Argentina earns victory over Japan at the FIVB World League – Volleyball News

The men clad in sky blue and white shirts bagged a great victory by defeating Japan in Pool D of the FIVB World League. Team Argentina stayed on the winning course from start to end and improved its record to 4-3. They captured all three sets 25-21, 25-20, 25-15 and stunned the home audience at Komaki Park Arena in Komaki, Japan.

Argentina was supported by Lucas Ocampo and Sebastian Sole, who scored 16 and 10 points respectively. On the other hand, Yu Koshikawa struggled for Japan with 12 points, while Kunihiro Shimizu added 10. Nonetheless, the team Japan failed to subdue the stronger opponent.

Both teams started out well and displayed a great show. Japanese side led the score initially, but Argentina got hold of the game later on. Japan tried to outdo Argentina but dropped the opening set 21-25.

The visiting team continued with winning pace in the second and improved to 2-0. In the third, Ocampo’s spike put Argentina to a 6-5 lead. Japan fought back to go up 7-6 on a Koshikawa spike. A reception error by Japan saw Argentina up 8-7 at the first TTO. Chijiki could not handle an Argentina serve and it was 13-8 as Japan struggled to maintain contact. Argentina was up 16-11 at the second TTO. Japan took a timeout while trailing 18-12. Martin Ramos connected with a spike for 22-13 as Argentina moved to close out the match. A Koshikawa spike made it 22-15 but the outcome appeared inevitable. Argentina finished it out with one final spike 25-15

Japan falls to Serbia in a tough five-set thriller – Volleyball News

Pool A teams of the 2012 FIVB World League, Japan and Serbia, clashed in the last match of third leg on Sunday.

The Yantarny Sports Hall in Kaliningrad, Russia hosted the match, while 1,250 volleyball enthusiasts were in presence. After many ups and downs, Serbia settled for 3-2 (23-25, 25-19, 19-25, 25-19, 15-10) victory and forced Japan to stay winless after nine matches. Victory allowed Serbia to take second position in the group. Japanese squad, on the other hand, firmly held the bottom slot after making another unsuccessful attempt. Japan is constantly staying in cold waters and has not captured any match in the competition.

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Thailand women’s team takes a winning start in the second round of 2012 FIVB Grand Prix - Volleyball

Under the visionary leadership of head coach Radchatagriengkai Kiattipong, Thailand women’s national volleyball team kicked off the second round of FIVB World Grand Prix with 3-1 victory over Puerto Rico (25-18, 19-25, 25-11, 25-19).

Komaki in Japan hosted the match and more than 450 spectators were in presence. Thailand claimed opening set of the match before Puerto Rico created the tie in second set. However, Thailand cruised past to victory after making back-to-back wins in the following two sets. The match decision came out after a game of 1 hour and 38 minutes.

Onuma Sittirak was named the top-scorer of the match as she charted match-high 21 points.

Sarai Alvarez, on the other hand, added 13 points in Puerto Rico’s score.

 

Pool A action starts in Dominican Republic on Friday – Volleyball news

After a pause of three weeks, the cracking volleyball action of 2012 FIVB World League is set to resume in Pool A, which is composed to teams from Russia, Cuba, Japan, and Serbia.
Pool A teams will kick off the second leg of the competition on Friday, June 15.

The city of Santo Domingo in Dominican Republic will provide the backdrop for Pool A matches. During the first week, Japanese city Hamamatsu served as host to Pool A. Originally, Cuba was supposed to set up the field of play for Pool A matches in the second week but the Cuban Sport Coliseum is still going through a process of renovation, which created an opportunity for Dominican Republic to host the FIVB premier annual men’s competition.

A total of six matches will be played over a period of three days. According to the set formula of the competition, two matches will be played on each day. Russia and Serbia will clash in the opening match of 2nd leg, while Cuba and Japan will cross their ways in the second match.

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Joint Asia Continental and World Olympic Qualification Tournament starts Friday – Volleyball news

Following the stupendous success of Women’s World Olympic Qualifiers in Japan, the joint venture of AVC and FIVB Olympic Qualification Tournament is set to start on coming Friday, June 1.

Only two Olympic Tickets will be on stake, while eight teams from China, Iran, Australia, Japan, Korea, Puerto Rico, Serbia and Venezuela will come into stride. The FIVB Men’s Olympic Qualification Tournament will take place from June 1-10. Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan will provide the backdrop for Men’s Olympic Qualifiers.

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Chinese Taipei loses to Thailand to stay without a win – Volleyball news

Women’s national volleyball team of Chinese Taipei dropped another chance to prove its endeavour in the 2012 FIVB World Olympic Qualification Tournament, which is currently underway in Japan.

Chinese Taipei played its fourth match against Thailand and received 0-3 (16-25, 18-25, 20-25) defeat. The Tokyo Metropolitan Gym hosted the match, while more than 1,000 spectators watched the performance.

Outside hitter (OH) Sittirak Onuma led Thailand with match-high 15 points. Thinkaow Pleumjit followed her up 13 points, while Wilavan Apinyapoing and Malika Kanthong registered 12 and 11 respectively. On the other hand, none of the C.T. players could go into double-figure score. Chen Wan Ting and Teng Yen Min were the top scorers with nine points apiece.

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Russia tops the Pool A even after losing third match to Cuba – 2012 FIVB World League

Russia maintained its power in the first two matches of the 2012 FIVB World League in Pool A but dropped the third match to Cuba. 

The Caribbean team posted 3-2 (23-25, 25-17, 25-20, 18-25, 15-10) victory over Russia on Sunday at the Hamamatsu Arena in Japan. Success improved the record of Cuba to 2-1, while loss moved Russia to similar 2-1 record. However, Russia came on top with slightly better set and points’ ratio in the three matches. At the end of first leg of 2012 FIVB World League Preliminaries, Russia topped the rankings in Pool A with 6 points. Cuba ended with 5 points and settled for second slot in the pool standings. 

In the next run, Pool A teams will travel to Santo Domingo in Dominican Republic. 

Russia claims another victory in a five set thriller – 2012 FIVB World League

Russian ‘army’ continued with success in the second match of on-going 2012 FIVB World League on Saturday. The defending champions downed the hosts Japan in a five-set tiring match and improved to 2-0 in Pool A. 

Russia sent 3-2 (20-25, 25-23, 25-16, 19-25, 15-12) on board to earned the winning status. Equipped with stupendous support of some 2,000 fans, Japanese men fought bravely but failed to overcome the resilient rival. 

Top scorer of the match added a total of 24 points and he was none other than Pavel Moroz of Russia. Japan’s Yusuke Ishijima registered 17 points and emerged as top scorer on Japan’s side. 

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Serbia sends Cuba to first loss at the 2012 FIVB World League – Volleyball News

Men’s national volleyball team of Serbia proved to be a detractor for Cuba on the second day of the 2012 FIVB World League. 

Cuba, which stamped a splendid win over Japan in the first match, dropped the second match to Serbia on Saturday. The Serbs hammered the Caribbean counterparts with 3–1 (25–19, 20–25, 27–25, 27–25) victory. The match was hosted by Japanese Hamamatsu, while more than 1100 spectators watched the cracking action of volleyball. 

Serbia had lost its previous match to defending champion Russia on Friday but made a great comeback in the next match and held off Cuba for 3-1 victory. 

Nikola Kovacevic played an instrumental role to Serbia’s success. He totalled 16 points and led his team to victory. Besides him four other Serbian players went into double-figure score. On Cuba’s side, Wilfredo Leon added match-high 20 points but it proved to be a failing effort as his team dropped the decision. 

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