Satu urday, 9th Jun n 2012
DA AILY B BULLETIN N No.3
To:
Delegation head Participating teams of WGP2012
From:
The Control Committee WGP 2012
Re:
Closing Ceremony
Dated:
9/6/12
Please be reminded that all teams are required to be present for the closing ceremony immediately after the final match.
VOLLEYBALL • Collated results & ranking 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix Results of Saturday, 09' 9e 'June' 9e '2012 MATCH RESULTS Pool A - Macau, POL No
Date
1 2 3 4
08/06/2012 08/06/2012 09/06/2012 09/06/2012
Teams ARG CHN PUR ARG
- THA - PUR - THA - CHN
Set
1 18-25 25-15 21-25 25-23
0-3 3-0 0-3 1-3
Result per set (points) 2 3 4 9-25 22-25 25-19 25-16 20-25 22-25 18-25 22-25 18-25
5
Total Points 49- 75 75- 50 63- 75 83- 98
Time
Spectators
1:07 1:12 1:18 1:45
1,000 3,200 2,600 3,400
Time
Spectators
2:03 1:30 1:18 1:37
4,990 5,500 3,150 5,900
Time
Spectators
1:10 2:11 1:44 1:38
340 1,610 2,450 1,215
Time
Spectators
2:17 2:16 2:17 2:03
1,200 2,600 2,200 5,100
Pool B - Santo Domingo, DOM No
Date
7 8 9 10
08/06/2012 08/06/2012 09/06/2012 09/06/2012
Teams GER DOM USA GER
- USA - TPE - TPE - DOM
Set
1 17-25 25-23 25-10 25-16
1-3 3-0 3-0 3-0
Result per set (points) 2 3 4 15-25 25-23 11-25 25-19 25-18 25-22 25-12 25-18 25-19
5
Total Points 68- 98 75- 60 75- 44 75- 53
Pool C - Busan, KOR No
Date
13 14 15 16
08/06/2012 08/06/2012 09/06/2012 09/06/2012
Teams JPN KOR KOR JPN
- TUR - CUB - TUR - CUB
Set 0-3 2-3 1-3 1-3
1 19-25 25-23 18-25 20-25
Result per set (points) 2 3 4 21-25 21-25 25-27 18-25 25-23 25-22 21-25 14-25 25-20 18-25 20-25
5 11-15
Total Points 61- 75 104-113 78- 97 83- 95
Pool D - Lodz, POL No
Date
19 20 21 22
08/06/2012 08/06/2012 09/06/2012 09/06/2012
Teams ITA POL SRB POL
- BRA - SRB - BRA - ITA
Set 2-3 3-2 2-3 1-3
1 25-18 24-26 25-21 22-25
Result per set (points) 2 3 4 22-25 21-25 25-20 25-22 20-25 25-16 18-25 23-25 25-23 25-23 20-25 29-31
5 6-15 15-10 5-15
Total Points 99-103 109- 99 96-109 96-104
TEAM RANKING World Grand Prix ranking Rk Code
Team
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Thailand USA China Turkey Cuba Brazil Italy Germany Dominican Republic Poland Serbia Korea Japan Argentina Puerto Rico Chinese Taipei
THA USA CHN TUR CUB BRA ITA GER DOM POL SRB KOR JPN ARG PUR TPE
Matches Pts T W 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 6 2 2 5 2 2 4 2 2 4 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0
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Results Details L 3-0 3-1 3-2 2-3 1-3 0-3 W 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
09/06/2012 21:42
Sets L Ratio 0 MAX 1 6.000 1 6.000 1 6.000 3 2.000 4 1.500 4 1.250 3 1.333 3 1.000 5 0.800 6 0.667 6 0.500 6 0.167 6 0.167 6 6
W 150 173 173 172 208 212 203 143 128 205 195 182 144 132 113 104
Points L 112 112 133 139 187 195 199 151 135 203 218 210 170 173 150 150
Ratio 1.339 1.545 1.301 1.237 1.112 1.087 1.020 0.947 0.948 1.010 0.894 0.867 0.847 0.763 0.753 0.693
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VOLLEYBALL • Collated results & ranking 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix Results of Saturday, 09' 9e 'June' 9e '2012 Scoring skills
BEST PLAYERS
Skill
Rk Name
Team
Spike
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
THA CUB CHN BRA GER CUB TUR TPE POL
Limit: 15.00%
Block Serve
Kanthong Malika Giel Ramos Rosanna Yang Junjing Silva Adenizia Fürst Christiane Giel Ramos Rosanna Uslupehlivan Polen Teng Yen Min Zebrowska Izabela
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Succ. % 55.56 54.55 54.29 1.60 1.43 1.33 0.86 0.83 0.78
Non scoring skills
Skill
Rk Name
Team
Dig
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
ITA BRA POL POL JPN ITA BRA THA ITA
Set Reception
09/06/2012 21:42
De Gennaro Monica Brait Camila Skowronska-Dolata Skorupa Katarzyna Nakamichi Hitomi Camera Letizia Brait Camila Pannoy Piyanut Bosetti Lucia
Avg. by set 5.67 5.30 4.89 8.78 8.71 8.67 68.75 67.86 65.33
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VOLLEYBALL • Match result 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix Pool B - Santo Domingo, DOM 3,150 Match: 9 Date: 6/9/2012 Spectators: Santo Domingo, DOM City: Palacio del Voleibol Hall: Match duration: Start: 17:17 End: 18:35 Total: 1:18
Teams
Sets
1
2
3
3 0
25 10
25 22
25 12
75 44
Set duration 0:23 0:27 0:22
1:12
USA TPE
4
5
Total
Referees: NGUYEN, Phong (AUS) & PEREZ, Lourdes (CUB) USA • USA
1 2 3 4 5 Pts
1 Glass Alisha 2 Scott-Arruda Danielle 3 Haneef-Park Tayyiba 4 Berg Lindsey 6 L Davis Nicole 11 Larson Jordan 13 Harmotto Christa 15 Tom Logan 16 Akinradewo Foluke 18 Hodge Megan 19 Hooker Destinee 21 Miyashiro Tamari
L L L
2 3 1 8 6 6 10 8 15 1
TPE • Chinese Taipei
1 2 3 4 5 Pts
1 Teng Yen-Min 3 Lee Yi Hsuan 5 Wu Ko Jou 6 Wang Sin Ting 7 Lee Yi Ping 9 Liao Wan Ju 10 Chen Wan Ting 11 Chen Wan Ching 12 L Yang Meng Hua 13 Wen I Tzu 14 Tsai Yin Feng 15 Yen Pei Ling
5
L
1 L
L
6 8
6 7
Mr.Norimasa SAKAKUCH (JPN) Coach: Assistant: Mr.LIN / Lei (TPE)
McCutcheon, Hugh (NZL) Coach: Assistant: KIRALY/WEISHOFF (USA)
TEAMS AND PLAYERS PERFORMANCES Won Pts
Total Atts
44 14 7 6 9 2 2 1 7 2 2 1 15 75
89 23 16 13 51 9 8 5 73 11 10 3 213
15
34
Starting line-up Substitute Opp = Opponent
Scoring Skills
No Name Total Team 19 Hooker Destinee 18 Hodge Megan 11 Larson Jordan Total Team 16 Akinradewo Foluke 11 Larson Jordan 4 Berg Lindsey Total Team 16 Akinradewo Foluke 15 Tom Logan 2 Scott-Arruda Danielle Total Team Total Team 19 Hooker Destinee Pts = Points scored Atts = Attempts
Won Pts
Total Atts
27 8 5 5 3 2 1
104 25 15 17 25 6 7
3 2 1
46 11 9
Opp. error Total
11 44
175
Best Scorer
8
35
Spike
Block
Serve
No Name Total Team 10 Chen Wan Ting 14 Tsai Yin Feng 13 Wen I Tzu Total Team 14 Tsai Yin Feng 13 Wen I Tzu Total Team 9 Liao Wan Ju 1 Teng Yen-Min Total Team Total Team 10 Chen Wan Ting
nn = Captain L = Libero
VIS, version 1.96 (Build 580, 16 pools), © 1992-2012 FIVB
6/9/2012 18:52
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VOLLEYBALL • Match result 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix Pool B - Santo Domingo, DOM 5,900 Match: 10 Date: 6/9/2012 Spectators: Santo Domingo, DOM City: Palacio del Voleibol Hall: Match duration: Start: 19:40 End: 21:17 Total: 1:37
Teams
Sets
1
2
3
4
5
Total
GER DOM
3 0
25 16
25 18
25 19
75 53
Set duration 0:26 0:31 0:27
1:24
Referees: MACIAS, Luis (MEX) & BOHDAN, Ilkiw (CAN) GER • Germany
1 2 3 4 5 Pts
1 L Dürr Lenka 3 Hanke Denise 8 Kauffeldt Berit 9 Ssuschke-Voigt Corina 10 Matthes Anne 11 Fürst Christiane 12 Beier Heike 14 Kozuch Margareta 15 Brinker Maren 17 Möllers Lena 18 Schaus Nadja 19 Burchardt Regina
L L L
6
5
Mr. GUIDETTI, Giovan (ITA) Coach: Assistant: KOSLOWSKI/BELTRAMI
11 4 16 6
DOM • Dominican Republic
1 2 3 4 5 Pts
1 Vargas Valdez Annerys Victoria 2 L Fernandez Perez Winifer Maria 3 Eve Mejia Lisvel Elisa 6 L Caso Sierra Carmen Rosa 7 Marte Frica Niverka Dharlenis 8 Arias Perez Candida Estefany 9 Nuñez Sidarka de los Milagros 10 Cabral de la Cruz Milagros 12 Echenique Medina Karla Miguelina 14 Rivera Brens Prisilla Altagracia 17 Mambru Casilla Gina Altagracia 18 De La Cruz de Peña Bethania
L L L
L
7 6
12 10 2 1 3
Marcos Kwiek (BRA) Coach: Assistant: Pacheco / Sanchez
TEAMS AND PLAYERS PERFORMANCES Won Pts
Total Atts
32 14 5 4 10 6 2 1 6 2 2 1 27 75
83 31 10 18 49 15 8 9 73 17 16 11 205
16
45
Starting line-up Substitute Opp = Opponent
Scoring Skills
No Name Total Team 14 Kozuch Margareta 11 Fürst Christiane 15 Brinker Maren Total Team 11 Fürst Christiane 9 Ssuschke-Voigt Corina 3 Hanke Denise Total Team 3 Hanke Denise 15 Brinker Maren 12 Beier Heike Total Team Total Team 14 Kozuch Margareta Pts = Points scored Atts = Attempts
Won Pts
Total Atts
34 10 10 5 3 2 1
100 16 29 10 45 9 11 54 4 10 12
Opp. error Total
4 2 1 1 12 53
199
Total Team 9 Nuñez Sidarka de los 18 De La Cruz de Peña 1 Vargas Valdez Annerys Total Team Total Team
Best Scorer
12
27
9 Nuñez Sidarka de los
Spike
Block
Serve
No Name Total Team 9 Nuñez Sidarka de los 10 Cabral de la Cruz Milagros 1 Vargas Valdez Annerys Total Team 3 Eve Mejia Lisvel Elisa 1 Vargas Valdez Annerys
nn = Captain L = Libero
VIS, version 1.96 (Build 580, 16 pools), © 1992-2012 FIVB
6/9/2012 21:35
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VOLLEYBALL • Players ranking by skills 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix
Rk No Name 1 19 Hooker Destinee 2 14 Kozuch Margareta 3 10 Cabral de la Cruz Milagros 3 16 Akinradewo Foluke 5 11 Larson Jordan 6 15 Brinker Maren 6 13 Harmotto Christa 6 11 Fürst Christiane 9 1 Teng Yen-Min 10 9 Nuñez Sidarka de los Milagros 11 10 Chen Wan Ting 11 1 Vargas Valdez Annerys Victoria 11 18 De La Cruz de Peña Bethania 14 15 Tom Logan 15 3 Hanke Denise 16 9 Liao Wan Ju 16 3 Eve Mejia Lisvel Elisa 18 17 Mambru Casilla Gina Altagracia 18 13 Wen I Tzu 18 12 Beier Heike 21 18 Hodge Megan 22 14 Tsai Yin Feng 23 9 Ssuschke-Voigt Corina 24 6 Wang Sin Ting 24 7 Lee Yi Ping 24 3 Haneef-Park Tayyiba 27 8 Arias Perez Candida Estefany 27 14 Rivera Brens Prisilla Altagracia 27 19 Burchardt Regina 27 8 Kauffeldt Berit 27 2 Scott-Arruda Danielle 27 21 Miyashiro Tamari 33 12 Echenique Medina Karla Miguelina 33 13 Rondon Martinez Cindy Carolina 33 11 Chen Wan Ching 33 10 Matthes Anne 33 18 Schaus Nadja 33 4 Berg Lindsey 39 2 Fernandez Perez Winifer Maria 39 6 Caso Sierra Carmen Rosa 39 7 Marte Frica Niverka Dharlenis 39 20 Martinez Brayelin Elizabeth 39 3 Lee Yi Hsuan 39 5 Wu Ko Jou 39 12 Yang Meng Hua 39 15 Yen Pei Ling 39 1 Dürr Lenka 39 17 Möllers Lena 39 1 Glass Alisha 39 6 Davis Nicole Total tournament
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Best Scorers Team USA GER DOM USA USA GER USA GER TPE DOM TPE DOM DOM USA GER TPE DOM DOM TPE GER USA TPE GER TPE TPE USA DOM DOM GER GER USA USA DOM DOM TPE GER GER USA DOM DOM DOM DOM TPE TPE TPE TPE GER GER USA USA
09/06/2012 23:43
Spike 28 24 20 15 16 14 11 8 14 15 15 10 9 7 7 8 6 9 8 6 8 6 3 3 1 3 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 284
Block 6 4 4 6 4 2 6 10 0 0 0 5 4 5 2 0 5 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 72
Serve 1 1 2 5 1 4 3 2 5 2 1 1 3 2 3 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52
Total 35 29 26 26 21 20 20 20 19 17 16 16 16 14 12 11 11 10 10 10 9 8 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 408
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VOLLEYBALL • Players ranking by skills 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix
Best Spikers Limit: 15.00% Total Attempts 60 52 46 74 48 34 56 63 37 29 849
Succ. % 46.67 38.46 34.78 32.43 31.25 26.47 25.00 22.22 18.92
17 8 12 16 10 17 5 4 8 12 219
Total Attempts 34 16 24 30 20 30 12 10 15 19 397
Avg. by set 1.43 0.86 0.86 0.86 0.83 0.83 0.71 0.67 0.67 0.57 5.54
Serve Hits 17 27 16 22 23 17 31 22 17 6 448
Total Attempts 22 33 21 28 28 22 34 26 19 9 547
Avg. by set 0.83 0.71 0.57 0.57 0.50 0.50 0.43 0.43 0.33 0.33 4.00
Rk No Name
Team
Spikes
Faults
Shots
1 19 Hooker Destinee 2 10 Cabral de la Cruz Milagros 3 11 Larson Jordan 4 14 Kozuch Margareta 5 10 Chen Wan Ting 6 18 De La Cruz de Peña Bethania 7 15 Brinker Maren 8 1 Teng Yen-Min 9 15 Tom Logan - 16 Akinradewo Foluke Total Tournament
USA DOM USA GER TPE DOM GER TPE USA USA
28 20 16 24 15 9 14 14 7 15 284
3 11 3 10 6 5 12 16 6 2 135
29 21 27 40 27 20 30 33 24 12 430
Best Blockers
Rk No Name
Team
1 11 Fürst Christiane 2 19 Hooker Destinee 3 13 Harmotto Christa 4 16 Akinradewo Foluke 5 3 Eve Mejia Lisvel Elisa 6 1 Vargas Valdez Annerys Victoria 7 15 Tom Logan 8 10 Cabral de la Cruz Milagros 8 18 De La Cruz de Peña Bethania 10 14 Kozuch Margareta Total Tournament
GER USA USA USA DOM DOM USA DOM DOM GER
Kill Blocks 10 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 72
Faults
Rebounds
7 2 6 8 5 8 2 2 3 3 106
Best Servers
Rk No Name
Team
1 1 Teng Yen-Min 2 16 Akinradewo Foluke 3 12 Beier Heike 4 15 Brinker Maren 5 18 De La Cruz de Peña Bethania 6 9 Liao Wan Ju 7 3 Hanke Denise 8 13 Harmotto Christa 9 10 Cabral de la Cruz Milagros 10 7 Lee Yi Ping Total Tournament
TPE USA GER GER DOM TPE GER USA DOM TPE
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33.45
Aces
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5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 52
Faults 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 47
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VOLLEYBALL • Players ranking by skills 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix
Best Diggers
Rk No Name
Team
1 12 Yang Meng Hua 2 6 Davis Nicole 3 1 Dürr Lenka 4 6 Caso Sierra Carmen Rosa 5 15 Tom Logan 6 10 Chen Wan Ting 7 12 Beier Heike 8 2 Fernandez Perez Winifer Maria 9 19 Hooker Destinee 10 10 Cabral de la Cruz Milagros Total Tournament
TPE USA GER DOM USA TPE GER DOM USA DOM
18 20 16 11 12 8 8 6 7 6 171
Team
1 4 Berg Lindsey 2 3 Hanke Denise 3 11 Chen Wan Ching 4 12 Echenique Medina Karla Miguelina 5 7 Marte Frica Niverka Dharlenis - 1 Dürr Lenka - 1 Glass Alisha - 1 Vargas Valdez Annerys Victoria - 1 Teng Yen-Min - 2 Scott-Arruda Danielle Total Tournament
USA GER TPE DOM DOM GER USA DOM TPE USA
23 17 18 16 12 10 20 1 17 9 352
Total Attempts 48 43 46 30 32 20 36 8 29 19 643
Avg. by set 3.00 2.86 2.29 1.83 1.71 1.33 1.14 1.00 1.00 1.00 13.15
Still Sets 136 157 154 73 40 7 7 9 1 700
Total Attempts 162 178 168 85 49 7 7 9 1 786
Avg. by set 3.57 2.86 2.33 1.67 1.50
Receptions
7 6 12 3 8 2 8 1 5 4 120
Running Sets 25 20 14 10 9 78
Faults 1 1 2 8
6.00
Best Receivers
Rk No Name
Team
1 6 Davis Nicole 2 1 Teng Yen-Min 3 1 Dürr Lenka 4 12 Yang Meng Hua 5 11 Larson Jordan 6 12 Beier Heike 7 6 Caso Sierra Carmen Rosa 8 10 Cabral de la Cruz Milagros - 15 Brinker Maren - 9 Liao Wan Ju Total Tournament
USA TPE GER TPE USA GER DOM DOM GER TPE
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Faults
Best Setters
Rk No Name
Digs
Limit: 25.00% Excellents
09/06/2012 23:43
24 20 21 23 12 17 10 8 15 14 206
Faults 5 3 1 2 3 5 5 6 2 3 50
Serve Receptions 13 15 25 28 15 25 22 24 14 10 239
Total Attempts 42 38 47 53 30 47 37 38 31 27 495
Eff. % 45.24 44.74 42.55 39.62 30.00 25.53 13.51 5.26
31.52
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VOLLEYBALL • Players ranking by skills 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix
Best Liberos
Rk No Name
1 12 Yang Meng Hua 2 1 Dürr Lenka 3 6 Davis Nicole 4 6 Caso Sierra Carmen Rosa
VIS, version 1.96 (Build 580, 16 pools), © 1992-2012 FIVB
Team
Excellents
Faults
In play
TPE GER USA DOM
41 37 44 21
9 13 11 8
51 43 30 38
09/06/2012 23:43
Total attempts 101 93 85 67
Succ. %
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VOLLEYBALL • Teams ranking by skills 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix
Rk Team
Best Spikers Limit: 15.00%
Rk Team 1 USA USA 2 DOM Dominican Republic 3 GER Germany 4 TPE Chinese Taipei Total Tournament
Rk Team
Serve Hits 83 145 118 102 448
Total Attempts 108 170 142 127 547
Avg. by set 2.17 2.14 2.00 1.67 4.00
Total Attempts 170 153 151 169 643
Avg. by set 7.29 6.33 6.33 6.29 13.15
22 35 44 34 135
112 81 119 118 430
Best Blockers Kill Blocks 29 19 21 3 72
Faults
Rebounds
31 27 25 23 106
Best Servers 13 15 14 10 52
Faults 12 10 10 15 47
Best Diggers Digs
1 USA USA 2 DOM Dominican Republic 2 TPE Chinese Taipei 4 GER Germany Total Tournament
VIS, version 1.96 (Build 580, 16 pools), © 1992-2012 FIVB
Avg. by set 4.14 3.17 3.00 0.50 5.54
89 73 67 55 284
1 TPE Chinese Taipei 2 USA USA 3 GER Germany 4 DOM Dominican Republic Total Tournament
Rk Team
63 60 70 26 219
Total Attempts 123 106 116 52 397
Shots
Aces
Succ. % 39.91 38.62 29.13 26.57 33.45
Faults
1 USA USA 2 DOM Dominican Republic 3 GER Germany 4 TPE Chinese Taipei Total Tournament
Total Attempts 223 189 230 207 849
Spikes
51 38 38 44 171
09/06/2012 23:46
Faults 26 27 30 37 120
Receptions 93 88 83 88 352
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VOLLEYBALL • Teams ranking by skills 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix
Rk Team 1 USA USA 2 DOM Dominican Republic 3 GER Germany 4 TPE Chinese Taipei Total Tournament
Rk Team
Best Setters Running Sets 25 19 20 14 78
2 2 3 1 8
Still Sets 181 153 186 180 700
Total Attempts 208 174 209 195 786
Avg. by set 3.57 3.17 2.86 2.33 6.00
Best Receivers Limit: 25.00% Excellents
1 TPE Chinese Taipei 2 GER Germany 3 USA USA 4 DOM Dominican Republic Total Tournament
VIS, version 1.96 (Build 580, 16 pools), © 1992-2012 FIVB
Faults
63 61 47 35 206
09/06/2012 23:46
Faults 12 9 10 19 50
Serve Receptions 56 67 45 71 239
Total Attempts 131 137 102 125 495
Eff. % 38.93 37.96 36.27 12.80 31.52
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USA score second victory in Pool B Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, June 9, 2012 – Two-time defending champions USA defeated Chinese Taipei in straight sets (25-10, 25-22, 2512) to claim their second victory in two days in Pool B of the FIVB World Grand Prix in Santo Domingo. Destinee Hooker and Foluke Akinradewo led the balanced attack of USA with 15 and 10 points, respectively. Megan Hodge and Jordan Larson each contributed eight points. Chen Wan Ting was Chinese Taipei’s top scorer with eight points. The Americans held the advantage in blocks (9-3) and aces (7-3), and made 11 unforced errors to 27 from their opponents. “Chinese Taipei was a strong opponent and I am glad they gave us a good fight because it was a test for us,” USA coach Hugh McCutcheon said. “They are improving with time and are progressing. We are preparing for the Olympics and the match against Dominican Republic is another important test. They are a strong team and always play hard.” In the other match of Saturday, Germany outplayed Dominican Republic to claim a straight set victory 25-16, 25-18, 25-19 in in front of a full crowd at the Santo Domingo Volleyball Palace on Saturday night. The German team dominated their opponent from start to finish and held advantages of 10-3 in blocks and 6-4 in aces. The winners committed only 12 errors to 27 by the defeated side. Margareta Kozuch topped Germany with 16 points while Christiane Furst added 11 including six blocks. Sidarka Nunez had 12 points and Milagros Nunez charted 10 for Dominican Republic. Both teams have three points and 1-1 win-loss record. “We have to keep the focus to win against strong teams like Germany and USA,” Dominican Republic’s coach Marcos Kwiek said. “The blocking of Germany was very good today and things were easier for them because of it. We did a lot of effort in the Olympic Qualifier. The reception problems hurt us.”