Six of the top eight teams in the VNL standings to compete in the Philippines from Tuesday through Sunday
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As many as six of the top eight teams in the current men’s Volleyball Nations League 2023 standings will get together in Pasay City to compete in the deciding Pool 6 battles for the tickets to the Finals in Gdansk as the third competition week of the Preliminary Phase takes place from Tuesday, July 4, through Sunday, July 9.
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A huge clash between Brazil and Italy will get the action started in the Philippines on Tuesday at 15:00 local time (07:00 UTC). The 2021 VNL champions arrive in Pasay City as the third-placed team in the table on a 6-2 win-loss record and 19 points and led by the tournament’s best setter so far, Bruno Rezende. The South Americans will have one change to the squad from week two, with outside Gabriel Vaccari replacing Arthur Bento, who will join the junior national team for the upcoming FIVB Volleyball Men’s U21 World Championship in Bahrain. After their start against Italy, the Brazilians will also take on the Netherlands on Thursday, Poland on Friday and China on Saturday.
“The expectation is that the group will continue to grow,” said Vaccari. “It was really cool to see everyone united and the energy of the team. I’m here to add and do my best for the team to grow even more. I’m full of desire and I want to help keep motivated.”
Italy’s head coach Ferdinando De Giorgi, on the other hand, has made as many as six changes to his squad with Alessandro Piccinelli, Fabio Balaso, Giovanni Sanguinetti, Leandro Mosca, Lorenzo Sala and Mattia Bottolo joining the team for the four matches in the Philippines. The reigning world champions are currently seventh on 5-3 and 15 and will have to work for it, if they want to advance to the Finals. They will also meet Canada on Thursday, Slovenia on Friday and Japan on Saturday.
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