Spaoro Malagasy: GERMANY, SOUTH KOREA & PUERTO RICO GO UNDEFEATED IN WEEK 2 GROUP 2

2017 FIVB VOLLEYBALL WORLD GRAND PRIX – GROUP 2 DAILY RECAP

Germany, South Korea and Puerto Rico finished week two with an undefeated record in Group 2 of the FIVB World Grand Prix.

Germany finished their weekend with a three-set sweep over Colombia with the help of Louisa Lippmann and Tanja Grosser who each put down 15 points in the win. Kazakhstan took down Croatia in four behind Yetaterina Zhanova’s 22 points in Pool D2.

Pool E2 saw Peru take down Argentina in four while Korea fought to defeat Poland in a four-set battle. Peru’s offense was led by Angela Leyva and Jessenia Uceda who produced 21 and 20 points, respectively. For Korea, Yeon Koung Kim and Heejin Kim dominated the court with 25 and 20 points, respectively.

In Pool F2, two five-set matches took place with the Czech Republic topping Canada and Puerto Rico defeating Bulgaria. The Czech was led by Karolina Bednarova with 15 points. The fourth set of the Puerto Rico/Bulgaria match went into a deep amount of extra points, with Bulgaria securing the win to force a fifth set 35-33. The Puerto Rican were led by Karina Ocasio, Daly Santana and Stephanie Enright with 25, 20 and 19 points, respectively.

Group 2 standings after day six:

MATCHES		PTS	SETS			POINTS
Rank	Team	PTS	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	South Korea	5	1	16	17	5	3.400	511	452	1.131
2	Poland	5	1	15	16	4	4.000	494	386	1.280
3	Germany	5	1	14	16	6	2.667	512	431	1.188
4	Czech Republic	5	1	13	15	9	1.667	532	521	1.021
5	Bulgaria	3	3	11	15	12	1.250	592	570	1.039
6	Peru	3	3	9	11	11	1.000	511	501	1.020
7	Colombia	3	3	9	9	11	0.818	452	453	0.998
8	Puerto Rico	3	3	7	11	13	0.846	522	540	0.967
9	Canada	2	4	8	11	13	0.846	540	498	1.084
10	Kazakhstan	1	5	3	5	16	0.313	416	499	0.834
11	Croatia	1	5	2	6	17	0.353	422	560	0.754
12	Argentina	0	6	1	3	18	0.167	409	502	0.815

POOL D2

Venue: Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan
All times are Almaty Time (UTC+06:00).

DATE	TIME		SCORE		SET 1	SET 2	SET 3	SET 4	TOTAL	REPORT
14 Jul	14:10	Colombia	3–1	Croatia	25–22	25–27	25–19	25–20	100–88	P2 P3
14 Jul	17:10	Kazakhstan	1–3	Germany	25–20	18–25	17–25	21–25	81–95	P2 P3
15 Jul	14:10	Croatia	0–3	Germany	24–26	15–25	6–25		45–76	P2 P3
15 Jul	17:10	Kazakhstan	1–3	Colombia	21–25	25–20	25–27	16–25	87–97	P2 P3
16 Jul	14:10	Germany	3–0	Colombia	25–16	25–16	25–23		75–55	P2 P3
16 Jul	17:10	Kazakhstan	3–1	Croatia	25–22	22–25	25–20	25–15	97–82	P2 P3

POOL E2

Venue: Hala sportowo-widowiskowa KSZO, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

DATE	TIME		SCORE		SET 1	SET 2	SET 3	SET 4	TOTAL	REPORT
14 Jul	17:25	Argentina	0–3	South Korea	25–27	22–25	8–25		55–77	P2 P3
14 Jul	20:25	Poland	3–1	Peru	22–25	25–17	27–25	27–25	101–92	P2 P3
15 Jul	17:25	South Korea	3–0	Peru	26–24	27–25	25–15		78–64	P2 P3
15 Jul	20:25	Poland	3–0	Argentina	25–10	26–24	25–15		76–49	P2 P3
16 Jul	17:25	Peru	3–1	Argentina	25–18	18–25	25–23	25–19	93–85	P2 P3
16 Jul	20:25	Poland	1–3	South Korea	26–24	23–25	19–25	24–26	92–100	P2 P3

POOL F2

Venue: Roberto Clemente Coliseum, San Juan, Puerto Rico
All times are Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−04:00).

DATE	TIME		SCORE		SET 1	SET 2	SET 3	SET 4	SET 5	TOTAL	REPORT
14 Jul	17:10	Czech Republic	3–2	Bulgaria	25–27	25–20	12–25	25–14	15–9	102–95	P2 P3
14 Jul	20:10	Puerto Rico	3–2	Canada	25–20	25–21	22–25	20–25	15–13	107–104	P2 P3
15 Jul	17:10	Bulgaria	3–1	Canada	15–25	30–28	31–29	25–21		101–103	P2 P3
15 Jul	20:10	Puerto Rico	3–0	Czech Republic	25–20	25–21	25–17			75–58	P2 P3
16 Jul	15:10	Czech Republic	3–2	Canada	25–22	18–25	16–25	25–23	15–11	99–106	P2 P3
16 Jul	18:10	Puerto Rico	3–2	Bulgaria	26–24	22–25	25–18	33–35	15–7	121–109	P2 P3