Poland and the Netherlands continued to stamp their class in Pool B because the squads each clinched back-to-back wins on Monday to seal their Spherical of 16 spots within the 2025 FIVB Males’s Volleyball World Championship.
World No. 1 Poland picked up the place it left off, sweeping Qatar with a convincing 25-21, 25-14, 25-19 victory, whereas the Netherlands pulled off an identical straight-sets win over Romania, 25-23, 26-24, 26-24.
Each groups improved to 2-0 in Pool B, securing spots within the playoffs with one match every remaining within the preliminaries.
It wasn’t a straightforward win for both crew, although, as Poland was compelled to go the gap in Set 1 towards the world no. 22 Qatar, which pulled to inside one after Youssef Oughlaf unleashed a hammer, 19-20.
The Qataris, nonetheless, dedicated 4 straight errors that allowed Poland to safe the set level at 24-19 because the 6-foot-7 center blocker Norbert Huber sealed the opening set for Poland together with his personal kill.
Poland returned to its lethal kind in Set 2 regardless of crew captain Bartosz Kurek not enjoying, racing to a commanding 18-8 cushion off a fast kill from Huber earlier than Artur Szalpuk and Kamil Semeniuk took turns to shut out the lopsided body, 25-14.
Poland, desperate to atone for its runner-up end within the 2022 World championship version, did not look again since then and dominated the remainder of the way in which to safe one other sweep victory.
The Netherlands was additionally dealt an enormous problem by world No. 21 Romania, which pushed the Dutch to their limits and compelled them into prolonged units earlier than lastly yielding.
Rares Balean tied issues up at 24-all in Set 2 however a service error from their facet and a Michiel Ahyi kill noticed the Dutch take the body and a 2-0 lead.
Romania replicated the identical preventing spirit in Set 3 after forcing one other 24-all impasse, however a pair of errors from them proved pricey as Netherlands accomplished the hard-fought sweep.
Ahyi paced with 19 factors anchored on 14 assaults and 5 aces whereas Tom Koops chipped in 13 markers.
Poland and Netherlands now tackle one another on Wednesday with the winner locking within the high spot in Pool B.
—JMB, GMA Built-in Information