Poland - Italy (SET 4,5)

Poland won a battle with current European Champions in World Champs 2002. De Giorgi, Grzegorz Wagner and left-handed Sartoretti on the court. Look at Marcin Nowak (215cm) funny point in the tie-break on 8:37 ;-) Vermiglio dig at 1:50. In a thrilling tie-break both teams fought hard. Poland started with three blocks which enabled them to play more comfortably. Look at their work on defence (7:03). Gruszka ended that match and was best scorer with 21 points. He said: "We are happy for this victory, but anything can happen in the second round". Poland has proved itself to be a strong team in recent seasons. South Korea withdrew from the tournament because they were not able to meet some of the qualification criteria. They withdrew from the tournament. Polish national team replaced South Korea.

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