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Highlights. July 6th 2013

Venue: Mexicali State Auditorium 

Round Robin for Places 17-20

 

Japan (17) d Algeria (19) 3-0 (25-19, 25-23, 25-18)

Japan defeated Algeria 3-0 (25-19, 25-23, 25-18) and finished in 17th place. Yuki Ishikawa finished as top scorer with 16 points for Japan while captain Tsubasa Hisahara registered 14 and Motoki Eiro 10.

 

For Algeria, Larbi Ladroug scored 10 points and Akram Dekkiche finished with 7.

 

The Japanese team adjusted their block after Algeria tried to recover in the second set.  Japan converted 10 points by block while Algeria finished with 7.  They also worked with good serve after Eiro and Ishikawa finished with 2 aces apiece in a match that lasted 1 hour and 11 minutes.

 

Tunisia (18) d Rwanda  (20) 3-1 (25-15, 27-25, 23-25, 25-13).

Tunisia finished in the 18th place after beating Rwanda 3-1 (25-15, 27-25, 23-25, 25-13). Wassim Ben Tara was the best scorer of this match with a total of 26 points and was followed by Jawhar Rebai, who concluded with 14, while Ayman Soltani registered 11 for Tunisia. Ben Tara also registered four aces and had five successful blocks. Rwanda had  their best weapon in Elias Ndagano, with 18, while captain Jacques Iradukunda scored 13.

 

Classification Round

Places 9-16

 

Mexico 3-2 (25-20, 26-28, 20-25, 25-21, 15-13)

Mexico defeated the United States in five sets (25-20, 26-28, 20-25, 25-21, 15-13) at the Classification Round for places 9-16. Enrique Ugalde converted 24 points, including four aces. Alan Martinez finished with 13 and Ivan Molano with 11 for the Mexican team. On the American side, Colby Harriman had his second match in a row as top scorer for his team with a total of 18 points. Christopher Nugent scored 17 while captain Christian Blough 14, and Kennet Pia totalized 12.

 

USA had a more solid blocking game with 9 effective plays while Mexico converted 5. The Serve was the difference with seven aces, including Ugalde’s four. The American team registered 4. The host team wil play for 13th place, while USA for the 15th position. 

 

Chile d Turkey  3-1 (32-30, 25-22,14-25, 25-14)

Chile beat Turkey for the second time 3-1 (32-30, 25-22,14-25, 25-14) and will match Mexico on Sunday. Dusan Bonacic had another solid performance for his team by totalizing 21 points and reached a total of 143 during the tournament to remain as scoring leader of the competition. Simon Guerra and Christopher Baeza registered 14 apiece for the South American squad while Turkey's Cansin Ogbai Enaboifo finished with 20 points and Yasin Aydin  with 17. Melih Siratca scored 14 and Captain Yigit Gulmezoglu 12.  Turkey will match host team, Mexico for the 13th place, and Turkey will play against USA for 15th place on Sunday. 

 

Belgium d Egypt 3-0 (25-22, 25-23, 25-17)

Belgium beat Egypt 3-0 (25-22, 25-23, 25-17) and will play for ninth  place on Sunday at FIVB Boys' U19 World Championship. Stuer Lowie scored 18 points for Belgium, Jonas Colson registered 14 and Arno Van De Velde finished with 10 for the Belgian team that dominated in block and serve with 11 points and 5 team aces (two by Colson and two by Florian Malisse). Egypt's top scorer was Mohamed Hassan with 18 points. Mohamed Shehabeldeen finished with only 7.  Egypt will play for 11th place against Finland.

 

Korea d Finland 3-1 (18-25, 25-20, 25-20, 26-24)

Korea won against Finland in four sets (18-25, 25-20, 25-20, 26-24) and advanced to the match for ninth place that will be played at Mexicali State Auditorium on Sunday. Han Sunjgeong scored 19 points for Korea while Captain Dong-Geun Jeong and Sangjun Park recorded 13 apiece. 

Hwang Kyungmin also was with the leading scorers of the Asian team with a total of 12 points.  Sakari Mäkinen completed 17 points, while Karri Kutinlahti and Lauri Jylhä concluded with 11 apiece.  The Finnish team led in blocks with 13 points in total against only 8 by Korea. The Europeans also looked more superior in service with five team aces (3 for Kutinlahti) against 2 by Korea that will play against Belgium.