{"id":44549,"date":"2019-07-25T03:12:11","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T03:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=44549"},"modified":"2019-07-25T03:12:11","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T03:12:11","slug":"final-four-teams-confirmed-in-mens-u21-world-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/final-four-teams-confirmed-in-mens-u21-world-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"FINAL FOUR TEAMS CONFIRMED IN MEN\u2019S U21 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>Manama, Bahrain, July 24, 2019 \u2013 Brazil, Russia, Italy and Iran moved into the semi-finals of the FIVB Volleyball Men\u2019s U21 World Championship after securing crucial victories on Tuesday in Isa Sport City.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil were first to confirm their Final Four appearance as Pool E leaders with a straight-sets victory (25-19, 25-13, 25-19) against Korea. Welinton Oppenkoski (16 points) and Marcus Vinicius Coelho (11 points), who were not Brazil coach Giovane Gavio\u2019s usual starters, starred as top scorers in the win.<\/p>\n<p>Russia finished second in Pool E after taking 3-0 (25-21, 25-19, 25-17) against China. The Russians led on all fronts, with 37 attacks, 7 service winners and 6 blocks, but coach Andrey Nozdrin admitted to finding difficulty against China\u2019s quick combinations.<\/p>\n<p>Italy rose to the top of Pool F after a 3-0 defeat (25-21, 25-13, 25-19) of Argentina. Wednesday\u2019s match extends the Italian run to six straight victories in the competition. The European side capitalised on solid blocking (10 stuff blocks) and strong service, charting a total of seven aces. Coach Monica Cresta seized the opportunity to utilise nearly her entire roster in preparation for the tougher phase to follow.<\/p>\n<p>Iran finished in second place in Pool F by beating hosts Bahrain 3-0 (25-18, 25-14, 25-18). Porya Yali (15 points), Morteza Sharifi (14 points) and Amir Hossein Toukteh (10 points) led the charge for Iran\u2019s win and rightful spot in the Final Four.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s Yali (104 points) now joins Argentina\u2019s Luciano Palonsky (125 points) and Maksim Sapozhkov (119 points) in the competition\u2019s 100-point circle.<\/p>\n<p>The teams head for a rest and recovery break on Thursday, before resuming with the semi-final matches on Friday. Medal matches immediately follow on Saturday at Bahrain\u2019s capital city.<\/p>\n<p>Related links of AVC<br \/>\nAVC Website: click www.asianvolleyball.net<br \/>\nAVC Facebook: click www.Facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation<br \/>\nAVC Twitter: click: https:\/\/twitter.com\/avcvolley<br \/>\nAVC Instagram: click: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en<br \/>\nAVC Youtube: click: Asian Volleyball Confederation<br \/>\nAVC WeChat: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manama, Bahrain, July 24, 2019 \u2013 Brazil, Russia, Italy and Iran moved into the semi-finals of the FIVB Volleyball Men\u2019s U21 World Championship after securing crucial victories on Tuesday in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":44550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slider","category-volleyball-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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