ITA vs. JPN
Despite having a confident start 7-3, Italy couldn’t break the opponent completely 19-17. Only thanks to superb Ivan Zaytsev, Italy secured Set 1 (25-21).
Second set brought even more uncertainty as it was 15-all. But, as the set was approaching to its end, Japanese pressure loosened (25-20).
When Zaytsev needed some rest, Italy had Osmany Juantorena who pushed his team forward with a few aces at start of Set 3 for 8-2. There was no coming back for Japan especially when Zaytsev sent several bombs from the service line to finish the match (25-15).
Zaytsev scored game-high 16 points. On the ither side, Masahiro Yanagida noted 15.
World Cup 2015 DAY 5 / Male / Seniors
| Date/Time | Teams | Set | Result per set | ||
| 13. 09. 2015 12:10 | Egypt | vs | USA | 0:3 | 20:25; 13:25; 21:25 |
| 13. 09. 2015 12:10 | Venezuela | vs | Poland | 1:3 | 27:25; 23:25; 16:25; 23:25 |
| 13. 09. 2015 15:10 | Canada | vs | Australia | 3:2 | 32:34; 25:15; 25:21; 27:29; 20:18 |
| 13. 09. 2015 15:10 | Argentina | vs | Tunisia | 3:0 | 25:20; 25:19; 25:20 |
| 13. 09. 2015 18:40 | Iran | vs | Russia | 0:3 | 24:26; 18:25; 20:25 |
| 13. 09. 2015 19:20 | Italy | vs | Japan | 3:0 | 25:21; 25:20; 25:15 |
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