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2005 Youth Boys'
Under 19 World Championship
Algiers & Oran,
24 August – 1 September 2005
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Another day for samba dancers and second victory for
favorites
 Algiers,
Algeria, August 25, 2005 - Again it was the day of the samba
dancers from Brazil in the ninth Boys U-19 World
Championship here in Algiers and Oran where they attracted
the emotions of the fans on day two of the tournament
collecting their second victory, beating Bulgaria in a
fantastic five-set match. Along with Brazil, the big
favorites Russia, France, Italy and Slovakia achieved their
second victory in a row to secure a play off vacancy in
front of FIVB Vice President, Dr. Amr Elwani.
No words can describe the thrills and excitement in the Pool
B match between the defending champions Brazil and the brave
Bulgarian team which finished 3-2 (21-25, 25-19, 25-11,
17-25, 15-11) in 123 minutes. Both teams played a
constructive game conducting the thrills and samba dance
until the final seconds. The South Americans showed all
their talent with masterly skill against the brave Europeans
who used their solid serves to great effect. "I send my
congratulations to the Bulgarian team for this high
performance today especially the captain Kolev and Petkov,"
Brazil head coach Oncken Percy said. "I knew before the
match that it will be a tough game because I watched the
Bulgarian team in the European Championship qualifying to
these finals and noticed that they use the strong spike
serves. They showed much improvement and played better than
before with their new coach."
"I have worked with the team for only two months and I think
we played well in attack and defense against the best team
in the world," Bulgaria coach Guergoui Draganov said.
In the same pool B Argentina used their big gun Franco
Giachetta to clinch a 3-1 victory (25-22, 22-25, 25-15,
25-19) over the tired Mexico team who played their first
match in the tournament without any training session. "We
were eager to have better results in the competition but it
was difficult to play today without any training session
before the match as we arrived just few hours before the
match. Now we have to think of our last match against Brazil
as we hope to appear in better performance" Mexico coach
Carlos Ortega said.
The hosts Algeria lost their second match against Slovakia
3-1 (23-25, 25-22, 25-16, 25-17) to give the Slovakian team
their second victory in a row and secure a second round
vacancy. Meanwhile, Korea used their fast strategy of play
to disturb the Egyptian defense and win their match in
straight sets (25-12, 25-22, 25-21).
In other results, India clinched a straight sets victory
over Canada in pool C (25-21, 25-18, 25-20). In the same
pool, Italy proved their consistency with a second valuable
victory over Poland 3-1 (25-20, 17-25, 25-16, 25-19) while
Russia found it easy going clinching a straight sets victory
over Tunisia (25-17, 25-16, 25-16) in pool D. France,
meanwhile, continued their victory rhythm and defeated Iran
3-0 (25-19, 25-22, 25-19). |
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