21-23 August
Teams
Poland A
Poland B
Spain
Italy
Serbia
China
21-23 August
Teams
Poland A
Poland B
Spain
Italy
Serbia
China
It looks quite good. But the question is which squads will Spain, Serbia and Italy have.
Serbia - Italy 2:3 (25:22, 21:25, 21:25, 25:20, 12:15)
Serbia: Kovacevic (19), Janic (4), Petkovic (3), Milijkovic (13), Podrascanin (17), Samardzic (libero) and Nikic (2), Starovic (10)
Italy: Vermiglio (4), Lasko (4), Savani (21), Birarelli (3), Sala (6), Cernic (15), Mania (libero) and Fortunato (4), Travica, Gavotto (13), Parodi
Poland A - Spain 3:1 (23:25, 25:22, 25:21, 25:23)
Poland: Nowakowski, Zagumny, Kurek, Jarosz, Ruciak, Możdżonek, Gacek (libero) and Gruszka, Woicki, Bąkiewicz, Pliński.
Best scorer: Bartek Kurek 26 pts
Attack: Gruszka 62%, Nowakowski 58%, Kurek 56%
Block: 3 - Nowakowski, Możdżonek and Kurek; 1 - Gruszka, Zagumny, Jarosz, Woicki and Bąkiewicz
Receive: Bąkiewicz 57%, Ruciak 54%, Gacek 49%
Serve: 6 aces (2 - Nowakowski; 1- Zagumny, Kurek, Ruciak, Bąkiewicz) and 15 errors
Spain: G. Falasca, Noda, M. A. Falasca, Parres, Garcia-Torres, Rodriguez, Valido (libero) and Palharini, Hernan, Salas, Perez.
Best scorer: Israel Rodriguez 18 pts
Attack: Julian Garcia - Torres 60%, Iban Perez 57%, Manuel Parres 57%
Block: 3 - Rodriguez, 2 - Palharini
Receive: Israel Rodriguez 60%, Alexis Valido 59%, Marlon Palharini 54%
Serve: 2 aces (G. Falasca, M.A. Falasca) and 12 errors
Poland A - China 3:1 (25:21; 25:18; 20:25; 25:19)
Poland A: Pliński, Jarosz, Bartman, Kadziewicz, Ruciak, Łomacz, Ignaczak (libero) and Wika, Gromadowski, Nowakowski, Woicki, Kurek.
China: Hongmin Bian, Chunlong Liang, Weijun Zhong, Jianjun Cui, Shui Jiao, Kun Jiang, Qi Ren (libero) and Qiong Shen, Runming Li.
Poland
Points:
Bartman 19
Gromadowski 9
Ruciak 9
Pliński 8
Jarosz 7
Kadziewicz 4
Wika 3
Nowakowski 3
Łomacz 2
Attack: Kadziewicz 57%, Nowakowski 50%, Bartman 47%, Gromadowski 32%
Block: Pliński 3, Bartman 2, Ruciak 2, Gromadowski 1, Wika 1
Serve: Bartman 4 aces, Gromadowski 2, Pliński 1, Ruciak 1
Receive: Ignaczak 73% - 33%, Bartman 73% - 27%, Ruciak 67% - 20%
Poland B - Italy 0:3 (16:25, 19:25, 23:25)
Poland B: Buszek, Pawliński, Kosok, Kłos, Oczko, Mikołajczak, Stańczak (libero) and Kubiak, Janeczek, Drzyzga, Zatorski
Italy: Vermiglio, Lasko, Cisolla, Fortunato, Sala, Cernic, Mania (libero) and Travica, Parodi
Pool A
Spain - China 1-3 (26:24, 18:25, 21:25, 22:25)
Ranking
1. Poland A 4
2. China 3
3. Spain 2
Pool B
Poland B - Serbia 0-3 (20:25, 17:25, 19:25)
Ranking
1. Italy 4
2. Serbia 3
3. Poland B 2
Final
Poland A - Italy
3rd place
Serbia - China
5th place
Spain - Poland B
5th place
Spain - Poland B
Poland B - Spain 3:0 (25:20, 27:25, 25:21)
Poland B: Buszek, Kłos, Kosok, Kubiak, Mikołajczak, Drzyzga, Zatorski (libero) and Janeczek
Spain: G. Falasca, Hernan, Perres, Palharini, Salas, Casilla, Valido (libero) and Perez, Torres, Noda
Stats
Best scorers
Poland B
Paweł Mikołajczak - 15 pts
Rafał Buszek - 13
Karol Kłos - 7
Grzegorz Kosok - 7
Fabian Drzyzga - 6
Michał Kubiak - 6
Spain
Marlon Palharini - 20 pts
Jose Casilla - 8
Alberto Salas - 6
Sergio Noda - 5
Iban Perez - 4
Julian Garcia-Torres - 2
Guilermo Falasca - 1
Guilermo Hernan - 1
Manuel Parres - 1
Attack
Poland B
Grzegorz Kosok - 67% (4 pts)
Paweł Mikołajczak - 52% (13 pts)
Karol Kłos - 50% (3 pts)
Rafał Buszek - 43% (9 pts)
Michał Kubiak - 38% (6 pts)
Fabian Drzyzga - 33% (1 pts)
Spain
Alberto Salas - 71% (5 pts)
Marlon Palharini - 67% (18 pts)
Sergio Noda - 62% (5 pts)
Jose Casilla - 42% (8 pts)
Iban Perez - 36% (4 pts)
Manuel Parres - 25% (1 pts)
Julian Garcia-Torres - 25% (1pts)
Guilermo Falasca - 8% (1 pts)
Block
Poland B
Karol Kłos - 4 blocks
Rafał Buszek - 3
Fabian Drzyzga - 3
Grzegorz Kosok - 2
Paweł Mikołajczak - 1
Spain
Alberto Salas - 1 block
Julian Garcia-Torres - 1
Serve
Poland B
Fabian Drzyzga - 2 aces
Rafał Buszek - 1
Grzegorz Kosok - 1
Paweł Mikołajczak - 1
Spain
Marlon Palharini - 2 aces
Guilermo Hernan - 1 as
Receive
Poland B
Paweł Zatorski - 81% (38%)
Rafał Buszek - 80% (40%)
Michł Kubiak - 60% (40%)
Spain
Alexis Valido - 82% (55%)
Marlon Palharini - 55% (32%)
Jose Casilla - 54% (31%)
Sergio Noda - 33% (11%)
Good tournament by Poland. Kurek was great once again. I'm also glad with Poland B win over Spain although Spain also played with bench players.
Bronze medal match
China - Serbia 2:3 (27:25, 19:25, 31:29, 21:25, 8:15)
Final
Poland A - Italy 3:1 (25:17; 25:19; 17:25; 25:18 )
Final Ranking
1. Poland A
2. Italy
3. Serbia
4. China
5. Poland B
6. Spain
Individual awards
MVP: Bartosz Kurek (Poland)
Best Spiker: Cristian Savani (Italy)
Best Receiver: Matej Cernić (Italy)
Best Blocker: Daniel Pliński (Poland)
Best Server: Sasa Starović (Serbia)
Best Libero: Qi Ren (China)
Best Setter: Paweł Zagumny (Poland)