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World Grand Prix continues to excite

USA attack as they take victory on Sunday evening

Lausanne, Switzerland, June 17, 2012 – China and USA kept their unbeaten streak alive on Sunday as they finished the day unbeaten in the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix.

China picked up a straight-sets (25-19, 25-17, 29-27) win while USA defeated Brazil (20-25, 25-18, 25-18, 25-20)

Meanwhile the Dominican Republic beat Puerto Rico, Chinese Taipei beat Korea, Japan beat Thailand, China beat Poland, Serbia beat Turkey, Brazil beat USA, Argentina v Cuba and Germany v Italy.

“It was a really tough match. We played in an amazing atmosphere and Brazil was great in defence, which made the match really difficult for us," USA coach Hugh McCutcheon said "I am glad as my team played focused and did what we had agreed even in this unique atmosphere."

World Grand Prix 2012
20th Edition

Pool	Date	GMT Time	Teams	Result	City	Description	Press Conference	Stats	Photos
F	15/06	06:20	THA-PUR	3-1	Komaki, JPN	View	View	View	View
G	15/06	08:00	KOR-POL	0-3	Foshan, CHN	View	View	View	View
F	15/06	09:20	JPN-DOM	3-0	Komaki, JPN	View	View	View	View
G	15/06	11:30	CHN-TPE	3-0	Foshan, CHN	View	View	View	View
H	15/06	15:10	SRB-ARG	3-1	Belgrade, SRB	View	View	View	View
H	15/06	18:05	CUB-TUR	1-3	Belgrade, SRB	View	View	View	View
E	15/06	21:20	ITA-USA	0-3	Sao Bernardo Campo	View	View	View	View
E	15/06	23:20	BRA-GER	3-1	Sao Bernardo Campo	View	View	View	View
F	16/06	06:20	DOM-THA	0-3	Komaki, JPN	View	View	View	View
G	16/06	08:00	TPE-POL	0-3	Foshan, CHN	View	View	View	View
F	16/06	09:20	JPN-PUR	3-0	Komaki, JPN	View	View	View	View
G	16/06	11:30	CHN-KOR	3-0	Foshan, CHN	View	View	View	View
H	16/06	15:20	CUB-SRB	3-0	Belgrade, SRB	View	View	View	View
H	16/06	18:05	TUR-ARG	3-1	Belgrade, SRB	View	View	View	View
E	16/06	21:20	USA-GER	3-0	Sao Bernardo Campo	View	View	View	View
E	16/06	23:20	BRA-ITA	3-2	Sao Bernardo Campo	View	View	View	View
F	17/06	06:00	DOM-PUR	2-3	Komaki, JPN	View	View	View	View
G	17/06	08:00	TPE-KOR	1-3	Foshan, CHN	View	View	View	View
F	17/06	09:00	JPN-THA	2-3	Komaki, JPN	View	View	View	View
G	17/06	11:30	CHN-POL	3-0	Foshan, CHN	View	View	View	View
H	17/06	15:20	SRB-TUR	1-3	Belgrade, SRB	View	View	View	View
E	17/06	16:20	BRA-USA	1-3	Sao Bernardo Campo	View	View	View	View
H	17/06	18:05	ARG-CUB	0-3	Belgrade, SRB	View	View	View	View
E	17/06	18:20	GER-ITA	3-0	Sao Bernardo Campo	View	View	View	View

Standings

Rk	Code	Team	Points	Matches			Results Details						Sets			Points
Rk	Code	Team	Points	Played	Won	Lost	3-0	3-1	3-2	2-3	1-3	0-3	Won	Lost	Ratio	Won	Lost	Ratio
1	USA	USA	18	6	6		4	2					18	2	9.000	495	373	1.327
2	CHN	China	18	6	6		4	2					18	2	9.000	495	383	1.292
3	TUR	Turkey	15	6	5	1	1	4			1		16	7	2.286	536	480	1.117
4	THA	Thailand	14	6	5	1	3	1	1		1		16	6	2.667	507	433	1.171
5	CUB	Cuba	14	6	5	1	2	2	1		1		16	7	2.286	535	464	1.153
6	BRA	Brazil	11	6	5	1		1	4		1		16	12	1.333	605	563	1.075
7	JPN	Japan	10	6	3	3	2	1		1	1	1	12	10	1.200	492	463	1.063
8	GER	Germany	9	6	3	3	3				2	1	11	9	1.222	443	426	1.040
9	POL	Poland	9	6	3	3	2		1	1	1	1	12	11	1.091	507	500	1.014
10	SRB	Serbia	8	6	2	4	1	1		2	1	1	11	13	0.846	503	526	0.956
11	PUR	Puerto Rico	5	6	2	4		1	1		1	3	7	15	0.467	438	501	0.874
12	ITA	Italy	5	6	1	5		1		2		3	7	16	0.438	489	537	0.911
13	KOR	Korea	4	6	1	5		1		1	2	2	7	16	0.438	480	548	0.876
14	DOM	Dominican Republic	4	6	1	5	1			1		4	5	15	0.333	387	467	0.829
15	ARG	Argentina		6		6					4	2	4	18	0.222	426	533	0.799
16	TPE	Chinese Taipei		6		6					1	5	1	18	0.056	337	478	0.705

Note:

Match won 3-0 or 3-1: 3 points for the winner, 0 point for the loser
Match won 3-2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
In case of tie, the teams will be classified according to the following criteria: number of matches won, sets ratio and points ratio

Top Scoring Performances
25 - Hwang Youn-Joo of Korea v Cuba (June 8)
25 - Rosanna Giel Ramos of Cuba v Korea (June 8)
25 - Francesca Piccinini of Italy v Brazil (June 16)

Top Blocking Performances
9 - Adenizia Silva of Brazil v Poland (June 10)
8 - Adenizia Silva of Brazil v Serbia (June 9)
8 - Christa Harmotto of USA v Brazil (June 17)

Top Blocking Performances by team
21 - Brazil v Poland (June 10)
20 - Cuba v Japan (June 9)
18 – USA v Brazil (June 17)
18 – Poland v Chinese Taipei (June 17)

Top Serving Performance
6 - Serena Ortolani of Italy v Poland (June 9)
5 - Polen Uslupehlivan of Turkey v Korea (June 9)
5 - Erika Araki of Japan v Korea (June 10)

Top Serving Performances by team
15 - Cuba against Korea (June 8)
13 - Turkey against Korea (June 9)
13 - Japan against Korea (June 10)

Highest scorer by week
Week 1: Hwang Youn-Joo/Rosanna Giel Ramos, 25 (Cuba v Korea)
Week 2: Serena Ortolani, 25 (Italy v Brazil)

Highest set score
Week 1: Italy v Poland (31-29)
Week 2: China v Poland (29-27)

Highest Scoring matches
Week 1: Cuba v Korea, 3-2 (23-25, 27-25, 25-18, 23-25, 15-11), 217 points
Week 2: Puerto Rico v Dominican Republic, 3-2 (25-19, 21-25, 25-23, 21-25, 15-12), 211

Top Scorers

Rank	Shirt	Name	Team	Spike	Block	Serve	Total
1	19	Hooker Destinee	USA	80	17	4	101
2	13	Giel Ramos Rosanna	CUB	58	29	9	96
3	2	Brakocevic Jovana	SRB	73	12	9	94
	11	Ortolani Serena	ITA	79	4	11	94
5	5	Alvarez Sarai	PUR	82	3	4	89
6	6	Sittirak Onuma	THA	79	5	4	88
7	12	Piccinini Francesca	ITA	77	6	3	86
	17	Skowronska-Dolata Katarzyna	POL	72	14		86
9	2	Santos Allegne Yanelis	CUB	63	9	12	84
10	13	Ozsoy Neriman	TUR	68	6	8	82

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