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FIVB 2005 World Grand
Prix |
Day Two |
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Italy and Brazil move ahead of
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 Sendai,
Japan, July 14, 2005 – World champions Italy
and defending champions Brazil maintained
their perfect records on the second day of
the World Grand Prix Final Round in Sendai,
Japan on Thursday.
The Azzurre proved too strong for Olympic champions
China for the second time in five days with a
straight-sets win (25-16, 25-21, 25-22), while Brazil
held off Cuba 3-2 (25-16, 21-25, 22-25, 25-21, 16-14) in
a fast-paced, power-packed spike fest that delighted the
6,000 fans. More |
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Pic: Brazil's Renata Colombo spikes past the
Cuban defence of Nancy Carrillo de la Paz (left)
and Rosir Calderon Diaz
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Day One
July 13, 2005 -
July 12, 2005 -
July
11, 2005 -
July
5, 2005 -
July
12, 2005 –
Special honour for
Italy
July
10, 2005 –
July
10, 2005 –
July 3, 2005 –
June 26, 2005 –
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Italy
beat China 3-0 (25-16, 25-21, 25-22) |
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Olympic champs lose second successive
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Sendai,
Japan, July 14, 2005 - Olympic champions
China suffered their second straight defeat in the 2005
World Grand Prix Final Round after going down to world
champions Italy 3-0 (25-16, 25-21, 25-22) in the opening
match on Thursday in Sendai. For the second time in a
shock run of three successive defeats, the world number
one has lost to Italy after losing to the world number
four in their final match of the Preliminary Round Final
Round and now their hopes of reclaiming the title they
won in 2003 are in serious jeopardy.
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Brazil beat Cuba 3-2 (25-16,
21-25, 22-25, 25-21, 16-14) |
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Super
Sassá serves Brazil to incredible
victory |
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Sendai,
Japan, July 14, 2005 - An incredible serve
from Welissa "Sassa" Gonzago on match point gave defending champions
Brazil a crucial win over Cuba in an epic five set thriller
3-2 (25-16, 21-25, 22-25, 25-21, 16-14) in the 2005 World Grand Prix
Final Round in Sendai on Thursday. The result hands Cuba their first
loss of the finals while Brazil joins Italy as the only teams to
have two victories from as many matches. The Brazilian win was a
repeat of the 3-1 result in the third week of the Preliminary Round
and reversed the 3-1 defeat in the play-off for bronze at last
year's Olympic Games in Athens.
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Japan beat Netherlands 3-1 (22-25,
25-20, 28-26, 25-22) |
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Japan
fight back to claim first win |
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Sendai,
Japan, July 14, 2005 - A typically gutsy
performance from hosts Japan gave them an impressive
come-from-behind victory 3-1 (22-25, 25-20, 28-26,
25-22) over the Netherlands in the final match of the
second day of the
2005 World Grand Prix Final Round in Sendai
on Thursday. With a packed stadium right
behind them Japan collected their first victory of the
finals, while leaving the Netherlands winless after two
matches.
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Photo of Final
Round
Day 2 |
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Full house and an electric atmosphere in the Sendai City
Gymnasium |
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Finals
Sendai, Japan
STARS
Scoring a point is something impossible for her as a libero, but it does not mean that Fabi is less important to Brazil having returned to the team after missing out on the Athens Olympics.
