Aguascalientes, Mexico, July 15, 2019 – The top eight teams that emerged from the preliminary round are set to start the second round of the FIVB Volleyball Women’s U20 World Championship on Tuesday at the host city Aguascalientes in Mexico.
The top eight have been divided in two pools competing in a second round pool play of three days, looking to finish in the two top spots of each pool that will move into the semifinals, while third and fourth place will play for positions five to eight.
Aguascalientes will host the second round pools that will move into the semifinals.
Pool E: Italy, Russia, China, Brazil
Pool F: Japan, Poland, United States, Turkey
Leon, Guanajuato will also have eight teams playing with the placing matches for positions nine to sixteen:
Pool G: Mexico, Egypt, Rwanda, Serbia
Pool H: Peru, Cuba, Argentina, Dominican Republic
In pool E, European champions Italy qualified to the second round undefeated brushing aside NORCECA representatives United States, Mexico and Cuba. Italian head coach Massimo Bellano is aware that this stage of the event will be more difficult but will bring a great spectacle to watch.
Sharing the same pool is Russia, also unbeaten after defeating Turkey, Serbia and Argentina heading into the final eight.
Asian champion Japan in pool F is the other team to remain undefeated while prevailing against South American champion Brazil, Dominican Republic and Rwanda. For Aihara Noboru, this phase will be another test for his team, they are looking to remain fast and commit as few mistakes as possible.
Poland and Turkey sealed their tickets after a series of fortunate results. Poland struck against a hesitant Peru in their last preliminary match while Turkey’s qualification was a nail-biting five-set victory against Serbia.
Current world champion China, South American champions Brazil and NORCECA champion United States earned their spot in the final eight cut without complications in their final preliminary matches.
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