Nations League, Italvolley ends group stage on a high note

Nations League, Italvolley ends group stage on a high note

Italy men’s volleyball concludes the group stage of the Nations League with a victory. In the fourth and final match of the third and final week in Pasay City, Philippines, the boys coached by Ferdinando De Giorgi overcame Japan 3-1, the first defeat for the Japanese in the entire tournament.

29-27 28-26 23-25 25-20 the parzlals of the sets in favor of the Azzurri who, like their opponents today, were already qualified for the final knockout stage in Gdansk, Poland, and which will begin on July 19 with the quarterfinals, but will have to wait for the last matches of the round scheduled tomorrow to know their opponents. Romanò’s 21 points, Lavia’s 19, Michieletto’s 14.

Giannelli and his teammates finished the group stage with nine wins and three losses, and the return of the big names from the second week played in Rotterdam June 20-25 was decisive for qualification. For as long as this event, whose progenitor was the World League, has been called, Italy has never won it.