“Sweet dreams are made of this, who am I to disagree? I travel the world and the seven seas, everybody’s looking for something.” From the song “Sweet Dreams” by the Eurythmics. And 16 teams are indeed “movin on” and “looking for something” in the FIVB World Championship tournament in Poland. “THIS IS VOLLEYBALL!”
The first round (Pools A, B, C, and D) of the World Championships is over and 16 teams remain standing. Here are the final results from round one.
| POOL A – Final results | |||
| RANK | COUNTRY | RECORD | POINTS |
| 1 | Poland | 5 – 0 | 15 |
| 2 | Serbia | 4 – 1 | 12 |
| 3 | Argentina | 3 – 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Australia | 2 – 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Venezuela | 1 – 4 | 4 |
| 6 | Cameroon | 0 – 5 | 0 |
| POOL B – Final Results | ||||
| RANK | COUNTRY | RECORD | POINTS | |
| 1 | Brazil | 5 – 0 | 14 | |
| 2 | Germany | 4 – 1 | 12 | |
| 3 | Finland | 3 – 2 | 8 | |
| 4 | Cuba | 2 – 3 | 6 | |
| 5 | Korea | 1 – 4 | 4 | |
| 6 | Tunisia | 0 – 5 | 1 | |
| POOL C – Final Results | ||||
| RANK | COUNTRY | RECORD | POINTS | |
| 1 | Russia | 5 – 0 | 14 | |
| 2 | Canada | 4 – 1 | 11 | |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 3 – 2 | 10 | |
| 4 | China | 2 – 3 | 6 | |
| 5 | Mexico | 1 – 4 | 2 | |
| 6 | Egypt | 0 – 5 | 2 | |
| POOL D – Final Results | ||||
| RANK | COUNTRY | RECORD | POINTS | |
| 1 | France | 4 – 1 | 12 | |
| 2 | Iran | 4 – 1 | 11 | |
| 3 | USA | 3 – 2 | 9 | |
| 4 | Italy | 2 – 3 | 5 | |
| 5 | Belgium | 1 – 4 | 5 | |
| 6 | Puerto Rico | 1 – 4 | 3 | |
The top four teams from pools A, B, C, and D advance to form pools E and F, which will continue the action after two days of rest on Wednesday, September 10, in the cities of Bydgoszcz, Katowice, Lodz, and Wroclaw. Again, you can follow these great Volleyball matches on the beIN Sports network.
| POOL E | ||
| RANK | COUNTRY | CITY |
| 1 | Poland | Lodz |
| 2 | France | Bydgoszcz |
| 3 | Serbia | Lodz |
| 4 | Iran | Bydgoszcz |
| 5 | USA | Lodz |
| 6 | Argentina | Bydgoszcz |
| 7 | Italy | Lodz |
| 8 | Australia | Bydgoszcz |
| POOL F | ||
| RANK | COUNTRY | CITY |
| 1 | Brazil | Katowice |
| 2 | Russia | Wroclaw |
| 3 | Germany | Katowice |
| 4 | Canada | Wroclaw |
| 5 | Bulgaria | Katowice |
| 6 | Finland | Wroclaw |
| 7 | Cuba | Wroclaw |
| 8 | China | Katowice |
On the NCAA front , the Big 10/Pac 12 Challenge (or Pac12/Big 10 Challenge) also provided great Volleyball this weekend. The Pac 12 definitely got the better of the challenge with a 3 -1 overall record against the Big 10, as second-ranked Stanford upended top-ranked Penn State while unranked UCLA dominated ninth-ranked Illinois which also lost a 3 – 2 heartbreaker to Stanford. Results are shown below.
| SCHOOL | Won | LOST | RECORD |
| Stanford | 2 | 0 | 2 – 0 |
| Penn State | 1 | 1 | 1 – 1 |
| UCLA | 1 | 1 | 1 – 1 |
| Illinois | 0 | 2 | 0 – 2 |
9/5, Stanford defeated Penn State, 18 – 25, 25 – 23, 25 – 22, 16 – 25, 15 – 10.
9/5, UCLA defeated Illinois, 25 – 17, 25 – 22, 25 – 22.
9/6, Penn State defeated UCLA, 25 – 19, 27 – 25, 27 – 17.
9/7, Stanford defeated Illinois, 25 – 22, 19 – 25, 20 – 25, 25 – 22, 15 – 12.
Well, an exciting weekend of volleyball for everyone. Let’s grow the game and experience some Volleyball!!
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