Italy started Phase 2 with a defeat to Brazil before bouncing back in style to get the better of Japan.
Italy will be looking to maintain their dominance at the top of Pool E when they take on Argentina in the FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship 2022. The European nation has lost only once all competition and has been nearly unstoppable at times. They will head into Friday’s contest as the clear favourite against a struggling side. The ongoing tournament is hosted in the Netherlands and Poland this year. It began on 23rd September and will end on 15th October.
In Phase 1, Italy were placed in Pool A. The Europeans kept consistently producing impressive displays in Phase 1 as their opponents struggled to keep them at bay. Overall, Italy won all five matches they played in Pool A to get a total of 15 points out of them. They started Phase 2 with a defeat to Brazil before bouncing back in style to get the better of Japan. They will be facing a struggling Argentina side that finished fourth in Pool D during Phase 1. The South American country started Phase 2 with successive defeats against the Netherlands and Belgium.
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The 24-team tournament will run from September 23 through October 15. The teams are split up into four groups of six teams each, and they compete in a round-robin format. Each pool’s top four teams advance to the second round and the 16 teams are divided into two pools of eight nations. The countries coming from the same first-round pool only play against opponents from a different first-round pool. Each pool’s top four teams compete in a quarterfinal round, with the winners moving on to the semifinals. The World Championship trophy will be up for grabs for the last-four victorious teams, while the third-place match pits the losers against each other.
Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
Netherlands | Poland | United States | Brazil |
Italy | Turkey | Serbia | China |
Belgium | Dominican Republic | Germany | Japan |
Puerto Rico | Republic of Korea | Bulgaria | Colombia |
Cameroon | Thailand | Canada | Argentina |
Kenya | Croatia | Kazakhstan | Czech Republic |
Matches | Scoreline |
Italy beat Japan | 3-1 |
Germany beat Thailand | 3-1 |
China beat Puerto Rico | 3-0 |
Turkey beat Canada | 3-0 |
Serbia beat Dominican Republic | 3-0 |
Belgium beat Argentina | 3-0 |
Poland beat USA | 3-0 |
7th October Matches | Time (IST) |
Japan vs Puerto Rico | 5:45 pm |
Serbia vs Thailand | 6:30 pm |
Italy vs Argentina | 8:45 pm |
USA vs Turkey | 9 pm |
Dominican Republic vs Germany | 10:30 pm |
Brazil vs Netherlands | 11:45 pm |
Poland vs Canada | 12:00 am (Saturday) |
The FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship 2022 matches will be shown live on Volleyball TV. Visit the official website for more details.