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 04/09/2014 Kovar enables Italian comeback to subdue Belgium Krakow, Poland, September 4, 2014 - Italy was able to achieve a second win at FIVB Men’s World Championship after an intense struggle over Belgium, in which the Azzurri finally prevailed by 3-1 (26-28, 25-15, 25-16, 28-26). More Reaction Volleyball 04/09/2014 Italy is ready for a long tournament, says Mauro Berruto Krakow, Poland, September 4, 2014 - In what was a "crucial win" as captain Emanuele Birarelli underlined, Italy found that they still require a larger share of concentration to keep alive their hopes of staying in the competition. More Match Statistics by Teams Italy Belgium 17 Attack 16 4 Block 3 0 Serve 2 5 Opp. Errors 7 78 Total 57 18 Dig 12 5 Reception 8 6 Set 10 Best scorers 10 Filippo Lanza 6 3 Sam Deroo 8 2 Jiri Kovar 5 10 Simon Van De Voorde 6 Reports Match Results (P2) Download Match Player Rankings (P3) Download As It Happened Match Statistics by Players Italy Belgium N° Name 1 2 3 4 5 Points Attack Block Serve Won Attempts Won Attempts Won Attempts 10 Filippo Lanza 6 5 8 1 3 0 2 2 Jiri Kovar 5 5 7 0 2 0 5 9 Ivan Zaytsev 4 4 13 0 3 0 3 11 Simone Buti 3 1 2 2 7 0 6 15 Emanuele Birarelli 3 2 2 1 4 0 4 3 Simone Parodi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Luca Vettori 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 Salvatore Rossini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Dragan Travica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Michele Baranowicz 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 19 Simone Anzani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Massimo Colaci 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 3 Sam Deroo 8 6 7 1 2 1 5 10 Simon Van De Voorde 6 5 5 0 3 1 6 9 Pieter Verhees 3 1 3 2 11 0 3 1 Bram Van Den Dries 2 2 10 0 2 0 5 8 Kevin Klinkenberg 2 2 7 0 1 0 4 4 Pieter Coolman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Frank Depestele 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 7 Gertjan Claes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Matthijs Verhanneman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Gert Van Walle 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 14 Bert Derkoningen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Matthias Valkiers 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