Braden Keith | May 30th, 2017
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WORLD PARA-VOLLEY SUPER 6
- May 16-20, 2017
- Hanzhou, China
- Full Results and Match Reports
World Para-Volley Super 6 May 16-20, 2017 Hanzhou, China Full Results and Match Reports The first edition of the Para-Volley…
The first edition of the Para-Volley World Super 6 event for women, featuring $20,000 in prize money. The tournament pitted teams from China, Japan, Netherlands, Russia, Ukraine, and the defending Paralympic champions from the United States in an elite post-Olympic tournament saw the Russians pull off a major upset and take gold.
Participating teams:
- USA (World #1)
- China (World #2)
- Ukraine (World #4)
- Netherlands (World #5)
- Russia (World #7)
- Japan (not in the top 10)
Russia was the second-lowest ranked of the 6 teams participating in the elite invite-only tournament. None-the-less, they were able to beat the world’s historic superpower in sitting volleyball, China, 3-2 to open the tournament; and the defending Paralympic champions from the United States twice (3-0, 3-1) to close the tournament and take gold.
Final finish order:
China and the United States each had 2 players named to the tournament Dream Team, while Russia and the Netherlands had one each. For the Americans, that included MVP Heather Erickson, the American captain, who led all scorers in the gold medal match against Russia with 19 points.
All-Tournament team
- MVP/Best Spiker – Heather Erickson, USA
- Best Blocker – Irina Smirnova, Russia
- Best Setter – Gong Bin, China
- Best Defender – Wang Yanan, China
- Best Receiver, Wilemina Ellen, Netherlands
- Best Server, Monique Burkland, USA
