Men's Volleyball FIVB World Championship 2025

[copravolley 563]

We have no chance in a potential Round of 16 macth againstFrance: France are old and experience team (they would played poorly at the start of competition many times, but then rose to a high level later and won medals) and will easily beat us. To beat France now, Italy must be at 100% form, like in 2022. Otherwise, it will be a quick 0-3. Given our current form, I have concerns about the match against Ukraine on Thursday: they will certainly play without pressure, we must to win and we don't have the advantage over our opponents like our girls, who, even without playing at 100%, can to win matches. As of today, I see it as a 50/50 tie with Ukraine and then whoever wins: 0-3 against France in 1/8. Either way, this World Champ. will be a heavy lost for us and I hope de Giorgi will go away after this season.

Edited September 16, 2025 by copravolley

[avlar 482]

1 hour ago, copravolley said:

We have no chance in a potential Round of 16 macth againstFrance: France are old and experience team (they would played poorly at the start of competition many times, but then rose to a high level later and won medals) and will easily beat us. To beat France now, Italy must be at 100% form, like in 2022. Otherwise, it will be a quick 0-3. Given our current form, I have concerns about the match against Ukraine on Thursday: they will certainly play without pressure, we must to win and we don't have the advantage over our opponents like our girls, who, even without playing at 100%, can to win matches. As of today, I see it as a 50/50 tie with Ukraine and then whoever wins: 0-3 against France in 1/8. Either way, this World Champ. will be a heavy lost for us and I hope de Giorgi will go away after this season.

You did not see what was written at Ukrainian forums after our match against Belgium ))
So Italy is still a clear favourite of the match

[copravolley 563]

10 minutes ago, avlar said:

You did not see what was written at Ukrainian forums after our match against Belgium ))
So Italy is still a clear favourite of the match

We only matter in volleyball: our football team is a joke, our last medal in basketball was in 2004 etc. Losing to Belgium is a scandal for me and there's no other way to write about it. It's just like Canada losing to Poland in ice hockey... One great women's volleyball team isn't enough for our country to handle all the other team sports, which are weak here (men's volleyball team shocked me today). Most Italian coaches work with other men's and women's NTs, but we get nothing out of it; quite the opposite. This is what pisses me off the most, as are the many junior medals that then mean nothing in the seniors.

Edited September 16, 2025 by copravolley

[copravolley 563]

1 hour ago, avlar said:

You did not see what was written at Ukrainian forums after our match against Belgium ))
So Italy is still a clear favourite of the match

BTW, I was in Lutsk in Ukraine in 2018, during the Men's Volleyball World Championships and no one there was interested them. I had to search online broadcast for the match Italy-Poland. 

[George_D 1,474]

1 hour ago, copravolley said:

BTW, I was in Lutsk in Ukraine in 2018, during the Men's Volleyball World Championships and no one there was interested them. I had to search online broadcast for the match Italy-Poland. 

Νothing compares to Greece amigo... 

 

 

[copravolley 563]

If we lose to Ukraine, de Giorgi should be fired the same day. It would be our worst World Champ. performance in 50 years If we win and are eliminated in the round of 16, I would do the same. Only a 1/4 finals could possibly save the current coaching staff. In 2022, we won World Champ. gold with a very young team... What happened to us? Where are the young talents from the another medal-winning junior teams in recent years? We have until 2028 to get our reaction on this difficult situation together and start dominating then. Leon will be playing in Poland since 2028 and beating them will be probably impossible. When he leaves, the situation will change + I would consider naturalizing Noumora Keita as a OP position for us national team (I think all the formalities could be completed by 2028). He is a strong and dominant OP, which we are missing right now. If all of this is achieved, I think we can start dominating in 2028 and later.

 

https://volleybox.net/pl/noumory-keita-p32828/clubs

[copravolley 563]

8 minutes ago, George_D said:

Νothing compares to Greece amigo... 

 

 

I think the last strong Greek NT was playing in 2004 OG in Atens. I remember that Greece could won than USA and goes to 1/2, but lost a huge advantage in 4 set? I remember good?

Edited September 16, 2025 by copravolley

[George_D 1,474]

20 minutes ago, copravolley said:

I think the last strong Greek NT was playing in 2004 OG in Atens. I remember that Greece could won than USA and goes to 1/2, but lost a huge advantage in 4 set? I remember good?

Yes we were ahead by 20-12 and we lost the set and then we lost the game in tie-break.. great chance to reach semifinals..

[hoversaBR 670]

39 minutes ago, copravolley said:

If we lose to Ukraine, de Giorgi should be fired the same day. It would be our worst World Champ. performance in 50 years If we win and are eliminated in the round of 16, I would do the same. Only a 1/4 finals could possibly save the current coaching staff. In 2022, we won World Champ. gold with a very young team... What happened to us? Where are the young talents from the another medal-winning junior teams in recent years? We have until 2028 to get our reaction on this difficult situation together and start dominating then. Leon will be playing in Poland since 2028 and beating them will be probably impossible. When he leaves, the situation will change + I would consider naturalizing Noumora Keita as a OP position for us national team (I think all the formalities could be completed by 2028). He is a strong and dominant OP, which we are missing right now. If all of this is achieved, I think we can start dominating in 2028 and later.

 

https://volleybox.net/pl/noumory-keita-p32828/clubs

If Italy were to dominate men's volleyball, it would have to happen now. It's unlikely to happen after 2028, not now that France has started taking it seriously.

 

And they'll also have to deal with many more experienced teams. Brazil, Bulgaria, USA, Iran, and others will certainly be much stronger.

[copravolley 563]

11 minutes ago, hoversaBR said:

If Italy were to dominate men's volleyball, it would have to happen now. It's unlikely to happen after 2028, not now that France has started taking it seriously.

 

And they'll also have to deal with many more experienced teams. Brazil, Bulgaria, USA, Iran, and others will certainly be much stronger.

But now Poland with Leon it is too strong. Main problem for Italy it`s miss of dominant OP, like Anderson, Michajlow, Kurek etc. If we even had Zaitsev from 10 years ago now... If we naturalize someone like Keita, we won't have any weak points: OH we have strong ones + Zlatanov will come soon. I write again: our main problem it`s a miss of strong OP.

Edited September 16, 2025 by copravolley