Poland
In Pool B of the 2019 VNL, young Poland’s squad whose main players are having a break before the Qualifications for the 2020 Olympic Games in August, defeated Brazil in five sets at the Final Six opening: 3-2 (25-23, 23-25, 25-21, 21-25, 15-9) in 2 hours and 21 minutes of a play.Thus, Poland took revenge on Brazil for a defeat in the preliminary round (3-1) and will advance to the semifinals in case of beating Iran on July 12.
The world champions Poland (11-4 in the preliminary round, No.5) extended their winning streak in the Nations League to 8 matches, while an 8-game run of Brazil (14-1 in the preliminary round, No.1) came to an end.
Brazi-vs-Poland
As for the match itself, Brazil missed a huge opportunity to take the lead in sets of 2-1 after squandering a 16-11 lead. Poland even got a red card at that moment. But since then, Poland started to play on a really high level, especially in the tie-break when they made a 7-1 run at 7-all, which completely pushed Brazil away from the victory.
Poland had as much as 6 players with double digits. They were led by Bartosz Bednorz who tallied 18 points. Karol Kłos made 5 kill blocks. In Brazil, Wallace Souza scored 21 points.
2019 FIVB Men’s Volleyball Nations League, Final Six:
Day 1:
Brazil – Poland 2-3 (23-25, 25-23, 21-25, 25-21, 9-15)
Day 2:
USA – France 3-1 (25-16, 25-22, 23-25, 25-21)
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