2013 Universiade - Russia - 06/07

Places 9th-16th (in order):
Belarus - Australia
Mexico - Latvia
Switzerland - Estonia
Thailand - Chile

Quarterfinals (in order):
Russia - Brazil
Czech Republic - Japan
Poland - Korea
Ukraine - Canada

Best players after Group Stage (only from teams qualified to QF):
BEST SCORERS:
1. Maxim Zhigalov (Russia) 77
2. Pablo Cirquera (Brazil) 68
3. Jan Krba (Czech Republic) 60
3. Grzegorz Bociek (Poland) 60
5. Nicholas Hoag (Canada) 58

BEST SPIKERS:
1. Denis Biryukov (Russia) 47,83 %
2. Myeong-Jin Kim (Korea) 46,27 %
3. Ian Iereshchenko (Ukraine) 42,22 %
4. Maxim Zhigalov (Russia) 41,9 %
5. Pablo Cirquera (Brazil) 40,91 %

BEST BLOCKERS:
1. Maciej Zajder (Poland) 1,18
2. Kostiantyn Riabukha (Ukraine) 0,83
3. Lucas Lima (Brazil) 0,82
4. Lucas Van Berkel (Canada) 0,8
5. Karol Kłos (Poland) 0,65

BEST SERVERS:
1. Karol Kłos (Poland) 0,59
1. Maxim Zhigalov (Russia) 0,59
1. Pablo Cirquera (Brazil) 0,59
1. Maciej Zajder (Poland) 0,59
5. Christopher Hoag (Canada) 0,53

BEST DIGGERS:
1. Taichiro Koga (Japan) 1,62
2. Jae-Seong Oh (Korea) 1,38
3. Jan Vaclavik (Czech Republic) 1,36
4. Gian Moraes (Brazil) 1,18
5. Valentin Golubev (Russia) 1

BEST SETTERS:
1. Hideomi Fukatsu (Japan) 11,31
2. Ming-Yu Lee (Korea) 9,75
3. Zdenek Hanik (Czech Republic) 9,71
4. Grzegorz Łomacz (Poland) 8,47
5. Dmytro Storozhylov (Ukraine) 8,42

BEST RECEIVERS:
1. Steven Marshall (Canada) 66,18 %
2. Jan Vaclavik (Czech Republic) 65,06 %
3. Pablo Cirquera (Brazil) 59,49 %
3. Oleksiy Klyamar (Ukraine) 59,49 %
5. Gian Moraes (Brazil) 59,26 %

BEST LIBEROS:
1. Jan Vaclavik (Czech Republic) 5,21
2. Jae-Seong Oh (Korea) 5,06
3. Derek Nieroda (Canada) 4,27
4. Taichiro Koga (Japan) 4,15
5. Gian Moraes (Brazil) 4

FULL RANKINGS HERE

I'm thrilled with today's match of our second team Donnu how did they play so far. But today I finally had a chance to watch them and it was a pure pleasure. Maybe they had double-power, double-fighting spirit and all the chemistry - something that our first team were missing a bit in the same time during WL

Tie-break almost KILLED ME. First, guys had to lead to it and then they defended 4 match balls, making so many annoying mistakes - Wierzbowski fuc*ed up in so many key actions in this tie-break that I couldn't even count it - but finally after amazing fight, they won!
Feru, I didn't even realize how much I missed this guy until I saw him in action Wojtaszek I swear, I will always claim, he's the one and only Igła's successor. He was EVERYWHERE. Bociek every time the ball was set to him I knew he's gonna kill it. Seriously, something in his game made me feel sure about it, calm.

Wonderful feeling Be scared about the result - 'cause I wanted them to win this so badly - and in the same time feel like having chill out on the beach in the middle of the sunny afternoon. Weird, isn't it? It's just this chemistry and fantastic cooperation between guys, you know, that made me feel so calm, so confident. The team simply looked GOOD. Can't wait to see more.

Honestly? That match was super funny Quite a spectacle, so glad we somehow got this, otherwise it would be just another disaster of the day. Oh, and I request the highest of fives , as I also like Wojtaszek much, much better than Zatorski!

Anyways, we finally have something to celebrate, Polish gold in beach volley! Kądziu, Szałan, you guys rock!

What is Wojtaszek doing in defence!

And we're in the final

After an embarrassing lack of fight Poland ends up with a silver medal. Russia takes the gold, obviously.

Best Players according to stats:
Best Scorer: Grzegorz Bociek (Poland)
Best Spiker: Denis Biryukov (Russia)
Best Blocker: Lucas Van Berkel (Canada)
Best Server: Maxim Zhigalov (Russia)
Best Digger: Taichiro Koga (Japan)
Best Setter: Hideomi Fukatsu (Japan)
Best Receiver: Jan Vaclavik (Czech Republic)
Best Libero: Jan Vaclavik (Czech Republic)

MVP according to stats can get Maxim Zhigalov