serves, they caught up on two points. After fine Svetoslav Gotsev’s middle spike, Bulgaria led 16-14 at the second technical timeout. With Vissotto’s blocking Todor Aleksiev’s spike, Brazil run 18-17 ahead and kept extending their leading (21-19). They managed to stay ahead till the end of the set and finished it 25-21.
Germany: Kampa (5), Schwarz (10), Böhme (8), Grozer (17), Kaliberda (7), Günthör (7), Steuerwald (L) and Schöps, Westpahl (2), Kühner (1), Broshog
China: S.Jiao (1), W.J.Zhong (10), X.Geng (5), Y.Zhi (9), D.S.Ji (6), C.L.Liang (2), Q.Ren (L), F.W.Kong (:) and Z.C.Kou (2), R.M.Li, J.J.Cui
With fine passing and efficient block displayed by Marcus Böhme, Germany started the first set being 3-1 ahead. Due to China’s problems with developing their counter-attacks, Germany increased the leading to three points (5-2). Zhi Yuan tried to help China to catch up before the first technical timeout, but György Grozer’s fine spike put Germany 8-5 ahead. Weijun Zhong’s out spike increased the opponent leading to five points (10-5) and forced China’s coach to call a timeout. Germany controlled the game throughout the rest of the set and despite aggressive serve displayed by Zhi Yuan, China didn’t manage to come near as Germany led 16-10 at the second technical timeout. Keeping good pass, Germany were able to play fine middle-spikes, what helped them to romped into a 25-19 victory.
China improved at the beginning of the second set and stayed one point behind keeping near Germany (2-1). After aggressive serve displayed by Daoshuai Ji, China managed to catch up at 6-6, but they were Germany who led 8-7 at the first technical timeout, after Max Günthör’s kill. Continuing play on a point-by-point basis, both teams tried to build some comfortable leading and after Grozer’s spikes, Germany run 12-10 ahead. However, it didn’t demotivate China, who jumped 13-12 due to Chunlong Liang’s fine block. After that, the scores changed for Germany again (19-15). Then, China tried to catch up – with their aggressive serves by Weijun Zhong, they came to 20-19, but Germany didn’t flounder their advantage and finished the second set 25-22.
China managed to lead 4-3 leading at the beginning of the third set. Kill displayed by Daoshuai Ji put China 5-6 ahead, but a quick Germany’s answer with a fine spike and an ace played by Lukas Kampa made them leading 8-6 at the first technical timeout. Passing well and adding fine serves by Marcus Böhme, Germany jumped 19-12 ahead and kept their leading till the end of the third set 25-17.
Cuba: Macias (1), Jimenez (14), Mesa (10), Cepeda (17), Romero (1), Chapman (5), Gutierrez (L) and Alfonso (4), Fiel (2), Uriarte (13), Osoria (2), Calvo
Canada: Sanders (1), Perrin (13), Simac (9), Soonias (17), Hoag (16), Duff (3), Lewis (L) and Winters (10), Schneider, Van Lankvelt (1), Verhoeff (2), Schmitt (3)
In the first part of the meeting, both teams could not take a clear lead. The Canadians were effective in blocks while Cuba’s team showed some powerful spikes. From the very beginning of the match, Javier Jimenez’s moves were very promising as he scored points by strong kills and ace. However, some simple errors from the Caribbean side gave the North American team a 16-14 lead before the second time-out. It was mainly thanks to John Gordon Perrin and his amazing spikes. Following the break, Cuba managed to take a two-point lead as the captain Rolando Cepeda beat Canadian block. Head coach Glenn Hoag’s team did not want to give up so easily as their astonishing devotion in receiving balls and fantastic double block caused a tied score 24-24. In a decisive moment, the Cubans had a better attack efficiency and a perfect triple block was the key to their victory 27-25 in the first set.
Spikes by the likes of Isbel Mesa and his double block with Leandro Macias gave the world No. 7 ranked side a short lead but fantastic Justin Duff’s kills changed the result, so that Canada led 8-6. The great hope of the Caribbean side was Osmany Uriarte who successfully finished almost every move. However, the Canadians stayed completely focused as not only did they spike effectively, but also wisely decided which ball should be received. With that game, they jumped out to lead 16-11. Perrin and Dallas Soonias were systematically extending the North American team’s lead, so that the Cubans were getting more and more nervous. With Perrin’s ace, Canada won the set 25-18.
In the next part, the luck came back to Cuba’s team as they jumped out to 10-6 lead thanks to perfect blocks. Soonias, Perrin and captain Frederic Winters managed to defeat Cuban defence for the several times but the focused Caribbean side were hard to stop. Again, Cepeda was oppressing the Canadians with his precise kills so that his team got off the court for a technical break with 16-10 lead. With other moves, head coach Rodolfo Sanchez’s team even extended their leading as No. 15 ranked team had problems with reception and finishing their moves. When Cuba scored the 20th point, unexpectedly Canada managed to catch up the opponents and reduce the margin to 22-21 with excellent block and splendid Nicholas Hoag’s spikes. However, with Uriarte’s block-out move, Cuba got the third set 25-23.
Canada got back on the court with a few changes as Gavin Schmitt and Tyler Sanders showed up. They were highly mobilized for the fourth set as they jumped out to 8-4 lead. Following the technical time-out, lots of Cubans spike’s mistakes and Hoag’s kills were the reason why the North American side increased the lead to nine points. With the next moves, the Cubans were getting more confused as they could not stop Soonias or Frederic Winters’s spikes. Confident and precise Canadian players brought about the tie-break with the result 25-11, following Schmitt’s block-out move.
In the tie-breaker, the Canadians blocking by Soonias and Adam Simac was the key to success. With great kills, Glenn Hoag’s team gained a 7-3 lead. The Cubans were looking for their chance in powerful spikes by the likes of Jimenez, so they forced the Canadians to make several errors. The North American side was keeping a two-point lead. With Uriarte’s ace, Cuba managed to bring the tied score but Schimtt’s kill definitely solved the case for Canada’s team as they won 15-13.
Standings:
RankTeamWin/LossSets RatioPoints RatioPoints1.Brazil4/012.0001.217122.Russia4/06.0001.267113.Germany3/12.2501.09094.Canada3/11.2861.06375.Bulgaria1/30.7780.95456.Finland1/30.3640.86027.Cuba0/40.4170.87728.China0/40.0000.8020
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