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Holland outplayed Korea in four sets again and has the upper hand in Pool C before the decisive duels with one point ahead over Canada. They need to win two last matches against Finland or expect a Canada’s loss in the competition versus Japan, which defeated Portugal 3-2 on Sunday.

 

Korea – The Netherlands 1 – 3 (20-25, 22-25, 25-21, 20-25)

Korea: Han 3, Kwak 8, Shin 10, Seo 12, Jeon 16, Park 9, K.J Lee (L) and S.K Lee, C.W Park, Song
The Netherlands: Abdel-Aziz 5, Mann 11, Koelewijn 9, Klapwijk 14, Rauwerdink 9, Kooistra 10, Jorna (L) and Freriks, Bontje 2, Van Garderen 1

The Dutch attackers and blockers dominated the game in first and second sets. The Korean players trailed with the team-play and defence, but could not match the Dutch players’ height and power. Jeon Kwang-In and Seo Jae-Duck combined for 26 points, but lost 19 points on errors.

The Netherlands played a stable and effective game with more points and less faults. Jelte Maan succeeded in 10 spikes committing only 2 faults. Last match’s here Jeroen Rauwerdink played steadily. The Dutch team’s kill blocks played a significant role o their victory as they outscored Korea holding a 17-4 advantage.

Overall, the Netherlands’ team play was better than their opponent – scoring 43 points on attack and limiting their errors to just 11 faults.

The Koreans were in an energetic mood when they took the advantage of 18-17 in the second set but Niels Klapwijk and Thomas Koelewijn’s defence proved to be stronger and stopped the Korean surge.

Korea was able to make a run and claimed victory on the third set from Jeon Kwang-In’s attacking splurge. The momentum continued early in the fourth set for Korea but the Dutch regained the lead and finished-off the match at 25-20.   

Individual Stats:

Korea  SpikeSpike %   Block   Serve   DigReceptionRunning Sets NoteSun-Soo Han    1/1    100%       1       1      2                10.25Seung-Sug Kwak    7/13     53%       1       1      70%                0.25Yung-Suk Shin    9/16     56%       1    Jae-Duck Seo   11/28     39%        1      1  Kwang-In Jeon   15/32     46%        1      3      100% Sang-Ha Park    8/11     72%       1    Kang-Jo Lee (L)          2       64% Sun-Kyu Lee     0/1      0%     Myung-Geun Song     0/1      0%        1  

 

The Netherlands   Spike Spike %  Block   Serve   DigReceptionRunning Sets NoteNamir Abdel-Aziz     1/2      50%       3        1      1                5.75Jelte Mann    10/16      62%       1       3         38% Thomas Koelewijn     5/7      71%       4    Niels Klapwijk     9/20      45%       5       1  Jeroen Rauwerdink       53%       1           42% Wytze Kooistra     8/10      80%       2    Gijs Jorna (L)          3         50% Nico Freriks       Maarten van Garderen      1/4      25%            66% Rob Bontje      1/2      50%        1    

 

Team Stats:

Actions       KoreaThe NetherlandsSpike points          51             43Spike %          49%             56%Block           4             17Serve           3              1Dig          10              8Reception          67%             43%Running Sets Note         10.5           5.75Unforced Errors          29             35

 

Portugal – Japan 2 – 3 (25-22, 23-25, 30-28, 22-25, 10-15)

Portugal: Pinheiro 4, Lopes 7, Jose 15, Sequeira 18, Alex 27, Marcel 9, Coelho (L) and Violas 2, Casas, Silva 3
Japan: Kondoh 3, Fukuzawa 23, Yamamura 9, Yako 5, Koshikawa 23, Suzuki 8, Nagano (L) and Imamura 3, Yokota 1, Gottsu 10, Matsumoto

Willing to rectify the defeat suffered on Saturday’s match, Japan entered with conviction in the first set and arrived at the first TTO with a 2-pts advantage, with the last points (block and attack) being scored by their captain Kota Yamamura. Portugal responded well, with 2 consecutive blocks tying the score and another 2 consecutive pts from Alexandre Ferreira in the attack granting the lead (10-9). Gary Sato team reacted and Daisuke Yako turned once again the lead of the scoreboard (12-11). The balance was present on the court – Flavio Gulinelli had promised a good exhibition -, and Portugal was ahead at the 2nd TTO, with an attack from Valdir. An attack from Alex, another from Marcel Gil and an ace from Tiago Violas placed Portugal just one point to the triumph (24-22). With an individual block Andre Lopes closed the set: 25-22.

Portugal entered in the 2nd set unexpectedly nervous and Japan knew how to take advantage, summing points after points with their persistency in the attack and efficacy of their high and low defence. Andre Lopes, with a block, placed Portugal again on their way (17-19). A chirurgic service from Violas tied the score at 20. With more calm and patience, Japan was in a good position to win the set 24-21, but Joao Jose, with a block brought a breath of fresh air to Portugal (23-24), before Tatsuya Fukuzawa close the set for Japan by 25-23.

In the 3rd set, Jose broke the existing balance with an ace (7-5) and Portugal was able to arrive at the 1st TTO with an attack from their setter Pinheiro. In an instant, the home team built a 4-pts advantage that Gary Sato tried to stop asking for a time-out. An ace (13-7) from Alex put in evidence the difficulties experienced by Japan in battling against Portugal good moment (15-9). Nevertheless, Japan didn’t give up and recovered (17-17). Two blocks from Alvar / J. Jose granted Portugal with a precious advantage (23-20), annulled by a block from the Japanese, that had five chances to closed the set, but it was Portugal that won by 30-28.

On the 4th set Japan took the lead of the score from the tie at 4-pts (8-6, 11-8, 16-13). The 22nd point of the match from Alex and an error in the attack from Japan turned the scoreboard to the beginning (16-16). A series of mistakes in the service and, mainly, in the attack from the Portuguese scared the public and offered a great amount of confidence to Japan (24-20). Portugal reacted with an ace from Violas and a block from J. Jose (22-24), but Yu Koshikawa closded the set by 25-22 scoring his 20th pt in the match.

In the tie-break, it was clear the animic break of the home team contrasting with the growing confidance of Japan, to took in their hands the control of the match (4-0, 6-2, 8-4). Fukuzawa scored the 9-5, but Alex shortened the gap with 2 consecutive points in the attack (7-9). Nevertheless Japan was unstoppable (11-7, 12-8) and Fukuzawa scored the decisive point (13-9), that allowed Japan to manage the advantage until the final score: 15-10.

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Alexandre Ferreira, with 27-pts was the best scorer of the match, but confessed at the end that “the team lacked some confidance” in front of a “very strong team in the sideout”. Next weekend, Portugal will welcome Korea, while Japan will host the matches against Canada.

 

Individual Stats:

PortugalSpikeSpike %  Block   Serve   Dig  ReceptionRunning Sets NoteNuno Pinheiro     2.5      40%       1       1      1                  7.8Andre Lopes    3.10      30%       4       1        50% Joao Jose    8.13      61%       6       1      1  Valdir Sequeira   15.57      26%       3       4  Alex Ferreira   24.42      57%       1       2      3        36% Marcel Gil     8.17      47%       1    Joao Coelho (L)          3        38% Tiago Violas          2   Ricardo Silva      2.9      22%       1           8% Ivo Casas             55% 

 

Japan   SpikeSpike %   Block   Serve    DigReceptionRunning Sets NoteShigeru Kondoh     1/333%       2                    3.4Tatsuya Fukuzawa    21/4546%       1       1         14% Kota Yamamura     7/977%       2    Daisuke Yako    4/1330%        1   Yu Koshikawa   21/4348%       1       1      1        33% Yoshifumi Suzuki    6/1250%       1       1          0% Takeshi Nagano (L)          5        28% Gottsu 43%       1       1  Shun Imamura     0/20%       2       1                     1.4Kazuyoshi Yokota       Yishihiko Matsumoto       

 

Team Stats:

Actions       Portugal        JapanSpike points       62          70Spike %       40%          47%Block       17           9Serve        6           5Dig       13           7Reception       35%          25%Running Sets Note       7.8         4.8Unforced Errors        25          31