The 2011 Girls' Youth World Championship

Pool A
12-Aug 12:30 Egypt - Poland 0-3 (13-25 16-25 24-26) description stats
12-Aug 17:30 Turkey - Algeria 3-0 (25-8 25-13 25-14) description stats

Pool B
12-Aug 12:30 Brazil - Slovakia 3-0 (25-13 25-12 25-21) description stats
12-Aug 17:30 Mexico - Argentina 0-3 (21-25 19-25 22-25) description stats

Pool C
12-Aug 15:00 USA - Puerto Rico 3-0 (25-14 25-20 25-17) description stats
12-Aug 20:00 Serbia - China 0-3 (18-25 20-25 23-25) description stats

Pool D
12-Aug 15:00 Japan - Italy 3-0 (25-20 25-20 25-21) description stats
12-Aug 20:00 Germany - Thailand 3-0 (25-18 25-16 25-20) description stats

Obviously the italian team misses Bosetti and also Chirichella (best middle blocker for sure), but even without them they had just won three times against Japan in the last 5,6 days always 3-0 so something must have gone wrong today.

However our team is sincerely a good one, with this loss we will probably out even winning the next 2 matches but we'll see.

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However our team is sincerely a good one, with this loss we will probably out even winning the next 2 matches but we'll see.

I don't exactly agree... IMO, Sunday's match between Italy and Germany will be a kinda decider, with the winning team joining Japan among the best 8. A bit of a pity, as I was hoping to see both the European teams going ahead. Well, at least Germany has started with the right foot...

Serbia gained crucial win, much stronger than Norceca champion USA, although best scorer from EC opp M. Tomic isn't here... China must be hyper strong if they beated this Serbia 3-0....

Pool A
13-Aug 11:30 Poland - Algeria 3-0 (25-7 25-13 25-13) description stats
13-Aug 16:30 Egypt - Turkey 0-3 (9-25 21-25 20-25) description stats

14-Aug 11:30 Algeria - Egypt
14-Aug 16:30 Turkey - Poland

Pool B
13-Aug 11:30 Slovakia - Argentina 2-3 (25-23 18-25 23-25 25-23 5-15) description stats
13-Aug 16:30 Brazil - Mexico 3-1 (25-13 23-25 25-14 25-22) description stats

14-Aug 11:30 Mexico - Slovakia
14-Aug 16:30 Argentina - Brazil

Pool C
13-Aug 14:00 Puerto Rico - China 0-3 (22-25 18-25 11-25) description stats
13-Aug 19:00 USA - Serbia 0-3 (21-25 13-25 24-26) description stats

14-Aug 14:00 Serbia - Puerto Rico
14-Aug 19:00 China - USA

Pool D
13-Aug 14:00 Italy - Thailand 3-0 (25-20 25-17 27-25) description stats
13-Aug 19:00 Japan - Germany 3-2 (17-25 20-25 25-23 25-18 15-12) description stats

14-Aug 14:00 Germany - Italy
14-Aug 19:00 Thailand - Japan

Today's results

Group A

Turkey 3-0 Poland
Egypt 3-1 Algeria

Group B

Brazil 3-0 Argentina
Mexico 3-0 Slovakia

Group C

Serbia 3-0 Puerto Rico
China-USA (In progress)

Group D

Germany 3-1 Italy
Thailand-Japan (In progress)

Turkey,Poland,Brazil,Argentina,Germany,Japan and China advanced to 2nd round the 8th team will be Serbia or USA.Italy is out of 8

2rd Round

Pool E : Turkey,China,Germany,Argentina

Pool F : Brazil,Japan,Poland,Serbia

16.08.2011

Turkey-Germany
China-Argentina
Brazil-Serbia
Japan-Poland

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Today's results

Group A

Turkey 3-0 Poland
Egypt 3-1 Algeria

Group B

Brazil 3-0 Argentina
Mexico 3-0 Slovakia

Group C

Serbia 3-0 Puerto Rico
China-USA (In progress)

Group D

Germany 3-1 Italy
Thailand-Japan (In progress)

Turkey,Poland,Brazil,Argentina,Germany,Japan and China advanced to 2nd round the 8th team will be Serbia or USA.Italy is out of 8

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Statistics:
Pool A
ALG-EGY
TUR-POL

Pool B
MEX-SVK
ARG-BRA

Pool C
SRB-PUR
CHN-USA

Pool D
GER-ITA
THA-JPN

Puerto Rico’s tower Alba Fernandez can fly in the World Championship sky
The tallest player at the current FIVB Girls' Youth World Championship, 16-year old Alba Fernandez is from Puerto Rico. Her height is 207 cm and she started to plays volleyball only 4 years ago, but she is already a player of National Team of her country. Alba can fly in the World Championship sky here in Turkey but she is already flying with her dreams with volleyball.

"I have better reach to the net and I can do some things better than other players due to my height. But I need to concentrate on the play more than other players do, I have to play better for my team. Because my colleagues have higher expectations from me," said Alba, No. 17 of Puerto Rico team.

She started to play volleyball only four years ago and before it I did not practice to play volleyball at all. "I was studying in the 6th grade and I was 12 years old, when a representative from National Team came to me and told about this sport. He came in order to invite me to the National Team because I was very tall. They explained me this game, taught me how to play it and took me to the National Team. So just at that time I started to learn to play volleyball," remembers Alba her entrance into the sport.

But today volleyball became one of the most important parts of her life that determines her present and her future. "In future I want firstly to finish my studies and surely keep playing volleyball. For now I play in Girls National Team, after I want to play in Junior National team and later in Women National. I want to stay in sport and rise here. And maybe even to play in Europe, if I will be invited," shares her dreams Puerto Rico's player.

On the court the favorite position of Alba is defense. "Yes, it is difficult to believe that with my height I like defense, but I do."

And while in volleyball it is great to be so high, there are some difficulties in daily life. Alba told about some disadvantages of being tall outside the volleyball: "People usually look surprised, they cannot understand why I am so tall. They do not see such height as a normal. And also it is difficult to find a boyfriend with such a height because it is difficult to find such a tall boy. And boys do not love so tall girls."

Alba's family supports her passion to volleyball and her playing for the National team. "My brother is also a sportsman'. He plays for Basketball National Team, he was taken there also due to his height and for now he is the tallest in his team."
FIVB

Any livestream for GER-TUR? Voleybol TV doesn't work...
I see in live score that Germany starts without both main MBs, and there is only one replacement for them. One of the regular OPPs, Aulenbrock or Besa, must be playing MB instead. I don't know what's up with the main MBs, one of them injured her ankle before the Italy match but it wasn't serious then, she could play that match.

I've been able to watch the 2nd set on voleybol, so maybe now you'll be able too.
And yes, I've noticed the MB-issue as well: Besa is playing opposite to Schwertmann, and I'm wondering what's happened with Langgemach and Keil...
Anyway, it seems like, thanks to a great block & defense system, Turkey is going towards an easy straight sets victory... 8-0 in the 3rd...

Turkey is playing with 21 opponent errors and Germany with only 3.That's the diffrence probably.Hope our Senior team is watching our youths,they might take some lessons from this team The best generation of turkish volleyball i have ever watched,both starting & bench players.Ece Hocaoglu is playing with 12 points (6 Attack,5 Block,1 Serve)

Apart from the changes in the team's chemistry (they ended with Barber, who - as far as I know - is an OH, playing as OPP), the German's girls in the 3rd set seemed very concerned about Turkey's blocks: trying to avoid them they began missing the shots on their own, which partly explains the numbers you gave us.
However, congrats to the Turkish girls: a very impressive group!

I'm really enjoying watch to Turkey. Thanks girls.

I'm watching Poland - Japan match and the refrees are one big joke.

Poland 3-1 Japan
Turkey 3-0 Germany
Serbia 3-2 Brazil
China 3-0 Argentina

Now after Poland and Serbia's victories only China and Turkey didnt lose a game yet but 2 days after one of them will lose too Group F is open to unexpected results.

Statistics:
POL-JPN
TUR-GER
SRB-BRA
CHN-ARG

Pool G
Egypt - Thailand 0-3 (15-25 12-25 22-25) stats
Slovakia - USA 0-3 (25-27 20-25 19-25) stats

Pool H
Algeria - Italy 0-3 (8-25 16-25 18-25) stats
Mexico - Puerto Rico 3-0 (25-21 25-23 25-22) stats