August 29, 2025 | 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines — The planet’s prime volleyball nations headed by World No. 1 Poland, defending champion Italy and Olympic gold winner France descend on the Philippines for the FIVB Males’s World Championship unfolding subsequent month on the MOA Enviornment and Good Araneta Coliseum.
“Elite at its highest degree,” stated Philippine Nationwide Volleyball Federation president Ramon Suzara.
The mighty Poles will probably be spearheaded by Jakub Kochanowski, the Volleyball Nations League MVP middleblocker, and energy spiker Wilfredo Leon as they attempt to present the world why they’re the very best ranked nation proper now.
Poland truly settled for the silver in final 12 months’s Paris Video games however zoomed to the highest within the FIVB rankings after sweeping Italy within the VNL finale in China final month.
The French, for his or her half, had been truly ranked No. 4 however their back-to-back golden conquest of the Olympics together with — marked by a straight-set win over the Poles within the French capital — put in the previous as one of many favorites within the 32-country meet set Sept. 12 to twenty-eight.
Paris MVP Earvin Ngapeth ought to tempo France’s marketing campaign with hopes of bettering on its quarterfinal end within the final Worlds co-hosted by Poland and Slovenia three years in the past.
For the Italians, VNL greatest setter Simone Giannelli and greatest outdoors spiker Alessandro Michieletto must be on the forefront of their marketing campaign.
Aside from the three, the Brazilians, No. 3 on the earth, must also be a workforce to be careful for, with a loaded roster that features Alan Souza, Ricardo Lucarelli, Maths Bispo dos Santos and setter Bruno Fernando as they purpose to duplicate, if not eclipse, their bronze effort final time.
