Russia – Poland
Russia showed ferocious struggle in the end of the first set and with six points advantage finished set 25-19.
In the second set Bartosz Kurek led his team to 1-1 and 21-25. The third set was equal until 12-12 but Poland started to play very good. They had 24-22 when Russia fought back two points for 24-24. However Poland finished the third set 24-26.
From the beginning of the fourth set teams was playing point by point. Poland had two points ahead on the first technical time out (8-6) but on the second Russia had 16-15 and with the strong block went on +2 (17-15). Sergey Alexandrovich Savin sends uncomfortable serves to the Poland side and the hosts run ahead 21-18. Russia came to the set point 24-20 and Dmitriy Ilinykh closes the set 25-20 for 2-2 in sets.
Russia continued putting pressure on Poland (7-5) so they called for a time out. Poland equalized 7-7 but the hosts had one point ahead on TTO (8-7). Piotr Nowakowski earned one point for his side to make it 11-12 and Russia immediately called for a timeout. After a great struggle in which the points rotated on the score board, Poland finished tie-break 16-14 and 3-2 in sets.
Top scorers: Moroz 24, Savin 19; Kurek 22, Mika 19.
FIVB INTERCONTINENTAL ROUND / POOL B /
| Game | Date/Time | Teams | Set | Result per set | Stats | Videos | ||
| 1st game | 28. 05. 2015 20:15 | Poland | vs | Russia | 3:0 | 25:16; 25:17; 25:20 | VIDEO | |
| 2nd game | 29. 05. 2015 20:15 | Poland | vs | Russia | 3:2 | 25:19; 24:26; 20:25; 25:19; 18:16 | VIDEO | |
| 3rd game | 30. 05. 2015 19:00 | USA | vs | Iran | 3:1 | 25:19; 25:22; 23:25; 25:23 | VIDEO | |
| 4th game | 31. 05. 2015 16:00 | USA | vs | Iran | 3:1 | 25:16; 25:16; 20:25; 25:20 | VIDEO | |
| 5th game | 05. 06. 2015 19:00 | USA | vs | Russia | 3:1 | 25:18; 24:26; 25:15; 28:26 | VIDEO | |
| 6th game | 05. 06. 2015 20:15 | Poland | vs | Iran | 3:1 | 25:20; 25:22; 21:25; 27:25 | VIDEO | |
| 7th game | 06. 06. 2015 19:00 | USA | vs | Russia | 3:0 | 25:23; 25:21; 25:16 | VIDEO | |
| 8th game | 06. 06. 2015 20:15 | Poland | vs | Iran | 3:2 | 22:25; 25:22; 25:16; 22:25; 15:6 | VIDEO | |
| 9th game | 12. 06. 2015 19:00 | USA | vs | Poland | 3:2 | 23:25; 25:23; 19:25; 25:22; 15:9 | VIDEO | |
| 10th game | 13. 06. 2015 18:00 | Russia | vs | Iran | 1:3 | 25:20; 16:25; 19:25; 23:25 | VIDEO | |
| 11th game | 13. 06. 2015 19:00 | USA | vs | Poland | 3:1 | 23:25; 25:23; 25:15; 25:17 | VIDEO | |
| 12th game | 14. 06. 2015 18:00 | Russia | vs | Iran | 0:3 | 20:25; 18:25; 21:25 | VIDEO | |
| 13th game | 19. 06. 2015 18:00 | Russia | vs | Poland | 1:3 | 32:30, 14:25, 22:25, 18:25 | ||
| 14th game | 19. 06. 2015 21:00 | Iran | vs | USA | 3:0 | 25:19, 29:27, 25:20 | ||
| 15th game | 20. 06. 2015 18:00 | Russia | vs | Poland | 2:3 | 25-19, 21-25, 24-26, 25-20, 14-16 | ||
| 16th game | 21. 06. 2015 21:00 | Iran | vs | USA | 0:0 | |||
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