(
BEIJING, July 8) --
Brazil,
China,
Italy,
USA and
Cuba have all advanced to the FIVB World Grand Prix finals following three preliminary rounds and will join host
Japan July 9
-13 in Yokohama.
In top standing is
Brazil, the six-time World Grand Prix champion.
China, the 2003 champion and 2007 silver medalist, is second, and
Italy, the bronze medalist last year, is third. All three powerhouses have an 8-1 win-loss record. The
United States (7-2) and
Cuba (6-3) are fourth and fifth.
23-25, 25-21, 25-8, 25-21), Kazakhstan 3-1 (22-25, 25-19, 25-21, 25-16) and Thailand 3-2 (25-20, 25-22, 25-23, 25-17, 15-9), while host Thailand lost all three of its matches in front of home spectators.
Thai captain Wilavan Apinyapong said in a press conference: “Everyone in my team did a good job. We could reduce the unforced mistakes we did in the previous matches. Also, team manager Kiattipong Radchatagriengkai also gave us morale boost. We then played relaxed, but gave all what we had.”
“I have played in
Thailand for several times but never thought they played better than this. They played exceptionally well. It was one of the most difficult tasks for my team. However, we could beat them finally,” Cuban captain Yumilka Ruiz Luaces remarked.
In Pool H in Chinese Taipei,
Italy beat
Turkey 3-1 and downed
USA 3-0.
Italy had a rough start and lost the first two sets against
Poland, but they managed to get back on their feet, sweeping the last three sets to win. Team
USA claimed the match 3-1 against
Poland and
Turkey.
Macao,
China downed
Japan and the
Dominican Republic 3-0 but suffered a crushing defeat by
Brazil 0-3. But
Brazil lost the first two sets in the match against the Dominicans, which made them more cautious and storm back, settling the match in their favor.
Preliminary Round StandingsRkCodeCountryPointsMatchesPointsSetsWonLostWonLostRatioWonLostRatio1
BRA
Brazil17
8
1
766
639
1.199
26
6
4.333
2
CHN
China17
8
1
783
687
1.140
24
10
2.400
3
ITA
Italy17
8
1
844
751
1.124
26
10
2.600
4
USAUSA16
7
2
771
664
1.161
22
11
2.000
5
CUB
Cuba15
6
3
856
785
1.090
22
15
1.467
6
TUR
Turkey13
4
5
743
732
1.015
16
17
0.941
7
GER
Germany13
4
5
710
709
1.001
16
16
1.000
8
DOM
Dominican Republic13
4
5
725
761
0.953
15
19
0.789
9
JPN
Japan11
2
7
641
737
0.870
9
23
0.391
10
POL
Poland10
1
8
768
855
0.898
13
24
0.542
11
THA
Thailand10
1
8
710
824
0.862
10
26
0.385
12
KAZ
Kazakhstan10
1
8
552
725
0.761
4
26
0.154
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