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Although they set universal match schedule for both pool stage and semi-finals of the Final Six in Curitiba, Brazil (first game at 15:05 Local Time or 20:05 CET and 17:40 Local Time or 22:40 CET), the FIVB surprised everyone by establishing a completely new timetable for the last day of the tournament, July 8.
It seems it was not enough that players had to play outdoors at temperatures lower than 16 degrees (it was 10 degrees on the first day, but temperature never went higher than 14-15 degrees during the entire tournament), which was against the rules that FIVB set for the weather conditions (is this ironic or what?!) but now, they will have to play finals at the time when they are supposed to go to sleep – at 23:05 Local Time!
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At this point we don’t know the real reasons for a sudden change of schedule for the last day of the Final Six – was it on a demand of TV channels or it was planned from the beginning. And not to mention that predicted temperature in Curitiba during the night at the time of the last two games of the tournament will be between 12-13 degrees.
Schedule for the last day of the F6 (July 8):
Match for the 3rd place – USA vs. Canada (20:00 Local Time or 1:00 CET /July 9/)
Finals – Brazil vs. France (23:05 Local Time or 4:05 CET /July 9/)
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