Match Centre Overview Pre-match Match Post-Match Match Info Reaction Match Statistics by Teams Reports Match Statistics by Players Rankings Gallery Tweet Share Match Info Volleyball 31/08/2014 Iran block their way over Italy for first win in Poland Krakow, Poland, August 31, 2014 - Iran achieved a remarkable opening victory at FIVB Men’s World Championship Pool D in Krakow, after subduing Italy 3-1 (25-16, 23-25, 25-21, 25-22) in front of nearly 7’000 Polish fans. More Reaction Volleyball 31/08/2014 Coach Kovac says stopping Zaytsev worked well for Iran Krakow, Poland, August 31, 2014 - After the Iranian victory over Italy in four sets in Pool D opener, coaches and captains attended the official press conference... More Match Statistics by Teams Italy Iran 6 Attack 12 2 Block 4 0 Serve 1 8 Opp. Errors 8 68 Total 73 9 Dig 16 15 Reception 9 16 Set 11 Best scorers 9 Ivan Zaytsev 3 10 Amir Ghafour 6 2 Jiri Kovar 2 12 Mojtaba Mirzajanpour M. 4 Reports Match Results (P2) Download Match Player Rankings (P3) Download As It Happened Match Statistics by Players Italy Iran N° Name 1 2 3 4 5 Points Attack Block Serve Won Attempts Won Attempts Won Attempts 9 Ivan Zaytsev 3 3 7 0 1 0 2 2 Jiri Kovar 2 2 9 0 2 0 3 11 Simone Buti 2 0 2 2 8 0 3 13 Dragan Travica 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 3 Simone Parodi 0 0 4 0 1 0 2 4 Luca Vettori 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Salvatore Rossini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Filippo Lanza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Matteo Piano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Emanuele Birarelli 0 0 4 0 5 0 4 16 Michele Baranowicz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 Simone Anzani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Starting Substitute Libero N° Name 1 2 3 4 5 Points Attack Block Serve Won Attempts Won Attempts Won Attempts 10 Amir Ghafour 6 5 11 1 2 0 4 12 Mojtaba Mirzajanpour M. 4 3 5 0 1 1 6 6 Seyed Mohammad Mousavi Eraghi 3 2 4 1 5 0 2 5 Farhad Ghaemi 2 2 3 0 1 0 1 9 Adel Gholami 2 0 2 2 5 0 3 1 Shahram Mahmoudi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Milad Ebadipour Ghara H. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Mir Saeid Marouflakrani 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 8 Farhad Zarif Ahangaran V. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Mehdi Mahdavi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Armin Tashakkori 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Starting Substitute Libero Rankings Rank Teams Matches Result Details Sets Points Total Won Lost 3-0 3-1 3-2 2-3 1-3 0-3 Points Won Lost Ratio Won Lost Ratio 1 France 5 4 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 12 14 7 2.000 469 437 1.073 2 Iran 5 4 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 11 13 7 1.857 462 420 1.100 3 USA 5 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 9 12 9 1.333 461 419 1.100 4 Italy 5 2 3 0 1 1 0 3 0 5 9 12 0.750 462 473 0.976 5 Belgium 5 1 4 1 0 0 2 2 0 5 9 12 0.750 437 467 0.935 6 Puerto Rico 5 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 3 3 13 0.230 315 390 0.807 Gallery Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Download