Russia
Today they were better than Iran and this is also the first win of the Russia after coach Voronkov left the team. Now everything will depends of the match Serbia vs Australia because Russia now has 5 points and Australia currently 3 points.
Russia won the first set, but, Iran had the leadership until 14-11 and 18-16. After referee changed the vote for Russia in a sudden after it was confirmed that points to be for Iran, everything went down. Points were changed on the scoreboard one by one, and Russia took the lead at the final moments of set 21-19. They had 24-22 when Marouf won the point for -1 (24-23). Muserskiy finished the first set 25-23 for Russia.
In the first technical time out in the second set Iran led 8-4 after good serve of Mirzajanpour . Russia once again fell in its play and after strong attack on the net by Mirzajanpour Iran went of the second TTO with 16-12. The hosts were very motivated and Ghafour closed the set 25-19 for 1-1.
The third set started with play “point by point” until 9-9 and on the second TTO Russia had 16-13. Iranian players lost their concentration and the opponents scored points in row. They had 20-16 but until end they scored 5-2 in series for 25-18 and 2-1 in sets.
With the strong serve of Muserskiy Russia led 6-2 at the beginning of the fourth set. Service fault of Ghafour brought Russia 8-3 at TTO. Russians continued with the good play, they had 15-9 and 16-11. Smolar scored ace for the match point 24-21 and Iranian coach Slobodan Kovač called timeout. At the end Russia finally scored its first win in this year World League. Last points Russia won with triple block for 25-21.
Top scorers: Ghafour 16, Mirzajanpour 15l; Muserskiy 22, Savin 13.
FIVB INTERCONTINENTAL ROUND / POOL B /
| Game | Date/Time | Teams | Set | Result per set | Stats | Videos | ||
| 21th game | 03. 07. 2015 20:15 | Poland | vs | USA | 3:2 | 19-25, 25-22, 21-25, 25-20, 15-12 | ||
| 22th game | 03. 07. 2015 21:00 | Iran | vs | Russia | 3:0 | 25:21, 25:21, 25:21 | ||
| 23th game | 04. 07. 2015 20:15 | Poland | vs | USA | 0:0 | |||
| 24th game | 04. 07. 2015 21:00 | Iran | vs | Russia | 1:3 | 23-25, 25-19, 18-25, 21-25 | ||
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