Post-Match - Azerbaijan-USA - FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship Japan 2018

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Volleyball 29/09/2018

USA save five set points before beating Azerbaijan 3-0

Kobe, Japan, September 29, 2018 - The United States began their defence of the Women's World Championship with a hard-fought 3-0 victory over a powerful Azerbaijan team in Pool C at Kobe Green Arena on Saturday. The Americans saved five set points in the opening frame before going on to win 3-0 with scores of 29-27, 25-21, 25-21 in a hugely entertaining game.

Volleyball 29/09/2018

USA captain compliments team for overcoming adversity

Kobe, Japan, September 29, 2018 - The United States began their defence of the Women's World Championship with a hard-fought 3-0 victory over a powerful Azerbaijan.

39
Attack
50
5
Block
8
6
Serve
5
19
Opp. Errors
16
69
Total
79

25
Dig
36
22
Reception
23
1
Set
6

Best scorers 17 Polina Rahimova 23 15 Kimberly Hill 12
10 Jana Kulan 13 10 Jordan Larson 11

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Match Statistics by Players

N°	Name	1	2	3	4	5	Points	Attack		Block		Serve
N°	Name	1	2	3	4	5	Points	Won	Attempts	Won	Attempts	Won	Attempts
17	Polina Rahimova		23	17	42	2	4	4	14
10	Jana Kulan		13	12	30	0	4	1	11
7	Olena Kharchenko		7	5	10	2	9	0	5
15	Aynur Imanova		5	3	7	1	2	1	15
5	Odina Aliyeva		1	1	17	0	2	0	9
14	Kristina Besman		1	1	1	0	3	0	9
2	Yana Aleksandrovna Doroshenko		0	0	0	0	0	0	1
3	Anastasiya Gurbanova		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Ayshan Abdulazimova		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Yelyzaveta Ruban		0	0	1	0	0	0	4
9	Natalya Mammadova		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Yuliya Karimova		0	0	4	0	0	0	0
18	Shafagat Alishanova		0	0	0	0	0	0	3
19	Bayaz Guluyeva		0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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N°	Name	1	2	3	4	5	Points	Attack		Block		Serve
N°	Name	1	2	3	4	5	Points	Won	Attempts	Won	Attempts	Won	Attempts
15	Kimberly Hill		12	11	29	1	5	0	15
10	Jordan Larson		11	10	27	1	5	0	11
12	Kelly Murphy		11	8	20	1	7	2	10
16	Foluke Akinradewo		10	8	15	1	10	1	9
24	Karsta Lowe		7	6	9	1	1	0	0
3	Carli Lloyd		4	2	2	2	7	0	13
6	Tetori Dixon		4	3	7	1	4	0	7
1	Micha Hancock		2	2	2	0	1	0	6
13	Sarah Wilhite		2	0	0	0	0	2	6
5	Rachael Adams		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Lauren Gibbemeyer		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Michelle Bartsch-Hackley		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Megan Courtney		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Kelsey Robinson		0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Rankings

Rank	Teams	Matches				Result Details						Sets			Points
Rank	Teams	Total	Won	Lost	3-0	3-1	3-2	2-3	1-3	0-3	Points	Won	Lost	Ratio	Won	Lost	Ratio
1	USA	5	5	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	13	15	5	3.000	454	387	1.173
2	Russia	5	4	1	3	0	1	1	0	0	12	14	5	2.800	433	356	1.216
3	Thailand	5	3	2	0	2	1	2	0	0	10	13	10	1.300	471	467	1.008
4	Azerbaijan	5	2	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	6	7	10	0.700	393	383	1.026
5	Korea	5	1	4	1	0	0	1	2	1	4	7	12	0.583	400	426	0.938
6	Trinidad and Tobago	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	15	0.066	271	403	0.672