FIVB Volleyball Men’s Nations League 2019

[_Navid_]

Retarded move by the coach today. I was really surprised. If you want to rest your players do it against a weak team not France for god's sake!!

[Pouya]

Iran will most lilely play france anyways in the final round. Could it be that Iran's coach didn't want to show france what iy is really made od so it can be more challenginf in the final round when it matters more?

[Irannn]

Iran will most lilely play france anyways in the final round. Could it be that Iran's coach didn't want to show france what iy is really made od so it can be more challenginf in the final round when it matters more?

come on. we played France like million times. they know every single detail about all of our players.

btw there is less than 50% chance for us to play France in Chicago.

[beri486]

Iran clinches a spot in the finals if POL can't get all 3 points from ITA later today.

And if BRA does not win against RUS, Iran will stay on top of the table.

[PSGman#19]

French player praised iran atmosphere during and after the game RT @lequipe Benjamin Toniutti : « Une ambiance incroyable » en Iran pour la Ligue des nations
https://www.lequipe.fr/Volley-ball/A...ations/1033024

[Pouya]

come on. we played France like million times. they know every single detail about all of our players.
btw there is less than 50% chance for us to play France in Chicago.

Thr current players have not played france a million times. Amir Ghafour is a completely different player from last years since having moved to Italy and Fayazi has not been part of the main team up until now. These 2 have been Iran's most influential players alongside Marouf.
The coach did play our main Libero who could get a better understanding of the opposing player's hits.

[Irannn]

Poland beat Italy in a dramatic way (25-23 in 5th set) which means we are NOT qualified yet. and since Poland has an easy schedule for the last weekend, we have to win 1 match in last week to qualify. (or hoping to Italy lose 2 matches)

in short, because of our genius coach (or whoever responsible for not checking the table carefully), we can't afford not sending our best players to Bulgaria and let them rest at home.

[diz]

Next matches for Iran:
Fri, 28th: Serbia
Sat, 29th: Bulgaria
Sun, 30th: USA

Current standings:
1. Brazil
2. Iran
3. France
4. Russia
5. Italy
6. Poland
7. USA
.
.
11. Serbia
12. Bulgaria

[Abtin]

How many points do we need from the next 3 matches to secure a spot for next round?

[DR Strangemoosh]

I know Iran are doing very well, but I was a little bit surprised to listen to the coach at the intervals - it's almost like he doesn't know exactly what he's doing but so far everything is going fine for him because the players are doing so well.

"Play"
"I want you to play"
"play"
etc...

[beri486]

How many points do we need from the next 3 matches to secure a spot for next round?

It depends.

We can secure a spot with 1 more point, e.g. win 2 sets in one match.

Or no points at all and POL getting less than 9 points out of possible 9 points left for them.

In other words: Iran is in 99.99999%.

[Pouya]

How many points do we need from the next 3 matches to secure a spot for next round?

To secure the spot we need one more win if Poland wins all their games. The standings are based on number of wins first, and then number of points.

[EKBATAN]

I can never understand Volleyball tournament formats. How are we 2nd place and still in danger of not making next round? sorry im not reading all the posts, you dont have to answer, just thought its always funny how in Volleyball so much of how you progress seems to be on other results out of your control (maybe im misunderstanding)

[PSGman#19]

I can never understand Volleyball tournament formats. How are we 2nd place and still in danger of not making next round? sorry im not reading all the posts, you dont have to answer, just thought its always funny how in Volleyball so much of how you progress seems to be on other results out of your control (maybe im misunderstanding)

Volleyball international federation does everything to let this sport rot in anonymity with their stupid formats. Iran should have invest in a better and more valorized/valued sport.

[Pouya]

I can never understand Volleyball tournament formats. How are we 2nd place and still in danger of not making next round? sorry im not reading all the posts, you dont have to answer, just thought its always funny how in Volleyball so much of how you progress seems to be on other results out of your control (maybe im misunderstanding)

6 teams will make it to the final round (including the hosts USA which leaves 5 spots open).

Currently, Iran has 10 wins while both Italy and Poland (in 5th and 6th spots) both have 8 wins. If Iran loses the remaining games and either of those 2 teams win all of their games, they'll end up with 11 wins while Iran will only have 10 and they'll go through as Iran will end up being 6th. For ranking, it's the number of wins first and then number of points.