POOL E (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Iran-vs-Cuba
Iran were knocked down by Cuba in Pool E encounter in Saint Petersburg, Russia, but the Asian side managed to stand on its feet on time to record a win. Thus, Iran took the head-to-head lead against Cuba at major world level tournaments (5-4). Interestingly, the Caribbean side prevailed in the first 4 encounters, while Iran won the next 4 matches, and now the 5th.
Cuba took the first 2 sets on a 2-point difference, establishing the dominance from the start of each one of these sets as if they already had the 3 returnees in the roster. But, they failed to finish off rivals and Iran came back from 2 sets down: 3-2 (23-25, 26-28, 25-17, 25-16, 15-10).
The diversity of Iran’s attack proved to be a decisive factor as they had 5 players in double digits, led by Ali Shafiei (20 points, including 3 aces) who was nearly perfect offensively (83.3%). Osniel Melgarejo and Marlon Yang scored 15 apiece for Cuba.
Russia-vs-Mexico
In the same pool, the hosts Russia turned the match against Mexico into a routine job, sweeping rivals in straight sets.
As much as 10 players of “Zbornaya“ put their names on the score sheet with Dmitriy Muserskiy being the top scorer with 8 points (87.5% attack success rate). Daniel Vargas scored 9 for Mexico.
FIVB Men’s Volleyball International Qualifier, Day 1:
Brazil – Puerto Rico 3-0 (25-23, 25-19, 25-19)
Egypt – Bulgaria 1-3 (11-25, 31-33, 25-19, 19-25)
POOL B (Rotterdam, the Netherlands):
Netherlands – South Korea 3-2 (23-25, 25-27, 26-24, 25-20, 15-12)
Belgium vs. USA 1-3 (20-25, 19-25, 25-17, 18-25)
Australia – Serbia 1-3 (28-26, 19-25, 19-25, 30-32)
Italy – Cameroon 3-0 (25-18, 25-18, 25-16)
Poland – Tunisia 3-0 (25-15, 25-19, 25-19)
France – Slovenia 3-0 (26-24, 25-20, 25-23)
POOL E (Saint Petersburg, Russia):
Iran – Cuba 3-2 (23-25, 26-28, 25-17, 25-16, 15-10)
Russia – Mexico 3-0 (25-15, 25-11, 25-17)
China – Finland 3-1 (25-22, 21-25, 25-22, 25-23)
Canada – Argentina 1-3 (23-25, 25-22, 25-27, 23-25)
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