Volleyball 2023 Discussion Thread

[Federer91 2,790]

22 minutes ago, MHSN said:

FIVB making revolutionary changes in its calendar, WCh qualifications and Olympic qualifications 

https://www.fivb.com/en/about/news/volleyball-calendar-2025-2028-approved-by-the-fivb?id=100917

 

for 2028 Olympic 2026 Continental Champs will act as the Continental qualifiers. to me that's too early , 2 years before the Games? 

I wouldn't call it a revolutionary change in the calendar. They haven't done anything, bar adding an additional WC.

 

Which is funny given the sentence from the article "These adjustments are part of the FIVB’s ongoing efforts to streamline the international volleyball calendar, aiming to enhance the overall fan experience while prioritizing the health and wellbeing of the athletes" Nothing screams "athletes health" like adding more competitions.

 

Now during Olympic years, they would kill 2 competitions - the Nations league before them, because all teams would be preparing for the OG and then Continental Championships after it, because the big teams would have given their all at the OG. 

 

If they wanted to make a revolutionary change, then they should have moved the VNL from it's current slot. 

 

Won't even commentate the lack of proper Olympic qualification and the absurd world rankings.

[prso1000 662]

I think the new qualification system is much better than the old one. At least we will very  likely see 10 best team plus host plus African Champion at the olympics. 
 

[NaBUru38 208]

So 15 of the 32 world championship teams will be selected by the world ranking. That's awful.

 

The 5 continental champions will qualify to the Olympics. That's good, but could be better.

[phelps 7,669]

Men's Sub-21 World Championships in  Manama

 

the semifinals will be played by  vs  and  vs  

[phelps 7,669]

Men's Sub-21 World Championships in  Manama

 

Gold Medal match:  vs  Tomorrow @ 7 p.m. CET

 

earlier Today,  beat  3-1 (23-25, 25-22, 25-23, 25-18) in the 1st semifinal;  beat  3-1 (23-25, 25-21, 25-21, 25-20) in the 2nd semifinal

[phelps 7,669]

@MHSN

 

Men's Sub-21 World Championships in  Manama

 

Gold:  Iran

Silver:  Italy

Bronze:  Bulgaria

 

Gold Medal match:  b.   3-2 (25-20, 23-25, 23-25, 25-16, 15-9)

 

Bronze Medal match:  b.   3-0 (25-22, 28-26, 25-19)

 

 

4 years later, in the same place...and it's the same old story 

Iran beat Italy once again in the World final...and for us it's the 5th loss in 6 chances in a men's sub-21 world final 

[MHSN 3,616]

@phelps Italy won the senior World Champs, you can afford losing junior titles

 

winning the 2019 event didn't turn out good for our volleyball.  that coach took credit for that team (which he didn't deserve, that team had 4-5 players already in the senior team) he is now the current senior NT head coach and you can see the current mess he created. 

 

few of these guys have the potential to be in the senior NT soon but they seriously need to change their behavior. acting like a jerk won't get you anywhere. 

 

we had some funny story in this competition. Iran almost lost to Tunisia in the 2nd day had to come back from 2 sets down to win the tiebreak but at the end of the competition Iran finished 1st and Tunisia finished 16th (last) 

Edited July 17, 2023 by MHSN

[Makedonas 2,155]

Our girls are in the semifinals of the European U17s. They won all 7 matches in their group. It's a pretty big deal because we are not really a good volleyball country.

 

They also won the Balkan U17s recently, beating several strong teams along the way.

[Josh 10,489]

Volleyball Challenge Cup Semifinals (Winners of each tournament will qualify for VNL 2024)

 

Women

 v.

 v.

 

Men

 v.

 v.

 

Go Sweden (+ Haak)!   

Edited July 29, 2023 by Josh

[Josh 10,489]

Volleyball Challenge Cup Semifinals Results

 

Women

 d.  3-1 (25-17, 25-17, 22-25, 25-17)

 d.  3-0 (25-10, 25-20, 25-22)

 

 and  will battle for bronze,  and  will battle for gold.

 

Men

 d.  3-2 (18-25, 25-23, 25-17, 19-25, 15-13)

 d.  3-0 (25-21, 25-22, 27-25)

 

and  will battle for bronze,  and  will battle for gold.