The game against Croatia (ranked 23rd in the world) in the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship was a tough and exhausting one. The Dominican national women’s volleyball team (ranked 10th in the world) won the second tiebreaker in a game that went 3-2 (25-22, 25-13, 22-25, 24-26, 19-17).
With its defeat of Croatia on Thursday, 25 September 2014, Dominican Republic moved to the second round of the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship in Italy.
In Pool A, the Dominican Republic competes against Italy, Germany, Croatia, Argentina and Tunisia. The DR defeated Germany 3-2 (22-25, 25-21, 25-21 and 24-26), Tunisia 3-0 (25-14, 25-19, 25-10), and Croatia 3-2 (25-22, 25-13, 22-25, 24-26, 19-17).
With still two more match days in Round I pool play, the Dominican Republic and Germany claimed their next round tickets. Other teams that qualified are Italy (ranked 4th), Brazil (ranked first), China (tied in 5th) and Russia (tied in 5th place).
A total of 60 matches are played during the first phase of the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship, running from September 23-28 with the best four teams of the four pools advancing to the second competition round.
For details of the game, see:
http://italy2014.fivb.org/en/schedule/5617-Croatia-Dominican%20Republic/match
http://italy2014.fivb.org/en/news/dominican-republic-loves-tie-break-another-two?id=49679
http://italy2014.fivb.org/en/schedule#/d20140925