XI’AN, China, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) — European powerhouse Poland beat Canada 3-2 in a comeback means within the FIVB “Road to Paris” Olympic males’s volleyball qualifiers right here on Tuesday.
Starting with a 12-9 lead, the north Americans shocked huge favorites Poland within the first set with excellent performances on serves. Outside hitter Bartosz Bednorz’s assaults and blocks helped Poland slim the hole however Canada nonetheless took the set 25-21.
Thanks to some key substitutes, Poland strengthened their attacking and established a 13-6 benefit to start with of the second set. Jakub Kochanowski and Marcin Janusz mixed within the attacking formation to present Poland the set with 25-20.
The third set noticed a see-saw play that the 2 groups traded factors with one another from 2-2 to 8-8. Bednorz, who scored a game-high 25 factors, broke the tie together with his highly effective line spikes and enlarged the benefits to 15-10, gifting Poland one other 25-20 win.
In the essential fourth set, the Canadians, who took a 5-1 lead on the very starting, confirmed gritty qualities to win with 25-20 and dragged the duel to the ultimate set.
Poland confirmed no mercy within the tie-breaker and smashed the opposing aspect with unstoppable spikes and strong blocks. By profitable the set 17-15, the Poles claimed third consecutive win and made Canada swallow their first defeat within the match.
After taking the 139-minute marathon, Poland, as the only staff that earned three wins in Group C, will meet Mexico on Wednesday.
In the final match of the day that held at Xi’an Qujiang Arena, China celebrated their first residence victory within the match by beating Mexico 3-0 (25-21, 25-9, 25-19). The hosts proved stronger on the best way to a dominant triumph with a recovered Zhang Jingyin and captain Jiang Chuan main China with 16 and 11 factors, respectively.
“Zhang (Jingyin) give us more options in settings and counterattacks during the valuable victory,” mentioned Wu Sheng, head coach of China.
“(Next rival) Canada is a totally different team from Mexico, and we will do our best to fight for another win,” he added.
Also on Tuesday, Belgium upset the Netherlands 3-0 (25-22, 25-19, 25-15), Tokyo Olympic Games bronze medalists Argentina swept previous Bulgaria 3-0 (27-25, 25-21, 31-29).