FIVB Nations League 2022

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Iran's last 2 group stage matches will be against Slovenia & Serbia.

Iran vs Slovenia (Friday July 8th) is a crucial game for both sides who are tied at 5 wins with 2 games to play. Slovenia is currently in 8th position while Iran is in 9th position.

Iran vs Serbia (Saturday July 9th) is also a crucial game for Iran and Serbia who is currently in 10th position with 4 wins and 3 games to play.

Iran's remaining 2 games : Slovenia - Serbia
Slovenia's remaining 2 games : Iran - Poland
Serbia's remaining 3 games: Italy-Iran-China

Argentina (3 wins and 3 games to play) have an outside chance if they win their 3 games against Australia,France,USA and several other results go their way.

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Iran wins the first set by 26-24. very competitive set.

This Slovenia side has several players playing in top European leagues such as Italy,Poland & Russia.
 
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Amin Esmaeelnejad has been brilliant with his services and spikes in this 2nd set.

Iran leads Slovenia by 7-2.
 
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Iran wins the 2nd set with total dominance by 25-14. a good start opening up a big gap and never looking back.

Esmaeelnejad , Esfandiyar , Jelveh , Tukhteh & Ebadipour leading Iran's win in this 2nd set.
 
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Holland (6 wins) has lost to Bulgaria by 3-1. a surprise result which is music to Iran,Slovenia,Serbia & Argentina.

Holland's remaining games are a pair of tough ones against Poland & Italy.
 
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Iran 3-0 Slovenia.

Iran wins the 3rd set by 25-21. Vadi doning a fine job as setter. Amir Esfandiyar with some fine Aces & spikes.
 
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Italy has just defeated Serbia by 3-0.

Serbia remains with 4 wins and 2 games to play against Iran (6 wins) & China (2 wins).
 
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Argentina with a win over France has now 5 wins and one game to go against USA.

7th & 8th place will advance to Q-finals. 7th place will avoid playing against #1 seed Italy (host).

First tie-breaker is Points. second tie-breaker is Set Ratio.

7- Holland : 6 wins , 17 points , , Set Ratio 1.333 , 2 games to play
8-Iran : 6 wins , 17 points , Set Ratio 1.000 , one game to play
9-Argentina : 5 wins , 17 points , Set Ratio .956 , one game to play
10-Slovenia : 5 wins , 15 points , .Set Ratio 809 , one game to play
11-Serbia : 4 wins , 11 points , Set Ratio .695 , 2 games to play
 
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Iran vs Serbia to start in a few minutes.

A win by Iran will guarantee qualification to Q-finals. Holland's results in their 2 remaining games will decide Iran's position as either 7th or 8th.
 
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Iran vs Serbia

what a thrilling first set. Iran wins it by 35-33. Milad Ebadipoor finished it with an ace.
 
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