Youth World Championships - Argentina 2011

Highest Scorer by Day
Day 1 (August 19): 29 points by Gonzalo Lapera (Argentina) in the 3-2 loss to Bulgaria
Day 2 (August 20): 32 points by Yordan Bisset (Cuba) in the 3-2 victory over Brazil
Day 3 (August 21): 30 points by Gonzalo Quiroga (Argentina) in the 3-0 victory over United States
Day 4 (August 24): 32 points by Gonzalo Quiroga (Argentina) in the 3-2 loss to Serbia
Day 5 (August 25): 27 points by Lazaro Fundora (Cuba) in the 3-1 loss to Serbia
Day 6 (August 26): 29 points by Lazaro Fundora (Cuba) in the 3-1 victory over Argentina
Day 7 (August 27): 34 points by Andres Villena (Spain) in the 3-1 victory over Cuba
Day 8 (August 28 48 points by Andres Villena (Spain) in the 3-2 loss to Serbia

Top 5 Scoring Performances
48 – Andres Villena (Spain) in the 3-2 loss to Serbia on August 28
34 – Andres Villena (Spain) in the 3-1 victory over Cuba on August 27
32 – Yordan Bisset (Cuba) in the 3-2 victory over Brazil on August 20
32 – Gonzalo Quiroga (Argentina) in the 3-2 loss to Serbia on August 24
30 – Gonzalo Quiroga (Argentina) in the 3-0 victory over United States on August 21

Top 5 Blocking Performances
11- Zhejia Zhang (China) in the 3-2 victory over Russia on August 21
8 – Petar Nenkov (Bulgaria) in the 3-2 victory over Argentina on August 19
7 – Matthew Tarrantino (United States) in the 3-2 victory over Egypt on August 19
7 – Jhon Wendt (France) in the 3-1 victory over Greece on August 24
7 – Uros Kovacevic (Serbia) in the 3-1 victory over Cuba on August 25
7 – Zhejia Zhang (China) in the 3-1 loss to Argentina on August 25

Top 5 Service Ace Performances
5 – Thiago Veloso (Brazil) in the 3-2 victory over Korea on August 19
5 – Yordan Bisset (Cuba) in the 3-2 victory over Brazil on August 20
5 – Gonzalo Lapera (Argentina) in the 3-1 victory over China on August 25
4 – Na Gyeong-Bok (Korea) in the 3-2 loss to Brazil on August 19
4 – Aaron Russell (United States) in the 3-2 victory over Egypt on August 19
4 – Milad Ebadipour (Iran) in the 3-1 victory over Serbia on August 20
4 – Kasandros Stingas (Greece) in the 3-0 victory over China on August 20
4 – Yordan Bisset (Cuba) in the 3-2 victory over China on August 24
4 – Sinisa Zarkovic (Serbia) in the 3-1 victory over China on August 26

Top 5 Set Score
39-37 (Brazil versus Iran) in the match Places 9-10 on August 28 in Almirante Brown
36-34 (Egypt versus United States) in first round on August 19 in Almirante Brown
32-30 (Greece versus Russia) in first round on August 19 in Bahia Blanca
30-28 (Iran versus Serbia) in first round on August 20 in Bahia Blanca
30-28 (Spain versus Greece) in second round on August 26 in Bahia Blanca
30-28 (Spain versus Serbia) in the Gold Medal match on August 28 in Bahia Blanca

Top 5 Scoring Matches
249 – Brazil def. Iran 39-37, 26-28, 26-24, 18-25, 15-11 in the match Places 9-10 on August 28 in Almirante Brown
245 – United States def. Egypt 25-16, 25-21, 27-29, 34-36, 17-15 in first round on August 19 in Almirante Brown
217 – Serbia def. Spain 25-23, 25-19, 28-30, 16-25, 15-11 in Gold Medal match on August 28 in Bahia Blanca
216 – Cuba def. Brazil 21-25, 19-25, 25-21, 27-25, 15-13 in first round on August 20 in Almirante Brown
215 – China def. Tunisia 26-24, 21-25, 25-27, 25-21, 15-8 in first round on August 19 in Bahia Blanca
215 - Cuba def. Korea 24-26, 25-21, 21-25, 25-20, 15-13 in first round on August 21 in Almirante Brown

Villena was outstanding I watch the macht and wow, no words... he never seemed tired and attacks so powerfull...

Oh, my... I just want to watch this final!
Who's that guy, Andres Villena? Terminator?

Anyway, congrats to Serbia

Serbia deserved gold medal, now they're european and world champions, impressive Villena played on Junior WCH, will be great player

I have two questions:
about Uros Kovacevic. Does he have something in common with Nikola Kovacevic?
and how old is Villena?

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about Uros Kovacevic. Does he have something in common with Nikola Kovacevic?

Yes. He's Nikola's younger brother.

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and how old is Villena?

He is 18.

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I have two questions:
about Uros Kovacevic. Does he have something in common with Nikola Kovacevic?
and how old is Villena?

Nikola's younger brother with difference he is better than him

Great job for Cuba Fundora and Bisset played great games. Possibilities of fighting for the gold medal would have been better, if Wilfredo Leon, Yasser Perdomo, and Dennis de Jesus Hernandez could have played in this tournament. Unfortunately they are with the adult squad in Puerto Rico for the NORCECA aiming WC qualification.

Thanks for the all answers

Where in next season will played Uros Kovacevic? He stay in
TVD Parizan Bled ?

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Where in next season will played Uros Kovacevic? He stay in
TVD Parizan Bled ?

I have no idea what TVD Partizan Bled is He played in ACH Volley Bled - a team that moved its location to Ljubljana now. He is coached by the Serbian NT coach Kolakovic, as far as I know he is staying there.

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I have no idea what TVD Partizan Bled is He played in ACH Volley Bled - a team that moved its location to Ljubljana now. He is coached by the Serbian NT coach Kolakovic, as far as I know he is staying there.

that's previous name of ACH Volley Bled as I know he signed contract on 3 years, so this and next season stays in Slovenia

Andres Villena played in the Junior WCH at the beginning of the month already and he was actually not the only one to represent his country in both events - Uros Kovacevic and some other players did it as well. It is really interesting how one good attacker can make a difference in the youth level games, with the seniors this is almost impossible. 48 points is a crazy achievement taken from every single aspect. I think that maybe the four best teams reached the F4, there are some guys from France and Argentina (Gonzalo Quiroga, for example) with a bright future ahead. The only thing I regret is the chance our guys missed, especially when they were 2-0 ahead of France, they were so close to the semis, but it's not the first time something like this happens..

Btw, Rodrigo Quiroga watched some of the games of Argentina, I guess Gonzalo is his younger brother, right? Also, Uros is definitely better than Nikola

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Andres Villena played in the Junior WCH at the beginning of the month already and he was actually not the only one to represent his country in both events - Uros Kovacevic and some other players did it as well. It is really interesting how one good attacker can make a difference in the youth level games, with the seniors this is almost impossible. 48 points is a crazy achievement taken from every single aspect. I think that maybe the four best teams reached the F4, there are some guys from France and Argentina (Gonzalo Quiroga, for example) with a bright future ahead. The only thing I regret is the chance our guys missed, especially when they were 2-0 ahead of France, they were so close to the semis, but it's not the first time something like this happens..

Btw, Rodrigo Quiroga watched some of the games of Argentina, I guess Gonzalo is his younger brother, right? Also, Uros is definitely better than Nikola

I agree YavorD, I had the opportunities to notice the same in the female Youth WCh: Youth Italy with Bosetti won the silver medal at ECh and without her (and our best Youth MB, injuried) reached only the the 11th place at the WCh. And think that Jiunior Italy with Bosetti (titoular, of course) won the the WCh in Perù and she was also named best spiker and MVP!

About the Quirogas, yes I think so! (I mean, I'm sure Rodrigo has a young brother playing volleyball at high level, so It should be him!)

Also Uriarte as a younger brother playing volleyball, Eze Uriarte... But I don't know exactly how old he is. It might be a setter too but I'm not sure about it...

Thanks for the information...