Junior World Championships 2009

    Pool E
    Belgium - Argentina 3-2 (22-25 25-21 28-26 21-25 15-9)
    India - Russia 3-2 (25-22 26-28 33-31 22-25 15-11)
    Belgium - Russia 0-3 (21-25 13-25 17-25)
    India - Argentina 0-3 (14-25 21-25 17-25)
    Ranking
    1. Russia 3
    2. Argentina 3
    3. India 3
    4. Belgium 3
    Last matches of pool E
    India - Belgium
    Argentina - Russia



    Pool F
    USA - Brazil 1-3 (21-25 23-25 25-22 17-25)
    Iran - Cuba 0-3 (18-25 23-25 22-25)
    USA - Cuba 0-3 (23-25 23-25 23-25)
    Iran - Brazil 0-3 (20-25 22-25 18-25)
    Ranking
    1. Brazil 4
    2. Cuba 4
    3. USA 2
    4. Iran 2
    Last matches of pool F
    Iran - USA
    Brazil - Cuba

    Pool E
    India - Belgium 3-2 (18-25 25-19 25-16 22-25 15-11)
    Argentina - Russia 3-0 (25-19 25-23 25-18 )
    Final Ranking
    1. Argentina 5
    2. India 5
    3. Russia 4
    4. Belgium 4


    Pool F
    Iran - USA 3-2 (23-25 25-21 25-18 20-25 15-10)
    Brazil - Cuba 3-0 (25-22 25-14 25-22)
    Final Ranking
    1. Brazil 6
    2. Cuba 5
    3. Iran 4
    4. USA 3


    Semifinals
    Brazil - India
    Argentina - Cuba
    5-8
    Iran - Belgium
    Russia - USA
    9-12
    China - France
    Poland - Canada
    13-16
    Greece - Egypt
    Belarus - Tunisia

    India is doing well this tournament. They have beaten Belgium, so they must be strong :cheesy: .
    Why don't we see this country at the important senior tournaments? Or should we keep an eye on them the following years?

    Quote from Adri

    India is doing well this tournament. They have beaten Belgium, so they must be strong :cheesy: .
    Why don't we see this country at the important senior tournaments? Or should we keep an eye on them the following years?


    thats because most of the nontraditional volleyball powers (mostly in Asia) are using overaged players... with "updated" documents

    Semifinals
    Brazil - India 3-2 (25-19 17-25 25-19 23-25 15-9)
    Argentina - Cuba 1-3 (19-25 18-25 26-24 20-25)
    5-8
    Iran - Belgium 0-3 (19-25 24-26 18-25)
    Russia - USA 3-0 (25-19 25-18 25-18 )
    9-12
    China - France 0-3 (16-25 21-25 22-25)
    Poland - Canada 3-0 (25-18 25-18 25-21)
    13-16
    Greece - Egypt 2-3 (23-25 25-21 22-25 25-23 11-15)
    Belarus - Tunisia 1-3 (25-17 19-25 24-26 22-25)


    Gold Medal
    Brazil - Cuba


    Bronze Medal
    India - Argentina


    Next places
    Belgium - Russia
    Iran - USA
    France - Poland
    China - Canada
    Egypt - Tunisia
    Greece - Belarus

    Belgium loses 1-3 to Russia in 5th place ranking game.
    Except for first set -23, there was no stopping the Russians: -18, -18, -15 (12 Russian aces, auch!!)


    Btw, this is getting a little annoying these heavy defeats against Russia:
    - Belgium junior team already got a big 3-0 defeat on wednesday (-21, -13, -17)
    - Belgium senior team gets demolished yesterday in WC Qualification tournament (-18, -22, -16).


    Other than that, 6th place is an excellent result for Belgian junior team.
    You could argue that they started in the weaker poule (Iran, China, Egypt),
    but after that they scored excellent results:
    - 3-2 victory over Argentina
    - 2-3 loss to India
    - 3-0 victory over Iran


    So, once again, excellent overall performance and a clear confirmation of their 6th place in the youth world championships.
    Too bad still they missed 3 key players in this tournament.


    France probably deserved a place in the final 8 (they won 2 out of 3 games in the preliminaries, but the 3-0 loss of Cuba against Agentina in the opening match killed the french set ratio)
    But that's how this works: you have to have a little bit of luck in the drawing of lots


    So, I'm betting that:
    - France will win over Poland for the 9th place
    - Argentina will defeat India for the Bronze
    - Brazil will take the title against Cuba

    All FIVB competitions take in count point ratio, it was more tragic in Belarus case then in French, but afterall if they depend so much for one player they dont deserve more


    I wish Cuba to take gold, cause they lost in groups 3-0 both to Argentina and Brazil, and when it counts they play better, so yesterday fell Argentina, hope Brazil will in finals too :win:

    Quote from Richard

    So, I'm betting that:
    - France will win over Poland for the 9th place
    - Argentina will defeat India for the Bronze
    - Brazil will take the title against Cuba


    As for now 1-1 ;)
    - France - Poland 0-3 (14-25 23-25 17-25)
    - India - Argentina 0-3 (19-25 16-25 22-25)
    - in progress

    Only 9th place for Poland. Well, I wouldn't call it success...

    The most important 3:
    POLAND-SZCZECIN-VOLLEYBALL


    5th place - Prediction Game - World League 2011 :D


    Final Match
    Brazil - Cuba 3-2 (30-28 21-25 25-22 23-25 15-8 )


    Individual Awards
    MVP: Mauricio Silva (Brazil)
    Best Scorer: Levan Kalandadze (Russia)
    Best Spiker: Farhad Ghaemi (Iran)
    Best Blocker: Brazil's Renan Buiatti (Brazil)
    Best Server and Best Receiver: Manidurai Naveen Raja Jacob (India)
    Best Digger and Best Libero: Franco Lopez (Argentina)
    Best Setter: Leandro Macias Infante (Cuba)



    Final Standing
    1 Brazil
    2 Cuba
    3 Argentina
    4 India
    5 Russia
    6 Belgium
    7 Iran
    8 USA
    9 Poland
    10 France
    11 China
    12 Canada
    13 Egypt
    14 Tunisia
    15 Belarus
    16 Greece

    Very disappointing results for the French team.


    Despite an unlucky drawing of lot, and the lack of two key players* from the European title, France was able to perform well against Cuba and Argentina, even finishing with the best set ratio than the final runner-up of the competition. But the point ratio was not so good and France did not access the top 8.
    After that, the team had to cope with other injuries (including Krou and Quesque, the best scorers of the team) and the feeling to have wasted their chances.


    *Kevin Le Roux, our best middle blocker, and Earvin Ngapeth who made the choice to play at the youth World Championship.