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Men's Volleyball FIVB World Championship 2018


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Iran was a mess in last (and only) preparation tournament in Slovenia. coach was still trying to test players etc. obviously sending the first team to the Asian Games wasn't a good idea regarding to this competition. but let's see what they can do when the real tournament starts. 4 years ago Iran lost 4 times to USA in friendlies right before the Worlds but managed to beat USA 3-2 when it mattered :d

 

btw, watching Iran-Slovenia match, I noticed more than of half of commercials around the court are in Persian language :d no wonder why FIVB isn't interested to have Slovenia in the World/Nations League. even if they technically deserve to be in top 16 of the World.

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The champion will be France, Russia or less likely USA. Brazil doesn't have chance to be champions this time, but still should get top 6 finish.

Italy who knows... I see them making semis but I also could see them losing a group game...

 

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21 minuti fa, LDOG ha scritto:

Two questions:

What would have happened if there was rainy weather in Rome today? 

Why all the other teams must wait 3 days to play their first match??

In case of raining, PalaLottomatica was supposed to host the match. 

I can’t answer the other question, I find it weird too. It’s ok make this kind of opening, I would have planned to play the other matches tomorrow and then on Thursday the second pool matches

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In case of rain, Italy and Japan would have played (indoor) tomorrow evening, so it makes sense to not schedule other games tomorrow in order to have a proper opening match (for the Italian part of the championship). No idea why they don't play on Tuesday.

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