Men's Volleyball FIVB World Championship 2025

[CCB 625]

3 minutes ago, hoversaBR said:

I don't know what to think about the semifinals.

Maybe this?

 

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Instead of  I predict  . They really impressed me this tournament (especially Ferre Reggers, one of the best opposites in the world right now).

[George_D 1,640]

10 minutes ago, hoversaBR said:

I don't know what to think about the semifinals.

Maybe this?

 

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Not Italy? 

[Adriano 839]

Argentina could be a dark horse

[hoversaBR 872]

10 minutes ago, George_D said:

Not Italy? 

I'm not impressed with them. I mean, Micheletto is always spectacular, but the rest of the team doesn't seem to be playing well enough right now.

[JoshMartini007 2,864]

What a crazy group stage.

 

Going by seeding we lost:  and given the group  getting eliminated was also a bit of a surprise. While  out seeded  they were ranked quite closely.

[LDOG 2,480]

Italy looks more beatable than France but I don't trust some of our players to have two good games in a row 

[copravolley 643]

1 hour ago, LDOG said:

Italy looks more beatable than France but I don't trust some of our players to have two good games in a row 

For us there isn`t worse rival than France and Poland, so it's OK  But playing like we did even today, we won't be the favorites. As of today here, anyone can beat anyone , except maybe for Poland, who are pretty sure to win gold. 

[copravolley 643]

1 hour ago, George_D said:

Not Italy? 

W can beat Argentina and Belgium/Fin but we must play for our solid level, just like in summer VNL. With Brazil and France out, probably only Poland is out of our reach, but we must to play better than in the group.

[copravolley 643]

Overall, I think this is probably the worst level since the early 21st century – I don't remember it being this bad. We have only one top-class team- Poland and basically nothing. Brazil used to be the best, but there were still strong others teams: Russia, Italy, USA, Yugoslavia, etc. Now, Poland basically has no one to lose to. I don't think even Brazil 20 years ago was as safe as Poland is now.

 

Some things about Brazil: I believe Rezende must go away, but even he's no magician. The scale of this sport's decline in Brazil over the past 10 years has been demonstrated by the successive junior age groups. I understand that juniors are just juniors, but losses to Kazakhstan, Finland, Korea, Indonesia and similar level rivals are simply shameful for a country with such a tradition as Brazil. Clearly, something is wrong with the system and it's not just a problem with Rezende, or Ze Roberto in the women's. That's why I'm confident about France- they have talented young players and they will became strong, even if they fall today. The same is for Italy and Poland. However, in Brazil, the problem seems to do systemic changes, not only whether Rezende has to leave and be replaced by some X or Y.

Edited September 18, 2025 by copravolley

[hoversaBR 872]

1 hour ago, copravolley said:

Overall, I think this is probably the worst level since the early 21st century – I don't remember it being this bad. We have only one top-class team- Poland and basically nothing. Brazil used to be the best, but there were still strong others teams: Russia, Italy, USA, Yugoslavia, etc. Now, Poland basically has no one to lose to. I don't think even Brazil 20 years ago was as safe as Poland is now.

 

Some things about Brazil: I believe Rezende must go away, but even he's no magician. The scale of this sport's decline in Brazil over the past 10 years has been demonstrated by the successive junior age groups. I understand that juniors are just juniors, but losses to Kazakhstan, Finland, Korea, Indonesia and similar level rivals are simply shameful for a country with such a tradition as Brazil. Clearly, something is wrong with the system and it's not just a problem with Rezende, or Ze Roberto in the women's. That's why I'm confident about France- they have talented young players and they will became strong, even if they fall today. The same is for Italy and Poland. However, in Brazil, the problem seems to do systemic changes, not only whether Rezende has to leave and be replaced by some X or Y.

Theoretically, yes, so far. But Rezende, in addition to coaching the senior team, has also been the coordinator of the Brazilian men's national teams since this year. In other words, he will oversee both the main team and the U21, U19, and U17 teams. The same goes for Zé Roberto's women's team.