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More 2005 Junior Women’s Under-20 World Championship
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Thursday shaping up as crucial day
 Ankara,
Turkey, July 27, 2005 - The 2005 FIVB Junior Women's U20
World Championships, that is held in Turkey, took fire
from the results of the games on the fourth day on
Wednesday. The victories of Italy against Russia 3-1,
the Dominican Republic over Egypt 3-0 (Pool B), as well
as Croatia against USA 3-2 and Brazil over Turkey 3-1
(Pool A) made for interesting reading in both pools.
The unbeaten Brazil and Serbia & Montenegro have now
qualified for the second round (Pool A), which will be
held in Ankara among the four best teams. On the other
hand, Italy must beat the winless Egypt on Thursday to
qualify while the fourth place will be determined from
the result of the match between China and Russia (Pool
B).
Besides Egypt, the loser of the match between the
Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico (Pool B), will be out
of the second round. In Pool A, the teams of Japan,
Croatia, Turkey and USA will fight to stay in the second
round (places 5-8 in Istanbul).
In the match of the day (Pool B - Istanbul), Italy beat
Russia 3-1 and proved that they deserved the title of
European champions in Slovakia last year. In this way,
they are guaranteed a top four finish.
China beat Puerto Rico easily, their fourth victory was
expected and they will play against Russia, in the last
match of preliminary round. The players of Puerto Rico,
with one victory in four matches, were thinking about
Thursday's game against the Dominican Republic, as they
want to win and continue in the second round (5-8
places).
The Dominican Republic, in the third match of the day,
claimed their first victory against Egypt. Thus they
hope to beat Puerto Rico and continue in the second
round.
In Pool A (Ankara), we had the battle of two different
schools. Serbia & Montenegro (vice champion in Europe)
beat Japan 3-2 in a tie-break thriller to qualify for
the second round. On the other hand, Japan with only one
victory in four matches must win on Thursday, so that
they can go to the second round.
Croatia surprised by collecting their first win against
USA (3-2). However, both teams must beat Japan and
Turkey respectively in Thursday's matches, so that they
will be able to continue in the tournament.
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