Junior World Championships 2011

    Quote from YavorD

    What Russians did tonight to Serbian attackers is a crime in every aspect - 32 kill blocks!!! Igor Filippov alone with 11! I don't know what should happen tomorrow so that Argentina can take the title, this Russian team is invincible! Atanasijevic left pretty much alone versus Russia, Serbia didn't show good teamplay, Kovacevic also disappointed, the comeback to 1-2 was the only thing they could do.


    Argentina beat Russia on preparation tournament before WCH 3:0 (25-23, 25-17, 25-23) :wavy: full squads ofc :whistle: well IMO Argentina won't play like Serbia for sure, there is no way to cope with Russian wall if you're using only power. Argentina surely will use block-out tactics :teach: despite Russia looks invincible they have weak spots :teach:

    Semifinals
    09-Aug Argentina - USA 3-1 (27-29 28-26 25-19 25-20) description stats
    09-Aug Russia - Serbia 3-1 (25-22 25-15 23-25 25-13) description stats


    Places 5-8
    09-Aug Iran - India 3-0 (25-11 25-22 25-21) description stats
    09-Aug Brazil - Spain 3-1 (25-20 18-25 25-20 25-16) description stats


    Places 9-12
    09-Aug Canada - Germany 1-3 (25-16 19-25 23-25 18-25) stats stats
    09-Aug Belgium - Japan 3-0 (25-19 25-22 25-18 ) description stats

    Quote from Kaziyski

    Argentina beat Russia on preparation tournament before WCH 3:0 (25-23, 25-17, 25-23) :wavy: full squads ofc :whistle: well IMO Argentina won't play like Serbia for sure, there is no way to cope with Russian wall if you're using only power. Argentina surely will use block-out tactics :teach: despite Russia looks invincible they have weak spots :teach:

    I am not saying Russians are invincible in general, but they are very close to unbeatable on junior level with such a performance like yesterday against Serbia. Of course, everyone makes mistakes and shows weaknesses, that's why I am sure the final will be a totally different game! I don't know about the friendly game, I don't normally consider friendlies so seriously..

    Rather unbelievanble finish of the game, lets say 2-2 was real score, in all 4 sets teams used their advantages and then came 5th set, argentina having 8-6,whoole momentum and match control. change of sides and then setter did harakiri for his team, having attack for 9-6, MB did mistake and in next point he set to this same MB ball :white: :rolll: :rolll: :rolll: :rolll: , then he collapsed, 9-12 just logic outcome, and not a single nice set until end of the match. Pity, it is not sportive manner to blame one guy, but he took the world championships title from his team and now they must congrat to russians...

    Final
    10-Aug Argentina - Russia 2-3 (19-25 25-23 25-21 18-25 12-15) stats
    Volleyball powerhouse Russia improved its supremacy by winning its eighth gold medal in the biennial tournament. The second world-ranked team in Youth and Junior defeated top-ranked Argentina in a dramatic five-setter (25-19, 23-25, 20-25, 25-18, 15-12) to confirm its condition as the most prolific winner of the tournament. Russian opposite Andrey Kolesnik scored 18 points in the deciding match to be the top scorer of the meeting. Teammates Oleg Tsentalovich and Most Valuable Player Leonid Shchadilov scored 12 points each. Argentineans Agustín Ramonda and Nicolas Mendez charted 15 and 14. Russia held the advantage in blocks (17-13) and in service aces (7-3). In attacks the champions had the edge 55-54 and made 29 errors to 30 by Argentina.


    3rd Place
    10-Aug USA - Serbia 1-3 (15-25 20-25 25-23 13-25) stats
    Fifth Youth and Junior world-ranked Serbia earned the bronze medal by scoring a 3-1 (25-15, 25-20, 23-25, 25-13) victory over United States. The Serbians were making their second appearance in the tournament. It was the best position ever for USA in the tournament as the American side had finished in seventh place on three occasions. Serbian captain and opposite Aleksandar Atanasijevic topped the scorers with impressive 24 points. Outside hitters Uros Kovacevic and Milan Petric added 13 and 10 to the winning side. USA's most effective players were wing spiker Taylor Sander (13) and opposite Joshua Taylor (10).


    5th Place
    10-Aug Iran - Brazil 2-3 (22-25 25-20 25-19 22-25 10-15) stats
    Hosts Brazil claimed fifth place by edging Iran 3-2 (25-22, 20-25, 19-25, 25-22, 15-10) in a well fought duel at Maracanazinho Gymnasium. Brazilian opposite Luan Weber was the top scorer for the home team by registering 29 points, all but one via spikes, while Ricardo Lucarelli posted 17. In the Iranian side, most of the points were produced by opposite Amir Ghafour (26) and outside hitter Mojtaba Mirzajanpour (24). The fifth place for Brazil is their lowest position since they finished sixth in the editions of 1985 and 1987.


    7th Place
    10-Aug India - Spain 2-3 (25-21 25-17 21-25 12-25 17-19) stats
    Spain mounted a spectacular comeback from two sets down to defeat India (21-25, 17-25, 25-21, 25-12, 19-17) and claim the seventh place. Francisco Ruiz and Borja Ruiz led Spain with 21 and 17 points respectively while Andres Villena started the last three sets and contributed 14 points. India’s T.D. Ravikumar had a match-high 21 points. The seventh place for Spain equals the best finish of the country achieved in the 1995 edition.


    9th Place
    10-Aug Germany - Belgium 2-3 (22-25 25-22 25-22 28-30 11-15) ststs
    Belgium survived the duel with Germany for ninth position prevailing in a five-setter by score of 25-22, 22-25, 22-25, 30-28, 15-11. The tandem of Sam Deroo (27) and Francois Lecat (23) combined to score 50 points for the winning team. Germany’s Simon Hirsch led all the scorers with 34 points, including 8 blocks. The losing squad had a big advantage in blocks (26-9) while the Belgians responded by dominating in the serving ace department (13-6). After Belgium came back to win the fourth set, Germany faltered in the fifth and fell behind early. The team rallied, but it was not enough to beat Belgium.


    11th Place
    10-Aug Canada - Japan 3-0 (25-23 25-20 25-19) stats
    Canada claimed the 9th position following a 3-0 (25-23, 25-20, 25-19) over Japan in the first match of the day in Niteroi. Tommy Belisle led Canada with 18 points while Takashi Dekita and Taiki Tsuruda totaled 16 and 13 for Japan. The Canadians benefited from 31 unforced errors committed by the losing side and held a 6-1 advantage in the blocking category. Canada improved from the 12th place in 2009 but was short from its best position ever, a fifth place in 1999.

    Final Standing
    1 Russia
    2 Argentina
    3 Serbia
    4 USA
    5 Brazil
    6 Iran
    7 Spain
    8 India
    9 Belgium
    10 Germany
    11 Canada
    12 Japan
    13 Bulgaria
    14 Tunisia
    15 Egypt
    16 Puerto Rico


    Individual awards
    MVP: Leonid Shchadilov (RUS)
    Top Scorer: Aleksandar Atanasijevic (SRB)
    Best Spiker: Leonid Shchadilov (RUS)
    Best Blocker: Igor Filippov (RUS)
    Best Server: Amir Ghafour (IRI)
    Best Setter: Jesus Bruque (ESP)
    Best Receiver: S. Kanagaraj (IND)
    Best Libero: Aleksey Kabeshov (RUS)

    Highest Scorer by Day
    Day 1 (August 1) 31 points by Simon Hirsch (Germany) in the 3-1 loss to India
    Day 2 (August 2) 47 points by Takashi Dekita (Japan) in the 3-2 victory over Bulgaria
    Day 3 (August 3) 27 points by Steven Morales (Puerto Rico) in the 3-2 victory over Tunisia
    Day 4 (August 5) 21 points by Racem Siala (Tunisia) in the 3-1 victory over Egypt
    Day 5 (August 6) 30 points by Selvaprabhu Dhanabaln (India) in the 3-1 loss to Serbia
    Day 6 (August 7) 26 points by Tommy Belisle (Canada) in the 3-1 victory over Tunisia
    Day 7 (August 8 ) 30 points by Noah Marrero (Puerto Rico) in the 3-2 loss to Tunisia
    Day 8 (August 9) 26 points by Amir Ghafour (Iran) in the 3-0 victory over India
    Day 9 (August 10) 34 points by Simon Hirsch (Germany) in the 3-2 loss to Belgium


    Top 5 Scoring Performances
    47 – Takashi Dekita (Japan) in the 3-2 victory over Bulgaria on August 2
    38 – Aleksandar Atanasijevic (Serbia) in the 3-2 victory over Iran on August 2
    34 – Simon Hirsch (Germany) in the 3-2 loss to Belgium on August 10
    31 – Simon Hirsch (Germany) in the 3-1 loss to India on August 1
    30 – Selvaprabhu Dhanabaln (India) in the 3-1 loss to Serbia on August 6
    30 – Noah Marrero (Puerto Rico) in the 3-2 loss to Tunisia on August 8


    Top 5 Blocking Performances
    11- Mohamed El Askolany (Egypt) in the 3-1 victory over Germany on August 2
    11- Igor Filippov (Russia) in the 3-1 victory over Serbia on August 9
    9 – G.R. Vaishnav (India) in the 3-1 loss to Serbia on August 6
    8 – Lucas Van Berkel (Canada) in the 3-2 loss to Serbia on August 3
    8 – Simon Hirsch (Germany) in the 3-2 loss to Belgium on August 10


    Top 5 Service Ace Performances
    6 – Amir Ghafour (Iran) in the 3-2 loss to Brazil on August 10
    4 – Andrey Kolesnik (Russia) in the 3-0 victory over India on August 2
    4 – Uros Kovacevic (Serbia) in the 3-2 victory over Iran on August 2
    4 – Paul Sprung (Germany) in the 3-1 victory over Puerto Rico on August 5
    4 – Stijn D’Hulst (Belgium) in the 3-2 victory over Germany on August 10
    4 – Francois Lecat (Belgium) in the 3-2 victory over Germany on August 10


    Top 5 Set Scores
    36-34 (India versus Brazil) in second round on August 7 in Rio de Janeiro
    34-32 (Puerto Rico versus Germany) in second round on August 5 in Niteroi
    33-31 (Japan versus Bulgaria) in first round on August 2 in Rio de Janeiro
    30-28 (Serbia versus Iran) in first round on August 2 in Niteroi
    30-28 (Spain versus United States) in second round August 6 in Rio de Janeiro
    30-28 (Belgium versus Germany) in 9th place match August 19 in Niteroi


    Top 5 Scoring Matches
    235 – India def. Brazil 36-34, 22-25, 21-25, 25-17, 16-14 in second round on August 7 in Rio de Janeiro
    225 - United States def. Spain 25-21, 20-25, 26-24, 28-30, 15-11 in second round on August 6 in Rio de Janeiro
    225 – Belgium def. Germany 25-22, 22-25, 22-25, 30-28, 15-11 in ninth place match on August 10 in Niteroi
    224 –Serbia def. Iran 23-25, 22-25, 30-28, 25-18, 15-13 in first round on August 2 in Niteroi
    223 – Japan def. Bulgaria 20-25, 20-25, 33-31, 25-18, 15-11 in first round on August 2 in Rio de Janeiro
    223 – Tunisia def. Puerto Rico 27-29, 25-21, 25-21, 23-25, 15-12 in semifinal 13-16 on August 8 in Niteroi

    Quote from Raul


    India here defending 4th place from last junior wc, so it is quite usual for them to beat opponents on this level, escpecially if "secret" is known they play with 25yo players :rolll: :whistling:


    Ouch :aww: :D

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    I was cheering for Argentina, but anyway congratulations for Russia for this great victory over Argentina.
    Also congrats to great Serbian team for taking bronze medals! :drink:

    Congrats to Russia.
    Argentinans have young and nice senior team, which was noticable in WL this year. And now their younger friends wait for their chance. Well done. :)

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    Also congrats for Aleksandar Atanasijević for a great tournament and best scorer award! :thumbup:

    Quote from Ojla

    This is a pure disgrace! Every year I just can't stand this team when I see them participating in JUNIOR tournaments! :down:
    Liars :down: :down:


    But how is that even possible? :?:

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    Quote from Konrad


    But how is that even possible? :?:

    I have no idea! Someone has to be completly blind not to notice that those guys are A LOT older than the others!
    I remember how we used to discuss about it during Youth Wolrd Championship 2009. It was the same situation.
    I posted links of Indian 'youth players', if you wonder how they look, here you have:


    http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyb…BY2009&Team=IND&No=124494


    http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyb…BY2009&Team=IND&No=125096


    Yeah, Indian youth (senior now) players look very...mature :roll:


    :D Thanks. This young guys impressed me much :lol:

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    http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyb…BY2009&Team=IND&No=125111


    this is the best :rolll: :rolll: :rolll: :obey: