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USA claim third victory in Pools classification

round at FIVB Mens U21 WCH

 

   

Tijuana, Mexico, September 18, 2017 - The United States claimed their third victory at the FIVB Men’s U21 World Championship after beating Japan in four sets.

 

The American team coached by Dan friend  won by scores of 25-23, 17-25, 25-20, 25-23 with 17 points by Andrew Benesh. Christopher Nugent also contributed with 14 points, while their captain, John Hatch scored 12 units.

 

Jeffrey Jendryk Li also registered double digits, as he finished with 11 points. On the Japanese side of the net, Ataru Kumakura commanded the actions with 14 points, while Taishi Onodera, Kenta Takanashi and Tsubasa Hisahara scored 13 apiece.

 

The match lasted 1 hour and 46 minutes, USA had a better blocking performance with 11 points against 9 by Japan, that served better than the Americans with a 7-4 aces difference, three of them were by Kumakura. However the United States recovered in fourth and third sets.

 

 

Cuba 3-1 Egypt

Cuba finally got a victory at the tournament after beating Egypt in four sets. Scores were 25-18, 25-21, 22-25 and 25-21 in a match that lasted 1 hour and 44 minutes in Pool H.

 

Osmany Uriarte commanded the cuban offense with 24 points, while Abrahan Alfonso Gavilan scored 19. Luis Sosa also contributed with a total of 14 tallies for the Caribbean squad that finished with 58 spiking total points.

 

Egypt that still look forward to get a win, had their best weapon in Ahmed Saad, who was even the top scorer of the whole match by totalizing 22 points, while Ahmed Omar finished with 12. Abdelrahman Abouelella also scored 9 units for Egypt, that showed a good blocking performance against Cuba. Both teams finished tied 13-13 as well as in services (2-2).

 

China 3-0 Canada

China defeated Canada in straight sets to close with a 2-1 record in Pool F.  The Chinese team coached by Genyin Ju won by scores of 25-16, 25-16 and 25- 21. Zhejia Zhang topped with 13 points and he was followed by Runtao Xia with 10. For Canada, their captain, Ryan Nickifor scored 11 points while Brandon Koppers tallied 10.  China showed a very solid attack with a 40-29 difference, and also prevailed in blocking with a 6-3 advantage with a good work by their captain Yaochen Yu.

 

Iran 3-0 Mexico

Iran defeated Mexico in straight sets 25-19, 25-14, 25-16 in the last match celebrated at the State Auditorium in Mexicali.  Iranian service was lethal against the host team. Javad Karimisouchelmaei aced two of the five times when Iran had the ball in possesion. Allah Verdian Sahand was the top scorer for the Asian representative after recording 12 points, while Taghi Zadeh Rahman scored 9 and captain Valaei Akbar scored 8 points.

 

Mexican captain Enrique Ugalde was the best scorer for the host team as he recorded 7 points. Alexis Garay and Luis Gerardo Bojórquez finished with 6 apiece.