Japan falls to Serbia in a tough five-set thriller – Volleyball News

Pool A teams of the 2012 FIVB World League, Japan and Serbia, clashed in the last match of third leg on Sunday.

The Yantarny Sports Hall in Kaliningrad, Russia hosted the match, while 1,250 volleyball enthusiasts were in presence. After many ups and downs, Serbia settled for 3-2 (23-25, 25-19, 19-25, 25-19, 15-10) victory and forced Japan to stay winless after nine matches. Victory allowed Serbia to take second position in the group. Japanese squad, on the other hand, firmly held the bottom slot after making another unsuccessful attempt. Japan is constantly staying in cold waters and has not captured any match in the competition.

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Serbia finished the home campaign, 3-0 – 2012 CEV Women’s European Volleyball League

Serbian women’s national volleyball team rounded off the first-week matches of the 2012 CEV European Volleyball League with 3-0 record on Sunday.  

In the last match, Serbs took on visiting team from Romania. Dudova Suma” sports hall in Subotica, Serbia provided the backdrop for the match, while 2,900 spectators watched the live action of volleyball. Using the competitive edge, Serbia posted a win at the loss of only one set, 3-1 (27-25, 25-16, 22-25, 25-15). 

Ana Bjelica of Serbia was named the top scored of the match with 18 points while Daiana Muresan and Denisa Rogojinaru registered 15 apiece for Romania.

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Serbia sends Cuba to first loss at the 2012 FIVB World League – Volleyball News

Men’s national volleyball team of Serbia proved to be a detractor for Cuba on the second day of the 2012 FIVB World League. 

Cuba, which stamped a splendid win over Japan in the first match, dropped the second match to Serbia on Saturday. The Serbs hammered the Caribbean counterparts with 3–1 (25–19, 20–25, 27–25, 27–25) victory. The match was hosted by Japanese Hamamatsu, while more than 1100 spectators watched the cracking action of volleyball. 

Serbia had lost its previous match to defending champion Russia on Friday but made a great comeback in the next match and held off Cuba for 3-1 victory. 

Nikola Kovacevic played an instrumental role to Serbia’s success. He totalled 16 points and led his team to victory. Besides him four other Serbian players went into double-figure score. On Cuba’s side, Wilfredo Leon added match-high 20 points but it proved to be a failing effort as his team dropped the decision. 

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Russia beats Serbia in opening match of 2012 FIVB World League – Volleyball News

Men’s national volleyball team of Russia made a perfect start to the 2012 FIVB World League by edging out Serbia in the first match of the tournament.

The match took place at Hamamatsu Arena in Hamamatsu, Japan on Friday, May 18. Russia displayed a better performance against Serbia and claimed 3-2 (25-21, 25-22, 19-25, 20-25, 15-9) victory. The thrilling encounter was witnessed by around 800 spectators.

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