Brazil and Italy opened the tournament today by playing the first game at Tauron Arena! Now, the host Poland will met and beat the World League defending champions France. Also, do not forget to follow our LIVE World League 2016 blog!
Poland
Top scorers: David Konarski 20, Karol Klos 13; Antonin Rouzier 25, Earvin Ngapeth 16
PLAY BY PLAY:
15:12 – WOOOW! Great comeback of Poland for the win!
14:12 – Le Roux keeps hopes of France
14:11 – Another block of Poland
13:11 – Rouzier hits in the Polish wall
12:11 – Klos uses the opportunity to score
11:11 – Buszek ties
10:11 – Toniutti scores important point from the service line. They have advantage again
10:10 – ONE MAN SHOW! Earvin Ngapeth
10:9 – Earvin Ngapeth now scores
10:8 – Great set of Ngapeth, even better finish of Rouzier
10:7 – Buszek scores a point
8:6 – Marechal hits the net
7:5 – Dawid Konarski finishes in style to keep Poland ahead
6:5 – Mistake by Rouzier!
5:5 – Serve misatke by TeamYavbou
4:5 – Good reaction by Le Goff
4:4 – Rouzier argues with the referee after touching the net
3:4 – Rouzier is back
3:3 – Ngapeth has been stopped once again
2:3 – Konarski‘s spike hits the block, but the ball went out of bounds
1:3 – Bieniek scores a point
1:2 – First point for Poland in tie-break
0:2 –Ngapeth sends ball wide. After video check, referee gave point to France
0:1 – France earn the first point
TIE-BREAK
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28:26 – Klos ties the score in sets! We will watch tie-break
27:26 – Mateusz Mika wants to play tie-break obvioulsy
26:26 – Le Goff ties again
25:25 – Konarski hits the net
25:24 – Karol Klos smashes the floor
24:24 – Ngapeth saves the set point and goes to the service line
24:23 – Rossard ties and gives Poland first set point
23:22 – Mika is the best option for Lomacz
22:22 – This guy is incredible! Earvin Ngapeth
22:21 – Mika destroys the floor
21:21 – Polish players had a lot of problems while organizing attack…
21:20 – Marechal somehow scores
21:19 – Mateusz Mika keeps Poland ahead
20:18 – Another mistake by the French team
19:18 – Good action by Polish team
18:18 – Not that good serve from Konarski
18:17 – Toniutti makes mistake while setting. Poland have lead!
16:17 – Serve error by Bieniek
16:16 – Another good serve from Bieniek – ACE!
15:16 – Good serve by Bieniek, then counter-attack, and point by Klos
13:16 – Mateusz Mika makes mistake from the service line
13:15 – Bieniek scores and stares at Ngapeth
12:15 – Le Goff with a good spike
11:14 – Poland had chance to reduce the lead of France to one point, but Buszek makes mistake
10:12 – Ball touches the antena, point goes to Poland
9:12 – Klos finishes with a good spike
8:12 – Konarski‘s serve mistake
8:11 – Mika from the zone six
7:11 – What a mistake by Mika…
7:10 – Davide Konarski was at the right place
5:8 – #TeamYavbou has three-point lead at the first TTO
5:7 – Mika again! Now he blocks Rouzier
4:7 – Mika finds the way from difficult situation
3:7 – Marechal scores ace
3:6 – Ngapeth with a good finish
1:2 – Konarski sends ball out of bounds from the service line
1:1 – Ngapeth opens the set by scoring a point and then by commiting a mistake
4TH SET
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25:17 – Konarski keeps Poland in race!
23:17 – Rouzier score another point for France …Antiga calls for time-out
23:16 – It’s not over yet…
21:11 – Poland rise, #TeamYavbou get into difficult situation
19:10 – Kubiak scores. Poland are very close to decrease the result…
16:10 – #TeamYavbou creates three points in a row. That was enough for Antiga to ask for time-out
We had an interesting scene at Tauron Arena. Polish fans were cheering like Iceland’s fans at the football Euro 2016
16:7 – We are pretty much sure that Poland will stay in this game after this set…
15:7 – Rouzier! It is interesting that Kèvin Tillie is having a fun on the bench as he is registered as a libero in this game
15:6 – Collision of Clevenot and Grebennikov, Bieniek records ace
13:6 – Rouzier tries to keep France in race
13:5 – Konarski is playing on a high level in the third set
9:3 – Mistake by Buszek
9:2 – WoooW! Rafal Buszek scores an ace! Poland had huge advantage in the third set
7:2 – Another good action of Poland. Tillie asks for time-out
5:2 – Ngapeth made three incredible save, but Antiga’s side won the point
3:0 – Good start of Poland in the third set
3RD SET
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17:25 – Le Roux ends the set
17:24 – Ngapeth hits the net from the service line
16:24 – Easy action for France
16:23 – Rouzier is unstoppable again
15:22 – France had opportunity to increase the lead but Poland somehow managed to stop them
14:20 – Mateusz Mika scores for the host
13:20 –Rooooouzier…
13:19 – Again Nowakowski
12:19 – Rouzier again…But we have to say that Benjamin Toniutti is playing on a high level today
12:18 – Nowakowski tries to wake up his teammates
11:18 – Rouzier is destroying the defense of Poland
11:17 – Le Goff with a perfect first tempo
10:16 – WooooooW! Ngapeth sets for Rouzier …
10:15 – Mateusz Mika risks with the serve and sends ball wide
10:14 – Michal Kubiak is there finally
8:14 – Perfect action – Toniutti finds Rouzier
8:13 – Konarski scores, Rouzier answers on the other side
7:12 – Poland spend one more ball…Antiga calls for time-out
7:10 – Nowakowski makes mistake as well
7:9 – New mistake of Le Goff from the service line
6:9 – Rouzier’s spike hit the court of Poland
5:8 – Tillie’sside goes to the first TTO with one point of lead
3:7 –Ngapeth ! Just WooooW! What a spike
3:6 – Marechal scores another point for #TeamYavbou. But, after video check, referees gave the point to Poland
2:6 – After another point of France, Mateusz Mika has entered the court.
2:5 – Poland still in shock after droping the lead in the first set.
2:2 – Mistake by Ngapeth from the service line
2ND SET
POL vs. FRA
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21:25 – Marechal is the hero of France . Scores an ace to finish the first set
21:24 – France will have three match points! Marechal makes a block
20:21 – Great turnaround of #TeamYavbou!
19:18 – ACE! Le Roux. Antiga has to call for time-out
19:17 – France are in the game again.
18:14 – Klos is having a party at Tauron Arena
17:13 – After the TTO, Tillie asked again for time-out
16:13 – Poland keep the lead. The head coach Laurent Tillie had a dig in the last rally
15:13 – Le Goff with a stron kill
15:12 – Ngapeth has been stopped again…
14:12 – Rouzier finishes with a loud scream
13:10 – Piotr Nowakowski stops Ngapeth… Oh, what a block…
11:9 – Ngapeth makes new serve mistake
10:9 – Rouzier finishes in style
10:8 – Although Grebennikov made a superb reception, Poland score
8:6 – Klos gives Poland two-point lead at the First TTO
7:6 – Ngapeth knocks down the ball
6:5 – Mistake from the service line again, Nicolas Marechal
5:5 – Rouzier finds the way against triple block
5:4 – Marechal completes a good job in the attack
5:3 – Serve mistake by Rouzier
4:3 – Long contact with the ball by Rafal Buszek
3:1 –Rouzier , you shall not pass
1:1 – Ngapeth ties with a good spike
1:0 – Poland have the lead
1ST SET
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20:29 CET – Starting line-ups: France – Rouzier, Toniutti, Ngapeth, Le Roux, Le Goff, Marechal, Grebennikov; Poland – Nowakowski, Konarski, Klos, Lomach, Kubiak, Buszek, Zatorski
20:26 CET – Poland will be missing their fans tonight.
20:19 CET – Here are the line-ups for today’s match…
Line-Ups
20:12 CET – Again, we had the opportunity to see another crazy posing for the photo of #TeamYavbou before the start of the game.
19:52 CET – The teams are warming up for the game…
FINALS 1ST GROUP – 179 / POOL K – 19 / –
| Game | Date/Time | Teams | Set | Result per set | Stats | Videos | ||
| 1st game | 13. 07. 2016 17:30 | Brazil | vs | Italy | 3:0 | 25:18; 25:20; 25:19 | ||
| 2nd game | 14. 07. 2016 17:30 | USA | vs | Italy | 0:0 | |||
| 3rd game | 15. 07. 2016 20:30 | Brazil | vs | USA | 0:0 | |||
FINALS 1ST GROUP – 179 / POOL J – 21 / –
| Game | Date/Time | Teams | Set | Result per set | Stats | Videos | ||
| 1st game | 13. 07. 2016 20:30 | Poland | vs | France | 3:2 | 21:25; 17:25; 25:17; 28:26; 15:12 | ||
| 2nd game | 14. 07. 2016 20:30 | Poland | vs | Serbia | 0:0 | |||
| 3rd game | 15. 07. 2016 17:30 | Serbia | vs | France | 0:0 | |||
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