FIVB 2008 World Grand Prix: Chinese and Italian Women lead the way as Vietnam, Poland, Hong Kong host second weekend of Preliminary Round matches

26.06.08 - 14:25 ... source : FIVB

... Celik Pelin of Turkey sets against Japan in the World Grand Prix. The Turkish face Brazil, Kazakhstan and Germany this weekend Lausanne, June 26, 2008 - China and Italy are the only two unbeaten teams left in the 2008 FIVB World Grand Prix and one of those 100 percent records will definitely fall on the second weekend of action as the two teams face each other in Hong Kong.Japan and Cuba are the other two teams that make up a very strong Group F in Hong Kong this weekend. Both have 2-1 win-loss records and so the Chinese and Italians, who each swept their three matches last weekend, have their work cut out in trying to preserve their unbeaten starts in FIVB's premier annual Women's competition. Italy did, however, beat Cuba in str ...» Next (HTML)