FIVB Volleyball World Championship: Iran Captures First Win
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iran started the 2014 FIVB World Championship with a 3-1 win over Italy on Sunday.
The Iranian outfit beat Italy 3-1(25-16, 23-25,25-21, 25-22) at the Krakow Arena in Krakow, Poland.
Amir Ghafour was the best scorer with 18 points for Iran while Ivan Zaytsev top scored for Italy with 19 points.
Iran will face FIVB World League champion US on Tuesday at the Krakow Arena.
The 24 teams have been divided into four pools of six teams with the four best placed at the conclusion of the round-robin elimination process advancing to the next phase of four pools of four teams.
Then, the best two of these pools will play in the semifinals and medal matches with the other four sides playing for the 5 to 8 positions.
Only Russia (6), Brazil (3), Italy (3), Czechoslovakia (2), Poland, the United States and East Germany have taken the honors of world champions since the inception of the competition in 1949.
The pool composition is as follows:
Pool A in Wroclaw: Argentina, Australia, Cameroon, Poland, Serbia and Venezuela.
Pool B in Katowice: Brazil, Cuba, Finland, Germany, Korea and Tunisia.
Pool C in Gdansk: Bulgaria, Canada, China, Egypt, Mexico and Russia.
Pool D in Krakow: Belgium, France, Iran, Italy, Puerto Rico and United States.
