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Pool E
Argentina - Italy 1:3
Sérbia - France 1:3
Poland - Iran 2:3
Australia - USA 0:3

pool F
Brazil - Canada 3:1
Finland - China 3:0
Germany - Russia 1:3
Cuba - Bulgaria 1:3

Argentina - Iran 1:3
Serbia - USA 2-3
Poland - Italy 3:0
Australia - France 1:3

Pool F
Brazil - China 3:0
Finland - Canada 2:3
Germany - Bulgaria 2:3
Cuba - Russia 0:3

Group E:
Argentina - France 1-3
Serbia - Italy 3-2
Poland - USA 3-1
Australia - Iran 0-3

Group F:
Brazil - Bulgaria 3-0
Finland - Russia 0-3
Germany - China 3-0
Cuba - Canada 1-3

Group A:
Argentina - Australia 3-2
Venezuela - Serbia 0-3
Cameroon - Poland 0-3

Group B:
Cuba - Tunisia 3-0
Finland - Germany 1-3
South Korea - Brazil 0-3

Group C:
Bulgaria - Egypt 3-0
Mexico - Canada 0-3
China - Russia 0-3

Group D:
USA - France 3-1
Belgium - Iran 2-3
Puerto Rico - Italy 0-3

3rd Round:

Group A:
Cameroon - Argentina 0:3
Serbia - Australia 3:0
Poland - Venezuela 3:0

Group B :
South Korea - Cuba 0:3
Germany - Tunisia 3:0
Brazil - Finland 3:0

Group C:
China - Bulgaria 1-3
Canada - Egypt 3:0
Russia - Mexico 3:0

Group D:
Puerto Rico - USA 0:3
Iran - France 3:1
Italy - Belgium 2:3

Group A (02.09.2014):
Venezuela - Cameroon 3-1
Australia - Poland 0-3

Group B (03.09.2014):
Cuba - Germany 0-3
Finland - South Korea 3-1
Tunisia - Brazil 0-3

Group C (03.09.2014):
Bulgaria - Canada 3-0
Mexico - China 1-3
Egypt - Russia 0-3

Group D (02.09.2014):
Belgium - Puerto Rico 3-0
France - Italy 1-3

Group A:
Poland - Serbia 2-3
Venezuela - Argentina 0-3
Cameroon - Australia 0-3

Group B:
Brazil - Germany 3-1
Finland - Cuba 2-3
South Korea - Tunisia 3-1

Group C:
Russia - Canada 3-0
Mexico - Bulgaria 0-3
China - Egypt 3-0

Group D:
Italy - Iran 3:0
Belgium - USA 2-3
Puerto Rico - France 0-3

@aleksaff: I didn't know that, thanks for the info, I hope the situation will get better for them.

@Vovin: Because Noliko Maaseik didn't manage to qualify this year so the club received a wild card because they never missed a participation in the CL ;-)

@Vovin: Partizan Beograd is qualified and ready to be destroyed like every year...

@alessandro34: Belgian clubs aren't exactly poor...Of course they are behind those from the 2 best leagues: russian and italian but we showed this year that we can compete with all the other clubs in europe which is quite good for such a small country.Piacenza got smashed by Zenit indeed but don't forget Zenit is the champion of the best league in the world so it's a logical result and Macerata did beat both Novosibirsk-reigning champion and Zenit so they weren't smashed at all...
I also hope Sokolov will stay altough I don't think he will.

@alessandro34: Maybe from your point of view you are disappointed because Italy used to have the best league in the world by quite a margin but these last years your league was getting weaker and weaker because many top stars decided to go to the much lucrative russian league (maybe turkish one too). So based on that, I'm happy to see that some clubs will still have a good enough team to play a major role in CL next season.Maybe it won't be enough to beat the russian powerhouses and maybe it won't be enough to get the level back where it used to be but it's still a good hope for the future in my opinion and a sign that italian volleyball isn't going to fade ;-)

@casamodena: Thank you for all these information! =) And last question, as an italian, maybe you heard rumors about Verhees, our belgian middle blocker who plays for Latina. He said he wanted to leave but he would like to find an other team in Italy but he also said that's it's difficult for a MB to be hired in a good foreign club...Have you got any news?

@casamodena: Yeah I followed his stats week after week so I saw him take place on the bench but I didn't really understood why because he also had some good games...But anyway he's very talented and I hope he will come back to his usual level next year but in order to do so he needs to play for a competitive team and I'm not sure Verona is a good option for him...
Is N'gapeth staying for next season?Because having him,Petric and Sander in the same team sounds strange to me...these 3 guys should play all the time but I guess if you really wants to fight for the title you must have 3 reliable OH like Lube or Copra had this season...It's a pity we won't see Modena is CL next year...Talking of CL who is the third team (besides Lube and Perugia) that will participate since Piacenza no longer exist?

@casamodena: What's the problem with Deroo? He said he came back to the NT quite frustrated with how things happened in Modena...It seems like he was doing ok until N'gapeth arrived so can you please tell me more about this?
And second question: Did Modena discovered a gold mine? ? How is it possible to create such a strong team (if I remember correctly, you said last year that Modena wasn't so rich...)
Battle between Lube, Perugia and Casa Modena will be very intersting next year =) I'm glad italian volleyball can still present highly competitive teams in this difficult time =)

Tuerlinckx might go to Resovia but he won't say anything before the play-offs finals are over

Krisztián Pádár from Hungary seems to be that kind of guy too. He recently got transfered to Noliko Maaseik.
For Belgium I think Thomas Konings could be the guy too, he's playing in the second level but he will play for Topvolley Antwerpen next season.This club won the cup and is playing the final this season!

Of course european championship is the most difficult and competitive because all the teams are good.In Norceca,Asia and South America there are very good and quite bad teams which makes the championship less interesting and very predictable.Only the top 3 teams from these championships can compete with the european...
I don't think I have to speak about Africa which is by far the worse region.
A part from this, I must say I'm a bit dissapointed you didn't mention Belgium because I think this team proved they belong to the top 8 by beating traditionnal "heavyweights" like Italy and France in the last few months and finishing 7th ahead of Poland...

With a few days to go before the beginning of the WL, we will get inside the training of the french NT. Laurent Tillie "The pain is the weakness that leaves the body, keep that in mind for two hours and give your best" How the men of Laurent Tillie are preparing for their meeting with Bulgaria next june 7th? Earvin N'gapeth "Today's training is mainly based on opposition to prepare ourselves for the upcoming WL games" Right now "A bout de souffle" (which could mean "breathless") with Earvin N'gapeth. Laurent Tillie "We are trying to have shorter trainings but more intensive and in general I try to find an exercice which put a lot of pressure on my potential starting six to begin putting the stress on the players" Earvin N'gapeth "In our head it is already getting hard but we are trying to hold on" Laurent Tillie "The team who serves has 22 points and the team who receives has 19, the first team reaching 25 points wins" "For me Earvin N'gapeth is the talented player by definition: young, physically strong, technically at point and he doesn't fear anything" "He needs to keep his agressivity but he needs to find a little bit of serenity, it is the paradox of every volleyball player: to find agressivity and serenity" Earvin N'gapeth "My strong point is mostly my serve and spike, it has always been that and I love that.Receiver is a position that recquires many differents skills and you should be able to do everything so since I became a receiver I try to get better to become a very very good player.It isn't everything to wear the blue shirt, we have to get something with it and of course Rio 2016 is in our heads and we must prepare now" Sorry for my possible mistakes.