{"id":44468,"date":"2019-07-22T18:58:12","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T18:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=44468"},"modified":"2019-07-22T18:58:12","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T18:58:12","slug":"mayu-ishikawa-of-japan-named-womens-u20-world-championship-most-valuable-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/mayu-ishikawa-of-japan-named-womens-u20-world-championship-most-valuable-player\/","title":{"rendered":"MAYU ISHIKAWA OF JAPAN NAMED WOMEN\u2019S U20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MOST VALUABLE PLAYER"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>Aguascalientes, Mexico, July 21, 2019 &#8211; Outside hitter Mayu Ishikawa was named the Most Valuable Player of the twentieth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women\u2019s World Championship after undefeated Japan won the gold medal match against Italy in a five-set thriller 3-2 (23-25, 21-25, 25-20, 25-19, 15-12).<\/p>\n<p>A remarkable tournament for Japan came to an end when the team received the gold medals during the awarding ceremony, while Mayu Ishikawa was honoured as the Most Valuable Player and one of two Best Outside Hitters along with teammate Haruna Soga.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is an honour to receive the MVP award; it comes with the support of all my teammates. Many people helped me and many hours of practice,\u201d said Mayu Ishikawa.<\/p>\n<p>Also from the gold medallists, Tsukasa Nakagawa was recognized with the Best Setter award for her ability to make fast decisions in distributing balls to Japan\u2019s offence.<\/p>\n<p>The Best Middle Blocker awards went to Yulia Brovkina from the bronze medal winners Russia and to Turkey&#8217;s Merve Atlier. Italy\u2019s Ruth Terry Enweonwu was named the Best Opposite and China\u2019s Feifan Ni received the award for Best Libero.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2019 FIVB Volleyball Women\u00b4s U20 World Championship Dream Team:<\/strong><br \/>\nBest Setter: Tsukasa Nakagawa (Japan)<br \/>\nBest Outside Hitters: Haruna Soga (Japan) and Mayu Ishikawa (Japan)<br \/>\nBest Middle Blockers: Yulia Brovkina (Russia) and Merve Atlier (Turkey)<br \/>\nBest Opposite: Ruth Terry Enweonwu (Italy)<br \/>\nBest Libero: Feifan Ni (China)<\/p>\n<p>Related links of AVC<br \/>\nAVC Website: click www.asianvolleyball.net<br \/>\nAVC Facebook: click www.Facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation<br \/>\nAVC Twitter: click: https:\/\/twitter.com\/avcvolley<br \/>\nAVC Instagram: click: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en<br \/>\nAVC Youtube: click: Asian Volleyball Confederation<br \/>\nAVC WeChat: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aguascalientes, Mexico, July 21, 2019 &#8211; Outside hitter Mayu Ishikawa was named the Most Valuable Player of the twentieth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women\u2019s World Championship after undefeated Japan&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":44469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slider","category-volleyball-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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