As the world's number one favorite to win the championship, the Bo Men's Volleyball Team faced Romania in the first game of Group B in the 2025 World Men's Volleyball Championship. The match was held in the Philippines at 21:30 pm on September 13, Beijing time, and is the first appearance of the Polish team in this World Championships.
Although Poland had faced the trouble of discomfort in the left thigh of the main deputy attacker Nobit Huber before the game, he eventually appeared on the roster, providing guarantee for the team's online strength.
The first game started and the Romanian team showed unexpected resilience. They had a fierce tug-of-war with the world's number one Polish team, scoring continuously from the start, maintaining the lead from 7-5 to 15-13! As the Polish team began to chase points wildly, Romania also tied the score, falling behind from 16-18, and then tied 20, then tied 21, tied 22, and tied 23! The score was entangled from 23 to 31, and the scene was very stalemate.
When Romania scored two points in a row through a serve and a strong attack, brought the score to 33-31 and prepared to celebrate the victory, the Polish team raised a challenge, indicating that the goal just out of bounds was not hit. After video replay confirmation, the challenge was successful and the score was corrected to 32 points. This key challenge not only changed the score, but also interrupted the rhythm and momentum of the Romanian team.
The Polish team then scored two points in a row and won the first inning with a very high score of 34-32. This game fully demonstrates the Polish team's psychological quality and game reading ability at critical moments.
After the fierce battle in the first game, the situation in the second game changed significantly. The Polish team gradually entered the state and led 5-2 at the beginning. Then they played 10-6 in the first half and 17-10 in the middle. The score grew bigger and bigger, and they always maintained a significant lead!
At this time, Poland's world number one strength began to be fully demonstrated. Their serves are more aggressive and their blocking and defense system is more tight and they gradually gain the initiative in the game. Although the Romanian team tried to resist, it was difficult to find a breakthrough in the face of the strong overall strength of the Polish team. Poland easily won the second game with a big score difference of 25-15, leading 2-0 in the total score. This game reflects the Polish team's ability to adjust and dominate as the World League champion.
In the third game, the Polish team continued to maintain a good competitive state. After adapting to the first two games, the team's cooperation became smoother and the offense and defense conversion speed was significantly accelerated. Although the Romanian team tried hard to adjust their tactics and tried to regain the rhythm of the game, the game was stalemate at the beginning and was 2-2, 3-3, 4-4 at the beginning, but it could not keep up with the Polish team's stable performance. Poland scored consecutively and opened 3 points with a score of 9-6.
Then, the Polish team relied on comprehensive skills and rich game experience to always control the rhythm of the game, and finally won the third game with a score of 25-19, thus defeating Romania 3-0 with a total score and achieving a good start to this World Championship. The entire game demonstrated the strength and depth of the Polish team as a favorite to win the championship, and also laid a good foundation for their next group stage.
Polish team showed diversified offensive methods and solid defensive system in this game. Although Noble Huber was troubled by injuries before the game, he still contributed an important network advantage on the court.
Next Poland will face the second opponent of the group on September 15, and against the Netherlands on September 17. As the two World Championships champions in 2014 and 2018, the Polish team's goal for this competition is very clear, which is to compete for the third World Championship trophy.
Leon had made it clear in an interview before the game: "I only have one goal in the World Championships, which is gold medals, and there is no other choice."
In addition, the Chinese men's volleyball team will welcome the first opponent of this World Championships at 9:00 pm Beijing time on September 14. Brazil is the third-ranked traditional team in the world. It has won the world championship many times and is strong.
The H group where the Chinese men's volleyball team is also included Serbia, ranked 12th in the world and Czech team, ranked 21st in the world. According to the competition system, the top two in the group can advance to the top 16, which is a huge challenge for the Chinese team.
However, the team defeated Serbia 3-0 in this year's World League, and also had the strength to fight against the Czech team. If they perform well on the spot, they still have the possibility of qualifying.
