RJX won the Brazilian title for the first time in history of club. Theo and Thiago Alves were the main weapons in the RJX victory this Sunday. Theo was the highest scorer with 19 points, and Thiago Alves was voted the MVP of the match. The coach of the winning team, Marcelo Fronckowiak, highlighted the strength of the group as the main factor in achieving a victory.

RJX – Sada Cruzeiro 3:1 (16:25, 25:18, 25:18, 25:14)

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World League Group Stage came to an end. Which player deserved to be nominated to top 7 of the phase and which played below their potential? Which teams should be praised or disappointed? Check it out!

POOL A

Brazil (25 points, 8/1)

Arguably not so strong, not so impressive and attractive like several years ago, but Brazil is still Brazil. Despite “Canarinhos” has already played without Giba, Sergio or Murilo, they easily reached the summit of Pool A. Perhaps, Brazil was not playing thrilling games and making many unforced mistakes, but it was always enough to claim three points. Only France made problems for vice-Olympic champions. This season confirms so far that Bernardo Rezende does not have to worry because he is bringing up a new generation of stars. It is meant Ricardo Lucarelli, who has already become a leader of Brazil and one of the best in World League.

Bulgaria (19 points, 7/3)

Not complicated way of play, two guns on the left and right wing and good block can be a recipe for World League Final Six advance. Bulgaria mastered the style which is not nice, more is frequently ugly, but very effective. However, if you have such a player like Tsvetan Sokolov, you must take advantage his skills and potential. This player exactly took Poland away three points in the first match on Friday and booked tickets to Argentina. What prospect for the finals? Bulgaria will face Argentina and Italy and as the host are not in great shape, they can be located in top 4.  

France (15 points, 5/5)

“I wish we did not played well at the beginning” – this statement may be articulated by majority of French players and the head-coach Faurent Tillie. France was one of the most elegant and pleasant for watching of all World League 2013 participants. Multiplicity of digs, various counterattacks system , spectacular and technical solutions in attack could really impress. However, “Les Bleues” fell very poor start with four failures in a row what influenced greatly on the final Pool A layout. Especially, a defeat in the United States turned out to be fateful and closed the door to the top 6, because they led 1-2 and 19-22  to lose finally in tie-break. The French, after several years of stagnation, finally stood up and for sure will be extremely dangerous for everyone during the European Championships. Under the leadership of Ervin Ngapeth or Jenia Grebennikov, France may come back to the successes of the beginning of the 21st century or even shine brighter.

Poland (14 points, 4/6)

London’s demons reborn. One of the worst season in history of “Polish “ participation in World League came true. The defending champion lost six matches not playing any good game over the whole competition and is among two teams, that was not able to get a promotion to the Finals a year after winning the trophy. No doubt, Poland was bad prepared for the tournament in particular as far as the physical aspect. All players were jumping lower, striking lighter and wailing in key moments. Polish fans were frustrated by Piotr Nowakowski and his awkwardness. Zbigniew Bartman was making them laughter missing attack without opponents over the net while Bartosz Kurek still did not faced his competitor, but himself. Only Pawel Zatorski, who played just 6 games, is allowed to be   happy with himelf. The young Skra Belchatow player was faultless in reception and added a lot of vital digs, thus, he deserved to be nominated to the best libero title. The head-coach, Andrea Anastasi,  shoved again a lack of taking a risk ability and unreasonable “clinging” to individual player. World League 2013 pointed plenty of weaknesses in Poland’s play. It finally proved that Poland (Andrea Anastasi) needs to change a “preparatore fisico” and call to Mariusz Wlazły to the rescue.
 
USA (12 points, 4/6)

Hey, hey USA! As this is not Olympic season, you could expect USA will not be so competitive like one ago, especially that the U.S. new head-coach, John Speraw, introduced a few new players so far unknown on the international “market” and started up a journey to Rio De Janeiro,  because it is always the main aim for Americans. However, new faces, Carson Clark or Kely Caldwell supported by team leader Matthew Anderson, met the new challenge fighting till the last ball in every game.  Nevertheless, that was not the time or place to think of Final Six promotion, but USA has potential for great play in the future, particularly in 2016.       

Argentina (5 points, 1/9)

Argentina is one of the most disappointing team of this year’s edition. Right, “Albicelestes” have finals on home soil, but it is not any alibi to take the struggle only in three or four games. The South American team suffers from internal troubles and interpersonal conflicts including ex team captain Rodrigo Quiroga, who conspires against the head-coach Javier Weber. All these happenings enhance the impression that Argentina will not be able to reconstruct mental and physical shape in Final Six and will only worsen its matches ratio in World League 2013. What in the future? Until Facundo Conte come back in great shape, Argentina will not be able to fight with top teams.

POOL B

Italy (19 points, 7/3)

“Squadra Azzurra” mercilessly took advantage all problems its opponents claiming the first place in Pool B. A lack of Aleassandro Fei, Luigi Mastrangelo or first of all Michal Lasko was imperceptible, because Mauro Berruto brought up a new team leader Ivan Zaytsev. Italia, based on Lube Banca Macerata players , won seven matches while included only 3 setbacks and seems to the main willing, with Brazil and Russia, to conquer the World League.   

Russia (19 points, 7/3)

In spite of playing without many amazing players like Maxim Mikhalov or Alexander Volkov, Russia exhibited its unlimited potential and is going to Argentina to claim the World League trophy lost one year ago. “Sborna” surprised all experts losing against Cuba, as a results, fought for the advance till the last leg , but finally confirmed its access in finals thanks to Iran’s victory over Germany. Nikolay Pavlov successfully replaced his more titled predecessor and he will power Russia in Argentina being accompanied by spontaneous and uncontrollable Aleksey Spiridonov. Perhaps “Sporna” will not arrive to Mar Del Plata in optimal squad, but certainly with desire to stay to on the top after Olympics.    

Germany (17 points, 5/5)

Germanys were so closed to take a promotion to Final Six. They probably used 100% of their abilities beating i.e. Russia, however, missed a chance to second consecutive advance to finals in Iran last weekend. Nevertheless, Vital Heynen discovered a new team leader on the position number 2. Denys Kaliberda, it is about him, occurred to be one of the most valuable receiver not only in reception, but also in offensive actions. When Gorgy Grozer returns to the national team, they may become very, very strong.

Serbia (16 points, 5/5)

Serbia passed another unsuccessful performance in international tournament. After taking the European Championship in 2011, they are not able to return on the right track and fail every more important exam playing against someone of the top in spite of having a few talented and already experienced players. Aleksandar Atanasijevic in not enough. As long as Nikola Kovacevic comes back to great disposition and Marco Podrascanin or Dragan Stankovic show their best, Serbia will not succeed. However, the most disquieting of Serbia is a setter. Vlado Petkovic is not able to maintain high level even not mentioning about reaching Nikola Grbic.  

Iran (15 points, 5/5)

Chapeau bas to Iran and Julio Velasco for their attitude this year. They were generating outstanding volleyball performances many times and were making a progress game by game what consumed in a winning duel against Italy. Plenty of volleyball fans were impressed by Iran’s self-confidence and incredible physical preparation despite it was one of few plays outside of their native continent. World League 2013 ensured great promotion for Iran’s players and some of them really glistened. Mohammad Mousavi occurred to be one of the most valuable middle-blockers in the tournament. Not only, did he become the best blocker, but Mousavi also contributed effective attacks and powerful serves. No one should be astonished, if he will be tempted by European clubs i.e. Turkish.    

Cuba (4 points, 1/9)

Cuba is in a deep crisis which will be very hard to overcame. After discarding such players like Wilfredo Leon, Fernando Hernandez or Yoandry Diaz, there are not any positive news for the future. The actual young players are not as gifted as these previous one, so it seems that Cuba may fall out of the world leaders for more than 2 or even 4 years. In World League 2013, Cuba achieved just one win coming off all remaining team in pool B, however, the team of the “Hot Island” probably would have embarrassing problems with winning even in group C.

POOL C

Canada (23 points, 8/2)

Long-term cooperation with Glenn Hoag yielded results. Canada advanced to the finals by presenting a good and smooth play despite some problems like an injury of the team leader Gavin Schmitt. The “Maple Leaves” are not a miscellany of stars, but a group of players convinced about their value creating a collective. In group stage, they  withstood a pressure exerted by the Netherlands and overtook them to the finish line. For sure, Canada will not a favorite of finals in Argentina, however, they are always self-confident and feels like advance to semis.    

The Netherlands (22 points, 7/3)

The Dutch can be one of the most disappointed team of all. Having won seven games, they were an architect of their own fate in the last round with a need in order to overcome Finland claiming three points and gain tickets to Argentina. Unfortunately, “Oranje” did coped with this work wasting a chance to return to the saloon of world volleyball after about 15 years. In spite of this setback, Wytze Kooistra and all the rest shoved quite attractive way of play with an emphasis on offensive. However, they sometimes need more balance between attack and defense particularly including block and defense relation. Nevertheless, Holland National Team is a mix of youth and experience with great potential and prospects for the future. A setter, Nimir Abdel-Aziz for a long may be one of the best players on his position and the Dutch real play creator, if only he is making progress in Turkey.

Korea (13 points, 4/6)

A setter, Sun-So Han led Korea to the quite good result taking into account their physical potential and a Sung Min Moon’s injury already in the premiere game. First of all, they overtook Japan in standings and it is their great achievement, as internal rivalry between continental opponents is crucial in Asia. What is more, Korea jumped Finland gaining the third palace in pool C. The best impression of Koreans exerted Sun-So Han. He was the best setter of the group stage not only statistically, but also practically due to numerous outputs in the field of competitive middle-blockers.

Finland (12 points, 4/6)

It seems that inevitably comes the decline of the Finn team which could face every single opponent in the world or for instance to beat Brazil. Team leader, Mikko Esko, is older and older what is visible to the naked eye. That is why “Suomi” included a few bloopers inter alia against Japan twice despite they were a major candidate to get a ticket to Argentina from Pool C. They did not find any new offensive player, who would be in charge of ending up high ball. Aforementioned Mikko Esko probably did not manage to combine his play in Russia and the national team, therefore was not a “strong point” of Finland. He simply disappointed.

Portugal (11 points,  4/6)

Portugal was invited to the World League in place of Egypt plunged into political crisis and came up to all expectations. No one probably thought they will involve to the struggle for advance, but they wanted to pick up what can be. Portugal in part promoted Alexandre Ferreira who, has been signed by Trentino Volley. In fact, this player was a machine holding his team to four victories.  

Japan (9 points, 3/7)

Even the American school of volleyball is not enough to pull Japan out of impasse. Perhaps, Gary Sato set up a new way of trainings, but he cannot create a valuable team having just 2 high-level players. No one would do it. Furthermore, if an Asian team gives way its opponents in defense, reception or technical play, the squad cannot dream about any win. This is still characteristic to Japan. Anyway, the team of Country of the Raising Sun made two significant surprises beating Finland twice, but if they had lost these games, there would not be any astonishment. This is the right strength of Japanese volleyball.

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Brazil shows astonishing performance in Sapporo. Match against Serbia was from the tougher ones, but Brazil achieves 3-0 win again.

BRAZIL – SRBIA 3-0 (27-25 25-21 25-22)
Line-ups and scores:
Brazil: Dani Lins (3), Gabriela (14), Fabiana (5), Sheilla (19), Fe Garay (13), Thaisa (10), Fabi (L) and Monique, Michelle, Juciely (1)
Serbia: Zivkovic (3), Malesevic (5), Ninkovic (13), Bjelica (19), Nikolic (5), Veljkovic (9), Majstorovic (L) and Molnar

Serbia came up with some good early hits from Nadja Ninkovic and Ana Bjelica and were four points ahead at the first technical timeout. But good blocking by Danielle Lins and Fernanda Rodrigues helped Brazil draw level at 9-9. More big hitting from Bjelica opened up another Serbia lead and Brazil coach Ze Roberto called a timeout at 11-14. Sheilla Castro blocked Tijana Malesevic to level the scores at 18 and there was little between the two teams after that. Serbia saved two setpoints before Rodrigues took control and ended the set with two thunderous blows.

Blocks from Thaisa Menezes and Sheilla helped Brazil move into a 9-4 lead in the second set, while Rodrigues came up with a classy tipover and two big blocks to keep the pressure on Serbia. Ninkovic then served up two aces to help reduce the gap from five to two points at 12-10, but Brazil were five points again up at the second TTO. Ninkovic sent down a couple of missiles to narrow the gap to 20-17 but a netted serve by Bojana Zivkovic handed Brazil six setpoints. They blew three of them before Gabriela Guimaraes crashed a shot over the net to put Brazil 2-0 up. 

Serbia got their blocking right early in the third set. Stefana Veljkovic stopped Rodrigues before her teammate Ninkovic scored three blocks in a row – two on Thaisa and one on Guimaraes. That gave Serbia a three-point lead at the first TTO, but Brazil were quickly back in the game after a couple of hits from Sheilla tied the scores at 8-8. A service ace by Fabiana Claudino saw Brazil into a four-point lead at 17-13 but three straight Brazil errors narrowed the gap to one point at 18-17. Veljkovic served long to make the score 21-18 and a great block by Cristina Barreto on Bjelica gave Brazil a four-point cushion. Guimaraes brought matchpoint with a rocket and finished things off with another strong hit. 

Team Stats:

ActionsSpike pointsSpike %BlockServeDigReceptionSets noteUnforced ErrorsBrazil4743%1532137%8.3325Serbia4436%641748%719

Team Leaders:

Actions/PlayersPointsSpike pointsSpike %Spike errorsBlockServeUnforced ErrorsSheilla Castro191547%3404Ana Bjelica191838%101010

Brazil after 4th win 3-0 in a row will gewt at least silver. The only one competitor, who can beat “Canarinhas” is Chinese team, coached by Lang Ping. If they want to WGP title, they have to beat Japan first. Then, having 10 or 11 points China should beat Brazil 3-0 or 3-1, but with team playing like that it’s almost like “Mission Impossible”.

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The new FIVB project called Under 23 World Championships comes into the decisive phase. Three teams, considered as favourites, have already booked spots in best four bunch. Serbia with Aleksandar Atanasijevic, Russia (from Pool B) and the hosts of Brazil (Pool A) are just waiting for the last semi-final competitor that will be emerged from among Bulgaria and Argentina.

Day 1
Pool A

Argentina – Tunisia 3:2 (21-14, 21-18, 13-21, 19-21, 16-14)
Top Scorers: Pablo Koukartsev 18, Agustin Ramonda 13, Federico Franetovich 7; Mohamed Ben Abdallah 21, Mohamed Ali Ben Othmen 12, Omar Agberi 11

Brazil – Dominican Rep. 3:0 (21-12, 21-6, 21-10)
Top Scorers: Rafael Araujo 12, Matheus Cunda 8, Lucas Eduardo Loh 6; Henry Tapia 6, Luis Adams 5, Miguel Vargas Garcia 3

Bulgaria – Egypt 3:0 (21-17, 21-17, 21-12)
Top Scorers: Jani Jeliazkov 14, Branimir Grozdanov 13, Nikolay Penchev 6; Ahmed Elkotb 10, Omar Hassan 6, Ahmed Shafik 6

Pool B

Russia – Mexico 3:0 (21-11, 21-14, 21-13)
Top Scorers: Bogdan Glivenko 10, Oleg Krykun 6, Alexander Safonov 6; Nestor Orellana 6, Roberto Rincon 5, Danjel Sanchez 4

Serbia – Venezuela 3:1 (15-21, 21-18, 21-19, 21-14)
Top Scorers: Aleksandar Atanasijevic 28, Uros Kovacevic 14, Filip Stoilovic 8; Kervin Pineura 15, Jhoser Contreras 12, Hector Salerno 11

Australia – Iran 0:3 (11-21, 15-21, 7-21)
Top Scorers: Lincoln Williams 10, Jordan Richards 5, Jordan Power 4; Mojtaba Mirzajanpour 15, Reza Ghara 11, Sajad Dehnavi 7

Day 2

Pool A

Bulgaria – Dominican Rep. 3:0 (21-13, 21-11, 21-14)
Top Scorers: Branimir Grozdanov 9, Nikolay Penchev 8, Jani Jeliazkov 7; Henry Tapia 5, Kelvyn Munoz 5, Mario Firas 4

Brazil – Argentina 3:2 (19-21, 16-21, 22-20, 21-17, 19-17)
Top Scorers: Rafael Araujo 21, Ricardo Lucarelli 18, Matheus Cunda 15; Pablo Koukartsev 21, Agustin Ramonda 14, Ezequiel Palacios 12

Egypt – Tunisia 2:3 (19-21, 17-21, 21-18, 21-19, 7-15)
Top Scorers: Ahmed Elkotb 29, Omar Hassan 11, Mohamed Khater 7; Mohamed Ben Abdallah 26, Elyes Garif 16, Mohamed Ben Othmen 15

Pool B

Mexico – Iran 0:3 (12-21, 10-21, 14-21)
Top Scorers: Roberto Rincon 9, Daniel Sanchez 7, Ivan Marquez 3; Reza Ghara 12, Mojtaba Mirzajanpour 12, Hamed Tariverdi 7

Russia – Venezuela 3:0 (21-16, 21-15, 22-20)
Top Scorers: Leonid Shchadilov 11, Bogdan Glivenko 10, Dimitry Kovalev 7; Kervin Pineura 12, Jonathan Quijada 5, Hector Salerno 3

Serbia – Australia 3:0 (21-18, 22-20, 21-14)
Top Scorers: Srecko Lisinac 12, Uros Kovacevic 11, Aleksandar Atanasijevic 10; Lincoln Williams 14, Nehemiah Mote 8, Jordan Richards 5

Day 3

Pool A

Tunisia – Bulgaria 0:3 (28-30, 18-21, 12-21)    
Top Scorers: Mohamed Ben Abdallah 14, Omar Agrebi 7, Mohamed Ben Othmen 6; Jani Jeliazkov 20, Nikolay Penchev 11, Krasimir Georgiev 7

Brazil – Egypt 3:0 (21-9, 21-15, 21-16)
Top Scorers: Eduardo Loh 11, Rafael Araujo 10, Matheus Cunda 9; Ahmed Elkotb 10, Mohamed Khater 5, Omar Hassan 5

Dominican Rep. – Argentina 0:3 (14-21, 25-27, 22-24)
Top Scorers: Luis Adames 15, Henry Tapia 14, Kelvyn Campechano 8; Pablo Koukartsev 15, Nicolas Mandez 10, Agustin Ramonda 9

Pool B

Russia – Iran 3:1 (22-20, 15-21, 21-17, 21-12)
Top Scorers: Leonid Shchdilov 12, Alexander Safonov 12, Ivan Demakov 9; Reza Ghara 20, Mojtaba Mirzajanpour 11, Saman Faezi 8

Venezuela – Australia 3:1 (21-15, 21-13, 28-30, 21-19)
Top Scorers: Martin Pineura 15, Emerson Rodriguez 13, Hector Salmeo 12; Lincoln Williams 24, Max Staples 9, Brad Millers 7

Mexico – Serbia 0:3 (18-21, 14-21, 19-21)
Top Scorers: Roberto Rincon 14, Nestor Orellana 7, Ivan Marquez 4; Dusan Petkovic 11, Srecko Lisinac 8, Filip Stoilovic 8

Day 4

Pool A

Egypt – Australia 0:3 (18-21, 10-21, 13-21)
Top Scorers: Ahmed Shafik 10, Omar Hassan 7, Ahmed Elkotb 6; Pablo Koukartsev 12, Ezequiel Palacios 12, Ivan Postemsky 7

Brazil – Bulgaria 3:0 (21-19, 21-14, 21-19)
Top Scorers: Rafael Araujo 16, Ary De Souza 11, Lucas Loh 10; Jani Jeliazkov 7, Krasimir Georgiev 7, Ventsislav Ragin 7

Tunisia – Dominican Rep. 3:0 (21-12, 21-16, 21-15)
Top Scorers: Mohamed Ben Othmen 10, Mohamed Ayech 10, Mohamed Ben Abdallah 8; Henry Tapia 15, Kelvyn Campechano 5, Luis Adames 4

Pool B

Russia – Australia 3:0 (21-16, 21-13, 21-18)
Top Scorers: Leonid Shchadilov 14, Ivan Komarov 14, Gogdan Glivenko 9; Lincoln Williams 9, Nehemiah Mote 6, Jordan Richards 5

Iran – Serbia 0:3 (13-21, 13-21, 19-21)
Top Scorers:  Mojtaba Mirzajanpour 6, Milad Ebadipour 6, Saman Faezi 5; Aleksandar Atanasijevic 13, Filip Stojlovic 12, Uros Kovacevic 9

Venezuela – Mexico 3:1 (21-17, 21-12, 16-21, 21-15)
Top Scorers: Martin Pineura 19, Jhoser Contreras 11, Emerson Rodriguez 9; Roberto Rincon 17, Nestor Orellana 10, Guerson Acosta 7

Rankings:

Pool A

RankTeamWin/LossSetsPoints1.Brazil4/012-2122.Bulgaria3/19-393.Argentina3/111-594.Tunisia2/28-865.Egypt0/42-1216.Dominican Republic0/40-120

Pool B

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Yesterday in Parma took place drawing of lots for Women’s World Championships. Most mysteries are revealed, we don’t know only 6 participants from NORCECA zone.

Results of drawing with host cities of each pool:

POOL A – Rome
Italy
NORCECA 2 (Dominican Republic)
Germany
Argentina
Croatia
Tunisia

POOL B – Verona
Brazil
Serbia
Turkey
NORCECA 4 (Canada)
Cameroon
Bulgaria

POOL C – Trieste
NORCECA 1 (USA)
Russia
Thailand
Netherlands
Kazakhstan
NORCECA 6 (Mexico)

POOL D – Bari
Japan
China
NORCECA 3 (Puerto Rico)
NORCECA 5 (Cuba)
Belgium
Azerbaijan

Teams from NORCECA are in brackets because we still don’t know qualified teams from this area. These 6 teams are top ranked in FIVB ranking and it would be a big surprise if some of them couldn’t qualify, especially USA or Dominican Republic.

Top 4 teams from each pool will play in next round.

From 16 teams (8 in Pools E and F) only 3 from each pool will go to the next round, where these teams will play in 2 pools (G and H).

2 teams from each pool will make semifinal pairs.

From pools should advance:

A: Italy, Germany, Croatia, Dominican Republic
B: Brazil, Serbia, Turkey, Bulgaria
C: USA, Russia, Thailand, Netherlands
D: China, Japan, Belgium, Azerbaijan

In each pool except D we have certain outsiders. In last pool it would be Puerto Rico with Azerbaijan, but Cuba is getting weaker year by year losing key players, which escaped.

Competition is going to be curious battle between Europe, Asia and America. It’s hard to mention all favourites, defending champion is Russia, while olympic champion is Brazil. We shouldn’t take chances away from Japan, China or USA. Serbia is also strong, while Germany is ready to beat every favourite because of being well prepared by Giovanni Guidetti. Turkey, Belgium or Dominican Republic can surprise everyone and Italy wants to prove something in front of local audience.

Get ready for grand emotions from 23th September to 12th October!

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On the night of Nov, 11th and the afternoon of the 15th , teams in China met on the court for  the 2nd and 3rd round in the National League.

The competition between 2 strong teams is always on the spotlight. In the 2nd round, Shanghai and Fujian had a tight match. Fujian’s better performance at the key points, more sophisticated cooperation and higher efficiency of spike by Flier and Ocacio helped the team to win with a score 3:2 (28-26, 17- 25, 29- 27, 13-25, 15- 11).

The other matches results are as it follows:

 Zhejiang v.s Guangdong, 3-0(25-14 25-18 25-16); Jiangsu v.s Shandong, 3-1(25-23 25-22 21-25 25-16); Tianjin v.s Army, 1-3(15-25 25-11 15-25 18-25); Sichuan v.s Liaoning, 2-3(25-23 25-22 23-25 20-25 9-15); Henan v.s Beijing, 0-3(20-25 22-25 17-25).

For the 3rd round, Shanghai v.s Zhejiang had a fierce match. Zhejiang was the champion last year and Shanghai made an improvement with the joining of Kozuch Margareta and Senna Usic Joqunica. The results did show this. Whenever it came to the key points, their spike helped Shanghai to take the set, though Zhejiang have done better in cooperation.

 The results are as it follows:

 Shanghai v.s Zhejiang, 3-1(16-25 25-22 28-26 25-15); Guangdong v.s Jiangsu, 0-3(18-25 11-25 17-25); Shandong v.s Fujian, 3-0(25-22 33-31 25-20) with a surprise; Army v.s Henan, 3-0(25-16 25-17 25-20); Liaoning v.s Tianjin, 3-0(25-18 25-22 25-12); Beijing v.s Sichuan, 3-1(24-26 25-11 25-18 26-24).

Next round will be on the night of 18th. In Group B, potential candidates’ match for the champion, Army and Beijing, must be fascinating, while Group A, the top 2, Shanghai and Jiangsu, fight for the lead.

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Les personnes qui ont été infectées par le nouveau coronavirus, sans développer de symptôme de la maladie COVID-19, peuvent avoir une réponse immunitaire plus faible contre le virus que ceux qui sont plus sérieusement tombés malades, suggèrent des chercheurs chinois jeudi dans la revue Nature Medicine.

Les chercheurs avertissent, en conséquence, des risques d’instituer des “passeports d’immunité” qui seraient censés assurer que leurs détenteurs sont protégés contre la maladie.L’étude décrit sur le plan immunologique et clinique, le cas de 37 personnes sans symptômes dont l’infection a été diagnostiquée par un test virologique (RT-PCR par prélèvement naso-pharyngé) dans le district de Wanzhou (dans la municipalité de Chongqing, sud-ouest de la Chine) avant le 10 avril 2020.Parmi ces 37 patients asymptomatiques – identifiés dans un groupe de 178 personnes atteintes par l”infection due au nouveau coronavirus, le SRAS-CoV, 22 étaient des femmes et 15 des hommes, âgés de 8 à 75 ans (âge médian: 41 ans).Les auteurs, Ai-Long Hua de l’Université médicale de Chongqing et ses collègues, ont constaté que ces patients, mis à l’isolement en hôpital, avaient une durée médiane d’excrétion virale de 19 jours, contre 14 jours chez 37 patients présentant des symptômes (fièvre, toux, essoufflement…). Cette durée d’excrétion n’équivaut pas cependant à une infectiosité, qui reste à évaluer, relèvent les auteurs.Huit semaines après la sortie de l’hôpital, les niveaux d’anticorps neutralisants, qui confèrent a priori une immunité contre le virus, avaient diminué chez 81,1% des patients sans symptômes, contre 62,2% chez les patients symptomatiques.Pour élucider davantage la réponse immunitaire, les chercheurs ont mesuré certaines substances (cytokines et chimiokines) dans le sang et observé leurs bas niveaux chez les patients asymptomatiques, montrant une réponse inflammatoire réduite.”Dans cette étude, nous avons observé que les taux d’IgG et d’anticorps neutralisants chez une forte proportion de personnes qui se sont rétablies d’une infection par le SRAS-CoV-2 commencent à diminuer dans les 2 à 3 mois suivant l’infection“, écrivent-ils.Ces données, ainsi que des analyses précédentes des anticorps neutralisants, mettent en évidence les risques potentiels d’utiliser des “passeports d’immunité” et plaident en faveur des interventions de santé publique (distanciation sociale, hygiène, isolement des groupes à haut risque, dépistage généralisé), d’après les auteurs.Ils prônent de poursuivre la recherche “de tout urgence” sur des groupes plus importants de patients avec et sans symptômes pour déterminer la durée de l’immunité provenant des anticorps.En dépit du petit nombre de patients, “cela correspond à certaines préoccupations selon lesquelles l’immunité naturelle aux coronavirus peut être de courte durée“, selon le professeur d’immunologie britannique Danny Altmann, qui n’a pas participé à cette étude.

Alex Zanardi has been airlifted to hospital in Italy after suffering a serious crash with a heavy vehicle during a national race for Paralympic handbike athletes on Friday.

Initial reports offer only minimal details of the accident that occurred near the Tuscan town of Pienza, except that the 53-year-old racer and former F1 driver was alive when transported in a serious condition to a hospital in Siena.

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