Even in front of more than 5,000 French fans who supported their country’s national team, the men’s team played well to overcome France by 3 sets to 1 (partials of 25/20, 25/23, 19/25 and 25/ 23), this Sunday (25) in Orleans, in the second week of volleyball Nations League matches. IT’S VICTOOOOOOOOOOO! 🏐With emotion until the end, the Brazilian team defeats the current Olympic champions in the League of Nations!🇧🇷 3×1 🇫🇷 MUST RESPECTRRRRRRRR! 💪😎 pic.twitter.com/lAYxCfq6Q2 — Team Brasil (@timebrasil) June 25, 2023 And the team commanded by coach Renan Dal Zotto had another great performance from the opposite Alan, who scored 24 points, and from pointer Lucarelli, who added 15, to surpass the current Olympic champions. This result left Brazil in third place in the general classification with 19 points, three less than the leader Japan. Now, the Brazilian team leaves for the Philippines, where the third week of League of Nations matches will be played, between the 4th and 9th of July. The final phase will be in Gdansk (Poland), between 19 and 23 July. Competition format The League brings together the 16 teams best ranked by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). The first qualifying phase started on June 6th and runs until July 9th. Each team plays 12 matches (four per week in different venues). In the end, the top eight advance to the quarterfinals, with Poland already having a guaranteed qualification for hosting the final phase of the League of Nations. The competition games also add points to the FIVB world ranking, one of the parameters in the race for a vacancy for the 2024 Olympic Games, which will be held in Paris (France).
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