Iran’s national team has a tough fight with Poland in El Clasico of world volleyball – Mehr news agency Iran and world’s news
According to the reporter of Mehr, the Iranian national volleyball team will face the Polish team in the second game of the first week of the 2023 Volleyball Nations League from 12:30 today, Thursday Iran time. Behrouz Atai’s students had an unexpected performance in their first game against Japan and were defeated by Cheshm Badamiha with a score of 3-0. Yesterday, Poland played against France in its first match and was able to bring this team to its knees in an interesting game.
The two teams of Iran and Poland have met each other 29 times in history, and their first match dates back to the 1998 World Men’s Championship. The results of these meetings have been 10 victories for Iran and 19 victories for the Poles.
The national volleyball team of our country, which won the quota to participate in the League of Nations and the World League for the first time since 2003, has met the Polish team 16 times, of which 9 victories were the share of Poland and 7 victories were the share of Iran.
Currently, the Polish national volleyball team ranks first in the world ranking with 389.42 points, this team has a valuable gold medal of the Olympic Games (1976 Montreal) and three world championships (1974, 2014 and 2018) in its record of honors.
In the rankings of the World Volleyball Federation, Iran’s senior national team is ranked 10th with 257.34 points. The meeting between the two teams of Iran and Poland is known as the El Clasico of volleyball in the world, and without a doubt, Atai’s students will try with all their strength to be the winner of this sensitive game to make up for the loss against Japan.
In the previous round of the Volleyball League of Nations, Iran’s national team lost to Poland in a close fight with the result of 3-2 and failed to reach the final four teams.
For the first time, Iran’s Saro Qamtan faced off with an Iranian coach against the world’s strongest volleyball opponent, but in the end, the experience of the Poles overcame the youth of Atai’s students. Now, this time, the head coach of the national team is trying to avenge the defeat of the previous period with his young students, although he has a difficult task ahead of him.