Japan is at the top of the table / the free fall of Iran’s national team in the world – Mehr news agency Iran and world’s news
According to Mehr’s reporter, at the end of the first week of the League of Volleyball Nations, the Brazilian team managed to defeat the United States, so that this team’s first loss occurred. In this match, the Brazilian team won the first, third, and fourth sets with the results of 25:19, 25:15, and 25:21, respectively, and the American team could only win the second set by 25:21.
Also, this morning, the meeting between the two teams of Germany and Canada was followed, and this game ended with the superiority of Germany, so that the Germans recorded their first win in this competition. Germany defeated Canada with a score of 3:1.
At the end of the first week of the Volleyball Nations League, no team finished without a win.
After America’s defeat, the Japanese team was able to be at the top of the standings by winning four out of four games to be recognized as the undefeated team of this competition.
In addition, the teams of America, Argentina, Slovenia and Brazil all ranked second to fifth with 9 points respectively.
In the first week of the competition, Iran’s national team recorded only one victory against China; Defeats against Japan, Poland and Slovenia put them in 11th place in the table.
After the first week of the competition, the Polish national volleyball team is still at the top of the world ranking with a score of 378.75. Brazil has climbed two places in the world ranking and is in second place with 357.31 points.
The national volleyball team of our country, which had a poor performance in the League of Volleyball Nations, fell one place in the world ranking with three defeats and only one victory.
The 2023 League of Nations table at the end of the first week is as follows:
1- Japan 4 wins and 12 points
2- USA three wins and 9 points
3- Argentina three wins and 9 points
4- Slovenia three wins and 9 points
5- Brazil three wins and 9 points
6- Poland two wins and 7 points
7- Holland two wins and 7 points
8- Serbia two wins and 6 points
9- Italy two wins and 6 points
10- Bulgaria one win and 5 points
11- Iran one win and 4 points
12- France one win and 3 points
13- Cuba one win and 3 points
14- Germany one win and 3 points
15- Canada one win and two points
16- China one win and two points
The second week of the League of Nations 2023 men’s group will be hosted by Rotterdam, Netherlands and Orleans in France from June 20 to 25 (June 30 to July 4) and Iran’s volleyball men will face German, Italian, American and Dutch teams in Rotterdam.