According To Iran News, Iran national volleyball team finished in eighth place at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Cup.

Team Melli is placed in the 8th position with 12 points.

Iran national volleyball team lost to Russia, Egypt, Brazil, USA, Japan, Italy and Poland in the competition held in three Japanese cities Nagano, Fukuoka and Hiroshima from October.

Igor Kolakovic’s men defeated Australia, Canada, Argentina and Tunisia in the competition.

Brazil remained unbeaten and won the title with 11 wins and 32 points, followed by Poland and USA.

Tunisia came last with one win and four points.

Final standing
1. Brazil
2. Poland
3. United States
4. Japan
5. Argentina
6. Russia
7. Italy
8. Iran
9. Canada
10. Egypt
11. Australia
12. Tunisia

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FIVB World Cup: Iran Falls to Japan

According To Iran News, Iran national volleyball team was defeated against Japan 3-1 (25-16, 26-28, 25-13, 25-21) in the second phase of round-robin play of the FIVB World Cup on Sunday.

Yuji Nishida and Yuki Ishikawa both scored 23 points for Japan and Porya Yali had 13 points for Iran.

Team Melli has won four and lost five out of nine matches so far.

Iran national volleyball team will play Italy on Monday.

The 2019 edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Cup features 12 national teams from the five continental confederations playing in Nagano, Fukuoka and Hiroshima in a round-robin format from October 1 to 15.

The Men’s World Cup kicked off for five match days in Fukuoka and Nagano and the teams have moved to Hiroshima for the remaining six match days.

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Amir Hossein Esfandiar had 18 points for Iran and Hamza Nagga led Tunisia with match-high 19 points at Hiroshima’s Green Arena. In this regard Iran gained another point and made it to 5th in ranking in this round in games of FIVB World Cup. Iran News reports.

Iran national volleyball team will play Argentina on Friday.

The 2019 edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Cup features 12 national teams from the five continental confederations playing in Nagano, Fukuoka and Hiroshima in a round-robin format from October 1 to 15.

The Men’s World Cup kicked off for five match days in Fukuoka and Nagano and the teams have moved to Hiroshima for the remaining six match days.

In this round of Games, Iran is ranked 5th after Brazil, US, Japan and Poland.

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Iran will start the competition with a match against Russia on Tuesday.

The 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Cup will be the 14th staging of the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Cup, contested by the senior men’s national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport’s global governing body.

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