Match Centre Overview Pre-Match Match Post-Match Match Info Reaction Match Statistics by Teams Reports Match Statistics by Players Rankings Gallery Tweet Share Match Info Volleyball 23/09/2014 Azerbaijan upset Japan in five-set thriller Bari, Italy, September 24, 2014 - Azerbaijan upset Japan 3-2 (17-25, 25-20, 20-25, 25-12, 15-9) in the second match of pool D on the first day of the FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship at PalaFlorio in Bari. More Reaction Volleyball 23/09/2014 Cherviakov: I am really glad of this victory Bari, Italy, September 24, 2014 - Azerbaijan coach Aleksandr Cherviakov said he was really glad of the 3-2 victory over Japan in their opening match at the 2014 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship. More Match Statistics by Teams Japan Azerbaijan 14 Attack 7 2 Block 4 4 Serve 2 5 Opp. Errors 4 75 Total 85 6 Dig 8 6 Reception 6 10 Set 7 Best scorers 3 Saori Kimura 6 17 Polina Rahimova 7 1 Miyu Nagaoka 5 6 Ayshan Abdulazimova 3 Reports Match Results (P2) Download Match Player Rankings (P3) Download As It Happened Match Statistics by Players Japan Azerbaijan N° Name 1 2 3 4 5 Points Attack Block Serve Won Attempts Won Attempts Won Attempts 3 Saori Kimura 6 6 9 0 1 0 3 1 Miyu Nagaoka 5 3 6 2 5 0 1 9 Mizuho Ishida 4 2 4 0 0 2 9 2 Hitomi Nakamichi 2 0 1 0 1 2 7 13 Risa Shinnabe 2 2 5 0 0 0 1 16 Saori Sakoda 1 1 5 0 1 0 1 4 Arisa Takada 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 Arisa Sato 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Mai Yamaguchi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Yuki Ishii 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 Yukiko Ebata 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 Haruka Miyashita 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Starting Substitute Libero N° Name 1 2 3 4 5 Points Attack Block Serve Won Attempts Won Attempts Won Attempts 17 Polina Rahimova 7 4 8 1 1 2 4 6 Ayshan Abdulazimova 3 1 2 2 2 0 2 2 Kseniya Koçyigit 2 1 2 1 3 0 2 3 Anastasiya Gurbanova 1 1 5 0 1 0 2 1 Jeyran Imanova 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Oksana Kurt (Parkhomenko) 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 Odina Aliyeva 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 7 Yelena Parkhomenko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Natavan Gasimova 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 Jana Kulan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Katerina Zhidkova 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Oksana Guliyeva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Starting Substitute Libero Rankings Rank Teams Matches Result Details Sets Points Total Won Lost 3-0 3-1 3-2 2-3 1-3 0-3 Points Won Lost Ratio Won Lost Ratio 1 China 5 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 14 15 2 7.500 408 309 1.320 2 Japan 5 3 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 11 13 7 1.857 444 426 1.042 3 Belgium 5 3 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 9 10 6 1.666 377 325 1.160 4 Azerbaijan 5 3 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 7 9 11 0.818 410 449 0.913 5 Puerto Rico 5 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 4 5 12 0.416 364 399 0.912 6 Cuba 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 15 0.066 308 403 0.764 Gallery Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download