Portugal beats Korea in Pool E of the FIVB World League – Volleyball News

Men’s volleyball team from Portugal claimed 3-1 (25-21, 25-18, 15-25, 25-20) victory over
Korea this Saturday. The Korean city Ulsan provided backdrop for the match, but the local fans
were greatly disappointed.

With this particular win, Portugal improved to 3-2 in Pool E of the FIVB World League.

In the opening set of the match, both teams had a lot of service misses which affected the run of the game. Jeon helped Korea stay close to 22-21 but too many mistakes in the closing moments gave an edge to Portugal, and they took the set 25-21.

Portugal continued to have the upper hand in the following set and extended their lead to 2-0.
Nevertheless, the Koreans fought back and managed to win the third set of the match with a
lead of 10 point 25-15. The happiness was short-lived as Portugal used their blocking to fight
back in the fourth set. Valdir Sequeira attacked well from the right and led Portugal to an
amazing 3-1 victory.

Alexandre Ferreira scored 16 points for Portugal, while Jeon Kwang-In was Korea’s top scorer
with 15 points. Portuguese team led in blocking points (12-3) and service points (7-5). Moreover, the visitors committed 29 errors to hosts’ 33.

US team finishes the second leg of 2012 FIVB World League without any loss – Volleyball news

The second leg of the 2012 FIVB World League completed its run from June 15-17, while US team remained undefeated in Pool C.

Team USA appeared in a total of three matches and clichéd absolute success. The boys around head coach John Speraw performed consistently throughout the second leg of the tournament and defeated Italy, South Korea, and hosts France, respectively.

At the end of second leg, USA claimed an overall record of 4-2. American team did not have a great start in the campaign as it dropped two matches in the first week. Nonetheless, the team showed noticeable improvement in the next flight of matches and covered the deficit. Success in last three matches allowed USA to take up the leading role in Pool C with a total of 11 points.

The host of Pool C during the second leg, France, had the similar win/loss record of 4-2 and the French team also ended with 11 points but US squad moved up due to a slightly better ratio.

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