Iran Overpowered by Brazil at FIVB Grand Champions Cup
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian national team lost to Brazil in straight sets (25-22, 25-19, 25-15) in the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Grand Champions Cup at the Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium on Friday.
Wallace De Souza and Lucas sparked Brazil’s offence from the start and finished with 15 and 14 points, respectively.
Ricardo Lucarelli helped out on offence with 11 points for Brazil. Brazil had a total of 11 blocks to stop the Iranian hitters and their top scorer Milad Ebadipour was reduced to score only nine points.
Iran will play host Japan on Saturday.
The 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup is the 7th staging of the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup, a quadrennial international men's volleyball tournament organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB).
The tournament is being held in Nagoya and Osaka, Japan on September 12 to 17, 2017, with the participation of 6 national teams.
