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Volleyball 05/06/2017

Brazil’s Evandro top scores on opening weekend of World League

 

Brazil's Evandro Guerra charted 68 points in their first three matches in the 2017 FIVB Volleyball World League

Lausanne, Switzerland, June 5, 2017 – Olympic champion Evandro Guerra scored 19 points to guide Brazil to a 3-1 victory over Italy in the much-anticipated Rio 2016 Olympic final rematch on the opening weekend the FIVB Volleyball World League on his way to finishing the opening weekend as the tournament's top scorer.

The 2.07-metre Evandro emerged as the best scorer among the players from 36 teams that competed in the opening weekend of the preliminary round, with a total of 68 points over the course of three matches. Next best in Group 1 is Bulgaria's Tsvetan Sokolov on 60 points and Bram van den Dries from Belgium with 59 points.

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In Group 2, Turkey's Metin Toy leads the way with 67 points while Andreas J. Villena of Spain leads Group 3 scoring with 50 points.

Opposite hitter Evandro has shown impressive consistency in scoring, and has been effective from the attack line, making him third in the list of best spikers in Group 1.

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At the top of the list of the most effective spiker among the twelve teams in Group 1 is Frenchman Julien Lyneel, who had an outstanding success rate of 65.96 per cent from the attack line. He was also the best server and a key player for the 2015 World League winners to finish the first weekend of Group 1 as the only team with three victories.

Lyneel feels euphoric with the result and his superb performance as he topped two skill categories in the group.



Brazil’s Ricardo Lucarelli was the best digger, while team-mate Mauricio Silva exceled as the best receiver on the opening weekend, making Brazil as the only team with players dominating in three of the seven statistical rankings.

Also making a big surprise in the tournament are Belgium and Canada, which started their 2017 campaigns with two victories.

The star of the Belgian team is Bram van den Dries, who is third in the list of top scorers with 59 points. Also making waves in the statistical rankings is Canadian playmaker Tyler Sanders, who is second in the best setter list behind Italian star Simone Gianelli.

Two Russian players – Denis Biriukov and Ilia Vlasov – topped the list of best blockers with a figure of 0.92 blocks.

China’s Chuang Jiang joined the ‘Over 30’ scoring club as he surpassed the 30-point mark, scoring a total of 32 against Turkey. Despite Jiang’s scoring effort, China still lost in a five-set battle against the European squad.

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Jiang tallied 65 points, settling as the second best scorer in Group 2, behind Turkey’s Metin Toy, who collected 67 markers in three matches.

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Turkey have won all three matches to start a positive Group 2 campaign, while Slovakia and newly promoted Slovenia have also swept their matches.

Slovakia’s Peter Ondrovic emerged as the best server in the group, while Slovenia relied more on teamwork in earning their victories.



Andres Villena contributed 50 points to Spain’s success in all three matches to emerge as the best scorer in Group 3. Villena edged Mexico’s Daniel Vargas with only three points in the best scorer category.

Germany are also undefeated in the tournament and have two players leading in two statistical categories. Tim Broshog surfaced as the best blocker with an outstanding 1.09 blocks – the best blocking figure in all three groups. Simon Hirsch was best server in all three groups with 0.73 aces.

Germany coach Andrea Giani is hopeful that his team will continue to improve in the coming weeks.

“My players will learn even more in the following weeks,” Giani said.

Best Players per group:

Top Scorer by Day
32 - Chuan Jiang of China v Turkey on June 2
29 - Tsvetan Sokolov of Bulgaria v Argentina on June 3
28 - Metin Toy of Turkey v Netherlands on June 4

Top Scoring Performances
32 - Chuan Jiang of China v Turkey on June 2
29 - Tsvetan Sokolov of Bulgaria v Argentina on June 3
29 - Nathan Roberts of Australia v Portugal on June 2
28 - Metin Toy of Turkey v Netherlands on June 4
27 - Evandro Guerra of Brazil v Iran on June 3

Top Individual Serving Performances
6 - Pedro Rangel of Mexico v Greece on June 3
6 - Maxim Zhigalov of Russia v Argentina on June 2
5 - Rafail Koumentakis of Greece v Spain on June 4
4 - Nicolai Grabmueller of Austria v Kazakhstan on June 4
4 - John Gordon Perrin of Canada v USA on June 3
4 - Bartlomiej Lemanski of Poland v Italy on June 3
4 - Marko Ivovic of Serbia v USA on June 2

Top Team Serving Performances
12 - Turkey v Netherlands on June 4
11 - Serbia v USA on June 2
10 - Venezuela v Kazakhstan on June 3
9 - Canada v Serbia on June 4
9 - Serbia v Canada on June 4
9 - Belgium v USA on June 4
9 - USA v Canada on June 3

Top Individual Blocking Performances
7 - Samuel Walker of Australia v Slovakia on June 3
7 - Bozidar Cuk of Montenegro v Tunisia on June 2
6 - Denis Biriukov of Russia v Bulgaria on June 4
6 - Emerson Gonzalez of Venezuela v Kazakhstan on June 3
6 - Filip Cveticanin of Portugal v Japan on June 3
6 - Ales Holubec of Czech Republic v Finland on June 3
6 - Alen Pajenk of Slovenia v Korea on June 3

Top Team Blocking Performances
21 - Slovenia v Korea on June 3
21 - Montenegro v Tunisia on June 2
18 - Russia v Bulgaria on June 4
18 - Australia v Slovakia on June 3
18 - Czech Republic v Finland on June 3
17 - Russia v France on June 3

Highest Scoring Sets
30-28 - Slovakia v Australia on June 3
29-27 - China v Netherlands on June 3
28-26 - Belgium v USA on June 4
27-25 - Bulgaria v Russia on June 4
27-25 - Mexico v Qatar on June 4
27-25 - France v Argentina on June 4
27-25 - Netherlands v Egypt on June 2
27-25 - Tunisia v Montenegro on June 2
27-25 - Netherlands v Egypt on June 2
27-25 - Slovakia v Japan on June 2

Highest Scoring Matches
222 - Korea v Czech Republic 3-2 (25-17, 23-25, 24-26, 25-20, 15-12) on June 2
220 - Turkey v Netherlands 3-2 (25-22, 23-25, 25-18, 24-26, 17-15) on June 4
219 - Korea v Finland 3-2 (24-26, 25-21, 25-23, 22-25, 15-13) on June 4
219 - Australia v Portugal 3-2 (21-25, 25-20, 25-18, 22-25, 20-18) on June 2
217 - Belgium v Canada 2-3 (22-25, 25-19, 24-26, 25-23, 13-15) on June 2
215 - Turkey v China 3-2 (25-22, 25-20, 21-25, 24-26, 15-12) on June 2
214 - Bulgaria v Argentina 2-3 (23-25, 25-23, 25-20, 21-25, 12-15) on June 3
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