{"id":46982,"date":"2019-09-01T16:05:23","date_gmt":"2019-09-01T16:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=46982"},"modified":"2019-09-01T16:05:23","modified_gmt":"2019-09-01T16:05:23","slug":"tommaso-rinaldi-named-mvp-of-u19-world-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/tommaso-rinaldi-named-mvp-of-u19-world-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"TOMMASO RINALDI NAMED MVP OF U19 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>Tunis, Tunisia, August 30, 2019 \u2013 Italy\u2019s Tommaso Rinaldi is the Most Valuable Player of the 2019 FIVB Boys\u2019 U19 Volleyball World Championship in Tunis. He was a key contributor to his team\u2019s success in their quest for the gold medal and the world title and well deserved the honour to be named MVP of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46984\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4156\" height=\"2771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/2-1.jpg 4156w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/2-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/2-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/2-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/2-1-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4156px) 100vw, 4156px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Traditionally, seven of the best performing volleyballers at the event were named on the Dream Team of the U19 World Championship and honoured during the closing ceremony after the final match:<\/p>\n<p>Setter: Paolo Porro (ITA)<br \/>\nOpposite: Roman Murashko (RUS)<br \/>\nOutside spikers: Tommaso Rinaldi (ITA), Omar Kurbanov (RUS)<br \/>\nMiddle blockers: Nicola Cianciotta (ITA), Agustin Gallardo (ARG)<br \/>\nLibero: Ilia Fedorov (RUS)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very, very happy! I am so excited for this championship title. It was very difficult, but we won, so I am completely satisfied,\u201d commented MVP Rinaldi. \u201cTo receive these individual awards was very surprising for me. I think my reception was normal, but I attacked well. Of course, I have to thank the rest of the team for it. After three months of daily hard work together, my team is the best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The list of MVPs since the introduction of the award in 2005:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2005 \u2013 Algiers, Algeria: Anton Fomenko (RUS)<br \/>\n2007 \u2013 Tijuana, Mexico: Mojtaba Ghiasi (IRI)<br \/>\n2009 \u2013 Jesolo, Italy: Aleksandar Atanasijevic (SRB)<br \/>\n2011 \u2013 Bahia Blanca, Argentina: Uros Kovacevic (SRB)<br \/>\n2013 \u2013 Tijuana, Mexico: Pavel Pankov (RUS)<br \/>\n2015 \u2013 Resistencia, Argentina: Bartosz Kwolek (POL)<br \/>\n2017 \u2013 Riffa, Bahrain: Amir Hossein Esfandar (IRI)<br \/>\n2019 \u2013 Tunis, Tunisia: Tommaso Rinaldi (ITA)<\/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>Tunis, Tunisia, August 30, 2019 \u2013 Italy\u2019s Tommaso Rinaldi is the Most Valuable Player of the 2019 FIVB Boys\u2019 U19 Volleyball World Championship in Tunis. 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