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GP: Italy beats Japan with their weapon, Ocasio demolishes Czechs

by WoV
source: fivb.com; Photo: fivb.com

Italian national team proved against Japan that it knows how to fight and brought home an important World Grand Prix victory in the tie-break – 3-2 (25-15, 23-25, 25-27, 26-24, 15-12).

Japan - Italy

Japan – Italy

A deserved success of Italians in Pool E (Group 1) in Saitama was achieved after comeback since they found themselves trailing 2-1 in sets against the opponent which always fights excessively, but this time insufficiently.

This was the third consecutive win of Italy in the Preliminary Round of the competition while the hosts suffered second loss in a row .

Lucia Bosetti scored 19 points in Italy. Sarina Koga had 28 in Japenese team.

Another tiebreaker of the day occured in Pool M (Group 2) in the clash between the winning team of Puerto Rico and Czech Republic with 33 from Karina Ocasio!

FIVB INTERCONTINENTAL ROUND / POOL A-I /

Game Date/Time Teams Set Result per set Stats Videos
19th game 10. 07. 2015 14:45 Brazil ( W ) vs Belgium ( W ) 0:0      
20th game 10. 07. 2015 16:10 China ( W ) vs Dominican Republic ( W ) 3:0 25:15; 25:12; 25:19    
21th game 10. 07. 2015 16:40 Serbia ( W ) vs Turkey ( W ) 0:0      
22th game 10. 07. 2015 17:00 Germany ( W ) vs Thailand 0:0      
23th game 10. 07. 2015 19:10 Japan ( W ) vs Italy ( W ) 2:3 15:25; 25:23; 27:25; 24:26; 12:15    
24th game 10. 07. 2015 19:10 Russia ( W ) vs USA ( W ) 0:0      
25th game 11. 07. 2015 10:00 Brazil ( W ) vs Thailand ( W ) 0:0      
26th game 11. 07. 2015 12:30 Belgium ( W ) vs Germany ( W ) 0:0      
27th game 11. 07. 2015 15:10 China ( W ) vs Italy ( W ) 0:0      
28th game 11. 07. 2015 16:40 USA ( W ) vs Turkey ( W ) 0:0      
29th game 11. 07. 2015 18:10 Japan ( W ) vs Dominican Republic ( W ) 0:0      
30th game 11. 07. 2015 19:10 Russia ( W ) vs Serbia ( W ) 0:0      
31th game 12. 07. 2015 10:00 Brazil ( W ) vs Germany ( W ) 0:0      
32th game 12. 07. 2015 12:30 Belgium ( W ) vs Thailand ( W ) 0:0      
33th game 12. 07. 2015 15:10 Dominican Republic ( W ) vs Italy ( W ) 0:0      
34th game 12. 07. 2015 16:40 Serbia ( W ) vs USA ( W ) 0:0      
35th game 12. 07. 2015 18:10 Japan ( W ) vs China ( W ) 0:0      
36th game 12. 07. 2015 19:10 Russia ( W ) vs Turkey ( W ) 0:0      

 

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