Italians win fourth world volleyball championship title.
Italy gained the FIVB Volleyball Males’s World Championship, for the primary time in 24 years, beating defending champions Poland 3-1 within the finals in Katowice on Sunday evening.
Guided by head coach and three-time world champion Fefè De Giorgi, Italy claimed its fourth world volleyball title after victories in 1990, 1994 and 1998.
Siamo noi, siamo noi #ItaliaTeam | #MWCH2022 | @Federvolley pic.twitter.com/WUhGzcNNwM— ItaliaTeam (@ItaliaTeam_it) September 11, 2022
Final evening’s win at Spodek Enviornment, (22-25, 25-21, 25-18, 25-2), got here a yr after each the Italian women and men’s groups gained European titles.
Italy’s world title victory was welcomed by prime minister Mario Draghi whose workplace at Palazzo Chigi tweeted: “Champions of Europe and World Champions! Completely happy and pleased with our Azzurri and Nationwide males’s volleyball staff. You might be extraordinary!”
“It doesn’t really feel actual” – staff captain Simone Giannelli stated – “I’m so pleased with my staff, proud to be Italian and proud to be a world champion.”
Photograph Il Mattino
