Zaytsev’s 32 Points Lift Italy Past #1 Brazil; Serbia Tops Germany 3-1
Italy served up 14 aces and put up 12 blocks, while Ivan Zaytsev racked up a tournament-best 32 points to lift the team past World #1 Brazil in five sets on Saturday. Drazen Luburic and Uros Kovacevic teamed up to lead Serbia to a four-set victory over Germany.
Men’s Volleyball Nations League Standings After Day 1
Day 1 of the FIVB men’s Volleyball Natiosn League went mostly according to plan with just one slight upset by the world rankings.
Errors Aid Italy, Brazil in #VNL Opening Day Pool 3 Victories
Serbia and Germany were doomed by their own errors in losses to Italy (3-1) and Brazil (3-0) on opening day of Volleyball Nations League play.
2018 #VNL Pool 3 Preview: Brazil, Italy, Serbia, and Germany
With Ricardo Lucarelli sidelined, Brazil will need to find offensive support for Wallace de Souza (above) in this year’s Nations League.
Natalia Rejects $1 Million USD Offer From China, Will Stay In Brazil
Does the price-tag match the player’s production?
All 14-Man Rosters for 2018 FIVB Nations League Available
Week 1 of the 2018 FIVB Men’s Volleyball Nations League will get underway on Friday in France, China, Poland, and…
USA, Brazil, Serbia, Turkey, Netherlands are #VNL Top 5 after Week 2
After two weeks of competition, the leaders have begun to pull away, with a group of five teams standing at 5-1. The United States, Brazil and Serbia each went 3-0 on Week 2 to move into the top three spots.
Brazil, Turkey Outblock Competition in VNL Pool 8 Sweeps
Brazil, Turkey combined for 29 blocks in sweeps of the Dominican Republic and Argentina to close out Pool 8 action in Ankara, Turkey on Thursday.
Brazil Smokes Argentina, Turkey Overcomes 26 Points by DR’s Martinez
Brazil dominated all facets of the game in a 3-0 thumping of the last place Argentines, their fourth straight NVL victory. Brayelin Martinez dropped a match-high 26 points, including 24 kills, but it was not enough to lift the Dominican Republic past Turkey in a 3-1 loss.
Brazilian Men’s National Team Calls #NVL Slate “Inhuman”
With a travel schedule including 15 matches on multiple continents over five weeks, there is no question that the Volleyball Nations League will be taxing for all involved teams, but Brazilian coach Renan Dal Zotto and his team have taken their complaints about this grueling slate to the next level, dubbing it as “inhuman.”
