Italian celebrating their ticket to the quarterfinals
Except from Peru (0-3 versus Japan), the first and second ranked teams from each pool proved too strong for their challengers.
Serbia opened the round of 16 with an undisputed straight-set win over Chinese Taipei. 2011 Girls’ U18 world champions Turkey followed suite with a quite easy 3-0 triumph against Mexico.
World No. 18 Russia enter the quarterfinals after a 3-0 win against Egypt, the same as titleholder Italy who came from behind to overpower Bulgaria 3-1 in Wednesday’s third match at Vodova sports hall.
World No. 1 China fended off a spirited challenge from host Czech Republic on Wednesday to continue their unbeaten run at the 2013 FIVB Women’s U20 World Championship. Brazil (3-0 versus Algeria) and the Dominican Republic (3-1 against Colombia) made their home works as well as they both claimed their fifth consecutive win here in Brno.
Japan is the only third ranked team from pool play that made it to the quarterfinals. The Asians overcame Peru in straight sets. The key moment of the match came at the end of the second set when Japan bounced back valiantly to outfox Peru in extremis.
2013 Women’s Under 20 World Championship Performances
Top Scoring Performances
30 – Brayelin Elizabeth Martinez of Dominican Republic v Peru (June 23)
26 – Samantha Bricio of Mexico v Bulgaria (June 22)
25 – Angela Leyva of Peru v Chinese Taipei (June 21)
25 – Mercy Promise of Nigeria v Algeria (June 23)
24 – Ting Zhu of China v Japan (June 23)
24 – Tijana Boskovic of Serbia v Japan (June 24)
24 – Arisa Inoue of Japan v Serbia (June 24)
23 – Kubra Akman of Turkey v Italy (June 22)
Top Blocking Performances
9 – Valquiria Dullius of Brazil v Russia (June 24)
9 – Mina Popovic of Serbia v japan (June 24)
8 – Laura Melandri of Italy v Algeria (June 24) and Italy v Bulgaria (June 26)
7 – Lucie Herbockova of Czech Republic v Puerto Rico (June 21)
7 – Kubra Akman of Turkey v Italy (June 22)
7 – Mira Todorova of Bulgaria v Russia (June 23)
Top Blocking Performances by Team
22 – Dominican Republic v Puerto Rico (June 25)
22 – Dominican Republic v Chinese Taipei (June 24)
22 – Dominican Republic v Peru (June 23)
18 – Serbia v Thailand (June 25)
18 – Italy v Bulgaria (June 26)
18 – Dominican Republic v Colombia (June 26)
Top Serving Performances
6 – Veronika Trnkova of Czech Republic v Chinese Taipei (June 25)
5 – Michaela Mlejnkova of Czech Republic v Puerto Rico (June 21)
5 – Elena Perinelli of Italy v Turkey (June 22) and Italy v Nigeria (June 25)
5 – Arisa Inoue of Japan v Serbia (June 24)
Top Serving Performances by Team
16 – Czech Republic v Chinese Taipei (June 25)
14 – Egypt v Nigeria (June 22)
13 – Italy v Turkey (June 22)
12 – Puerto Rico v Dominican Republic (June 25)
12 – Turkey v Algeria (June 25)
Highest Scorers by day
21 –Gaila Lopez Gonzalez of Dominican Republic v Colombia (June 26)
21 – Brayelin Elizabeth Martinez of Dominican Republic v Puerto Rico (June 25)
24 – Brayelin Elizabeth Martinez of Dominican Republic v Chinese Taipei (June 24)
30 – Brayelin Elizabeth Martinez of Dominican Republic v Peru (June e 23)
26 – Samantha Bricio of Mexico v Bulgaria (June 22)
25 – Angela Leyva of Peru v Chinese Taipei (June 21)
Highest Set Score
Round of 16: Japan v Peru 27-25
Pool A: Dominican Republic v Peru 30-28
Pool C: USA v Mexico 29-27
Pool D: Italy v Turkey 26-24; Algeria v Nigeria 24-26
Highest Scoring Matches
Pool A: Peru v Chinese Taipei 2-3 (25-22, 25-22, 20-25, 24-26, 16-18) – 223 points
Pool B: Serbia v Japan 3-2 (25-21, 25-21, 16-25, 21-25, 15-10) – 204 points
Pool C: Italy v Turkey 2-3 (25-21, 23-25, 21-25, 26-24, 9-15) – 214 points
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