Australia - Netherlands (full match)

Australia played some of their best volleyball of the World League to beat the Netherlands 3:0 in the Group 2 semifinals in Sydney. Top scored player in Australia was Thomas Edgar with 26 points, in Netherlands Dick Kooy with 16 points. These teams met for the first time in the World League. Australia were the 20th opponent for Netherlands in the competition, while Netherlands are Australia’s seventh opponent. Australia finished fourth in Pool C and are in the Group 2 Finals as hosts of the tournament. They have won five matches this season - three vs Canada, two vs Finland. On the press conference, Netherlands captain Dick Kooy said: "Australia today played better than they usually do, and we didn't play at our usual level, so that makes it a tough fight. We had a good young group, and we fought to the end and we tried everything, but Australia was better than us".

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