Serbia celebrates their victory
Now with Pool C matches concluded, Serbia led the table with a win- loss ratio of 4-0 (12 points), while USA, Tunisia and Canada were tied in points (6 each), number of victories (2 each) and the set quotient (7-7), where point quotient decided USA second of the pool, Canada third and Tunisia fourth. The direct face off between Canada and Tunisia (Canada won 3-1) settled the situation between the two teams as they were tied also in point quotient. Rwanda finished 5th with 0-4 record.
Now Rwanda joins the round robin tournament with the fifth ranked teams in their corresponding pools for classification 17 to 20th, while Serbia meet the 4th of Pool D in the round of 16
The Serbian coach Sinisa Reljic distributed the match effort to his entire list except star outside hitter Uros Kovacevic who had a rest; however the Serbian team had a wide lead in the first set 25-13.
Rwanda came closer in the second and third sets with some defensive improvement to decrease the point deficit to 25-20 in both second and third sets.
Serbia’s attackers Luka Medic and Mihajlo Stankovic were the match best scorers with 15 points.
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