Men's Volleyball FIVB Nations League 2019

[VolleyRuller96 264]

Sad to see such low attendance figures at non-host games in some places, but well - this tournament  means basically nothing these days ( To the point it doesn't even give the winner a single point to the World Ranking) many teams plays with what's not even their B teams (Serbia...), some games take place at really ridiculous time (Really? 13:00 Local time?) and I can't  understand why they use  this tournament formula at all. The formula used in the 2000's and shortly brought back in 2014, where each country only played 2 home or away games with the same opponent in a given weekend, with no matches on the neutral ground was much, much better.

Edited June 1, 2019 by VolleyRuller96

[heywoodu 15,147]

5 minutes ago, VolleyRuller96 said:

Sad to see such low attendance figures at non-host games in some places, but well - this tournament  means basically nothing these days ( To the point it doesn't even give the winner a single point to the World Ranking) many teams plays with what's not even their B teams (Serbia...), some games take place at really ridiculous time (Really? 13:00 Local time?) and I can't  understand why they use  this tournament formula at all. The formula used in the 2000's and shortly brought back in 2014, where each country only played 2 home or away games with the same opponent in a given weekend, with no matches on the neutral ground was much, much better.

13:00 on a weekend day or holiday seems perfect, but on a regular work day....yeah, not so much  

[hoversaBR 441]

Good game of Flavio and Leal, both are important names that can improve our team for the most important competitions.  Now I hope that Alan, our young opposite, may have an opportunity.

 

And Australia !! They are playing very well so far in the competition. 

[VolleyRuller96 264]

Portugal 3-1 Bulgaria

[intoronto 5,645]

1 hour ago, VolleyRuller96 said:

Portugal 3-1 Bulgaria

I can't believe Canada lost to them 

[Federer91 2,797]

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[VolleyRuller96 264]

Iran just wansted a huge opportunity to defeat Brazil 3-1

[MHSN 3,625]

2 hours ago, VolleyRuller96 said:

Iran just wansted a huge opportunity to defeat Brazil 3-1

 

I prefer to simply forget that 4th set (and those wasted match points) and looking at the bright side, losing 3-2 to Brazil is a very good result

[hoversaBR 441]

Iran is wonderful, when that team reaches its potential it will be difficult to stop. 

 

What Alan's game. Flavio very well too. Brazil forming a very strong second team, which is excellent since the main athletes are often very irregular.

[VolleyRuller96 264]

Another upset for Bulgaria as they easily lost 0:3 against China  

Edited June 7, 2019 by VolleyRuller96