Iran Sweeps Past Germany At 2019 Volleyball Nations League

Iran Sweeps Past Germany At 2019 Volleyball Nations League ...
iranian.com 03/06/2019 Sports

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The Pool 1 matches are being held at the Jiangmen Sports Center Gym in Jiangmen, China with Iran, Italy, Germany and China in participation.
This is the third consecutive victory for Iran in the first week of the event. Earlier, the team had managed to defeat Italy (3-1) and China (3-0).
Currently, Iran stands top of the men’s VNL ranking (Volleyball Nations League) with nine points while Argentina, France, and Brazil stand next.
In week 2 of the event, the team will make a trip to Tokyo to lock horns with Brazil, Japan, and Argentina in Pool 7.
The 16 teams compete in a round-robin format with every core team hosting a pool at least once. The teams are divided into four pools of four teams at each week and compete five weeks long, for 120 matches. The top five teams after the preliminary round join the hosts of the final round to compete in the final round.
The six qualified teams play in 2 pools of 3 teams in round-robin. The top two teams of each pool qualify for the semifinals. The pool winners play against the runners-up in this round. The semifinals winners advance to compete for the Nations League title. The losers face each other in the third-place match.
The 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League is the second edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League, an annual international men's volleyball tournament contested by 16 national teams. The competition will be held between May and July 2019 and the final round will take place in the Credit Union 1 Arena, Chicago, United States. This will be the first edition of the World League or the Nations League to have the Final Round hosted in North America.
BEIJING, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of the 2019 men's Volleyball Nations League in four cities around the world on Sunday:

Jiangmen Sports Center Gymnasium

* * * Men's Volleyball Nations League results:
At Jiangmen, China
Iran bt Germany, 25-21, 30-28, 25-23
Italy bt China, 25-21, 25-13, 26-24
At Novi Sad, Serbia
Russia bt Serbia, 20-25, 26-24, 25-23, 22-25, 15-10
France bt Japan, 25-22, 25-27, 25-19, 25-15
At Katowice, Poland
United States bt Australia, 19-26, 27-25, 25-16, 25-16
Brazil bt Poland, 22-25, 25-15, 25-21, 25-17
At Mendoza, Argentina
Portugal bt Bulgaria, 25-21, 19-25, 28-26, 25-23
Canada bt Argentina, 25-21, 27-29, 25-16, 26-24
Following the results of the 2018 Nations League and 2018 Challenger Cup, South Korea will be replaced by debutants Portugal in this edition.
Format

Iran Sweeps Past Germany At 2019 Volleyball Nations League

* * * Preliminary round
The 16 teams compete in a round-robin format with every core team hosting a pool at least once. The teams are divided into 4 pools of 4 teams at each week and compete five weeks long, for 120 matches. The top five teams after the preliminary round join the hosts of the final round to compete in the final round. The relegation takes into consideration only the 4 challenger teams. The last ranked challenger team will be excluded from the 2020 Nations League. The winners of the Challenger Cup will qualify for the next edition as a challenger team.
Final round
The six qualified teams play in 2 pools of 3 teams in round-robin. The top 2 teams of each pool qualify for the semifinals. The pool winners play against the runners-up in this round. The semifinals winners advance to compete for the Nations League title. The losers face each other in the third place match.
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