{"id":51716,"date":"2020-03-01T15:54:32","date_gmt":"2020-03-01T15:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=51716"},"modified":"2020-03-01T15:54:53","modified_gmt":"2020-03-01T15:54:53","slug":"saeid-maroufs-magic-touch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/saeid-maroufs-magic-touch-2\/","title":{"rendered":"SAEID MAROUF\u2019S MAGIC TOUCH"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>Lausanne, Switzerland, February 29, 2020 \u2013 Saeid Marouf led Iran to its first appearance in the FIVB Volleyball Nations League Finals in 2019 with his brilliant playmaking skills that leave fans marvelling and wanting for more.<\/p>\n<p><em><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51718\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5472\" height=\"3648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2.jpg 5472w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5472px) 100vw, 5472px\" \/>Saeid Marouf: the genius behind Iran&#8217;s brilliant plays at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Nations League<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Marouf concluded the five weeks of Preliminary Round play as the best setter, creating countless quality plays for his teammates. He achieved an average per set of 8.45 &#8211; the highest of any player in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>He was a key to Iran&#8217;s prolific performance as they earned 12 wins in 15 matches, heading into the final round.<\/p>\n<p>Iran will be back for more in the 2020 edition of the Volleyball Nations League before heading to Japan for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.<\/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>Lausanne, Switzerland, February 29, 2020 \u2013 Saeid Marouf led Iran to its first appearance in the FIVB Volleyball Nations League Finals in 2019 with his brilliant playmaking skills that leave&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":51717,"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-51716","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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