Yeltsin Cup 2007

    Here in Brazil a sports channel called Bandsports will broadcast the semifinals and the final match of this tournament.


    If I'm not mistaken the semifinals will be tomorrow and the final match on Tuesday, right?

    [quote="DEMIR17"]


    oh, actually you guys who have downloaded sopcast can choose shanghai channel or guandong channel; both channels will braodcast the macthes, especially the china-russia semi final


    time:
    1st semi turkey vs holland: 17:55pm hk time
    2nd semi china vs russia: 20:25pm hk time


    3rd runner up match: 17:55pm hk time
    final match: 20:25pm hk time


    ps: thanks for that height info

    Results of the fourth day:


    Azerbaijan - Belarus 3:0 (25:23, 28:26, 27:25)
    http://www.yeltsincup.ru/2007/13-aze-blr.pdf


    :!: In the second set Belarus led 20:10, after that Azerbaijan tied the score 21:21, and in the end won that set :!: :roll:


    Japan - Russia-2 3:1 (25:18, 20:25, 25:22, 25:9)
    http://www.yeltsincup.ru/2007/14-rus2-jpn.pdf


    I think Japan went mad that they lost secont set and it was close score in the third, so they showed everything they have in the fourth. :)


    The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself. (Oscar Wilde).

    Quote from "colossus


    things like these do happen for european teams, like holand vs germany in montreux :wink2: i was shocked too


    update: holland beat turkey 25-18, 25-18, 25-21


    turkey's serve caused no trouble for holland's reception and very easily holland crushed turkei in the 1st set; turkey entered the 2nd set with more resistence and better defense, so did holland, again, holland took the set with the same score


    again the problem for turkey is --- blockers couldnt block hollands attackers while nelishan is the only trust worthy attacker for points


    china beat russia 3-0
    this is really a tight match; russian outside hitters are simply unstoppable in the first 2 sets; with spike errors and some stuff blocks from china took the first two sets by 25-23, 25-20


    in the last set, russia tried its very best to stay in the game but the amazing serve from xu yun li caused so much trouble for the russian team
    and so russia lost the last set 16-25


    at the other pool, japan crushed azerbaijan 3-0
    amazing play by the japanese players; good defense gurantee their victory
    in this game, mamadova had 46 attacks, with only 19 points while megumi got 18 points with 33 attacks ;
    so japan won 25-23, 25-22, 28-26

    I watched both matches on Guandong Sports.
    I was very impressed with the performance of Olga Fateeva for Russia and also Svetlana Akulova played well. I think Russia would have deserved a to win a set. Unfortunately Tatiana Kosheleva played only a little and not very convincing.


    For the other match I think both teams did great work in defense but also committed many unforced errors. I don't understand why Pelin Celik didn't return at all after she got subbed out in 2nd set. Elif's sets were all sooo predictable.

    Matthias or colossus, can you tell me what happened to Godina? only 5 points, it's strange. Also, many people say that our libero plays awful, is that so? And how russian team looked overall?


    The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself. (Oscar Wilde).

    Results of the fifth day:


    Belarus - Russia-2 3:2 (25:16, 23:25, 25:27, 25:15, 15:9)
    http://www.yeltsincup.ru/2007/15-blr-rus2.pdf


    Japan - Azerbaijan 3:0 (25:23, 25:22, 28:26)
    http://www.yeltsincup.ru/2007/16-jpn-aze.pdf


    China - Russia 3:0 (25:23, 25:20, 25:16)
    http://www.yeltsincup.ru/2007/18-chn-rus.pdf


    Netherlands - Turkey 3:0 (25:18, 25:18, 25:21)
    http://www.yeltsincup.ru/2007/17-ned-tur.pdf


    The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself. (Oscar Wilde).

    Quote from "Nick"

    Matthias or colossus, can you tell me what happened to Godina? only 5 points, it's strange. Also, many people say that our libero plays awful, is that so? And how russian team looked overall?

    Godina just did not get through very well against China, she was better today but still made too many errors.
    I don't think Kryuchkova plays bad, maybe she is not yet as good as last year but she still plays very well in defense. Reception could be a little better though...


    China wins Yeltsin Cup by a hard-fought 3:1 victory over Netherlands, 37:35 in last set. Manon Flier injured her ankle in the beginning of 4th set and was replaced by Francien Huurman who seems to have fully recovered from cancer :)

    Quote from "Matthias"

    Godina just did not get through very well against China, she was better today but still made too many errors.


    cos godina is the best spiker in the team, so blockers give her more attention....you know, she is ---this is confirmed----197cm tall, and the blockers have to block her in order to win the game


    plus she used float serve so, no much damage and so less score to her credit


    Quote from "mattia"

    China wins Yeltsin Cup by a hard-fought 3:1 victory over Netherlands, 37:35 in last set. Manon Flier injured her ankle in the beginning of 4th set and was replaced by Francien Huurman who seems to have fully recovered from cancer :)


    recorder high score in yeltsin cup, 37-35, china took the last set cos holland contributed the last spiking error
    holland really playes so well in this game, increasingly asian way of playing


    i can say that holland's defense is better than japan
    holland make less errors and with better serve reception in the 1st 3 sets, so the 4th set is extremely vital for both teams, tied up at 24, each team won a point and the other fought back, it kept going until netherland spiker put the ball over the block and tied up again at 35-35 and china scored one more; hollands setter trusted the spiker more and set the ball high and the wing spiker put it over the block but this time ----out! and china finally won the game 37-35

    So, the tournament is over, results of the final day:


    places 3-4
    Russia - Turkey 3:1 (19:25, 25:23, 25:23, 25:20)
    http://www.yeltsincup.ru/2007/19-rus-tur.pdf


    places 1-2
    China - Netherlands 3:1 (25:21, 22:25, 25:18, 37:35)
    http://www.yeltsincup.ru/2007/20-chn-ned.pdf


    Final standings:
    1.China
    2.Netherlands
    3.Russia
    4.Turkey
    5.Japan
    6.Azerbaijan
    7.Belarus
    8.Russia-2


    Best players:
    Scorer Neslihan Dernel
    Spiker Kirdar Gozde
    Blocker Alena Hendzel
    Server Riette Fledderus
    Setter Wei Qiuyue
    Receiver Yuko Sano


    The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself. (Oscar Wilde).


    thx nick for the standing


    again, hollands good show confirmed my prediction that holland could be really great this year and even greater in 2008


    what amazed me is their reserve players are very good too, which i didnt realise b4


    i just hapen to know that holland will face brazil, italy, cuba and usa in GP
    wow, thats really gotta be great 8)