FIVB Shanghai results

No, I didn't "forget" to include a results rundown at the end of the last post, I decided to just make it separate because holy god is it going to be huge on its own.

Men

Final day of pool play

Pool A

Brouwer/Meeuwsen (NED) d. Wu/Wu (CHN) (21-15, 21-12)
Koreng/Walkenhorst (GER) d. Hatch/Schachter (CAN) (21-19, 21-16)

Final Pool A standings:

1. Brouwer/Meeuwsen 3-0
2. Koreng/Walkenhorst 2-1
3. Wu/Wu 1-2
4. Hatch/Schachter 0-3

Pool B

Rosenthal/Dalhausser (USA) d. Doppler/Horst (AUT) (22-24, 21-18, 15-13)
Brink/Fuchs (GER) d. Zhang/Li (CHN) (21-11, 21-13)

Final Pool B standings:

1. Rosenthal/Dalhausser 3-0 But it sure wasn't as easy as it was last week
2. Brink/Fuchs 2-1
3. Doppler/Horst 1-2
4. Zhang/Li 0-3

Pool C

Pedro/Bruno (BRA) d. Lucena/Keenan (USA) (17-21, 21-17, 15-11)
Böckermann/Urbatzka (GER) d. Spijkers/Van de Velde (21-17, 21-23, 15-9)

Final Pool C standings:

1. Pedro/Bruno 3-0
2. Böckermann/Urbatzka 2-1
3. Lucena/Keenan 1-2
4. Spijkers/Van de Velde 0-3

Pool D

Kadziola/Szalankiewicz (POL) d. Nicolai/Lupo (ITA) (21-16, 21-18)
Plavins/Peda (LAT) d. Kapa/McHugh (AUS) (21-18, 21-18)

Final Pool D standings:

1. Kadziola/Szalankiewicz 2-1
2. Nicolai/Lupo 2-1
3. Plavins/Peda 1-2
4. Kapa/McHugh 1-2

Pool E

Erdmann/Matysik (GER) d. Ricardo/Alvaro Filho (BRA) (24-22, 21-13)
Ingrosso/Ingrosso (ITA) d. Garcia/Gavira (ESP) (21-19, 17-21, 21-19)

Final Pool E standings:

1. Erdmann/Matysik 3-0
2. Ricardo/Alvaro Filho 2-1
3. Ingrosso/Ingrosso 1-2
4. Garcia/Gavira 0-3

Pool F

Smedins/Samoilovs (LAT) d. Sidorenko/Dyachenko (KAZ) (21-15, 19-21, 17-15)
Chevallier/Kovatsch (SUI) d. Redmann/Binstock (CAN) (21-15, 19-21, 17-15)

Final Pool F standings:

1. Smedins/Samoilovs 3-0
2. Sidorenko/Dyachenko 2-1
3. Chevallier/Kovatsch 1-2
4. Redmann/Binstock 0-3

Pool G

Fijalek/Prudel (POL) d. Dollinger/Windscheif (GER) (15-21, 26-24, 15-11)
Horrem/Eithun (NOR) d. Gabathuler/Weingart (SUI) (21-15, 18-21, 16-14)

Final Pool G standings:

1. Fijalek/Prudel 3-0
2. Dollinger/Windscheif 2-1
3. Horrem/Eithun 1-2
4. Gabathuler/Weingart 0-3

Pool H

Gibb/Patterson (USA) d. Xu/Gao (CHN) (16-21, 21-12, 15-12)
Vitor Felipe/Evandro (BRA) d. Huber/Seidl (AUT) (21-16, 21-13)

Final Pool H standings:

1. Gibb/Patterson 3-0
2. Vitor Felipe/Evandro 2-1
3. Xu/Gao 1-2
4. Huber/Seidl 0-3

Knockout stage schedule for tomorrow:

Vitor Felipe/Evandro vs. Doppler/Horst — winner to face Brouwer/Meeuwsen
Dollinger/Windscheif vs. Wu/Wu — winner to face Gibb/Patterson

Böckermann/Urbatzka vs. Plavins/Peda — winner to face Erdmann/Matysik
Sidorenko/Dyachenko vs. Lucena/Keenan — winner to face Kadziola/Szalankiewicz

Koreng/Walkenhorst vs. Chevallier/Kovatsch — winner to face Pedro/Bruno
Brink/Fuchs vs. Horrem/Eithun — winner to face Smedins/Samoilovs

Nicolai/Lupo vs. Ingrosso/Ingrosso — winner to face Fijalek/Prudel
Ricardo/Alvaro Filho vs. Xu/Gao — winner to face Rogers/Dalhausser

Winners of the resulting matches will also face off, as paired above, to determine the semifinalists for Saturday.

Women

Pool A

Xue/Zhang (CHN) d. Dampney/Boulton (GBR) (21-18, 21-13)
Maria Clara/Carolina (BRA) d. Khomyakova/Prokopeva (RUS) (21-14, 21-18)
Xue/Zhang d. Khomyakova/Prokopeva (18-21, 21-18, 15-10)
Maria Clara/Carolina d. Dampney/Boulton (21-15, 21-17)

Pool B

Jin/Miao (CHN) d. Keizer/Van Iersel (NED) (21-18, 21-18)
Ukolova/Chaika (RUS) d. Borger/Büthe (GER) (21-18, 21-18)
Keizer/Van Iersel d. Ukolova/Chaika (21-15, 21-19)
Borger/Büthe d. Jin/Miao (21-19, 21-11)

All four teams are 1-1

Pool C

Cicolari/Menegatti (ITA) d. Day/Hochevar (USA) (15-21, 21-16, 15-12)
Ludwig/Walkenhorst (GER) d. Schwaiger/Schwaiger (AUT) (21-12, 21-17)
Schwaiger/Schwaiger d. Cicolari/Menegatti (21-15, 21-17)
Day/Hochevar d. Ludwig/Walkenhorst (21-15, 9-21, 15-8)

And so are all four of these teams

Pool D

Kessy/Ross (USA) d. Fopma/Sweat (USA) (21-15, 21-19)
Lili/Seixas (BRA) d. Bawden/Clancy (AUS) (13-21, 21-19, 15-6)
Kessy/Ross d. Bawden/Clancy (17-21, 21-17, 23-21)
Lili/Seixas d. Fopma/Sweat (21-14, 21-15)

Pool E

Holtwick/Semmler (GER) d. Van der Vlist/Wesselink (NED) (21-17, 21-17)
Forrer/Vergé-Dépré (SUI) d. Heidrich/Zumkehr (SUI) (21-18, 15-21, 18-16)
Holtwick/Semmler d. Forrer/Vergé-Dépré (22-24, 21-18, 15-11)
Heidrich/Zumkehr d. Van der Vlist/Wesselink (19-21, 23-21, 15-11)

Pool F

Kolosninska/Brzostek (POL) d. Kolocova/Slukova (CZE) (22-24, 21-15, 16-14)
Liliana/Baquerizo (ESP) d. Fendrick/Branagh (USA) (21-15, 20-22, 15-11)
Kolocova/Slukova d. Fendrick/Branagh (24-22, 23-21)
Liliana/Baquerizo d. Kolosninska/Brzostek (17-21, 21-13, 15-11)

Pool G

Maria/Agatha (BRA) d. Sinnema/Stiekema (NED) (21-13, 21-15)
Talita/Taiana (BRA) d. Nystrom/Nystrom (FIN) (21-10, 21-16)
Maria/Agatha d. Talita/Taiana (21-17, 18-21, 16-14)
Sinnema/Stiekema d. Nystrom/Nystrom (22-24, 21-17, 16-14)

Pool H

Yue/Ma (CHN) d. Broder/Valjas (CAN) (21-13, 21-15)
Van Gestel/Meppelink (NED) d. Bonnerova/Hermannova (CZE) (21-15, 21-14)
Yue/Ma d. Bonnerova/Hermannova (21-15, 21-14)
Van Gestel/Meppelink d. Broder/Valjas (21-16, 21-9)

Just look at all these 3-set matches. Look at them. Look at them!! And many of them going to extras in one or more sets. Nothing notably deep in extras, a 23-21 3rd set being the deepest, but still, this was one hell of a lot of volleyball being played.