Iran national volleyball team finished their encounters at the Men’s World Olympic Qualification Tournament with a 3-2 (25-23, 27-29, 21-25, 25-18, 15-8) victory over Venezuela at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Sunday.
Even though Venezuela bagged the first two points in the opening set, Iran took the lead at 6-4 while the following plays were a point-by-point exchange between Iran and Venezuela until 24-22 before the set was closed at 25-23 in favor of the Iranian side.
Venezuela prevailed over Iran in the second (29-27) and third (25-21) sets of the match despite Iran’s pressure serves by Mirzajanpour and Zarini.
Iran rose from ashes by playing with a better pace in the fourth set as they kept the lead all through the set until winning 25-18.
Iran opened the final set with three service aces though the South American side tied the score at 5-all after calling a timeout. Finally, Iran scored further points before Mirzajanpour’s hits wrapped up the set as well as the match 15-8.
Mojtaba Mirzajanpour performed an excellent performance recording 20 attacks and four of Iran’s nine total blocks. Milad Ebadipour also bagged 17 points for the Iranian outfit.
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