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WCHY M: Russia demolish Iran to play for the gold

by WoV
source: fivb.org; Photo: fivb.org

European champions Russia put an electrifying show of powerful serves to subdue Iran in straight sets on Saturday while earning the chance to play for the gold medal of the 2013 FIVB Boys’ U19 World Championship. Victor Poletaev, Pavel Pankov, Dmitry Volkov, Maxim Troynin, Javad Hekmati and Mohammadjavad Manaviznehad were the top scorers.

Pavel-Pankov

Pavel Pankov

After a good battle in the first set, it was practically a one-team show at the Baja California High Performance Center with Russia displaying a festival of serves and blocks to stop the Asian champions.

Victor Poletaev led Russia with 21 points, including three aces and one block, while Pavel Pankov had a tournament-high 8 aces en route to accumulate 12 points. Dmitry Volkov and Maxim Troynin contributed 11 and 10 points respectively with Troynin registering five blocks.

Javad Hekmati had 8 points as the scoring leader of Iran while Mohammadjavad Manaviznehad added seven.

Russia held a 12-5 advantage in the service aces category while out-blocking Iran 11-6. The winners landed 36 attacks to 28 by the losers.

To read more news from this competition click Youth World Championship 2013 M.

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