{"id":112576,"date":"2023-07-16T21:57:54","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T21:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=112576"},"modified":"2023-07-16T21:57:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T21:57:54","slug":"iran-regain-u21-throne-after-edging-italy-in-thrilling-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/iran-regain-u21-throne-after-edging-italy-in-thrilling-final\/","title":{"rendered":"IRAN REGAIN U21 THRONE AFTER EDGING ITALY IN THRILLING FINAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p><strong>Bulgaria grab bronze<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Iran are the 2023 junior world champions! In Sunday\u2019s thrilling rollercoaster final of the FIVB Volleyball Men&#8217;s U21 World Championship in Bahrain, they celebrated a five-set victory over Italy to return to the throne they had claimed in 2019, but lost to the Italians in 2021. It was Iran\u2019s second gold in the history of the competition. They also had a bronze medal in 2007.<\/p>\n<p><em>&nbsp; <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-112579\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jmpt2qbmgnx6tamnxvv5-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jmpt2qbmgnx6tamnxvv5-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jmpt2qbmgnx6tamnxvv5-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jmpt2qbmgnx6tamnxvv5-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jmpt2qbmgnx6tamnxvv5-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jmpt2qbmgnx6tamnxvv5-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jmpt2qbmgnx6tamnxvv5-580x326.jpg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jmpt2qbmgnx6tamnxvv5-860x484.jpg 860w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jmpt2qbmgnx6tamnxvv5-1160x653.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jmpt2qbmgnx6tamnxvv5-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jmpt2qbmgnx6tamnxvv5-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jmpt2qbmgnx6tamnxvv5-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jmpt2qbmgnx6tamnxvv5-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jmpt2qbmgnx6tamnxvv5-1320x743.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jmpt2qbmgnx6tamnxvv5-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>2023 U21 world champions Iran<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For the Italians, the silver in Manama was the third consecutive and eighth overall U21 World Championship medal. They won gold in 2021, silver in 1985, 1991, 1993, 2019 and 2023, and bronze in 1995 and 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Bulgaria completed the podium with bronze. It was their third podium in the history of the competition. They triumphed as champions in 1991 and claimed bronze in 2003.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b> Watch Men&#8217;s U21 World Championship replays on<\/b> <b>the<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/videoFIVB\"><b>Volleyball World YouTube channel<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Inspired by the noisy support from the stands, Iran came back from a set down to snatch a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.volleyballworld.com\/volleyball\/competitions\/men-u21-world-championship-2023\/schedule\/16983\/\">3-2 (25-20, 23-25, 23-25, 25-16, 15-9)<\/a> win. Led by opposite Amir Mohammad Golzadeh with two aces and six spiking points, they stayed in control throughout the first set to take the lead. In the second, his Italian counterpart Alessandro Bovolenta spearheaded his team\u2019s attack to draw level. Mattia Orioli was on fire in set three to power the Italians in taking a 2-1 lead. In the next two sets, however, the Iranians were merciless. Poriya Hossein Khanzadeh Firouzjah showed a phenomenal all-round performance, steering his team to the victory.<\/p>\n<p>Amir Mohammad Golzadeh was Iran\u2019s leading scorer with two aces, two kill blocks and 16 spiking points, including the back-row winner, with which he closed the tie-breaker at 15-9. Poriya Hossein Khanzadeh Firouzjah impressed with a total of five aces towards an 18-point tally, which also included three kill blocks. Middle blocker Shayan Sepehri Fard also reached the double digits with 12 points, including four stuffs. Italy\u2019s Alessandro Bovolenta was the best scorer of the match with 21 points, all in attack, while Mattia Orioli added another 17, including four aces and a block.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L4L4P6QVpfE\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L4L4P6QVpfE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thank God. I am so happy to win this world championship trophy,\u201d Amir Mohammad Golzadeh told Volleyball World. \u201cI wish the best to the Italian team. They played very well tonight in the final. We are a very good team. We know our potential, and some of our stars can join the senior team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a strong match. It was 3-2, and in the three sets that we lost, we gave up too early,\u201d said Italy\u2019s head coach Matteo Battocchio. \u201cThis is not the right thing for us, because we worked hard to be here and try to live this dream, and we gave up too early. We did what we could do, so the truth is they are a strong team. We knew that to win this match, we had to play better than them, but they played better than us and this is part of the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-112581\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/yqhmicknliipo8kftekf-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/yqhmicknliipo8kftekf-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/yqhmicknliipo8kftekf-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/yqhmicknliipo8kftekf-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/yqhmicknliipo8kftekf-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/yqhmicknliipo8kftekf-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/yqhmicknliipo8kftekf-580x326.jpg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/yqhmicknliipo8kftekf-860x484.jpg 860w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/yqhmicknliipo8kftekf-1160x653.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/yqhmicknliipo8kftekf-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/yqhmicknliipo8kftekf-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/yqhmicknliipo8kftekf-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/yqhmicknliipo8kftekf-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/yqhmicknliipo8kftekf-1320x743.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/yqhmicknliipo8kftekf-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Bulgaria celebrate their bronze medal victory<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Sunday, Bulgaria hammered out a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.volleyballworld.com\/volleyball\/competitions\/men-u21-world-championship-2023\/schedule\/16981\/\">3-0 (25-22, 28-26, 25-19)<\/a> shutout of Argentina to earn the bronze medals. It was their third podium in the history of the competition. The Europeans broke away after 4-4 in the first set and never looked back. Spearheaded by outside hitter Georgi Tatarov, they took the lead after a 25-22 close. In the second, with Aleksandar Nikolov on fire, they ran off and had a six-point lead at 17-11, when Argentina fought back to catch up at 24-24 and push it to overtime. Still the Bulgarians stayed focused to double their lead. Breaking away with an early 5-2 lead, they made the third set a one-sided affair and cruised on to win the match in straight sets.<\/p>\n<p>The southern Europeans outplayed the South Americans in all scoring elements, mostly in attack with 49 successful spikes against 43. Georgi Tatarov delivered the match high of 19 points, including two blocks and an ace, followed by Aleksandar Nikolov with 16 (one ace) and Venislav Antov with 14 (four blocks). Argentina\u2019s best scorer Fausto Diaz finished with 11 points.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gVO1OMjGxuM\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gVO1OMjGxuM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe played a very high level of volleyball tonight. We were very tired from yesterday and were very unhappy with our semifinal result, so we used that rage and released it today,\u201d Aleksandar Nikolov told Volleyball World. \u201cI think Argentina were a little more unhappy with yesterday because they didn&#8217;t play the way they did in previous matches, which was great for us. We managed to get the win in three sets, so we\u2019re very happy. It was a lovely tournament. This last match really made it something that we will remember forever. We came here to win the gold medal. Unfortunately, the dream got stopped short yesterday, but at least we are going home with something\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-112578\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jkml3b8fcy2r5vpagrwy-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jkml3b8fcy2r5vpagrwy-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jkml3b8fcy2r5vpagrwy-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jkml3b8fcy2r5vpagrwy-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jkml3b8fcy2r5vpagrwy-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jkml3b8fcy2r5vpagrwy-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jkml3b8fcy2r5vpagrwy-580x326.jpg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jkml3b8fcy2r5vpagrwy-860x484.jpg 860w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jkml3b8fcy2r5vpagrwy-1160x653.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jkml3b8fcy2r5vpagrwy-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jkml3b8fcy2r5vpagrwy-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jkml3b8fcy2r5vpagrwy-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jkml3b8fcy2r5vpagrwy-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jkml3b8fcy2r5vpagrwy-1320x743.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jkml3b8fcy2r5vpagrwy-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Golzadeh honoured with well-earned MVP award<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The opposite of new junior world title-holders Iran, Amir Mohammad Golzadeh, was named the <b>Most Valuable Player<\/b> of the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Men&#8217;s U21 World Championship in Bahrain. The 2.05m-tall striker claimed the tournament\u2019s highest individual recognition, after also being singled out as MVP at last year\u2019s AVC U20 Asian Championship.<\/p>\n<p>The rising Iranian star also led a line-up of seven outstanding players who were honoured on the symbolic U21 World Championship Dream Team during a memorable awarding ceremony after the final in Manama on Sunday evening:<\/p>\n<p><b>Best Setter:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.volleyballworld.com\/volleyball\/competitions\/men-u21-world-championship-2023\/players\/182475\">Arshia Behnezhad<\/a> (Iran)<br \/>\n<b>Best Opposite:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.volleyballworld.com\/volleyball\/competitions\/men-u21-world-championship-2023\/players\/182469\">Amir Mohammad Golzadeh<\/a> (Iran)<br \/>\n<b>Best Outside Hitters:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.volleyballworld.com\/volleyball\/competitions\/men-u21-world-championship-2023\/players\/182474\">Mobin Nasri Mastanabad<\/a> (Iran) and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.volleyballworld.com\/volleyball\/competitions\/men-u21-world-championship-2023\/players\/182435\">Mattia Orioli<\/a> (Italy)<br \/>\n<b>Best Middle Blockers:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.volleyballworld.com\/volleyball\/competitions\/men-u21-world-championship-2023\/players\/182441\">Filippo Bartolucci<\/a> (Italy) and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.volleyballworld.com\/volleyball\/competitions\/men-u21-world-championship-2023\/players\/181803\">Lazar Bouchkov<\/a> (Bulgaria)<br \/>\n<b>Best Libero:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.volleyballworld.com\/volleyball\/competitions\/men-u21-world-championship-2023\/players\/182414\">Gabriele Laurenzano<\/a> (Italy)<\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-112577\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/a6p7tzyeait6bk5vvglq-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/a6p7tzyeait6bk5vvglq-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/a6p7tzyeait6bk5vvglq-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/a6p7tzyeait6bk5vvglq-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/a6p7tzyeait6bk5vvglq-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/a6p7tzyeait6bk5vvglq-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/a6p7tzyeait6bk5vvglq-580x326.jpg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/a6p7tzyeait6bk5vvglq-860x484.jpg 860w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/a6p7tzyeait6bk5vvglq-1160x653.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/a6p7tzyeait6bk5vvglq-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/a6p7tzyeait6bk5vvglq-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/a6p7tzyeait6bk5vvglq-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/a6p7tzyeait6bk5vvglq-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/a6p7tzyeait6bk5vvglq-1320x743.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/a6p7tzyeait6bk5vvglq-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The U21 World Championship Dream Team<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Golzadeh was the new world champions\u2019 leading scorer during this tournament. He produced a total of 136 points, including 107 successful spikes, 11 kill blocks and 18 aces, which also made him the competition\u2019s third-best server.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have now received the MVP award with the junior team. My goal is to get the MVP award with the senior team, along with the World Championship title at the highest level,\u201d Golzadeh told Volleyball World. \u201cI am very happy to get this trophy. I have always strived for this over the years. Volleyball is a fantastic and sweet sport. 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