Italy
Italy is at top of the world! In the big final of the U18 Women’s World Championship, Italy has defeated USA by 3-0 (25:20, 25:18, 25:16) and won the gold medal! Paola Egonu, young player of Club Italia, was voted the MVP of the tournament.
These are the names of all Italian golden girls who conquered the world:
Roberta Carraro (Ags San Donà), Alessia Orro (Club Italia), Marina Lubian (Lilliput Settimo Torinese), Giulia Mancini (Volleyrò Casal de’ Pazzi), Alessia Mazzaro (Vero Volley Monza), Alexandra Botezat (Club Italia), Paola Egonu (Club Italia), Vittoria Piani (Club Italia), Claudia Provaroni (Volleyrò Casal de’ Pazzi), Alice Pamio (Volleyrò Casal de’ Pazzi), Giulia Melli (Volleyrò Casal de’ Pazzi), Giorgia Zannoni (Club Italia).
The head coach of this team is Marco Mencarelli.
FINAL ROUND – 13 / FINAL – 1ST PLACE MATCH – 15 / –
| Game | Date/Time | Teams | Set | Result per set | Stats | Videos | ||
| 16. 08. 2015 19:00 | USA Youth ( W ) | vs | Italy Youth ( W ) | 0:3 | 20:25; 18:25; 16:25 | |||
FINAL ROUND – 13 / 3RD PLACE MATCH – 24 / –
| Game | Date/Time | Teams | Set | Result per set | Stats | Videos | ||
| 16. 08. 2015 17:00 | China Youth ( W ) | vs | Turkey Youth ( W ) | 3:0 | 25:23; 25:21; 29:27 | |||
awards
Awards
MVP: Paola Egonu (Italy)
Middle blockers: Jovana Kocić (Serbia) and Zehra Gunes (Turkey)
Receivers: Paola Egonu (Italy ) and Yingying Li (China)
Setter: Alessia Orro (Italy)
Opposite: Kathryn Plummer (USA)
Libero: Qianqian Zang (China)
Final Standings: 1. Itali, 2. USA, 3. China, 4. Turkey, 5. Serbia, 6. Germany, 7. Russia, 8. Poland, 9. Japan, 10. Argentina, 11. Brazil, 12. Belgium, 13. South Korea, 14. Egypt, 15. Mexico, 16. Peru, 17. Dominican Republic, 18. Thailand, 19. Chinese Taipei, 20. Cuba
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